"ROULETTE ROCK 'N' ROLL COLLECTION" Vol 2

The second entry in the series heads in a far more R&B direction than the raw rockabilly of the previous volume, but there's certainly nothing to complain about, as this 22-track collection sports no less than a half dozen sides by Wynonie Harris, a hot recut of his old hit "Bloodshot Eyes," and "Sweet Lucy Brown," along with four previously unissued sides from a 1960 session, "Spread the News," "Josephine," "Did You Get the Message," and "Saturday Night." Along with stellar contributions from Screamin' Jay Hawkins ("The Whammy" and "Strange"), the Isley Brothers (both sides of their two singles for Mark X and Gone), and dynamite one-offs from the Duponts ("Screamin' Ball at Dracula Hall"), the Gone All-Stars (the storming instrumental "7-11"), the Cookies ("Hippy Dippy Daddy"), the Emanons ("Hindu Baby"), the Echoes ("Ding Dong"), the Valentines ("Woo Woo Train"), the Chaperones ("Dance with Me"), Jesse Powell & the Caddies ("Ain't You Gonna") and Mabel King ("Alabama Rock and Roll"), this is another hitherto unexplored side of the label that had more than its share of hard-rocking offerings by both sides of the color barrier.(Cub Koda, Allmusic)

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1. The Whammy - Screamin' Jay Hawkins 2. Strange - Screamin' Jay Hawkins 3. Bloodshot Eyes - Wynonie Harris 4. Sweet Lucy Brown - Wynonie Harris 5. Spread The News - Wynonie Harris 6. Saturday Night - Wynonie Harris 7. Josephine - Wynonie Harris 8. Did You Get The Message - Wynonie Harris 9. Everybody's Gonna Rock - The Isley Brothers 10. I Wanna Know - The Isley Brothers 11. The Drag - The Isley Brothers 12. Rockin' McDonald - The Isley Brothers 13. 7-11 - The Gone All Stars 14. Screamin' Ball (At Dracula Hall) - The Duponts 15. Hippy Dippy Daddy - The Cookies 16. Roll Over Beethoven - The 4 Chaps 17. Hindu Baby - The Emanons 18. Ding Dong - The Echoes 19. Woo Woo Train - The Valentines 20. Dance With Me - The Chaperones 21. Ain't You Gonna - Jesse Powell & The Caddies 22. Alabama Rock And Roll - Mabel King
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