A guest on my radio programme yesterday, brought in "The Ultimate Rockin' Halloween Party" from Viper Records of Liverpool. I've included the details on the Halloween thread but their catalogue is too good to ignore! Viper Records


Maybe the label has been mentioned on Mudcat before but I ain't heard about it.
How about these?

The Song Before The Song
1 Big Mama Thornton – Hound Dog 1952
2 Hal Singer -Rock Around The Clock 1950
3 Henry Thomas – Bull Doze Blues 1928
4 Josh White- House of the Rising Sun 1944
5 Nat King Cole – Route 66 1946
6 Leadbelly - Gallis Pole 1939
7 One Night – Smiley Lewis 1955
8 The Bently Boys- Down on Penny's Farm 1929
9 Slim Gaillard - Tutti Frutti 1945
10 Sidney Bechet – Summertime 1939
11 Lucille Bogan – T and No Blues 1933
12 Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go 1935
13 Arthur Crudup – My Baby Left Me 1950
14 Blind Blake – Diddle Wa Diddie 1929
15 Emmett Miller – Lovesick Blues 1928
16 Hank Snow – A Fool Such As I 1952
17 Lonnie Coleman – Old Rock Island Blues 1929
18 Bill Monroe – Blue Moon of Kentucky 1946
19 Jack Kelly's South Memphis Jug Band – Highway 61 1933
20 Emry Arthur - I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow 1928
Worth buying for "Hound Dog" and "Rock Around The Clock" alone!

American Protest Songs 1928 – 1953
1 The Sons Of The Pioneers - Old Man Atom 1947
2 Texas Jim Robertson -The Last Page of Mein Kampf 1942
3 Lee Hays + The Almanac Singers -The Dodger Song 1941
4 Bessie Smith- Nobody Knows You When You're Down &Out 1929
5 Uncle Dave Macon - We're Up Against It Now 1926
6 Big Bill Broonzy - Black,Brown And White 1951
7 Slim Smith - Breadlines Blues 1931
8 Golden Gate Quartet- Atom And Evil 1946
9 The Monroe Brothers - The Forgotten Soldier Boy 1936
10 Memphis Minnie - Husslin' Blues Women 1945
11 Harry McClintock - Fifty Years From Now 1931
12 Mississippi Sheiks - Sales Tax 1934
13 Josh White/Millard Lampell The Almanac Singers-Billy Boy 1941
14 Billy Hughes & his Buckaroos - Atomic Sermon 1953
15 Dave McCarn - Poor Man, Rich Man 1930
16 Gene Autry - The Death Of Mother Jones 1931
17 Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit 1939
18 Furry Lewis - Judge Harsh Blues 1928
19 Ernest V. Stoneman - All I've Got Is Gone 1928
20 Woody Guthrie - 1913 Massacre 1945

BANGED UP American Jailhouse Songs 1920's to 1950's
1)The Robins – Riot in Cell Block No 9 1954
2) Willie Nix - Prison Bound Blues 1953
3) Lonesome Pine Fiddlers – Twenty One Years 1952
4) Jimmie Rogers – In The Jailhouse Now 1928
5) Big Maceo – County Jail 1941
6) Bill Cox - Long Chain Charlie Blues 1934
7) Bukka White – Parchman Farm Blues 1940
8) Delmore Brothers – Lonesome Jailhouse Blues 1933
9) Bessie Smith - Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair' 1927
10) Bunny Berigan – Prisoner's Song 1937
11) Richard Berry – The Big Break 1954
12) Jimmie Davis - Penitentiary Bound 1930
13) Leroy Carr – Christmas in Jail, ain't that a Pain 1929
14) Oklahoma Tornadoes – La Prison Circa 1940
15) Gene Autry – Dallas County Jail Blues 1931
16) Red Allen – Patrol Wagon Blues 1930
17) Blue Sky Boys – Prisoner's Dream 1938
18) Merline Johnson – Crime Doesn't Pay 1937
19) Alex – Prison Blues Circa 1940
20) Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues 1955

WILD AND WONDEROUS - ROOTS OF ROCK 'N' ROLL
1 Johnny Guitar Watson - Space Guitar 1953 A recording way ahead of its time
( Listen to the use of Echo ). Sounding like Jimi Hendrix but in 1953.
2 Lightning Slim -She's Gone Passionate raw Blues at its best.
3 Harlem Hamfats -Oh Red 1936 A track that was covered later by Howlin' Wolf, Count Basie and The Ink Spots
4 Ella Fitzgerald - Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer 1951 The Queen of the Blues sings about 'Little Green Men'- Wonderful !
5 Mississippi Jook Band - Hittin' The Bottle Stomp 1936 Inspired Robert Johnson who could have sat in on this session.
6 Will Bradley Trio - Down The Road Apiece 1940 A Boogie Woogie classic.
7 Hank Williams - Rockin' Chair Money 1949 A genius. A Rock star before Rock 'n' Roll was invented.
8 Louis Jordan- Saturday Night Fish Fry 1949 A contender for the first
Rock 'n' Roll record.
9 The Boswell Sisters - Rock and Roll 1934 The first mention of the term
'Rock 'n' Roll.
10 Chet Atkins - Oh By Jingo! 1953 A guitarist who influenced Rock guitarists
even today.
11 Samantha Bumgarner & Eva Davis - Big-Eyed Rabbit 1924 An example of a early Rural stringband which sounds almost tribal.
12 Huichol Tribe - Peyote Dance Circa 1950 The rhythm of Rock 'n' Roll.
13 Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - Let That Liar Alone Circa 1930 A preacher that influenced Rap.
14 Billy Briggs - Alarm Clock Boogie 1951 Country Boogie at it's best.
15 Wanda & Ruth Neal - Round Town Girls 1927 Rural music - ' Buffalo Girls Go Round The Outside'
16 Son House - My Black Mama pt 1 1930 Slide driven Blues influencing everyone from Robert Johnson to Led Zep.
17 Little Jimmy Dickens - Rockin' With Red 1953 A Rockabilly standard.
18 Dock Boggs -Country Blues 1927 Talking Mountain Blues before Woody Guthrie.
19 Dirty Red - Mother Fuyer 1947 A good example of rude Blues, a phenomenon that exists in Rock today.
20 The Picaninny Jug Band - You've Gotta Have That Thing' 1932 One of the greatest Jug bands with what sounds like a mad Pop song.


BOOZE FULLED BLUES, BLUEGRASS, HILLBILLY & R 'N' B FROM THE 1920's - 1950's
1 Drunk - Jimmy Liggins 1953
2 Blues in a Bottle- Prince Albert Hunt 1928
3 Whiskey Do Your Stuff - Louis Jordan 1954
4 If the River was Whiskey - Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers 1930
5 Drinkin' Wine Spo-dee-o-dee- Stick Mc Ghee & his Buddies 1949
6 The Gin House Blues - Bessie Smith 1926
7 Paddy won't you Drink some Cider- Gid Tanner & his Skillet Lickers 1928
8 C.V Wine - Howlin' Wolf 1952
9 Drunkard's Special- Coley Jones 1929
10 Good,Good,Whiskey- Amos Milburn 1954
11 Lets Get Drunk Again - Bo Carter 1938
12 Drunkard's Hiccoughs - TJ.E Mainer's Mountaineers 1939
13 Alcohol - Paul Williams 1952
14 Drunken Hearted Man - Robert Johnson 1937
15 Thirsty Mama Blues - The Hot Lips Page Trio 1940
16 The Old Home Brew - The Dixon Brothers 1937
17 Juiced - Billy Love 1951
18 Jake Walk Blues - The Allen Brothers 1930
19 Moonshine Man Blues - Peter Cleighton with Blind John Davis 1941
20 Wine,Women,Whiskey - Papa Lightfoot 1954

American Guitar Tracks From The 1920's - 1950's
1. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson – Space Guitar 1954
2. Eddie Hill – The Hot Guitar 1951
3. Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith – Guitar Boogie 1949
4. Jimmy Murphy – That First Guitar of Mine 1952
5. Nick Lucas – Picking the guitar 1922
6. Bo Diddley – Spanish Guitar 1955
7. Tommy Sargent – Steel Guitar Boogie 1948
8. Adolph Hofner – I'll Keep My Old Guitar 1938
9. Joe Maphis – Fire on the strings 1955
10. Roy Smeck's Serenaders – Guitarese 1936
11. Tommy McClennan – I'm a Guitar King 1941
12. Chet Atkins – Guitar Blues 1946
13. Chuck Berry – Berry Pickin' 1955
14. Eddie Lang and Lonnie Johnson – Playing with the strings 1929
15. Tiny Murphy + his bar 69 Boys – Hot Steel 1953
16. Django Reinhardt – Swing Guitars 1938
17. Leon McAuliffe – Twin Guitar Boogie 1947
18. Roland and Scott – guitar stomp Circa 1930
19. Les Paul – Guitar Boogie 1947
20. Al Casey - Guitar Man 1957
American Road Songs from the 1920's – 1950's
1. Clarence Garlow – Route 90 1953
2. Buddy and Bob – Down the Line Demo Circa 1955
3. Amos Milburn – Down the Road apiece 12th Sept 1946
4. Jazz Gillum – Key to the Highway 9th May 1940
5. Nat 'King' Cole – Route 66 15th March 1946
6. Woody Guthrie – Going down the road feeling Bad 24th April 1944
7. Sister Rosetta Tharpe – The Lonesome Road 1938
8. Norridge Mayhams and the Blue Chips – Stay on the Right side of the Road 1936
9. Gatemouth Moore – Highway 61 1948
10. Robert Johnson – Crossroads Blues version 1 27th Nov 1936
11. Howlin' Wolf – Driving This Highway Sept 1951
12. McKinney 's Cotton Pickers – Rocky Road 3rd Nov 1930
13. Ashley and Foster – Haunted road Blues 2nd Dec 1931
14. Johnny Cash – Wide Open Road Sun Demo Circa late 1954
15. Big Joe Williams – 49 Highway Blues 25th Feb 1935
16. Jimmy Reed – State Street Boogie 3rd April 1957
17. Hank Williams – I've been down that road before Radio Session Circa 1951
18. Jerry Lee Lewis – End of the Road 14th Nov 1956
19. Jack Kelly – Highway No 61 Blues 1st Aug 1933
20. The Soul Stirrers – The Last Mile of The Way 17 Aug 1955

Standard price seems to be £7.99! I feel a buying spree coming on!

Eddie