| EDDIE COCHRAN | Bear Family DVD 20002 | At Town Hall Party | ● CD $29.98 |
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Black & white, 8 songs, 30 mins, highly recommended Thanks
to companies like Bear Family we are now able to hear some more great and
long forgotton moments in rock 'n roll history. This set features rock 'n'
roll pioneer Eddie Cochran live on the legendary Southern California based
TV show "Town Hall Party" in February 1959. Best known as an outlet for
country performers the show, on the air from 1953 and 1960, also featured
many great rock 'n' roll and rockabilly performers. Fortunately kinescopes
of a number of the original shows are preserved at the Country Music
Foundation which is the source of these priceless recording. Eddie is
accompanied by the excellent Dick D'Agostin & The Swingers. He does eight
songs including his most recent hit C'Mon Everybody (twice!),
Summertime Blues and several covers including great versions of Fats
Domino's Don't Blame It On Me and Chuck Berry's School Days
both of which he had not recorded elsewhere. Lots of great singing and
guitar playing from Eddie. There is also and interesting interview of Eddie
by Johnny Bond which is several cuts above most interviews of rock 'n roll
performers. (FS) |
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| THE COLLINS KIDS | Bear Family DVD 20005 | At Town Hall Party | ● CD $29.98 |
| DVD
The dynamic teenage duo live on 24 songs and tunes from
eight different Town Hall Party shows in 1958 featuring lots of hot guitar
from Larry. It also includes a guitar duet by Larry and Joe Maphis from a
1954 show.Blue Blue Day/ Make Him Behave (twice)/ High School
Confidential/ Great Balls Of Fire (three times) / Chantilly Lace
(four times!)/ Rock Boppin' Baby/ Shake, Rattle And Roll/ Blues Medley/
Problems and more. |
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| BOB LUMAN | Bear Family DVD 20004 | At Town Hall Party | ● CD $29.98 |
| DVD
23 performances from eight different shows between September
1958 and September 1959 including several songs done more than once. Bob is
mostly accompanied by the Town Hall Party gang with lead guitar chores
handled by the likes of Merle Travis, Joe Maphis, Johnny Meeks and James
Burton! Songs are a mix of rck 'n' roll and country - mostly covers -
including Svengali (twice)/ Blue Suede Shoes/ Shake, Rattle And
Roll/ Early In The Morning (twice)/ Folsom Prison Blues/ Oh Lonesome
Me/ Rockin' Robin (three times)/ Itchy Twitchy Feelin (twice)/
Stagger Lee (twice)/ A Lovers Question/ I Got A Woman and more.
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| GENE VINCENT | Bear Family DVD 20003 | At Town Hall Party | ● CD $29.98 |
| DVD
14 tracks, black & white, highly recommended Gene is
featured on three shows - from October, 1958 with The Bluecaps and from July
and November, 1959 with Town Hall Party musicians. The first show includes
the expected Be-Bop-A-Lula plus High Blood Pressure/ Dance To The
Bop and others including two not recorded elsewhere - Hank Williams'
You Win Again and Jerry Butler & The Impressions' For Your Precious
Love and Gene does a splendid job on them reminding us what a superb and
versatile singer he was. The Bluecaps are also in great form with some hot
guitar from Johnny Meeks. The Town Hall musicians do a decent job
accompanying Gene on Rocky Road Blues/ Be-Bop-A-Lula/ Over The Rainbow/
She She Little Sheila and others. (FS) |
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| ANDY ANDERSON | Buffalo Bop 55161 | Tough Tough Tough | ● CD $18.98 |
| 32 tracks recorded between 1956 and 1967 by this fine rocker
from Jackson, Mississippi for Sun, Felsted, Apollo, Cougar and his own
Century label. Includes many tracks not originally issued . It includes four
versions of his most famous song Johnny Valentine - three of them unissued
demos. Plus I Got Me A Woman/ I Love You/ You Shake Me Up/ They Call It
The Blues/ Chop Suey/ Gimme A Lock A Yo Hair/ Without Your Love/ My Babe/ I
Missed A Lot In You/ So Long I'm Gone and more. Includes 12 page booklet
with notes, rare photos and full discography. |
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| DAVE APPELL & THE APPLEJACKS | Sparkeltone 99016 | The Rock And Roll Story | ● CD $21.98 |
| 31 tracks recorded between 1954 and 1963 by this group from
Philadelphia. Personally, I find Appell's non-threatening night club
approach to rock 'n roll unlistenable but if you care this set includes
The Rock And Roll Story/ Hony Bunch/ Sweet Patootie Pie/ Teenage Meeting/
Ookey Ook/ Reunion/ Applejack/ Mexican Hat Rock/ Chitter Chatter Baby
and others. |
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| RAY CAMPI | Enviken 118 | The Road To Rockabilly, 1951-1958 | ● CD $17.98 |
| 19 early sides by this fine performer who is still rocking
them up. These are all from Ray's personal archives and were never issued
commercially. There are six of his earliest country recordings from 1951 -
four which have never been issued before. The rest are from two sessions in
1957 and 1958 including rockers like Caterpiller/ It Ain't Me/ Let Go Of
Louie/ I Didn't Mean To Be Mean/ My Screamin' Screamin' Mimi and others
which were originally issued on a Rollin' Rock LP. |
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| FREDDY FENDER | Arhoolie 9038 | Rock 'n Roll | ● CD $9.98 |
| 12 tracks, 29 min, recommended Before he settled on being
Freddy Fender, Baldemar Huerta tried a few names including Eddie Medina.
This LP of Spanish-language rock 'n' roll was done as Eddie con Los Shades,
as he was still under contract to Falcon under his real name. This reissues
Ideal 109 from '61 with original artwork (that's a silhouette of Archie &
Veronica dancing!) These tunes are all listed as originals (though there's a
few "familiar" sounding tunes - (Desde Que Consoco = Since I Met
You Baby) & includes two early hits, Acapulco Rock & Que Mala.
(GM) |
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| FREDDY FENDER | Arhoolie 9039 | Interpreta El Rock! | ● CD $9.98 |
| 12 tracks, 25 min, recommended Long before there was Rock En
Espaniol, there was Freddy Fender, cutting the 1st Spanish language rock 'n'
roll. This is a reissue of Ideal 136 with a dozen rockers done for Ideal
Records approx '61. Includes Si Si Rider/ Corina-Corina, as well as
versions of What'd I Say (Vamos A Bailar)/ Slippin' & Slidin' (El
Borracho)/ You Better Move On (Tuve Un Amor)/ I Know (Ya No)/ Rip It Up (Bailindo
El Rock & Roll), even an instrumental (Rock No. 5). (GM) |
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| CONNIE FRANCIS | Bear Family BCD 16318 | Connie Rocks | ● CD $21.98 |
| 33 track collection of Connie's more rocking sides plus some
ballads including some of her early big hits, covers, obscurities and more -
Robot Man/ Everybody's Somebody's Fool/ Stupid Cupid/ Lipstick On Your
Collar/ Where The Boys Are/ Tweedle Dee/ Plenty Good Lovin'/ Hearts Of
Stone/ It Would Still Be Worth It/ Telephone Lover/ Mister Twister, etc.
Includes 32 page illustrated booklet. |
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| GLEN GLENN | Bear Family BCD 16671 | Glen Rocks | ● CD $24.98 |
| 25 track collection featuring at least one take of all the
sides recorded by this outstanding California rockabilly artist for Era and
Dore between 1955 and 1964. In spite of the high quality of his recordings
very few were originally issued and most have gradually emerged on LP and CD
over the years. The earlier sides are particularly fine rockabilly with hot
guitar from Gary Lambert - the later tracks are a bit more pop oriented.
Includes incredible 64 page booklet with extensive notes, rare photographs
and other memorabilia and a detailed discography. GLEN GLENN: Baby, Let's Play House/ Be-bop-a-lula/ Blue Jeans And A Boys Shirt/ Blue Jeans And A Boys Shirt (alt)/ Don't You Love Me/ Everybody's Movin'/ Everybody's Movin' (alt)/ Goofin' Around/ Hold Me Baby/ I Didn't Have The Sense To Go/ I'll Never Stop Loving You/ I'm Glad My Baby's Gone Away/ If I Had Me A Woman/ It Rains, Rain/ Jack And Jill Boogie/ John Henry/ Kitty Cat/ Laurie Ann/ One Cup Of Coffee And A Cigarette/ One Cup Of Coffee And A Cigarette (alt)/ Suzie Green From Abilene/ That's All Right – Kathaleen/ Would Ya/ Would Ya (alt) |
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| THE PARIS SISTERS | Marginal MAR 087 | Their Greatest Hits & More | ● CD $19.98 |
| 27 tracks from this fine San Francisco girl group who were
active in late 50s and early 60s other best known for their giant hit I
Love How You Love Me, included here, featuring the distinctive ethereal
lead vocals of Priscilla Paris. Includes songs written by Paris and some
from Brill Building songwriters like Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Doc Pomus
and Phil Spector. Spector produced their big hit as well as several others
here. Also has some fine covers of hits like Dream Lover/ Sincerely/ It's
My Party and others plus a remake of Love and a couple of
Priscilla Paris solo cuts. |
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| CARL PERKINS | Bear Family BCD 16422 | Back To The Top | ● CD $99.98 |
| We missed listing this when it first came out. A four CD set
with 36 page book features all of Carl's recordings from his second tenure
with Columbia (1968-1972), his Mercury recordings (1973-1975), his sessions
with NRBQ and more. Includes unissued studio cuts and a CDs worth of demos.
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| JODY REYNOLDS | Buffalo Bop 55160 | Endless Sleep | ● CD $18.98 |
| 33 tracks by this rocker who is best known his giant 1958
hit Endless Sleep which is included here along with many of his other
singles and a whole slew of originally unissued tracks which first surfaced
on a 1994 CD on Gee-Dee. A mix of rockers, ballads and a few fine
instrumentals. Includes Beaulah Lee/ Fire Of Love/ A Tear For Jesse/
Jeannie Mae/ (Evil Hearted Me) Downright Evil/ Shot Down/ Closin' In/
Runaway Heart/ Don't Jump/ Silhouettes/ All Washed Up, etc. Includes 16
page booklet with photos, label shots, biography and discography. |
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| NEIL SEDAKA | Bear Family BCD 16535 | Oh Carol - The Complete Recordings, 1956-1966 | ● CD $209.98 |
| 8-CD box set with hardcover book. This set includes
everything from Sedaka's first ultra-rare Melba session to the end of his
RCA contract in 1966. Includes 15 unissued masters and many of the RCA sides
are issued in true stereo for the first time. Includes all his foreign
language recordings in German, Henrew, Italian, Japanese and Spanish as well
as his Christmas and New Years greetings, station breaks, a message to his
Japanese fans and movie tracks! |
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| CONWAY TWITTY | Bear Family BCD 16670 | Conway Rocks | ● CD $24.98 |
| 30 tracks, 69 mins, highly recommended Fine collection featuring some of Conway's best rock 'n roll cuts recorded between 1956 and 1964 for Sun, Mercury, MGM and ABC. Some duplication with RPM 246 issued a while back but quite a few tracks are not readily available elsewhere except on Bear Family's 8 CD box set ("The Rock 'n' Roll Years" BCD 16112 - $169.98). Includes It's Only Make Believe/ Rock House/ Shake It Up/Don't You Know/ Teasin'/ Hey Little Lucy/ Hey Miss Ruby/ She's Mine/ Pretty Eyed Baby/ Lonely Blue Boy/ Tell Me One More Time/ It's Driving Me Wild/ Platinum High School/ Such A Night/ My Babe and more. Handsomely packaged in digipack with 36 page booklet with loads of rare photos and full discographical information. (FS) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Ace CDCHD 980 | Golden Age Of American Rock 'n' Roll - Novelty Edition | ● CD $18.98 |
| 30 tracks, 80 mins, highly recommended There have been quite
a few collections of novelty rockers issued but no-one does this sort of
thing better than Ace with this collection of 30 novelty tracks that reached
the top 100 in the 50s and early 60s, all newly remastered from original
master tapes with a 32 page booklet with detailed information on all this
insanity. The music ranges from the silly (Yogi by The Ivy Three) to
the witty (Russian Bandstand by Spencer & Spencer) to the pointless (Witch
Doctor by David Seville) to the bizarre (Delicious! by Jim Backus
& Friend) to the sick (I Want My Baby Back by Jimmy Cross) to the
demented(They're Coming To Take Me Away,Ha-Haa! by Napoleon XIV). And
of course you also get Martian Hop/ Baby Sittin' Boogie/ Ape Call/ Long
Tall Texan/ The Purple People Eater/ Rip Van Winkle/ Beep Beep/ The Mummy
and loads more. Lots of fun that will bring back lots of memories. (FS) JIM BACKUS & FRIEND: Delicious!/ BUCHANAN & GOODMAN: The Flying Saucer Part 1/ BUZZ CLIFFORD: Baby Sittin' Boogie/ JIMMY CROSS: I Want My Baby Back/ JOHNNY CYMBAL: Mr. Bass Man/ THE DETERGENTS: Leader of the Laundromat/ THE DEVOTIONS: Rip Van Winkle/ THE DYNA-SORES: Alley-Oop/ THE FIVE BLOBS: The Blob/ THE FOUR PREPS: More Money For You and Me/ STAN FREBERG: The Old Payola Roll Blues Side 1/ BOBBY HENDRICKS: Psycho/ BRIAN HYLAND: Itsy Bitsy Tennie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini/ THE IVY THREE: Yogi/ MURRY KELLUM: Long Tall Texan/ LINDA LAURIE: Ambrose Part 5/ BARRY MANN: Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp Bomp Bomp)/ BOB MCFADDEN & DOR: The Mummy/ NAPOLEON XIV: They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haa!/ NERVOUS NORVUS: Ape Call/ THE PLAYMATES: Beep Beep/ THE RAN-DELLS: Martian Hop/ DAVID SEVILLE: Witch Doctor/ GENE SIMMONS: Haunted House/ SPENCER & SPENCER: Russian Band Stand/ CONNIE STEVENS: Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)/ RAY STEVENS: Ahab, The Arab/ JESSE LEE TURNER: The Little Space Girl/ LARRY VERNE: Mr. Custer/ SHEB WOOLEY: The Purple People Eater |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bear Family 16348 | Real Gone Aragon, Vol. 1- Roots, Rockers & Rockabillies | ● CD $21.98 |
| Rare Canadian rock and roll and rockabilly recorded in the
50s and 60s for Al Reusch's Aragon label in Vancouver. Includes Keray Regan,
Bob Regan, Jimmy Morrison & The Stripes, Evan Kemp's Trail Riders, The
Vantones and many more. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bear Family BCD 16607 | The Drugstore's Rockin', Vol. 2 | ● CD $24.98 |
| 26 more tracks of teen rock 'n' roll.
Includes four previously unissued tracks. MILTON ALLEN: It's Simply Grand/ LEON ASHLEY: Teen Age Angel/ DORSEY BURNETTE: Circle Rock/ RIC CARTEY: Young Love/ CHUCK & BILL (THE KENTUCKIANS): I Wanna Move A Little Closer/ JACK CLEMENT: The Edge Of Town/ JACKIE DEE: I Need Lovin' (previously Unissued)/ JIM EDWARDS: Your Love Is A Good Love/ MELVIN ENDSLEY: Keep A Lovin' Me Baby/ BILLY HARLAN: This Lonely Man (previously Unissued)/ AUTRY INMAN: Teenage Wonderland/ SONNY JAMES: Let's Make Up (previously Unissued)/ HOYT JOHNSON: My Special Girl/ THE LANE BROTHERS: Uh Uh Honey/ CURTIS LEE: Pretty Little Angel Eyes/ BOBBY LILE: This Love/ JOHN D. LOUDERMILK: Language Of Love/ JANIS MARTIN: Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll/ Love And Kisses/ DAVE RICH: Rosie Let's Get Cozy/ FLOYD ROBINSON: Out Of Gas/ SAMMY SALVO: Oh Julie/ JACK SCOTT: Looking For Linda/ THE SPROUTS: Goodbye She's Gone/ TOMMY TUCKER: Everybody's Wrong (previously Unissued)/ UNIDENTIFIED: Everything's Just Right For You And Me (previously Unissued) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bear Family BCD 16608 | The Drugstore's Rockin', Vol. 3 | ● CD $24.98 |
| 26 tracks from the 50s and early 60s. THE CRICKETS: Playboy/ Right Or Wrong/ BARRY DEVORZON: Across The Street From Your House/ Hey Little Darlin'/ JOE DOWELL: Bridge Of Love/ BOBBY EDWARDS: Here's My Heart/ Someone New/ JOHNNY FALLIN: If I Could Write A Love Song/ NICK GREENE: My Lovin' Baby/ BONNIE GUITAR: Half Your Heart/ Love Is Over, Love Is Done/ JUDD HAMILTON: Dream/ DWAYNE HICKMAN: School Dance/ KENNY LORAN: One More Record Please/ Sugar In A Kiss/ JANIS MARTIN: Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll/ NED MILLER: Do What You Do, Do Well/ Just Before Dawn/ LOUIS PRIMA: Buona Sera/ MARV & PATTY RAINWATER: Two Fools In Love/ JOHNNY ROSE: The Last One To Know/ With A Kiss/ HOKE SIMPSON: I Finally Found You/ EARL SINKS: House Of Blue Lights/ Maggie/ RONNY TOTH: Someone Like You |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bear Family BCD 16609 | Memphis Belles - The Women Of Sun Records | ● CD $169.98 |
| We didn't list this when it first came out. This six CD set
with 120 page book features just about all the recordings made by women
country and rock 'n' roll singers for Sun Records. It includes Barbara
Pittman, Charlotte Smith, The Miller Sisters, Linda Gail Lewis, Wanda
Ballamn, The Kirby Sisters, Patsy Holcomb and many others. Includes many
unissued songs, alternate takes and demos. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bear Family BCD 16678 | The Drugstore's Rockin', Vol. 4 | ● CD $24.98 |
| SAM BUTERA: Bim Bam/ THE CRICKETS: April Avenue/ Rave On/ BARRY DEVORZON: Lindy Lou/ Penny Moved Away/ BOBBY EDWARDS: Don't Pretend/ I Fell And Broke My Heart/ JOHNNY FALLIN: Left Out/ NICK GREENE: Later For You Baby/ BONNIE GUITAR: I Found You Out/ Johnny Vagabond/ BILL HAYES: Uh Hugh, Oh Yeah Bear16678/ DWAYNE HICKMAN: Countin' All The Raindrops/ KENNY LORAN: Magic Star/ Mama's Little Baby Loves Rock 'n' Roll/ BOBBY LOUIS: Love At First Sight/ JANIS MARTIN: Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll/ NED MILLER: From A Jack To A King/ Two Voices, Two Shadows, Two Faces/ MARV & PATTY RAINWATER: Can I Count On Your Love/ JOHNNY ROSE: Choir Girl/ Linda Lea/ EARL SINKS: Shake 'em Up (and Let 'em Roll)/ This Weird Sensation/ BILL TORRIE: If You Let Me/ LEROY VAN DYKE: Walk On By | |||
| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Buffalo Bop 55162 | Ice Cold | ● CD $18.98 |
| After a bit of a hiatus Buffalo Bop are back with another
four compilations of fine and rare rockabilly and rock 'n' roll from the 50s
and early 60s. Although it's getting harder to find tracks from that era
that haven't been reissued before, the good folks at Buffalo Bop have
managed to pick titles that are mostly not readily available elsewhere. All
of discs have that distinctive Buffalo Bop artwork and come with a booklet
with artist photos and label shots but no notes. ANDY ANDERSON: Tough Tough Tough/ RONNIE BRENT: Shirley Ann/ THE CHAPARRALS: Poor Gal/ Sweet Lies/ JACKIE CLARK: Pajama Party/ Walkie Talkie/ JODY DANIEL: “Miss Secretary”/ THE DAZZLERS: Gee Whiz/ Somethin’ Baby/ CHUCK DOCKERY: Let’s Dance/ Rock While We Ride/ THE DOTSON BROTHERS: My Baby/ BOBBY EVERHART (guitar BUD DAVIS): Little Girl/ THE FLAMES: Letti Lu/ Making Time/ ROCKY JONES: Mule Skinner Blues/ MARLON “MADMAN” MITCHELL AND THE ROCKETEERS: Bermuda Shorts/ Ice Cold Baby/ MELVIN MORRIS: Heartaches Of A Love Untrue/ DON MURPHY: Mean Mama Blues/ EDDIE McGLIN: She’s My Queen/ BOBBY PAGE: Hippy-Ti-Yo/ RORAY REID WITH HIS HONKY TONK BAND: Mad Lovin’/ REX & HERB: Come Back Big Bertha/ THE ROYAL DRIFTERS: Da Kind/ SONNY STEELE: Mine, Mine, Mine/ Sweet Ways About You/ THE TRAVELERS: Teen Age Machine Age/ TOM WAYNE: Ruth Ann |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Buffalo Bop 55163 | Tough Dolls | ● CD $18.98 |
| This volume is devoted to female rockers and features 30
tracks. THE ACORN SISTERS: Real Gone/ CAROLYN BENNETT: So Sad To Bad/ BERNADETTE: The Slosh/ PRISCILLA BOWMAN: A Spare Man/ LINDA CARR AND THE IMPOSSIBLES: Happy Teenager/ COLLEEN CARSON: Going Going Gone/ DONNA DARLENE: You’re Not Doin’ Me Right/ FAY DARLING: Funny Bunny/ TERRY DEAN: Dream Boy (Oh, Oh, Oh)/ JODIE DECKER: Heartbreak Joe/ COLLEEN FRAZIER: You’re Mama’s Here/ CAROLYN GABBARD: Indian Rock/ CECI JULIAN: Rock Right/ JAN LAWHON: A Lot To Learn About Love/ BELLA LEE: Two Timin’ Man/ LOIS LEE: I’ve Got It Bad For You Baby/ LINDA LEIGH AND THE TREASURE TONES: My Guy/ MARGARET LEWIS: Birmingham Valley Blues/ LORELEI LYNN: Rock ‘A’ Bop/ BETTY MARIE: Blue Smoke/ EMMY ORO: A Fish House Function (For A Cross Eyed Cat Named Sam)/ BUNNY PAUL: History/ Sweet Talk/ SANDRA PETERS: Rock Away My Blues/ CAROLE RILEY: Cadillac Lover/ NORMA SHEARER: Tonight’s The Night/ DORIE SUDDUTH: You’re No Good For Me/ SYLVIA JEAN: No No (Twist)/ VICKY VAUGHN: Love Fever/ FANCINE YORK (with D. DALE): The Enlistment Twist |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Buffalo Bop 55164 | Strictly Instrumental, Vol. 7 | ● CD $18.98 |
| 30 instrumental rarities. THE (ORIGINAL) RHYTHM ROCKERS: Madness/ THE ASTRONAUTS: Blues Beat/ PHIL BAUGH: Bumble Twist/ FREDDY COUNTRYMAN: Back Up And Push/ The Raven/ B. B. CUNNINGHAM: Pagan Rock/ HAYWARD DAVIS AND HIS QUINTET: Bubble Gum Rock/ THE DELTONES: Hit & Run/ THE DEVRONS: Battle Hymn/ Brand X/ THE DOWN BEATS: Craig’s Crazy Boogie/ H.E. FERRELL & HIS NO. 1 BOYS: She Giggles/ TOMMY HUDSON AND THE SAVOYS: Rock It/ THE JESTERS: Side Tract/ HIAL KING AND HIS NEWPORTS: Death Valley/ KING ROCK & THE KNIGHTS: Scandal/ Send-Di/ THE MONARCHS: Friday Night/ THE BOBBY NELSON QUARTET: Dum Drums/ THE OX TONES: Mickey/ THE PREM AIRS: Premier Rock/ THE RANGERS: Four On The Floor/ THE RIALTOS (feat. FREDDIE THOMAS): Like Thunder/ TED RUSSELL & HIS RHYTHM ROCKERS: Brang/ Real Cool/ THE SAVOYS: Slappin’ Rods And Leaky Oil/ THE STORMS: Thunder/ THE TARANTULAS: Like Spellbound/ THE TITANS: Reveille Rock/ UNCLE HIX AND THE HAPPY SIX: “C” Boogie |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Buffalo Bop 55165 | Fear | ● CD $18.98 |
| 30 more rockin' rarities. THE (ORIGINAL) RHYTHM ROCKERS: Oh! Oh! Honey/ DAVEY BEE AND THE SONICS: Linda Lee/ BOB & JOE: Suzie-Q (I-L-O-V-E-U)/ BILL BODAFORD AND THE ROCKETS: Little Girl/ JOHNNY CAVALIER AND THE KEYNOTES: Knock Off The Rock/ Rock’n Chair Roll/ SKIP CODY: Feets Too Big/ VILAS CRAIG AND THE KOLLEGE KINGS: Spring Fever/ AL DEAN & HIS ALL STARS: Fragile Heart/ THE EXCELS: Let’s Dance/ JOHNNY FAY AND THE BLAZERS: Sweet Linda Brown/ JOHNNIE FULLER: All Night Long/ DON HOPKINS: Tiddley – Diddley/ MAYNARD HORLICK: The Ivy League Look/ DANNY HOWARD: Two Lonely Weeks/ JERRY JAYE: How Could You Lose Your Trust In Me/ Sugar Dumplin’/ JEFF AND P.J.: My Fragile Heart/ BUTCH MCCLARY: Rock ’n’ Hall/ THE PREMIERS: True Deep Love/ JOEY PRESTON: All Those Lies/ DAVID RAY: Lonesome Feeling/ ROGER & THE MARKEES: Liza Lee/ Million Dollar Baby/ THE RUSSELL BROTHERS: Cupid/ MIKE RYAN AND THE TEEN - TONES: Hurtin’ And Cryin’/ GARY SHELTON: The Trance/ DAVID RAY SMITH: Jitterbugging Baby/ JAMES WALLIS: Sheet Board Down/ HERBERT WOOLFOLK: Strength Of Love |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Chopper 5004 | Coast To Coast, Vol. 1 - Rockabilly | ● CD $16.98 |
| Available again. 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. Still, every
track is a killer and it includes sides by 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 | Chopper 5028 | Coast To Coast, Vol. 2 - Rockabilly | ● CD $16.98 |
| Like the first volume every track is truly hot rockabilly
though all of them have been out before on Buffalo Bop or Collector.
Includes Jimmy Patton, Jimmy Ford, Jerry Parsons, Melvin Blake, The Darts,
Link Jeffries, Jimmy Sysum, Warren Miller, Stan Johnson, Jimmy Wayne, Ricky
Coyne, Don's Rockers, Curtis Lee, Harold Shutters, Don Head, Groovey Joe
Poovey and others. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Eagle 90207 | Cool Off Baby | ● CD $18.98 |
| 30 great rockabilly rarities though most have been out
before on Buffalo Bop or Collector - still this is a particularly fine
selection with no duds. Include the classic title song by Billy Barrix ,
Jimmy Stayton's terrific You're Gonna Treat Me Right plus other fine
sides by Bill Pollard, Cliff Lee & The Rhythm Kings (a fine rockin'
treatment
of Hank Snow's Golden Rocket), The Blankenship Brothers, Jackie
Gotroe, Val Volk & The Matched Aces, Johnny Garmon & the Shadows, The Sabres,
Bobby Roberts (the ferocious Big Sandy), Rick Rickels, Doug Clayton
and others |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Romulan UFOX 027 | Girls In The Garage Volume 9 | ● CD $15.98 |
| The latest in this series is a charming, if rather brief,
collection of female rock 'n' roll from Asia in the 60s. 12 tracks - mostly
covers of British and American hits - some in English - some in the artists
native language. Songs include Kung See, Kung See, Let's Be Happy/ Hanky
Panky (two different versions!)/ Love Potion #9/ If You Ever Go/ I'd
Like To Go/ My Boy Lollipop, etc. Groups include Penny Lee & The
Silverstones, Lara & The Trailers, Rita Chao, Naomi & The Boys and others. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Teen 6081 | Let's Go Rocking At The High School Hop | ● CD $16.98 |
| Reissue of old LP. 18 tracks. STAN BEAVER: I Got A Rocket In My Pocket/ JAMIE COE: Summertime Symphony/ BOBBY COMSTOCK: Tennessee Waltz/ LEE DENSON: High School Hop/ STEVE DREXEL: Dance To The Bop/ DON FRENCH: Little Blond Girl/ COLIN HICKS: Sexy Rock/ BRISTOW HOPPER: Hate That Bear/ HOWIE & THE CRYSTALS: Rockin' Hall/ JIMMY HUGHES: Lollipops, Lace & Lipstick/ ANDY MARTIN: Record Hop Tonight/ THE OUTLAWS: Ain't Got No Home/ THE ROCKIN' CHAIRS: Come On Baby/ GARY SHELTON: Honey Bee/ LEON SMITH: Flip Flop & Fly/ JIMMY STARR: Gonna Take An Express Train/ GARY STITES: Gloria Lee/ DOUG WARREN: Around Midnight |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Teen 6082 | Let's Go Rocking At The High School Hop Again | ● CD $16.98 |
| 16 50's rock'n'roll tunes with the usual European eclectic
selection, a mixture of rockin' doo wop, jivers, rockabilly, country
boppers, etc. Chubby Checker opens with a real good dance tune,
Schooldays Schooldays. Other highlights include The Impacts - Bobby
Sox Squaw , a rockin' vocal group number, Warner Mack's Someone
Somewhere, Wink Martindale's All Love Broke Loose helped
immensely by a great 'clock tickin' rhythm', the classic Long Long
Ponytail by The Fireballs, Yes You Do by Trini Lopez back when he
thought he was the next Richie Valens, or at least Chan Romero. More good 'uns
from Mel Tillis, Mack Vickery, Jim Alley, etc. (AE) JIM ALLEY: The Great Pretender/ BENNY BARNES: You Gotta Play/ CHUBBY CHECKER: Schooldays, Schooldays/ FABIAN: Suzie/ THE FIREBALLS: Long Long Ponitail/ EARL HENRY: What'cha Gonna Do/ THE IMPACTS: Bobby Sox Squaw/ TRINI LOPEZ: Yes You Do/ WARNER MACK: Someone Somewhere/ WINK MARTINDALE: All Love Broke Loose/ BUDD MCCOY: The Ringin' & Swingin'/ CLINT MILLER: Teenage Dance/ BILLY RANDALL: Bye Bye Teacher/ MEL TILLIS: Jukebox Man/ MACK VICKERY: High School Blues/ JERRY WALLACE: With This Ring |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Varese 66381 | Sun Records - 25 Red-Hot Rockabilly Classics | ● CD $17.98 |
| If you don't have much from the Sun rockabilly catalog in
your collection this is as good a place to start as any mixing well known
classics and lesser known and, in some cases, originally unissued tracks. Sound is superb and there are informative notes by Bill Dahl. TOMMY BLAKE: Flat Foot Sam/ EDWIN BRUCE: Rock Boppin' Baby/ SONNY BURGESS: . Ain't Got A Thing/ We Wanna Boogie/ JOHNNY CARROLL: Rock Baby, Rock It!/ JACK EARLS: Slow Down/ RUDY GRAYZELL: Judy/ RAY HARRIS: Come On Little Mama/ HAROLD JENKINS: Give Me Some Love/ DICKEY LEE AND THE COLLEGIATES: Good Lovin'/ JERRY LEE LEWIS: Real Wild Child (Wild One)/ CARL MANN: Rockin' Love/ LUKE MCDANIEL: Huh Babe/ CARL MCVOY: Tootsie/ ROY ORBISON AND THE TEEN KINGS: Go! Go! Go!/ CARL PERKINS: Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby/ Put Your Cat Clothes On/ BILLY RILEY AND HIS LITTLE GREEN MEN: Flying Saucer Rock And Roll/ GENE SIMMONS: Drinkin' Wine/ RAY SMITH: Right Behind You Baby/ Shake Around/ WARREN SMITH: Miss Froggie/ Ubangi Stomp/ HAYDEN THOMPSON: Fairlane Rock/ MALCOLM YELVINGTON: Rockin' With My Baby |
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| THE WAILERS | Big Beat CDWIKD 228 | At The Castle / & Co. | ● CD $18.98 |
| A healthy 32 track collection of recordings by this hot
Northwest band featuring two complete albums "At The Castle" (Etiquette
ETALB1 - 1961) and "The Wailers & Co." (Etquette LP 022 - 1964) plus six
bonus tracks from singles. About two thirds of the tracks are instrumentals
- the rest features vocals by Kent Morrill, Rockin' Robin Roberts, Gail
Harris and The Marshans. Includes 16 page illustrated booklet with extensive
notes by Alec Palao. THE WAILERS: All I Could Do Was Cry/ Be My Baby/ Dirty Robber/ Doin' The Seaside/ Frenzy/ Hokey/ I Idolize You/ I Remember/ Isabella/ Limbo Twist/ Louie Louie/ Mary Ann/ Mashi/ Partytime USA/ Rosalie/ Sack O' Woe/ San-Ho-Zay/ Seattle/ Shakedown/ Shivers/ Shoo Fly Pie/ Since You've Been Gone/ Soul-Long/ Stompin' Willie (aka Willie And The Hand Jive)/ Tall Cool One/ Tall Cool One/ Tough Walk/ Velva/ Wailer's House Party/ We're Goin' Surfin'/ You've Had Your Chance |
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| THE WAILERS | Norton CNW 901 | The Fabulous Wailers | ● CD $14.98 |
| 18 tracks, 46 min, essential Reissue of Golden Crest 3075
from 1959. Before there was Bob Marley, before there was real Garage Rock,
there were The Wailers, a group from Takoma WA that spearheaded the great
Northwest Sound & were the first to take Louie Louie from a
calypso/R&B tune into the garage (The Kingsmen learned their version off The
Wailers' single, which is why they didn't get the words right!) Louie
isn't here, but their classic single Tall Cool One is along with a
host of other great guitar-sax-keyboard instrumental (interestingly
two
guitars, no bass!) with one of their rare vocals being the original version
of Dirty Robber, later covered by The Sonics. Also includes a slew of
non-LP cuts and unissued tracks including a different version of Dirty
Robber 12 page booklet with rare pics (including a great shot of their
then-promo man, the legendary Kim Fowley) plus ads and great Billy Miller
liner notes with numerous current quotes from band members. (GM) |
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