2014 comp of US jump/shuffle blues recordings. This is the music that provided the inspiration for early Ska in Jamaica. Some of influential recordings are making their first official release on CD. Artists include Louis Jordan, Joe Liggins, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Fats Domino, Louis Prima, Rosco Gordon, Professor Longhair and a host of other names, both famous and obscure. Future Noise.
A dip into the bubbling cauldron of R&B which sewed the seeds for Ska on Jamaica's sound systems in the 1940s and '50s.
GI Jive - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
The Honeydripper (Parts 1 & 2) - Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Milton's Boogie - Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
Baby Don't You Want To Go - Sherman Williams & His Orchestra
TWA - Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Sherman's Boogie - Sherman Williams & His Orchestra
Run Joe - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Worried About You Baby - Felix Gross
Corn Bread - Hal Singer Sextette
The Huckle-Buck - Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers
Country Boy - Dave Bartholomew
Bald Head - Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers
Rocking After Midnight - Lowell Fulson feat. Lloyd Glenn
Saturday Nite Boogie Woogie Man - Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
Sax Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
Don Newcomb Really Throws That Ball - Teddy Brannon Orchestra
Waiting And Drinking - Calvin Boze & His All Stars
New Rebecca - Roy Brown
Jump And Shout - Erline Harris
Strollin' With Bones - T-Bone Walker & His Band
Call Of The Gators - Willis Jackson
Slippin' And Slidin' - Gene Phillips with Jack McVea Orchestra
Raw Meat - Joe Thomas
Bad, Bad Whiskey - Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
I Got Loaded - Peppermint Harris with Maxwell Davis & His All Stars
Blue Moon - Lynn Hope
Disc 2
The Honey Jump - Oscar McLollie & His Band
Please Baby Please - James Waynes
Motor Head Baby - Chuck Higgins & His Mellotones
All That Oil In Texas - Oscar McLollie & His Honeyjumpers
What's Your Phone Number - Jimmy McCracklin's Blues Blasters
New Orleans Wimmen - Rosco Gordon & His Orchestra
Goin' Home - Fats Domino
Booted - Rosco Gordon & His Orchestra
Cuba Doll - Lloyd Glenn's Combo
5-10-15 Hours - Ruth Brown
Ain't No Meat On De Bone - Jack Dupree
Bongo Chant - Kenny Graham's Afro Cubists
You're Still My Baby - Chuck Willis
I-Yi - The Hawks
Going To The River - Fats Domino
Well, I Done Got Over It - Guitar Slim
Brand New Rockin' Chair - George Green with Jimmy Binkley Jazz Quintet
Bye Bye Baby - The Charms
Way Down Boogie - Harold Burrage with Jimmy Binkley & His Orchestra
Got Good News For Ya, Baby - Johnny Perry's Orchestra
Tick Tock - Marvin & Johnny
Jam Up - Tommy Ridgley
Messy Bessy - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
I Want Your Lovin' - Earl Curry & His Orchestra
Let's Have Some Fun Honey - Slim Saunders
Play Boy Hop - The Rocking Brothers
Moonshine - Floyd Dixon
You Got To Give - Mike Gordon & The El Tempos
Meet Me At Grandma's Joint - Georgie Stevenson
Disc 3
Don't Be Angry - Nappy Brown
Country Woman - Boo Breeding
Blue Jean Shuffle - Plas Johnson & His Orchestra
The Cat Hop - The Dodgers
Baby Let's Make Some Love - The Penguins
Ain't Got The Money - The Mello-Harps
When You Dance - The Turbans
Flip, Flop And Fly - Big Joe Turner
Walking The Blues - Jack Dupree & Mr Bear
Let The Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee
Give It Up (Or Tell Where It's At) - Vince Monroe with Ernie Holland & His Orchestra
She's Got Me Hook, Line And Sinker - Smiley Lewis
Forgive Me, Clawdy - Lloyd Price & His Band
Since I Met You Baby - Ivory Joe Hunter
Been So Long - The Pastels
The Monkey - Dave Bartholomew
Slow Walk - Sil Austin
Misery - Professor Longhair
Rock And Cry - Clyde McPhatter
Mr Lee - The Bobbettes
Hey Boy Hey Girl - Oscar McLollie & Jeanette Baker
The Gee Gee Walk - The Gone All Stars feat. Buddy Lucas
Walk On - Preston Brown
You Just Kissed Me Goodbye - Johnny Otis Show
I Don't Want Your Love - Earl (Connelly) King
Riding West - Billy Hope & The Bad Men
Do The Chickin' - Earl Hooker & His Road Masters
Live It Up - Ernie Freeman
Going Back To My Home Town - Hal Paige & The Whalers
