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Blowing the Fuse: 29 R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox in 1952

Various Artists
1 disc

1. Chill Is On - Big Joe Turner
2. It Ain't the Meat - The Swallows
3. 3 O'Clock Blues - B.B. King
4. Got You on My Mind - John Greer
5. Booted - Rosco Gordon
6. Weepin' Cryin' - The Griffin Brothers Orchestra
7. Dust My Broom - Elmore James
8. Lovin' Machine - Wynonie Harris
9. Hard Times - Charles Brown
10. Wheel of Fortune - Dinah Washington
11. Baby, Please Don't Go - The Orioles
12. Train Kept a-Rollin' - Tiny Bradshaw
13. Goin' Home - Fats Domino
14. One Mint Julep - The Clovers
15. I Can't Lose With the Stuff I Use - Lester Williams
16. Night Train - Jimmy Forrest
17. I'm Gonna Play the Honky Tonks - Marie Adams
18. Have Mercy Baby - The Dominoes
19. So Tired - Roy Milton
20. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price
21. 5-10-15 Hours - Ruth Brown
22. Mary Jo - The Four Blazes
23. My Song - Johnny Ace
24. Bells Are Ringing - Smiley Lewis
25. Easy, Easy Baby - Varetta Dillard
26. Juke - Little Walter
27. Goodbye Baby - Little Caesar
28. I Don't Know - Willie Mabon
29. Rock Me All Night Long - The Ravens
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Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): BCD16707
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Compiled by DJ Dave "Daddy Cool" Booth, this remastered collection showcases rare and greatest hits of 1950s R&B.
Blowing the Fuse is a killer series of compilation CDs issued by Germany's premier archivist label, Bear Family. Subtitled "R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox," each volume is compiled by year. 1952 was a boom year for jukeboxes across the United States. This volume contains 29 affirmed classics of the early postwar years. The more well-known tunes of the era are given great balance by some nearly forgotten gems that are juxtaposed in the brilliant sequencing -- by producer Dave "Daddy Cool" Booth. Big Joe Turner and Van "Piano Man" Walls open the set with "The Chill Is On," followed by the Swallows doing "It Ain't the Meat." B.B. King's classic "3 O'Clock Blues," precedes one of those rather obscure, but deeply satisfying cuts: Johnny Greer's "Got You on My Mind." Other fine tracks from the margins include Varetta Dillard's "Easy, Easy Baby," the Four Blazes "Mary Jo," Willie Mabon & His Combo's "I Don't Know," and the Griffin Brothers Orchestra whose "Weepin' and Cryin'" is one of the finest cuts on the entire collection. Other notables here range from Ruth Brown and Little Walter to Jimmy Forrest and Dinah Washington and Johnny Ace. The package is beautiful with Colin Escott's liner notes detailing every cut, accompanied by photographs and a lovely digipack. Sound quality is as good as it can be for archival material, making this a fine introduction to postwar R&B for the novice and a killer chronological listen for the connoisseur. ~ Thom Jurek