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The first of several planned volumes that will revisit the catalogue of the late R&B entrepreneur John Dolphin concentrates on rare and unissued material that he produced for the first of his many record labels, Recorded In Hollywood, in the early 1950s. Chock full of familiar Los Angeles names (Pee Wee Crayton, Jesse Belvin, Scatman Crothers, Red Callender etc) and introduced by legendary R&B DJ (and sometime Dolphin employee) 'Huggy Boy', this is as representative a selection of West Coast black music of the pre-rock 'n' roll era as you'll find anywhere in the Ace catalogue. All tracks are taken from new transfers of John Dolphin's original master tapes, with the kind of sound quality that puts the listener in the studio with the musicians. With sumptuous 'period' illustrations and notes by genre and era expert Billy Vera, this is a package that no lover of small group 1950s R&B will be able to resist.