“ON WITH THE JIVE” is the first of what we hope will be several volumes of Dolphin productions, and it comes to you in “from master tape” quality that almost puts you in the room with the musicians, such is the clarity of sound. It focuses on sessions that Dolphin cut for release on his Recorded In Hollywood label – although many of the sessions were left in the can for decades, until Billy Vera (this set’s sleeve note writer) first dug through the crates to use some of the tracks on Dolphin-related compilations made for Specialty many years back. Ace’s purchase of the Dolphin masters has given us access to many more tapes than Billy was able to find. Where I’ve included tracks that Billy used on earlier compilations, I’ve selected different takes to give the long time fan the best possible value for money............ 01 DOLPHIN'S RADIO JINGLE Dick "Huggy Boy" Hugg 02 DOLPHIN'S THEME Red Callender Sextette 03 YOU'RE A MEAN AND EVIL WOMAN Tony Allen 04 CRYING AND WALKING Pee Wee Crayton 05 EASY MONEY Scatman Crothers 06 TALL TAN BABY Maggie Jacquet 07 CADILLAC BABY Little Caesar 08 BABY DOLL Marvin Phillips 09 ROCK BOTTOM Red Callender Sextette 10 THE BLUES HAS GOT ME Unknown Vocalist 11 HANG YOUR TEARS OUT TO DRY Jesse Belvin 12 BEALE STREET ON SATURDAY NIGHT Scatman Crothers 13 I'M KNOCKING ON THE DOOR Tony Allen & Maggie Jacquet 14 THE DARKEST HOUR Pee Wee Crayton 15 ATOMIC BABY Linda Hayes 16 YOU CAN'T BRING ME DOWN Little Caesar 17 FORGIVE ME Pee Wee Crayton 18 WHAT'S IT TO YOU, JACK Linda Hayes 19 THE SUN WAS SHINING Marvin Phillips 20 PEE WEE'S BLUES AKA PAPPY'S BLUES Pee Wee Crayton 21 PAPA (I DON'T TREAT THAT LITTLE GIRL MEAN) Scatman Crothers 22 MY LOVE COMES TUMBLING DOWN Jesse Belvin 23 MY BABY WON'T LET ME IN Marvin Phillips 24 THREE MEN IN MY LIFE Maggie Jacquet 25 THE BLUES Red Callender Sextette