Genre: Rock and Roll
Rock & Roll has many facets. A very important facet is to be found in the many great, rocking instrumental recordings, from „Rebel Rouser“ or „Peter Gunn“ on to „Red River Rock“, „Beatnick Fly“, „Teen Beat“, „Let There Be Drums“, „Torquay „“ Gun Shot „,“ Woo Hoo „,“ Tequila „,“ Rumble „,“ Amapola „,“ Let‘s Go Trippin‘ „,“ Perfidia „,“ Walk Don‘t Run „or“ Apache „to „FBI“. All these and many other successful songs by some of the instrumentalists from the glorious era of Rock & Roll in the 1950s are worth hearing and can be heard on this 10 CD Box. These 20 Original LPs present not only the hits by the aforementioned artists but also many rarities. In addition we have compiled some bonus songs with other bigsellers by these artists. These timeless, rocking tunes are a treasure trove for both the collector and for newcomers!
Tracklist:
CD1
Duane Eddy
“Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel” (1958) – JAMIE – JLP-3000
1. Lonesome Road (Austin/Shilkret)
2. I Almost Lost My Mind (Hunter)
3. Rebel-Rouser (Hazlewood/Eddy) #6
4. Three 30-Blues (Hazlewood/Eddy)
5. Cannonball (Hazlewood/Eddy) #15
6. The Lonely One (Hazlewood/Eddy) #23
7. Detour (Westmoreland)
8. Stalkin´ (Hazlewood/Eddy)
9. Ramrod (Casey) #27
10. Anytime (Lawson)
11. Moovin´ `N´ Groovin´ (Hazlewood/Eddy) #72
12. Loving You (Leiber/Stoller)
Duane Eddy
“Especially For You” (1959) – JAMIE – JLP-3006
13. Peter Gunn (Mancicni) #27
14. Only Child (Hazlewood/Eddy)
15. Lover (Rodgers/Hart)
16. Fuzz (Hazlewood/Eddy)
17. Yep (Hazlewood/Eddy) #30
18. Along the Navajo Trail (Markes/Charles)
19. Just Because (Shelton/Robin)
20. Quiniela (Hazlewood/Eddy)
21. Trouble in Mind (Jones)
22. Tuxedo Junction (Hawkins/Johnson/Fain/Dash)
23. Hard Times (Bartholomew)
24. Along Came Linda (Eddy)
Bonus Tracks
25. The Quiet Three (Eddy/Hazlewood) 1959 #46
26. Bonnie Came Back (Eddy/Hazlewood) 1959 #26
27. Forty Miles Of Bad Road (Casey/Eddy) 1959 #9
28. Because They´re Young (Gold/Costa/Schroeder) 1960 #4
29. Some Kinda Earthquake (Eddy/Hazlewood) 1959 #37
30. Kommotion (Eddy/Hazlewood) 1960 #78
31. Shazam (Eddy/Hazlewood) 1960 #45
32. Pepe (Langdon/Wittstatt) 1960 #18
CD2
Duane Eddy “
The “Twangs” The “Thang” (1959) – JAMIE – JLP-3009
1. My Blue Heaven (Donaldson/Whiting) #50
2. Tiger Love and Turnip Greens (Hazlewood/Eddy)
3. The Last Minute of Innocence (Hazlewood/Eddy)
4. Route No. 1 (Eddy/Casey/Horn)
5. You Are My Sunshine (Davis/Mitchell)
6. St. Louis Blues (Handy)
7. Night Train to Memphis (Acuff/Bradley/Hughes/Smith)
8. The Battle (Eddy/Hazlewood)
9. Trambone (Atkins)
10. Blueberry Hill (Lewis/Stock/Rose)
11. Rebel Walk (Eddy/Hazlewood)
12. Easy (Eddy/Casey/Wilson)
Duane Eddy
“Songs of Our Heritage” (1960) – JAMIE – JLP-3011
13. Cripple Creek (Traditional)
14. Riddle Song (Traditional)
15. John Henry (Traditional)
16. Streets of Laredo (Traditional)
17. Prisoner´s Song (Traditional)
18. In the Pines (Traditional)
19. Ole Joe Clark (Traditional)
20. Wayfarin´ Stranger (Traditional)
21. Top of Old Smokey (Traditional)
22. Mule Train (Glickman/Heath/Lange)
23. Scarlet Ribbons (Traditional)
Bonus Tracks
24. Theme from Dixie (Eddy) 1961 #39
25. Ring of Fire (Eddy) 1961 #84
26. Deep in the Heart of Texas (Swander/Hershey) 1962 #78
27. The Ballad of Paladin (Western/Boone/Rolfe) 1962 #33
28. (Dance With the) Guitar Man (Hazlewood/Eddy) 1962 #12
29. Limbo Rock (Strange) 1962
30. Nashville Stomp (Eddy) 1962
CD3
Johnny & The Hurricanes
“Red River Rock” 1959 – WARWICK – W-2007
1. Red River Rock (King/Paris/Mendelsohn) #5
2. Happy Time (King/Paris)
3. Buckeye (Conaster/King)
4. Cut out (King/Paris)
5. Lazy (King/Fowler/Mattice)
6. Walkin´ (King/Paris)
7. Crossfire (Fowler/King) #23
8. Storm Warning (Remal/King)
9. Bam-Boo (Conaster/King)
10. Thunderbolt (King/Paris)
11. Joyride (Pizzol/Gottfried/King)
12. Rock Cha (King/Paris)
Johnny & The Hurricanes “Stormsville” 1960
WARWICK – W-2010
13. Reveille Rock (Conatser/Mack/King) #25
14. Milk Shake (Mack/Fowler)
15. Cyclone (Mack/King)
16. Travelin´ (Marcy/Poiry/King)
17. Beanbag (Mack/King)
18. Rockin´ “T” (Mack/King)
19. The Hungry Eye (King)
20. Hot Fudge (Mack/Fowler/King)
21. Time Bomb (King)
22. Corn Bread (Mack/King)
23. Catnip (King)
24. The “Hep” Canary (Nero)
Bonus Tracks
25. Beatnik Fly (King/Mack) 1960 #15
26. Down Yonder (Gilbert) 1960 #48
27. Rocking Goose (King/Mack/Fowler) 1960 #60
28. Sand Storm (King/Mack) 1960
29. Oh Du lieber Augustin (Kaempfert/Mack/King) 1960
30. Come on Train (Shorter) 1962
31. You Are My Sunshine (Davis/Mitchell) 1960 #91
32. Old Smokie (King/Mack/Gittens) 1961
CD4
Sandy Nelson
“Plays Teen Beat” 1960 – IMPERIAL – LP-9105
1. Teen Beat (Egnoian) #4
2. Jivin´ around Part I & II (Dolphin/Freeman/Cray)
3. Funny Face (Freeman)
4. The Wiggle (Nelson)
5. Rainy Day (Freeman)
6. Drum Party (Nelson/Podolor)
7. In the Mood (Garland)
8. Alexes (Nelson/Podolor)
9. Lost Dreams (Ashby/Freeman)
10. I´m Walkin´ (Domino/Bartholomew)
11. Boom Chicka Boom (Nelson/Podolor)
12. Party Time (Nelson)
Sandy Nelson
“Let There Be Drums” 1962 – IMPERIAL – LP-9151
13. Slippin´ and Slidin´ (Penniman)
14. Tequila (Rio)
15. My Girl Josephine (Domino/Bartholomew)
16. Big Noise from Winnetka (Bauduc/Crosby/Rodin/Haggart)
17. Let There Be Drums (Nelson/Podolor) #7
18. Bouncy (Nelson)
19. The Birth of the Beat (Nelson) #75
20. Quite a Beat (Nelson/Podolor)
21. Get with It (Podolor)
Bonus Tracks
22. Drums are My Beat (Nelson) 1962 #29
23. Big Jump (Egnoian) 1959
24. Drummin´ Up a Storm (Podolor) 1962 #67
25. Drum Stomp (Nelson/Podolor) 1962 #86
26. All Night Long (Grey) 1962 #75
27. And Then There Where Drums (Nelson/Podolor) 1962 #65
28. Feet Beat (Knight/Nelson) 1960
29. Jive Talk (Hall) 1960
30. Drum Roll (Barnum) 1962
CD5
The Fireballs
“The Fireballs” 1960 – TOP RANK International – RM-324
1. Torquay (Tomsco) #39
2. Guess What (Tomsco)
3. Panic Button (Tomsco)
4. Let There Be Love (Tomsco)
5. Nearly Sunrise (Petty)
6. Long Long Ponytail (Tharp)
7. Bulldog (Tomsco) #24
8. I Wonder Why (Tomsco/Tharp)
9. Foot Patter (Tomsco)
10. Blind Date (Tomsco/Tharp)
11. Kissin´ (Petty)
12. Cry Baby (Tomsco/Tharp/Tharp)
Bonus Tracks
13. Vaquero (Cowboy) (Tomsco/Petty) 1960 #99
14. Rik-A-Tik (Tomsco) 1961
15. Yacky Doo (Tomsco) 1961
16. Quite a Party (Tomsco) 1961 #27
17. Gunshot (Tomsco) 1961
The Rock A-Teens “Woo Hoo” – 1960 – ROULETTE – SR-25109
18. Woo Hoo (McGraw) #16
19. Doggone It Baby (Mizelle)
20. I´m Not Afraid (Mizelle)
21. That´s My Mama (Smith)
22. Dance to the Bop (Edge)
23. The Story of a Woman (Mizelle)
24. Twangy (Walke)
25. Janis Will Rock (Mizelle)
26. Pagan (Mizelle)
27. Lotta Boppin´ (Mizelle)
28. Oh, My Nerves (Walke)
29. I Was Born To Rock (Mizelle)
CD6
The Champs
“Go Champs Go” 1958 – CHALLENGE – CHL-601
1. Go Champ, Go (Thompson)
2. El Rancho Rock (Ramos) #30
3. I´ll Be There (Burgess)
4. Sky High (Thompson)
5. What´s up Buttercup (Burgess)
6. Lollipop (Ross/Dixon)
7. Tequila (Rio) #1
8. Train to Nowhere (Burgess)
9. Midnighter (Burgess) #94
10. Robot Walk (Burgess)
11. Just Walking in the Rain (Bragg/Riley)
12. Night Beat (Thompson)
The Champs
“Everybody´s Rockin´” 1958 – CHALLENGE – CHL-605
13. Everybody´s Rockin´ (Burgess)
14. Chariot Rock (Burgess) #59
15. The Caterpillar (Burgess)
16. Turnpike (Burgess)
17. Lavenia (Burgess/Johnson/Rio)
18. Mau Mau Stomp (Burgess)
19. Rockin´ Mary (Burgess/Crofts)
20. Subway (Thompson)
21. The Toast /Burgess)
22. Bandido (Burgess)
23. Ali Baba (Burgess)
24. Foggy River (Rose)
Bonus Tracks
25. Too Much Tequila (Burgess) 1960 #30
26. Limbo Rock (Strange) 1962 #40
27. Tequila Twist (Rio) 1962 #99
28. Limbo Dance (Burgess) 1962 #97
CD7
Link Wray & His Ray Men
“Great Guitar Hits” 1962 – VERMILLION - 1924
1. Run Chicken, Run (Wray/Cooper)
2. The Black Widow (Wray/Cooper)
3. Lillian (Wray/Cooper)
4. Pancho Villa (Wray/Cooper)
5. Rawhide (Wray/Cooper) #23
6. Ace of Spades (Wray/Cooper)
7. Jack the Ripper (Wray/Cooper) #64
8. Dance Contest (Wray/Cooper)
9. Alone (Wray/Cooper)
10. The Outlaw (Wray/Cooper)
11. The Swag (Wray/Cooper)
12. Rumble (Wray/Cooper) #16
The Spotnicks
“The Spotnicks” 1961 – KARUSELL – KP-3004
13. Spanish Gypsy Dance (Marquina)
14. Gallopping Guitars (Winberg)
15. She, She Little Sheila (Merrit/Pullen)
16. Ghost Riders in the Sky (Jones)
17. The Old Spinning Wheel (Hill)
18. Hey Good Looking (Williams)
19. Johnny Guitar (Young)
20. Git It (Kelly)
21. Deep in the Heart of Texas (Winberg/Gusten)
22. Endless Walk (Winberg)
23. My Bonnie (Winberg/Lander)
24. Den Gamla Moraclockan (Fagerlund/Breda)
25. Midnite Special (Winberg)
26. Hava Nagila (Traditional) #16 GB
Bonus Tracks
27. Moonshot (Tomsco) 1962 #46 -GER
28. Orange Blossom Special (Rouse) 1962 #29 GB
29. Amapola (Lacalle) 1962
30. Ol´ Man River (Kern) 1962
31. The Spotnick´s Theme (Winberg) 1962
CD8
The Piltdown Men “Best of the Piltdown Men” 1962 –
CAPITOL (Australia) – T-1660
1. Brontosaurus Stomp (Mayorga/Cobb) #75
2. McDonalds Cave (Mayorga/Cobb)
3. Piltdown Rides Again (Adelman/Cobb/Mayorga)
4. Bubbles in the Tar (Adelman/Cobb/Mayorga)
5. The Great Impostor (Mancini)
6. Good Night Mrs. Flintstone (Cobb/Mayorga)
7. Fossil Rock (Cobb/Mayorga)
8. Gargantua (Cobb/Mayorga)
9. A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody (Berlin)
10. Big Lizzard (Cobb/Mayorga)
11. Night Surfin´ (Burgess/Venet)
12. Tequila Bossa Nova (Rio)
Dick Dale & The Del-Tones “
Surfers Choice” 1962 – DELTONE – LPM-1001
13. Surf Beat (Dale)
14. Sloop John B. (Hays/Sandburg
15. Take it off (Dale)
16. Night Owl (Allen)
17. Fannie Mae (Brown)
18. Misirlou Twist (Tauber/Rubanis/Leeds)
19. Peppermint Man (Willis)
20. Surfing Drums (Dale)
21. Shake `N`Stomp (Dale)
22. Lovey Dovey (Curtis/Nuggy)
23. Death of a Gremmie (Dale)
24. Let´s Go Trippin´ (Dale) #60
Bonus Tracks
25. Stop Teasin´ (Deasy) 1959
26. Eight Till Midnight (Dale) 1962
CD9
The Ventures “Walk Don´t Run” 1960 – DOLTON – BST-8003
1. Morgen (Sherman/Moesser)
2. Raunchy (Manker/Justis)
3. Home (Van Steeden/Clarkson/Clarkson)
4. My Own True Love (Tara´s Theme) (David/Steiner)
5. The Switch (Wilson/Bogle/Johnson/Edwards)
6. Walk Don´t Run (Smith) #2
7. Night Train (Forrest/Simpkins/Washington)
8. No Trespassing (Wilson/Bogle/Johnson/Edwards)
9. Caravan (Ellington/Tizol/Mills)
10. Sleepwalk (Farina/Farina/Farina)
11. The McCoy (Bogle/Wilson)
12. Honky Tonk (Doggett/Shephard/Scott)
The Ventures “The Ventures” 1961 – DOLTON – BST-8004
13. The Shuck (Paxton/Markham)
14. Detour (Westmoreland)
15. Ram-Bunk-Shush (Glover/Millinder/Mundry) #29
16. Hawaiian War Chant (Noble/Freed)
17. Perfidia (Dominguez) #15
18. Harlem Nocturne (Hagen)
19. Blue Tango (Anderson)
20. Ups ´N Downs (Rogue)
21. Lonesome Town (Knight)
22. Torquay (Tomsco)
23.Wailin´ (Dangle/Greek)
24. Moon of Manakoora (Loesser/Newman)
Bonus Tracks
25. Lullaby of the Leaves (Petkere/Young) 1961 #69
26. (Theme from) Silver City (Levine) 1961 #83
27. Blue Moon (Rodgers/Hart) 1961 #54
28. Lolita Ya-Ya (Riddle/Harris) 1962 #61
29. The 2000 Pound Bee Part II (Wilson) 1962 #91
CD10
The Shadows
“The Shadows” 1961 – COLUMBIA – 33SX-1374
1. Shadoogie (Marvin/Welch/Harris/Meehan)
2. Blue Star (Chappell)
3. Nivram (Welch/Marvin/Harris)
4. Baby My Heart (Curtis)
5. See You in My Drums (Meehan)
6. All My Sorrows (Guard/Shane/Reynolds)
7. Stand Up and Say That! (Marvin)
8. Gonzales (McGlynn)
9. Find Me a Golden Street (Petty)
10. Theme from a Filleted Place (Marvin/Welch/Harris)
11. That´s My Desire (Kresa/Loveday)
12. My Resistance Is Low (Carmichael/Adamsson)
13. Sleepwalk (Farina/Farina/Farina/Wolf)
14. Big Boy (Welch/Marvin)
The Shadows
“Out of the Shadows” 1962 – COLUMBIA – 33SX-1458
15. The Rumble (Isaacs)
16. The Bandit (Carr/Kennedy/Nascimento)
17. Cosy (Shuman/Garson)
18. 1861 (Marvin/Welch/Bennett)
19. Perfidia (Dominguez)
20. Little “B” (Bennett)
21. Bo Diddley (McDaniels)
22. South Of the Border (Kennedy/Carr)
23. Spring Is Nearly Here (Bennett/Welch)
24. Kinda Cool (Marvin/Welch)
25. Tales of a Raggy Tramline (Harris/Bennett)
Bonus Tracks
26. Dance on (Murtagh/Adams/Murtagh) 1962 Single A-Side # 1
27. Wonderful Land (Lordan) 1962 Single A-Side # 1
28. Apache (Lordan) 1960 Single A-Side # 1
29. Quatermaster´s Store (Traditional) 1960 Single B-Side
30. F. B. I. (Marvin/Harris/Welch) 1961 Single A-Side # 4