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Bill Black's Combo
Smokin'

[ Jasmine / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 1 November 2012

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Bill Black was famously the bass player in Elvis Presley's early backing trio, and he played on all of Presley's 1950s hit records. In 1959 he got together with Ace Cannon (sax). Carl McVoy (piano/organ) and Reggie Young (guitar) to form Bill Black's Combo.

The late '50s/early '60s were the 'Golden Era' for Rock & Roll Instrumentalists and Bill Black's Combo had a wholly unique, instantly identifiable sound and style.

This compilation comprises their first three LPs in their entirety plus their first nine singles, all of which were major US hits including four million-sellers, 'Smokie (Part 2)', 'White Silver Sands', 'Josephine' and 'Don't Be Cruel'.

This body of work is almost impossible to find elsewhere on CD.

Tracks:

Disc 1

1. SMOKIE (Part 1)
2. SMOKIE (Part 2)
3. WHITE SILVER SANDS
4. THE WHEEL
5. JOSEPHINE
6. DRY BONES
7. DON'T BE CRUEL
8. ROLLIN'
9. BLUE TANGO
10. WILLIE
11. HEARTS OF STONE
12. ROYAL BLUE
13. OLE BUTTERMILK SKY
14. YOGI
15. MOVIN'
16. HONKY TRAIN
17. TWIST-HER
18. MY GIRL JOSEPHINE
19. SMOKIE (Part 2) (LP version)
20. FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
21. TUXEDO JUNCTION
22. CYCLONE BOP (T.D. Boogie)
23. DEE JAY SPECIAL
24. ANYTIME
25. CRANK CASE
26. DEEP ELEM BLUES
27. BEFORE DAWN
28. ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE
Disc 2

1. DON'T BE CRUEL (LP version)
2. SINGIN' THE BLUES
3. BLUEBERRY HILL
4. I ALMOST LOST MY MIND
5. CHERRY PINK
6. MONA LISA
7. HONKY TONK
8. TEQUILA
9. RAUNCHY
10. YOU WIN AGAIN
11. BO DIDDLEY
12. MACK THE KNIFE
13. NOBODY KNOWS
14. THIS OLE HOUSE
15. WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
16. IT IS NO SECRET
17. SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT
18. JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
19. WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER
20. HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS
21. DO LORD
22. DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
23. OLD TIME RELIGION
24. DRY BONES