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RPM was a hip and happening label formed in LA, it was one of the several subsidiary labels of Modern Records who were the forerunner of ryhthm and blues. RPM quickly became associated with its biggest name, BB King, and then followed with names such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Howlin' Wolf and Willie Nix. The label was short-lived but this compilation catches RPM in its satisfying prime. CD1 1. Three O Clock Blues ~ B.B. King 2. Doin Time Blues ~ Lowell Fulson 3. Crying At Daybreak ~ Howlin Wolf 4. Don t Keep My Baby Long ~ Lightnin Hopkins 5. Fine Little Honey Dripper ~ Jimmy Nelson 6. Too Tired ~ Johnny Guitar Watson 7. It s Time For Lovin To Be Done ~ Little Eddie Kirkland 8. City Women ~ Roscoe Gordon 9. My Sweet Woman ~ Drifting Slim 10. The World Is Yours ~Johnny Wright & Ike Turner s Orchestra 11. Telephone Blues ~ Little George Smith 12. I Wonder ~ B.B. King 13. Passing By Blues ~ Howlin Wolf 14. T-99 Blues ~ Jimmy Nelson 15. Five Foot Three Blues ~ Sunny Blair 16. Beggin You To Stay ~ Lightnin Hopkins 17. Blues Stay Away ~ Little George Smith 18. Your Heart Ain t Right ~ Jimmy McCracklin 19. Dime A Dozen ~ Roscoe Gordon 20. Three Hours Past Midnight ~Johnny Guitar Watson CD2 1. Morning At Midnight ~ Howlin Wolf 2. That s All Right ~ Little Eddie Kirkland 3. She Moves Me ~ Johnny Guitar Watson 4. Mistreated Woman ~ B.B. King 5. Some Old Lonesome Day ~Lowell Fulson 6. Lonesome Dog Blues ~Lightnin Hopkins 7. Cold, Cold Winter ~ Roscoe Gordon 8. Lone Town Blues ~ Junior Brooks 9. Good Morning Baby ~ Drifting Slim 10. Blues In The Dark ~ Little George Smith 11. My Baby Stole Off ~ Howlin Wolf 12. Bad Habit Blues ~ Jimmy Nelson 13. Don t Touch Me ~ Johnny Guitar Watson 14. Dream Baby ~ Roscoe Gordon 15. Love When It Rains ~Jimmy McCracklin 16. Baby Child ~ Jimmy Nelson 17. Try Me One More Time ~ Willie Nix 18. B.B. Blues ~ B.B. King 19. Jumpin Blues ~ Mumbles 20. Jake Head Boogie ~ Lightnin Hopkins