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    06/24/2003

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    All Music Guide Review

    This is the eighth volume in a series of double-disc anthologies from French label Fremeaux Records that chronicles the years that led up to the birth of rock & roll. While the magic year of 1954 is usually accepted as the dawn of the rock & roll age, the whole matter has always generated a good deal of debate, and this installment in the Fremeaux series only muddies the waters, since the year it covers, 1952, shows things rocking along pretty well. One could argue that some of the tracks here, like Wally Mercer's wonderful "Rock Around the Clock," are really just speeded-up R&B, and technically, that's probably so, but there's no denying that something resembling the rock & roll attitude is already in full swing in 1952. It's a remarkably short drive from Big Mama Thornton's funky blues original of "Hound Dog," included here, to Elvis Presley's all-dressed-up-for-radio version released a couple years later. On the other hand, it's difficult to relate some of these cuts to rock & roll at all, like the Carter Sisters' "Juke Box Blues" or even Jimmy Bryant's "Pickin' the Chicken," which, while it features an absolutely blazing electric guitar break, doesn't rock so much as break the speed barrier. Matters of musical history aside, it is just great to hear some of these songs, many of which are fairly rare, like one of the more upbeat (relatively) sides John Lee Hooker ever made, "Walkin' the Boogie," Peppermint Harris' classy "I Cry for My Baby," or Percy Mayfield's elegant and stately masterpiece "Louisiana." Whether these tracks contain the musical DNA that begat rock & roll or not is, in the end, fairly irrelevant, since these records rock, pedigree or no. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

    Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8 Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Rock the Joint
  • Haley, Bill
  • 2:16
  • Sound Clip for Rock the Joint from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 2
  • Great Big Eyes
  • Archibald
  • 2:34
  • Sound Clip for Great Big Eyes from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 3
  • Rock Around the Clock
  • Mercer, Wally
  • 2:42
  • Sound Clip for Rock Around the Clock from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 4
  • Hadacillin Boogie
  • Penny, Hank
  • 2:23
  • Sound Clip for Hadacillin Boogie from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 5
  • Juke Box Blues
  • Carter Sisters
  • 2:19
  • Sound Clip for Juke Box Blues from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 6
  • Lawdy Miss Clawdy
  • Price, Lloyd
  • 2:33
  • Sound Clip for Lawdy Miss Clawdy from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 7
  • Daddy Daddy
  • Brown, Ruth
  • 2:52
  • Sound Clip for Daddy Daddy from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 8
  • Saddle Boogie
  • Moore, Merrill
  • 2:31
  • Sound Clip for Saddle Boogie from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 9
  • All Nite Boogie
  • Sosbee, Tommy
  • 2:28
  • Sound Clip for All Nite Boogie from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 10
  • Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night?
  • Bollin, Zuzu
  • 2:50
  • Sound Clip for Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night? from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 11
  • I Cry for My Baby
  • Harris, Peppermint
  • 2:00
  • Sound Clip for I Cry for My Baby from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 12
  • Hoot Owl Boogie
  • Foley, Red
  • 2:27
  • Sound Clip for Hoot Owl Boogie from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 13
  • No Help Wanted
  • Maddox Brothers & Rose
  • 1:54
  • Sound Clip for No Help Wanted from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 14
  • Kansas City
  • Littlefield, Little Willie
  • 2:42
  • Sound Clip for Kansas City from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 15
  • Sand Boogie
  • Newman, Bob
  • 2:21
  • Sound Clip for Sand Boogie from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 16
  • Tokyo Boogie
  • Mullican, Moon
  • 2:36
  • Sound Clip for Tokyo Boogie from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 17
  • Walkin' the Boogie
  • Hooker, John Lee
  • 2:44
  • Sound Clip for Walkin' the Boogie from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 18
  • Indian Boogie
  • Smith, Arthur
  • 2:15
  • Sound Clip for Indian Boogie from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 19
  • Greyhound
  • Milburn, Amos
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for Greyhound from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 20
  • Mardi Gras in New Orleans
  • Domino, Fats
  • 2:18
  • Sound Clip for Mardi Gras in New Orleans from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 21 (2)
  • Hound Dog
  • Thornton, Big Mama
  • 2:52
  • Sound Clip for Hound Dog from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 22 (2)
  • Okie Boogie
  • Morse, Ella Mae
  • 2:28
  • Sound Clip for Okie Boogie from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 23 (2)
  • Pickin' the Chicken
  • 2:15
  • Sound Clip for Pickin' the Chicken from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 24 (2)
  • Good Lovin'
  • Bland, Bobby
  • 2:25
  • Sound Clip for Good Lovin' from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 25 (2)
  • Ain't Nothing Happening
  • Little Richard
  • 2:12
  • Sound Clip for Ain't Nothing Happening from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 26 (2)
  • Feelin' Low
  • Cowboy Copas
  • 2:43
  • Sound Clip for Feelin' Low from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 27 (2)
  • Blackberry Boogie
  • Ford, Tennessee Ernie
  • 2:30
  • Sound Clip for Blackberry Boogie from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 28 (2)
  • Two Little Girls
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy
  • 2:34
  • Sound Clip for Two Little Girls from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 29 (2)
  • Louisiana
  • Mayfield, Percy
  • 2:04
  • Sound Clip for Louisiana from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 30 (2)
  • Ice Worm Boogie
  • Lewis, Douglas
  • 2:32
  • Sound Clip for Ice Worm Boogie from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 31 (2)
  • Move on in and Stay
  • Price, Ray [1]
  • 2:24
  • Sound Clip for Move on in and Stay from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 32 (2)
  • Wine Wine Woogie
  • Phillips, Marvin & His Men From Mars
  • 2:10
  • Sound Clip for Wine Wine Woogie from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 33 (2)
  • Big Ten Inch Record
  • Jackson, Bull Moose
  • 2:14
  • Sound Clip for Big Ten Inch Record from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 34 (2)
  • Rig Movin' Man
  • Willet, Slim
  • 2:22
  • Sound Clip for Rig Movin' Man from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 35 (2)
  • T.T. Boogie
  • Adams, Charlie
  • 2:19
  • Sound Clip for T.T. Boogie from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 36 (2)
  • Certainly All
  • Guitar Slim
  • 2:12
  • Sound Clip for Certainly All from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 37 (2)
  • Pachuko Hop
  • Higgins, Chuck
  • 2:54
  • Sound Clip for Pachuko Hop from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 38 (2)
  • Hot Rod Mama
  • Dolan, Ramblin' Jimmie
  • 2:33
  • Sound Clip for Hot Rod Mama from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 39 (2)
  • House Rockers' Jamboree
  • Coles, Tucker
  • 2:23
  • Sound Clip for House Rockers' Jamboree from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


  • 40 (2)
  • Dripper's Boogie
  • Liggins, Joe
  • 2:34
  • Sound Clip for Dripper's Boogie from Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8


    • Credits of Roots of Rock and Roll 1952, Vol. 8

    • Gerard Herzhaft
    • Direction, Text, Discography, Musical Direction, Dialogue


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