Stompin' at the Savoy: The Original Indie-Label 1944-1961 (2004)

About this title: This four-disc overview of Savoy Records masterful achievement in issuing jump blues, R&B, doo wop, and proto-rock and soul records is one handsome collection. There are 84 tracks spanning the years 1944 (two years after Savoy went into business) and ending in 1961. While the majority of cuts were originally issued on Savoy, there are more than a few that come form one of Savoy's acquisitions -- of National in 1957. Here, the relative unknowns, such as Miss Sharecropper, the Dreams, and Chuz Alfred are side by side with Hot Lips Page, Billy Eckstine, Joe Turner, Doc Pomus, Wild Bill Moore, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Uncle Sam Blues [Page]
2. Pete Brown's Boogie
3. Hey Lawdy Mama
4. If Money Grew on Trees
5. S.K. Blues, Pt. 1 & 2
6. Evil Gal Blues [Feather/Hampton]
7. I Ain't Mad at You, Pretty Baby [Moore]
8. Prisoner of Love [Columbo/Gaskill/Rob]
9. Harlem Nocturne [Hagen]
10. Slim's Jam [Gaillard]
11. Atomic Boogie [Johnson]
12. Weddin' Day Blues
13. My Gal's a Jockey [Turner]
14. Open the Door, Richard, Pts. 1 & 2 [Fletcher/McVea/Maso]
15. Take the Hands Off the Clock [Glover/Theard]
16. Midnight in the Barrel House [Otis]
17. Thriller Diller Poppa
18. Write Me a Letter [Biggs]
19. Thirty Five Thirty
20. My Good Pott [Pomus]
21. We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll
22. Cornbread [Reig/Singer]
23. My Fault [McGhee]
24. Fat Stuff Boogie
25. Red Hot Blues [Fowler]
26. The Hucklebuck
27. I'll Always Be in Love With You
28. Deacon's Harp
29. Rickey's Blues [Biggs/Ricks]
30. Sure Like to Run
31. Cheatin' Women
32. Double Crossing Blues [Otis]
33. If It's So, Baby
34. Cupid's Boogie [Otis]
35. Rockin' Blues [Otis]
36. Straighten Him Out
37. I Will Wait [Calclaugh]
38. Helen's Advice [Humes]
39. Atlanta Boogie [Brown]
40. Stacked Deck [Wright]
41. All Nite Long
42. I Want to Rock
43. Good Lovin' [Ferguson]
44. Easy, Easy Baby [Toombs]
45. Keyhole Blues [Magid]
46. Got Nobody to Tell
47. Forgive Me Baby
48. My Kind of Woman
49. I Wanna Know
50. Beggin' at Your Mercy
51. Mercy Mister Percy
52. Little Daddy
53. Darlene
54. That Ain't Right
55. Let's Make Love Tonight
56. Don't Drop It
57. Johnny Has Gone [Cadena/Mendelsohn]
58. Things Have Changed
59. Don't Be Angry [Brown/Brown/Mendels]
60. Chop, Chop, Ching-a-Ling
61. Don't Cry Baby
62. Is It Really You? [McCoy/Singleton]
63. Rocking Boy
64. Pack, Shack and Stack
65. Anna Mae
66. Hot Rod [Singer]
67. Just Leave It to Me
68. Shake Me Up, Baby
69. Candy [Whitney/David/Krame]
70. Why Did You Make Me Cry?
71. Stop, Don't Go
72. Little by Little [Owens/McCoy]
73. Rib Joint
74. Bad Boy [Armstrong]
75. I Got a Rock & Roll Gal
76. The Right Time [Herman]
77. Bad Times
78. Going Back to Orleans
79. Blues Early, Early, Pts. 1 & 2 [Smith]
80. You Better Believe
81. Honky Tonk Caboose
82. Mind on Loving
83. Step Up and Rescue Me
84. Nobody

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