GAZ MAYALL – Gaz's Rockin' Blues - 40th Anniversary Special 2 x LP

As a tasty contribution to your vinyl LP collection, this double album explores four avenues that reflect aspects of Gaz's Rockin' Blues club.
Founded July 3rd 1980, now celebrating 40 years of fun and dancing at London's Number One Blues dance. Originally at Gossips in the basement of 69 Dean Street, with it's entrance on Meard St., the cobbled alley that links it with Wardour Street in the heart of Soho, traditionally the hub of clubland and red light district in London's West End. After djing & presenting bands there for over 14 years I moved the regular Thursday club night round the corner to St. Moritz,159 Wardour Street. Another great Soho basement dive with a huge history.
The choice of music in this particular selection contains two fundamental styles of Rhythm and Blues oriented boogie music that influenced the world. The post war era of black dance music was driven by R&B that was the inspiration for the Rock`n´Roll of the 1950's. Here you have a hard core Slice of Black Rock & Roll, a side of rockin' early 50's R&B, it's precursor on one platter. On the next disc you'll hear a bunch of moving, exciting and at times frenzied 50’s Gospel. The idiom where most R&B and black Rock`n´Roll and Soul stars learned their art and cut their teeth.
I was asked for this project to choose a bunch of Jamaican tunes to illustrate the role Jamaica's music has played in influencing the style and direction of Gaz's Rockin' Blues. These tracks are drawn from the very earliest days, at the inception of Ska in the late 50’s when Ja artists, having fell in love with US R&B, created their own take on it.
I hope you enjoy this album for many years to come. Treasure it as I and all at Gaz’s Rockin Blues have treasured these tracks.
40 years and still going strong!

Side Rock'N'Roll   
A1    Little Richard–    Long Tall Sally
A2    Cledus Harrison–    Rock And Roll In The Groove
A3    Screamin' Joe Neal–    Rock And Roll Deacon
A4    Pretty Boy (5)–    Bip Bop bip
A5    Jackie Brenston–    My Real Gone Rocket
A6    Dave Bartholomew–    Can't Take It No More
A7    James Brown–    Chonnie -On-Chon
        Side Rhythm & Blues   
B1    Lowell Fulson–    Don't Drive Me baby
B2    Jimmy Witherspoon–    Don't Ever Move A Woman Into Your House
B3    Brownie McGhee–    I'm 10,000 Years Old
B4    Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown–    You Got Money
B5    Bob Gaddy–    Slow Down Baby
B6    Floyd Dixon–    Hey, Bartender
B7    Sonny Knight–    But Officer
        Side Gospel   
C1    The Flying Clouds*–    I've Got A Right To The Tree Of ife
C2    Sensationals Nightingales*–    To The End
C3    The Pilgrim Travelers–    Hold On
C4    The Gospel Clefs–    By The Waters Of Babylon
C5    Brother Joe May–    It Doesn't Cost Very Much
C6    Bessie Griffin–    More Like Jesus
C7    Archie Brownlee–    In The Wilderness
        Side Jamaica   
D1    Owen Gray–    Let Me Go Free
D2    Count Ossie Afro Combo*–    Cassavubu
D3    Rico's Combo–    Gee's Boogie
D4    The Blues Busters–    Little Vilma
D5    The Moonlighters*–    I Need Your Love
D6    Theophilus Beckford–    Now You're Dead
D7    Duke Reid And His Group*–    Pink Lane Shuffle