That Bo Diddley Beat: 40 Original Recordings (2-CD)
by Various Artists

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Format:  CD  (2 Discs)
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CD Details

  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Released: April 20, 2018
  • Originally Released: 2018
  • Label: Not Now UK

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
  • 2. Willie And The Hand Jive - The Johnny Otis Show
  • 3. You’ve Done It Again - Andy & The Live Wires
  • 4. Hambone - Carl Perkins
  • 5. Pretty Plaid Skirt (And Long Black Sox) - Mel Smith And The Night Riders
  • 6. Idol With The Golden Head - The Coasters
  • 7. Hey Little Girl - Dee Clark
  • 8. Boom Stix - Curley & The Jades
  • 9. Cannonball - Duane Eddy
  • 10. In Love Again - Gene Vincent
  • 11. Bo-Da-Ley Didd-Ley - Little Willie John
  • 12. The Snake And The Bookworm - Richard Barrett
  • 13. Sleepy Time Rock - Jay Nelson And The Jumpers
  • 14. Let's Take A Walk - The Crescendos
  • 15. (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame - Elvis Presley
  • 16. Ain't That Right - Marvin & Johnny
  • 17. Muskrat - The Everly Brothers
  • 18. Calling All Cows - Blues Rockers
  • 19. Cherokee Dance -
  • 20. Landers with Willie Joe and his Unitar
  • 21. Pretty Thing - Bo Diddley

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1. Mona - Bo Diddley
  • 2. Not Fade Away - The Crickets (featuring Buddy Holly)
  • 3. Chicken Hop - Billy Bland
  • 4. High School U.S.A. Virginia - Tommy Facenda
  • 5. Joe Joe Gun - Chuck Berry
  • 6. Be-Bop Baby - Rick Nelson
  • 7. Crazy Country Hop - The Johnny Otis Show
  • 8. Hey Bo Diddley - Bill Black's Combo
  • 9. Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It - Freddy Cannon
  • 10. Bayou Rock - Joe Bennett And The Sparkletones
  • 11. Weekend - Eddie Cochran
  • 12. Jive Talk - Sandy Nelson
  • 13. Do The Do - Howlin' Wolf
  • 14. Brontosaurus Stomp - The Piltdown Men
  • 15. Old Smokie - Johnny And The Hurricanes
  • 16. Electrode - B-B
  • 17. Broken Hearted Man - Robert & Johnny
  • 18. Surfing Drums - Dick Dale
  • 19. Mope-Itty Mope - Boss-Tones
  • 20. Gunslinger - Bo Diddley

Product Description:

Diddley wore huge glasses, sported impossibly loud check jackets and wielded a distinctive rectangular guitar - but the thing that really made him stand out from the crowd was his trademark 'hambone' guitar riff. Even though Bo didn't exactly invent the riff, he definitely made it his own and parlayed it into an entire career, represented here by the eponymous Bo Diddley, the romantic pleas of Pretty Thing, the yearning Mona, and the boastful strut of Gunslinger. All of which prove what an amazing range of material could be squeezed out of just one beat. But Bo couldn't keep that beat all to himself, because it was highly infectious. The rest of this 2-CD set is crammed with fine examples of those who fell under Bo's influence, which amounted to pretty much everybody who was anybody at the time.

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