"ROCK BEFORE ELVIS, BEFORE LITTLE RICHARD, BEFORE CHUCK BERRY, BO DIDDLEY OR BILL HALEY"

The roots of Rock 'n' roll from a blues/R&B perspective.

All the major roots collections by major labels are limited to their own catelogues. Atlantic put out their collection... of Atlantic sides. Stax did one for Stax. Etc. But this is an independent issue so they took the best of the best from all the labels, and put them all in one place. By far the best roots of rock / early rock / pre-rock collection of all time. The guy who put this together really knew his sh%$ (Amazon) (This collection is now out of print)

trax disc 1:
1. Rock Awhile - Goree Carter & His Hepcats 2. Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris All Stars 3. I Want to Rock and Roll - Scatman Crothers 4. Amos' Blues - Amos Milburn 5. Rockin' the House - Memphis Slim & The House Rockers 6. Atlanta Boogie - Tommy Brown 7. Doby's Boogie - Freddie Mitchell Orchestra 8. I Want To Boogie Woogie - Buster Bennett Band 9. Jump the Boogie - Luke Jones w/Joe Alexander's Highlanders 10. Shufflin' Boogie - Luke Jones w/Joe Alexander's Highlanders 11. Roy Brown's Boogie - Roy Brown 12. Cleo's Boogie - Cleo Brown 13. Leroy Sent Me - Joe Brown & His Kool Kats 14. Sausage Rock - Doc Sausage 15. Ooo, Ouch, Stop! - Big Joe Turner 16. The Boogie Rocks - Albert Ammons 17. Rockola - Joe Lutcher & His Society Cats 18. The Bulldog Blues - Joe Brown & His Kool Kats 19. Rock The Joint - Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians 20. Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 21. Ofay and Oxford Gray (live aircheck) - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 22. That's All Right Baby - Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson
trax disc 2:
1. We're Gonna Rock This Morning - Doles Dickens 2. Rocking Chair Blues - Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers 3. Rock-A-Bye Baby - Roy Brown 4. Shout The Boogie - Memphis Minnie 5. Rock Little Baby - Cecil Gant 6. Rockin' And Jumpin' (Rock This Joint This Morning) - Freddie Mitchell Orchestra 7. Rock And Roll - Jimmy Rushing & Pete Johnson 8. House Near The Railroad Track - Tommy Brown 9. Rock Mister Blues - Wynonie Harris All Stars 10. Rock The Joint Boogie - Big Joe Turner 11. Around The Clock Blues (Pt. 1) - Big Joe Turner 12. I Feel That Old Age Coming On - Wynonie Harris All Stars 13. Leave Married Women Alone - Jimmy Cavallo Quartet 14. K & H Boogie - Big Jay McNeely 15. Everybody Get Together - The Treniers with Gene Gilbreaux Quartet 16. Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Albert Ammons 17. Strange Things Happen Every Day - Sister Rosetta Tharpe 18. T-Bone Boogie - T-Bone Walker 19. We're Gonna Rock - Wild Bill Moore 20. Rock This Joint - Jimmy Cavallo Quartet 21. Billy's Boogie Blues - Billy Wright 22. Hastings Street - Blind Blake & Charles Spand 23. Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Clarence "Pine Top" Smith
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