VA - Roots Of Rock & Roll 1927-1952 (Vol.1-8) (16 CD Boxset) (1996-2003)

VA - Roots Of Rock & Roll 1927-1952 (Vol.1-8) (16 CD Boxset) (1996-2003)
8 Volumes, 16CDs | Mp3 320 kbps | Release: 1996-2003 | 1.78 GB
Genre: Rock & Roll

Legend would have it that Rock'N'Roll was born in Memphis in 1954 when a young truck-driver by the name Elvis Presley opted to sing "Black Blues" his way. A legend that drastically over-simplifies reality, however, for the roots of Rock'N'Roll are already to be found in the early recordings of Blues, Jazz and Country music of the mid-1920. This collection, created by Gerard Herzhaft, shows that the Rock 'n' Roll was not born with Bill Haley and Elvis Presley but before, the fusion of Rhythm and Blues, Western Swing, Country, Gospel - or the whole of popular music from the early twentieth century. This collection has become indispensable, because the history of interbreeding reveals the crystallization and the formation of gender identity as the history of amplified music...