Red Hot & Blue (Live Radio Broadcasts from 1952-1964) [Live]

Dewey Phillips | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Memphis Archives
• ASIN: B000003UEH
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,135 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #9 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > Blues Rock
  • #41 in Music > Pop > By Decade > 1950s
  • #96 in Music > Indie Music > Country > General

Track Listings

1. Live Broadcast 1952-1964

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great Piece of History, September 18, 2002

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Ward E. Puckett "billwar" (WHEATON, MARYLAND USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Hot & Blue (Live Radio Broadcasts from 1952-1964) (Audio CD)

Here are the sounds of yesteryear captured through the voice of a fascinating character (Dewey Phillips) who introduced me to the real Blues via his dj chatter when I was a teenager. Yes this is Nostalgia with a Capital "N". The arcane vocubulary, the primitive broadcasting (including the scratchy, over cued 78's, and of course the classical blues of the South are all on this CD. (Even the first Ricky Nelson recording appears from a late spring 1957 broadcast.)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting slice of 50s radio, August 15, 2007

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andrew pearson "shelbysan" (Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Hot & Blue (Live Radio Broadcasts from 1952-1964) (Audio CD)

This is an hour of randomly selected portions of Dewey's haphazard radio show. There are no breaks in the CD, its one long track even though it jumps from an early 1952 segment to another several years later. It alternates with Dewey's manic ranting and product-pitching to r&b and pop songs I've never heard before. Dewey rarely identifies the artists, he just shouts the name of the song and usually sings along for a while. I like this CD, but more as a historic artifact - I can't imagine listening to it very often.

5.0 out of 5 stars Red Hot and Blue (Live Radio Broadcasts 1952-1964), September 10, 2011

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P. Little (Jackson, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Hot & Blue (Live Radio Broadcasts from 1952-1964) (Audio CD)

If you are an oldie but goodie fan, you will love this cd. Really brings back memories of the old WHBQ radio days with Dewey Phillips. I love the old commercials and the songs were just fantastic....especially love the dedications...so much fun!

I think it is a great buy for "oldies" lovers.