Rocket 88 (album)
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Rocket 88 is an album recorded live in Germany in 1981 by the boogie-woogie
band Rocket 88
. The band had a casual line-up, and founder/producer/band-member Stewart
in his liner notes makes reference to the other "permanent" band-members who were not present for that particular recording.
Although it is rumoured that there are numerous bootleg live takes from other concerts, it is the band's only officially released album. It was recorded using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio
.
1. "Rocket 88" (Pete Johnson
) 7:27
2. "Waiting For The Call" (Jack Bruce
/Peter Brown) 10:16
3. "St. Louis Blues" (W.C. Handy) 7:55
Side 2
4. "Roll 'Em Pete
" (Pete Johnson/Joe Turner) 5:52
5. "Swindon Swing" (Colin Smith) 7:34
6. "Roadhouse Boogie" (Pete Johnson) 7:17
7. "Talking About Louise" (Alexis Korner
) 5:14
Boogie-woogie
Boogie-woogie has the following meanings:*Boogie-woogie, a piano-based music style*Boogie-woogie , a swing dance or a dance that imitates the rock-n-roll dance of the 1950s*"Boogie Woogie" , a song by EuroGroove and Dannii Minogue...
band Rocket 88
Rocket 88 (band)
Rocket 88 is the name of a United Kingdom-based boogie-woogie band formed in the late 1970s by Ian "Stu" Stewart, Charlie Watts, Alexis Korner and Dick Morrissey....
. The band had a casual line-up, and founder/producer/band-member Stewart
Ian Stewart (musician)
Ian Andrew Robert Stewart was a Scottish keyboardist, co-founder of The Rolling Stones and inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
in his liner notes makes reference to the other "permanent" band-members who were not present for that particular recording.
Although it is rumoured that there are numerous bootleg live takes from other concerts, it is the band's only officially released album. It was recorded using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio
Rolling Stones Mobile Studio
The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio is a mobile recording studio owned by the musical group the Rolling Stones. Numerous bands and artists have recorded music using it, including Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Lou Reed, Bob Marley, Horslips, Fleetwood Mac, Bad Company, Status Quo, Iron Maiden, Mola Mola...
.
Track listing
Side 11. "Rocket 88" (Pete Johnson
Pete Johnson
Pete Johnson was an American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist.Journalist Tony Russell stated in his book The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, that "Johnson shared with the other members of the 'Boogie Woogie Trio' the technical virtuosity and melodic fertility that can make this the most...
) 7:27
2. "Waiting For The Call" (Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce
John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce is a Scottish musician and songwriter, respected as a founding member of the British psychedelic rock power trio, Cream, for a solo career that spans several decades, and for his participation in several well-known musical ensembles...
/Peter Brown) 10:16
3. "St. Louis Blues" (W.C. Handy) 7:55
Side 2
4. "Roll 'Em Pete
Roll 'Em Pete
"Roll 'Em Pete" is a rhythm and blues song originally recorded in 1938 by Big Joe Turner and pianist Pete Johnson. The recording is regarded as one of the most important precursors of what later became known as "rock and roll".-Original recording:...
" (Pete Johnson/Joe Turner) 5:52
5. "Swindon Swing" (Colin Smith) 7:34
6. "Roadhouse Boogie" (Pete Johnson) 7:17
7. "Talking About Louise" (Alexis Korner
Alexis Korner
Alexis Korner was a blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a Founding Father of British Blues"...
) 5:14
Line-up
- Alexis KornerAlexis KornerAlexis Korner was a blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a Founding Father of British Blues"...
(guitar/vocals on 4, 5, 6, 7) - Ian "Stu" StewartIan Stewart (musician)Ian Andrew Robert Stewart was a Scottish keyboardist, co-founder of The Rolling Stones and inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
(piano on 5) - Jack BruceJack BruceJohn Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce is a Scottish musician and songwriter, respected as a founding member of the British psychedelic rock power trio, Cream, for a solo career that spans several decades, and for his participation in several well-known musical ensembles...
(bass/vocals on 2) - Charlie WattsCharlie WattsCharles Robert "Charlie" Watts is an English drummer, best known as a member of The Rolling Stones. He is also the leader of a jazz band, a record producer, commercial artist, and horse breeder.-Early life:...
(drums) - Colin SmithColin Smith (musician)Colin Ranger Smith, born London 20 November 1934; died London 29 March 2004, was an English jazz trumpeter.He joined the Terry Lightfoot band in 1957 before moving on to playing with Cy Laurie, in 1958. His long tenure in the Acker Bilk band began in 1959, taking a break in 1966 to sail across the...
(trumpet) - John PicardJohn Picard (musician)John Francis Picard, born Tottenham, London, 17 May 1934 is a British jazz trombonist.After serving in the RAF, during which he played at weekends with Cy Laurie, he spent a further four months with Laurie before joining Humphrey Lyttleton, from 1954 until 1961. From 1962 to the early 1970s he...
(trombone) - Hal "Cornbread" SingerHal SingerHarold Joseph "Hal" Singer is an American R&B and jazz bandleader and saxophonist.-Biography:Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Singer studied violin as a child but, as a teenager, switched to clarinet and then tenor saxophone, which became his instrument of choice...
(tenor sax) - Don WellerDon Weller (musician)Don Weller , is a British jazz musician, tenor saxophonist and composer.-Career:...
(tenor sax) - Bob HallBob Hall (boogie-woogie pianist)Robert 'Bob' Hall , is a leading English boogie-woogie pianist. A long-time collaborator of Alexis Korner, he also performed regularly with bottleneck bluesman Dave Kelly and his sister, Jo Ann Kelly.-Career:...
(piano) - George Green (piano)