"Coolsville!" Hits & Rarities From The Golden Age Of Pop Instrumentals - disc 1

The art of the instrumental as a sometimes overlooked part of pop music history forms the subject of Coolsville!, Fantastic Voyage’s latest vibrant showcase of strains which make up the very backbone of rock ’n’ roll. A companion to 2010’s much-lauded Instroville!, which surveyed the years 1956-59, Coolsville! packs in 50 tracks, including 42 hits, making it another must-have for instro-mentalists.Before surf music took hold in the early ’60s, instrumentals had already been turned into an art form, which reached its peak in the 1957-61 period dealt with here. Sultry twangs, ringing themes and avalanches of tom-tom volleys gripped dancers in pre-disco clubs and were useful for anyone programming TV or radio shows. Names immediately identifiable with the genre are included here, including Dick Dale, the Fireballs, The Piltdown Men, The Wailers, Bill Black’s Combo, Sandy Nelson, Floyd Cramer, Santo & Johnny, Ernie Freeman, Duane Eddy, the Shadows, the Ventures, the Frogmen, the Champs, and Johnny & The Hurricanes: a cavalcade of atmosphere-stoking aural escapades. The set also nods at soul music’s funky instrumental offshoots, with names including the Mar-Keys, the Intruders and the classified Freddy King, while delving into the vaults for the obscurities now expected of any Fantastic Voyage compilation, including the frantic monster mash-up ‘Werewolf’, plus tracks by Jorgen Ingmann, the Atmospheres, the Viscounts and the Parkays. And, of course, no such set would be complete without the mighty Link Wray, here with his sinister cult classic ‘Jack the Ripper’. All told an often hair-raising or spine-tingling reminder of a genre which has lurked behind rock ’n’ roll’s extravagant front-men, just busting to get out and ring out its place in musical history.

trax disc 1:
1. Let’s Go Trippin’ - Dick Dale 2. Bulldog - The Fireballs 3. Brontosaurus Stomp - The Piltdown Men 4. Let There Be Drums - Sandy Nelson 5. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky - The Ramrods 6. Apache - Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar 7. Caravan - Santo & Johnny 8. Mau-Mau - The Wailers 9. Teen Scene - The Hunters 10. Fried Eggs - The Intruders 11. Don't Be Cruel - Bill Black's Combo 12. Last Date - Floyd Cramer 13. Because They're Young - Duane Eddy 14. Rocking Goose - Johnny & The Hurricanes 15. The Fickle Chicken - The Atmospheres 16. Jupiter-C - Pat & The Satellites 17. Last Night - The Mar-Keys 18. San-Ho-Zay - Freddie King 19. Buzz Saw - The Gee-Cees 20. You Can't Sit Down Part 2 - Philip Upchurch Combo 21. Flamingo Express - The Royaltones 22. Underwater - The Frog Men 23. Kon-Tiki - The Shadows 24. Perfidia - The Ventures 25. Tough Train - The Champs
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