"Zoot Suit Riot" - Instrumental R&B Smash Hits of the 1950s

The British Rev-Ola label kicks it into high gear with Zoot Suit Riot: Instrumental R'n'B Smash Hits of the 1950s. There isn't a downer second on this crunchy, crispy riotous disc of offerings form all the biggies: Roy Milton, Lloyd Price, Johnny Otis, Big Jay McNeely, Cecil Payne, Kid King, and may others. Even Betty Carter's "Hucklebuck" is on this slab, as is Little Walter's "Juke" and Jimmy Forrest's slow and sultry honker "Night Train" (yeah it's the same one James Brown did, just turned right side in). Another winner is Earl Bostic's classic "Flamingo." There is a ton of bang for the buck on this baby. Get it. - Review by Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

trax:
1. The Deacon's Hop - Big Jay McNeely 2. The Hucklebuck - Paul Williams 3. After Hours Session - Frank "Floorshow" Culley 4. Old Time Shuffle Blues - Lloyd Glenn 5. Junior Jives - Roy Milton 6. Tenderly - Lynn Hope 7. Easter Parade - Freddie Mitchell 8. Block Buster Boogie - Cecil Payne 9. Tennessee Waltz Blues - Stick McGhee 10. Flamingo - Earl Bostic 11. T-Town Twist - Roy Milton 12. Mambo Boogie - Johnny Otis 13. Hoppin' - Griffin Brothers 14. Castle Rock - Johnny Hodges 15. Because of You - Tab Smith 16. Chica Boo - Lloyd Glenn 17. Night Train - Jimmy Forrest 18. Juke - Little Walter 19. Mellow Blues (Part 1) - Sonny Thompson 20. Mellow Blues (Part 2) - Sonny Thompson 21. A Pound of Blues - Johnny Hodges 22. Soft - Tiny Bradshaw 23. Banana Split - Kid King's Combo 24. Heavy Juice - Tiny Bradshaw 25. Castle Rock - Frank Sinatra 26. The Hucklebuck - Betty Carter 27. Night Train - The Four Blazes 28. Let's Do It (The Deacon's Hop) - Three Dots & A Dash
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