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Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 1: The Fifties
(1994)
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Various Artists
Rhino begins yet another concept line with 18 tasty instrumentals from the rock era. It's the first of a five-volume set devoted to this genre, and they certainly picked the right era to launch it. From Duane Eddy's shuddering guitar riffs and Link Wray's rumbling licks to Lee Allen's honking sax lines and bleating phrases, Dave "Baby" Cortez's ...
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Rockin' Bones: 1950s Punk and Rockabilly
(2006)
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Various Artists
It's easy to look at Rhino's four-disc 2006 box Rockin' Bones: 1950s Punk and Rockabilly and confuse it with the label's 1999 four-disc box Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of '50s Rock. It has the same garish neo-pulp artwork, covers the same era, and even has several of the same songs, usually big hits like Eddie Cochran's ...
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How to Make a Monster
(2004)
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The Cramps
Part of the beauty of the Cramps is the consistency of their vision -- since 1976, their body of work has been one long fever dream of kinky sex, bug-eyed monsters, and switchblade-wielding juvies, married to the primal twang of an electric guitar and the malevolent thud of a drum kit. While the quality of their work has run through some peaks and ...
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I Love Rock & Roll: Hits of the '50s
(1996)
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Various Artists
I Love Rock & Roll: Hits of the '50s is an excellent mid-line collection that contains 20 hits. Although the packaging is a little skimpy, all of the recordings are the original hit versions, which makes the compilation an excellent choice for casual listeners and the budget-minded. Among the highlights on Hits of the '50s are Jerry Lee Lewis' ...
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Rumble! The Best of Link Wray
(1993)
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Link Wray
Finally, a multi-label Link Wray collection spanning his lengthy career is available. Starting, appropriately enough, with "Rumble," Rumble! The Best of Link Wray illustrates through its 20 tracks (15 on cassette) that Wray was indeed one of the pioneering guitarists of rock & roll, expanding the sonic possibilities of the instrument with a ...
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Smokin' in the Boy's Room: The Best of Brownsville Station
(1993)
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Brownsville Station
A roaring romp through Brownsville Station's back pages compiled by Cub Koda himself, Smokin' in the Boy's Room: The Best of Brownsville Station makes a convincing case that these Ann Arbor, MI, garage punks were one of the most underrated rock & roll bands of the 1970s. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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Greatest Hits [Sony BMG]
(2006)
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Duane Eddy
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D.A. Sebasstian
(2001)
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D.A. Sebasstian
The first solo album by former Kill Switch...Klick founder D.A. Sebastian is a guitar/synth-driven dose of futuristic industrial blues, with touches of house, ambient, and even hip-hop. His forays into the latter category, such as the Chili Pepper-like white-boy rap of "Isabella Rossellini," are the least successful, sounding almost embarrassingly ...
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Riding Giants
(2004)
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Original Soundtrack
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Boss Guitar
(1997)
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Duane Eddy
The low, twangy, and reverbed tone of Duane Eddy's late-'50s and early-'60s guitar instrumentals is now such an established sound that it's easy to forget how novel it was when Eddy first rolled onto the scene. This 26-track set touches some of the high points from those early years, including the wonderful "Rebel Rouser" and the cough-syrup-slow ...
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Get Nervous!
(2000)
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Bailey's Nervous Kats
Six of these 26 tracks are taken from rare 1959-1961 singles, but the heavy majority of them are previously unissued cuts, both studio and live. No dates given for those unreleased items, but from the sound of things it can be gathered that they're from roughly the same era. It's fairly primitive and repetitive, though not incompetent, guitar ...
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The Best Jukebox Album in the World...Ever!
(2000)
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Various Artists
As its somewhat hyperbolic title promises, The Best Jukebox Album in the World... Ever! collects some of the best singles from the '50s and '60s, including Duane Eddy's "Rebel Rouse," the Troggs' "Wild Thing," Booker T & the MGs' "Green Onions," and the Zombies' "She's Not There." Del Shannon's "Runaway," Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula," and the ...
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Rawhide
(2003)
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Link Wray
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Slinky! The Epic Sessions, 1958-1961
(2002)
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Link Wray & the Wraymen
While there was a 20-track 1992 compilation devoted to Wray's Epic work (Walkin' With Link), this two-CD, 46-song set more than doubles the volume. It not only sweeps up some stray previously released cuts that eluded the previous album, but also adds 17 previously unissued outtakes, demos, and alternates, along with rare singles by the Ponies, ...
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On Da Reggae Tip: Massive B Style
(1998)
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Various Artists
On Da Reggae Tip includes tracks by just about every major dancehall veteran: Shabba Ranks, Beenie Man, Mad Lion, Spragga Benz and Shinehead, among others. Keith Farley, All Music Guide
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The Rising Surf
(1963)
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Richie Allen & the Pacific Surfers
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More Happy Days '50s and '60s
(2005)
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Various Artists
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Rock & Roll: 50th Anniversary Collection
(2004)
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Various Artists
The Madacy label rarely put out excellent collections, often resorting to poor material and lightweight running times, but this two-disc set is a solid exception to the rule. Rock & Roll: 50th Anniversary Collection celebrates the golden anniversary of rock & roll (or, put better, the date of its first impact on the charts) and functions as a very ...
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Surf Rider!/Surf Drums
(1993)
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The Lively Ones
This CD contains the Lively Ones' first two albums, Surf Rider! and Surf Drums, both originally released in 1963. During their brief tenure on the indie Del-Fi label, they issued no less than four long-players in addition to a dozen or so singles, the vast majority during the same year as the LPs heard here. The five-piece unit was led by soloists ...
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Live Bird '65-'67
(1990)
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The Trashmen
Although marketed as a surf band, Minnesota's Trashmen were decidedly landlocked by geography, but not by spirit. The group's odd mix of surf, R&B, sneering garage pop, and psychotic instrumentals made them one of the most eccentric and interesting of the groups that sprang up around the surf craze of the early '60s. This delightful collection of ...
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Soundtrack Jams, Vol. 2
(1999)
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Various Artists
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Ultimate 16: Happy Days '50s & '60s
(2005)
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Various Artists
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Teen Beat, Vol. 1
(1993)
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Various Artists
30 instrumentals from the late '50s and early '60s, the era when instrumental rock was at its peak. Most of these were hits, though a few of them didn't make the Top 20, and some didn't even make the Top 100. Hence the selections are often more obscure than what you'll find on Rhino's Rock Instrumentals series. The Rhino series, however, remains ...
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Live in '85/Growling Guitar
(1995)
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Link Wray
In 1995, Big Beat released Live in '85/Growling Guitar, which contained two complete albums from the 1980's -- Live in '85, and Growling Guitar, both originally released on Big Beat on LP -- by legendary guitarist Link Wray compiled on one compact disc. Tim Sendra, All Music Guide
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The Supertones Are Go!
(2003)
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The Supertones
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