BULLETIN -
May/ June
2009
Vintage Rock 'n' Roll & Rockabilly
Charlie Feathers
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We Five + Book
GALACTIC RAMBLE |
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Edited by Richard Morton Jack |
● BOOK $57.98 |
Paperback Book, 535 large pages, counts as 22 CDs for
shipping, highly recommended
Record collectors take note: this is a real
treat for people like us, a big thick tome devoted to the delicious wax
that we obsess over. The official scope of the coverage is "British Rock,
pop, folk, and jazz of the 1960's and 1970's" with reviews of almost 3,000
albums. Though covering major artists like the Beatles, Stones and
Hendrix, this is more impressively a whole host of obscurities and
wonderful gems that only had small runs originally and are the stuff of
legend nowadays. Bands like Aardvark, Goliath, The Artwoods, and Tomorrow,
for example, get in-depth coverage. Albums like "Pop Explosion - Sitar
Style" by Sagram, and "Folk Roots, New Routes" by Shirley Collins and Davy
Graham, are common sightings in its scope. Featuring original record
reviews from the time from the likes of Melody Maker, NME etc., with a
merry band of current writers throwing their two cents in on occasion,
this is full of fantastic writing, with original adds, record covers and
more reprinted throughout, including two beautiful full-color cover
gallery sections featuring almost 300 rare LP covers. An absolute must for
fans of the Acid Archives book, Ugly Things, and Shindig magazines, and
similar beasts. (JM)
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CHARLIE FEATHERS |
El Toro 1020 |
Can't Hardly Stand It - The Complete 50s
Recordings |
● CD $28.98 |
2 CDs, 47 tracks, 121 mins, highly recommended
This
outstanding collection gathers up all of Charlie Feathers' 1950's
recordings, including all known demos and alternative takes. We get to
witness Feathers go from a fine Country singer to a red-hot Rockabilly cat
(one of the best). Originally recorded for the Sun, Meteor, King, Flip and
Kay record labels, this follows Feathers' career throughout the nifty
fifties, providing you with one killer track after the other. Rarities
include several alternative and demo takes on Bottle to the Baby,
and alternative takes on One Hand Loose/ Can't Hardly Stand it/ I've
Been Deceived, and many more. If that doesn't dig deep enough for you,
how about My My and Jody's Beat by his guitarist Jody
Chastain, with Charlie adding some tasty guitar pickin', and even cooler
than that is The Miller Sisters' Someday You Will Pay with Charlie
backing them by rockin the spoons. From Peepin' Eyes to Jungle
Fever, Feathers was a one of a kind artist and the 50s were just the
start of a fantastic recording career that spanned several decades. This
is an excellent compliment to the great three CD series of rarities that
Norton put out last year, with a ton of stuff here that Charlie Feathers'
fans will go ape over. (JM)
JODY CHASTAIN: Jody's Beat/ My My/ CHARLIE FEATHERS: A
Wedding Gown of White/ A Wedding Gown of White (alt. take)/ Bottle to the
Baby/ Bottle to the Baby (Sun demo version #1)/ Bottle to the Baby (Sun
demo version #2)/ Bottle to the Baby (Sun take #1)/ Bottle to the Baby
(Sun take #2)/ Bottle to the Baby (alt)/ Bottle to the Baby (alt)/ Can't
Hardly Stand It/ Can't Hardly Stand It (alt)/ Corrine Corrina/ Defrost
Your Heart/ Defrost Your Heart (alt)/ Defrost Your Heart (demo)/
Everybody's Lovin' My Baby/ Everybody's Lovin' My Baby (alt)/ Frankie and
Johnny (take #2)/ Frankie and Johnny (take #5)/ Get With It/ Honky Tonk
Kind (take #3)/ Honky Tonk Kind (take #4)/ I've Been Deceived/ I've Been
Deceived (alt)/ I've Been Deceived (demo)/ Johnny Come Listen/ Jungle
Fever/ Nobody's Woman/ One Hand Loose/ One Hand Loose (alt)/ Peepin' Eyes/
Runnin' Around/ Runnin' Around (demo)/ So Ashamed (take #1)/ So Ashamed
(take #2)/ The Man in Love/ This Lonesome Feeling/ Tongue-Tied Jill/ Too
Much Alike/ Too Much Alike (alt)/ We're Getting Closer to Being Apart/
When You Come Around/ When You Decide/ Why Don't You/ THE MILLER SISTERS:
Someday You Will Pay (Charlie Feathers on spoons)
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LENNY LACOUR |
Night Train 7160 |
Walkin' The Bullfrog |
● CD $15.98 |
25 tracks, 69 min., recommended
Lacour got his big break
in 1956 by winning a song writing contest sponsored by Orange Crush soda.
His Rock N' Roll Romance sold well and led to a string of early
rock and roll singles charitably characterized as off beat. His Jungle
Rock is the stuff of Dr. Demento radio shows. After imitating Bill
Haley, Elvis Presley, the Big Bopper and others (and often with decent
results), Lacour shifted gears: he tried his hand at swamp pop, ran his
own label, worked with Chess Records, released a song about Frank SInatra
and another about Dennis Rodman and another about a gorilla, cut some
disco-flavored records, and still tours. HIs career is a patchwork of
weirdness, a series of attempts to market himself to a mainstream music
industry that had no idea what to make of him. Along the way he cut some
pretty good songs, including Maharishi, It Stopped Raining In My
Heart, Walkin' The Bullfrog, and others. The folks at Night
Train have managed to issue badly designed graphics and poorly edited
notes in an annoying long fold-out, but it's no deal breaker, just a
shame. (JC)
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BRENDA LEE |
Ace CDCHD 1222 |
Queen Of Rock 'n' Roll |
● CD $18.98 |
28 tracks, highly recommended
Though best known for a
string of rock ballad hits in the 60s starting with I'm Sorry in
1960, Brenda Lee was one of the finest female rock 'n' roll singers with
an incredibly expressive voice and a great rasp that made her rock 'n'
roll offering extremely exciting. Brenda made her first recordings in 1956
when she was 11 years old and although her earliest sides sound a bit
immature she rapidly acquired a maturity that belied her age. Although her
producers favored a pop approach with strings and vocal choruses Brenda's
great voice is front and center on these recordings. Most of the tracks
here were recorded between 1956 and 1961 and includes her early hits
One Step At A Time/ Dynamite/ Rock Around The Christmas Tree/ Dum Dum
and Sweet Nothin's along with other great sides like Rock The
Bop/ Here Comes That Feelin'/ Ring-A-My Phone and two of my personal
favorites Love You Till I Die and Let's Jump The Broomstick.
And showing her versatility she does fine versions of R&B songs like
Kansas City/ Talkin' 'Bout You and What'd I Say. As usual with
Ace this is a quality production with superb sound and a 16 page
illustrated booklet with extensive notes. (FS)
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CHARLIE RICH |
Charly SNAJ 744 |
The Complete Sun Masters |
● CD $27.98 |
Three CD set featuring all of Charlie's recordings made
for Sam Phillips between 1958 and 1963 including all of his issued titles,
undubbed versions of four of the issued titles, alternate takes and dozens
of originally unissued performances including unreleased sides that aren't
even on the Bear Family set!
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RAY SMITH |
Bear Family BCD 16936 |
Rockin' Little Angel - The Sun Years, Plus |
● CD $21.98 |
34 tracks recorded for Sam Phillips' Sun label and his
brother Judd's Judd label between 1958 and 1961. A great mix of rockers,
ballads and country songs including his one big hit for Judd Rockin'
Little Angel. Many of his Sun songs were written by Charlie Rich who
plays piano on the sessions. Includes a whole bunch of originally unissued
Sun tracks including his version of Breakup which subsequently
became a hit for Jerry Lee Lewis. Includes 56 page booklet with notes by
Sun authority Martin Hawkins.
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Charly SNAJ 743 |
Sun Rockabilly Meltdown |
● CD $27.98 |
Three CDs, 107 tracks, approx 4 hours, essential
At first
glance this is just another collection of rockabilly from THE rockabilly
label - Sun, but it's more than that. Apart from the tracks by Elvis
almost all the tracks on this wonderful collection were not originally
issued by Sun - many not coming to light until the 70s and 80s including
originally unissued songs and alternate takes and, from what I can tell,
quite a few of the tracks here are making their first appearance on CD and
a number appear to have never been reissued before in any format - some
don't appear in any Sun discographies! It just never ceases to amaze me as
to how good most of the unissued Sun recordings were and so if you love
rockabilly you have to have this collection. In addition to Elvis and
other familiar name like Jerry Lee Lewis, Warren Smith, Sonny Burgess,
Carl perkins, Charlie Rich, Carl Mann, Johnny Cash, Ray Smith (all
featured on originally unissued songs or alternate takes) we have great
sides from lesser known artists like Dick Penner, Jimmy Williams, Alton &
Jimmy, Tommy Blake, Ken Cook, Glenn Honeycutt, Jerry Arnold, Howard
Chandler and others. Sound quality is splendid and 28 page booklet has
informative notes by compiler Clive Anderson. The only negative is the
lack of any discographical info and maybe another couple of CDs worth of
material but you can't have everything! (FS)
ALTON & JIMMY: I Just Don't Know/ JERRY ARNOLD: Little
Boy Blue/ ERNIE BARTON: She's Gone Away/ Whirlpool/ SMOKEY JOE BAUGH: Hula
Bop/ TOMMY BLAKE: I Dig You, Baby (Alternate)/ You Better Believe It
(Alternate)/ EDDIE BOND: This Old Heart Of Mine/ EDWIN BRUCE: Rock Boppin'
Baby (Alternate)/ SONNY BURGESS: Little Town Baby/ Truckin' Down The
Avenue/ We Wanna Boogie (Alternate)/ JOHNNY CASH: Folsom Prison Blues
(Alternate)/ Two Timin' Woman (Alternate)/ HOWARD CHANDLER: Wampus Cat/
JEAN CHAPEL: Welcome To The Club/ KEN COOK: Problem Child/ Crazy Baby
(Take 2)/ HAROLD DORMAN: To Be With You/ JACK EARLS: Crawdad Hole (Take
3)/ Slow Down/ CHARLIE FEATHERS: Corrine, Corrina/ MICKEY GILLEY: Thinkin'
Of Me/ CLIFF GLEAVES: Your Cheatin' Heart/ ROY HALL: I Lost My Baby/ RAY
HARRIS: Come On Little Mama/ Love Dumb Baby/ CURTIS HOBACK: Apron Strings/
GLENN HONEYCUTT: If It Wasn't For Love/ On Mobile Bay/ DICKEY LEE: Good
Lovin'/ JERRY LEE LEWIS: Cool, Cool Ways (Sexy Ways)/ Drinkin' Wine
Spo-Dee-O-Dee/ Friday Night/ I Don't Love Nobody/ Lewis Boogie/ Mean Woman
Blues/ Milkshake Mademoiselle/ Ooby Dooby/ Rockin' With Red (She Knows How
To Rock Me)/ Whole Lotta Twistin' Goin' On/ Wild One (Real Wild Child)/
CARL MANN: Baby, I Don't Care/ I Love You, I Adore You/ Pretend/ LUKE
MCDANIEL: Go Ahead, Baby/ CARL MCVOY: A Woman's Love (The Thrill Of Your
Love)/ Little Girl/ MISSISSIPPI SLIM: Try Doin' Right/ ROY ORBISON: Domino
(Undubbed)/ It's Too Late/ KENNETH PARCHMAN: Treat Me Right (Alternate)/
TRACY PENDARVIS: Bop A Cha-Cha Baby/ Hypnotized/ Is It Me?/ Please Be Mine
(Come To Me)/ Southbound Line/ DICK PENNER: Cindy Lou/ Don't Need Your
Lovin' Baby (Alternate)/ Move, Baby, Move/ CARL PERKINS: Blue Suede Shoes
(Alternate Take 3)/ Caldonia/ Dixie Fried/ Everybody's Tryin' To Be My
Baby (Alternate)/ Glad All Over/ Her Love Rubbed Off/ I'm Sorry, I'm Not
Sorry/ Pink Pedal Pushers (Alternate)/ Put Your Cat Clothes On (Take 3)/
BARBARA PITTMAN: Voice Of A Fool/ JOHNNY POWERS: Waitin' For You/ ELVIS
PRESLEY: I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine/ Milkcow Blues Boogie/
Mystery Train/ Trying To Get To You/ JIMMY PRITCHETT: That's The Way I
Feel/ SLIM RHODES: Gonna Romp And Stomp/ CHARLIE RICH: Blue Suede Shoes/
Lonely Weekends (Alternate)/ Yes, Ma'am/ BILLY LEE RILEY: (Come Back Baby)
One More Time/ Flying Saucer Rock'n'Roll/ I Want You Baby/ Pearly Lee
(Undubbed)/ GENE SIMMONS: I Done Told You/ Shake, Rattle And Roll/ RAY
SMITH: Break Up/ I Want To Be Free/ Why, Why, Why (Alternate)/ Willing And
Ready/ WARREN SMITH: Dear John/ Who Took My Baby?/ HAYDEN THOMPSON: Blues,
Blues, Blues (Alternate Take 2)/ Fairlane Rock/ Mama, Mama, Mama/ One
Broken Heart/ JESSE LEE TURNER: Put Me Down/ MACK VICKERY: Drive-In/ JIMMY
WAGES: Miss Pearl/ SID WATSON: Don't You Worry/ ONIE WHEELER: That's All/
Walkin' Shoes (Alternate)/ JIMMY WILLIAMS: Fire Engine Red/ Sonny Boy/
MALCOLM YELVINGTON: Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee/ Have Myself A Ball/
Rockin' With My Baby
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Fantastic Voyage 08 |
75 Pumpin' Piano Greats |
● CD $19.98 |
Three CD set with 75 tracks featuring rock 'n' roll,
boogie Woogie, blue and country boogie all sharing one thing in common -
hot piano work. Among the many artists here are Jerry Lee Lewis, Champion Jack Dupree,Moon Mullican, Lloyd Glenn, Camille
Howard, Little Richard, Merrill E. Moore, Tennessee Ernie Ford (with Moon Mullican). No real rarities - just
lots of hot piano pounding. Excellent sound and 16 page booklet has
informative notes by Stu Coleman.
CHUCK BERRY (FEATURING JOHNNIE JOHNSON): Rock And Roll
Music/ Roll Over Beethoven/ You Can't Catch Me/ JACKIE BRENSTON & HIS
DELTA CATS (FEATURING IKE: Rocket 88/ GUNTER LEE CARR (AKA CECIL GANT):
We're Gonna Rock/ RAY CHARLES: Hallelujah I Love Her So/ It Should've Been
Me/ Mess Around/ DON COLE (FEATURING AL CASEY): Snake-Eyed Mama/ FATS
DOMINO: All By Myself/ Please Don't Leave Me/ The Fat Man/ CHAMPION JACK
DUPREE: Bad Whiskey & Wild Women/ Daybreak Rock/ Shake Baby Shake/
TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD (FEATURING BILLY LIEBERT): Shot Gun Boogie/ TENNESSEE
ERNIE FORD (FEATURING MOON MULLICAN): Country Junction/ CECIL GANT: Cecil
Boogie No. 2/ Cecil's Googie/ LLOYD GLENN: Chica Boo/ Honky Tonk Train/
Old Time Suffle/ ROSCO GORDON: T Model Boogie/ HARDROCK GUNTER (FEATURING
HUEL MURPHY): Birmingham Bounce/ Gonna Dance All Night/ ROY HALL: All By
Myself/ Don't Stop Now/ She Sure Can Rock Me/ CAMILLE HOWARD: Fire-Ball
Boogie/ Instantaneous Boogie/ X-Temporaneous Boogie/ WANDA JACKSON
(FEATURING MERRILL MOORE): Cool Love/ JERRY LEE LEWIS: Drinkin' Wine
Spo-Dee- O-Dee/ It'll Be Me/ Pumpin' Piano Rock/ LITTLE RICHARD: Long Tall
Sally/ Slippin' And Slidin'/ Tutti-Frutti/ LITTLE WILLIE LITTLEFIELD: Jim
Wilson's Boogie/ DICK LORY (FEATURING OWEN BRADLEY): Ballroom Baby/ JANIS
MARTIN (FEATURING FLOYD CRAMER): Let's Elope Baby/ Will You, Willyum/
JANIS MARTIN (FEATURING SHORTY LONG): Barefoot Baby/ AMOS MILBURN: Amos
Boogie/ Chicken Shack Boogie/ Down The Road Apiece/ CHUCK MILLER: Boogie
Blues/ Chuck's Boogie/ House Of Blue Lights/ Miller's Boogie/ Vim Vam
Vamoose/ MERRILL E. MOORE: Fly Right Boogie/ Red Light/ Rock-Rockola/ ELLA
MAE MORSE (FEATURING GERRY WIGGINS): Rock Me All Night Long/ ELLA MAE
MORSE WITH FREDDIE SLACK: House Of Blue Lights/ Pigfoot Pete/ MOON
MULLICAN: Country Boogie/ I Done It/ I'll Sail My Ship Alone/ I'm Mad At
You/ Pipeline Blues/ Seven Nights To Rock/ CARL PERKINS (FEATURING JERRY
LEE LEWIS): Put Your Cat Clothes On/ PIANO RED: Rockin' With Red/
Wildfire/ Woo-Ee/ PROFESSOR LONGHAIR: Hey Little Girl/ Ball The Wall/ Walk
Your Blues Away/ FREDDIE SLACK: Blackout Boogie/ HUEY 'PIANO' SMITH: The
Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu'/ BIG JOE TURNER WITH PETE
JOHNSON: Roll 'Em Pete/ DON WOODY (FEATURING OWEN BRADLEY): Barking Up The
Wrong Tree/ Bird Dog
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GVC 2023 |
Windy City Bop - Chicago Rockabilly,
1955-1958 |
● CD $18.98 |
2 CDs, 60 tracks, 137 mins, highly recommended
A great and
hot collection of rockabilly, rock 'n' roll and country boogie recorded in
Chicago in the mid 50s. There are a few familiar names like Dale Hawkins,
Billy Barrix, Mickey Hawks and Bobby Sisco along with lots of obscure
artists like John Hampton (his fantastic Shadow Blues), Ray
Stanley, Stony Calhoun, Lennie LaCour, Cliff Davis & His Kentucky Play
Boys, The Rockin' R's (their Crazy Baby and it's flip The Beat
are personal favorites), Harry Carter & the Rhythmaires and others.
Chicago is, of course, the city for blues and many of these sides were cut
for labels best known for their blues releases and chances are that some
of the accompanying musicians are blues performers. We even get some fine
black rockabilly from bluesmen G. "Davy" Crockett, Clear Waters and Magic
Sam. Although most of the tracks have been reissued on CD before it's nice
to have them together here in this thematic compilation. Sound quality is
fine and the booklet has informative notes by Dave Penny. Note there is a
typo on the cover as the time frame is lsited as 1945 to 1958 - it's
actually 1955 to 1958! (FS)
G. "DAVY' CROCKETT: Look Out Mable/ HAROLD ALLEN: I Need
Some Lovin'/ BILLY BARRIX: Almost/ Cool Off Baby/ THE BRAVES: Won't You
Come Along With Me/ Woodpecker Rock/ STONY CALHOUN: Bounce, Baby, Bounce/
EVERETT CARPENTER: Let Your Hair Down, Baby/ Run, Run Mabel/ HARRY CARTER
& THE DIXIE RHYTHMAIRES: Jump, Baby, Jump/ Rhythm In My Soul/ HARRY CARTER
& THE RHYTHMAIRES: I Don't Want You/ You Made Me Love You/ JACKIE CRAY:
Maybelle/ CLIFF DAVIS & HIS KENTUCKY PLAY BOYS: Hard Hearted Girl/ Rocky
Road Blues/ NANCY DAWN & THE HI-FI GUYS: Glue Me Back, Jack/ BING DAY:
Pony Tail Partner/ BOBBY DEAN: Just Go Wild Over Rock And Roll/ FRANK
DEATON & THE MAD LADS: Just A Little Bit More/ HERBIE DUNCAN: Hot Lips
Baby/ Little Angel/ EDDIE & CHUCK: Boogie The Blues/ EDDIE FONTAINE:
Nothin' Shakin'/ DICK GLASSER: Crazy Love/ JOHN HAMPTON: Honey Hush/
Shadow Blues/ DALE HAWKINS: Baby Baby/ Little Pig/ Take My Heart/ MICKEY
HAWKS: Bip Bop Boom/ Rock And Roll Rhythm/ WES HOLLY: Shufflin' Shoes/
BENNY INGRAM: Jello Sal/ LOU JOSIE: Why Did You Leave Me?/ LENNIE LACOUR:
Rockin' Rosalie/ UNCLE BUCK LITE & THE RHYTHM ROCKERS: Mr Ducktail/ PAUL
LOUISE: Don't Move A Muscle/ MAGIC SAM: 21 Days In Jail/ J. MIKEL & THE
HEPCATS: Bettyjean Rock/ Sweetest Thing/ TOMMY MITCHELL: Juke Box, Help Me
Find My Baby/ HANK MIZELL: Jungle Rock/ JOE PENNY: Bip A Little, Bop A
Lot/ BILLY PRAGER & HIS CARAVANS: Do It Bop/ Everybody's Rockin'/ BOB
REED: Choctaw Boogie/ THE ROCKIN' R'S: Crazy Baby/ The Beat/ THE
SILVA-TONES: Roses Are Blooming/ BOBBY SISCO: Go, Go, Go/ Tall, Dark &
Handsome Man/ RAY STANLEY: I Can't Wait/ Over A Coke/ JIMMY STEWART: Rock
On The Moon/ Nuthin' But A Nuthin'/ CARL TRANTHAM & THE RHYTHM ALL STARS:
Deedle Deedle Dum/ Where There's A Will (There's A Way)/ CLEAR WATERS:
Hill Billy Blues/ WOLF: Stompin' To The Beat
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Proper BOX 149 |
The Roots Of Led Zepellin |
● CD $27.98 |
3 CDs, 60 tracks. 164 mins, 1 DVD 48 Mins, highly
recommended
Say what thou wilt about Led Zeppelin, but they definitely had
great taste in music. This expansive set gathers up a whole host of Roots
music that influenced (was borrowed from, or some say down-right stolen
by) Led Zep. This is a who's who of vintage Blues, R&B, and Rock & Roll.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe's Down By The Riverside, Howlin' Wolf's
How Many More Years, Bukka White's Fixin' To Die, and Eddie
Cochran's Twenty Flight Rock, being examples of what's store for
you. Each of the three music disks takes on a style, with one being
primarily Blues, one Rhythm & Blues going into Rock & Roll and one that is
chock full of early R&R and Rockabilly. So basically you get three CDs
full of some of the greatest music ever made--nothing too obscure to
regular Roots customers, but nice to have all in one place. Occasionally a
track will be alternate to the famous version, like Little Richard's
The Girl Can't Help It, a later recording with big brassy horns all
over it, most tracks though are original, well known versions. The DVD
features a bunch of music-writer types talking about the history of the
music that inspired Led Zeppelin and that makes up the CDs herein. Not
that enlightening to me, being a music-writer type myself, but more novice
fans will probably enjoy. My Highly Recommended rating is mostly for all
of the great music together in one spot. (JM)
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Psychic Circle 7019 |
Phantom Guitars: A Cool Collection Of
Twangin' Guitar |
● CD $18.98 |
25 tracks, 56 mins, highly recommended
In the U.K. in the
early 60's, instrumental group (also Cliff Richard's sometime backing
band) The Shadows were heroes to all aspiring musicians, and very popular
on the charts as well. Naturally, imitators sprang up in their wake and 25
tracks by these hopefuls are on display on this kickin' compilation.
Marvel at one-single-wonders like The Krew Kats (featuring top U.K.
session musician Big Jim Sullivan on guitar), The Phantoms, Bobby Taylor,
and The Executives (featuring future U.K. music journalist Roy Carr and
Tony Ashton of Ashton, Gardner & Dyke). This stuff is quite similar to the
instrumental surf music that was coming out of America around the same
time, which should make it appealing to the Dick Dale fans in the
listening audience. Or if you just like lots of echo and tremelo arm
bending with guitar playing, then this CD is just made for you. (GMC)
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Smith & Co. 1170 |
Great Rockabilly -Just About As Good As It
Gets, Vol. 3 |
● CD $15.98 |
The third volume in this series is another two CD set -
this time with 70 tracks! A mix of the familiar (Elvis, Johnny Burnette,
Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly, etc), cult favorites (Don
Willis, Ronnie Self, Big Al Downing, Thomas Wayne, Mac Curtis and others),
some country stars trying their hand at this new fangled rock 'n' roll
(Red Foley, Hank Thompson, Justin Tubb, etc.) and real obscurities (Jimmy
Pritchett, Johnny T. Talley, Jimmy & Johnny, Jackie Dee, etc.). Chances
are, if you have a big collection you'll have most of what's here but even
if you do this is a splendid collection of rockers at a very reasonable
price.
BILLY ADAMS: You Gotta Have A Ducktail/ ANDY ANDERSON &
THE ROLLING STONES: Johnny Valentine/ BENNY BARNES & THE ECHOES: You Gotta
Pay/ BILLY BROWN: Flip Out/ Meet Me In The Alley Sally/ JOHNNY BURNETTE &
THE ROCK 'N ROLL TRIO: Eager Beaver Baby/ Honey Hush/ AL CASEY: Willa Mae/
JOHNNY CASH: Big River/ Blue Train/ EDDIE COCHRAN: Cradle Baby/ Mean When
I'm Mad/ THE COLLINS KIDS: Hoy Hoy/ BILLY "CRASH" CRADDOCK: Ah Poor Little
Baby/ GENE CRISS: Hep Cat Baby/ MAC CURTIS: Half Hearted Love/ JACKIE DEE:
Buddy/ DUB DICKERSON: (I Think) I'm Falling In Love/ BIG "AL" DOWNING:
Down On The Farm/ CHARLIE FEATHERS: Too Much Alike/ RED FOLEY: Crazy
Little Guitar Man/ JOHNNY GARNER: Didi Didi/ GLEN GLENN: Everybody's
Moving/ Would Ja/ CURTIS GORDON: Rock Roll Jump Live/ SAMMY GOWANS:
Rockin' By Myself/ RUDY GRAYZELL: Judy/ BUDDY HOLLY: Blue Days, Black
Nights/ Love Me/ WANDA JACKSON: Honey Bop/ Rock Your Baby/ JIMMY & JOHNNY:
I Can't Find The Doorknob/ HOYT JOHNSON & THE FOUR RECORDERS: Eenie Meenie
Minie Mo/ SID KING & THE FIVE STRINGS: Gonnas Shake This Schack Tonight/
BILL LAWRENCE: Hey Baby/ JIMMY LLOYD: You're Gone Baby/ BOB LUMAN: All
Night Long/ Red Cadillac & Black Moustache/ JANIS MARTIN: My Boy Elvis/
LUKE MCDANIEL: Huh Babe/ SKEETS MCDONALD: You're There/ RICKY NELSON:
Believe What You Say/ My Bucket's Got A Hole In It/ JIMMY C. NEWMAN: Carry
On/ KENNY PARCHMAN: Treat Me Right/ CARL PERKINS: All Mama's Children/
Gone Gone Gone/ ELVIS PRESLEY: Good Rockin' Tonight/ You're A
Heartbreaker/ JIMMY PRITCHETT: That's The Way I Feel/ JERRY REED: I'm
Stuck/ BILLY LEE RILEY: I Want You Baby/ Red Hot/ TOMMY SANDS & THE
SHARKS: The Worrying Kind/ JACK SCOTT: Leroy/ RONNIE SELF: Bop A Lena/ RAY
SHARPE: Oh My Baby's Gone/ GENE SIMMONS: Drinkin' Wine/ I Done Told You/
JOHNNY STRICKLAND: She's Mine/ JOHNNY T. TALLEY: I've Changed My Wild
Mind/ HANK THOMPSON & HIS BRAZOS VALLEY BOYS: Rockin' In The Congo/ BOBBY
LEE TRAMMEL: You The Mostest Girl/ JUSTIN TUBB: Rock It On Down To My
House/ GENE VINCENT & THE BLUE CAPS: Blue Jean Bop/ GENE VINCENT & THE
BLUE CAPS: Crazy Legs/ JACKIE WALKER: Only Teenagers Allowed/ THOMAS
WAYNE: You're The One That Done It/ DON WILLIS: Boppin' High School Baby/
Warrior Sam
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Sub Rosa 286 |
Dr. Boogie Presents 26 Deranged & Smokin'
Cool Cats |
● CD $15.98 |
26 tracks, 57 mins highly recommended
The first two
volumes in the "Dr. Boogie" series (Sub Rosa 271 - $15.98 & 279 - $15.98)
featured rare blues and R&B - this one is devoted to obscure rockabilly.
Although almost all the tracks have been reissued before this is a
particular strong collection with one hot tune after another including
three incendiary instrumentals. Artists featured include Johnny Jay, Curly Coldiron, Eddie Cash, The Calls (the great Country Woman with
pounding piano), Bill LOgsdon & The Royal Notes (the great guitar
instrumental Spitfire), Ronnie Haig, Jimmie Dee (his Guitar
Pickin' man features some dynamic guitar work), Harvey Hunt, Bill
Moss, Jay Brown & The Jets and many more. Sound is excellent, notes are
minimal. (FS)
RONNIE ALLEN: Juvenile Delinquent/ JAY BROWN & THE JETS:
Hanky Panky/ THE CALS: Country Woman/ EDDIE CASH: Doin' Allright/ CURLY
COLDIRON: Rockin' Spot/ CHUCK DALLIS: Good Show But No Go/ BING DAY: I
Can't Help It/ JIMMIE DEE: Guitar Pickin' Man/ JIMMY EDWARDS: Love Bug
Crawl/ JIMMY EVANS: The Joint's Really Jumpin/ JOHN FRIIS & THE VALIANTS:
Bop A Lena/ WAYNE HAAS: Betty Ann/ RONNIE HAIG: Money Is The Thing Of The
Past/ GARY HODGE: Not For Love Or Money/ T.K. HULIN: Little Bitty Boy/
HARVEY HUNT: Big Dog Little Dog/ JOHNNY JAY: Sugar Doll/ JOHNNY KNIGHT:
Rock'n'roll Guitars/ BILL LOGSDON & THE ROYAL NOTES: Spitfire/ GENE
MALTAIS: Crazy Baby/ BILL MOSS: Rockabilly Ho/ CHARLES PAGE: Baby You've
Been To School/ CHARLES SENNS: Gee Whee Liz/ THE TRASHERS: Sledgehammer/
AL URBAN: Gonna Be Better Times/ DANNY VERNE: Red Hot Car
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Sundazed 11201 |
213 South Michigan Ave - 60's Garage &
Psychedelia |
● CD $23.98 |
2 CDs, 40 tracks, 98 mins, highly recommended
Here we have
another great gaggle of garage gems, from the swinging scenesters at
Sundazed records, concentrating on the indie label U.S.A. records and its
off-shoots that put out a heap of American Rock & Roll in a few year span
of the mid 1960's. The Cryan' Shames are one of the best known Garage
bands on this comp (at least in the world of Garage enthusiasts) they are
here with Ben Franklin's Almanac and the demo for You're Gonna
Lose That Girl. Joining the 'Shames we have winners like The Cherry
Slush, The Daughters of Eve, The Jokers, Lord and the Flies, The Foggy
Notions, and many, many more. An first-rate collection, put together in an
excellent fashion, certain not to disappoint. (JM)
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Yellow Label 306652 |
The Best Of Crest Records - Rockin' &
Rollin' |
● CD $16.98 |
30 tracks, 66 mins, highly recommended
Country Music song
publisher Sylvester Cross (owner of American Music) started Crest Records
in the late 40's cutting first R&B, then later hillbilly, rockabilly, and
rock 'n' roll sides during the 50's and early 60's. Crest had few hits,
but this nifty collection includes Eddie Cochran's first solo single (Skinny
Jim), and early single from Glen Campbell (Buzzsaw, as The Gee
Cees), as well as cool tracks by Tom Wilson, Tom Tall, Hal Jackson, Buddy
Lowe, Bob Denton (w/Eddie Cochran), Smoki Whitfield, and more. A bit of a
mixed bag, but great music nonetheless and well compiled and annotated by
the Yellow Label. (GMC)
PHIL BAUGH: Bumble Twist/ DICK BILLS: Rockin' And A
Rollin'/ JIMMY BOWEN: Somebody To Love/ BOBBY & TERRY CALOWAY: Ballin'
Keen/ DON CARSON: Three Carburettors/ TONY CASANOVA: Yea, Yea, Come
Another Day/ THE CLASSICS: You're The Prettiest One/ EDDIE COCHRAN: Skinny
Jim/ MARTY COOPER: Ean't Walk 'Em Off/ GENE BO DAVIS: Drowning All My
Sorrows/ TOMMY DEE: Three Stars/ BOB DENTON: Pretty Little Devil/ THE
DESERT STARS: Ridin' The Frets/ JOHNNY DONN: What Happened Last Night?/
BOBBY EDWARDS: You're The Reason/ THE FOUR YOUNG MEN: Don't Be A Bashful
Little Girl/ FRANK & ERNIE: Spotlight/ GLEN GARRISON: Lovin' Lorene/ THE
GEE CEES: Buzzsaw/ HAL JACKSON & THE CHROMATICS: Wild Man Wild/ TOMMY LAW:
Cool Juice/ JACK LEWIS: I.O.U./ BUDDY LOWE: Umm, Kiss Me Goodnight/ TOM
REEVES: Primitive Love/ HANK SANDERS: Been Gone A Long Time/ BILL SKIDMORE
III: Date Bait/ NORM SKYLAR: Rock 'N' Roll Blues/ TOM TALL: Stack A
Records/ SMOKI WHITFIELD: Function At The Junction/ TOM WILSON: Can You
Bop?
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WE FIVE |
Big Beat CDWIKD 286 |
There Stands The Door - The Best Of We
Five |
● CD $18.98 |
22 tracks, 59 mins, highly recommended
In 1965, while
British pop/rock was ruling the American charts, Folk Rock chimed its way
out of Los Angeles as the home-team response. We Five, led by Mike Stewart
(brother of John, of The Kingston Trio and solo fame), had one of the
biggest Folk Rock hit singles, You Were On My Mind, in 1965: a
jangling, glorious piece of perfect pop music that featured the soaring
voice of Beverly Bivens and some of the greatest harmony singing this side
of The Association. Although the group never managed another big hit
(their version of Dino Valenti's Lets Get Together"came close), the
other songs they cut during their brief life-span (the original group
split in 1967) are equally fine, as demonstrated on this definitive
collection. Sure Folk Rock runs rampant among these compositions, but
there's also a bluesy strain that crops up in unexpected places (as on
High Flying Bird) that sets this group apart from later contemporaries
the Mamas and the Papas and Spanky & Our Gang. Folk Rock may have been the
prevue to coming attractions in the evolution of Rock (would country-rock
and psychedelia, among other things, have happened without it?), but it
was more than a necessary transitional period; it produced some of the
most innovative (the Byrds) and beautiful music ever. If you're a fan or
interested in the style, then this collection is a must. (GMC)
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