Track Listing 1. Shake, Rattle & Roll 2. Flip, Flop & Fly 3. Feeling Happy 4. Well All Right 5. Chicken and the Hawk, The 6. Boogie Woogie Country Girl 7. Honey Hush 8. Corrine Corrina 9. Midnight Special Train 10. Hide and Seek 11. Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop 12. Crawdad Hole 13. Sweet Sixteen 14. Chains of Love 15. We're Gonna Jump For Joy 16. Teenage Letter 17. Love Roller Coaster 18. Lipstick Powder and Paint 19. Morning Noon & Night 20. I Need a Girl 21. Red Sails in the Sunset 22. Blues in the Night 23. After a While 24. World of Trouble 25. Trouble in Mind 26. TV Mama 27. You Know I Love You 28. Still in Love
| Details | | Playing Time: | 73 min. | | Distributor: | Gotham Distributing Corp. | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes 2 LPs on 1 CD: JOE TURNER (1957)/ROCKIN' BLUES (1958). Includes original release liner notes by Guy Remark & Gary Kramer. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Presenting both JOE TURNER and ROCKIN' THE BLUES on one CD, this Collectables compilation is a quality double shot of Big Joe Turner's late-1950s output for Atlantic Records. Among the 28 tracks featured are the raucous "Shake, Rattle & Roll" (made famous by Bill Haley & the Comets), the boisterous "Well All Right," and the uplifting "The Chicken and the Hawk," all marked by careening piano lines and swinging rhythms. The latter part of the disc finds Turner balancing rock & roll tunes with straight-up blues numbers, belting out classics such as the heartsick "Chains of Love" and the melancholy "Trouble in Mind." Every song here benefits from Turner's commanding voice, which carries a sound as large as his massive frame. Although Turner's earlier recordings may have been more influential, these sessions, some of his last for Atlantic, showcase the vocalist as a seasoned performer at the top of his game.
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