hot sax, cool licks

The master of the ‘yakety sax’ sound on a set of late 1950s greasy, small combo R&B instrumentals for the Atco label (including six previously unreleased). As a bonus we have included the hit records by the Coasters and Chuck Willis featuring timeless King Curtis solos.
Track listing:JEST SMOOCHIN’ • THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES • YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU (I DIDN’T WANT TO DO IT) • IFIC • CASTLE ROCK • CHILI • TRAIN SONG • SPLANKIN’ • PETER GUNN • LINDA • LIL BROTHER • CUBAN TWILIGHT • RESTLESS GUITAR (Take 9) • HEAVENLY BLUES • CHAINS • THE HONEY DRIPPER (Part 1) • THE HONEY DRIPPER (Alt) • THE GROOVE • SNAKE EYES • JAYWALK • THE SHAKE • MIDNIGHT RAMBLE -KING CURTIS • THAT IS ROCK & ROLL / YAKETY YAK -COASTERS • WHAT AM I LIVING FOR? - CHUCK WILLIS