VA- Pioneers Of The Electric Guitar (3 CD, 2013)

 

If you're looking for a collection of how the electric guitar changed a number of music genres, this is it. This collection does a good job across the entire gamut of the electric guitar, and how it was used in several genres. Included are good/great examples of blues, r&b, jazz, r'n'r, and even a little c&w. The digitally remastered sound is very good overall. The jump from genre to genre can be a bit jarring at times, but marveling at how the electric guitar can so easily fit into so many types of music makes the genre a non-issue. A good example is Disc 2. From "Maybelline" (Chuck Berry), to "Hide Away" (Freddie King), to "Have Guitar-Will Travel" (Scotty Moore Trio), to "West Coast Blues" (Wes Montgomery), to "Out Of Limits" (The Marketts), to "Taking Off" (Milton Brown And His Musical Brownies), To "Miss Ann's Tempo" (Grant Green), to "Guitar Bustin'" (Arthur Smith), to "Nuages" (Django Reinhardt), the scope of this collection is very wide.


CD 1

1. Dick Dale - Misirlou (2:16)
2. B.B. King - Three O'clock Blues (3:02)
3. Link Wray & His Ray Men - Rumble (2:17)
4. Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Space Guitar (2:39)
5. Lightnin' Slim - Lightnin' Blues (2:58)
6. Charlie Christian - Waiting For Benny (5:06)
7. Mickey Hawks & The Night Raiders - Cotton Pickin' (1:35)
8. Dale Hawkins - Susie Q (2:14)
9. Elmore James - Dust My Broom (2:44)
10. Jimmy Raney - On The Rocks (4:54)
11. Bill Justis - Raunchy (2:19)
12. Earl Hooker - Blue Guitar (2:46)
13. Leon McAuliffe - Blue Guitar Stomp (2:59)
14. The Ramrods - Ghost Riders In The Sky (2:36)
15. Santo & Johnny - Sleepwalk (2:22)
16. Les Paul & Mary Ford - Bye Bye Blues (2:03)
17. Bert Weedon - Big Beat Boogie (1:56)
18. The Ventures - Walk Don't Run (2:04)
19. Guitar Slim - The Story Of My Life (3:01)
20. Schet Atkins - Mister Sandman (2:17)
21. The Virtues - Guitar Boogie Shuffle (2:25)
22. The John Barry Seven - The James Bond Theme (1:59)
23. Eddie Burns - Treat Me Like I Treat You (2:24)
24. Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful (2:44)
25. Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over (2:22)

CD 2

1. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (2:42)
2. Freddie King - Hide Away (2:37)
3. Scotty Moore Trio - Have Guitar Will Travel (2:01)
4. Wes Montgomery - West Coast Blues (7:23)
5. The Marketts - Out Of Limits (2:07)
6. Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies - Taking Off (Instrumental) (2:51)
7. Grant Green - Miss Ann's Tempo (5:40)
8. Arthur Smith - Guitar Bustin' (2:25)
9. Django Reinhardt - Nuages (3:17)
10. Bobby Gregg & His Friends - Potato Peeler (2:35)
11. Lowell Fulsom - Guitar Shuffle (2:47)
12. Herb Ellis - Ellis In Wonderland (3:51)
13. Albert Collins - Freeze (2:21)
14. The Fireballs - Foot Patter (2:06)
15. Albert King - Travellin' To California (3:02)
16. Kenny Burrell - This Time The Dream's On Me (4:58)
17. The Hunters - Teen Scene (2:04)
18. Bo Diddley - Mumblin' Guitar (2:50)
19. Roy Clark - Chicken Wire (2:15)
20. Mickey Baker - Lullaby Of The Leaves (4:13)
21. Pat Hare - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby (2:56)
22. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Okie Dokie Stomp (2:32)
23. Barney Kessel - Jordu (3:29)
24. Duane Eddy - Shazam! (2:01)
25. John Lee Hooker - Boggie Chillun (2:37)

CD 3

1. Booker T. & The MG's - Green Onions (2:54)
2. Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant - Old Joe Clark (2:21)
3. Johnny & The Hurricanes - Sand Storm (2:18)
4. Joe Maphis And Larry Collins - Flying Fingers (2:41)
5. The Oscar Moore Quartet - Blues In B Flat (2:27)
6. Pee Wee Crayton - Blues After Hours (2:35)
7. Magic Sam - All Your Love (2:54)
8. Carl Perkins - Her Love Rubbed Off (2:53)
9. The Rockin' R's - The Beat (2:50)
10. T-Bone Walker - Strollin' With Bones (2:29)
11. Dick Hyman, Mundell Lowe & Trigger Alpert - Yes Sir, That's My Baby! (2:39)
12. Eddie Kirkland - I Need You, Baby (2:42)
13. George Barnes - Liza (And The Clouds'll Roll Away) (2:23)
14. Jimmy Reed - Jimmy's Rock (2:02)
15. George Van Eps - Have You Met Miss Jones (2:18)
16. The Shadows - Apache (2:55)
17. Johnny Otis - Boogie Guitar (2:36)
18. Buddy Guy - Skippin' (3:24)
19. Tal Farlow - Yardbirds Suite (5:16)
20. Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy (2:56)
21. Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark (2:28)
22. Arthur 'Big Boy' Cradup - Gonna Find My Baby (2:58)
23. Tampa Red - Sweet Little Angel (2:58)
24. Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:07)
25. Johnny Burnette - The Train Kept A-Rollin' (2:23)