Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Twistin Rumble Vol 2

Bought Twistin Rumble Vol 2 today. Best record I’ve heard in a long time.

From Dusty Grooves America:

Rough and raw grooves — way more than you might guess from the “twist” reference in the title! The sound here is more R&B than anything else — lots of heavy drums, honking sax, burning organ, and riffing guitar — but there’s also some echoes of Latin rhythms, rockabilly raunch, and some 60s soul elements too — all percolating together wonderfully in a way that sounds like somebody blew the dust off a gritty pile of 45s, then filled them up to blast away in a decades-old jukebox in a tavern on the other side of the tracks! Plenty of rare bits her.

The classics are all lined up. Recommended.