ROCK & ROLL
VA - The Road To Rock & Roll, 1932-1954 [2013-2015] (6 x CDs)
Another success from Fantastic Voyage. This selection of 2 CDs for each of the 3 Volumes, is a great selection of mostly fifties scene jivers and strollers by sometimes some obscure artists of the time.
These tracks really do give an insight into how rock 'n roll evolved from various types of music. Most of the fare on offer here is of the 'non-rockabilly' type, although there are some such items included, but it is none the worse for that. It was rather interesting to hear some reasonably well-known numbers performed by artistes different to the usually heard ones - some were better than others. So, they may not all be the original versions, but these were released (first?) in the UK, on such as Parlophone, Brunswick, MGM, Capitol, Esquire, London etc. All in all, a great compilation with an excellent detailed booklet from the "legendary" Stuart Colman. (Amazon)
I love these compilations, it's a fascinating insight into some of the influences of Rock & Roll, you can hear certain styles and rifts that were carried forward into Rock & Roll. Great stuff if you enjoy 20th century popular music and its evolution. Compiler and music historian Stuart Colman has done a splendid job here, weaving together seemingly disparate artists and genres within whom he identifies a germ of the world-changing sounds to follow. It’s a lively education for the listener, who may feel compelled to check out further delights by more obscure names such as Ella Mae Morse, Buddy Morrow or Smilin’ Joe. (Amazon)
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Track lists
Vol 1 CD1
01 Tiny Bradshaw Shout, Sister Shout 2:39
02 Meade "Lux" Lewis Honky Tonk Train Blues 2:51
03 Sister Rosetta Tharpe Rock Me 2:37
04 Joe Turner & Pete Johnson Roll 'em Pete 2:51
05 Will Bradley & Ray McKinley Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat 3:05
06 Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Choo Choo Ch'boogie 2:44
07 Buddy Banks Sextet & Fluffy Hunter Fluffy’s Debut 2:33
08 Slim Gaillard Arabian Boogie 2:48
09 Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers The Honeydripper Pt. 1 3:06
10 Ella Mae Morse, Don Raye, Freddie Slack The House of Blue Lights 2:54
11 Nellie Lutcher He's a Real Gone Guy 3:02
12 Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends King Size Papa 2:43
13 Lead Belly Backwater Blues 2:59
14 Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Saturday Night Fish Fry, Pts. 1 & 2 5:25
15 Lionel Hampton Rag Mop 2:52
16 Betty Hall Jones This Joint's Too Hip for Me 2:31
17 Ivory Joe Hunter I Almost Lost My Mind 3:13
18 Nellie Lutcher & Nat 'king Cole For You My Love 2:26
19 Piney Brown That's Right Little Girl 2:39
20 Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Drippers' Boogie, Pt. 1 2:48
21 Red Foley Birmingham Bounce 3:02
22 Hadda Brooks Hadda's Boogie 2:52
23 Arthur Smith and His Cracker-Jacks Guitar Boogie 3:22
24 Les Paul Chicken Reel 2:09
25 Louis Prima & Keely Smith Oh Babe! 3:08
Vol 1 CD2
01 Lefty Frizzell Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday) 2:35
02 Red Foley Hot Rod Race 2:28
03 Roy Lanham & Doug Dalton Trouble Trouble 2:54
04 Zeb Turner Chew Tobacco Rag 2:36
05 Hawkshaw Hawkins Dog House Boogie 2:51
06 Sugar Chile Robinson Bouncing Ball Boogie 2:11
07 Sheb Wooley Hoot Owl Boogie 2:40
08 Hank Williams & the Drifting Cowboys Hey, Good Lookin' 2:57
09 Moon Mullican Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh-Aleena) 3:02
10 Billy Ward & the Dominoes Sixty-Minute Man 2:32
11 Lucky Millinder The Grape Vine 2:32
12 Blind John Davis Magic Carpet 2:14
13 Ella Mae Morse Tennessee Saturday Night 2:22
14 Tennessee Ernie Ford, the Dinning Sisters & Cliffie Stone's Music Rock City Boogie 2:15
15 Hardrock Gunter The Senator From Tennessee 2:22
16 Louis Prima & Keely Smith Ooh-Dahdily-Dah 2:23
17 Piano Red Just Right Bounce 2:23
18 Wynonie Harris Bloodshot Eyes 2:45
19 Hank Williams & the Drifting Cowboys Honky Tonk Blues 2:14
20 Rex Allen & the Nashville Dixielanders Jambalaya (On the Boogie) 2:40
21 Tennessee Ernie Ford & Cliffie Stone's Orchestra Tennessee Local 2:28
22 Frank Sinatra Bim Bam Baby 2:24
23 Earl Bostic Flamingo 2:40
24 Bull Moose Jackson I Know Who Threw the Whiskey (In the Well) 2:47
25 Lola Ameche & Ralph Marterie Rock the Joint 3:07
Vol 2 CD1
01 Piano Red Rockin’ With Red 2:31
02 Wynonie Harris Keep on Churnin' (Till the Butter Comes) 2:56
03 Billy Ward & the Dominoes Have Mercy Baby 2:22
04 Tennessee Ernie Ford I Don't Know 2:35
05 Ravens Rock Me All Night Long 2:47
06 Red Foley Hot Toddy 2:40
07 Rusty Draper No Help Wanted 2:24
08 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Snatchin' and Grabbin' 2:39
09 Hank Williams & the Drifting Cowboys Kaw-Liga 2:36
10 Orioles Teardrops on My Pillow 3:06
11 Tennessee Ernie Ford Don't Start Courtin' in a Hot Rod 2:35
12 Darrell Glenn Crying in the Chapel 2:55
13 Smiley Lewis Big Mamou 2:25
14 Bill Haley With Haley's Comets Crazy Man, Crazy 2:40
15 Ella Mae Morse Forty Cups of Coffee 2:54
16 Lowell Fulson The Blues Come Rollin' In 3:00
17 Jimmy Ricks & the Ravens Rough Ridin' 2:57
18 Davis Sisters Rock-A-Bye Boogie 2:36
19 Tennessee Ernie Ford Catfish Boogie 2:20
20 Four Tunes Marie 2:21
21 Steve Gibson Do I, Do I, I Do 2:55
22 Fats Domino Rose Mary 2:22
23 Earl Bostic & His Orchestra What! No Pearls 2:48
24 Merrill Moore Bell Bottom Boogie 2:21
25 John Lee Hooker Too Much Boogie 2:59
Vol 2 CD2
01 Chuck Miller Idaho Red 2:14
02 Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra All Night Long 2:24
03 Red Foley Pin Ball Boogie 2:19
04 Crows Gee 2:14
05 Fats Domino Little School Girl 2:41
06 Bill Haley & His Comets (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock 2:14
07 Merrill Moore Fly Right Boogie 2:26
08 Vicki Young Riot in Cell Block Number Nine 2:50
09 Bunny Paul Lovey Dovey 2:28
10 Big Dave & His Orchestra Rock, Roll, Ball and Wail 2:21
11 Johnnie & Jack Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight 2:15
12 Joe Morris & His Orchestra I Had a Notion 2:46
13 Red Prysock Blow Your Horn 3:08
14 Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra The Train Kept A-Rollin' 2:44
15 Five Keys Ling, Ting, Tong 2:10
16 Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Wake Up, Irene 2:18
17 Mitchell Torok The Haunting Waterfall 2:43
18 Rudy Grayzell Looking at the Moon and Wishing on a Star 2:56
19 Jack Cardwell Slap-Ka-Dab 2:05
20 Eddy Arnold Hep Cat Baby 1:59
21 Cheers Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin') 2:20
22 T-Bone Walker The Hustle is On 2:31
23 Spiders I'm Slippin' In 2:33
24 Smilin' Joe Abc's (Part 1) 2:32
25 Jimmy Witherspoon Oh Boy 2:19
Vol 3 CD1
01 Jack Cardwell Whiskey, Women and Loaded Dice 2:35
02 Merle Kilgore Seeing Double, Feeling Single 1:58
03 Luke McDaniel The Automobile Song 2:31
04 Four Escorts Loop De Loop Mambo 2:11
05 Lula Reed Bump on a Log 2:27
06 The Penguins Earth Angel 2:59
07 Bill Haley & His Comets Dim, Dim the Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) 2:33
08 Oscar McLollie & His Honeyjumpers Take Your Shoes Off Pop 2:08
09 Arthur Smith and His Cracker-Jacks Hi Lo Boogie 2:15
10 Four Knights Honey Bunch 2:21
11 Lavern Baker Tweedle Dee 3:10
12 Charms Hearts of Stone 2:37
13 Big Dave & His Orchestra Rock and Roll Party 1:47
14 Eddie Fontaine Rock Love 1:56
15 Boyd Bennett & His Rockets Boogie at Midnight 2:26
16 Annisteen Allen Fujiyama Mama 2:32
17 Eartha Kitt My Heart's Delight 2:20
18 Nuggets Shtiggy Boom 2:01
19 Goofers Flip, Flop and Fly 2:42
20 Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Swingin' on the Strings 2:20
21 Nappy Brown Don't Be Angry 2:26
22 Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra Crazy 'bout a Saxophone 2:36
23 Ruth Brown (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean 3:00
24 Five Keys Me Make Um Pow Wow 2:20
25 Harris Sisters Kissin' Bug 2:07
Vol 3 CD2
01 Four Tophatters Go Baby Go 2:08
02 Four Knights Tennessee Train 2:34
03 Fats Domino Ain't it a Shame 2:29
04 Five Keys Doggone It, You Did It 2:25
05 Billy Valentine Your Love Has Got Me (Reelin' and A-Rockin') 2:29
06 Nappy Brown Pitter Patter 2:06
07 Cliffie Stone & His Orchestra Barracuda 2:18
08 Texas Bill Strength Cry, Cry, Cry 2:49
09 Alvadean Coker We're Gonna Bop 2:17
10 Boyd Bennett & His Rockets Seventeen 2:09
11 Dorothy Collins My Boy - Flat Top 2:14
12 Lavern Baker Play it Fair 3:00
13 Commodores Uranium 2:18
14 Ruth Brown As Long as I'm Moving 2:46
15 Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Messy Bessy 2:44
16 Bonnie Lou Daddy-O 2:08
17 Bill Haley & His Comets Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie 2:22
18 Merrill Moore Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue 2:18
19 Cheers Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots 2:12
20 York Brothers That's All I Want From You 2:02
21 Platters Voo-Vee-Ah-Bee 2:13
22 Midnighters Annie Had a Baby 2:43
23 Strangers Just Don't Care 2:30
24 Jaye P Morgan Pepper-Hot Baby 2:14
25 Lillian Briggs I Want You to Be My Baby 2:31
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Track lists
Vol 1 CD1
01 Tiny Bradshaw Shout, Sister Shout 2:39
02 Meade "Lux" Lewis Honky Tonk Train Blues 2:51
03 Sister Rosetta Tharpe Rock Me 2:37
04 Joe Turner & Pete Johnson Roll 'em Pete 2:51
05 Will Bradley & Ray McKinley Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat 3:05
06 Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Choo Choo Ch'boogie 2:44
07 Buddy Banks Sextet & Fluffy Hunter Fluffy’s Debut 2:33
08 Slim Gaillard Arabian Boogie 2:48
09 Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers The Honeydripper Pt. 1 3:06
10 Ella Mae Morse, Don Raye, Freddie Slack The House of Blue Lights 2:54
11 Nellie Lutcher He's a Real Gone Guy 3:02
12 Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends King Size Papa 2:43
13 Lead Belly Backwater Blues 2:59
14 Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Saturday Night Fish Fry, Pts. 1 & 2 5:25
15 Lionel Hampton Rag Mop 2:52
16 Betty Hall Jones This Joint's Too Hip for Me 2:31
17 Ivory Joe Hunter I Almost Lost My Mind 3:13
18 Nellie Lutcher & Nat 'king Cole For You My Love 2:26
19 Piney Brown That's Right Little Girl 2:39
20 Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Drippers' Boogie, Pt. 1 2:48
21 Red Foley Birmingham Bounce 3:02
22 Hadda Brooks Hadda's Boogie 2:52
23 Arthur Smith and His Cracker-Jacks Guitar Boogie 3:22
24 Les Paul Chicken Reel 2:09
25 Louis Prima & Keely Smith Oh Babe! 3:08
Vol 1 CD2
01 Lefty Frizzell Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday) 2:35
02 Red Foley Hot Rod Race 2:28
03 Roy Lanham & Doug Dalton Trouble Trouble 2:54
04 Zeb Turner Chew Tobacco Rag 2:36
05 Hawkshaw Hawkins Dog House Boogie 2:51
06 Sugar Chile Robinson Bouncing Ball Boogie 2:11
07 Sheb Wooley Hoot Owl Boogie 2:40
08 Hank Williams & the Drifting Cowboys Hey, Good Lookin' 2:57
09 Moon Mullican Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh-Aleena) 3:02
10 Billy Ward & the Dominoes Sixty-Minute Man 2:32
11 Lucky Millinder The Grape Vine 2:32
12 Blind John Davis Magic Carpet 2:14
13 Ella Mae Morse Tennessee Saturday Night 2:22
14 Tennessee Ernie Ford, the Dinning Sisters & Cliffie Stone's Music Rock City Boogie 2:15
15 Hardrock Gunter The Senator From Tennessee 2:22
16 Louis Prima & Keely Smith Ooh-Dahdily-Dah 2:23
17 Piano Red Just Right Bounce 2:23
18 Wynonie Harris Bloodshot Eyes 2:45
19 Hank Williams & the Drifting Cowboys Honky Tonk Blues 2:14
20 Rex Allen & the Nashville Dixielanders Jambalaya (On the Boogie) 2:40
21 Tennessee Ernie Ford & Cliffie Stone's Orchestra Tennessee Local 2:28
22 Frank Sinatra Bim Bam Baby 2:24
23 Earl Bostic Flamingo 2:40
24 Bull Moose Jackson I Know Who Threw the Whiskey (In the Well) 2:47
25 Lola Ameche & Ralph Marterie Rock the Joint 3:07
Vol 2 CD1
01 Piano Red Rockin’ With Red 2:31
02 Wynonie Harris Keep on Churnin' (Till the Butter Comes) 2:56
03 Billy Ward & the Dominoes Have Mercy Baby 2:22
04 Tennessee Ernie Ford I Don't Know 2:35
05 Ravens Rock Me All Night Long 2:47
06 Red Foley Hot Toddy 2:40
07 Rusty Draper No Help Wanted 2:24
08 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Snatchin' and Grabbin' 2:39
09 Hank Williams & the Drifting Cowboys Kaw-Liga 2:36
10 Orioles Teardrops on My Pillow 3:06
11 Tennessee Ernie Ford Don't Start Courtin' in a Hot Rod 2:35
12 Darrell Glenn Crying in the Chapel 2:55
13 Smiley Lewis Big Mamou 2:25
14 Bill Haley With Haley's Comets Crazy Man, Crazy 2:40
15 Ella Mae Morse Forty Cups of Coffee 2:54
16 Lowell Fulson The Blues Come Rollin' In 3:00
17 Jimmy Ricks & the Ravens Rough Ridin' 2:57
18 Davis Sisters Rock-A-Bye Boogie 2:36
19 Tennessee Ernie Ford Catfish Boogie 2:20
20 Four Tunes Marie 2:21
21 Steve Gibson Do I, Do I, I Do 2:55
22 Fats Domino Rose Mary 2:22
23 Earl Bostic & His Orchestra What! No Pearls 2:48
24 Merrill Moore Bell Bottom Boogie 2:21
25 John Lee Hooker Too Much Boogie 2:59
Vol 2 CD2
01 Chuck Miller Idaho Red 2:14
02 Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra All Night Long 2:24
03 Red Foley Pin Ball Boogie 2:19
04 Crows Gee 2:14
05 Fats Domino Little School Girl 2:41
06 Bill Haley & His Comets (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock 2:14
07 Merrill Moore Fly Right Boogie 2:26
08 Vicki Young Riot in Cell Block Number Nine 2:50
09 Bunny Paul Lovey Dovey 2:28
10 Big Dave & His Orchestra Rock, Roll, Ball and Wail 2:21
11 Johnnie & Jack Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight 2:15
12 Joe Morris & His Orchestra I Had a Notion 2:46
13 Red Prysock Blow Your Horn 3:08
14 Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra The Train Kept A-Rollin' 2:44
15 Five Keys Ling, Ting, Tong 2:10
16 Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Wake Up, Irene 2:18
17 Mitchell Torok The Haunting Waterfall 2:43
18 Rudy Grayzell Looking at the Moon and Wishing on a Star 2:56
19 Jack Cardwell Slap-Ka-Dab 2:05
20 Eddy Arnold Hep Cat Baby 1:59
21 Cheers Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin') 2:20
22 T-Bone Walker The Hustle is On 2:31
23 Spiders I'm Slippin' In 2:33
24 Smilin' Joe Abc's (Part 1) 2:32
25 Jimmy Witherspoon Oh Boy 2:19
Vol 3 CD1
01 Jack Cardwell Whiskey, Women and Loaded Dice 2:35
02 Merle Kilgore Seeing Double, Feeling Single 1:58
03 Luke McDaniel The Automobile Song 2:31
04 Four Escorts Loop De Loop Mambo 2:11
05 Lula Reed Bump on a Log 2:27
06 The Penguins Earth Angel 2:59
07 Bill Haley & His Comets Dim, Dim the Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) 2:33
08 Oscar McLollie & His Honeyjumpers Take Your Shoes Off Pop 2:08
09 Arthur Smith and His Cracker-Jacks Hi Lo Boogie 2:15
10 Four Knights Honey Bunch 2:21
11 Lavern Baker Tweedle Dee 3:10
12 Charms Hearts of Stone 2:37
13 Big Dave & His Orchestra Rock and Roll Party 1:47
14 Eddie Fontaine Rock Love 1:56
15 Boyd Bennett & His Rockets Boogie at Midnight 2:26
16 Annisteen Allen Fujiyama Mama 2:32
17 Eartha Kitt My Heart's Delight 2:20
18 Nuggets Shtiggy Boom 2:01
19 Goofers Flip, Flop and Fly 2:42
20 Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Swingin' on the Strings 2:20
21 Nappy Brown Don't Be Angry 2:26
22 Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra Crazy 'bout a Saxophone 2:36
23 Ruth Brown (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean 3:00
24 Five Keys Me Make Um Pow Wow 2:20
25 Harris Sisters Kissin' Bug 2:07
Vol 3 CD2
01 Four Tophatters Go Baby Go 2:08
02 Four Knights Tennessee Train 2:34
03 Fats Domino Ain't it a Shame 2:29
04 Five Keys Doggone It, You Did It 2:25
05 Billy Valentine Your Love Has Got Me (Reelin' and A-Rockin') 2:29
06 Nappy Brown Pitter Patter 2:06
07 Cliffie Stone & His Orchestra Barracuda 2:18
08 Texas Bill Strength Cry, Cry, Cry 2:49
09 Alvadean Coker We're Gonna Bop 2:17
10 Boyd Bennett & His Rockets Seventeen 2:09
11 Dorothy Collins My Boy - Flat Top 2:14
12 Lavern Baker Play it Fair 3:00
13 Commodores Uranium 2:18
14 Ruth Brown As Long as I'm Moving 2:46
15 Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Messy Bessy 2:44
16 Bonnie Lou Daddy-O 2:08
17 Bill Haley & His Comets Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie 2:22
18 Merrill Moore Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue 2:18
19 Cheers Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots 2:12
20 York Brothers That's All I Want From You 2:02
21 Platters Voo-Vee-Ah-Bee 2:13
22 Midnighters Annie Had a Baby 2:43
23 Strangers Just Don't Care 2:30
24 Jaye P Morgan Pepper-Hot Baby 2:14
25 Lillian Briggs I Want You to Be My Baby 2:31
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This intriguing set looks like it's going to be a great teacher, *and* soundtrack to Rock's roots - and its size practically ensures enough depth to do the topic genuine justice... and I like seeing plenty of names I don't recognize, so there'll be some nice treats, I'm sure. Thanks, Butter!
ReplyDeleteHi Aging Child,
DeleteI listened to this yesterday and it was exciting and infectious. I really enjoyed it. I hope you do too. Lots of early tracks here.
Cheers.
I'm sure I will; and the earlier, the better! I just now skimmed it, and want to jump into the deep end this weekend.
ReplyDeleteI think the mark of a great compilation is the reaction of "Perfect, perfect - and here's one more for it..."
So here's one more for it, one that Fantastic Voyage must have run out of room for, or they definitely would have included: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7CfeFcZo2o
Thick blue roots to the sprawling R&R tree! Elvis Presley, please sit down.
FANTASTIC CLIP. I love it.
DeleteWOW!
Cheers
Big Mama's on my long list of bluesmen/women to catch live, once my flux capacitor begins working again. Till then... just returning the favor, Butter - good music's for enjoying *and* sharing, as you and all the visitors you enrich know.
DeleteThank you for this compilation. Great!
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy it, Patrick
DeleteCheers.
Mr. BB...this is a delightful addition..Thank you.
ReplyDeleteHi ProfessorCalculus.
DeleteThis is a great set . Enjoy it all.
Cheers.
Many thanks.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome Jack.
DeleteCheers.
Hi BB, nice one and thanks = Cheers!
ReplyDeleteHi Coffee Messiah,
DeleteThis set is so much fun. Hope you will enjoy it.
Cheers.
Thanks for this. Certainly lots of great rocking tracks on this.
ReplyDeleteHi Bob Mack.
DeleteThis is certainly a wonderful set. If you haven't seen the link above from Aging Child, then you should check it out. Really wonderful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7CfeFcZo2o
Cheers.
File does not exist - perhaps a new Kraken link, please? cheers
ReplyDeleteHo ronzoni,
DeleteNew links established, tested and working.
Cheers.
So far I've listened to volume 3 (starting backwards) and it's a really fantastic selection; mostly things I've never heard before, and I'm looking forward to diving into the rest. Compilations like this have a way of leading me down multiple rabbit holes. Thank you so much for your kindness.
DeleteYou're welcome rozoni,
DeleteI am glad you asked to revive it.
Enjoy!
Cheers.