Jiving Jamboree, Vol. 2 (1999)

About this title: Some would argue that this is a slapdash collection of jump blues, R&B, and early rock from the late '40s through the late '50s, not held together by any style or even label, save having a good jump or swing beat for dancing. They'd be right, but on the other hand it's refreshing to come across compilations like these that are obviously geared toward collectors, and unafraid to bend genre lines in the service of creating an enjoyable (as opposed to completist or scholarly) program. Indeed some of these aren't rock or R&B at all, but rather swing music with a jumpy edge (Louis Prima's "Be Mine ... read more

Tracks:

1. Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie [Haley]
2. Romp and Stomp Blues [Walton/Bihari]
3. Wine-O [Banks]
4. Twitchy [Duncan]
5. Buick '59 [Green/Williams]
6. When the Saints Go Marching In Boogie [Traditional]
7. Happy Home Blues [Pyles]
8. Be Mine (Little Baby) [Butera/Prima]
9. Bambalam [Leiber/Stoller]
10. Bottle It up and Go [Traditional]
11. Shout, Shout, Shout [Smith]
12. Bumpity Bump [Bartholomew]
13. My Pigeon's Gone [Davenport]
14. Rock Around the Clock [DeKnight/Freedman]
15. Rock Bottom [Josea/Phillips]
16. Hop, Skip and Jump [Jones]
17. Go! Go! Go! [Hill/Gilbeaux/Treni]
18. Wine Woogie [Phillips]
19. Boogie Woogie Teenage [Jenkins]
20. Slow Down [Williams]
21. The Big Beat [Domino/Bartholomew]
22. Keep A-Walkin' [Smith]
23. Bom Bom Lulu [Forrest/Frost]
24. Don't Say Tomorrow [Riley]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.