Artist	Song
Flamingo	Earl Bostic
Miserlou	Lynn Hope
Bongo Rock	Preston Epps
Ghost Riders In the Sky	The Ramrods
My Blue Heaven	Duane Eddy
Guitar Boogie	Chuck Berry
Mumblin' Guitar	Bo Diddley
Wham	Lonnie Mack
Stalkin'	Duane Eddy
Hot Pastrami	The Dartels
Tall Cool One	The Wailers
The Happy Organ	Dave "Baby" Cortez
You Can't Sit Down	Phil Upchurch
Soul At Sunrise	Juggy
Cool Operator	Sandy Nelson
Ski Storm (Pt 1)	The Snowmen
Surf Beat	Dick Dale & The Del-Tones
Church Key	Dave Myers & The Surf-Tones
Intoxica	Centurians
High Tide	Lively Ones
Cross Fire	Johnny & The Hurricanes
Experiment In Terror	The Champs
The Bat	The Ventures
Rawhide	Link Wray
Missing Link	Davie Allen & The Arrows

Comment:

I love 50's & early 60's instrumentals.Often wrongly consigned to the dumpster labeled "Novelty", they are, in fact one of the base chromosomes of rock & roll's DNA.That's where many of the virtuosi who came to prominence later in the decade cut their teeth. It's where the idea that rock & roll could be a communal activity based on producing (playing) rather than consumption first flourished. Most importantly, it showed that dexterity on your chosen axe was just as much a magnet for babes as singing or sporting prowess. This is the first of two put together for the guys at work. No pretensions to being definitive or anything just a few tunes I really dig and wherever possible, I tried to avoid the over-familiar stuff. Vol 2 -The UK to follow soon

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