Jump Blues Jamaica Way: Jamaican Sound System Classics 1945-1960

Hot on the heels of the release of editions of both Jumping The Shuffle Blues and Jamaica Selects Jump Blues Strictly For You, comes Fantastic Voyage’s third compilation of US jump/shuffle blues recordings, as played on the early Jamaican sound systems. Jump Blues Jamaica Way is available as both an 84-track 3CD selection and will be of equal interest to both Jamaican music fans and connoisseurs of classic US rhythm & blues.

Before the development of its own recording industry, Jamaican music fans predominantly found musical fulfilment in the raw shuffle blues music that emanated from mainland USA. This no-nonsense style of R&B dominated the island’s sound system dances from the dawn of the Fifties, with operators aggressively competing with each other for exclusive discs, many of which were later covered by some of Jamaica’s biggest names.

In the tradition of the previous releases in this series, compiler and annotator Phil Etgart has selected only recordings that are known to have been played on the early Jamaican sound systems. This is the music that provided the inspiration for Ska and all that followed. So enjoy sound system favourites by Louis Jordan, Joe Liggins, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Fats Domino, Rosco Gordon, Chris Kenner and a host of other names, both famous and obscure.

Tracklist

The Roots Of Shuffle Blues (1945-1951)
1-1.   Louis Jordan - Caldonia
1-2.   Illinois Jacquet - Twelve Minutes To Go
1-3.   Joe Liggins - Ten Toes
1-4.   Harold Tinsley - Fan Your Fanny Blues
1-5.   Sherman Williams - Hello
1-6.   Eddie Vinson - Kidney Stew Blues
1-7.   Jimmy Witherspoon - Cain River Blues
1-8.   Sonny Thompson - Lone Gone (Part 2)
1-9.   Roy Milton - Keep A Dollar In Your Pocket
1-10.   Joe Liggins - Roll 'Em
1-11.   Sherman Williams - Oo-Wee Baby Gee
1-12.   Louis Jordan - Have You Got The Gumption
1-13.   Percy Mayfield - Half Awoke
1-14.   Sonny Thompson - The Fish (Part 2)
1-15.   Larry Darnell - For You, My Love
1-16.   The Robins - If It's So Baby
1-17.   Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Mary Is FIne
1-18.   King Tut - You've Been Fiddlin' Around
1-19.   Bobby Smith - Bess's Boogie
1-20.   Smiley Lewis - Growing Old
1-21.   Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Boogie Rambler
1-22.   Ruth Brown - Teardrops From My Eyes
1-23.   Louis Jordan - Show Me How (You Milk The Cow)
1-24.   Joe Liggins - Rhythm In The Barnyard (Parts 1 & 2)
1-25.   Jay McNeely - All That Wine Is Gone
1-26.   Lynn Hope - Blow, Lynn, Blow
1-27.   The Clovers - Don't You Know I Love You

The Golden Years Of Shuffle Blues (1951-1955)
2-1.   Gene Ammons - Ammons Boogie
2-2.   Joe Fritz - They Were Right
2-3.   Billy Wright - When The Wagon Comes
2-4.   Jimmy McCracklin - I Found That Woman
2-5.   Dimples Harris - Call Me Daddy
2-6.   Griffin Brothers - Comin' Home
2-7.   Joe "Papoos" Fritz - Real Fine Girl
2-8.   Little Caesar - Long Time Baby
2-9.   The Clovers - Middle Of The Night
2-10.   Fats Domino - Please Don't Leave Me
2-11.   Shirley & Lee - Baby
2-12.   Amos Milburn - Let's Have A Party
2-13.   Hal Paige - Big Foot May
2-14.   The Dodgers - Let's Make A Whole Lot Of Love
2-15.   Lester Williams - Crazy 'Bout You Babe
2-16.   Jimmy Liggins - Talking That Talk
2-17.   Johnny Ace - Burley Cutie
2-18.   Tiny Grimes - Second Floor Rear
2-19.   Willie Mabon - Poison Ivy
2.20.   Jimmy Wilson - Jumpin' From Six To Six
2-21.   The Penguins - Hey Senorita
2-22.   Buddy Griffin With Claudia Swann - Oh, What A Smile Can Do
2-23.   The Charms - My Baby Dearest Darling
2-24.   Tony Allen & The Champs - Nite Owl
2-25.   Rosco Gordon - The Chicken (Dance With You)
2-26.   The Lollypoppers - Miss Selma's Boogie
2-27.   Varetta Dillard - So Many Ways
2-28.   Chuck Higgins - Here I'm Is
2-29.   Alonzo Scales - My Baby Likes To Shuffle

The Big Three Take Over (1955-1960)
3-1.   Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters - What'Cha Gonna Do
3-2.   The Penguins - Don't Do It
3-3.   Smiley Lewis - One Night
3-4.   The Cliques - The Girl In My Dreams
3-5.   The Cookies - In Paradise
3-6.   Vernon Green & The Medallions - Pushbutton Automobile
3-7.   Chuck Higgins - Gambling Woman
3-8.   Sugar & Spice - Hey Joe (Let Me Know)
3-9.   Shirley & Lee - That's What I'll Do
3-10.   Bobbie & Ronald - You're Mine Oh Mine
3-11.   Smiley Lewis - Queen Of Hearts
3-12.   Louis Prima - 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days
3-13.   Professor Longhair - No Buts - No Maybes
3-14.   Chris Kenner - Sick And Tired
3-15.   Lloyd Price - Just Because
3-16.   Gene & Eunice - The Vow
3-17.   Ernie Freeman - Indian Love
3-18.   Bill Doggett - Boo Da Ba
3-19.   The Howards - Mimi Girl
3-20.   Huey "Piano" Smith - High Blood Pressure
3-21.   Terry & Jerry - Mama Julie
3-22.   Professor Longhair - Cuttin' Out
3-23.   Bobby Davis - I Was Wrong
3-24.   Dave "Baby" Cortez - Piano Shuffle
3-25.   Fats Domino - Be My Guest
3-26.   Jimmy Beck - Pipe Dreams
3-27.   Wilbert Harrison - C.C. Rider
3-28.   The Merri-Men - Big Daddy