Blowing the Fuse: 29 R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox in 1954

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Overview

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. 1954 was a boom year for jukeboxes across the United States as rhythm & blues and rock & roll maintained their collision course. 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. Highlights from this volume are the Spiders' "I Didn't Want to Do It," the Cadillacs' "Gloria," the Chords' "Sh-Boom," Ray Charles' "It Should Have Been Me," and Dave Bartholomew's "Jump Children." 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

Product Details

Release Date:	03/08/2005
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127167095
Rank:	127277

Tracks

1. Gee
2. You're So Fine
3. Saving My Love for You
4. I'll Be True
5. I Didn't Want to Do It
6. A Sunday Kind of Love
7. I Do
8. I'm Just Your Fool
9. The Things That I Used to Do
10. Lovey Dovey
11. It Should Have Been Me
12. Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
13. Big Heavy (Blue Lights Boogie)
14. Work with Me, Annie
15. Jock-A-Mo
16. I Just Want to Make Love to You
17. I Feel So Bad
18. Sh-Boom
19. Shake, Rattle and Roll
20. Oh What a Dream
21. Riot in Cell Block No. 9
22. Honey Love
23. Evil
24. Oop Shoop
25. Jump Children
26. Hearts of Stone
27. You Upset Me Baby
28. Gloria
29. All Night Long

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Johnny Ace   Primary Artist
The Spaniels   Primary Artist
The Spiders   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters   Primary Artist
Shirley Gunter & The Queens   Primary Artist
Ray Charles   Primary Artist
B.B. King   Primary Artist
The Charms   Primary Artist
Big Joe Turner   Primary Artist
The "5" Royales   Primary Artist
The Clovers   Primary Artist
The Harptones   Primary Artist
Cozy Eggleston   Primary Artist
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford   Primary Artist
The Crows   Primary Artist
Chuck Willis   Primary Artist
Joe Houston   Primary Artist
Faye Adams   Primary Artist
Little Walter & His Jukes   Primary Artist
Howlin' Wolf   Primary Artist
The Robins   Primary Artist
The Midnighters   Primary Artist
Dave Bartholomew   Primary Artist
Muddy Waters   Primary Artist
The Cadillacs   Primary Artist
Guitar Slim   Primary Artist
Ruth Brown   Primary Artist
Little Walter   Primary Artist
Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Ruth Brown & Her Rhythm Makers   Primary Artist
Charlie "Sciff" Ferguson   Primary Artist
Shirley Gunter   Primary Artist
The Chords   Primary Artist
B.B. King & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
The Drifters   Primary Artist
Clyde McPhatter   Primary Artist
Ella Johnson   Primary Artist
Buddy Johnson   Primary Artist
Willie Winfield   Primary Artist
Jesse Powell Orchestra   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Willie Dixon   Composer
Victor Pearlin   Photography,Artwork,Research
John Gray   Composer
Dave Booth   Artwork,Research,Transfers,Liner Notes,Reissue Producer
Barbara Bell   Composer
Erich Huelsenbeck   Photo Scanning
Andreas Merck   Photo Scanning
C. Willis   Composer
Galen Gart   Photography
William Davis   Composer
John Tefteller   Artwork,Research
Tanja Hastedt   Artwork
Eddy Ray   Composer
Jimmy Keyes   Composer
William Edwards   Composer
Colin Escott   Liner Notes,Photography
Claude Feaster   Composer
Stan Rhodes   Composer
Shirley Gunter   Composer
B.B. King   Composer
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford   Composer
Joe Josea   Composer
James Hudson   Composer
Chuck Willis   Composer
Fats Domino   Composer
Floyd McRae   Composer
Charles E. Calhoun   Composer
Walter DeVenne   Transfers
Lowman Pauling   Composer
Louis Prima   Composer
Jules Taub   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Rudy Jackson   Composer
Memphis Curtis   Composer
A. Smith   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Gilles Petard   Photography
Anita Leonard   Composer
Dave Bartholomew   Composer
Morris Levy   Composer
Ahmet Ertegun   Composer
Calvin Carter   Composer
Guitar Slim   Composer
Eddie Curtis   Composer
Esther Navarro   Composer
Juergen Crasser   Mastering