1-CD Digipak (4-plated) with 39-page booklet, 30 tracks. Playing time approx. 73 mns

The first, long overdue collection of rare but sought-after singles by Roy Lee Johnson, the underground hero of guitar freaks and deep soul fans. Includes Mister Moonlight, known to millions by the Beatles but originally by Dr Feelgood And the Interns (vocal: Roy Lee Johnson) and the first version of When A Guitar Plays The Blues, since revived by Albert Collins and Roy Buchanan. Eleven previously unissued tracks including four by underrated soul man, Curtis Smith, Roy Lee Johnson's fellow singer-guitarist in the Interns. The most soulful of Sixties soul packaged with all Bear Family's meticulous attention to detail including a lavishly illustrated essay by Martin Goggin.

Roy Lee Johnson first came to attention as the occasional vocalist with the Interns, a R&B band led by blues shouter Dr Feelgood, aka Piano Red. But there's a whole lot more to this songwriter, guitarist and singer of soul with a capital 'S'. Roy Lee Johnson's little heard treasures of Southern soul are finally served up on one CD. Everything he recorded for Okeh, Columbia, Josie and Philips is here. There are gritty dance workouts, lilting soul ballads, ferocious instrumentals and devastating deep wrist-slashers from Muscle Shoals. Sixties soul reissues may be coin of the realm these days but few are quite as essential as this scorching collection of Roy Lee Johnson's best performances.

Track Listing

• Mister Moonlight
• Love Is Amazing
• Sea Breeze
• Black Pepper Will Make You Sneeze
• Too Many Tears
• Nobody Does Something For Nothing
• Busybody
• I'm So Happy
• My Best Just Ain't Good Enough
• Love Birds
• When A Guitar Plays The Blues
• Plowing Playboy
• That's All I Need
• Slowly I'm Falling In Love With You
• Two Doors Down
• Stanback Headache Powder
• It's All Over
• So Anna Just Love Me
• Boogaloo No. 3
• Cheer Up Daddy's Comin' Home
• Guitar Man
• Can You Handle It
• Chunk Some Love
• Take Me Back And Try Me
• She Put The Whammy To Me
• Don't Do This To Me
• Two Wrongs (Won't Make It Right)
• Come Here Baby
• I've Got A Feeling

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: R & B

Run Time: 73 mins

Release Date: 05/08/09

UPC: 4000127163219