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Rhythm Rockin' Blues

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Forget that this alblum is a good sampler of Ike Turner's best work. Forget that this is high quality release from Ace. The original version of Rocket 88 is included here! The song, for those of you that don't know is, THE mother of all R&B songs. If I have a favorite song - "rocket 88" is it. It is the epitome of the 50's R&B feel- drinking, women.. and that's not all...it *is* afterall, a song about a car! What makes this song so special is the feel. The unique guitar sound was achived form stuffing a damaged guitar amplifier full of paper. The result was the *first* example of distortion. Mix that with some killer tenor sax and some tough-guy lyrics, and you have one of the most historically important and hardest rocking songs of all time. Some claim "Rocket" to be the first Rock n' Roll song. Other great songs include: 'All the blues all the time' A medley in which Ike's tearin' it up on some popular blues riffs of the day. In most cases better guitar work than the original song!, 'Night Howler' A lawdy miss clawdy spin off...and a good one too!, 'I Ain't Drunk', 'Nobody Wants Me' in the tradition of fats domino's 'nobody loves me'

Rocket 88 alone, make this worth picking up. This alblum is the prize of my collection.

This is a great single disc collection of Ike Turner & His Rhythm Kings' brand of hot & sizzling rhythm & blues. From the huge hit Rocket 88 to the All The Blues medley, Ike's wild boogie piano playing and blues guitar is showcased well. This is one of those cd's you pop in your 50's custom/hotrod and blast while cruisin.' Great cd that jumps all the way through, and is great for jive dancers and swing dancers alike. Hot sizzling wild 50's r&b.

Good overview of Ike, although missing some of the instrumental gems. Check out "I Like Ike" on Rhino as another good compilation.

Contrary to the implication of the "Editorial Review", Jackie Brenston was not only CREDITED with writing "Rocket 88", he actually DID write it, according to the folks still living in Clarksdale who knew both of them at the time.

I was one of those who always thought that there were rock and roll songs long before Bill Halley's "Rock around the clock". Ike Turner's "Rocket 88" was one of those. I hadn't heard the song for a long time- my casette tape of it wore out long ago. So I was thrilled when I saw this compilation, ordered it post haste, and have been playing it non-stop in the car ever since. If ever there is a cd meant to be played in a car while driving- this is it. Great songs with great liner notes.

It's Rock and Roll in it's infancy and kind of simple in some wording by Ike but it really is great stuff. It really was cutting edge material for back then and you can't knock that. I had never known how ahead of his time Ike was, and very bold for a black man back then. Although he had some great idols leading the way for boldness, like the Mighty Howlin' Wolf!!

Good job Ike!!

Openinig with the original ROCKET 88, Ike Turner and band(s) are assembled lovingly to crank out some stripped down r&b that sure sounds rock and roll roots to me.

Jammin' piano riffs and sax are nicely cleaned up for CD here; if you're an early rock hound, here's what American white organizations were afraid would invade their safe, whitebread culture. Elvis did it, but Ike and his band(s) did it here really well. Kudos to ACE Records and let this blast from the past take you a half century back for some get-down rockin'.

I've started my Ike listening to this CD compilation and WOW! Great, great 50's sounds!

Hey all you rock-a-billy fans if you're looking for something a little different give this cd a listin' well worth the money and some screaming guitar, I think you'll like it.

The Mean Eyed Cat

KNON 89.3

Dallas, Texas