25 Rockin' Instrumentals

Locations
Call Number: CD Rock Twenty
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 3rd Floor, CDs 2-week checkout	CD Rock Twenty	2-week checkout	On Shelf

Compact disc.
Program notes and bibliographical references in container.
Compilation of material originally released 1956-1969.
Misirlou (Dick Dale and the Del-Tones) -- Memphis (Lonnie Mack) -- Bongo rock (Preston Epps) -- Tall cool one (The Wailers) -- Raunchy (Bill Justis) -- Soul twist (King Curtis & the Noble Knights) -- Rebel-'rouser (Duane Eddy) -- Rumble (Link Wray and his Ray Men) -- The happy organ (Dave "Baby" Cortez) -- Wheels (The String-A-Longs) -- Teen beat (Sandy Nelson) -- Tequila (The Champs) -- Asia Minor (Kokomo) -- Honky tonk (Bill Doggett) -- Penetration (The Pyramids) -- Bust out (The Busters) -- Time is tight (Booket T. & the MG's) -- Percolator (twist) (Billy Joe & the Checkmates) -- Red River rock (Johnny & the Hurricanes) -- Wild weekend (The Rockin' Rebels) -- Drums a-go-go (The Hollywood Persuaders) -- Guitar boogie shuffle (The Virtues) -- Bumble boogie (B. Bumble & the Stingers) -- Torquay (The Fireballs) -- Walk--don't run (The Ventures).
Various performers.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Who Needs Vocals, Anyway? submitted by Meginator on June 11, 2021, 5:44pm This album has a fairly consistent aesthetic, generally focusing on songs that rely on the lead guitar to carry the melody, and it makes for a nice throwback to the heyday of this type of music, as the last vestiges of the Big Band Era made way for rock and roll. The songs generally move along at a nice clip, with catchy repeated motifs to set the tone while distinguishing them from one another, and listening to them now makes me wish that modern pop and rock made more room for instrumentals; as these groups prove, you can say a lot without using words, even in a genre that practically requires lyrics in the modern era.