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Gaz's Rockin Blues (40th Ann. Special)
Coming on CD 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. TRACKS: (Rock'n'Roll): 01. Little Richard - Long Tall Sally 02. Cledus Harrison - Rock And Roll In The Groove 03. Screamin' Joe Neal - Rock And Roll Deacon 04. Pretty Boy - Bip Bop Bip 05. Jackie Brenston - My Real Gone Rocket 06. Dave Bartholomew - Can't Take It No More 07. James Brown - Chonnie-On-Chon (Rhythm & Blues): 08. Lowell Fulson - Don't Drive Me Baby 09. Jimmy Witherspoon - Don't Ever Move A Woman Into Your House 10. Brownie McGhee - I'm 10,000 Years Old 11. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - You Got Money 12. Bob Gaddy - Slow Down Baby 13. Floyd Dixon - Hey, Bartender 14. Sonny Knight - But Officer (Gospel): 15. The Flying Clouds - I've Got A Right To The Tree of Life 16. Sensational Nightingales - To The End 17. The Pilgrim Travelers - Hold On 18. The Gospel Clefs - By The Waters Of Babylon 19. Brother Joe May - It Doesn't Cost Very Much 20. Bessie Griffin - More Like Jesus 21. Archie Brownlee - In The Wilderness (Jamaica): 22. Owen Gray - Let Me Go Free 23. Count Ossie Afro Combo - Cassavubu 24. Rico's Combo - Gee's Boogie 25. The Blues Busters - Little Vilma 26. The Moonlighters - I Need Your Love 27. Theophilus Beckford - Now You're Dead 28. Duke Reid And His Group - Pink Lane Shuffle