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Raunchy! The Rise Of Instrumental Rock assembles 25 tracks drawn from the fertile period of 1950s rockabilly and rock and roll, spotlighting the instrumental vanguard that shaped the genre’s early energy. Issued by Jasmine Records in 2012, this compilation includes staples like “Honky Tonk (Part 1 & 2),” “Tequila,” and “Rumble,” each cut etched with the twang and drive that defined the era’s dance floors and jukeboxes. The featured track, “Green Mosquito,” exemplifies the raw, riff-driven approach that underpinned this lineage.Though assembled decades after their original sessions, these recordings retain the immediacy of their initial releases, preserving the reverb-heavy guitars and walking basslines characteristic of the time. The collection serves as a useful archive piece for those tracing instrumental rock’s influence on later strands of American music, where blues phrasing meets rock’s youthful abandon. For crate-diggers and boutique DJs, this anthology offers a reliable signal from a pivotal chapter in mid-century popular music.
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Album lore
Raunchy! The Rise Of Instrumental Rock assembles 25 tracks drawn from the fertile period of 1950s rockabilly and rock and roll, spotlighting the instrumental vanguard that shaped the genre’s early energy. Issued by Jasmine Records in 2012, this compilation includes staples like “Honky Tonk (Part 1 & 2),” “Tequila,” and “Rumble,” each cut etched with the twang and drive that defined the era’s dance floors and jukeboxes. The featured track, “Green Mosquito,” exemplifies the raw, riff-driven approach that underpinned this lineage.Though assembled decades after their original sessions, these recordings retain the immediacy of their initial releases, preserving the reverb-heavy guitars and walking basslines characteristic of the time. The collection serves as a useful archive piece for those tracing instrumental rock’s influence on later strands of American music, where blues phrasing meets rock’s youthful abandon. For crate-diggers and boutique DJs, this anthology offers a reliable signal from a pivotal chapter in mid-century popular music.
How did this get here?
| SKU | SPOT-5amZUMCdiHzTCLikmiiDe7 |
|---|
Quick preview
Listen to a sample on YouTube — opens in a new tab; own this release here for the full listening experienceOpen this track on Spotify