Various – Skiffle From Britain To Broadway – 4CD

An important collection of British Skiffle that will, for the first time, allow modern listeners to hear that this era of British music was actually filled with high quality roots music from which the 1960's revolution flowed.

Before the British Invasion, before the Beatles, before all that happened in the 1960's there were some roots and these are them. Skiffle was a marvellous amalgam of blues, jazz and swinging folk and some of the best and most important music is presented here over 4CDs-superbly remastered and presented.

Track Listing:

CD1:
Lonnie Donegan: 1. Railroad Bill - 2:26   2. Midnight Special - 2:18   3. Worried Man Blues - 2:13   4. Rock Island Line - 2:32   5. John Henry - 2:10   6. Have a Drink On Me - 2:53   7. Cumberland Gap - 2:01   8. Puttin' On the Style - 3:40   9. Diggin' My Potatoes - 3:12   10. My Dixie Darlin' - 3:02   11. When the Sun Goes Down - 3:55   The Vipers Skiffle Group: 12. Easy Rider - 2:30   13. Ain't You Glad - 2:23   14. 10,000 Years Ago - 2:21   15. Streamline Train - 2:37   16. Railroad Steamboat - 2:40   17. Maggie May - 1:56   18. Homing Bird - 2:17   19. Liverpool Blues - 2:22   Chris Barber Skiffle Group: 20. Gypsy Davy - 2:14   21. Can't You Line 'Em - 2:06   22. Doin' My Time - 3:31   23. Where Could I Go? - 2:48   Beryl Bryden's Backroom Skiffle: 24. Kansas City Blues - 2:58 25. Casey Jones - 3:19

CD2:
Avon Cities Skiffle Group: 1. Julian Johnson - 1:56   2. Hey, Hey Daddy Blues - 2:37   3. How Long Blues - 2:42   4. Lonesome Day Blues - 2:35   5. I Don't Know - 2:31   6. Fisherman's Blues - 2:47   7. Green Corn - 3:06   8. This Little Light of Mine - 2:10   9. I'm On My Way To Canaan Land - 2:13   10. Roll 'Em Pete - 3:23   11. House of the Rising Sun - 2:48   12. Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet - 2:44   Les Hobeaux: 13. Oh Mary Don't You Weep - 2:21   14. Toll the Bell Easy - 2:22   15. Mama Don't Allow - 2:12   Johnny Duncan & The Bluegrass Boys: 16. Footprints In the Snow - 2:24   17. Last Train To San Fernando - 2:31   18. Get Along Home Cindy - 2:24   19. Rockabilly Baby - 2:11   20. I Heard the Bluebirds Sing - 2:21   Delta Skiffle Group: 21. Ain't You Glad - 2:03   22. Open Up Those Pearly Gates - 2:19   Lea Valley Skiffle Group: 23. Railroad Bill - 2:53   24. Long Time Gone - 2:24   25. I'm Gonna Walk and Talk With Jesus - 2:57

CD3:
Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group: 1. Ella Speed - 3:11   2. Down By the Riverside - 2:39   3. Take This Hammer - 3:35    4. Streamline Train - 2:47    5. The Grey Goose - 3:11   6. I Can't Sleep - 3:06   7. Go Down Old Hannah - 2:50   8. K.C. Moan - 2:59   9. House Rent Stomp - 2:21   10. Midnight Hour Blues - 3:00   11. Old Riley - 2:32   12. Casey Jones - 2:36   Alexis Korner Skiffle Group: 13. Death Letter - 2:45   14. Roundhouse Stomp - 2:57   15. Kid Man - 2:26   16. National Defence Blues - 2:17   17. Boll Weevil - 3:27   18. Good Morning Blues - 2:40   The Bob Cort Skiffle Group: 19. Where D'you Get Your Whisky - 2:28   20. The Ark - 2:36   21. Yes Suh - 1:53   22. Eight More Miles To Louisville - 2:11   Original Barnstormers Spasm Band: 23. Tiger Rag - 2:38   24. Stormin' the Barn - 2:23   25. That's All There is - 2:49

CD4:
Jimmy Miller & His Barbecues: 1. Sizzlin' Hot - 2:15   2. Free Wheelin' Baby - 2:32   Station Skiffle Group: 3. Hugged My Honey - 4:10   4. Titanic - 4:42   5. Steamboat Bill - 2:34   6. Don't You Rock Me Daddy O - 2:18   2.19 Skiffle Group: 7. Hand Me Down My Walking Cane - 2:26   8. Railroad Bill - 2:51   9. Union Maid - 3:02   City Ramblers Skiffle Group: 10. Delia's Gone - 3:04   11. Candy Lips - 2:12   12. Foggy Mountain Top- 2:03   13. Midnight Special - 2:35   14. Boodle Am Shake - 3:03   15. Tom Dooley - 2:53   16. Keep Your Pistol Good and Loaded - 2:34   Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group: 17. Freight Train - 2:59   18. Green Back Dollar - 2:27   19. New Orleans - 2:47   20. Poor Howard - 2:51   Dickie Bishop & His Sidekicks: 21. Cumberland Gap - 2:10   22. The Prisoner's Song - 2:37   23. Shorty George - 3:49   Eden Street Skiffle Group: 24. Raise the Ruckus Tonight - 2:13   25. Gloryland - 2:12 .