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BARGAIN BASEMENT
COMPACT DISCS - Vintage Rock 'n' Roll & Rockabilly
Joe Barry -> Link Wray
| JOE BARRY THE BLASTERS JIMMY CLANTON ROY HEAD ERSEL HICKEY |
AUGIE
MEYERS & THE WESTERN HEAD BAND SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET WARREN STORM VARIOUS ARTISTS LINK WRAY & THE WRAYMEN |
| JOE BARRY | Edsel 610 | The Loneliest Boy In The World | ● CD |
| 17 tracks, very good 17 tracks (including several alternate takes) recorded for Huey Meaux in the mid 60s by this fine swamp popper best known for his fine 1961 hit I'm A Fool To Care. The material here is a mix of swamp pop ballads, Louisiana rockers and country songs. Best of the tracks is the rocking title song, the intense ballad Fat's In The Fire, with some very nice guitar, the Elvis flavored You Belong To My Heart and some others. Like other titles in this series which relies extensively on unissued demos, some of the material is fairly mediocre and the alternate takes are unecesarry. But there's definitely some worthwhile material here. (FS) |
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| JOE BARRY | Edsel 617 | (AKA Roosevelt Jones) Crazy Cajun Recordings, Vol. 2 | ● CD |
| 16 more sides recorded for Huey Meaux in the 60s with Joe
using the pseudonym Roosevelt Jones in an ttempt to persuade listeners that
he was black! Includes Greatest Moment Of My Life/ You Don't Have To Be A
Baby To Cry/ Come What May/ You Call Everybody Darlin'/ I'm Looking Over A
Four Leaf Clover, etc. |
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| THE BLASTERS | Hightone 8148 | Trouble Bound - Live 2002 | ● CD |
| 17 tracks, 67 min, recommended The original Blasters back & loud! Led by the feudin' Alvin brothers, Phil on vocals & rhythm & Dave on lead (I heard rumors that Dave may be joining Dylan's band!) with original rhythm section of Jon Bazz & Bill Bateman, with relative newcomer Gene Taylor on piano - he didn't join the band until after their 2nd LP! Very solid & rockin', with all the faves from the old days (American Music/ Marie Marie/ Long White Cadillac/ Hollywood Bed/ Trouble Bound. Recorded live at the House of Blues in L.A. during two 2002 reunion shows. (GM) |
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| JIMMY CLANTON | Westside 842 | Jimmy's Happy/ Jimmy Blue | ● CD |
| Two of Jimmy's early 60s Ace albums on one CD - You're
Just In Love/ Jimmy's Tune/ I'm Sitting On Top Of The World/ I'm Beginning
To See The Light/ Over The Rainbow/ Somebody, Please help Me/ Don't Look At
Me, etc. |
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| ROY HEAD | Edsel 598 | White Texas Soul Shouter - Crazy Cajun Recordings | ● CD |
| 24 tracks featuring Texas singer Roy Head on a collection of
rock 'n' roll, R&B, blues and soul songs recorded for Huey Meaux in the
early 70s - mostly covers. Includes One More Time/ Get Out Of My Life
Woman/ I'm Not A Fool Anymore/ Double Your Satisfaction/ Bring It To jerome/
Drivin' Wheel/ How Do You Think I Can Live With Somebody/ Do What You Can Do,
etc. The opening cuts is supposed to be a version of One More Time by
Roy but is actually a song by Lowell Fulson. No doubt a tape error. As far
as I know all copies are like this. |
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| ERSEL HICKEY | Collectables 6479 | The Rockin' Bluebird | ● CD |
| 20 track collection of Epic sides from the late 50s and
early 60s including Ersel's only hit Bluebirds Over The Mountain plus
Goin' Down That Road/ You Never Can Tell/ Don't Be Afraid Of Love/ People
Gotta Talk/ What Do You Want?/ Stardust Brought Me You, etc. |
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| AUGIE MEYERS & THE WESTERN HEAD BAND | Edsel 554 | Live At The Longneck | ● CD |
| 11 tracks, 33 mins, recommended When Augie Meyer rocked the organ solo in She's About A Mover in 1965, he had the longest man hair in Texas Rock `n' Roll, with it flowing radically past his shirt collar. Ten years later, Augie still had the longest man hair in Texas Rock `n" Roll, with a hippy pony tail that was down to his butt when he tore apart the Longneck bar in San Antonio doing among others, Hello, Mary Lou/ Hen Pecked Polka, and even the most rockin' version of the Hokey Pokey ever. He was a firebrand in '65 and a legend in '75, releasing records on his own Texas Record Company and ruling the local bars, when he wasn't jammin' with Dylan or re-uniting with Sir Doug and crew. In 1975 he was (and still is) cooking up a hardy musical stew of R'N'R, Blues, Tex-Mex, Country and yes, even Polka! There is a strong contingent of Sir Doug, Augie, Texas Tornadoes etc. fans among the Roots and Rhythm regulars who will certainly dig this. Great notes by John Lomax III and the Edsel crew as well. (JM) |
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| AUGIE MEYERS & THE WESTERN HEAD BAND | Edsel EDCD 555 | Finally In Lights | ● CD |
| 10 tracks, 35 Mins, recommended Tex-Mex superstar Augie Meyers and his rag-tag band of hippies and outlaws tore up the San Antonio Texas scene in the 1970's and occasionally still do today. Edsel records is doing a fine job re-issuing all of Augie's records from the time that he put out on his own "The Texas Re Cord Co" based out of his home town of Bulverde (I'm pretty sure that means bull in green sauce) Texas, just north of San Antonio. This batch of ten eclectic tunes features 7 originals by Meyers, country standards Release Me and Deep In The Heart Of Texas and the swell "Cowboy" Jack Clement song Miller's Cave. Articulate and entertaining liner notes by Clayton (Augie's Son) Meyers (original) and John Lomax III (new), as well as a complete album discography covering The Sir Douglas Quartet through to the Texas Tornadoes (R.I.P. Doug Sahm & Freddy Fender). (JM) |
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| SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET | Edsel 557 | Live Love | ● CD |
| 10 tracks, 37 min., highly recommended Recorded live at The Armadillo in Austin, Texas, in 1977, this SDQ show offers an admirable eclecticism of song that few groups could match. These boys take diverse material from many musical styles and play them all as if they were born doing it. They cover Eddie Floyd's Knock On Wood, Roosevelt Sykes' Drivin' Wheel, the Smokey Robinson-penned My Girl, Roky Erickson's Starry Eyes, and assorted originals by Mr. Sahm. Original band member and sought after session man Augie Meyers works his brand of tex-mex magic throughout. And indeed both sets of booklet notes are all about Meyers (Sir Doug is barely mentioned) as this is part of Edsel's efforts to reissue albums from Meyers' own record label. A nice set, if a bit short. (JC) |
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| WARREN STORM | Edsel 636 | King Of The Dance Halls - The Crazy Cajun Recordings | ● CD |
| 26 tracks, 67 mins, highly recommended We've managed to turn up a few copies of this out of print set.Terrific collection of swamp pop from one of Louisiana's finest singers recorded for Huey Meaux's Crazy Cajun label between 1963 and 1973. Warren, who is also a superb drummer, started recording for Jay Miller's Nasco label in 1958 and on many of his recordings for Miller he sounded like a Fats Domino imitator. By the time of these recordings he found his own voice and a very fine and expressive one it is. The selection is a mixture of new songs, R&B, rock 'n' roll and country favorites - all given a soulful swamp feel. Among the highlights are superb blue eyed soul renditions of two country oldies Daydreamin' and Tennessee Walts, a fine version of Delbert McClinton's Honky Tonkin' and a cover of Fats Doomino's Blue Monday which shows just how far he's come since his days of imitating Domino. But it's all good and unlike some of the Crazy Cajun reissues there are no bad tracks here. A few of the unissued tracks were from a tape with variable tape speed but these have been fixed as to be barely noticeable. Informative notes by Louisiana expert John Broven though some discographical data would have been welcome. (FS) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Charly CPCD 8137 | Unissued Sun Masters | ● CD |
| 30 tracks, 69 min., recommended These vintage rockabilly tracks, not up to Sam Phillips "release standard" at the time of their recording in the mid-50's to early 60's, may not compare handsomely with the prime works of Elvis, Jerry Lee, Johnny, Warren, Carl or Billy, but they still make most of the non-Sun competition look pretty weak. And this material is truly obscure, with most cuts not listed in previous "complete" discographies. Among the featured tracks are Wampus Cat by Howard Chandler, Treat Me Right by Ken Parchman, Peroxide Blond & Hopped Up Model Ford by Gene Simmons, Teenage Way by Narvel Felts, Little Girl by Carl McVoy, I'm Stepping Aside by Harold Dorman, Tired of Love by Teddy Reidel, and But Now That It's Over by Johnny Powers. If you're a got-to-have-it-all Sun Records fan, or if you're just a dyed-in-the-wool rockabilly lover, this is not a disc you'll want to pass by. Solid sound quality, and worthwhile artist-by-artist liner notes by Adam Komorowski. (DH) ANDY ANDERSON: Johnny Valentine/ HOWARD CHANDLER: Wampus Cat/ HAROLD DORMAN: I'm Stepping Aside/ NARVEL FELTS: Cry Baby Cry/ Did You Tell Me/ Teenage Way/ RAY GARDEN: This Chick/ RUDY GRAYZELL: Remember When/ JIMMY HAGGETT: Rabbit Action/ CURTIS HOBACK: King Is Back, The/ With My Best Friend/ GLENN HONEYCUTT: Campus Love/ CARL MCVOY: Little Girl/ You're The Only Star/ CURLEY MONEY: Chain Gang Charlie/ KEN PARCHMAN: Love Crazy Baby/ Treat Me Right/ DICK PENNER: Someday Baby/ JOHNNY POWERS: But Now That It's Over/ Don't Got Away/ LYNN PRATT: If I Can't Have You/ JIMMY PRITCHETT: Nothing On My Mind/ TEDDY REIDEL: Stop/ Tired Of Love/ GENE ROSS: Everybody's Trying To Kiss My Baby/ GENE SIMMONS: Peroxide Blond & Hopped Up Model Ford/ RAY SMITH: Right Behind You Baby/ CLIFF THOMAS: Dance Little Girl/ JESSE LEE TURNER: Put Me Down/ UNKNOWN ARTIST: Little Red Hen |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Charly CPCD 8161 | Essential Sun Rockabillies, Vol. 3 | ● CD |
| 25 tracks CD with 11 page booklet featuring sides by Sonny
Burgess, Charlie Feathers, Mickey Gilley, Carl Perkins, Jack earls, Tracy
Pendarvis and others. DEAN BEARD: What Can I Do/ TOMMY BLAKE: I Dig You Baby/ EDWIN BRUCE: Rock Boppin' Baby/ SONNY BURGESS: The Prisoner's Song (a.k.a. Wings Of An Angel)/ JOHNNY CARROLL: Rock Baby Rock It/ JEAN CHAPEL: I Won't Be Rockin' Tonight/ HAROLD DORMAN: Spark Of Love/ JACK EARLS: Let's Bop/ CHARLIE FEATHERS: The Man In Love/ NARVEL FELTS: You Don't Care/ MICKEY GILLEY: Thinkin' Of Me/ JIMMY HAGGETT: Do Me Like You Do/ ROY HALL: Sweet Love On My Mind/ CURTIS HOBACK: For All I'm Worth/ GLENN HONEYCUT: Rock All Night/ HAROLD JENKINS: Rock House/ LUKE MCDANIEL: My Baby Don't Rock/ CARL MCVOY: Lonely Heart/ LEE MITCHELL: The Frog/ TRACY PENDARVIS: My Girl In My Hometown/ CARL PERKINS: Dixie Fried/ MACK SELF: I Vibrate/ GENE SIMMONS: Juicy Fruit/ MACY SKIPPER: Slow Rock & Roll/ MALCOLM YELVINGTON: Have Myself A Ball |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Classics Records CD 705 | Yucca Records Rock 'n Roll Story | ● CD |
| 25 tracks from the late 50s and early 60s recorded for this
lively label based in Alamagordo, New Mexico - several not originally issued
- Bob Taylor, Bobby Fuller, Sonny Wallace, Bill Chappell, Long John Hunter,
Jerry Bright and others. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Collectables 5319 | Have Yourself A Ball | ● CD |
| Originally an LP on the English Krazy Kat label. A set of 14
sides from Gotham's rock'n'roll subsidiary 20th Century. Most of the tunes
are in a Bill Haley-ish rockaphilly jive style featuring brass sections, sax
solos and forced-sounding "teenaged" lyrics. The best here are the 5
earliest Charlie Gracie sides, pre-Cameo, backed by The Wildcats - helped
quite a bit by Charlie's great guitar solos - Honey Honey/ Wildwood
Boogie + 3. There's a couple alternate takes by Bobby Boyd's Jazz
Bombers, unissued material by The Playboys and coverboys Don Haven & The Hi-Fi's
(which may also be The Playboys, The Nu-Tones, heard here on Jump Figaro
Jump and The Bombers) and finally 2 by Mike Pedicin Quintet including
his hit cover of Shake A Hand. BOBBY BOYD'S JAZZ BOMBERS: Dilly Dally/ Rockin' And Rollin' The Blues/ CHARLIE GRACIE & THE WILDCATS: Frankie And Johnny/ Head Home Honey/ Honey Honey/ My Baby Loves Me/ Wildwood Boogie/ DON HAVEN & THE HI-FI'S: Everybody's Going Crazy/ Have Yourself A Ball/ THE NUTONES: Jump Figaro Jump/ MIKE PEDECIN QUINTET: Shake A Hand/ THE MIKE PEDECIN QUINTET: Disc Jockey's Boogie/ THE PLAYBOYS: Everybody's Going Crazy/ Mambo Boogie |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Collectables 5326 | Be Bop Boogie | ● CD |
| CD issue of Krazy Kat LP 826. Second volume of rock'n'roll
from the Gotham vaults, mostly stuff that owner Ivin Ballen bought for
possible release. The tracks on Side one were obtained from the Oak label in
North Carolina and features Don Hager and The Hot Tots doing 2 takes of the
rockin' River Rock , Be Bop Boogie and a couple of lesser
tunes. Rockin' Ronnie walks through Boppin' The Blues but Glenn
Johnson & The Acorns' alternate take of Having Little Heart Attacks
is real fine with some hot guitar. Bobby Green & The Sportsmen open Side two
with a swingin' Sweet Thing , Johnson plods through a couple more
numbers, but Dudley Callicutt & The Go Boys, after weezing a lame ballad
really cut loose on Get Ready Baby . The Derocher Sisters wail an
awful ditty and then The Go Boys close things out with a pretty fair
instrumental, Ramble . (AE) DUDLEY CALLICUT & THE "GO" BOYS: Get Ready Baby/ Heart Trouble/ THE DEROCHER SISTERS: Saturday Night/ THE GO BOYS: Ramble/ BOBBY GREEN AND THE SPORTSMEN: Sweet Thing/ DON HAGER AND THE HOT TOTS: Be Bop Boogie (previously Unreleased)/ I Love You Dear Forever (unreleased Take)/ Liza Jane Bop (previously Unreleased)/ River Rock/ River Rock (previously Unreleased)/ GLENN JOHNSON & THE ACORNS: Having Little Heart Attacks (previously Unreleased)/ Putting It Together/ Run Here Honey/ ROCKIN' RONNIE: Boppin' The Blues (unreleased Take) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Hi HEXD 44 | Hi Records - The Early Years | ● CD |
| 57 tracks, 136 mins, recommended Previously available as two separate CDs. The Hi record label came into being in 1957, the brainchild of Ray Harris, whose two earlier Sun singles had gone nowhere, and Memphis songwriters and musicians Bill Cantrell and Quintin Claunch. Their attempt to find a distinctive but successful sound found enough local, and even some national, success that Hi became, between the glory days of Sun and the rise of Stax, the sound of Memphis. The major hits of Hi's earliest years were Smokie (Part Two) by the Bill Black Combo, Haunted House by Gene Simmons, and Tuff by Ace Cannon, all included here. Lesser known but solid cuts on the program include Daydreamin' by Carl McVoy, Skating in the Blue Light by the Charmettes, Lovin' Lil by Tommy Tucker, Judy by Bill Reeder, 26 Miles to Joliet by Darlene Wallace, and I Want to Hold You by Teddy Reddell. The second volume traces Hi's output throughout the 60's. The program opens with seven selections by Jerry Jaye, including My Girl Josephine and I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water. Tommy Tucker and Narvel Felts each merit four tracks. Tucker performs Shackles and Chains and I'm in Love with a Shadow, both influenced by the early sound of Johnny Cash. Felts offers interesting countrified covers of Since I Met You Baby and A Little Bit of Soap. Other featured performers include Charles Eldred, Murray Kellum, Gene Sutton, Gene Simmons, Jay B. Lloyd, Jerry Arnold, the Bill Black Combo, and Ace Canon. The 28 page booklet has extensive notes and song by song discussion, unfortunately they are printed in white on gray and so are difficult to read. (DH/FS) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Stardust 1072 | James Dean Era | ● CD |
| CD + DVD - Essential for James Dean fans This is an interesting set. 1st there's a CD with a lot of hard rockin' 50s tunes, hits ( Elvis - That's Alright Mama (Louisiana Hayride version), Little Richard - Tutti Frutti) & cult( Elroy Dietzel & The Rhythm Bandits - Rockin' Bones, Dwight Pullen - Sunglasses After Dark) as well as Marilyn Monroe singing I Wanna Be Loved By You & both sides of James Dean's very rare single Dean's Lament/ Jungle Rhythm - Dean's on bongos. This is all interspersed with soundbites of 50s mostly anti-rock'n'roll. The treat is the second disc, a DVD with three of Dean's rare starring TV appearances in their entirety. There's "Something For An Empty Suitcase" from Campbell's Soundstage 1953, two years before "Rebel Without A Cause", "The Unlighted Road " (Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars '55) & "I'm A Fool" (co-Starring Natalie Wood - General Electric Playhouse '54) hosted by Ronnie Reagan. All are with original commercials. Then there's Dean's famous driving safety public service announcement & an extremely rare Pepsi commercial with Dean. There's an outtake from "Giant", photos of Dean shot at a car race, & trailers for the three Dean movies. Booklet with extensive notes & it comes in a slipcase. (GM) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Varese Vintage VSD 5726 | Wax, Board And Woodie | ● CD |
| 14 tracks, 31 minutes, recommended Summer's not over yet! There's still plenty of time to feel sand between your toes, smell the oceans breezes, catch a wave.or at least listen to one more bitchin' surf comp. This CD has a good mix of instrumentals and vocal tracks, it's not just full of the same old tracks that you already have. Lesser known vocal tracks by the Surfaries, great instrumental bands like The Galaxies and The Blazers etc. On top of that you get rare band incarnations from '60s pop songwriting svengalis P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri like The Fantastic Baggys and Willie & The Wheeles. (JM) THE BEACHCOMBERS: Lone Survivor/ KAY BELL & THE TUFFS: Surfer's Stomp, (The Original)/ THE BLAZERS: The Masked Grandma/ THE CHANDELLES: El Gato/ JOHNNY CYMBAL: Tia Juana, (Surfin' At)/ THE GALAXIES: Tremble/ KENNY & THE FIENDS: Moon Shot/ THE KING PINS: Door Banger/ MILT ROGERS: Let's Go Trippin'/ THE RONDELS: On The Run/ PHIL SLOAN & THE FANTASTIC BAGGYS: Dragon Lady/ THE SURFARIS: Route 66, (Get Your Kicks On)/ Wax, Board And Woodie/ WILLIE & THE WHEELES: Skateboard Craze |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Westside 555 | (Not Just) A Pretty Face And A Pompadour | ● CD |
| 24 tracks of teen rock 'n' roll recorded for Johnny
Vincent's Ace label between 1958 & 1963 - 6 previously unissued. Includes
The Emereldas, Jimmy Clanton, Bobby Jay, Ike Clanton, Roland Stone, Scotty
McKae and others. JOHNNY ANGEL: Teenage Wedding/ BAT CARROLL: Aw! Who/ IKE CLANTON: I'm Sorry [undubbed]/ Show Me The Way/ JIMMY CLANTON: I Wanna Go Home/ It Takes A Long,long Time/ THE EMERALDS: Only Time Will Tell/ JOHNNY FAIRCHILD: Someone For Me/ Well Never Get Tired/ You'll Find Your Way/ DICK HOLLER: Baby I Love You/ DICK&HIS RO HOLLER: Living By The Gun/ BOBBY JAY: Venus In Blue Jeans/ HARRY LEE: You Don't Know/ SCOTTY MCKAY: Cry Me A River/ Little Liza Jane/ Olive Learned To Popeye/ Roberta/ Sea Cruise/ ROLAND STONE: Because I Do/ Somebody Nobody Wants/ Something Special/ CLIFF THOMAS: Don't Pony With Tony/ I Kneel At Your Throne [undubbed] |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Westside 829 | What Did They Do Before Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1 | ● CD |
| Subtitled "Amazing Artefacts of The 'Pre-Elvis' Era" this is
a collection of 20 tracks from RCA recorded between 1950 and 1955 and
includes pop favorites (Ricochet by Gogi Grant, Pa-Paya Mama
by Perry Como, etc), pop covers of R&B hits (Piddly Pitter Patter by
The Burton Sisters, Hands Off by Nan Wynn, etc) and some intriguing
pop & country songs that were later recorded by Presley (Are You Lonesome
Tonight by Don Cornell, I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine by
Tony Martin, Love Me by Jimmie Rodgers Snow, etc). Plus Ziggy Talent,
Vaughan Monroe, Stuart Hamblen, Buddy Morrow & His Orch, Eartha Kitt with
Perez Prado & His Orch., and others. THE BURTON SISTERS: Piddly Pitter Patter/ PERRY COMO: Pa-paya Mama/ DON CORNELL: Are You Lonesome Tonight?/ BILLY ECKSTINE: The Tennessee Rock 'n' Rock/ GOGI GRANT: Ricochet/ STUART HAMBLEN: This Ole House/ SPIKE JONES & HIS CITY SLICKERS: I Want Eddie Fisher For Christmas/ EARTHA KITT: Sweet And Gentle (me Lo Dijo Adela)/ The Heel/ TONY MARTIN: Caribbean/ I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine/ There's No Tomorrow/ VAUGHN MONORE: Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots/ VAUGHN MONROE: They Were Doin' The Mambo/ TONY MORROW & HIS ORCH.: Your Mouth's Got A Hole In It/ JIMMY RODGERS SNOW: How Do You Think I Feel/ Love Me/ ZIGGY TALENT: (please Say Goodnight To The Guy) Irene/ (please Tell Me) What Is The Thing?/ NAN WYNN: Hands Off |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Westside 887 | Was That Your Vinyl Answer? | ● CD |
| A collection of 24 "answer" amd follow up songs from the 50s
and early 60s including Come On Back, Jack by Nina Simone, Don't
Stop The Wedding by Ann Cole, Got A Job by The Miracles,
Daddy's Home by Shep & The Limelights, reading The Book Of Love
by The Monotones, Dance Withe Me George by The Bobbettes, Speedoo
Is Back by The Cadillacs, (We Like) Crew Cuts by the Debs & The
Escorts (answer to Short Shorts), The Little Old Doctor From
Ipanema by The Detergents (a parody rather than an answer) and others.
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| LINK WRAY & THE WRAYMEN | Epic EK 47904 | Walkin' With Link | ● CD |
| Well you can knock me over with a bass string, Sony has had
the smarts to dig into the Epic/Okeh vaults and put out some prime Link
twangers. Not only have they reissued the rare Epic LP 3661 but they've
added the Okeh single Rumble Mambo and the Epic 45 Ain't That
Lovin' You Baby/ Mary Anne . There's also lots of hilarious studio
chatter leading into the tunes with producer Chuck Sagle sounding like your
typical slick oldtime New York record guy - "the drive is the whole thing
with these kids today." In addition there are 5 previously unissued tunes
including a savage Dance Contest and a pair of alternate takes,
making 20 cuts in all. I'd suggest that you grab this one pronto. It's the
reissue of the year and you also get a cool little booklet with boss pics
and notes by Kicks University dean Billy Miller. Slinky/ Ramble/ Hand
Clapper/ Comanche/ Radar/ Walkin' With Link , etc.... |
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