Various Artists: Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1956-1957-1958-1959 / Various – COMPACT DISCS

Title: Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1956-1957-1958-1959 / Various
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhythm and Blues Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5060331752288
Genre: Soul/R & B
Release Date: 2021-06-25
Number of Discs: 8
Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM – IMPORT, BOXED SET

This set of 8CDs brings together the finest R&B instrumentals recorded between 1956 and 1959, putting the spotlight both on long-forgotten records by established artists and fabulous obscurities by long-forgotten ones! It’s a cracking compilation from start to finish: Southern swamp rock, Mid-West electric blues, Latin groovers, spicy New Orleans rhythms, sophisticated West-Coast productions, slinky organ stompers and East Coast city blues. Dominated by guitarists and saxophonists but interspersed with a few organists, accordionists, pianists, harmonicists and even a unitarist. All in all, 240 mighty instrumental stompers from 1956-57, R&B-style. Glorious stuff!

Tracks:
1.1 Hey, Bo – Eddie Bo
1.2 Unitar Rock – Willie Joe
1.3 The Midnite Creeper – Johnny Otis
1.4 Harlem Nocturne – Earl Bostic
1.5 Mr. Bumps – Edgar Blanchard
1.6 Destination Mars – Frosty ; Diamonds
1.7 Congo Mombo – Guitar Gable
1.8 Strollin’ – Doc Bagby
1.9 Strollin’ with Nolen – Jimmy Nolen
1.10 Tricky – Gus Jenkins
1.11 Country Boogie – Preston Love
1.12 Poor People of Paris – Chris Powell
1.13 Billy’s Blues (Pt. 1) – Billy Stewart
1.14 Get Up and Go – Al Smith
1.15 Moore Boogie – Abe Moore
1.16 Elmo’s Shuffle – Elmore James
1.17 Yardmaster – Jake Porter
1.18 The Big Wheel – Clifton Chenier
1.19 Big Boy – Bill Doggett
1.20 Driving Home (Pt. 1) – Charles Walker
1.21 Driving Home (Pt. 2) – Charles Walker
1.22 Fiddlin’ the Blues – Don ; Dewey
1.23 The Vamp – Lloyd Glenn
1.24 Succotash – Roy Milton
1.25 Show Time – Harold Jackson
1.26 After Hours Express – Frank Culley
1.27 After Hour Swing – Sam Price
1.28 Yo Yo Blues – Tab Smith
1.29 Git with It – Rock Murphy
1.30 The Beast – Milt Buckner
2.1 Congo Mombo – Muvva Hubbard
2.2 Lester’s Stomp – Lazy Lester
2.3 Slummin’ – Don ; Dewey
2.4 Boogie Beat – Levi Seabury
2.5 Smokey Room – Lowell Fulson
2.6 Untitled – Chuck Berry
2.7 Midnight – Googie Rene
2.8 Chicago Cha Cha – Lefty Bates
2.9 Crowley Blues – Clarence Locksley
2.10 Big Boy’s Bounce – Big Boy Groves
2.11 Rock ; Roll March – Rhythm Aces
2.12 Rock House – Calvin Frazier
2.13 Cool Diggin’ – Maxwell Davis
2.14 Loco-Motion Irving Ashby
2.15 Waughely’s Boogie – Milliard Lee
2.16 Bluesy – Louie Myers
2.17 Gum Shoe – Sonny Thompson
2.18 Straight to Watts – Jimmy O’Brien
2.19 Pie a la Mode – Lorenzo Holden
2.20 Buddy’s Boogie – Buddy Johnson
2.21 Tie It Down – Pee Wee Crayton
2.22 St. Louis Blues – Rock Murphy
2.23 Spanish Guitar – Bo Diddley
2.24 Guitar Rhumba – Earl Hooker
2.25 Creole Alley – Lee Allen
2.26 Harlem Nocturne – J.J. Jones
2.27 Flying Saucer – Little Walter
2.28 Bubbis (Pt. 1) – Jimmy Smith
2.29 Bubbis (Pt. 2) – Jimmy Smith
2.30 Sweet Sixteen Bars – Ray Charles
3.1 Geechi – Little Jesse
3.2 2 Bones ; a Pick – T-Bone Walker
3.3 Big Guitar – Irving Ashby
3.4 Shake Dancer – Little Walter
3.5 Side-Track – Googie Rene
3.6 Night Beat – Roy Gaines
3.7 Tank Town – the Nite Riders
3.8 Magic Rocker – Magic Sam
3.9 Mystery – Harold ; Dimples
3.10 The Duke Walks – Duke Jenkins
3.11 Deep Feeling – Chuck Berry
3.12 Cha Cha Boogie – Louis Carpenter
3.13 Elmore’s Contribution – Elmore James
3.14 Midnight Happenins – Crawford Brothers
3.15 Leaps and Bounds – Bill Doggett
3.16 Wild Fire – Piano Red
3.17 Jimmy’s Jive – Jimmy Nolen
3.18 Satellite – Red Prysock
3.19 Wishbone – Bill Jennings
3.20 Flippin’ – Rene Hall
3.21 Road House – Al Smith
3.22 Easy Go – Willie Littlefield
3.23 Muscle – Tough Doc Bagby
3.24 Bingo – Abe Moore
3.25 Malibu – Bob Reed
3.26 One O’Clock Jump – Martini
3.27 Muskeeta – Johnnie Pate
3.28 Wa Wa (Pt. 1) – Johnny Otis
3.29 Wa Wa (Pt. 2) – Johnny Otis
3.30 Darkness – J.J. Jones
4.1 Johnny’s Thunderbird – Johnny Heartsman
4.2 Changing Times – Cliff Driver
4.3 Rolling – Jimmie Tolliver
4.4 Back Up Eddie Chamblee
4.5 Good News Dave Bartholomew
4.6 Shuckin’ – Joe Houston
4.7 Lucky Lou – Jody Williams
4.8 Hard Head – Jon Thomas
4.9 Tough Enough – Paul Gayten
4.10 Two-O-Five Jump -The Trilyters
4.11 Guitar Slim Boogie – Guitar Slim
4.12 Easy Pickin’ – the Tazman
4.13 Hob Nob – Kid King
4.14 Cockroach Run – Lafayette Thomas
4.15 Downstairs -Plas Johnson
4.16 Give It Up – Paul Williams
4.17 Minglin’ – Buddy Johnson
4.18 Wow (Pt. 1) – Harold Rollins
4.19 Wow (Pt. 2) – Harold Rollins
4.20 The Slop – Louis Jordan
4.21 Midnite Flight – Noble Watts
4.22 Speak Low – Eddie Davis
4.23 Ends ; Odds – Jimmy Reed
4.24 Sloppy – Clifton Chenier
4.25 Chicken Scratch – Sammy Franklin
4.26 The Blooper – Johnny Otis
4.27 Twistin’ the Spots – Fats Domino
4.28 Rock-A-Bucket – Ike Turner
4.29 Walk on – Preston Brown
4.30 Walk Off – Preston Brown
5.1 Let’s Go Smitty – Floyd Dixon
5.2 Mumblin’ Guitar – Bo Diddley
5.3 Real Gone Jam – Tommy Ridgley
5.4 Knocked Out – the Gondoliers
5.5 Pacoima Stomp – the Carter Bros
5.6 Cutting Out – Gus Jenkins
5.7 Hot Cross Buns – Paul Gayten
5.8 Chunk-A-Lunk Jug (Pt. 1) – Mary Lou Williams
5.9 Chunk-A-Lunk Jug (Pt. 2) – Mary Lou Williams
5.10 Mashed Potatoes – James Brown
5.11 Mashed Potatoes (Pt. 2) – Nat Kendrick
5.12 Yum Yum – the Swinging Earls
5.13 Sweet Meats – Garland Davis
5.14 Perdido Street – Herb Hardesty
5.15 Storm Warning – Mac Rebennack
5.16 Royal Earl Shuffle – Royal Earl
5.17 Boney Shuffle – Spot Barnett
5.18 Soul Groove (Pt. 1) – King Curtis
5.19 Soul Groove (Pt. 2) – King Curtis
5.20 Rock Alley – Lefty Bates
5.21 Can’t Sit Down – the Bim Bam Boos
5.22 Boogie Cha Cha – Sam Price
5.23 Cozy’s Mambo – Cozy Cole
5.24 Live It Up – Ernie Freeman
5.25 Talk to Me Baby – Doc Starkes
5.26 Down Yonder – Buddy Johnson
5.27 Swingin’ Peter Gunn (Pt. 1) – Jimmy Nolen
5.28 Swingin’ Peter Gunn (Pt. 2) – Jimmy Nolen
5.29 Zeen Beat – Gene Redd
6.1 Steppin’ Out – Memphis Slim
6.2 The Madison Shuffle – Buster Brown
6.3 Voodoo Cha Cha – the Carter Bros
6.4 Night Ridin’ – Doc Starkes
6.5 Slim’s Thing – Willie Dixon/ Memphis Slim
6.6 Ho Ho – Ike Turner
6.7 Wolf in the Mood – Howlin’ Wolf
6.8 Swingin’ the Gate – Gatemouth’ Brown
6.9 Blue on Blue – Chuck Berry
6.10 Bobby’s Rock – Elmore James
6.11 Harmonica Rock – Little Boyd
6.12 Diddling – Bo Diddley
6.13 Spanky – Gus Jenkins
6.14 Talkin’ Guitar (Pt. 2) – Royal Earl
6.15 Let It Roll (Pt. 1) – Cliff Davis
6.16 Let It Roll (Pt. 2) – Cliff Davis
6.17 Blues After Hours – Jimmy Nolen
6.18 E N a – Lefty Bates
6.19 A-Minor Cha-Cha (Eddie) – Clear Waters
6.20 Steady – Jerry McCain
6.21 Cool and Crazy – Nick ; the Jaguars
6.22 Night Sounds – Ernie Freeman
6.23 Beatin’ and Blowin’ – Herb Hardesty
6.24 Honky Tonk Caboose – Sammy Price
6.25 Rollin’ Home – Louis Brooks
6.26 Backwards (Pt. 1) – Bill Doggett
6.27 Backwards (Pt. 2) – Bill Doggett
6.28 Sputnik Music – Harmonica George
6.29 Midnight Jump – Walter J. Westbrook
6.30 The Hunch – Paul Gayten
7.1 The Toddle – Little Walter
7.2 Chicken Stuff – Hop Wilson
7.3 Chittlins – Willie Egans
7.4 Sweet Potato – Bill Parker Band
7.5 The Big Push – Cal Green
7.6 Bo’s Guitar – Bo Diddley
7.7 Ingo – Chuck Berry
7.8 Hey! Pardner – Classie Ballou
7.9 Move It on Down the Line – Harold Jackson
7.10 Tore Up – Danny Jones
7.11 Let’s Get It – Edgar Blanchard
7.12 Upsetter Rock – the Upsetters
7.13 Tickle Toe – Paul Gayten
7.14 Tic Toc – Lee Allen ; His Band
7.15 Collins’ Shuffle – Albert Collins
7.16 Yeah! – Louis Carpenter
7.17 Cha Cha All Night Long – Joe Houston
7.18 Bushes – Tiny Bradshaw
7.19 Boppin’ ; A-Strollin’ – Leonard James
7.20 Background – Lefty Bates
7.21 Sawmill Section – Judge Davis
7.22 Wolf Call – Earl Washington
7.23 7-11 – the Gone All Stars
7.24 Coach Train – Herb Hardesty
7.25 The Large Charge – the Chargers
7.26 Midnight Earl – Earl Grant
7.27 The Slide Noble ‘- Thin Man’ Watts
7.28 Whirlaway – Al Tousan
7.29 Caravan – Cozy Cole Septet
7.30 Hold It – Bill Doggett
8.1 Tadpole Wiggle – the Stone Crushers
8.2 The Duck Walk – Chuck Higgins
8.3 Way Out East – Jake Porter
8.4 Lonesome Guitar – Edgar Blanchard
8.5 Special Delivery Stomp – Earl Bostic
8.6 Guitar Boogie – Chuck Berry
8.7 Guitar Cha Cha Cha – Memphis Slim
8.8 What’s Your Name – the Monorays
8.9 Frisco – Louis Brooks
8.10 The Freeze – Fention
8.11 Hard Grind – Wild Jimmy Spruill
8.12 Rainbow Riot – Bill Doggett
8.13 Man That’s Choice – Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor
8.14 Shufflin’ the Blues – T Bone Walker
8.15 Boppin’ at the Hop- Lee Allen
8.16 ?Night Flight – Jimmy Forrest
8.17 Hideout – Ervin Rucker
8.18 Chinese Rock ; Roll – the Flock-Rocker
8.19 Minglin’ – Buddy Johnson
8.20 Am I Blue – Lefty Bates
8.21 The Strip – the Upsetters
8.22 Rock-A-Cha – Irving Ashby
8.23 Dr