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| 1. Chicken Shack Boogie | |||
| 2. House Party (Tonight) | |||
| 3. Rock Rock Rock | |||
| 4. Soft Pillow | |||
| 5. My Baby's Boogying | |||
| 6. I'm Gonna Tell My Mama | |||
| 7. Rooming House Boogie | |||
| 8. Bad, Bad Whiskey | |||
| 9. We Teenagers Know What We Want | |||
| 10. Down The Road Apiece | |||
| 11. Roll Mr. Jelly | |||
| 12. Johnston Rag | |||
| 13. Greyhound | |||
| 14. Let Me Go Home, Whiskey | |||
| 15. Chicken Shack Boogie | |||
| 16. Let's Have A Party | |||
| 17. Square Dance Boogie | |||
| 18. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer | |||
| 19. One, Two, Three, Everybody | |||
| 20. Amos' Boogie | |||
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(1-CD, Digipak, 48 pages booklet, 31 tracks, playing time 82:38) The wildest rockin' recordings from Amos Milburn's golden years ...1946-1957! Plus the piano pounder's greatest R&B hits! Milburn influenced Fats Domino and New Orleans R&B! Hugely detailed liner notes, including a new interview with guitarist Texas Johnny Brown, one of Amos' Chickenshackers! The last word on the first name in rockin' rhythm & blues! -- One of the greatest hitmakers of the postwar R&B era, Amos Milburn wrote and recorded uproarious odes to sex, booze and all-night partying. It was rock 'n' roll in all but name. Amos rocked the house for the Los Angeles-based Aladdin label right from the beginning. At his debut session in 1946, he waxed a piledriving 'Down The Road Apiece', and he kept the late '40s R&B hit parade jumping with 'Chicken Shack Boogie', 'Roomin' House Boogie' and 'Sax Shack Boogie'. They're all here on 'Amos Rocks,' along with his odes to the bottle, like 'Bad, Bad Whiskey', 'Let Me Go Home Whiskey', and 'One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer'. Plus, there's Amos' torrid '56 remake of 'Chicken Shack Boogie' cut in New Orleans with Lee Allen on sax and Earl Palmer driving the drumbeat. Long before Fats Domino or any of his fellow revolutionaries came anywhere near a studio, Amos Milburn rocked!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Released June 2009 on Bear Family BCD 16926 AR, "Rocks" offers up 31 slices of primo Amos Milburn Rhythm 'n' Blues on the Aladdin label from 1948 through to 1957 - and at a whopping 82:38 minutes, doesn't scrimp it on content or value for money.
Like all the titles in this extensive series, "Rocks" comes in a 3-way foldout card digipak with a large detachable booklet in the centre (48-pages for this one). The CD itself reproduces the 1956 7"single remake of his huge "Chicken Shack" song complete with its Aladdin Records label bag and that's continued on the flap beneath the see-through tray (a nice touch). The substantial booklet features extensive liner notes from Page 3 to 33 by BILL DAHL who did such stunning work on Bear's "Sweet Soul Music" Series from 1961 to 1971 (see separate reviews for all 10 compilations). There's even a Discography for all 31 tracks from Page 34 to 45 by MICHAEL CUSCANA, STBVE LaVERE and MICHEL RUPPLI which in itself pictures each 78" and 45" at the base of every page (very tasty to look at). Good names like BILL MILLAR and COLIN ESCOTT contributed information and illustrations too.
The remastered sound is handled by CHRISTIAN ZWARG and is far better than previous CDs I've had of the same material.
Milburn was like Louis Jordan, Smiley Lewis and Fats Domino - an irrepressible force of rockin' joy - and even when tracks like "Boogie Woogie" sound a bit rough, the 'feel' of a Saturday Night dive jumping with bodies going at it like Sunday's never going to come permeates every track (lyrics to "Let's Have A Party" title this review).
Given the vintage of the material, this CD is expensive for sure (as most of Bear Family's product is), but it's the best representation of Milburn's material I've ever heard or seen.
If you want to get a taster for a reasonable cost - try the 36-track "All We Wanna Do Is ROCK" sampler for this series - it has the 1956 version of "Chicken Shack" on it - and it's a monster (see separate review).
In the vernacular - recommended the most big daddy-o...
PS: The "Rocks" Series by Bear Family features the following artists:
1. Chuck Berry [see REVIEW}
2. Pat Boone
3. Johnny Burnette [see REVIEW]
4. The Cadillacs
5. Eddie Cochran
6. Bobby Darin
7. Fats Domino
8. Connie Francis
9. Don Gibson
10. Glen Glenn
11. Bill Haley
12. Roy Hall
13. Slim Harpo [see REVIEW]
14. Dale Hawkins
15. Ronnie Hawkins
16. Screamin' Jay Hawkins
17. Wanda Jackson [see REVIEW]
18. Sonny James
19. Buddy Knox & Jimmy Bowen with the Rhythm Orchids
20. Sleepy LaBeef
21. Brenda Lee
22. Jerry Lee Lewis
23. Smiley Lewis [see REVIEW]
24. Little Richard
25. Bob Luman
26. Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers
27. Carl Mann
28. Amos Milburn [see REVIEW]
29. Ella Mae Morse [see REVIEW]
30. Ricky Nelson
31. Carl Perkins
32. Roy Orbison
33. Lloyd Price
34. Piano Red (aka Dr. Feelgood) [see REVIEW]
35. Charlie Rich [see REVIEW]
36. Jack Scott
37. Shirley & Lee
38. The Treniers
39. Big Joe Turner [see REVIEW]
40. Conway Twitty
41. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
42. Rusty York [see REVIEW]
The Bear Family "Rockin' Rollin'" Series features:
1. Johnny Horton
2. Marvin Rainwater
3. Marty Robbins Vol.1
4. Marty Robbins Vol.2
5. Marty Robbins Vol.3
Like all the titles in this extensive series, "Rocks" comes in a 3-way foldout card digipak with a large detachable booklet in the centre (48-pages for this one). The CD itself reproduces the 1956 7"single remake of his huge "Chicken Shack" song complete with its Aladdin Records label bag and that's continued on the flap beneath the see-through tray (a nice touch). The substantial booklet features extensive liner notes from Page 3 to 33 by BILL DAHL who did such stunning work on Bear's "Sweet Soul Music" Series from 1961 to 1971 (see separate reviews for all 10 compilations). There's even a Discography for all 31 tracks from Page 34 to 45 by MICHAEL CUSCANA, STBVE LaVERE and MICHEL RUPPLI which in itself pictures each 78" and 45" at the base of every page (very tasty to look at). Good names like BILL MILLAR and COLIN ESCOTT contributed information and illustrations too.
The remastered sound is handled by CHRISTIAN ZWARG and is far better than previous CDs I've had of the same material.
Milburn was like Louis Jordan, Smiley Lewis and Fats Domino - an irrepressible force of rockin' joy - and even when tracks like "Boogie Woogie" sound a bit rough, the 'feel' of a Saturday Night dive jumping with bodies going at it like Sunday's never going to come permeates every track (lyrics to "Let's Have A Party" title this review).
Given the vintage of the material, this CD is expensive for sure (as most of Bear Family's product is), but it's the best representation of Milburn's material I've ever heard or seen.
If you want to get a taster for a reasonable cost - try the 36-track "All We Wanna Do Is ROCK" sampler for this series - it has the 1956 version of "Chicken Shack" on it - and it's a monster (see separate review).
In the vernacular - recommended the most big daddy-o...
PS: The "Rocks" Series by Bear Family features the following artists:
1. Chuck Berry [see REVIEW}
2. Pat Boone
3. Johnny Burnette [see REVIEW]
4. The Cadillacs
5. Eddie Cochran
6. Bobby Darin
7. Fats Domino
8. Connie Francis
9. Don Gibson
10. Glen Glenn
11. Bill Haley
12. Roy Hall
13. Slim Harpo [see REVIEW]
14. Dale Hawkins
15. Ronnie Hawkins
16. Screamin' Jay Hawkins
17. Wanda Jackson [see REVIEW]
18. Sonny James
19. Buddy Knox & Jimmy Bowen with the Rhythm Orchids
20. Sleepy LaBeef
21. Brenda Lee
22. Jerry Lee Lewis
23. Smiley Lewis [see REVIEW]
24. Little Richard
25. Bob Luman
26. Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers
27. Carl Mann
28. Amos Milburn [see REVIEW]
29. Ella Mae Morse [see REVIEW]
30. Ricky Nelson
31. Carl Perkins
32. Roy Orbison
33. Lloyd Price
34. Piano Red (aka Dr. Feelgood) [see REVIEW]
35. Charlie Rich [see REVIEW]
36. Jack Scott
37. Shirley & Lee
38. The Treniers
39. Big Joe Turner [see REVIEW]
40. Conway Twitty
41. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
42. Rusty York [see REVIEW]
The Bear Family "Rockin' Rollin'" Series features:
1. Johnny Horton
2. Marvin Rainwater
3. Marty Robbins Vol.1
4. Marty Robbins Vol.2
5. Marty Robbins Vol.3
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
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4 reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Good Jump Blues!
11 Aug 2009
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is probably the best Amos Milburn Compilation out there today.
But then again, it's no wonder because it's made by Bear Family Records of Germany.
That company can do no wrong when it comes to producing music that was made over 50 years ago, and making it sound like it was recorded yesterday.
Amos Milburn is one of the better R&B/Blues Artists from the 40's and 50's.
And his stuff could really 'swing! Lindy Hoppers would be wise to buy this CD.
But then again, it's no wonder because it's made by Bear Family Records of Germany.
That company can do no wrong when it comes to producing music that was made over 50 years ago, and making it sound like it was recorded yesterday.
Amos Milburn is one of the better R&B/Blues Artists from the 40's and 50's.
And his stuff could really 'swing! Lindy Hoppers would be wise to buy this CD.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Listen to Amos Milburn!
25 Sep 2009
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Great artist who is little known now, but was a major force in the late 40's-50's blues and rhythm scene. Great pianist -check out "Down the Road A Piece" and a solid vocalist too. This compilation from our German friends at Bear Family Records is perfection itself!
great artist-underrated
8 Jan 2012
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Starts out with "Chicken Shack Boogie" and goes on from there. Great boogie woogie piano. Jerry Lee Lewis must know this guy, cause I bet Milburn was a great influence. Milburm must have been a big whiskey drinker cause he sure tells about the problems that drink gave him. Great early R&R!!!
"Down the Road Piece" still better by the Stones!
"Down the Road Piece" still better by the Stones!
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