Long ago, before things started to get Twangy, Britain’s leading instrumentalists usually either honked, parped, or plinked. Dance bands filled the airwaves, and it was wall-to-wall waltzes and foxtrots. Turgidity ruled. The arrival of R’n’R and Skiffle livened things up, and so gradually and not to mention rather belatedly – Britain’s teenagers were dragged into the post-WWII era. Of course it was R’n’R which ultimately laid down the new ground rules, at which point Instromania steadily began to gather pace. Well here is our fourth volume chock full of rare sounds not to be found elsewhere except on those highly collectable old vinyl discs until now.

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CD1

JOHN BARRY & HIS ORCHESTRA – The Menace

THE TONY HATCH ORCHESTRA – Devil’s Herd

THE XL5 – Caviare

BRIAN FAHEY & HIS ORCHESTRA – At The Sign Of The Swingin’ Cymbals

THE KREW KATS – Trambone (alt take, stereo)

THE SHADOWS – Big Boy

THE HUNTERS – I Beg Of You

THE EAGLES – The Lonely Bull

THE SPOTNICKS – Moonshot

THE FENTONES – Gringo

THE OUTLAWS – Smoke Signals

JOE BROWN – English Country Garden

THE THUNDERBOLTS – Feeling In The Mood

RHET STOLLER – Night Theme

THE CHECKMATES – Ram Bunk Shush

JOHNNIE (THE GASH) GRAY – Big Guitar

THE COUGARS – Red Square

KENNY CLAYTON – String Gloves

CYRIL DAVIES & HIS RHYTHM & BLUES ALL STARS – Country Line Special

THE NASHVILLE FIVE – Bag’s Groove

CHERRY WAINER – Iced Coffee

SOUNDS INCORPORATED – Sounds Like Locomotion

BOB MILLER & THE MILLERMEN – Tha’s It

KEN MACKINTOSH & HIS ORCHESTRA – Squatty

THE INNOCENTS – Grazina

BERT WEEDON – Teenage Guitar

THE SUNSETS – Savoy Club Stomp

RAVENS ROCK GROUP – Career Girl

THE SLEEPWALKERS – Golden Mile

BRIAN BENTLEY & THE BACHELORS – Caramba

JIM GUNNER & THE ECHOES – Footloose

UNKNOWN – The Phantom Hussar

THE RAPIERS – Phantom Stage

THE PHANTOMS – The Phantoma

THE TORNADOES – Ridin’ The Wind (US version)

CD2

THE SNEAKY PETES – The Savage (part 1)

THE SUNSETS – Mountain King

THE NU-NOTES – Cherokee War Dance

THE ELDORADOS – Fleetwood

THE NOCTURNES – Raw-Hide

THE OUTLAWS – Barbeque

THE SHADOWS – Tales Of A Raggy Tramline

THE SPOTNICKS – Dark Eyes

THE ALAN MOOR FOUR – Hava Nagila

FIFTY FINGERS-FIVE GUITARS – Night Train

THE TORNADOES – The Breeze And I

THE FEDERALS – Boot Hill

PETER JAY & JAYWALKERS – Jaywalker

THE SPACE TRAVELLERS – Meteorite

LORD ROCKINGHAM’ XI – Newcastle Twist

THE FLEE-REKKERS – Bitter Rice

CHARLES BLACKWELL & HIS ORCHESTRA – Supercar

OZZIE WARLOCK & THE WIZARDS – Wow!

THE BUCCANEERS – Hearts Of Stone

THE JOHN BARRY SEVEN – Skid Row

THE DIAMONDS – Chasey-Chasey

THE PETE CHESTER GROUP – Forest Fire

DAVID EDE & THE GO MAN GO MEN – Bootnik

MICHAEL HILL – Beatnik Boogie

DENNIS NEWEY – Yea Yea

JUDD PROCTOR – The Turk

THE JAGUARS – The Beat

THE JEFF ROWENA GROUP – Ambush

THE TED TAYLOR FOUR – Surf Rider

THE WERLWINDS – Dig Deep

THE BOYS – Jumpin’

THE RUSTLERS – A Matter Of Who

WEE WILLIE HARRIS – Got A Match?

BOB CORT SKIFFLE – Bouncing Around

THE ALEXIS KORNER BREAKDOWN GROUP featuring CYRIL DAVIES – Roundhouse Stomp.