NEWSLETTER
#124
Vintage Rock 'n' Roll & Rockabilly
John
Ashley -> Link Wray
| BOBBY DAY |
Ace CDCHD 834 |
Rockin' Robin - The Best Of Bobby Day |
● CD $16.98 |
28 track collection of sides recorded for Class and
Rendezvous between 1957 and 1962.
BOB & EARL: Chains Of Love (alt Take)/ Gee Whiz/ Sweet Pea (alt Take)/
That's My Desire/ When She Walks (alt Take)/ You Made A Boo Boo/ BOBBY
DAY: Ain't Gonna Cry No More/ Gotta New Girl/ Honey-suckle Baby/ I Need
Help/ King's Highway/ Life Can Be Beautiful/ Little Bitty Pretty One/
Little Turtle Dove/ Mr & Mrs Rock'n'roll/ Oop-i-du-pers Ball/ Over And
Over/ Rockin' Robin/ Saving My Life For You/ Slow Pokey Joe (alt Take)/
Sweet Little Thing : Say Yes/ Teenage Philosopher/ That's All I Want/ The
Bluebird, The Buzzard & The Oriole/ Three Young Rebs From Georgia/
What Fools We Mortals Be/ When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
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| LEE DENSON |
Hydra 27115 |
The South's Gonna Rise Again |
● CD $19.98 |
23 track collection featuring 21 tracks by singer/ guitarist
best known for the title song and the great Red Hot Rockin' Blues
recorded for Kent in 1958 under the pseudonym Jesse James. The remaining tracks were recorded between 1956 and 1965 for various labels and are a
mix of rockers, fairly mediocre novelty songs and even more mediocre
ballads. Also includes two bonus songs written by Denson featuring vocals
by Jerry Capehart and some guy names Elvis Presley. Includes 16 page
booklet with extensive notes, photos and discography.
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| EDDIE HODGES |
Teenager 604 |
I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door |
● CD $18.98 |
21 track collection including I'm Gonna Knock On Your
Door/ Halfway/ Made To Love (Girls, Girls,Girls)/ Ain't Gonna Wash For A
Week/ Just A Kid In Love/ New Orleans/ High Hopes/ Too Soon To Know/ Love
Minus Zero (yes, the Dylan song!)/ The Water Is Over My Head,
etc.
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| JIMMY JONES |
Castle CMEDD 336 |
Good Timin' - The Anthology |
● CD $22.98 |
Two CD set with 48 tracks. Jones entered the music world
through membership in various 50's vocal groups - the Savoys, the
Pretenders, the Jones Boys, and the Sparks of Rhythm - but didn't really
strike it rich until he recorded Handy Man in 1959 for the MGM
subsidiary Cub and climbed to #2 in the charts. This was followed a few
months later by another biggie Good Timin'. Although he never hit
it big again he continued to record pop flavored R&B featuring his
distinctive high tenor and had some minor success with two further Cub
releases That's When I Cried and I Told You So. Disc one
features his Cub recordings including a previously unissued stereo version
of Good Timin'. Disc two features his pre-Cub Epic recording of Whenever
You Need Me and You For Me To Love along with his post Cub
recordings in the 60s and early 70s plus a few from the 90s for Vee-Jay,
Roulette, Parkway, Bell and his own Jenjillus label.
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| JERRY RAINES |
Night Train 7089 |
Dangerous Redhead |
● CD $16.98 |
28 tracks from fine obscure Louisiana rocker recorded
between 1959 and 1981 - mostly late 50s/ early 60s. Jerry is a fine singer
and his music has a strong R&B and swamp pop flavor. Includes sessions
with his own band the Vikings as well as tracks with a studio band
including Roy Montrell, Mac Rebennac, Lee Allen & Big Boy Myles.
Includes a couple of unissued studio sides along with a bunch of
forgettable demos with only piano or acoustic guitar accompaniment.
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Big Beat CDWIKD 211 |
Board Boogie - Surf 'n' Twang From Down
Under |
● CD $16.98 |
30 track compilation of rock instrumentals recorded in
Australia in the early 60s for the Festival label.
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Castle Pulse PBXCD 353 |
Chapel Of Love |
● CD $17.98 |
Three CDs with 60 tracks for a bargain price featuring a
selection of girl group sounds including hits and rarities from the likes
of The Dixie Cups, The Shangri-Las, The Goodies,Chi Chi McCauley, The
Clinger Sisters, The Young Generation, Betty Everett, Marcie Blaine, The
Tomboys, Barbara Jackson, The Three Degrees, The Ad Libs, The Avons, Audry
Slo, Gladys Knight & The Pips and loads more. Each CD includes a
booklet with brief notes.
THE AD LIBS: He Ain't No Angel/ I'm Just A Down Home Girl/ THE AVONS: Be
Good To Your Baby/ MARCIE BLAINE: Bobby Did/ Bobby's Girl/ THE BOUQUETS:
Ain't That Love/ MARILYN BRITTON: Smart Boy/ THE BUTTERFLYS: Gee Baby Gee/
I Wonder/ YVONNE CARROLL: Please Don't Go/ THE CLINGER SISTERS: Shoop
Shoop De Roop Rama Lama Ding Dong Yeah Yeah Yeah/ NOREEN CORCORAN: Love
Kitten/ Why Can't A Boy And Girl Just Stay In Love/ TRACEY DEY: Long Time
No See/ THE DIXIE CUPS: Chapel Of Love/ People Say/ You Should Have Seen
The Way He Looked At Me/ THE DIXIEBELLES: Down At Papa Joe's/ Southtown
Usa/ BETTY EVERETT: Can I Get To Know You/ I Can't Hear You/ SHELLEY
FABARES: I Know You'll Be There/ THE FABULETTES: Try The Worryin' Way/
SHEILA FERGUSON: Don't (leave Me Lover)/ I'll Weep For You/ THE GOODIES:
Dum Dum Ditty/ BARBARA GREEN: Young Boy/ ELLIE GREENWICH: Baby/ THE HONEY
BEES: One Girl One Boy/ THE INSPIRATIONS: What Am I Gonna Do With You Hey
Baby/ BARBARA JACKSON: Invitation To A Wedding/ THE JELLYBEANS: Baby Be
Mine/ Do Wah Diddy/ Good Night Baby/ RODDIE JOY: He's So Easy To Love/
Love Hit Me With A Wallop/ KELLI & THE KITTENS: What Mama Don't Know/
KAREN KELLY: Party Talk/ GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS: Queen Of Tears/ You
Broke Your Promise/ THE LADYBIRDS: Handsome Boy/ MELINDA MARX: What/ CHI
CHI MCCAULEY: Memory Lane Without You/ THE PEARLETTES: Can I Get Him/
CATHY SAINT: Big Bad World/ EVIE SANDS: Take Me For A Little While/ THE
SAPPHIRES: Moulin Rouge (where Is Your Heart)/ Who Do You Love/ THE
SHANGRI-LAS: I Can Never Go Home Anymore/ Leader Of The Pack/ Remember (walkin'
In The Sand)/ AUDRY SLO: Gonna Find The Right Boy/ THE SWANS: He's Mine/
TERRY & THE TUNISIANS: Tom Tom/ THE THREE DEGREES: Bongos On The
Beach/ Look In My Eyes/ Maybe/ THE TOMBOYS: I'd Rather Fight Than Switch/
NAOMI WILSON: I'm So Young/ THE YOUNG GENERATION: Hideaway
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Chopper 5004 |
Coast To Coast, Vol. 1 - Rockabilly |
● CD $16.98 |
30 track collection of 50s rockabilly. Some great sides with
good sound though 90% of these tracks are also on various Buffalo Bop
collections and the remaining 10% are on Collector. Includes Jimmy Patton,
Jimmy Ford, Jerry Parsons, Melvin Blake, The darts, Link Jeffries, Jimmy
Sysum, Stan Johnson, Jimmy Wayne, Ricky Coyne, Don's Rockers, Cutis Lee,
Harold Shutters, Don Head, Curtis Lee, etc.
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4468 |
Megaton Rock |
● CD $16.98 |
30 rock 'n' roll and rockabilly rarities from the 50s and
early 60s including three previously unissued tracks and a previously
unissued alternate take. Includes Lynn Kelly, Joey Nepote & H.B.
Barnum Orch., Steve King, The Five Bops, The Monarchs, Lenny Dries &
The Band-Its, Jimmie Tennant & His Dynatones, Sonny Gee & The
Standels and others.
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4469 |
Rockabilly Hoodlums |
● CD $16.98 |
30 sides, two previously unissued - Keith Huggard & The
Night Hawks, Jay McCoy, Robert Butner & The Nashville Sounds, Mabel
Williams & Buddy Barnett, Johnny Waatson, Lloyd Arnold, Jeff Johnson
& The Lonely Ones, Big Bill Johnson, Linda Manning, The Four Ekkos,
etc.
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
KLCD 5112 |
Rockabilly Kings & Queens |
● CD $19.98 |
Fine set of 30 tracks from King & Federal - some hot
rockabilly along with some rocking country and up tempo bluegrass - Joe
Penny, Hank Mizell (his classic Jungle Rock), Bill Beach, Earl Stone,
Rusty York, Wayne Raney, The Blue Tones, Ann Jones, Wanda Wayne, Delbert
Barker, Cecil McNabb, The Stanley Brothers (their great bluegrass version
of Hank Ballard's Finger Poppin' Time) and more.
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| TONY JOE WHITE |
Audium 8139 |
The Beginning |
● CD $16.98 |
New album from this original performer is his first in a
long time. It's a solo acoustic set with a strong blues flavor featuring
11 original songs by Tony Joe.
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| LINK WRAY |
Ace CDCHD 837 |
Law Of The Jungle |
● CD $16.98 |
28 track collection drawn from Wray's recordings for Swan in
the mid 60s includes classic 45s, rare LP and not originally issued tracks
and seven previously unreleased stereo mixe from the original Swan label
multi-tracks. Includes Good Rockin' Tonight/ Hidden Charms/ Heartbreak
Hotel/ Week End/ Dinosaur/ Ace Of Spades/ Stop And Listen To Me/ Mr.
Guitar/ Rumble, etc.
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| LINK WRAY & THE
WRAYMEN |
Sundazed 11098 |
Slinky - The Epic Sessions, 1958-1961 |
● CD $25.98 |
The ultimate collection of this guitar masher's recordings
for Epic. Two CDs featuring 46 sides of vintage twang including unissued
tunes, alternate takes, demos and accompaniments on sides by The Ponies,
Doug Wray and Bert & Ray. Includes 12 page illustrated booklet with
rare photos and notes from contemporary guitar wiz Teisco Del Rey.
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