The tragi-comedic musical playlets of the late Harry “Little” Caesar have entertained aficionados of Post WWII West Coast R&B for more than half a century. Not so much musical offerings as mini-dramas, such as ‘Goodbye Baby’ and ‘The River’ are virtually unique within the genre. These records, although not national hits, were big regional sellers in their day – and the scarcity of good condition copies reflects just how much their original owners played their Recorded In Hollywood 45s and 78s of these and other Caesar offerings, such as ‘Lying Woman’. There was a vinyl retrospective issued almost a quarter of a century ago (complied & annotated by Bluebeat Music owner Charlie Lange), but the CD revolution has hitherto passed by Harry and his recordings for Modern, RIH and Downey.................... 01 CADILLAC BABY 02 DON'T MENTION THE BLUES 03 TRIED TO REASON WITH YOU BABY 04 CHAINS OF LOVE HAVE DISAPPEARED 05 YOU CAN'T BRING ME DOWN 06 TALKIN' TO MYSELF 07 LONG TIME BABY 08 LYING WOMAN 09 ATOMIC LOVE 10 CADILLAC BABY 11 GOING DOWN TO THE RIVER 12 MOVE ME 13 HERE IS A LETTER 14 GOODBYE BABY 15 IF I COULD SEE MY BABY 16 NO NO CHERRY 17 TICK TOCK A WOO 18 THE NEST IS WARM (BUT THE GOOSE IS GONE) 19 WHEN I RETURN 20 BABY WHAT'S THAT YOU GOT 21 PERSONAL QUESTION 22 WHAT ARE THEY LAUGHING ABOUT 23 SHOW ME THE TIME 24 IN LONELYVILLE 25 THE GHOST OF MARY MEADE PART 1 26 I HOPE THAT IT'S ME
