Description
1‐LP vinyl (10inch) with 8‐page booklet, bonus CD, postcard. 10 tracks (LP), 22 tracks (CD).
Total playing time approx. 28 min. (LP), approx. 70 min. (CD).
In four short years, piano‐pounding jump blues shouter Stomp Gordon made enough of an impression on record buyers and a Bear Family Records® LP completely dedicated to him was long overdue. Stomp earned his nickname: he pounded the 88s with his bare feet onstage.
The Columbus, Ohio native’s performing attire was as wild as anyone’s this side of Cab Calloway, and his houserocking music reflected that flamboyance. Recording for Decca, Mercury, Chess, and Savoy between 1952 and ’56, Stomp roared his way through Damp Rag,
Oooh Yes!, Hide The Bottle, The Grind, and Ride Superman, Ride with an intensity that presaged rock and roll, often aided by his faithful tenor saxman Little Hiawatha Edmondson. Stomp should have been a primordial rock and roll star, but his career was cut way short when he was found dead in his parked car on a Harlem thoroughfare, aged only 31. But the man with the magical tootsies packed some serious rocking into a tragically truncated timeframe—and all his great sides are on full display here.
TRACK LISTING 10” VINYL LP
01 Dragnet ‐ Stomp Gordon
02 Damp Rag ‐ Stomp Gordon
03 Don’t Do Me That Way ‐ Stomp Gordon
04 The Grind ‐ Stomp Gordon
05 Fat Mama Blues ‐ Stomp Gordon
06 Oooh Yes! ‐ Stomp Gordon
07 Ride Superman, Ride ‐ Stomp Gordon
08 Hide The Bottle ‐ Stomp Gordon
09 What’s Her Wimsey Dr. Kinsey ‐ Stomp Gordon
10 Devil’s Daughter ‐ Stomp Gordon
TRACK LISTING COMPACT DISC
01 Dragnet ‐ Stomp Gordon
02 Dragnet ‐ Ray Anthony & His Orchestra
03 Dragnet Blues ‐ Johnnie Moore’s Three Blazers feat. Frank Ervin
04 Dragnet ‐ Jesse Allen
05 Damp Rag ‐ Stomp Gordon
06 Don’t Do Me That Way ‐ Stomp Gordon
07 The Grind ‐ Stomp Gordon
08 Fat Mama Blues ‐ Stomp Gordon
09 Oooh Yes! ‐ Stomp Gordon
10 Ride Superman, Ride ‐ Stomp Gordon
11 Hide The Bottle ‐ Stomp Gordon
12 What’s Her Wimsey Dr. Kinsey ‐ Stomp Gordon
13 Hey Dr. Kinsey ‐ Big Duke & His Orchestra
14 Devil’s Daughter ‐ Stomp Gordon
15 Sloppy Daddy Blues ‐ Stomp Gordon
16 Please Don’t Pass Me By ‐ Stomp Gordon
17 My Mother’s Eyes ‐ Stomp Gordon
18 Juicy Lucy ‐ Stomp Gordon
19 Oh Tell Me Why ‐ Stomp Gordon
20 Walk Around The Corner ‐ Stomp Gordon
21 Pennies From Heaven ‐ The Mills Brothers
22 Pennies From Heaven ‐ Stomp Gordon
GENRE: Vintage Rock’n’roll
BARCODE: 5397102140235
