"A PROPER INTRODUCTION TO IKE TURNER/JACKIE BRENSTON"

Ike Turner was there at the epicenter of rock & roll in its earliest incarnation, first as a pianist and then as an electric guitarist with a naturally raw and biting tone, and his "Rocket 88," recorded in 1951 at Sam Phillips' famous Sun Studios with Jackie Brenston fronting things, has frequently been cited as the first real rock & roll record. This set features several 1950s tracks where Turner and his Kings of Rhythm back a whole host of R&B and blues artists, including Brenston, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Charley Booker, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and Little Milton, and if it isn't necessarily rock & roll, it's R&B done at its roughest and rawest. Highlights include the historic "Rocket 88," a stomping, explosive "How Many More Years" from Wolf, the electrified country blues of Booker on "Rabbit Blues," and the slashing "Somebody Told Me" by Little Milton. Ragged, loose, and garage-sounding, these sides show what Ike was up to in his pre-Tina years. (Allmusic)

trax:
1. Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston 2. Independent Woman - Jackie Brenston 3. My Real Gone Rocket - Jackie Brenston 4. Tuckered Out - Jackie Brenston 5. You Know I Love You - B.B.King 6. How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf 7. Dry Up Baby - Robert Bland 8. Ridin' In The Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf 9. Three O'Clock Blues - B.B.King 10. Gonna Let You Go - Baby Face Turner 11. Blue Serenade - Baby Face Turner 12. Please Send My Baby Back - Sunny Blair 13. Troubles And Heartaches - Ike Turner 14. You're Driving Me Insane - Ike Turner 15. Good Morning Baby - Drifting Slim 16. Relation Blues - Houston Boines 17. Rabbit Blues - Charley Booker 18. Charlie's Boogie Woogie - Charley Booker 19. Ramblin' On My Mind - Boyd Gilmore 20. Whole Heap Of Mama - Brother Bell 21. If You Feel Froggish - Brother Bell 22. Lookin' For My Baby - Ike & Bonnie Turner 23. My Heart Belongs To You - Ike & Bonnie Turner 24. Bad Women Bad Whiskey - Little Junior Parker 25. Good Lovin' - Bobby "Blue" Bland 26. Shake It Up And Go - B.B.King 27. Beggin' My Baby - Little Milton 28. Somebody Told Me - Little Milton 29. A Prisoner's Prayer - The Prisonaires
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