The Ray-O-Vacs - Party Time

Ripping early R&B Rocker. Man it's hard to beleive this is from 1955/56 because it rips so hard. Great guitar and just an killer uptempo groove. When these guys say "It's Party Time!" They mean it! I would have loved to party with these dudes... Plus they named themselves after an old battery company. Killer. Looks like they were from New York.

a bit more info HERE: Also a good blog peice on them HERE: @ Be Bop Wino:

The Ray-O-Vacs - Party Time

Gus Jenkins And Orchestra - Slow Down

Big Rockin' R&B stomper w/ great guitar by Mr. Gus Jenkins And Orchestra doing Slow Down from 1958.

Awesome.

b. 24 March 1931, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, d. December 1985, Los Angeles, USA. Like many of his generation, Jenkins drew his influences from 40s blues and spent much of his mature career adapting to the demands of rock ‘n’ roll and R&B. As his earliest recordings for Chess and Specialty show, Jenkins, like Jimmy McCracklin, modelled himself on St. Louis pianist Walter Davis. Both largely unissued sessions took place in 1953 and featured ‘Cold Love’ and ‘Mean And Evil’, which along with ‘Eight Ball’ and ‘I Ate The Wrong Part’, were based on Davis originals. Thereafter, Jenkins recorded extensively for Combo and Flash, before he started his own Pioneer label in 1959. Most of these recordings were piano or organ instrumentals with his or Mamie Perry’s vocals. He continued this policy through the early 60s with a series of singles on General Artists. Late in the decade, he converted to Islam and assumed the name Jaarone Pharoah.
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gus-jenkins-mn0001688015

Gus Jenkins And Orchestra - Slow Down

The Invaders - Wildroote

Little known punky instrumental garage soul stomper from Wall N.J. Go ahead, tell me more...?!?

The Invaders - Wildroote