Instrumental music of the mid-fifties was a mixture of silky stringladen orchestral pieces, rhythmic combos, exotic jungle inspiredsounds, and piano led melodies. The electric guitar was evolving from its early semi-acoustic stage when rudimentary pick-ups hadbeen added by imaginative big band players and by the later fifties the solid bodied electric guitar was affordable enough for youngplayers to use. All over America teens formed groups who aimed to play basic music very loudly, an approach that was followed inBritain and Europe quickly afterwards. Our compilation collects some of the very best known artists from both sides of the pond, andcovers the later fifties and early sixties years when popularity of guitar groups was at its height. Many of these records were huge hits,but many were not because they didn't get the breaks needed to catch the public's ear. The great unknowns were in many cases just asgood if not better than the hit artists, proving the worth for the hardcore collector of sets like this.

• - 1 -

  • 1. Ace of Spades - Link Wray
  • 2. The Rocket Man - the Spotnicks
  • 3. The Breeze & I - the Fentones
  • 4. Moon Dawg! - the Gamblers
  • 5. Tarantula - the Tarantulas
  • 6. Memphis - Lonnie Mack
  • 7. Shadoogie - the Shadows
  • 8. Werewolf - the Frantics
  • 9. Foot-Patter - the Fireballs
  • 10. Teensville - Chet Atkins
  • 11. Maigret - the Eagles
  • 12. Indian Brave - the Outlaws
  • 13. Lisa Maree - the Denvermen
  • 14. Samurai - the Barons
  • 15. Skid Row - the John Barry Seven
  • 16. Road Runner - the Wailers
  • 17. Bandido - the Pastel Six
  • 18. Guitar Boogie Shuffle - the Virtues
  • 19. Hide Away - Freddie King
  • 20. I Walk the Line - the Dave Clark Five

• - 2 -

  • 1. Main Title Theme (From the Man With the Golden Arm) - Jet Ha
  • 2. The Frightened City - the Shadows
  • 3. The Mexican - the Fentones
  • 4. Enchanted - the Pagents
  • 5. Rebel Walk - Duane Eddy
  • 6. The Angry Desert - the Sound Offs
  • 7. The Whip - the Frantics
  • 8. Boo Boo Stick Beat - Chet Atkins
  • 9. Bulldog - the Challengers
  • 10. Caravan - Santo & Johnny
  • 11. Perfidia - the Ventures
  • 12. Tor-Chula - the Sentinals
  • 13. Birdie Song Boogie - Zig Dillon
  • 14. Scratchin' - B. B. Cunningham Jr.
  • 15. Heads Up - Freddie King
  • 16. Bristol Express - the Eagles
  • 17. Whirlwind - the Barons
  • 18. Outback - the Denvermen
  • 19. Black Widow - the Tarantulas
  • 20. Wheels - the String a Longs

• - 3 -

  • 1. Big Daddy - the Pagents
  • 2. Peter Gunn - Duane Eddy
  • 3. The Black Widow - Link Wray
  • 4. Rompin' - Jerry Warren
  • 5. Hurricane - Conrad & the Hurricanes
  • 6. Samovar - the Krew Kats
  • 7. The Storm - the Hunters
  • 8. Midnight Express - Willie Tremain's Thunderbirds
  • 9. Wham! - Lonnie Mack
  • 10. Ghost Riders In the Sky - the Spotnicks
  • 11. Swagger - Joe Brown & the Bruvvers
  • 12. Latinia - the Sentinals
  • 13. Lsd-25 - the Gamblers
  • 14. Hound Dog - the Hunters
  • 15. Ram-Bunk-Shush - the Ventures
  • 16. Bulldog - the Fireballs
  • 17. Tidal Wave - the Challengers
  • 18. Hill Stomp - the Strangers
  • 19. Pink Dominos - the Crescents
  • 20. Stick Shift - the Duals