Various - Rumba Blues – Mambo Blues

Format: 5CD Box Set
Catalogue No.: RANDB071CD
Barcode: 5060331752486
Release Date: 18th June 2021
Genre: Blues

Latin rhythms have infiltrated every branch of popular music, but none has had such a wide ranging influence as the rumba. It is this rhythm, combined with the New Orleans second line beat, that formed the basis of the Stax and Motown sound and the more complex rhythms of funk in the 1960s. But where would rock be without the cha-cha-cha? Think Respect, Satisfaction, Wild Thing... The mambo was born in Cuba in 1938, of African and European parentage but 1954 was the year of the mambo dance craze as record companies encouraged their R&B artists to come up with songs in a Latin vein and to include the word mambo in the title. The samba was next. It is the spring in the beat and the almost imperceptible skip at the end of each measure that differentiate it from Cuban rhythms. The repetitive riff making over a groove so beloved of 60’s and 70’s rock springs not from the blues but from Latin song-form and the vamps and montunos found in samba and mambo. What we present here in this collection are 150 songs from artists such as T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Chuck Berry and Ray Charles, all recorded between 1948 and 1962 spread over 5 CDs with 72 pages of illustrations, annotated notes and discographical details. // “I thoroughly recommend this one…all tracks are pretty great… a really excellent compilation” Mark Lamarr // “This is slippery and seductive music with that tricky undercurrrent that rumba beats bring, that will put a smile on your face and dip in your step.” Elsewhere.co.nz // “As a collection to dance to, this is a brilliant idea. Olé! Git down and boogie…er…mambo” Blues Matters // Disc One: 1 Annie's Mambo - T.N.T. Tribble 2 Cozy's Mambo - Cozy Cole 3 Mambo Blues - Cherokee & Band 4 The Crazy Mambo - Classie Ballou 5 Early Morning Mambo - Billy Taylor Trio 6 Hamp´s Mambo - Lionel Hampton 7 I Just Wanna Mambo - Linda Hayes 8 Night Train Mambo - Jimmy Forrest 9 Night Train Mambo - J.J. Jones 10 Mambo Train - The Miracletones 11 Perdido Mambo - Larry Liggett 12 Showboat Mambo - Tiny Grimes 13 Peter Gunn Mambo - Jack Costanzo 14 Robin's Mambo - Tony Martinez 15 We Want to See Santa Mambo - Big John Greer 16 Mambo Blues - Buddy Lucas 17 Guitar Mambo - Mickey Baker 18 Mambo Baby - Edna McGriff 19 Mambo Indio - Shake Keane 20 Johnny Comes Marching Mambo - Manny Duran 21 Real Gone Mambo - Bill Doggett 22 Mambo Beat - Walter Ward 23 Blues 'n' Mambo - Chuck Higgins 24 Mambo With Moody - James Moody 25 Bo Mambo - Yma Sumac 26 South Parkway Mambo - The Bop-A-Loos 27 Goza Mi Mambo - Arcano 28 Cuban Mambo - Pérez Prado 29 Mambo Blues - Nat Brooks 30 Jackie Mambo - Choker Campbell.. Disc Two: 1 Big Joe Mambo - Fay Simmons 2 Helena Mambo - Rollee McGill 3 Hi-Beam Mambo - Charlie Ferguson 4 After Hours Mambo - J.J. Jones 5 Mambo Jungle - Mel Gray 6 Blues King Mambo - Harmonica ‘Harris 7 Mambo Baby - Dolly Wade 8 Guitarambo - Mickey Baker 9 Filatone's Mambo - Lawrence Peel 10 Mambo - Classie Ballou 11 Mambo Blues - Robert Banks 12 Mamboogie - Sonny Burke 13 Mambino - Kid King 14 Sandman Mambo - Chris Powell 15 Clock Mambo - Esther Sutherland 16 Mambo's Got the Blues - Vin Strong 17 Mambo Twist - Chaz + 2 18 Don't Teach Me To Mambo - Paul Williams 19 Slide's Mambo - Buddy Johnson 20 T-Town Mambo - Ernie Fields 21 Mambo Arribique - Otis Freeman 22 Mambo Daddy - The Celebrities 23 St Louis Blues Mambo - Ellie Russell 24 Mambo Baby - The Five Tinos 25 Junior's Mambo - Larry Liggett 26 Avalon Mambo - Gene Casey 27 Dragnet Mambo - Carlos Molina 28 Lucky Mambo - Juan Toradez 29 Judo Mambo - Jimmy Smith 30 Mambo Holiday - Joe Holiday. Disc 3 : 1.That's Your Last Boogie - Joe Swift 1948, 2.T-Bone Blues - T-Bone Walker 1940, 3. Rhumba Blues - Skeets Tolbert 1942, 4. Blues After Hours - Pee Wee Crayton 1948, 5.Fat Meat 'n' Greens - Edgar Hayes 1949, 6. Mambo Boogie - Johnny Otis Orchestra 1951, 7. Back Home Blues - Lowell Fulson 1950, 8. Cuba Doll - Lloyd Glenn 1952, 9. Heartbreaker - Ray Charles 1953, 10. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton 1953, 11.Woke Up This Morning - B.B. King 1953, 12. Hey Now Baby - Professor Longhair 1949, 13. Country Boy - Dave Bartholomew 1950, 14. Bon Ton Roula - Clarence Garlow 1950, 15. Jock-O-Mo - Sugar Boy Crawford 1954, 16. Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Fats Domino 1949, 17. Tell Me Pretty Baby - Lloyd Price 1953, 18. Hey Little Girl - Billy Wright 1951, 19. Banana Split - Kid King’s Combo 1953, 20. Early In The Morning - Louis Jordan 1948, 21. I Come From Jamaica - Chris Powell’s Five Blue Flames 1952, 22. Blues Mambo - Sonny Thompson 1952, 23. My Baby's Gone - The Ray-O-Vacs 1951, 24. Roll And Rumba - Jimmy Reed 1953, 25. I Can’t Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters 1948, 26. Mexican Reminiscences - Champion Jack Dupree 1946. Disc 4 : 1. Lazy Lester - I'm A Lover Not A Fighter 2. Slim Harpo - Got Love If You Want It 3. Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working 4. Dale Hawkins - Susie Q 5. Wynona Carr - Jump Jack, Jump! 6. Guitar Junior - The Crawl 7. Big "T" Tyler - King Kong 8. André Williams - The Greasy Chicken 9. Art Neville - Arabian Love Call 10. Bobby Freeman - Do You Wanna Dance 11. B.B. King - Ruby Lee 12. Tommy Ridgley - When I Meet My Girl 13. Fats Domino - I'm Walking 14. Paul Gayten - For You My Love 15. Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues 16. Richard Berry - Louie, Louie 17. Charles Sheffield - Wicked Old Fever 18. Bill Doggett - Ram Bunk Shush 19. Smokey Hogg - Good Mornin' Baby 20. Otis Rush - All Your Love 21. Champion Jack Dupree - The Wrong Woman 22. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Frenzy 23. Bo Diddley - Hush Your Mouth 24. Larry Williams - Bad Boy 25. Leonard Carbo - Pig Tails And Ribbons 26. Eddie Lang - She's Mine All Mine 27. Screamin' Joe Neal - Tell Me Pretty Baby 28. The Champs - Tequila 29. Lavern Baker - It's So Fine 30. Albert Collins - The Freeze 31. Memphis Slim - Guitar Cha Cha Cha 32. Harry Belafonte - Star – O. Disc 5 : 1. Ray Charles - What'd I Say (Pt 1) 2. Texas Ray - Mary Ann 3. Arthur Alexander - Girl That Radiates Charm 4. Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid 5. Willie Jones - Where's My Money 6. Little Willie John - Heartbreak 7. Link Wray - Raw - Hide 8. James Brown - And I Do Just What I Want 9. Davey Cortez - Hurricane 10. Ruth Brown - I Don't Know 11. The Coasters - Poison Ivy 12. Teddy Randazzo - Let The Sunshine In 13. Curtis Knight - Voodoo Woman 14. Tal Miller - Only Sixteen 15. Renaldo Jackson - Congolese Tip 16. The Orioles - Hey Little Woman 17. Barrett Strong - You Know What To Do 18. Charles Brown - Educated Fool 19. The Isley Brothers - St Louis Blues 20. Cozy Cole - Topsy Pt 2 21. Bobby Hebb - Night Train To Memphis 22. Andre Williams - Shoo - Doo 23. Phil Upchurch - Cha Cha Cha Blues 24. Buddy Guy - Gully Hully 25. Louis Brooks - Frisco 26. The Olympics - Well 27. Ford Eaglin - Yours Truly 28. Chuck Berry - Mad Lad 29. Gary U.S. Bonds - I Wanna Holler 30. Huey Piano Smith - We Like Birdland

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