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Gaz's Rockin Blues (40th Ann. Special) (2lp)
Coming on DOUBLE-LP is the sixth compilation in the DJ-set series compiled by cult DJ Gay Mayall. The choice of music in this particular selection contains two fundamental styles of rhythm and blues oriented boogie music that influenced the world. The post war era of black dance music was driven by R&B that was the inspiration for the rock'n'roll of the 1950's. Here you have a hardcore slice of black rock'n'roll and a side of rockin' early '50s R&B, it's precursor on one platter. On the next disc you'll hear a bunch of moving, exciting and at times frenzied '50s gospel. The idiom where most R&B and black rock'n'roll and soul stars learned their art and cut their teeth. Side 4 contains a bunch of Jamaican tunes to illustrate the role Jamaica's music has played in influencing the style and direction of 'Gaz's Rockin Blues'. These tracks are drawn from the very earliest days, at the inception of ska in the late '50s when Jamaican artists, having fallen in love with US R&B, created their own take on it. SIDE 1 (Rock'n'Roll): 1. Little Richard - Long Tall Sally 2. Cledus Harrison - Rock And Roll In The Groove 3. Screamin' Joe Neal - Rock And Roll Deacon 4. Pretty Boy - Bip Bop Bip 5. Jackie Brenston - My Real Gone Rocket 6. Dave Bartholomew - Can't Take It No More 7. James Brown - Chonnie-On-Chon SIDE 2 (Rhythm & Blues): 1. Lowell Fulson - Don't Drive Me Baby 2. Jimmy Witherspoon - Don't Ever Move A Woman Into Your House 3. Brownie McGhee - I'm 10,000 Years Old 4. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - You Got Money 5. Bob Gaddy - Slow Down Baby 6. Floyd Dixon - Hey, Bartender 7. Sonny Knight - But Officer SIDE 3 (Gospel): 1. The Flying Clouds - I've Got A Right To The Tree of Life 2. Sensational Nightingales - To The End 3. The Pilgrim Travelers - Hold On 4. The Gospel Clefs - By The Waters Of Babylon 5. Brother Joe May - It Doesn't Cost Very Much 6. Bessie Griffin - More Like Jesus 7. Archie Brownlee - In The Wilderness SIDE 4 (Jamaica): 1. Owen Gray - Let Me Go Free 2. Count Ossie Afro Combo - Cassavubu 3. Rico's Combo - Gee's Boogie 4. The Blues Busters - Little Vilma 5. The Moonlighters - I Need Your Love 6. Theophilus Beckford - Now You're Dead 7. Duke Reid And His Group - Pink Lane Shuffle