Soul Food (That's What I Like) - various artists compilation

 

1 The J.B.'s– Pass The Peas 3:26

2 Junior Walker & The All Stars– Home Cookin' 2:58

3 Preston Love– Chili Mac 3:39

4 Little Milton– Grits Ain't Groceries 2:41

5 Kool & The Gang– Raw Hamburgers 2:46

6 Raynel Wynglas– Bar-B-Q Ribs 2:45

7 The Vibrations– Ain't No Greens In Harlem 3:21

8 Harmonica George– Get In The Kitchen And Burn 2:32

9 Obie Plenty– Beef Stew 2:03

10 Brother Jack McDuff– Hot Barbeque 3:00

11 The Bad Boys – Black Olives 2:22

12 Booker T & The MG's– Red Beans And Rice 2:04

13 Mongo Santamaria– Green Onions 4:57

14 The Rivingtons– Pop Your Corn (Parts 1 & 2) 3:42

15 The Har-You Percussion Group– Feed Me Good 2:34

16 Three Pieces – Shortnin' Bread 4:33

Soul Food (That's What I Like)

Guitar Player Presents Legends Of Guitar - Rock: The 50's, Vols. One and Two

 

1 Chuck Berry– Maybellene

2 Bo Diddley– Mona

3 Bill Haley With The Saddlemen*– Rock The Joint

4 Duane Eddy– Rebel-'Rouser

5 Dale Hawkins– Susie-Q

6 Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two*– Get Rhythm

7 Les Paul & Mary Ford– The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise

8 Billy Mure's Supersonic Guitars– Tiger Guitars

9 The Virtues– Guitar Boogie Shuffle

10 Eddie Cochran– Eddie's Blues

11 Link Wray & His Ray Men*– Rumble

12 Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps– Race With The Devil

13 The Crickets – I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love

14 Carl Perkins– Put Your Cat Clothes On

15 Don & Dewey– Mammer-Jammer

16 The Johnny Otis Show– Willie And The Hand Jive

17 Wilbert Harrison– Kansas City

Legends Of Guitar - Rock: The 50's, Vol. One

1 Ricky Nelson – Waitin' In School

2 Bill Riley & His Little Green Men*– Flying Saucers Rock & Roll

3 Icky Renrut– Prancing

4 Mickey & Sylvia– Love Is Strange

5 Buddy Holly– Blue Days-Black Nights

6 Scotty Moore Trio– Have Guitar Will Travel

7 Rene Hall's Orchestra*– Twitchy

8 The Johnny Burnette Trio– The Train Kept A_Rollin'

9 Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps*– Crusin'

10 Santo & Johnny– Sleep Walk

11 Bill Haley & His Comets*– Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie

12 Eddie Cockran*– Am I Blue

13 Chuck Berry– Carol

14 Duane Eddy– Three-30-Blues

15 The Fireballs– Fireball

16 Ricky Nelson – Believe What You Say

17 The Collins Kids– Just Because

18 Arvee Allens– Fast Freight

Legends Of Guitar - Rock: The 50's, Vol. Two

Jeff Beck - 1944-2023 - a tribute post

 

Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) was an English guitarist who rose to prominence as a member of the rock band The Yardbirds and afterwards founded and fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to an instrumental style of music with focus on an innovative sound, and his releases spanned genres and styles ranging from blues rock, hard rock, jazz fusion and a blend of guitar-rock and electronica.

Beck was ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone and other magazines' lists rankings of the greatest guitarists. He was often called a "guitarist's guitarist". Rolling Stone described him as "one of the most influential lead guitarists in rock". Although he recorded two successful albums (in 1975 and 1976) as a solo act, Beck did not establish or maintain the sustained commercial success of many of his contemporaries and band mates. He recorded with many artists.

Beck earned wide critical praise and received the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance six times and Best Pop Instrumental Performance once. In 2014, he received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: first as a member of The Yardbirds (1992) and secondly as a solo artist (2009)

Jeff's roots were firmly entrenched in rock and roll, and two releases that highlight this were Jeff Beck & The Big Town Playboys – Crazy Legs (1993), a tribute to Gene Vincent, and Jeff Beck – Rock 'n' Roll Party: Honoring Les Paul (2011).

Jeff Beck & The Big Town Playboys – Crazy Legs (1993)

1 Race With The Devil 1:59

2 Cruisin' 2:19

3 Crazy Legs 2:19

4 Double Talkin' Baby 2:03

5 Woman Love 2:33

6 Lotta Lovin' 2:03

7 Catman 2:23

8 Pink Thunderbird 2:30

9 Baby Blue 2:34

10 You Better Believe 2:08

11 Who Slapped John? 1:53

12 Say Mama 2:11

13 Red Blue Jeans And A Pony Tail 2:16

14 Five Feet Of Lovin' 2:09

15 B-I-Bickey-Bi-Bo-Bo-Go 2:11

16 Blues Stay Away From Me 2:22

17 Pretty Pretty Baby 2:24

18 Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me 2:14

Jeff Beck – Rock 'n' Roll Party: Honoring Les Paul (2011)

1 Double Talkin' Baby 2:08

2 Cruisin' 2:13

3 The Train It Kept A Rollin' 2:36

4 Cry Me A River 2:46

5 How High The Moon 2:10

6 Sitting On Top Of The World 2:23

7 Bye Bye Blues 2:12

8 The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise 2:21

9 Vaya Con Dios 2:57

10 Mockin' Bird Hill 2:23

11 I'm A Fool To Care 2:59

12 Tiger Rag 2:22

13 Peter Gunn 4:49

14 Rocking Is Our Business 3:38

15 Apache 3:07

16 Sleep Walk 2:50

17 New Orleans 4:34

18 Walking In The Sand 4:39

19 Please Mr. Jailer 4:54

20 Twenty Flight Rock 3:44

see also: The Yardbirds: Over Under Sideways Down

The Rock and Roll Jukebox - various original artists

 

On first glance this looks like your average collection of rock and roll standards and hits. However, many of these are live, alternative and re-recorded versions of the originals, some of varying quality, but still worth a listen. Of special note is an early live number of Elvis doing "That's All Right Mama", a smokin' 7.25 minute live version of Jerry Lee's "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and Chuck Berry's hot live renditions of "Johnny B.Goode" and "Nadine".

1 Elvis Presley– That's All Right Mama 2:15

2 Jerry Lee Lewis– Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On 2:24

3 Chuck Berry– Johnny B Goode 4:46

4 Bill Haley And His Comets– Rock Around The Clock 2:16

5 Little Richard– Lucille 2:14

6 Elvis Presley– Hound Dog 2:26

7 Fats Domino– Ain't That A Shame 2:23

8 Lloyd Price– Stagger Lee 2:53

9 Gene Vincent– Be-Bop-A-Lula 2:37

10 The Platters– Great Pretender 2:38

11 Bill Haley And His Comets– Shake, Rattle And Roll 3:21

12 Chuck Berry– Reelin' And Rockin' 3:12

13 Wilbert Harrison– Kansas City 2:27

14 Fats Domino– Blue Monday 2:24

15 Ike & Tina Turner– Rock Me Baby 2:44

16 Chuck Berry– No Particular Place To Go 2:40

17 Little Richard– Long Tall Sally 2:01

18 Lloyd Price– Personality 2:27

19 Chuck Berry– Sweet Little Sixteen 2:46

20 Bill Haley And His Comets– See You Later Alligator 2:14

21 Little Richard– She's Got It 2:06

22 Billy Fury– Well Alright 2:25

23 Chuck Berry– Nadine 4:04

The Rock and Roll Jukebox