"The Road To Rock & Roll" Vol. 1 - Jitterbug Jive 1934-1952 - disc 1

50 scene-setting singles that surfaced in the UK in the lead-up to the rock & roll revolution!

Compiled by music historian and producer Stuart Coleman, The Road To Rock & Roll series highlights the wealth of trailblazing American recordings that surfaced in the UK between 1934-1955, ahead of the rock & roll explosion. The first volume, Jitterbug Jive, concentrates on the period 1934 to 1952 and features a heady mix of American jazz, rhythm & blues, hillbilly and gospel.
So aptly titled! A mix of slight jazz, much boogie, a bit of country, r&b, all the elements that would combine to give us that beast called rock'n'roll. Her spanning 1934 to 1952, the wonder is that all these tracks obtained a UK release! I know that because compiler/annotator Stu Colman's wonderful notes (which took me best part of an hour to read) gives US and UK release dates, labels and numbers. (The Guardian)

trax disc 1:
1. Shout, Sister Shout - Tiny Bradshaw 2. Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade "Lux" Lewis 3. Rock Me - Sister Rosetta Tharpe 4. Roll 'Em Pete - Joe Turner & Pete Johnson 5. Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat - Will Bradley & Ray McKinley 6. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 7. Fluffy’s Debut - Buddy Banks Sextet & Fluffy Hunter 8. Arabian Boogie - Slim Gaillard 9. The Honeydripper Pt. 1 - Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 10. The House of Blue Lights - Ella Mae Morse, Don Raye, Freddie Slack 11. He's a Real Gone Guy - Nellie Lutcher 12. King Size Papa - Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 13. Backwater Blues - Lead Belly 14. Saturday Night Fish Fry, Pts. 1 & 2 - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five 15. Rag Mop - Lionel Hampton 16. This Joint's Too Hip for Me - Betty Hall Jones 17. I Almost Lost My Mind - Ivory Joe Hunter 18. For You My Love - Nellie Lutcher & Nat 'king Cole 19. That's Right Little Girl - Piney Brown 20. Drippers' Boogie, Pt. 1 - Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 21. Birmingham Bounce - Red Foley 22. Hadda's Boogie - Hadda Brooks 23. Guitar Boogie - Arthur Smith And His Cracker-Jacks 24. Chicken Reel - Les Paul 25. Oh Babe! - Louis Prima & Keely Smith
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