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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
Tracklist
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