Rock The Joint

Germany's Bear Family Records doesn't do anything half-assed, and the dozen or so volumes in the label's Blowing the Fuse series (which chronicles R&B sides year by year starting with this entry for 1949) are generous (each disc has well ...

Given the track list of Country & Western Hit Parade 1952, an entry in Bear Family's stellar series of releases on the theme, one can see that for country music fans, this was an amazing year all around. Imagine some ...

This 10 CD collection features golden oldies from Elvis Presley, Bo Diddley, and others. 10 CD Wallet Box featuring a mixture of rock'n'roll, jump blues and vocals, and even some country, that covers the gamut of music from the mid 40s to late 50s. 2005.

These 28 tracks don't have too much in common besides having all been issued in the U.K. on the London American label, and usually having some kind of relationship (if sometimes pretty tenuous) with the rock & roll overtaking the ...

This collection's first song, "It's Rock & Roll" by Jack Winston, is pretty forgettable, but the second, "Rock the Joint" by Rocky Rhule, and its third, "Pretty Baby" by Jimmy Thurma, get things moving in the right direction, and fast. ...

Musicians play music, and when they play, they don't begin something so much as they pick something back up that was there all along, and music expands like a delta this way, an unbreakable loop that doesn't begin or end ...

2008 four CD Proper box set, a 100 track monster focusing on some of the less well known names on the Rock 'N' Roll scene in the '50s. Just some of the artists featured are Boyd Bennett, Jimmy Cavallo, Eddie ...

Track Listing: Mystery Train; Hound Dog; Tutti Frutti; You're A Heartbreaker; Why Do Fools Fall In Love; Maybelline; Reelin' And Rockin'; Shake Rattle And Roll; I'm A Man; I Got A Woman; Baby Let's Play House; Little School Girl; I'm ...

This 50-track 2-CD collection, brings together tracks released on the famous London label under their HL record number prefix, which is well-known to enthusiasts and collectors. The collection includes many well-known chart classics alongside some lesser-known and collectable material. Compiled ...

When Friends Come Out And Play is a project by Steve RosenbergSteve grew up in NYC (The Bronx & Queens) When Steve lived on Long Island he played in several bands with Lee Rocker, who went on to become the ...

Limited 10 CD set containing some of the best Blues music ever made. Featuring great performances from legendary artists including Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lead Belly, Big Joe Turner, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson and many others.

Track Listing: DISC 1: CHARLESTON TO DEPRESSION YEARS: Sweet Georgia Brown; Charleston Mad; Steppin' In Society; Melancholy Lou; Messin' Around; Shake That Thing; Wa Wa Wa; What A Man!; Black Bottom; Magnolia; Wabash Blues; Be My Baby; Birmingham Black Bottom; ...

Acrobat's British Hit Parade series spotlights the hits from a specific year by the original artists. This volume samples 118 tracks that made the charts in 1960, including the original versions of "Ain't That a Shame" (Fats Domino), "Rock the ...

2011 three CD set in tin packaging. Here are 60 cruisin' classics from the giants of Rock 'n' Roll. Three CDs of the very best driving songs to help you get where you need to go with a smile. It ...

4 CDs in a paperback-sized fold-out box set with a 68-page booklet containing in-depth analysis of the 109 tracks pointing out relevant stylistic and musical innovations. Disc One - Blues In The City - Downhome Southern Blues from Memphis to ...

Track Listing: DISC 1: Hey! Ba-Ba-Ra-Bop; R.M. Blues; Freight Train Boogie; Choo Choo Ch'boogie; That's All Right; Move It on Over; Merle's Boogie Woogie; We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll; Bobby Sox Blues; Good Rockin' Tonight; Cornbread; Ol' Man River; ...

Track Listing: DISC 1: Come On-a My House; Cry; Rawhide; Yakety Yak; ABA Daba Honeymoon; Rag Mop; Gone Fishing; Singing in the Rain; Blacksmith Blues, The; Harbor Lights; Great Pretender, The; Sweet Violets; Mona Lisa; Knee Deep in the Blues; ...

Informed by blues, boogie woogie, jazz, R&B, hillbilly and country music, Rock 'n' Roll became the first music to aim directly at a teenage audience, and it hit. Rock 'n' Roll extended an unparalleled influence around the world. I. This ...

Informed by blues, boogie woogie, jazz, R&B, hillbilly and country music, Rock 'n' Roll became the first music to aim directly at a teenage audience, and it hit. Rock 'n' Roll extended an unparalleled influence around the world. I. This ...

Subtitled The Roots And Branches Of Rock 'N' Roll & comprised largely of 50's material, this 54-track compilation presents a carefully chosen selection of well-known hits plus esoteric collectors' items. Artists include Champion Jack Dupree, Ella Mae Morse & Freddie ...

Acrobat's British Hit Parade series spotlights the hits from a specific year by the original artists. This volume samples 98 tracks that made the charts in 1957, including the original versions "Rock a Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" ...

This fine compilation features an assortment of pre-Elvis Presley gems from influential artists like Hank Williams, Ray Charles, and Chuck Willis. Red hot R&B, C&W and assorted pre-Elvis gems herald the birth of Rock 'n' Roll. Features Hank Williams, Chuck Willis, ...

BLACK & WHITE ROOTS OF ROCK N' ROLL is a remarkable collection that places both black and white versions of various early rock 'n' roll composition beside one another. With a total of 50 tracks, this compilation contains "Rock The ...

BLACK & WHITE ROOTS OF ROCK N' ROLL is a remarkable collection that places both black and white versions of various early rock 'n' roll composition beside one another. With a total of 50 tracks, this compilation contains "Rock The ...

THE OKEH RHYTHM & BLUES 3-CD box set contains 78 tracks recorded for the Okeh label from 1949 to 1957. It includes 21 previously unreleased tracks and a 36-page booklet with an essay by Peter Grendysa, artist snapshots by James ...