BULLETIN -
May/ June
2010
Vintage Rock 'n' Roll & Rockabilly
Various Artists
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Ace CDCHD 1240 |
Bless You California - More Early Songs
Of Randy Newman |
● CD $18.98 |
26 tracks, 67 mins, highly recommended
Picking up where On "Vine Street: The Early Songs of Randy Newman" (Ace
1186 - $18.98) left off, "Bless You California" serves up more tunes
from Newman's songwriter-for-hire phase and his first two solo albums.
Newman's songs are rarely sentimental, often twisted vignettes that
don't always lend themselves to interpretations by other singers, but
that hasn't stopped people from recording them. It helps that Newman's
melodies are equal parts New Orleans R&B and Tin Pan Alley Pop; an
interesting combination that gives the songs an exotic edge lacking from
other tunes of the time. The songs here span from 1963 to 1971 and
featured performers include Irma Thomas, Lou Rawls, Linda Ronstadt,
Bobby Darin, the Everly Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, and Liza Minnelli.
Newman fans interested in their hero's early work will get a kick out of
this collection. (GMC)
THE BEAU BRUMMELS: Bless You California/ THE BOX TOPS:
Let Me Go/ ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS: Wait Till Next Year/ BOBBY DARIN:
Look At Me/ MARTIN DENNY: Scarlet Mist/ JACKIE DESHANNON: Hold Your Head
High/ THE DOOBIE BROTHERS: tHE Beehive State/ THE EPICS: There's Just No
Pleasing You/ THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Illinois/ ELLA FITZGERALD: I Wonder
Why/ THE FLEETWOODS: Ask Him If He's Got A Friend For Me/ HARPERS
BIZARRE: Happyland/ CLAUDINE LONGET: Snow/ DICK LORY: I Got Over You/
PEGGY MARCH: Leave Me Alone/ LIZA MINNELLI: tHE Debutante's Ball/
NILSSON: Cowboy/ DUFFY POWER: Davy O'brien (Leave That Baby Alone)/ THE
ALAN PRICE SET: Tickle Me/ P.J. PROBY: Straight Up/ LOU RAWLS: Let's
Burn Down The Cornfield/ LINDA RONSTADT: Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad/
JOHNNY SHEPARD: Twenty Acres Of Land/ CONNIE STEVENS: She'll Never
Understand Him (Like I Do)/ IRMA THOMAS: Anyone Who Knows What Love Is
(Will Understand)/ WE TALKIES: What Are You Waiting For
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Ace CDCHD 1252 |
The Birth Of Surf, Volume 2 |
● CD $18.98 |
Second volume (first volume is Ace 1155 - $18.98)
tracing the history of surf music covers the period 1960 through 1964
and contains fewer well known hits than the first, but is essential
listening for lovers of this kind of early 60's instrumental music
featuring 26 tracks in chronological order including five tracks that
have never been on CD before. Artists featured include The Ventures, The
Rockin' Rebels, Dick Dale & His Del-Tones, The Surfaris, The Chantays,
The Lively Ones, The Trashmen, Bobby Fuller & the Fanatics, The
Pyramids, The Bel-Aires, The Catalinas and others.
THE ASTRONAUTS: Hot Doggin'/ THE BEL-AIRES: Baggies/
THE BUSTERS: Bust Out/ THE CATALINAS: Banzai Washout/ THE CENTURIONS:
Bullwinkle Pt Ii/ THE CHANTAYS: Monsoon/ THE CREATIONS: Crash/ DICK DALE
& HIS DEL-TONES: Surf Beat/ BOBBY FULLER & THE FANATICS: Our Favorite
Martian/ THE INTREPIDES: Golash/ THE KAN DELLS: Cloudburst/ THE LIVELY
ONES: High Tide/ JIM MESSINA & HIS JESTERS: The Thing/ THE ORIGINAL
SURFARIS: Surfari/ THE PAGENTS: Enchanted/ THE PYRAMIDS: Midnight Run/
THE REVELS WITH BARBARA ADKINS: Church Key/ THE ROCKIN' REBELS: Wild
Weekend/ THE SANDALS: Theme From The Endless Summer/ THE SCARLET:
Stampede/ THE SURFARIS: Point Panic/ THE TRASHMEN: Malaguena/ THE
VELVETONES: Mr X/ THE VENTURES: Walk - Don't Run/ THE VY-DELS: Unknown/
THE WAILERS: Shanghied
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Ace CDCHD 1254 |
The Best Of Golden Crest - 48 Tall Cool
Ones |
● CD $25.98 |
Just arrived. Two CD set with 48 tracks spotlighting the
Long Island based label Golden Crest and its subsidiary Shelley that was
active from the mid 50s to mid 60s. The compilation covers the entire
gamut of the rock 'n' roll era - rocking instrumentals, teen rock 'n'
roll, R&B, doo wop, girl groups and a little pop, soul and jazz. Artists
include The Wailers, Donny Lee Moore, Calvin "Hound Dog" Ruffin & His
Combo, Mando & The Chili Peppers, The Senators, Coleman Hawkins, Gino &
The Dells, Larry Dale, The Montrells, Billy Mure and many more.
BABY STICKS & THE KINGTONES: Pigmy/ ROLAND BENNETT &
THE ROCKIN' WHALERS: Money Crazy/ THE BLUESTYLE with CARL VANTERPOOL:
Girl/ THE CHESSMEN: Bells Bells/ LARRY DALE & THE HOUSEROCKERS: New York
City Blues/ THE DELIGHTS: Mary Don't You Weep/ CARTRELL DICKSON: Why
Didn't You Tell Me?/ THE FOUR BARS: What's On Your Mind/ GINO: It's Only
A Paper Moon/ Altar Of Dreams/ Hand Clappin' Time/ PAUL GRIFFIN: Ragdoll
Baby/ COLEMAN HAWKINS with DON REDMAN ORCHESTRA: Black Velvet/ DICK
HEATHERTON: Hey! Travelin' Man/ CARMEN LEGGIO: Newport Riot/ LORD DENT
AND HIS INVADERS: Wolf Call/ THE MAD PLAIDS: Blood Rare/ MANDO & THE
CHILI PEPPERS: Congo Mombo/ South Of The Border/ THE MONTELLS: A Rang A
Lang Lang/ DONNY LEE MOORE: I'm Buggin' Out, Little Baby/ THE OXFORDS
featuring BILLY MURE: Toy Balloons/ PAUL & THE FOUR-MOST: Cut-out/ Tight
Spot/ THE PRECISIONS: Someone To Watch Over Me/ PRINCE JESSE: Sarah Lee/
THE RHYTHM ROCKERS: Terock/ RICKY & ROBBY: Purple Pedal Pushers/ Suzzane/
AUGIE RIOS with JOHNNY GREEK: Linda Lu/ CALVIN "HOUND DOG" RUFFIN & HIS
COMBO: Hurry, Hurry/ I'm Gonna Miss You/ My Little Home On The Range/
THE SENATORS: Loretta/ Poor Little Puppet/ THE SEVEN TEENS: Bug Out/
STEPHANIE & THE GOTHICS: Oh Happy Day/ JOHNNY STEWART: A Whole Lot Of
Lovin'/ Come On And Love Me/ LOLA SUGIA: Blue Tears/ THE THREE GRACES: 7
L/ Billy Boy's Tune (billy Boy's Funeral March)/ THE WAILERS: Close Your
Eyes/ Dirty Robber/ High Wall/ Mau-mau/ Scotch On The Rocks (tall Cool
One)/ Tall Cool One
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Buffalo Bop 55198 |
Strictly Instrumental, Vol. 11 |
● CD $19.98 |
28 tracks, 63 mins, highly recommended
With this, we get another rompin', stompin' collection of Rock 'N' Roll
instrumental madness. As usual with Buffalo Bop releases, this has great
sound, super obscure tracks and reproductions of original release labels
for all the collectors to drool over. Includes The Tempests Lemon
Lime, The Rebel Rousers War Paint, The Savoys Razorback,
and all kinds of other obscure greats. The tie for top track comes down
to Alfredo Mendieta & Guitar's Chicken Run and Mitch Wayne & The
United Sounds' Shazam #1. Can't wait for Vol. 12. (JM)
AL ALLEN: Egghead/ JAY BEE & THE KATS: Tension/ THE
BEL-TONES: Breaktime/ JAY BROWN & THE JETS: Hanky-Panky/ Rocking the
Guitar/ THE COUNTDOWNS: Do It/ THE FABULOUS PLAYBOYS: Shortnin' Bread/
THE FLINTALES: Flintales Rock/ THE MARLINS: Let Down/ Saw Mill Run/
ALFREDO MENDIETA & GUITAR: Chicken Run/ THE POLARAS: Breaker/ THE REBEL
ROUSERS: War Paint/ THE REE-GENTS: Downshiftin'/ THE RHYTHM ROCKERS: R.
R. Boogie/ THE RHYTHMICS: Besame Mucho/ Comin' Through/ THE ROYALTONES:
Poor Boy/ Wail!/ THE SAVOYS: Razorback/ THE SCAVENGERS: Curfue/ THE
TEMPESTS: Count Down/ Lemon Lime/ Midnight/ THE VISCOUNTS: Chug-a-Lug/
Dig/ JIMMIE VOLK: Spring Time Rock/ MITCH WAYNE & THE UNITED SOUNDS:
Shazam #1
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Fantastic Voyage 038 |
This Record Is Not To Be Broadcast, Vol.
2 |
● CD $19.98 |
2 CDs, 51 tracks, 142 mins, highly recommended
Here we have yet another fascinating foray into the joys of
state-sponsored censorship. We listen in as browbeating bureaucrats ban
the boisterous, bouncy and brazen, but also the banal and barely bawdy.
Sometimes the BBC banned songs for obvious reasons: Fats Waller's
Reefer Song, for its drug content, Wynonie Harris's Lovin'
Machine for its overtly sexual nature, Louis Prima's Please Don't
Squeeza De Bannana for its not-so-overtly sexual nature, etc. This
collection gets more interesting when you are trying to figure out why
exactly they banned songs like The Kingston Trios A Worried Man
(advertising buying a Cadillac), The Playmates Beep, Beep (for
promoting un-safe road driving), Lonnie Donegan's Nobody Loves an
Irishman, (not for fear of offending the Irish, but amazingly fear
of offending the Turkish!) etc. The excellent annotation, with notations
taken directly from the BBC files, will tell the whole story, and even
if you aren't as interested in the story of the times, this is an
excellent two CD collection of less often-compiled tracks, with splendid
sound quality. (JM)
LALE ANDERSEN: Lili Marleen/ JOHNNY BURNETTE TRIO:
Honey Hush/ ERNEST BUTCHER: Peaceful Street/ JOHNNY CASH: Guess Things
Happen That Way/ THE COASTERS: Charlie Brown/ ALMA COGAN: Love Is/ PERRY
COMO: Moonlight Love/ Somebody Up There Likes Me/ THE CREW CUTS: Angels
In The Sky/ BING CROSBY: Miss You/ BOBBY DARIN: Mighty Mighty Man/
LONNIE DONEGAN: Nobody Loves Like An Irishman/ Whoa Buck (Whoa Back,
Buck)/ DURIUM DANCE BAND: She Was Only A Postmaster's Daughter/ ROBERT
EARL: The Test Of Time/ THE ELEGANTS: Little Star/ ELLA FITZGERALD: To
Keep My Love Alive/ GEORGE FORMBY: When I'm Cleaning Windows/ THE FOUR
LADS: The Mocking Bird/ CONNIE FRANCIS: I Leaned On A Man/ BILLY FURY: A
Christmas Prayer/ THE GOONS: A Russian Love Song/ EYDIE GORME: The Voice
In My Heart/ BILLY GRAVES: The Shag (Is Totally Cool)/ WYNONIE HARRIS:
Lovin' Machine/ AL HIBBLER: He/ JOHNNY HORTON: The Battle Of New
Orleans/ THE KINGSTON TRIO: A Worried Man/ EARTHA KITT: I Want To Be
Evil/ FRANKIE LAINE: In The Beginning/ TOM LEHRER: Be Prepared/ We Will
All Go Together When We Go/ GUY MITCHELL: Ninety Nine Years (Dead Or
Alive)/ LOU MONTE: Lazy Mary/ MORRIS AND MITCH: The Tommy Rot Story/ KEN
PLATT: Ting Tong Tang/ THE PLAYMATES: Beep Beep/ ELVIS PRESLEY: Hard
Headed Woman/ LOUIS PRIMA & HIS ORCHESTRA: Please No Squeeza De Banana/
CLIFF RICHARD: High Class Baby/ FRANK SINATRA: You'll Get Yours/ BESSIE
SMITH: Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer/ SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Old
Man Atom/ THE KIRBY STONE FOUR: Baubles, Bangles And Beads/ BILLY STORM:
I've Come Of Age/ CONWAY TWITTY: Danny Boy/ JIMMY WAKELY: One Has My
Name, The Other Has My Heart/ FATS WALLER: The Reefer Song (If You're A
Viper)/ RUBY WRIGHT: Three Stars/ JOHN ZACHERLE: Dinner With Drac (Parts
1 And 2)
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Lesley 3 |
The Great Lost Story Of The
Rock-A-Ballad, Vol. 2 |
● CD $15.98 |
31 tracks, 75 mins, highly recommended
Another fine selection of rock 'n' roll which is even better than the
first volume. Highlight for me is the fabulous A Tear For Jessie
by Jody Reynolds - a great minor key suicide song somewhat in the vein
as his classic Endless Sleep but possibly better. Gene Dunlap's
What Do I Want is another powerful bluesy performance and
although Troyce Key's version of Ray Charles' Drown In My Own Tears
is more blue-eyed soul than rock-a-ballad it certainly is a superb
performance. Eddie Cash's Land Of Promise is another real winner
with Elvis like vocal and great loping rhythm. Other artists include
Ronnie Smith, Chuck Wiley, Mel McGonnigle, Ric Cartey, Duane Schurb, The
Phaetons, Jett Powers (an early recording of James Marcus Smith who was
later to achieve fame as P.J. Proby), Bobby & Terry Caraway (Everly
Brothers imitators), Jimmy Ford and others. Though there are a number of
duds here (like the aforementioned Jett Powers track) the standard is
generally high and there are a number of really superb tracks that
deserve to be better know. (FS)
BOBBY BARE: Another Love Has Ended/ THE BLUE ECHOES:
Debbie/ BOBBY & TERRY CARAWAY: Sweet Lies/ RIC CARTEY: My Heart Belongs
to You/ EDDIE CASH: Land of Promises/ JACKIE LEE COCHRAN: Endless Love/
TERRY DALY: Why Did This Happen/ JUNIOR DEAN: Surrender/ JIMMY DONLEY:
What Must I Do/ GENE DUNLAP: What Do I Want/ BOB EHRET: So Lonely/ JIMMY
FORD: We Belong Together/ JACKIE GOTROE: Don't Treat Me This Way/ TROYCE
KEY: Drown in My Own Tears/ MEL MCGONNIGLE: Cheryl Baby/ THE
MOONLIGHTERS: Glow of Love/ JACKE MORNINGSTAR: No Date/ GENE MORRIS:
I've Got a Love/ BILL MORRISON: The One I Left Behind/ LARRY O'KEEFE:
Love's Dream/ ALLEN PAGE: Sugar Tree/ THE PHAETONS: As You Know/ JETT
POWERS: Teen-Age Quarrel/ JODY REYNOLDS: A Tear For Jessie/ DUANE SCHURB:
You're a Fool/ RONNIE SMITH: It Hurts Me So/ DANNY STEWART: Somewhere
Along the Line/ GENE SUMMERS: I'll Never Be Lonely/ LARRY TERRY: Why Did
She Go/ THE VIBES: Crying For You/ CHUCK WILEY: Little Star, Little Star
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Lesley 4 |
The Great Lost Story Of The
Rock-A-Ballad, Vol. 3 |
● CD $15.98 |
30 more fine sides - many of them more mid tempo than
ballads. Not quite as strong as the first two volumes this is another
fine collection of mostly obscure material including tracks by Andrew
Nash & The Renown, Billy Riley (his classic Sun recording Trouble
Bound), Tony Casanova (the "death song" The Grave), The
Strikes, Johnny Fortune (the very fine If You Love Me), Gene
Watson and others.
TONY CASANOVA: The Grave/ JOEY CASTLE: Wild Love/ EDDY
CLERMONT: My Love/ JACKIE LEE COCHRAN: Georgia Lee Brown/ SONNY COLE: I
Need A Lotta Lovin'/ JERRY DEAN: Don't Say Goodbye/ FRANK DEATON: My
Love For You/ BOB DENTON: On My Mind Again/ DON ELLIS: A Woman's Love/
JOHNNY FORTUNE: If You Love Me/ DON HEAD: Never Before/ THW KIDS FROM
TEXAS: I'm So Lonely/ ROC LaRUE: Teenage Blues/ JERRY MARTIN: Lovely
One/ ANDREW NASH & THE RENOWNS: Wild One/ THE ORBITS: Darlin'/ KENNY
OWEN: High School Sweater/ THE PROWLERS: Most Of All/ DARRELL RHODES:
Prayer Of A Boy In Love/ BILLY RILEY: Trouble Bound/ THE ROAD RUNNERS:
Rains/ MEL ROBBINS: To Know You/ MARK ROBINSON: Want Me/ LYNN ROWE: Last
Date/ HAROLD SHUTTERS: Blues Of A Broken Heart/ JIMMY STAYTON: Why Do
You Treat Me This Way/ JOHNNIE STRICKLAND: Don't Leave Me Lonely/ I've
Heard That Line Before/ THE STRIKES: Come Back To Me/ GENE WATSON: I'll
Always Love You
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Lesley 5 |
Coral Records Rock & Roll Party |
● CD $15.98 |
34 tracks, 76 mins, recommended
34 track collection of rock 'n' roll recorded for the Coral label from
the mid 50s through the early 60s. Many of these tracks have been
reissued before but it's nice to have them all together in this thematic
compilation. The set opens with the fine Rock, Rock, Rock by
Jimmy Cavello & His House Rockers - a fine artist whose career dates
back to the 1940s. There are two exceptional tracks from the hot 5
Chavis Brothers with great vocals and hot guitar and Ivan (Jerry
Allison) is here with his frequently reissued Real Wild Child
with its sublime rock 'n' roll guitar solos from Buddy Holly. Other
artists include Don Cornell (pretty bland), Billy Williams, The Dawn
Breakers, Dorothy Collins, Moon Mullican, Dick Vale (his Rock-A-Billy
Blues is not bad but it's neither rockabilly or blues!), Baker
Knight (the fine Just RelaxThat's My Babe recorded just a few months before he hit it big on Liberty
with Memphis), The Goofers, Roy Berkeley (a fine cover of Paul
Evans' Hushabye Little Guitar or is it the other round?) and
others. A fair number of duds but with 34 tracks there's more than
enough good stuff to make this worthwhile. (FS)
THE 5 CHAVIS BROTHERS: Baby, Don't Leave Me/ Old Time
Rock & Roll/ THE BAY BOPS: Follow The Rock/ ROY BERKELEY: Hushabye
Little Guitar/ BILL CAREY: Record Hop/ JIMMY CAVELLO: Rock, Rock, Rock/
Soda Shoppe Rock/ DOROTHY COLLINS: Cool It Baby/ My Boy, Flat Top/ DON
CORNELL: Mama Guitar/ Teenage Meeting/ ALAN DALE: Don't Knock The Rock/
The Girl Can't Help It/ THE DAWN BREAKERS: Boy With The Be-Bop Glasses/
ALAN FREED: Rock ‘N Roll Boogie/ THE GOOFERS: Flip Flop & Fly/ The Dipsy
Doodle/ CHARLIE GRACIE: Angel Of Love/ I'm A Fool That's Why/ IVAN: Real
Wild Child/ BAKER KNIGHT: Just Relax/ THE LANCERS: Alphabet Rock/ Rock
Around The Island/ THE MATYS BROTHERS: Crazy Street/ MOON MULLICAN:
Moon's Rock/ TERRY NOLAND: Sugar Drop/ There Was A Fungus Among Us/ BOB
RILEY: Waiting/ JOHNNY RIVERS: That's My Babe/ THE SERENADERS: Misery/
DICK VALE: Rock-A-Billy Blues/ Sure Nuff/ BILLY WILLIAMS: Red Hot Love/
Steppin' Out Tonight
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Lesley 6 |
Brunswick Rock & Roll Party, Vol. 1 |
● CD $15.98 |
30 tracks, highly recommended
A fine collection of rock 'n' roll and a touch of rockabilly recorded
for Brunswick in the mid/ late 50s. It opens in fine form with
Australian Johnny O'Keefe's original Real Wild Child which was
covered by several American artists and also the hot flip Shake Baby
Shake. Veline Hackert has a fine loping tempo rockabilly number
Show Me How and Chuck & Bill have the excellent Watch Your Step
with a guitar solo that sounds a bit like Buddy Holly! The Holly
connection is also present in Don Webb's excellent Holly flavored
Little Ditty Baby which was recorded in Norman Petty's studio - I
believe that Webb was discovered by Maria Elena. Arthur Osborne's hey
Ruby also has that West Texas sound. Other artists include Austin
Smiley, Bobby Jackson, Johnny Duffett, Terry Noland, Freddie Neil (the
future reclusive folk singer/ songwriter Fred Neil with the hot
Listen Kitten), "Big" Tiny Little, The Paris Brothers (fine Everly
Brothers sounding duo), George Cromwell (excellent New Orleans flavored
sound on Washed Up), The Accents (the great up tempo doo-wop
Wiggle Wiggle), Chuck Johnson, Billy Riley, Billy Rocka and others.
Another entertaining collection from Lesley. (FS)
THE ACCENTS: Wiggle Wiggle/ CHUCK & BILL: Watch Your
Step/ DOUGLAS CORNELL: Hey! Cool/ GEORGE CROMWELL: Washed Up/ HOMER
DENISON JR.: Chickie Run/ JOHNNY DUFFETT: Just Give Me Your Heart/
VELINE HACKERT: Show Me How/ BOBBY JACKSON: Wow, Man!/ CHUCK JOHNSTON:
Stop Baby/ Sweet Baby/ BIG "TINY" LITTLE: School Day/ SANDEE MOORE:
Goody Gumdrop/ FREDDIE NEIL: Listen Kitten/ TERRY NOLAND: Patty Baby/
JOHNNY O'KEEFE: Real Wild Child/ Shake Baby Shake/ ARTHUR OSBORNE: Don't
Give Me Heartaches/ Hey Ruby/ THE PARIS BROTHERS: This is It/ PUMPKIN:
1/2 Past 17/ Boom-Boom/ EDDIE REARDON: Who is Eddie?/ BILLY RILEY:
Rockin' On the Moon/ BILLY ROCKA: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry/
Listen Pretty Baby/ AUSTIN SMILEY: Keep Me in Mind/ RONNIE SMITH: Lookie,
Lookie, Lookie/ WAYNE WALKER: Little Ole You/ You've Got Me/ DON WEBB:
Little Ditty Baby
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Norton CED 355 |
Kim Fowley - One Man's Garbage, Lost
Treasures, 1959-69 |
● CD $14.98 |
16 tracks, 37 mins, highly recommended
Kim Fowley is as unique, wild and fascinating a character that Rock 'N'
Roll has ever produced: a songwriter, producer, performer, DJ, manager,
and whatever else you can think of. Now in his 50th year in the music
business, he still rules the scene (although that scene might be a bit
smaller) with a host of projects in the works. According to his own
tally (and I believe it), he has sold over 102 million records so far.
These two fantastic compilations from Norton records aren't going to
focus on the best-selling of those productions, but a whole mess of his
oddities and obscurities from his first decade in the biz. If you
already have Ace records' "Impossible But True, The Kim Fowley Story"
(Ace 888 - $18.98), don't worry; as far as I can tell, there is no
crossover tracks between the compilations, and if you dug that comp, you
will most certainly dig these. Tons 'o' sweet cuts like Mo And Jo -
The Yo Yo Song, Blue Bells - Moccasin, Donnie And The
Outcasts - Big Fat Alaskan, etc. This one even features the great
Kim Fowley And Mars Bonfire - Surf Pigs, which has never been
issued before. Certainly these comps aren't for everyone -- you do have
to have a certain tolerance for some pretty far-out musical statements
as well as some downright obnoxious behavior -- but fans of the fruity
and far-out like me, will definitely enjoy. (JM)
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Norton CED 356 |
Kim Fowley - Another Man's Gold, Lost
Treasures 1959-69 |
● CD $14.98 |
16 tracks, 36 mins, highly recommended
Here's another batch of teenage wonders, Rock 'n' Roll outlaws, and
Sunset Strip weirdos. It's the second of two recent compilations from
Norton records, and hopefully not the last. By all appearances, the Kim
Fowley vaults have a long way to go before all of the nuggets are
released; hopefully we will get more from this decade and then dig into
the '70s and beyond. Some highlights from this edition would be The
Vaqueros with Vaquero Beat, Aston Martin And The Moon Discs -
Fallout, Hollywood Argyles - Long Hair & Unsquare Dude
Called Jack, U.S. Rockets - March Of The Siamese Children and
many more great ones. I think that this volume is actually the better of
the two, both are definitely keepers though. Never before released gems
for this volume are Bonnie And The Treasures - Eleventh Commandment
Of Love and Renegades - Ghost Train. Very Cool! (JM)
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Pet 008 |
Soft Sounds For Gentle People - 5 |
● CD $15.98 |
21 tracks, 53 mins, highly recommended
Here's the brand spanking new edition in the "Soft Sounds" franchise. As
usual you get another wonderful smattering of obscure pop-psych gems.
This is pure Topanga Canyon meets Willie Wonka's Chocolate Factory and,
as always, a unique musical document of an incredibly fertile time in
American pop-culture history. Sure, sometimes when you listen to these
collections you might feel that you are hanging out in Greg Brady's
groovy bachelor pad, but that's not such a bad sounding idea to me.
Killer tracks by the likes of Fraternity of Man, The Rainy Daze, Phoenix
Trolley, Misty Morn, The Lollipop Fantasy, etc. you get the picture.
Always remember to: "Kill The Cobra!" (JM)
THE 1ST CENTURY: Looking Down/ BENTLEY ROAD: Kill the
Cobra/ THE CAPES OF GOOD HOPE: Lady Margaret/ THE CARNIVAL: The Four
Seasons/ THE CHARTER MEMBERS: All the World's Kings/ THE DELICATE
BALANCE: Autumn Wind/ DEVIL'S BRIGADE: Dreaming Is/ THE FLOWER POT:
Gentle People/ THE FRATERNITY OF MAN: Wispy Paisley Skies/ THE JOHNNYS:
Nothing Sacred/ THE LOLLIPOP FANTASY: It's a Groovy World/ MISTY MORN:
Summer Sunshine/ MOUSE: Look at the Sun/ PEOPLE: Ridin' High/ THE
PHOENIX TROLLEY: When Charley's Doing his Thing/ THE RAINY DAZE: Blood
of Oblivion/ ROMAN CHARIOT: Five Sensations/ THE SANDALS: House of
Painted Glass/ STIX & STONZ: Take a Bus/ THINGS TO COME: Hello/ WELLS
AND FARGO: Mother Goose Sonata
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Smith & Co. 1189 |
Great Rock 'n' Roll Instrumentals, Vol.
2 - Just About |
● CD $15.98 |
Two CDs, 64 tracks, 147 mins, highly recommended
Complementing Smith & Co. 1173 this is another great and modestly priced
collection of rock 'n' roll instrumentals along with some rocking blues,
country and big band instrumentals. Disc one is predominantly guitar
oriented titles while disc two throws the emphasis on the sax. Alongside
familiar hits from Duane Eddy, Preston Epps, Santo & Johnny, The
Fireballs, The Royaltones, Sandy Nelson, Johnny & The Hurricanes, Bill
Black's Combo and others there are also less familiar titles from these
artists along with great obscurities like Fickle Chicken by The
Atmospheres, Uh Oh by The Imps, Guitar Stroll by The
Voxpoppers, the bluesy Catwalk by Tiny Fuller, All Tore Up
by The Kings Henchmen, Strollsville by Boots Brown & His
Blockbusters, Rockin' Crickets by The Hot Toddies and more. We
also get some hot instrumentals from country guitarists Chet Atkins, Joe
Maphis and Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, blues guitarist Pee Wee Crayton
and the Lawson-Haggart Big Band turn in a hard driving version of the
1929 hits Pinetop's Boogie Woogie. Altogether a speldnid
collection with excellent sound and it comes with a 12 page booklet with
informative notes by Dave Travis. (FS)
LEE ALLEN AND HIS BAND: Rockin' at Cosimo's/ DAVE
APPELL AND THE APPLEJACKS: Applejack/ CHET ATKINS: Boo Boo Stick Beat/
One Man Boogie/ THE ATMOSPHERES: The Fickle Chicken/ SIL AUSTIN:
Shufflin' Home/ Train Whistle/ CHUCK BERRY: Guitar Boogie/ One O'clock
Jump/ BILL BLACK'S COMBO: Smokie Part 2/ JOHNNY BRANTLEY'S ALL STARS:
Pot Luck/ BOOTS BROWN: Cerveza/ Strollsville/ AL CASEY: The Stinger/ THE
CHAMPS: Double Eagle Rock/ PEE WEE CRAYTON: Blues Before Dawn/ DUANE
EDDY AND THE REBELS: Forty Miles of Bad Road/ Peter Gunn/ Some Kinda
Earthquake/ Yep/ PRESTON EPPS: Bongo Rock/ RAY ETHIER: President's Walk/
THE FIREBALLS: Torquay/ TINY FULLER: Catwalk/ BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS:
A Rocking Little Tune/ Calling All Comets/ DALE HAWKINS: Cross Ties/
DEAN HIGHTOWER: Plunkin' Party/ THE HOT-TODDYS: Rockin' Crickets/ MUVVA
"GUITAR" HUBBARD: Pony Tail/ Raunchy/ THE IMPS: Uh Oh/ THE JET TONES:
Jet Tone Boogie/ JIMMY AND THE NIGHT HOPPERS: Cruising/ Night Hop/ THE
JODIMARS: Midnight/ JOHNNY AND THE HURRICANES: Buckeye/ Red River Rock/
Reveille Rock/ BILL JUSTIS: Moosejaw/ Cattywampus/ THE KEYMEN: Long Tall
Sally/ THE KING'S HENCHMEN: All Tore Up/ Flip Flap/ THE KINGSMEN:
Weekend/ LAWSON-HAGGART ROCKIN' BAND: Pinetop's Boogie Woogie/ JOE
MAPHIS: Guitar Rock 'N' Roll/ SANDY NELSON: Teen Beat/ KENNY PARCHMAN:
Satellite Hop/ RED PRYSOCK AND HIS HOUSE ROCKERS: Wiggles/ THE REBEL
ROUSERS: The Zombie Walks/ THE ROCK-A-TEENS: Woo Hoo/ THE ROCKETS:
Walkin' Home/ THE ROYAL TEENS: Royal Blue/ THE ROYALTONES: Poor Boy/
Wail/ SANTO & JOHNNY: All Night Diner/ School Day/ Sleep Walk/ ARTHUR
"GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH AND HIS CRACKERJACKS: Guitar Bustin'/ Hi-Lo
Boogie/ THE VIRTUES: Guitar Boogie Shuffle/ THE VOXPOPPERS: Guitar
Stroll/ THE WAILERS: Tall Cool One
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Smith & Co. 1192 |
Great British Skiffle, Vol. 4 - Just
About As Good As I |
● CD $15.98 |
The British skiffle phenomenon was a fairly short lived
one but it seems that the Smith & Co. label are determined to issue just
about all of it including pre-skiffle and post-skiffle music in the same
vein. This two CD set features another 60 tracks covering the period
1950 through 1959 including sides by Lonnie Donegan, Johnny Duncan & The
Blue Grass Boys, Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group, Chas McDevitt Skiffle
Group, Lazy Ade's Late Hour Boys, Beryl Bryden with Alexis Korner, The
2.19 Skiffle GRoup, Avon Cities Skiffle Group, Alexis Korner's Skiffle
Group, The Vipers Skiffle Group, Original Barnstormers Spasm Band, City
Ramblers Skiffle Group and many more. As an extra treat it includes the
wonderful 1957 parody by the great Peter Sellers doing the old music
hall song Any Old Iron accompanied by Mate's Spoffle Group
featuring Fred Spoons E.P.N.S. that reached #17 in the British charts.
THE 2.19 SKIFFLE GROUP: Railroad Bill/ This Little
Light Of Mine/ Where Can I Go/ LAZY ADE'S LATE HOUR BOYS: Hello Jim
Eadie/ THE AVON CITIES SKIFFLE GROUP: Hey Hey Daddy Blues/ I'm On My Way
To Canaan's Land/ Roll 'Em Pete/ ARTHUR BAIRD SKIFFLE GROUP: Union Maid/
CHRIS BARBER'S SKIFFLE GROUP FEATURING JOHNNY: Blowin' Down This Old
Dusty Road/ CHRIS BARBER'S WASHBOARD WONDERS: Whoop It Up/ DICKIE BISHOP
& HIS SIDEKICKS: Cumberland Gap/ BERYL BRYDEN WITH ALEXIS KORNER: This
Train/ BERYL BRYDEN'S BACK ROOM SKIFFLE FEATURING ALE: He Know How To
Rock Me/ THE CITY RAMBLERS SKIFFLE GROUP: Jubilee/ The Derby Ram/ The
Grey Goose/ Tom Dooley/ THE COFFEE BAR SKIFFLERS: Frankie & Johnny/ KEN
COLYER AND JOHN R.T. DAVIES: Muddy Ole River/ KEN COLYER'S SKIFFLE
GROUP: Ella Speed/ BOB CORT SKIFFLE: Eight More Miles To Louisville/
Where'D You Get Your Whiskey/ Maggie May/ THE DELTA SKIFFLE GROUP: John
Brown's Body/ LONNIE DONEGAN: Gloryland/ The Gold Rush Is Over/ Midnight
Special/ The Cotton Song/ JOHNNY DUNCAN & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS: Out Of
Business/ Press On/ Travelin' Blues/ Which Way Did He Go/ EDEN STREET
SKIFFLE GROUP: Pay Me My Money Down/ THE HALLELUJAH SKIFFLE GROUP
FEATURING CLINT: Just A Closer Walk With Thee/ THE IMPS: Let Me Lie/
JIMMY JACKSON'S ROCK 'N' SKIFFLE: Midnight Train/ Reckon I'll Go To/
ALEXIS KORNER'S SKIFFLE GROUP: County Jail/ National Defence Blues/
HUMPHREY LYTTELTON & HIS BAND FEATURING ADE MONSB: Hoppin' Mad/ CHAS
MCDEVITT SKIFFLE GROUP: Ace In The Hole/ Good Morning Blues/ THE
ORIGINAL BARNSTORMERS SPASM BAND: Stormin' The Barn/ That's All There
Is/ DAVID ROSS: Last Train To San Fernando/ PETER SELLERS PRESENTS
MATE'S SPOFFLE GROUPS F: Any Old Iron/ BETTY SMITH SKIFFLE: Double
Shuffle/ THE SOHO SKIFFLE GROUP: I Shall Not Be Moved/ SONNY STEWART &
HIS SKIFFLE GROUP: Mama Don't Allow/ THE VIPERS SKIFFLE GROUP: Easy
Rider/ I Know The Lord Laid His Hands On Me/ I Saw The Light/ John B.
Sails/ Putting On The Style/ This Land Is Your Land/ BOB WALLIS'
WASHBOARD BEATERS: Julian Johnson/ THE WEST 5 SKIFFLE GROUP: I'm
Satisfied With My Gal/ NORRIE WESTCOTT & THE CELLARMEN SKIFFLE GROUP: Oh
Mary Don't You Weep/ AL YOUNG & THE BAND BOYS FEATURING DICKIE B: Wabash
Cannonball
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Spin-It 701 |
Pepper-Hot Baby |
● CD $16.98 |
22 tracks, recommended
Entertaining collection of obscure 50s rock 'n' roll by female artists -
much of it with an R&B flavor. Artists include Jane Turzy, Lillian
Briggs, Bonnie Davis, Kay Adams (a fine cover of Little Willie John's
All Around The World), Bunny Paul (the hot Whatcha Gonna Do
with bluesy guitar), The Perry Sisters, Barbara Greene (her great covers
of Little Richard's Long Tall Sally and Slippin' And Slidin'
are the most exciting tracks here), Betty Jean Morris (her Shack
Daddy is another real winner), WEndy Powers and others. Excellent
sound and, as far as I can tell, all the tracks are making their first
appearance on CD. (FS)
KAY ADAMS: All Around The World/ It Just Ain't Love/
LILLIAN BRIGGS: Boogie Blues/ I/ She Sells Seashells/ BONNIE DAVIS:
Pepper-Hot Baby/ BARBARA GREENE: Long Tall Sally/ Slippin' And Slidin'/
JOAN HAGER: Will You Willyum?/ CAROL HUGHES: Never Go 'Way/ Pick Another
Baby/ LEE KANE: It's All Your Fault/ To You I Give My Love/ BETTY JEAN
MORRIS: Shack Daddy/ BUNNY PAUL: Whatcha Gonna Do/ THE PERRY SISTERS:
Willie Boy/ WENDY POWERS: Lucky Lucky Love/ DODIE RANDLE: I Fell In Love
Again/ Man Hunt/ ROBERTA SHERWOOD: Love Is A-Breakin' Out/ JANE TURZY:
Looky Look/ Who, Baby, Who
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STCTU 1 |
Songs The Cramps Taught Us, Vol. 1 |
● CD $19.98 |
31 tracks, 77 mins, essential
Back in stock in very limited quantities. Some of you might be familiar
with the series of compilations called "Born Bad," which were great, but
this series takes the same concept and improves on it 1,000 percent! The
Cramps are one of the greatest Punk Rock bands ever and a huge part of
their charm is in how they take wild, obscure Rockabilly, Garage and R&B
songs from the 1950's and '60s and rework them--or downright steal from
them--to create their own songs. The main folks in the Cramps, singer
Lux Interior and guitarist Poison Ivy, are rabid record collectors and
have always shown a spotlight on obscure artists and tunes and are
personally responsible for reviving certain artist's careers. These
compilations take the best of the "Born Bad" tracks and add many more to
them to create an unbelievably cool set of CDs with a noticeable
improvement in overall sound quality. Volume one features such gems as
Hipsville 29 BC by The Sparkles, Jelly Roll Rock by Walter
Brown & His Band, Love Me by The Phantom, and Sinners by Freddie and
the Hitchhikers alongside better known numbers by the Sonics, Andre
Williams, Jack Scott, Bo Diddley, etc.. On top of this, you get
absolutely beautiful cover art and layout in the best EC comics vein and
thorough notes that not only tell you about the original artist/song,
but also how the Cramps used each of them. I love these comps and I just
can't recommend them enough. Since I picked these up, I have easily
listened to each volume at least 20 times. (JM)
WALTER BROWN: Jelly Roll Rock/ THE BUSTERS: Bust Out/
RONNIE COOK: Goo Goo Muck/ KEITH COURVALE: Trapped Love/ BO DIDDLEY:
Dancing Girl/ ELROY DIETZEL: Rock-n-Bones/ LEE DRESSER: Beat Out My
Love/ CHARLIE FEATHERS: I Can't Hardly Stand It/ THE FRANTICS: Werewolf/
FREDDIE & THE HITCH HIKERS: Sinners/ THE GROUPIES: Primitive/ DALE
HAWKINS: Tornado/ R. LEWIS: Get Off The Road/ THE PHANTOM: Love Me/ JETT
POWERS: Go Girl Go/ ELVIS PRESLEY: Do The Clam/ DWIGHT PULLEN:
Sunglasses After Dark/ THE RIPTIDES: Machine Gun/ THE RUMBLERS: Boss/
THE RUNABOUTS: The Strangeness In Me/ JACK SCOTT: The Way I Walk/ THE
SHELLS: Whiplash/ SHERIFF & THE RAVELS: Shombolar/ THE SONICS:
Strychnine/ THE SPARKES: Hipsville 29 BC/ ANDY STARR: Give Me A Woman/
THE THIRD BARDO: Five Years Ahead Of My Time/ HAYDEN THOMPSON: Blues
Blues Blues/ THE TRASHMEN: Surfin' Bird/ ANDRE WILLIAMS: Bacon Fat/ LINK
WRAY: Fatback
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Superb 200 |
Surf Bunnies & Hot Rod Honeys |
● CD $18.98 |
32 tracks, 70 mins, recommended
If you thought the
Honeys (produced by Brian Wilson) were the only "surf girl group" around
in the early 60's, well here's proof that were more: a collection of
female artists singing odes to surfing, surfer boys, motorcycles, and
hot rodin'. The best way to approach the music on this CD is to think of
it as the surf music equivalent of those "death songs" that were popular
in the early 60's; that is to say, surf music was fad that producers
were mad to cash in on, so what better way than to have pretty girls
singing about boys and cars. This is producer's music, for the most
part, pure and simple, which is not necessarily a bad thing; after all,
"girl group" pop was also producer's music and that genre yielded some
stone cold classics. I wouldn't say that there's any "classics" here,
but there's plenty of fun to had by grooving to tracks by the Beach
Girls, Surf Bunnies, Westwoods, Carol & Cheryl, Fashions (surf meets
R&B), and Surfer Girls. Some of the solo singers working the style
include: Carol Connors, Susan Lynn, D.D. Hope, Donna Loren, and Jo Ann
Campbell. Anyone who digs 60's girl rock can purchase this disc with
confidence. (GMC)
JUNE AUGUST: What Does a Lifeguard Do in the Fall?/
THE BEACH GIRLS: He's My Surfin' Guy/ Skiing in the Snow/ THE BERMUDAS:
Chu Sen Ling/ HAL BLAINE: Dance to the Surfing Band/ JO ANN CAMPBELL:
Motocycle Michael/ CAROL & CHERYL: Go Go G.T.O./ BERNADETTE CASTRO:
Sports Car Sally/ CAROL CONNORS: A Swingin' Summer/ Yum Yum Yamaha/ THE
DARBY SISTERS: Go Back Go Back to Your Pontiac/ THE DELICATES: Black &
White Thunderbird/ THE FASHIONS: Surfer's Memories/ D. D. HOPE:
California Surfer/ DONNA LOREN: The Cycle Set/ SUSAN LYNN: Don't Drag No
More/ THE MAJORETTES: White Lewis/ MARIE & THE PAPAYA GIRLS: Hot Rod
City/ THE PETITES: Baby Blue Mustang/ Get Your Daddy's Car Tonight/ THE
PETTICOTES: Surfin' Sally/ THE POWDER PUFFS: You Can't Take My
Boyfriends Woodie/ THE SATISFACTIONS: Daddy, You Just Gotta Let Him IN/
THE SEA SHELLS: Love Those Beach Boys/ THE STOREY SISTERS: Bad
Motorcycle/ THE SURF BUNNIES: Hot Rod High/ Our Surfer Boys/ Surf Bunnie
Beach/ THE SURFER GIRLS: Draggin' Wagon/ THE SURFETTES: Sammy the
Sidewalk Surfer/ ROBIN WARD: In His Car/ THE WESTWOODS: I Miss My Surfer
Boy Too
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TNT 0135 |
35 Explosive Boppin' Blasters |
● CD $16.98 |
35 tracks, 79 mins, highly recommended
Great collection
of rockabilly, rock 'n' roll and up tempo hillbilly recorded for Bob
Tanner's TNT label of San Antonio, Texas in the 1950s. Founded in 1953
the label issued more than 100 singles over the next eight years and was
the label to first record artists like Bill Anderson and Roy Head. The
label recorded a broad spectrum of Texas music and in addition to those
mentioned above it also recorded blues and Cajun music. This collection
features Head's first recording as a member of the Traits One More
Time as well as the label's most succesful title - the great rocker
Henrietta which was picked up for distribution by Dot. There are
a number of other titles by Dee here (one originally unissued) and they
are all hard driving rock 'n' roll. Rockabilly legend Ray Campi also got
his start with TNT and his great Catapillar and Play It Cool are both here along with
alternate take sof the songs. Other artists
include The Bluenotes, Glenn Reeves (fine uptemnpo
hillbilly), Glenn Kirby, Bill Morrison (hot
rockabilly), Betty Barnes, Johnny Olenn, Jimmy
Burton and others. Quite a few of the tracks have
been reissued before but it's good to have them
all together. Sound quality is excellent but there
are no notes. (FS)
EAST ADAMS: I Had Someone Else Before I Had You/ BETTY
BARNES: Pepinest, Pepinest, Papy/ What Would You Do/ THE BELLNOTES: I
Love Her So/ JIMMY BURTON: Wild River/ RAY CAMPI: Catapillar/ Catapillar
(unissued alt take)/ Play It Cool/ Play It Cool (unissued alt take)/ THE
DAVIS SISTERS: Ricochet/ JIMMY DEE: Ain't That Love (unissued)/ Don't
Cry No More/ Henrietta/ Here I Come/ I Feel Like Rockin'/
Rock-Tick-Tock/ You're Late Miss Kate/ JERRY DOVE: Pink Bow Tie/ SANDY
FORD: Cat Man Boogie/ THE JACOBY BROS: Bicycle Wreck/ Food Plan Boogie/
DOTTY JONES: Honey, Honey/ GLENN KIRBY: I Love Blue Eyes/ RAY LIBERTO: I
Want You To Love Me/ CURLEY LIPHAM: Start, Step, Stop, Chop/ CECIL
MOORE: I Got It Bad/ BILL MORRISON: Baby Be Good/ Set Me Free/ JOHNNY
OLENN: Sally Let Your Bangs Hang/ LEON PAYNE: My Ship Of Dreams/ GLENN
REEVES: I Ain't Got Room To Rock/ I'm Johnny On The Spot/ The Blues Are
Out Tonight/ Wated Time, Wasted Tears/ THE TRAITS: One More Time
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Triple Crown 108 |
Before They Were Hits Or We Did It
First, Vol. 8 |
● CD $17.98 |
25 tracks, 67 mins, recommended
Remember Harry Nilsson's
haunting performance of Everybody's Talking from the movie
Midnight Cowboy? Did you know that song was originally written and
preformed by folk artist Fred Neil? I did, but I certainly didn't know
that R&B group Chairman of the Board recorded Clarence Carter's immortal
weeper Patches first. This fascinating collection contains 25
"original" versions of hit songs. The music runs the gamut from Blues
and R&B to New Wave pop; not everything will be of interest to our
listeners (I doubt anyone reading this will care about Robert Hazard's
bizarre rendition of Cyndi Lauper's 80's hit Girls Just Want to Have
Fun), but certainly The Benny Goodman Orchestera's Goody Goody,
Georgie Shaw's Honey Comb, Roy Hamilton's Hurt, and Brenda
Lee's Always on My Mind will be of considerable interest. Fans of
70's pop will no doubt find John Kurtz's version of Drift Away,
Leo Sayer's The Show Must Go On, and Scott English's Brandy
(better known as Mandy, when Barry Manilow did it) worthy of
investigation. This collection is a mixed bag to be sure, but-as noted
on the cover-collectors and music historians will find this
irresistible. (GMC)
THE BELL SISTERS: Boom Boom My Honey aka Gonna Get
Along Without You Now/ CILLA BLACK: Alfie/ BUFFALONGO: Dancing in the
Moonlight/ THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD: Patches/ BILL COURTNEY: Wishing
Star (original demo)/ THE DEMONS: Take Me As I Am/ THE EARLS: Remember
When aka Remember Then/ SCOTT ENGLISH: Brandy aka Mandy/ THE FIVE
CLASSICS: My Imagination/ THE FOUR PREPS: Gidget/ THE GOGGLES: Don't Say
You Don't Remember/ THE BENNY GOODMAN ORCHESTRA: Goody Goody/ BUDDY
GRECO: Mr. Lonely/ ROY HAMILTON: Hurt/ ROBERT HAZARD: Girls Just Want to
Have Fun/ JOHN KURTZ: Driftaway/ BRENDA LEE: Always on My Mind/ FRED
NEIL: Everybody's Talkin'/ LAURA NYRO: Wedding Bell Blues/ THE
PRINCETONES: Bada Bada aka Guardian Angel/ THE RENDEZVOUS: Here Comes
the Bride aka That Was the Time/ RAY SAPORITA: Hercules/ LEO SAYER: The
Show Must Go On/ SHADDEN & KING LEARS: Come Back When You Grow Up/
GEORGIE SHAW: Honey Comb
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Triple Crown 109 |
Before They Were Hits Or We Did It
First, Vol. 9 |
● CD $17.98 |
25 tracks, 67 mins, recommended
Next volume in this
interesting series has more R&B oriented material than the previous
entry, and is lighter on the 70's pop. Highlights include Roy Hamilton's
The Aisle (hit version: The Five Satins), Laura Nyro's Stoney
End, Arthur Alexander's Sharing the Night Together, Arthur
Gunter's Baby Let's Play House, Keely Smith's One Less Bell to
Answer, and Bobby Parker's You Got What it Takes. Now,
whether or not these songs are indeed the "original" versions is up for
debate, but that doesn't take away the fun of being able to contrast
these non-hit versions with their chart making counterparts. For
example, I was always under the impression that Gene Pitney recorded the
first version of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and yet here's
The Fairmount Singers whom I've never heard of nor can find any
information about other than that they recorded the song three months
before Gene. It's this kind of revelation that makes CDs like this so
much fun. (GMC)
ARTHUR ALEXANDER: Sharing the Night Together/ RICHARD
BARRETT: Fairy Tale (original demo)/ THE BROTHERS FOUR: Mr. Tambourine
Man/ THE BYRDS: You Showed Me/ DON CHERRY: Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye/
DON COVAY & GOODTIMES: Poney Time/ DON & DEWEY: Big Boy Pete/ THE
EVERGREEN BLUES: Midnight Confessions/ THE FAIRMOUNT SINGERS: The Man
Who Shot Liberty Valance/ THE FEATHERS: Why Don't You Write Me/
FLEETWOOD MAC: Black Magic Woman/ ARTHUR GUNTER: Baby Let's Play House/
ROY HAMILTON: The Aisle/ BILLY LAWRENCE: Playground in My Mind/ THE
LIMELIGHTERS: Those Were the Days/ THE LITTLE DARLINGS: Little Bit O
Soul/ THE MIRACLES: Shop Around (original version)/ LAURA NYRO: Stoney
End/ BOBBY PARKER: You Got What It Takes/ ARTIE SCHROECK: The Lovin'
Things/ KEELY SMITH: One Less Bell to Answer/ CARL SPENCER: Let the
Little Girl Dance/ LEZLIE VALENTINE: Love On a Two Way Street/ MAURICE
WILLIAMS & THE ZODIACS: May I/ KAI WINDING: Time is On My Side
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