VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mighty Instrumentals R&B - Style 19612CD)

1960 may have been the year that Instrumentals hit the charts in a big way, but it was in 1961, that their hold on the hit parade was consolidated with a good number of guitar or sax-led rockers and slinky organ groovers. These are the discs that teenagers wanted to hear in the juke joints: exciting, uptempo stompers with catchy, melodic riffs, and slow, soulful, down home blues. Our compilation throws the spotlight on instrumentals by artists who are more widely associated with vocals, along with more obscure musicians who may only have one or two releases to their name. TRACKLISTING: 01. FREDDY KING - SEN-SA-SHUN 02. PHIL UPCHURCH - CHA CHA CHA BLUES 03. ALBERT KING - THIS MORNING 04. EARL HOOKER - ROCKIN' WILD 05. REGGIE BOYD - NOTHING BUT GOOD 06. BO DIDDLEY - CONGO 07. THE MAR-KEYS - SACK O' WOE 08. HERBIE MANN - COMIN' HOME BABY 09. THE POOR BOYS - WASH BOARD 10. IKE TURNER - TRACKDOWN TWIST 11. AL TOUSAN - MOO MOO 12. LONG JOHN HUNTER - EL PASO ROCK 13. THE RED TOPS - CARAVAN 14. NAT KENDRICK - SHOWDOWN 15. JAMES BROWN - CROSS FIRING 16. B.B. KING - MASHING THE POPEYE 17. CLEANHEAD COOTSIE - FREDDY THE FREELOADER 18. MAGIC SAM - DO THE CAMEL WALK 19. BILL ELLIOT COMBO - SLOW FREIGHT (PT. 1) 20. BILL ELLIOT COMBO - SLOW FREIGHT (PT. 2) 21. GUS JENKINS - OFF THE ROAD 22. RENALDO JACKSON - CONGOLESE TIP 23. HANK MARR - THE PUSH 24. GOOGIE RENE - ROWDY DOWDY 25. ALBERT & CHARLES - WEIRD 26. ELDEE YOUNG - TRULY 27. DAVE HAMILTON - COOTER BUG 28. MAC REBENNACK - FEEDBAG 29. SPOT BARNETT - BLACK CHERRY DISC #2: 01. ALBERT KING - DYNA FLOW 02. EARL HOOKER - ROCKIN' WITH THE KID 03. JOHNNY OTIS - LET'S ROCK 04. MAC REBENNACK - GOOD TIMES 05. FREDDY KING - THE STUMBLE 06. JIMMY REED - BLUE CARNEGIE 07. JACK DUPREE - RATTLESNAKE BOOGIE 08. FREDDY ROBINSON - THE HAWK 09. BIG BO THOMAS - BIG BO'S TWIST 10. HAZE HART - RED RIVER SHUFFLE 11. HANK MARR - RAM BUNK SHUSH 12. B.B. KING - DON'T TOUCH 13. HERBIE MANN - WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT 14. SONNY THOMPSON - HANGOUT (PT.1) 15. SONNY THOMPSON - HANGOUT (PT.2) 16. BILL DOGGETT - YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN (PT.1) 17. BILL DOGGETT - YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN (PT.2) 18. THE PARKAYS - GET IT 19. BIG WALTER - WATUSI FREEZE (PT.1) 20. BIG WALTER - WATUSI FREEZE (PT.2) 21. HERB HARDESTY - THE CHICKEN TWIST 22. ACE HOLDER - LONESOME HARMONICA 23. BIG JAY MCNEELY - THE SQUAT 24. JIMMY FORREST - NIGHT WALK 25. JUMP JACKSON - MIDNIGHT SHUFFLE 26. DADDY GOODLOE - JAMIL (PT.1) 27. DADDY GOODLOE - JAMIL (PT.2) 28. ELLIOTT SHAVERS - WAY DOWN HOME BLUES 29. THE CHURCH STREET FIVE - NIGHT WITH DADDY G (PT.1) 30. THE CHURCH STREET FIVE - NIGHT WITH DADDY G (PT.2)