1956-Blowing the Fuse: 30 R&B Classics That Rocked [Import]
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The "Blowing The Fuse" series imaginatively compiles R&B tracks in splendid sound & detail, assembled by Canadian collector & DJ Dave "Daddy Cool" Booth and knowledgeably annotated by Hank Williams-biographer Colin Escott. The music comes from the dawn of the Post-War R&B era in 1945 and continues through to 1960! Other labels lift photos from old books & magazines and commission quickie liner notes that tell you little or nothing and often get it wrong. This series has detailed song-by-song notes, stories behind the songs and incredible never-before-seen photos in huge booklets so big they won't fit inside a standard jewelbox. Each comes in a specially designed DigiPac. These are true, properly thought-out compilations in the spirit of Guy Stevens, Paul Oliver, Mike Leadbitter and the others who compiled groundbreaking blues/R&B LPs back in the 1960s and 1970s.
Tracklist:
- Speedoo - The Cadillacs/Jesse Powell Orchestra/The Cadillacs/Jes
- Pretty Thing - Bo Diddley
- Great Pretender, The - The Platters
- I Want to Do More - Ruth Brown
- Why Do Fools Fall in Love - The Teenagers/Frankie Lymon
- Jivin' Around, Pt. 1 - Ernie Freeman Combo
- Eddie My Love - The Teen Queens
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Try Rock and Roll - Bobby Mitchell
- Drown in My Own Tears - Ray Charles
- We Go Together - The Moonglows
- Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
- Please, Please, Please - The Famous Flames/James Brown
- I'm in Love Again - Fats Domino
- Boogie Woogie Country Girl - Van "Piano Man" Walls/Big Joe Turne
- Treasure of Love - Clyde McPhatter
- Little Girl of Mine - Jimmy Wright/The Cleftones/Jimmy Wright
- Fever - Little Willie John
- Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry
- It's Too Late - Chuck Willis
- Let the Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee
- Rip It Up - Little Richard
- In the Still of the Night - The Five Satins
- Honky Tonk, Pt. 1 - Bill Doggett
- Honky Tonk, Pt. 2 - Bill Doggett
- Stranded in the Jungle - The Cadets
- Thousand Miles Away, A - The Heartbeats
- You've Got Me Dizzy - Jimmy Reed
- (Everytime I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone - Roy Montrell
- Pack Fair and Square - Big Walter