VA - Originators, Innovators and Oddballs (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3

 

ORIGINATORS, INNOVATORS & ODDBALLS IN ROCK

VA - Originators, Innovators and Oddballs (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3

No one person started rock and roll. It was a black and white alloy of Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, Ike Turner, Hank Williams, Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley and every one before them.  Little Richard once said, "The blues had an illegitimate baby and we named it rock 'n' roll." He recognised the facts, that all music evolved, but that didn’t stop him from leading the pack with often innovative and original material that went on to be popularised by many. His was a bigger than life figure. Black and white musical traditions cross-educated each other, and then disc jockey Alan Freed popularized the phrase "rock and roll," which was black slang for having sex.  Rock and Roll was here to stay.

While Rock itself is a hybrid genre derived from other "root" genres, so the most "original" of the rock stars were the ones who came up with unusual combinations of influences that set them apart from other artists.  Many artists were a pastiche of what came before them, still they infused rock with a flair that was almost entirely unknown at the time. Little Richard, Screaming Jaw Hawkins and chuck Berry were true originals for me (all great performers and a big key to where we are today). There are many imitators and yes, they did amazing work, but only a few really move us.

It may be easy to dismiss some of the artists that appear in this compilation, but sit back and look at the impact they have had on other musicians as well as the listener. These are the standout artists that inspired other musicians to create, innovate and add a flavour through an individual and original persona. Their individuality not only changed the way music is played today but they changed fashion and culture. They each had individual characteristics that distinctively distinguished them from others at the time. Others are here because they also had an oddball persona together with their skilled musicianship. You decide who the oddballs are as you contemplate there impact.

Icons like Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, James Brown, The Rolling Stone and The Beatles were all changed by rock and roll and in turn they changed rock and roll forever. These artists have not been included in this set as they stand alone.  

This is volume 1 so expect more in the future. I am sure there could be many more compilations that address the originators, innovators and oddballs in rock and roll. 

The first two track lists offer up mostly individual artists. The third track list concentrates on bands. Everyone will have their own list and opinions and that is good but it cannot be denied that these artists all stridently contributed to what we call Rock today. Enjoy!

===========================================================

12     3

===========================================================

Track Lists

CD1

01 Screamin' Jay Hawkins I Put a Spell on You 2:29

02 Little Richard Long Tall Sally 2:10

03 Chuck Berry Maybellene 2:22

04 Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm Rocket 88 2:49

05 Roy Orbison Only the Lonely 2:28

06 Ray Charles What'd I Say (Parts 1 & 2) 5:07

07 Tiny Tim Little Girl 2:24

08 Leonard Cohen Suzanne 3:48

09 Kate Bush The Man With the Child in His Eyes 2:41

10 Bjork Human Behaviour 4:12

11 Jimi Hendrix Experience Little Wing 2:23

12 Jim Morroison (Doors) Hello, I Love You 2:17

13 Alice Cooper I'm Eighteen 3:00

14 Nirvana About a Girl 2:49

15 Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music) Virginia Plain (A-Side 1972) 2:56

16 David Bowie Starman 4:06

17 Marc Bolan (& T. Rex) Spaceball Ricochet 3:36

18 Gary Numan (& Tubeway Army) Are ''friends'' Electric 5:25

19 Joe Cocker Marjorine 2:37

20 Janis Joplin Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) 3:57

CD2

21 Lou Reed Heroin (Live) 12:53

22 Nick Cave (& the Bad Seeds) Deanna 3:46

23 Joanna Newsom Leaving the City 3:48

24 Beck Loser 3:57

25 Julian Cope Reynard the Fox 6:23

26 Frank Zappa My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama 3:32

27 Lux Interior (Cramps) Human Fly 2:14

28 Iggy Pop Lust for Life 5:12

29 Tom Waits Rain Dogs 2:57

30 David Byrne (Talking Heads) Road to Nowhere 4:01

31 Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) The Rain Song 7:38

32 Leon Russell A Song For You 4:08

33 Ed Kuepper It's Lunacy 3:59

34 Keith Richards Whip it Up 4:02

35 Robert Smith (The Cure) In Between Days 2:58

36 Bob Marley Buffalo Soldier 4:11

37 Arthur Lee (Love) The Red Telephone 4:48

38 Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath) Spiral Architect 5:31

39 Neil Young You And Me 3:45

40 John Lennon Plastic Ono Band Power to the People 3:34

CD3

41 Who Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (Original Mono Version) 2:40

42 Devo Whip It 2:39

43 Creedence Clearwater Revival Ramble Tamble 7:03

44 XTC Senses Working Overtime 4:34

45 Queen (Freddy Mercury) The March of the Black Queen 6:33

46 Radiohead (Thom York) Paranoid Android 6:23

47 Cars They Won't See You 3:49

48 Genesis Stagnation 8:46

49 Emerson, Lake & Palmer From the Beginning 4:08

50 King Crimson 21st Century Schizoid Man 7:23

51 Focus Hocus Pocus 3:12

52 Yes Long Distance Runaround 3:30

53 Sparks This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us 3:03

54 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Breakdown 2:43

55 Kiss Rock and Roll All Nite 2:51

56 Chicago Questions 67 and 68 5:02

57 Byrds Eight Miles High 3:35

58 Jethro Tull Locomotive-Breath 4:23

59 Santana Black Magic Woman, Gypsy Queen 5:22

60 Elvis Costello & the Attractions Tiny Steps 2:43

61 U2 Where the Streets Have No Name 5:37

=============================================================

=============================================================