Malaco Records (Mississippi-related)
dreskieboogie
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I have found a few things on the label over time but I feel there's must be some killer stuff Im missing out on. Whats good?Does it make sense if Malaco was one of the bigger labels in the Missisippi area? I think somebody told be that some time ago...Peace,Dress
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Question: what records have you found? I take it you weren't happy with what you got if you feel there's some stuff you are "missing."
Some really good random 45's on Malaco: Deep South Wind's "Hello Love, Mr. Happiness" and (from the '80s) "Part Time Lover, Full Time Fool" by Formula V.
Thanks for the answer though.
Peace,
Dress
Don't know if you're into CD's, but there is a Malaco box set, titled something like The Last Soul Company...
The flip to Dorothy Moore's "Misty Blue", "Here it is" is actually some pretty hard hitting funk...odd one for the label, no blues or 70s juke joint vibe...sounds like it could be on westbound or something...
the shop actually has a lot of malaco LPs, if anyone is looking for a particular one, PM me...
(insert lame blues guitar twiddle)
Sho-Nuff has a couple of great LPs on the label, though I'm able to find pics of any.
This LP by Power is also pretty great:
Malaco doesn't do the white-guy guitar wank thing. They're mainly aimed at black audiences, so it's a little more soul-oriented.
At one point they did have a subsidiary devoted to the white blues circuit (Waldoxy), but that seems to be inactive now.
ZZ Hill must have sold 10 billion albums of this shit back in the 80s
proving that black people too, can make terrible blues
I don't hear any twiddle. Yes, there is a very audible guitar on Malaco's stuff, but it never sinks to Blues Hammer standards.
I agree, Malaco (and other modern black blues labels) can be slick, but their slickness doesn't bother me like it would on a Buddy Guy album. Or from any of the umpteen Stevie Ray imitators (black AND white).
twiddle is different than WANKING
i can deal with twid, shred is cool in its place, but wank gotta go!!
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to keep it on topic: ive never heard it, but Mighty Sam had a single on Malaco in 1971, a version of "Mr. & Mrs. Untrue"
There is some good (often 80s sounding) gospel.
Jackson Southernaires
Everreadys
I like all the Denise LaSalle stuff. I think the one I like most is called Lady In The Street, I think it's the green cover.
Eddie Floyd and Latimore both recorded for Malaco.
ZZ's Down Home Blues and Bland's Members Only, were staples for a certain demographic. I sold lots of those back when I opened my shop. Blues fans who have no idea who Michael Bloomfield or SRV were, but know all about Bobby Rush.
"wall to wall,
back to back,
everywhere I looked
I saw something that I liked!"