Various Artists - Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1954

Format: 2 x CD
Catalogue No.: RANDB088CD
Barcode: 5060331752905
Release Date: 29 Apr 2022
Genre: Blues / Rock

Following the success of Alan Freed’s Rock’n’Roll Revues in 1953 and 1954, record companies ramped up the number of rhythm and blues releases (or rock’n’roll as it had now become known) to satisfy increased demand among white American teenagers. Instrumental records were just perfect for getting the kids up on the dance floor, be they hard-rocking guitar and sax-led numbers, slinky organ smoochers, or Mambo groovers. This 2CD set contains the sixty finest and most exciting R&B instrumentals recorded in 1954. Including label shots and annotated notes.

Disc One: 1. Tommy Ridgley - Jam Up 2. Red Callendar – Voodoo 3. Young John Watson - Space Guitar 4. Otis Spann - Five Spot 5. Chuck Higgins - Dye Ooh Mambo 6. Jesse Stone – Runaway 7. Lloyd Glenn - Wild Fire 8. Lloyd & Willie - Potato Stomp 9. Ike Turner - Cubano Jump 10. Elmore James - Canton Mississippi Breakdown 11. Louis Brooks - Double Shot 12. Baby Boy Warren – Chicken 13. Lee Allen - Creole Alley 14. Jimmy McCracklin - The Swingin' Thing 15. Big Boy Groves - The Solid Rock 16. Memphis Slim - Backbone Boogie 17. Gene Phillips - Steelin' The Blues 18. Noble Watts Quintet - Mashing Potatoes 19. Little Walter – Rocker 20. Sugarboy Crawford - Night Rider 21. Sax Kari - Train Ride 22. Jimmy Coe - Raid On The After Hours Joint 23. King Charles - Bop Cat Stomp 24. Lorenzo Holden - Cry Of The Wounded Jukebox 25. Julian Dash - Zig-Zag 26. Walter Lane - Trio Drumambo 27. Sonny Thompson - Single Shot 28. Doctor Ross - Juke Box Boogie 29. Kid King’s Combo - Greasy Feets 30. Larry Liggett - Perdido Mambo.. Disc Two: 1. Little Walter - Blue Light 2. Ike Turner – Loosely 3. Sunnyland Slim - Four Day Bounce 4. Louis Brooks - Time Out 5. Jimmy McCracklin - Blues Blasters' Boogie 6. Bill Doggett – Gumbo 7. Jimmy Smith – Jughead 8. Bill Jennings - Big Boy 9. Jimmy Tyler - Orch Callin' All Chickens 10. Big Jay McNeely - Hot Cinders 11. Lloyd Glenn - Nite-Flite 12. Rusty Bryant - All Nite Long 13. Joe Houston - All Night Long 14. Monte Easter - Midnight Rider 15. Mad Mel Sebastion - One Salt Dog 16. Tiny Bradshaw - Cat Fruit 17. Rollee McGill - Helena Mambo 18. Lorenzo Holden - Pie Ala Mode 19. Kid King’s Combo - Thing-A-Ma-Jig 20. Earl Brown - The Cat's Wiggle 21. Junior Wells - Junior's Wail 22. Eddie Winters - Rockers 1601 Stomp 23. Ron Rico & Sax Kari – Chano 24. Buddy Tate - Sent For You Yesterday 25. Sonny Boy Williamson - Boppin' with Sonny 26. The Bop-A-Loos - Bongo Mambo 27. Jack McVea – UbieDubie 28. Jimmy Reed - Boogie In The Dark 29. Mercy Dee Walton - The Main Event 30. Johnny Howard Hastings - Street Jump

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