LP – Limited Edition Black Vinyl
Here’s a selection of cracking R&B instrumentals from 1964, with not a chart hit amongst them. There’s guitar-led rockers from the West Coast, with fiery picking from Johnny Talbot, Travis Wammack and Johnny Hartsman. LA also supplies sounds from keyboard maestros Gus Jenkins, and Ray Johnson and The Mixtures showcase the Wurlitzer electric on Jimmy McGriff’s The Last Minute.
NewYork’s contributors are the Charlie Lucas Combo, The Jay-Hawks, Bill Doggett and the David Rockingham Trio, whose Soulful Chant was so nearly a hit for Jerry Blaine’s Josie Records.
Doc Starkes & His Nite Riders were from New England and Smokey Johnson was New Orleans’s premier session drummer. There’s even a Canadian group, future comedian Tommy Chong’s first band, Little Daddy and The Bachelors. So there you have it - sixteen Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style from 1964.
Tracklist:
Side One
1 Junior's Jerk - Little Daddie & The Bachelors
2 Watcha Wanna Do (Pt. 2) - Johnny Talbot and His Band
3 The Cricket - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
4 Soulful Chant - The David Rockingham Trio
5 Kicker - Bill Doggett
6 Chittlins - Gus Jenkins
7 I've Been Thinking (Pt. 2) - The Nite Riders
8 Sizzlin' - Johnny Hartsman
Side Two
9 It Ain't My Fault (Pt. 1) - Smokey Johnson
10 It Ain't My Fault (Pt. 2) - Smokey Johnson
11 Fire Fly - Travis Wammack
12 Cozy Lounge Blues - Kid Thomas
13 Sherry's Party - Ray Johnson
14 Creepin' - Jay Hawks
15 Walkin' - The Charlie Lucas Combo
16 The Last Minute - The Mixtures