Blowing the Fuse: 29 R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox in 1954
This series has been simply breathtaking. From records of black combos doing their night club numbers to commercial artefacts aimed at the teenage dollar, music had changed remarkable from 1945 to 1960, and this series documents it with startling clarity, both historically and sonically. These last five volumes will probably be of most interest to most, and I recommended all of them to you (and the other eleven). --Pete Bowen, Now Dig This, 5/2006