Various Artists - Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1955
Format: 2 x CD
Catalogue No.: RANDB089CD
Barcode: 5060331752929
Release Date: 29 Apr 2022
Genre: Blues / Rock
We bring you 60 mighty instrumental stompers from 1955, R&B-style: Mid-West electric blues, Southern swamp rock, spicy New Orleans rhythms, funky grunting mambos, sophisticated West-Coast productions and East Coast city blues, dominated by guitarists and saxophonists but interspersed with organists, accordionists, pianists and harmonicists. Glorious stuff! Including label shots and annotated notes.
Disc One: 1. B.B. King - Boogie Rock 2. Preston Love & Orchestra - Ali Baba's Boogie 3. George Jenkins - Last Call 4. Lloyd Lambert - King Cotton 5. Little Walter - Roller Coaster 6. Louis & Frosty - Train Time 7. Ray Charles - A Bit Of Soul 8. Lafayette Thomas - The Thing 9. Champion Jack Dupree - Sharp Harp 10. Lowell Fulson - Rollin' Blues 11. Bill Doggett - Honey Boy 12. John Greer - Night Crawlin' 13. Hal Paige &The Wailers - Guitar Shuffle 14. Little Walkin' Willie - Clayhouse Blues 15. Chuck Berry – RolliPolli 16. The Rocking Brothers - Behind The Sun 17. The Nightriders - Vacation Train 18. Clifton Chenier - Squeeze Box Boogie 19. Garland the Great - Tree Stump Jump 20. Duke Jenkins - Mambo Blues 21. Mickey Baker - Rock With A Sock 22. Dusty Brown - Rusty Dusty 23. Jimmy Forrest - Night Train Mambo 24. Piano Red - Gordy's Rock 25. Jimmy Nolen - Slow Freight Back Home 26. Lorenzo Holden - Whipped Cream 27. Papa Lightfoot - Wild Fire 28. Maxwell Davis – Bluesville 29. Paul Bascomb - Alley "B" On 5th Ave 30. Fabulous Preston - Ooh-La-Cha-Cha. Disc Two: 1. (Big) John Greer - Blam! 2. Doc Bagby – Grinding 3. Bill Doggett - Oof! 4. The Nightriders - Night Ridin` 5. Preston Love - Groove Juice 6. Paul Bascomb - Jumping At The El Cino 7. J J Jones - After Hours Mambo 8. Champion Jack Dupree - Walking The Blues 9. Cookie &The Cupcakes - Blue Bayou Shuffle 10. Sherman Williams - The Snake 11. Jon Thomas - Rib Tips 12. Pee Wee Crayton - Blues Before Dawn 13. Lloyd Glenn - Tiddly-Winks 14. Eddie Taylor - Don't Knock At My Door 15. Chuck Higgins - Tonky Honk 16. Larry Liggett - The Turtle 17. Jesse Stone - Night Life 18. Luis Rivera - Fat Stocking 19. The Leathernecks - Slow Train Blues 20. B.B. King - Talkin' The Blues 21. The Bop-A-Loos - South Parkway Mambo 22. Sonny Terry & Brownie - Hootin' Blues #2 23. Tab Smith - Spider's Web 24. Louis Jackson - Tweedle Woofin' Boogie 25. Red Prysock - Hand Clappin' 26. Turk Kincheloe - The Cash Box 27. Tommy Deans Orchestra - Deanie Boy 28. Johnny Otis - Sandy's Boogie
29. Roosevelt Levins - Oriental Nights Boogie 30. Elmer Bernstein - Man With The Golden Arm
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