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Sue
Island Records R & B subsidiary. Formed December 1963 to release material licenced from Henry 'Juggy' Murray 's New York labels (Sue, Symbol, AFO, Crackerjack) including Ike & Tina Turner, Inez & Charlie Foxx, Elmore James etc. In later years Sue became predominently a soul label releasing tracks by Bob & Earl, Jerry Butler, Fascinations etc. The final release was in June 1968 when Sue becoming Action Records.
Albums
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| ILP907 | McGriff, Jimmy | I've Got a Woman | LP | All albums numbered within the main Island series |
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| ILP908 | McGriff, Jimmy | Gospel Time | LP |
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| ILP911 | Anderson, Ernestine | The New Sound of Ernestine Anderson | LP | Unissued |
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| ILP911 | Foxx, Inez & Charlie | Mockingbird | LP |
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| ILP913 | Soul Sisters | The Soul Sisters | LP |
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| ILP917 | Smith, Huey Piano | Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu | LP | With the Clowns.Titled 'Havin' a Good Time' on label |
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| ILP918 | James, Elmore | The Best of Elmore James | LP |
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| ILP919 | V/A | Sue Sampler Record fror Clubs | LP | Promo only no sleeve.Typed white label & sheet |
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| ILP919 | V/A | Pure Blues Volume One | LP |
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| ILP920 | V/A | 50 Minutes 24 Seconds of Recorded Dynamite | LP |
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| ILP921 | V/A | We Sing the Blues | LP |
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| ILP922 | Williams, Larry | Larry Williams on Stage | LP |
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| ILP924 | Dorsey, Lee | The Best of Lee Dorsey | LP |
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| ILP925 | V/A | The Sue Story | LP |
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| ILP927 | James, Elmore | The Elmore James Memorial Album | LP |
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| ILP933 | V/A | The Sue Story Volume Two | LP |
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| ILP934 | V/A | Soul '66 | LP |
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| ILP935 | Preston, Billy | The Most Exciting Organ Ever | LP |
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| ILP937 | Righteous Brothers | In Action | LP |
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| ILP938 | V/A | The Sue Story Volume Three | LP |
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| ILP949 | Lynn, Barbara | The Barbara Lynn Story | LP |
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| ILP950 | Wallace Brothers | Soul Connection | LP |
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| ILP951 | Bob & Earl | Harlem Shuffle | LP |
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Singles
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| WI301 | Foxx, Inez & Charlie | Mockingbird / He's the One You Love | 7" | Credited to Inez Foxx only |
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| WI302 | Washington, Baby | That's How Heartaches Are Made / Doodlin' | 7" |
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| WI303 | McGriff, Jimmy | All About My Girl / MG Blues | 7" |
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| WI304 | Foxx, Inez & Charlie | Jaybirds / Broken-Hearted Fool | 7" | Credited to Inez Foxx only |
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| WI305 | Byrd, Russell | Hitch Hike Pt 1 / Hitch Hike Pt 2 | 7" |
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| WI306 | Turner, Ike & Tina | Gonna Work Out Fine / Won't You Forgive Me | 7" | Reissue of London HLU9451 |
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| WI307 | Foxx, Inez & Charlie | Competition / Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush | 7" | As Charlie & Inez Foxx |
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| WI308 | Martin, Derek | Daddy Rolling Stone / Don't Put Me Down Like This | 7" | Credited as Derak Martin |
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| WI309 | Anderson, Ernestine | Keep an Eye On Love / Continental Mind | 7" |
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| WI310 | McGriff, Jimmy | Last Minute Pt 1 / Last Minute Pt 2 | 7" |
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| WI311 | Williams, Mary Lou | Chuck-a-Lunk Jug Pt 1 / Chuck-a-Lunk Jug Pt 2 | 7" |
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| WI312 | Soul Sisters | I Can't Stand It / Blueberry Hill | 7" |
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| WI313 | Jacobs, Hank | So Far Away / Monkey, Hips and Rice | 7" |
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| WI314 | Foxx, Inez & Charlie | Ask Me / Hi Diddle Diddle | 7" | Credited to Inez Foxx only |
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| WI315 | Hendricks, Bobby | Itchy Twitchy Feeling / Thousand Dreams | 7" | Credited as Bobby Henricks.Reissue of London HL8714 |
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| WI316 | George, Barbara | Send For Me / Bless You | 7" |
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| WI317 | McGriff, Jimmy | I've Got a Woman Pt 1 / I've Got a Woman Pt 2 | 7" |
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| WI318 | Whitsett, Tim | Macks by the Tracks / Shine | 7" |
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| WI319 | Homesick James | Crossroads / My Baby's Sweet | 7" |
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| WI320 | Mabon, Willie | Got To Have Some / Why Did It Happen To Me | 7" |
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| WI321 | Washington, Baby | I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby / Who's Going to Take Care of Me | 7" |
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| WI322 | Turner, Ike & Tina | The Argument / Poor Fool | 7" |
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| WI323 | Foxx, Inez & Charlie | Hurt By Love / Confusion | 7" | Credited to Inez Foxx only |
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| WI324 | LaBelle, Patti & Bluebelles | Down the Aisle / C'est la Vie | 7" |
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| WI325 | Megatons (USA) | Shimmy Shimmy Walk Pt 1 / Shimmy Shimmy Walk Pt 2 | 7" |
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| WI326 | Trammell, Bobby Lee | New Dance in France / Carolyn | 7" |
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| WI327 | Washington, Tony & DC's | Show Me How (To Milk a Cow) / Boof Ska | 7" |
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| WI328 | Wood, Anita | Dream Baby / This Happened Before | 7" |
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| WI329 | Edwards, Jackie | Stagger Lee / Pretty Girl | 7" |
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| WI330 | Homesick James | Set a Date / Can't Afford To Do It | 7" |
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| WI331 | Mabon, Willie | Just Got Some / That's No Big Thing | 7" |
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| WI332 | Sheldon, Doug | Take It Like a Man / Lonely Boy | 7" |
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| WI333 | McGriff, Jimmy | 'Round Midnight / Lonely Avenue | 7" |
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| WI334 | Wallace Brothers | Precious Words / You're Mine | 7" |
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| WI335 | James, Elmore | Dust My Blues / Happy Home | 7" | With Broom Dusters |
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| WI336 | Soul Sisters | Loop De Loop / Long Gone | 7" |
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| WI337 | Louisiana Red | I Done Woke Up / I Had a Feeling | 7" |
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| WI338 | Not Issued | Not Issued | 7" |
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| WI339 | Lenoir, JB | I Sung Um the Way I Feel / I Feel So Good | 7" | With His African Hunch Rhythm |
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| WI340 | Parker, Bobby | Watch Your Step / Steal Your Heart Away | 7" | Reissue of London HLU9393 |
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| WI341 | Downing, Big Al | Yes I'm Loving You / Please Come Home | 7" |
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| WI342 | Peterson, Bobby | Rockin' Charlie Pt 1 / Rockin' Charlie Pt 2 | 7" |
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| WI343 | Daylighters | Oh Mom (Teach Me How to Uncle Willie) / Hard-Headed Girl | 7" |
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| WI344 | Revere, Paul & Raiders | Like Long Hair / Sharon | 7" | Reissue of Top Rank JAR557 |
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| WI345 | Thornton, Willie Mae | Tom Cat / Monkey in the Barn | 7" |
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| WI346 | Peterson, Bobby | Piano Rock / One Day | 7" |
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| WI347 | Bateman, June | I Don't Wanna / Noble's Theme | 7" | B side by Noble Thin Man Watts & Band |
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| WI348 | Olympics | The Bounce / Fireworks | 7" |
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| WI349 | King, Freddy | Driving Sideways / Hideaway | 7" |
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| WI350 | Turner, Ike & Tina | I Can't Believe What You Say / My Baby Now | 7" |
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| WI351 | Kenner, Chris | Land of 1000 Dances / That's My Girl | 7" |
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| WI352 | Everett, Betty | I've Got a Claim On You / Your Love is Important To Me | 7" |
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| WI353 | Burrage, Harold | I'll Take One / A Long Ways Together | 7" |
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| WI354 | Shelton, Roscoe | Strain on My Heart / Question | 7" | A & B side labels reversed |
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| WI355 | Wallace Brothers | Lover's Prayer / Love Me Like I Love You | 7" |
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| WI356 | Foxx, Inez & Charlie | La De Da I Love You / Yankee Doodle Dandy | 7" |
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| WI357 | Pleasures | Music City / If I Had a Little Money | 7" |
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| WI358 | King, BB | The Letter / You Never Know | 7" |
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| WI359 | James, Etta | Roll With Me Henry / Good Rockin' Daddy | 7" |
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| WI360 | Brown, James | Night Train / Why Does Everything Happen To Me | 7" | With Famous Flames |
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| WI361 | Hooker, John Lee | I'm in the Mood / Boogie Chillun | 7" |
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| WI362 | Redding, Otis | Shout Bamalama / Fat Girl | 7" |
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| WI363 | Harrison, Wilbert | Let's Stick Together / Kansas City Twist | 7" |
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| WI364 | Smith, Huey Piano | If It Ain't One Thing It's Another / Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas and the Sinus Blues | 7" | With the Clowns |
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| WI365 | Williamson, Sonny Boy | No Nights By Myself / Boppin' with Sonny Boy | 7" |
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| WI366 | Ford, Frankie | Sea Cruise / Roberta | 7" | With Huey Piano Smith & Clowns. Reissue of London HL8850 |
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| WI367 | Dorsey, Lee | Do-Re-Mi / Ya Ya | 7" |
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| WI368 | Brown, Buster | Fannie Mae / Lost in a Dream | 7" | Reissue of Melodisc 1559 |
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| WI369 | Ford, Frankie | What's Going On / Watchdog | 7" |
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| WI370 | Tex, Joe | Yum Yum Yum / You Little Baby Face Thing | 7" |
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| WI371 | Williams, Larry | Strange / Call On Me | 7" |
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| WI372 | Thomas, Irma | Don't Mess With My Man / Set Me Free | 7" |
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| WI373 | McNeely, Big Jay | There is Something on Your Mind / Back....Shack.....Track | 7" | With Little Sonny.Reissue of Top Rank JAR169 |
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| WI374 | Bob & Earl | Harlem Shuffle / I'll Keep Running Back | 7" |
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| WI375 | Fulson, Lowell | Too Many Drivers / Key to Your Heart | 7" |
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| WI376 | Turner, Ike & Tina | Please Please Please / Am I a Fool in Love | 7" |
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| WI377 | Elbert, Donnie | A Little Piece of Leather / Do Wat'cha Wanna | 7" | ||
| WI378 | Betters, Harold | Do Anything You Wanna Pt 1 / Do Anything You Wanna Pt 2 | 7" |
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| WI379 | Hawkins, Screamin' Jay | I Hear Voices / Just Don't Care | 7" |
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| WI380 | Smith, Huey Piano | Rockin Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu Pt 1 / Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu Pt 2 | 7" | With the Clowns |
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| WI381 | Williams, Larry | Turn on Your Lovelight / Dizzy Miss Lizzy | 7" |
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| WI382 | Mabon, Willie | I'm the Fixer / Some More | 7" |
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| WI383 | James, Elmore | It Hurts Me Too / Bleeding Heart | 7" |
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| WI384 | Manhattans | I Wanna Be (Your Everything) / Searchin' for My Baby | 7" |
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| WI385 | Cook, Little Joe | Stormy Monday Blues Pt 1 / Stormy Monday Blues Pt 2 | 7" | Actually by Chris Farlowe & Thunderbirds |
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| WI386 | Jackson, Alexander & Turnkeys | The Whip / Tell It Like It Is | 7" | Actually Flea Pot / Sweetie Lester by Lala Wilson |
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| WI387 | Johnson, Jimmy | Don't Answer the Door Pt 1 / Don't Answer the Door Pt 2 | 7" |
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| WI388 | Day, Bobby | Rockin' Robin / Over and Over | 7" | Reissue of London HL8726 |
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| WI389 | Ikettes | Prisoner in Love / Those Words | 7" |
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| WI390 | Tarheel Slim & Little Ann | You Make Me Feel So Good / Got to Keep on Lovin' You | 7" |
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| WI391 | Dorsets | Pork Chops / Cool It | 7" |
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| WI392 | James, Elmore | Knocking at Your Door / Calling the Blues | 7" | B side actually by Junior Wells & Earl Hooker |
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| WI393 | Bob & Earl | Baby I'm Satisfied / The Sissy | 7" |
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| WI394 | Knight, Gladys & Pips | Letter Full of Tears / You Broke Your Promise | 7" |
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| WI395 | Phillips, Esther | The Chains / Feel Like I Wanna Cry | 7" | As Esther Philips |
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| WI396 | Elbert, Donnie | You Can Push It (Or Pull It) / Lily Lou | 7" |
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| WI397 | Professor Longhair | Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand / Looka' No Hair | 7" |
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| WI398 | The Baron with His Pounding Piano | Is a Blue Bird Blue / In the Mood | 7" |
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| WI399 | Dorsey, Lee | Messed Around / When I Meet My Baby | 7" |
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| WI4001 | Little Richard | Without Love / Dance What You Wanna | 7" |
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| WI4002 | Duncan, Tommy | Dance Dance Dance / Let's Try It Over Again | 7" |
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| WI4003 | Butler, Jerry | I Stand Accused / I Don't Want to Hear Anymore | 7" |
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| WI4004 | Reed, Jimmy | Odds and Ends / Going by the River Pt 2 | 7" | B side is actually Pt 1 |
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| WI4005 | Upchurch, Phil (Combo) | You Can't Sit Down Pt 1 / You Can't Sit Down Pt 2 | 7" | Reissue of HMV POP899 |
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| WI4006 | Hughes, Jimmy | Goodbye My Love / It Was Nice | 7" |
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| WI4007 | James, Elmore | I Need You / Mean Mistreating Mama | 7" |
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| WI4008 | Hawkins, Screamin' Jay | I Put a Spell on You / Little Demon | 7" | Unissued |
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| WI4009 | Butler, Jerry | Just For You / Believe In Me | 7" |
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| WI4010 | Smith, Effie | Dial That Telephone Pt 1 / Dial That Telephone Pt 2 | 7" |
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| WI4011 | Valens, Ritchie | La Bamba / Donna | 7" | Unissued |
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| WI4012 | Preston, Billy | Billy's Bag / Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' | 7" | ||
| WI4013 | Jaybirds (USA) | Somebody Help Me / The Right Kind | 7" |
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| WI4014 | Birdlegs & Pauline | Spring / In So Many Ways | 7" |
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| WI4015 | Little Richard | It Ain't Watcha Do (It's the Way How You Do It) / Crossover | 7" |
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| WI4016 | Harris, Thurston | Little Bitty Pretty One / I Hope You Won't Hold It Against Me | 7" | With the Sharps.Reissue of Vogue V9092 |
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| WI4017 | Upchurch, Phil (Combo) | Nothing But Soul / Evad | 7" |
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| WI4018 | Righteous Brothers | You Can Have Her / Justine | 7" |
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| WI4019 | Spidells | Find Out What's Happening / That'll Make My Heart Break | 7" |
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| WI4020 | Santells | So Fine / These Are Love | 7" |
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| WI4021 | Little Milton | Early in the Morning / Bless Your Heart | 7" | Actually by Roy Milton |
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| WI4022 | Shades of Blue (USA) | Oh How Happy / Little Orphan Boy | 7" |
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| WI4023 | Fulson, Lowell | Talking Woman / Blues Around Midnight | 7" | As Lowell Fulsom |
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| WI4024 | Parker, Raymond | Ring Around the Roses / She's Coming Home | 7" |
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| WI4025 | Marcelle, Lydia | Another Kind of Fellow / I've Never Been Hurt Like This Before | 7" |
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| WI4026 | Hall, Gerri | Who Can I Run To / I Lost a Key | 7" | Unissued |
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| WI4027 | Mr Dynamite | Sh'mon / Sh'mon Pt 2 | 7" | B side by Dynamite Orchestra |
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| WI4028 | Lynn, Barbara | Letter to Mommy and Daddy / Second Fiddle Girl | 7" |
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| WI4029 | Simone, Sugar | Suddenly / King without a Throne | 7" |
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| WI4030 | Bob & Earl | Don't Ever Leave Me / Fancy Free | 7" |
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| WI4031 | White, Danny | Keep My Woman Home / I'm Dedicating My Life | 7" |
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| WI4032 | Don & Dewey | Soul Motion / Stretchin' Out | 7" | Reissue of Cameo Parkway CP750 |
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| WI4033 | Anglos | Incense / You're Fooling Me | 7" | Unissued |
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| WI4034 | Kelly Brothers | Falling in Love Again / Crying Days Are Over | 7" |
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| WI4035 | Kilgore, Theola | I'll Keep Trying / He's Coming Back To Me | 7" |
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| WI4036 | Wallace Brothers | I'll Step Aside / Hold My Hurt for a While | 7" |
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| WI4037 | Smith, Edgewood & Fabulous Tailfeathers | Ain't That Lovin' / Yeah | 7" |
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| WI4038 | Lynn, Barbara | You'll Lose a Good Thing / Lonely Heartaches | 7" |
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| WI4039 | Clark, Claudine | The Strength to be Strong / Moon Madness | 7" |
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| WI4040 | Day, Jackie | Before It's Too Late / Without a Love | 7" |
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| WI4041 | Martin, Paul | Snake in the Grass / I've Got a New Love | 7" |
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| WI4042 | Roberts, John | Sockin' 1, 2, 3, 4 / Sophisticated Funk | 7" |
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| WI4043 | Wright, OV | What About You / What Did You Tell This Girl of Mine | 7" |
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| WI4044 | Bland, Bobby | That Did It / A Touch of the Blues | 7" |
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| WI4045 | King, Al | Think Twice Before You Speak / The Winner | 7" |
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| WI4046 | Matthews, Joe | Sorry Ain't Good Enough / You Better Mend Your Ways | 7" |
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| WI4047 | Jones, Thelma | Stronger / Never Leave Me | 7" |
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| WI4048 | Lamp Sisters | A Woman with the Blues / I Thought It Was All Over | 7" |
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| WI4049 | Fascinations | Girls Are Out To Get You / You'll Be Sorry | 7" | Reissue of Stateside SS594 |
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| IEP706 | Turner, Ike & Tina | The Soul of Ike and Tina Turner | EP |
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| IEP710 | Redding, Otis | Early Otis Redding | EP |
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| IEP711 | Hill, ZZ / Intentions | Gimme Gimme | EP | 2 tracks each.Jackie Day wrongly credited on sleeve |
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