ACE OF SPADES (3cd set)

Artist: Various Artists
Format: 3CD
Bar-code: 5060432023096
Cat No: NOT3CD309

£7.99

Instrumental music of the mid-fifties was a mixture of silky stringladen orchestral pieces, rhythmic combos, exotic jungle inspired sounds, and piano led melodies. The electric guitar was evolving from its early semi-acoustic stage when rudimentary pick-ups had been added by imaginative big band players and by the later fifties the solid bodied electric guitar was affordable enough for young players to use. All over America teens formed groups who aimed to play basic music very loudly, an approach that was followed in Britain and Europe quickly afterwards. Our compilation collects some of the very best known artists from both sides of the pond, and covers the later fifties and early sixties years when popularity of guitar groups was at its height. Many of these records were huge hits, but many were not because they didn’t get the breaks needed to catch the public’s ear. The great unknowns were in many cases just as good if not better than the hit artists, proving the worth for the hardcore collector of sets like this.

Disc 1

  1. Ace Of Spades – Link Wray
    2. The Rocket Man – The Spotnicks
    3. The Breeze & I – The Fentones
    4. Moon Dawg! – The Gamblers
    5. Tarantula – The Tarantulas
    6. Memphis – Lonnie Mack
    7. Shadoogie – The Shadows
    8. Werewolf – The Frantics
    9. Foot-Patter – The Fireballs
    10. Teensville – Chet Atkins
    11. Maigret – The Eagles
    12. Indian Brave – The Outlaws
    13. Lisa Maree – The Denvermen
    14. Samurai – The Barons
    15. Skid Row – The John Barry Seven
    16. Road Runner – The Wailers
    17. Bandido – The Pastel Six
    18. Guitar Boogie Shuffle – The Virtues
    19. Hide Away – Freddie King
    20. I Walk The Line – The Dave Clark Five

Disc 2

  1. Main Title Theme (From The Man With The Golden Arm) – Jet Harris
    2. The Frightened City – The Shadows
    3. The Mexican – The Fentones
    4. Enchanted – The Pagents
    5. Rebel Walk – Duane Eddy
    6. The Angry Desert – The Sound Offs
    7. The Whip – The Frantics
    8. Boo Boo Stick Beat – Chet Atkins
    9. Bulldog – The Challengers
    10. Caravan – Santo & Johnny
    11. Perfidia – The Ventures
    12. Tor-Chula – The Sentinals
    13. Birdie Song Boogie – Zig Dillon
    14. Scratchin’ – B. B. Cunningham Jr.
    15. Heads Up – Freddie King
    16. Bristol Express – The Eagles
    17. Whirlwind – The Barons
    18. Outback – The Denvermen
    19. Black Widow – The Tarantulas
    20. Wheels – The String A Longs

Disc 3

  1. Big Daddy – The Pagents
    2. Peter Gunn – Duane Eddy
    3. The Black Widow – Link Wray
    4. Rompin’ – Jerry Warren
    5. Hurricane – Conrad & The Hurricanes
    6. Samovar – The Krew Kats
    7. The Storm – The Hunters
    8. Midnight Express – Willie Tremain’s Thunderbirds
    9. Wham! – Lonnie Mack
    10. Ghost Riders In The Sky – The Spotnicks
    11. Swagger – Joe Brown & The Bruvvers
    12. Latinia – The Sentinals
    13. LSD-25 – The Gamblers
    14. Hound Dog – The Hunters
    15. Ram-Bunk-Shush – The Ventures
    16. Bulldog – The Fireballs
    17. Tidal Wave – The Challengers
    18. Hill Stomp – The Strangers
    19. Pink Dominos – The Crescents (feat. Chiyo)
    20. Stick Shift – The Duals