VA - Great British Instrumentals Of The 50's & 60's (2015)

Before the Beatles ushered in the beat revolution, the British pop scene reverberated to a tidal wave of home-grown instrumental music. However the golden age of the instrumental was destined to wither as quickly as it had bloomed, yet British rock owed much to its wordless past. This excellent 3 disc compilation includes tracks such as "Telstar", "F.B.I." and "Sleepwalk" and aptly plays out with At The Sign Of The Swingin Cymbal by Brian Fahey & his Orchestra, the original 1960 version of the chart rundown tune for BBC Radio s Pick Of The Pops. If you ve got that far, we guarantee you ve enjoyed 60 of the greatest instrumentals British popular music has to offer.

TRACKLIST

CD 1

01. The Tornados - Telstar
02. The Hunters - The Storm
03. The Shadows - The Savage
04. The Fentones - The Breeze And I
05. Bert Weedon - Guitar Boogie Shuffle
06. The John Barry Seven - Walk Don't Run
07. The Vampires - Clap Trap
08. Arthur Greenslade & The Gee-Men - Rockin' Susannah
09. The Dave Clark Five - Chaquita
10. The Vigilantes - Man In Space
11. The Krew Kats - Trambone
12. Joe Brown - Pop Corn
13. The Outlaws - Swingin' Low
14. The Volcanos - Theme From Tightrope
15. Wee Willie Harris - Got A Match
16. The Cannons - I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded
17. The Eagles - Special Agent
18. Nero & The Gladiators - Entry Of The Gladiators
19. The Packabeats - Gypsy Beat
20. The Drifters (The Shadows) - Jet Black

CD 2

01. The Shadows - F.B.I.
02. Nero & The Gladiators - In The Hall Of The Mountain King
03. The John Barry Seven (with Orchestra) - The James Bond Theme (Theme From The Film Dr. No)
04. Rhet Stoller - Chariot
05. The Fentones - The Mexican
06. Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon!
07. Scorpions - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
08. Frank Weir & His Werewolves - Manhunt
09. The Hunters - Teen Scene
10. Joe Brown - The Switch
11. The Sneaky Petes - The Savage, Pt. 2
12. The Jetstreams - Bongo Rock
13. The Moontrekkers - Night Of The Vampire
14. Sounds Inc - Sounds Like Locomotion
15. The Outlaws - Valley Of The Sioux
16. Ravens Rock Group - The Ghoul Friend
17. The Chaps - Poppin' Part 1
18. Checkmates - Yep!
19. Johnny 'The Gash' Gray (with Ken Jones & His Orchestra) - Tequila
20. The Fabulous Flee-Rekkers - Green Jeans

CD 3

01. The John Barry Seven - Hit And Miss
02. Bud Ashton Trio - Nut Rocker
03. Jet Harris - The Man With The Golden Arm
04. The Tornados - Love And Fury
05. The Barons - Samurai
06. George Chisholm & The Bluenotes (with Bert Weedon) - Honky Tonk
07. Bert Weedon - Apache
08. Tommy Steele & Joe Brown - Drunken Guitar
09. The Moontrekkers - There's Something At The Bottom Of The Well
10. The Krew Kats - Peak Hour
11. The Staccatos - Mainline
12. Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers - Can Can '62
13. The Flee-Rekkers - Lone Rider
14. Scorpions - Scorpio
15. The Outlaws - Ambush
16. The Firestones - Party Twist
17. The Sleepwalkers - Sleepwalk
18. The Red Price Combo - Theme From Danger Man
19. The Shadows - Dance On!
20. Brian Fahey & His Orchestra - At The Sign Of The Swingin' Cymbal (From 'Pick Of The Pops')