25 Rockin Instrumentals [Original recording remastered]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000AVHCX
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,664 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Misirlou

2. Memphis [Stereo][Version]

3. Bongo Rock

4. Tall Cool One

5. Raunchy

6. Soul Twist

7. Rebel Rouser

8. Rumble

9. The Happy Organ

10. Wheels

11. Teen Beat

12. Tequila

13. Asia Minor

14. Honky Tonk

15. Penetration

16. Bust Out

17. Time Is Tight

18. Percolator (Twist)

19. Red River Rock

20. Wild Weekend

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A message from the compilation producer, September 16, 2003

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Cary E. Mansfield (Studio City, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 25 Rockin Instrumentals (Audio CD)

The Rock 'n' Roll instrumental has been popular from the earliest day of rock. Not only did the format emphasize different instruments such as guitar, drums, bongos, organ, piano and saxophone, but also different musical styles, such the raw guitar-sax sound of The Champs "Tequila," the drum laden sound of Sandy Nelson's "Teen Beat," the bongos of Preston Epps, "Bongo Rock," Duane Eddy's trademark twangy guitar on "Rebel Rouser," and the organ drivin sound of Bill Doggett "Honky Tonk" among others. This collection features 25 of the finest hits the genre has to offer. No slow dances here, only the best rockin' instrumentals. Three songs are making their American CD debut. All tracks on this release are the original hit single versions, and are mastered from the best sources available.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing collection, December 13, 2004

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C. Rinaldo - See all my reviews
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I have held off buying compilations of 50's and 60's instrumental rock music, never satisfied with the CDs out there, and not sure I could sit through so many purely instrumental recordings. Well, this CD put that concern to rest. If you have always thought the old rock instrumentals were lame, watered down, 3 cord pap from bands who could not sing, think again. This grouping of some of the best instrumentals from that era should change your mind. Yes, most of these cuts are available on many CDs (I must have Lonnie Mack's Memphis on at least 3 others) but this mix does not have one truly weak link. I listened to it the first time on a long road trip last week, and must have looked weird shouting and slapping my hands on the steering wheel. The wailing sax in Tall Cool One and Bust Out - and the strollin' line dance image from Doggett's full version Honky Tonk, and on and on. Here's hoping Varese follows up with another like this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Instrumentals, October 5, 2009

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Couldn't be happier with this CD. Original recordings by the original artists; I was introduced to a number of instrumentals I hadn't heard before,
and like all of them