More Long-Lost Honkers & Twangers / Various More Long-Lost Honkers & Twangers / Various CD

UK collection. The Golden Age of Instrumental Rock lasted for 10 glorious years - from modest beginnings in 1956 with just three US Top 100 chart entries, through the peak year of 1961 with 52 hits, onto a still very respectable 27 chart showings in 1965. After the breakthrough of the Beatles in the USA, everything changed, but even then, the Ventures kept the instrumental flag flying into the early 70s. For a movement that was originally seen as little more than a passing fad, it has outlasted many other genres and endures into the 21st century, maverick young musicians still strapping on guitars and heading out for a twangy trip on the reverb-ed highway of instrumental rock to play classics such as 'Walk Don't Run', 'Rumble', 'Miserlou', 'Apache', 'Wipe Out' or 'Pipeline'. Here we bring you a second volume of Long-Lost Honkers & Twangers featuring 10 rarities from the genre's heyday, plus a whopping 14 previously unissued gems by the Ventures, Ramrods, Velvetones, Mus-Twangs and other instrumental bands. Compilation and notes by Ace's go-to instro experts Dave Burke and Alan Taylor, longstanding co-editors of Pipeline magazine.

1. Guitare Jet - Les Jaguars 2. Wolf Pack - the Mus-Twangs 3. Road Runnah - the Road Runners 4. Diamond Back - Cecil Moore ; the Notes 5. Mirage - the Night Caps 6. Blue Tail Fly (Alternate Version) - the Ventures 7. Sunny River - the Marksmen 8. Louisiana - the Ventures 9. Zombie Surfer - the Ramrods 10. Red Wing - the Carnations 11. Peace Pipe - the Marksmen 12. Moon Walking - Billy Strange 13. Canadian Capers - the Lemon Drops 14. Nokie's Fenokey - the Marksmen 15. Mach 1 - the Chancellors 16. Claire de Looney - the Zanies 17. Harlem Nocturne - Music City Swingers 18. Blue Money - the Ventures 19. Zanzibar - the Mus-Twangs 20. Jericho - the Velvetones 21. Downtown (Alternate Version) - the Ventures 22. Whitewater Wipe Out - Ed Burkey 23. Swing the Mess Around - 24. Mike Gordon ; the Agates 25. Russian Roulette - the Zanies