Never quite given the credit it deserves within the rock idiom, music without lyrics has always been the staple form in many other genres. So when the ‘new music’ arrived in the mid-1950s it was inevitable that some would remain vocal-free.
This collection pulls together a quite astonishing seventy Rock & Roll Instrumentals from the years during which R’n’R came into its own, 1956 – 1960.
Including such obscure names as Phil Harvey, The Gamblers and The Renegades - behind which musical mavericks as important as Phil Spector, Bruce Johnson and Kim Fowley hid - alongside the somewhat more familiar Piltdown Men, Johnny and The Hurricanes and Sandy Nelson, this eclectic 2 disc set provides a fascinating trawl through the underbelly of the most exciting musical period to exist thus far.
Tracklist
DISC 1
1. The Noblemen – Dragon Walk
2. Bob Taylor & The Counts – Taylors Rock
3. The Rollettes – Venus Rock
4. The Royaltones – See-Saw
5. Bobby Mizzell & His Rockin’ Piano – Knockout
6. The Delltones – Heads Up
7. Lord Rockingham’s Xi – Fried Onions
8. Bernie Moore – Rock Guitar, Rock
9. Bob Vidone & The Rhythm Rockers – Weird
10. Phil Harvey (Spector) – Willy Boy
11. The Twisters – Bandstand Rocket
12. The Sounds – Bedlam
13. Lord Dent & His Invaders – Wolf Call
14. The Royal Jokers – Vibrations
15. Joey Welz – Shore Party
16. The Jet Tones – Twangy
17. Dick Burdo & The Smiling Ranch Cowboys – Brushfire
18. The Tempos – Sham-Rock
19. The Atmospheres – The Fickle Chicken
20. The Rockin’ R’s – Mustang
21. The Nightcaps – Nightcap Rock
22. The Storms – Thunder
23. Danny & The Galaxies – Ad Lib
24. Jimmy Ganzberg & The Crowns – Rebel Yell (Dixie)
25. The Downbeats – Craig’s Crazy Boogie
26. King Rock & The Knights – Scandal
27. Eddie Smith & The Hornets – Border Beat
28. The Renegades – Charge
29. The Scarlets – Stampede
30. Johnny & The Hurricanes – Sandstorm
31. Jimmy Mcconville – Scorpion
32. Rodney & The Blazers – Summertime Rock
33. The Royal Notes – Spitfire
34. The Piltdown Men – Brontosaurus Stomp
35. Blue Notes – Rigor Mortis
DISC 2
1. The Big Four – Outta Tune
2. Rex Qual – Tranquilizer Boogie
3. The Teen Rockers – Teen Rock
4. The Dawnbeats – Midnight Express
5. Andy & The Live Wires – Maggie
6. The Hi-Tombs – Weeping Willow Rock
7. Ronnie Ray’s Playboys – The Vulture
8. The Orbit Rockers – Rock It
9. Tree Tops – Tinkle Bones
10. The Frantics – The Whip
11. Hank Hankins – (My Old) Kentucky Home Rock
12. Don & The Galaxies – Avalanche
13. The Raiders – Downbeat
14. The Rhythm Rockers – Madness
15. Billy Adkinson – Rock-A-Mo Part 1
16. The Premiers – Firewater
17. The Dawnbreakers – Deep In The Heart Of Texas Rock
18. Keetie & The Kats – Move Part 1
19. Carl Newman – Tom-Tom
20. The Darts – Rocking
21. B B Cunningham – Pagan Rock
22. Leon Smith And The Orbit Rockers – Windfall
23. Gene Bianco – Alarm Clock Rock
24. The Rocktones – High Time Rock
25. Gary Vallet & The Vallets – Guitar Bass Boogie
26. Andy Doll – Stockade Rock
27. The Noblemen – Dirty Robber
28. The Gamblers – Moon Dawg
29. Sandy Nelson – Chop Chop
30. Rhet Stoller – Chariot
31. Conny & The Bellhops – Bop Sticks
32. The Teen’s Men – Spin Out
33. The Caravans – Mondo Caravan
34. Ted Russell & His Rhythm Rockers – Brang
35. The Gigolos – Night Creature
