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Signed to Motown years after his peak as an R&B star, Milburn's association with the label turned out to be something of a non-event, producing only an obscure album and flop single. A commercial non-event, that is; Milburn's skills were still intact, resulting in some fine if somewhat uncharacteristic performances. This compilation reissues that album (The Return of Blues Boss) and adds seven unreleased tracks. Milburn may still have been singing blues/R&B, but he was with Motown, which meant that a fair amount of soul-pop flavor inevitably seeped through. You can hear it in the occasional female backup vocals, swinging brass arrangements, and even a brief harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder on "Chicken Shack Boogie"; the arrangement on "I'll Make It Up to You Somehow" wouldn't have been out of place on an early Mary Wells single. The results are pleasantly surprising, updating Milburn's sound (which would have been quite anachronistic in the early 1960s) into the early soul era. The material is pretty strong, including both bluesy ballads and more uptempo numbers that don't totally smother his boogie-woogie roots.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Amos Milburn, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Amy Herot, Producer - Candace Bond, Producer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Amos Milburn, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Amy Herot, Producer - Candace Bond, Producer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Amos Milburn, MainArtist
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Amos Milburn, MainArtist - Johnny Powers, ComposerLyricist - Amy Herot, Producer - Candace Bond, Producer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Amos Milburn, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Amy Herot, Producer - Candace Bond, Producer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, Producer - Jessie Mae Robinson, ComposerLyricist - Amos Milburn, MainArtist - Amy Herot, Producer - Candace Bond, Producer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, Producer - Amos Milburn, MainArtist - Claude Milburn, ComposerLyricist - L. Cullen, ComposerLyricist - Amy Herot, Producer - Candace Bond, Producer
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, Producer - Amos Milburn, MainArtist - Thomas Maxwell Davis, ComposerLyricist - Adelia Davis, ComposerLyricist - Amy Herot, Producer - Candace Bond, Producer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, Producer - Rudy Toombs, ComposerLyricist - Amos Milburn, MainArtist - Amy Herot, Producer - Candace Bond, Producer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, Producer - Amos Milburn, MainArtist - Jesse Cryer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Haywood, ComposerLyricist - Tucker, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, Producer - Amos Milburn, MainArtist - Amy Herot, Producer - Candace Bond, Producer
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Leonard Whitcup, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, Producer - Teddy Powell, ComposerLyricist - Amos Milburn, MainArtist - Amy Herot, Producer - Candace Bond, Producer
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, Producer - Amos Milburn, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Amy Herot, Producer - Candace Bond, Producer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, Producer - Amos Milburn, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, Producer - Rudy Toombs, ComposerLyricist - Amos Milburn, MainArtist - P. Ivy, ComposerLyricist - Amy Herot, Producer - Candace Bond, Producer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, Producer - Charles Brown, ComposerLyricist - Amos Milburn, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Amy Herot, Producer - Candace Bond, Producer
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andre Williams, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, Producer - Amos Milburn, MainArtist - Amy Herot, Producer - Fay Hale, Producer - Candace Bond, Producer
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andre Williams, Producer - Clarence Paul, Producer - Amos Milburn, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Amelia Milburn, ComposerLyricist - Amy Herot, Producer - Candace Bond, Producer
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Signed to Motown years after his peak as an R&B star, Milburn's association with the label turned out to be something of a non-event, producing only an obscure album and flop single. A commercial non-event, that is; Milburn's skills were still intact, resulting in some fine if somewhat uncharacteristic performances. This compilation reissues that album (The Return of Blues Boss) and adds seven unreleased tracks. Milburn may still have been singing blues/R&B, but he was with Motown, which meant that a fair amount of soul-pop flavor inevitably seeped through. You can hear it in the occasional female backup vocals, swinging brass arrangements, and even a brief harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder on "Chicken Shack Boogie"; the arrangement on "I'll Make It Up to You Somehow" wouldn't have been out of place on an early Mary Wells single. The results are pleasantly surprising, updating Milburn's sound (which would have been quite anachronistic in the early 1960s) into the early soul era. The material is pretty strong, including both bluesy ballads and more uptempo numbers that don't totally smother his boogie-woogie roots.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:47
- Main artists: Amos Milburn
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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