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2008 release, a collection of smokin' tracks from Alan Freed's rockin' big band. He was neither a singer nor a musician, but Alan Freed knew just what it took to make the Big Beat of the Rock 'N' Roll era come alive. The Big Band that he lent his name to in the mid '50s was one of the hardest-rocking outfits of it's era, boasting the cream of New York's R&B session musicians in it's line up and featuring such stellar tenor saxophonists as Sam "The Man" Taylor, "Big" Al Sears, Freddie Mitchell and "King Curtis" Ousley taking some of the fieriest solos ever committed to tape. Freed's band could be heard on four albums that were issued on US Coral and Brunswick between 1956 and 1958 - one recorded under the name of the King's Henchmen. The first of them has been reissued several times but, incredibly, the contents of the other three have remained unavailable for almost half a century. 24 tracks. Ace.

Country of Pressing	UK
Artist	Various Artists^Alan Freed
Released	2008
Music Genre	Pop / Rock
Label	ACE RECORDS UK
Condition	New
UPC	029667032223
SKU	al-029667032223

1.1 Turn Your Radio on - Grandpa Jones
1.2 Papa's on the Housetop - Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell
1.3 Shortnin' Bread - Paul Chaplain ; His Emeralds
1.4 Seven Nation Army - the White Stripes
1.5 Gun Fever (Blam Blam Fever) - the Valentines
1.6 Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter ; His Troopers
1.7 Pistol Packin' Mama - the Hurricanes
1.8 Homework - Otis Rush
1.9 He Will Break Your Heart - Jerry Butler
1.10 Take It Away Lucky - Eddie Noack
1.11 Buddy, Stay Off the Wine - Betty Hall Jones
1.12 Tears a Go-Go - Charlie Rich
1.13 Rich Woman - Li'l Millet ; His Creoles
1.14 Laughin' ; Jokin' - Ernie Chaffin
1.15 Me and My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie Accompanied By Little Son Joe
1.16 If I Lose - the Stanley Brothers
1.17 I Sat and Cried - Jimmy Nelson
1.18 Beatnik's Wish - Patsy Raye ; the Beatniks
1.19 Devil in His Heart - the Donays
1.20 Let's Invite Them Over - George Jones ; Melba Montgomery
1.21 Don't Take Ev'rybody to Be Your Friend - Sister Rosetta Tharpe with the Sam Price Trio
1.22 Good Morning Heartache - Billie Holiday
1.23 Pouring Water on a Drowning Man - James Carr
1.24 I Drink - Mary Gauthier
1.25 Mother Earth - Memphis Slim
2.1 Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
2.2 Walk a Mile in My Shoes - Joe South ; the Believers
2.3 Cry Tough - Alton Ellis ; the Flames
2.4 Tommy Gun - the Clash
2.5 (Everytime I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone - Roy Montrell
2.6 Those DJ Shows - Patrice Holloway
2.7 I Ain't Drunk - Lonnie 'The Cat'
2.8 Eat That Chicken - Charles Mingus
2.9 Mama, Get Your Hammer - Bobby Peterson Quintet
2.10 How High the Moon - Slim Gaillard
2.11 Cool Water - the Sons of the Pioneers
2.12 Only a Rose - Geraint Watkins
2.13 I Walk in My Sleep - Berna-Dean
2.14 Stars Fell on Alabama - Jack Teagarden's Chicagoans
2.15 Mama Tried (The Ballad from Killers Three) - Merle Haggard ; the Strangers
2.16 Big Long Slidin' Thing - Dinah Washington
2.17 Black Coffee - Bobby Darin
2.18 I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water - the Cats and the Fiddle
2.19 Ain't Got the Money to Pay for This Drink - George Zimmerman ; the Thrills with the Bubber Cyphers
2.20 Bottle and a Bible - the Yayhoos
2.21 Okie's in the Pokie - Jimmy Patton
2.22 If You're So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich? - Louis Jordan
2.23 Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio - Santiago Jimenez
2.24 Mona - Bo Diddley
2.25 Roadrunner (Twice) - the Modern Lovers