VA - The Road To Rock & Roll, 1932-1954 [2013-2015] (6 x CDs)

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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