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VA - The Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll 1946-1954 [3CD Remastered Box Set] (2004)

VA - The Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll 1946-1954 [3CD Remastered Box Set] (2004)

BAND/ARTIST: Various Artists

  • Title: The Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll 1946-1954
  • Year Of Release: 2004
  • Label: Hip-O Records [B0002252-02]
  • Genre: Rock & Roll, Blues, Soul/Funk, Jazz, Country
  • Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
  • Total Time: 2:53:08
  • Total Size: 404 mb / 813 mb
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Of the numerous various-artist compilation CDs that have attempted to anthologize the recordings of the late '40s and early '50s most crucial to planting the seeds for rock & roll, this three-CD, 60-song set is probably the most definitive. Most prior collections along these lines have failed to present a truly comprehensive picture of rock & roll's roots, whether due to both licensing restrictions and/or track selection that fails to recognize the entirety of the wide spectrum of rock & roll's roots. While you'd need at least a ten-CD box set to approach inarguable definitiveness, The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll: 1946-1954 hits about as many of the key bases as possible within three CDs, including pivotal songs by Lionel Hampton, the Delmore Brothers, Louis Jordan, Hank Williams, Lloyd Price, Howlin' Wolf, the Drifters, Bill Haley, Big Joe Turner, Hank Ballard, and Muddy Waters, to start with just the most well-known artists included here. There are also famous songs by somewhat lesser-known artists that have been cited as proto-rock & roll, like Wynonie Harris' "Good Rockin' Tonight," Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians' "Rock the Joint," Stick McGhee's "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee," Jackie Brenston's "Rocket 88," Big Mama Thornton's original version of "Hound Dog," Junior Parker's "Mystery Train," Hank Ballard & the Midnighters' "Work With Me Annie," Wild Bill Moore's "We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll," Arthur Crudup's original version of "That's All Right," and the Chords' "Sh-Boom."

Also, to its credit, while this compilation is R&B-heavy, it doesn't ignore the major contributions of key white performers like Bill Haley (represented by his first major hit, "Crazy Man Crazy"), Merle Travis, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Hank Snow. Too, its focus goes beyond the standard R&B and electric blues -- cited by many historians as rock & roll's primary fountain of inspiration -- to include proto-doo wop vocal groups like the Ravens and the Clovers; pop (Johnnie Ray's huge hit "Cry"); R&B-influenced '40s jazz (Lionel Hampton, Louis Jordan); and even gospel-R&B (Sister Rosetta Tharpe's "Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air"). There's also a smattering of tracks that might be unfamiliar even to rock experts, like Little Richard's pre-"Tutti Frutti" 1953 recording "Little Richard's Boogie"; Pee Wee Crayton's "Texas Hop"; the Larks' R&B hit version of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Eyesight to the Blind," the same song the Who adapted on Tommy; and Little Willie Littlefield's "K.C. Loving" (the basis for Wilbert Harrison's 1959 chart-topper "Kansas City"). Certainly scholars might have some very minor quibbles with the songs picked to represent a few giants; Fats Domino's seminal "The Fat Man" is passed over in favor of his lesser-known "Please Don't Leave Me," for instance, and Tiny Bradshaw's cut is "I'm Going to Have Myself a Ball" rather than his far more celebrated original version of "The Train Kept a-Rollin'." Too, a few of the most famous pre-1955 rock & roll-type songs are absent, like Elvis Presley's "That's All Right" and John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen." It's also true that the liner notes could have been more detailed and offered background on the specific tracks and performers (although original release date, label, and chart info is here). That's all small potatoes compared to the riches supplied by this well-chosen overview. It's essential musical history and, at least as importantly, a roaring good listen.

:: TRACKLIST ::

Disc 1
1. Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra – Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
2. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders – R.M. Blues
3. The Delmore Brothers – Freight Train Boogie
4. Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five – Choo-Choo Ch'Boogie
5. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup – That's All Right
6. Hank Williams – Move It On Over
7. Merle Travis – Merle's Boogie Woogie
8. Wild Bill Moore – We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll
9. T-Bone Walker – Bobby Sox Blues
10. Wynonie Harris – Good Rockin' Tonight
11. Hal Singer – Cornbread
12. The Ravens – Ol' Man River
13. Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight – Up Above My Head, I Hear Music In The Air
14. Pee Wee Crayton & His Guitar – Texas Hop
15. "Stick" McGhee & His Buddies – Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
16. Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers – The Huckle-Buck
17. Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five – Saturday Night Fish Fry, Parts 1 & 2
18. Roy Brown – Boogie At Midnight
19. Jimmy Preston And His Prestonians – Rock The Joint

Disc 2
1. Johnny Otis Orchestra, Mel Walker & Little Esther – Cupid's Boogie
2. Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers – Bald Head
3. Percy Mayfield – Please Send Me Someone To Love
4. Hank Snow – I'm Moving On
5. Ivory Joe Hunter – I Almost Lost My Mind
6. Tennessee Ernie Ford – Shotgun Boogie
7. Ruth Brown – Teardrops From My Eyes
8. Tiny Bradshaw – I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball
9. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats – Rocket 88
10. Howlin' Wolf – How Many More Years?
11. Peppermint Harris – I Got Loaded
12. Billy Ward And His Dominoes – Sixty Minute Man
13. The Five Keys – Glory Of Love
14. Joe Liggins – Pink Champagne
15. The Larks – Eyesight To The Blind
16. Jimmy Forrest – Night Train
17. Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads – Cry
18. Rosco Gordon – Booted
19. Lloyd Price – Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
20. The Clovers – One Mint Julep
21. Willie Mabon – I Don't Know
22. Big Mama Thornton – Hound Dog

Disc 3
1. The Drifters – Money, Honey
2. Little Richard & Johnny Otis Orchestra – Little Richard's Boogie
3. Amos Milburn – Let Me Go Home, Whiskey
4. Little Junior's Blue Flames – Mystery Train
5. Faye Adams – Shake A Hand
6. The Orioles – Crying In The Chapel
7. Fats Domino – Please, Don't Leave Me
8. Bill Haley And His Comets – Crazy, Man, Crazy
9. Little Willie Littlefield – K.C. Loving
10. Johnny Ace – The Clock
11. The 5 Royales – Baby, Don't Do It
12. Big Joe Turner – Honey, Hush
13. Chuck Willis – I Feel So Bad
14. Guitar Slim – Things I Used To Do
15. B.B. King – You Upset Me, Baby
16. The Robins – Riot In Cell Block #9
17. The Chords – Sh-Boom
18. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters – Work With Me, Annie
19. Muddy Waters – (I'm Your) Hoochi Coochi Man

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