Various - A Rhythm & Blues Chronology Vol.2 - 1942-1944 Claude Speeed It‰۪s a tragic story of

It‰۪s a tragic story of one that got away: if things had gone differently perhaps ‰Û÷Silent Passage‰۪ would be considered a country-rock classic - slotted somewhere between

As an African-derived music

creating a more unsettling sense of tension than if the songs were given the usual heavy rock instrumentation

includes CD

Black Francis' primal wail is complemented by the sheer brilliance of Joey Santiago on guitar

Various - A Rhythm & Blues Chronology Vol.2 - 1942-1944 Claude Speeed It‰۪s a tragic story ofRhythm and Blues was not generally recognised as a distinct musical genre until the years following the end of World War II. These 4CD sets centred on 1940 1944 attempt to pinpoint records typical of the various strands of music which coalesced into what can now be seen as a historically definable form of black popular music, commonly abbreviated to R&B. Previously, the American record industry had marketed blues, jazz, jug band, hokum, sacred and