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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.
Tracklist
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