VA - Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats (The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection) [2011] (2 x CD's)

 

KILLER INSTRUMENTALS

VA - Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats (The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection) [2011] (2 x CD's)

Never quite given the credit it deserves within the rock idiom, music without lyrics has always been the staple form in many other genres. So when the new music arrived in the mid-1950's it was inevitable that some would remain vocal-free. This collection pulls together a quite astonishing seventy Rock & Roll Instrumentals from the years during which Rock and Roll came into its own, 1956 - 1960. Including such obscure names as Phil Harvey, The Gamblers and The Renegades - behind which musical mavericks as important as Phil Spector, Bruce Johnson and Kim Fowley hid, alongside the somewhat more familiar Piltdown Men, Johnny and The Hurricanes and Sandy Nelson, this eclectic two disc set provides a fascinating trawl through the underbelly of the most exciting musical period to exist thus far.

Chrome Dreams 2 x CD compilation blast Twangin guitars and howling sax in the vain of Link Wray, Duane Eddy and Dick Dale. Mostly by unknown USA artists. CD1 gives us tracks from 1957 thru 1960, CD2 all 60's material.

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Track lists

CD1

01 The Noblemen Dragonwalk 1:51

02 Bob Taylor and the Counts Taylors Rock 2:50

03 Rollettes Venus Rock 2:02

04 Royaltones See Saw 2:06

05 Bobby Mizzel Knockout 2:44

06 Dell Tones Heads Up 2:35

07 Lord Rockinghams XI Fried Onions 1:41

08 Bernie Moore Rock Guitar Rock 2:16

09 Bob Videone and the Rhythm Rocker Weird 2:09

10 Phil Harvey Willy Boy 1:56

11 Twisters Bandstand Rocket 1:23

12 Sounds Bedlam 2:13

13 Lord Dent and his Invaders Wolf Call 2:32

14 Royal Jokers Vibrations 2:31

15 Joey Welz Shore Party 2:15

16 Jet Tones Twangy 2:26

17 Dick Burdo and the Smilling Ranch Cowboys Bushfire 2:14

18 Tempos Sham Rock 2:29

19 Atmospheres The Fickle Chicken 2:01

20 Rocking Rs Mustang 1:51

21 Nightcaps Nightcap Rock 2:29

22 Storms Thunder 2:22

23 Danny and the Galaxies Ad Lib 2:31

24 Jimmy Ganzberg the the Crowns Rebel Yell 2:05

25 Downbeats Craigs Crazy Boogie 2:38

26 King Rock and the Knights Scandal 2:10

27 Eddie Smith and the Hornets Border Beat 2:21

28 Renegades Charge 2:01

29 Scarlets Stampede 1:58

30 Johnny and the Hurricanes Sandstorm 2:14

31 Jimmy McConville Scorpion 2:24

32 Rodney and the Blazers Summertime Stomp 2:03

33 Royalnotes Spitfire 2:31

34 Piltdown Men Brontosaurus Stomp 2:32

35 Blue Notes Rigor Mortis 2:04

CD2

01 Big Four Outa Tue 2:00

02 Rex Qual Tranquilizer Boogie 2:12

03 Teen Rockers Teen Rock 1:57

04 Dawnbeats Midnight Express 2:05

05 Andy and the Live Wires Maggie 3:02

06 Hi-Tombs Weeping Willow Rock 2:35

07 Ronnie Rays Playboys The ulture 2:42

08 Orbit Rockers Rock it 1:56

09 Tree Tops Tinkle Bones Rock 1:33

10 Frantics The Whip 1:48

11 Hank Hankins (My Old) Kentucky Home 2:13

12 Don and the Galaxiex Avanlanche 1:59

13 Raiders Downbeat 2:39

14 Rhythm Rockers Madness 2:37

15 Billy Adkinson Rock a Mo Part 1 2:35

16 Premiers Firewater 1:54

17 Dawnbreakers Deep in the Heart of Texas Rock 1:59

18 Keetie and the Kats Move Part 1 2:38

19 Carl Newman Tom Tom 1:33

20 Darts Rocking 1:48

21 B B Cunningham Pagan Rock 2:09

22 Leon Smith and the Orbit Rockers Windfall 2:04

23 Gene Bianco Alarm Clock Rock 1:48

24 Rocktones High Time Rock 2:03

25 Gary Vallet and the Vallets Guitar Bass Boogie 2:24

26 Andy Doll Stockade Rock 2:01

27 Noblemen Dirty Robber 1:55

28 Gamblers Moon Dawg 2:16

29 Sandy Nelson Chop Chop 2:18

30 Rhet Stoller Chariot 2:12

31 Conny and the Bellhops Bop Sticks 2:43

32 Teens Men Spinout 2:17

33 Caravans Mondo Caravan Creature 2:23

34 Ted Russell and his Rhythm Rockers Brang 2:12

35 Gigolos Night Creature 2:10

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