Roots Of Rock 'n'roll (2004)

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Product Summary Label: Universal Music Group UPC: 00602498620069 Release Date: 4/13/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60630812 Item#: MULY99 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists 2. R.M. Blues - Roy Milton & His Solid Senders ~ Various Artists 3. Freight Train Boogie - The Delmore Brothers ~ Various Artists 4. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five ~ Various Artists 5. That's All Right - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup ~ Various Artists 6. Move It On Over - Hank Williams ~ Various Artists 7. Merle's Boogie Woogie - Merle Travis ~ Various Artists 8. We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll - Wild Bill Moore ~ Various Artists 9. Bobby Sox Blues - T-Bone Walker ~ Various Artists 10. Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris ~ Various Artists 11. Cornbread - Hal Singer ~ Various Artists 12. Ol' Man River - The Ravens ~ Various Artists 13. Up Above My Head, There's Music In The Air - Sister Rosetta Tharpe/Marie Knight ~ Various Artists 14. Texas Hop - Pee Wee Crayton & His Guitar ~ Various Artists 15. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Stick McGhee & His Buddies ~ Various Artists 16. Huckle-Buck, The - Paul Williams ~ Various Artists 17. Saturday Night Fish Fry Parts 1 & 2 - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five ~ Various Artists 18. Boogie At Midnight - Roy Brown ~ Various Artists 19. Rock The Joint - Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Cupid's Boogie - Johnny Otis & His Orchestra/Little Esther & Mel Walker ~ Various Artists 2. Bald Head - Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers ~ Various Artists 3. Please Send Me Someone To Love - Percy Mayfield ~ Various Artists 4. I'm Moving On - Hank Snow ~ Various Artists 5. I Almost Lost My Mind - Ivory Joe Hunter ~ Various Artists 6. Shotgun Boogie - "Tennessee" Ernie Ford ~ Various Artists 7. Teardrops From My Eyes - Ruth Brown ~ Various Artists 8. I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball - Tiny Bradshaw ~ Various Artists 9. Rocket 88 - Jackie Bernston & His Delta Cats ~ Various Artists 10. How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf ~ Various Artists 11. I Got Loaded - Peppermint Harris ~ Various Artists 12. Sixty Minute Man - Billy Ward & The Dominoes ~ Various Artists 13. Glory Of Love - The Five Keys ~ Various Artists 14. Pink Champagne - Joe Liggins ~ Various Artists 15. Eyesight To The Blind - The Larks ~ Various Artists 16. Night Train - Jimmy Forrest ~ Various Artists 17. Cry - Johnnie Ray/The Four Lads ~ Various Artists 18. Booted - Rosco Gordon ~ Various Artists 19. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price ~ Various Artists 20. One Mint Julep - The Clovers ~ Various Artists 21. I Don't Know - Willie Mabon ~ Various Artists 22. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton ~ Various Artists Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Money Honey - The Drifters ~ Various Artists 2. Little Richard's Boogie - Little Richard/Johnny Otis & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists 3. Let Me Go Home, Whiskey - Amos Milburn ~ Various Artists 4. Mystery Train - Little Junior's Blue Flames ~ Various Artists 5. Shake A Hand - Faye Adams ~ Various Artists 6. Crying In The Chapel - The Orioles ~ Various Artists 7. Please Don't Leave Me - Fats Domino ~ Various Artists 8. Crazy, Man, Crazy - Bill Haley & His Comets ~ Various Artists 9. K.C. Lovin' - Little Willie Littlefield ~ Various Artists 10. Clock, The - Johnny Ace ~ Various Artists 11. Baby Don't Do It - The Five Royales ~ Various Artists 12. Honey Hush - Big Joe Turner ~ Various Artists 13. I Feel So Bad - Chuck Willis ~ Various Artists 14. Things I Used To Do - Guitar Slim ~ Various Artists 15. You Upset Me, Baby - B.B. King ~ Various Artists 16. Riot In Cell Block #9 - The Robins ~ Various Artists 17. Sh-Boom - The Chords ~ Various Artists 18. Work With Me Annie - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters ~ Various Artists 19. Hoochie Coochie Man, (I'm Your) - Muddy Waters ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Liner Note Author: Peter Grendysa. Photographers: Colin Escott; Galen Hart; James Jasek; Ryan Rogers; Gilles Petard; Jimmie Willis. Arranger: Sister Rosetta Tharpe. 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. ~ Richie Unterberger Producer: Andy McKaie   Technical Info Release Date : 04/13/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 000225202 Label : Hip-O Records Number of Discs : 3 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602498620069    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray