NEWSLETTER #141
Vintage Rock 'n' Roll & Rockabilly
Chuck Berry ->
Various Artists
| CAPTURING
SOUND How Technology
Has Changed Music by Mark Katz |
● BOOK $19.95 |
Paperback with CD, 276 pages, counts as four CDs for
shipping This book covers the history of recorded music from Thomas Edison
to Mp3s. This might be a bit too academic for some folks, but it does
cover some fascinating aspects of music, all kinds of music, and how it
gets from the performer to your ears. Personally, I find the ins and outs
of how to properly capture violin "vibrato," as well as just how a Hip Hop
D.J.'s turntables work, pretty interesting reading. So, if you have big
ears and are a little on the compulsive side, you should enjoy this.
Included is a thirteen track CD that features "music from Chopin to Public
Enemy" that helps illustrate the author's ideas on recording music. (JM)
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| BILL HALEY & HIS
COMETS |
St Clair 28779 |
Encore Series |
● DVD $7.98 |
No info but this live performance in England in front of a
very enthusiastic audience is obviously from fairly late in Bill's career
with a bunch of young unknowns as The Comets. The group does a good job
and Bill sounds fine on favorites like Shake, Rattle & Roll/ Razzle
Dazzle/ Saints Rock 'n' Roll/ Rock Around The Clock/ Rock This Joint/
Rock-A-Beating Boogie/ Rip It Up and others. Curiously the back sleeve
only lists about half the songs on the video! Video and sound quality is
not the greatest but this is an entertaining release.
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| JERRY LEE LEWIS
& FRIENDS |
Legacy Entertainment 5003 |
The Jerry Lee Lewis Show |
● DVD $9.98 |
22 songs, 48 mins, highly recommended This is a real
little gem. A 1971 television show with Jerry Lee joined by sister Linda
Gail, Jackie Wilson, Carl Perkins, fine black acapella gospel group The
Rust College Quintet and awful pop vocal group The Sound Generation. Jerry
Lee is fine on a selection of rockers, ballads and country songs and Carl
Perkins is terrific on Honey Don't and duetting with Jerry Lee on
Mean Women Blues and Blue Suede Shoes. He also duets with
Linda Gail on Daddy Sang Bass. A real delight is Jerry Lee doing a
superb version of the gospel song I'll Follow Him accompanying
himself on electric guitar with vocal backup by The Rust College Quintet.
Jackie Wilson is as exciting as you might expect with fine versions of
Higher And Higher/ Lonely Teardrops and I'll Fly Away. Over the
ending credits Jerry Lee, Carl, Jackie & Linda Gail join forces on Woody
Guthrie's This Land Is You land. There are some low spots on this
show but the good far outweighs the bad. (FS)
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| CHUCK BERRY |
Chess (UK) 9832354 |
Reelin' And Rockin' - The Very Best Of
Chuck Berry |
● CD $28.98 |
Two CD with 56 tracks by one of the greatest of all rock
'n' roll pioneers. At this point some of these recordings are more than 50
years old but nothing here sounds dated. This is similar to the recently
released American Berry set "Gold" but with six more tracks and different
sequencing - it also includes the great instrumental Deep Feeling
which was left off the American set. All the classics are here along with
some more obscure sides like Viva Viva Rock 'n' Roll/ I'm A Rocker/
Festival/ Flying Home and others. Lots of wonderful music but why oh
why didn't they use the original recordings of Sweet Little Rock &
Roller and Reelin' And Rockin'.
CHUCK BERRY: Almost Grown/ Around And Around/ Back In
The Usa/ Back To Memphis/ Beautiful Delilah/ Bio/ Brown Eyed Handsome Man/
Bye Bye Johnny/ Carol/ Check Me Out/ Come On/ Confessin' The Blues/ Dear
Dad/ Deep Feelin'/ Down The Road Apiece/ Festival/ Flying Home/ Go Go Go/
Guitar Boogie/ Havana Moon/ I Got To Find My Baby/ I Want To Be Your
Driver/ I'm A Rocker/ I'm Talkin'bout You/ It Wasn't Me/ Jaguar And
Thunderbird/ Jo Jo Gunne/ Johnny B Goode/ Let It Rock/ Little Marie/
Little Queenie/ Liverpool Drive/ Maybellene/ Memphis Tennessee/ My Ding A
Ling/ Nadine/ No Money Down/ No Particular Place To Go/ Oh Baby Doll/
Promised Land/ Ramona Say Yes/ Reelin' And Rockin'/ Rock And Roll Music/
Roll Over Beethoven/ Run Rudolph Run/ School Day/ Sweet Little Rock 'n'
Roller/ Sweet Little Sixteen/ Thirty Days/ Too Much Monkey Business/ Too
Pooped To Pop/ Tulane/ Viva Viva Rock And Roll/ Wee Wee Hours/ You Can't
Catch Me/ You Never Can Tell
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| BOBBY BROWN &
THE CURIOS |
Collector 4500 |
Rock Along Time |
● CD $16.98 |
28 tracks, 64 mins, highly recommended
Fine collection of
hot rock 'n roll recorded between 1957 and 1962 by excellent Arkansas
singer accompanied by some tough groups. Half the tracks are previously
unissued and several others were only issued a 99 copy limited edition LP.
Includes a great unissued version of the Conway Twitty song I Viberate
with stinging guitar, his two rare Vaden singles including the great
bluesy Bobby's Blues, a fine cover of Slippin' And Slidin'
with a searing guitar solo from Shorty Stewart, a rocking instrumental
version of the Scottish traditional SCotland The Brave which is
called Highland Fling plus other fine sides. The last half a dozen
cuts on the CD are rather expendable filler but the rest is very good
indeed though Brown is given composer credit for several songs he didn't
write. Includes 28 page booklet with lots of rare photos and detailed
notes by Adam Komorowski. (FS)
BOBBY BROWN & THE CURIOS: A Ram Shackle Shack, take one/
A Ram Shackle Shack,take four/ A Shakin'Twist/ Betty Lou, Tavern In The
Town/ Bobby's Blues/ Buddy Holly Medley/ Bye Bye, So Long Blues/ Down At
Big Mary's House/ Flyin'Saucer Rock'N'Roll/ Highland Fling (Instr.)/ I Get
The Blues/ Johnny Cash Medley/ Lawdy Miss Clawdy/ Mama Luchie/ My Babe/
Night Train To Memphis/ Oh Danny Boy/ Please Please Baby/ Pretend/ Raunchy
Twist(Instr.)/ Rock And Roll Music/ Slippin' And Slidin'/ St. Louis Blues/
Swanee River/ The Fool/ Viborate/ Your True Love/ "New” Bo Diddley
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| RAL DONNER |
Teenager 616 |
33 Greatest Hits |
● CD $17.98 |
33 fine sides though not all of them were hits - You
Don't Know What You're Got/ (What A sad Way) To Love Someone/ I Didn't
Figure Him/ Lonely Star/ For Love Nor Money/ Will You Love Me In Heaven/
Please Don't Go/ Puddle Of Tears/ Please Don't Tease/ Tears Of Misery/
Turn Back The Clock, etc.
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| THE FIREBALLS |
Ace CDCHD 1112 |
Clovis Classics - The Definitive
Collection |
● CD $18.98 |
30 track collection of the best and most popular sides
made by this New Mexico group who started off as an instrumental trio in
the late 50s, switched to pop-rock when the instrumental hits dried up and
ended the 60s as folk rockers. This collection includes all their hits
along with lesser known sides.
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| CHARLIE GRACIE |
Rockstar RSRCD 020 |
An Evening With Charlie Gracie At Susie's
New Star Bar |
● CD $19.98 |
30 tracks, 69 min, recommended
The legendary rockabilly
rascal captured, mostly solo at a live gig in 1998. Gracie delivers a
great set of rock `n' roll, R&B and country classics, punctuated by his
acrobatic guitar pickin'. Out of these thirty tracks, seven are medleys,
including one massive 9-tune country combo. He is pure entertainment on
this, telling stories, crackin' jokes and seemingly playing at least some
part every song he can think of. Bula Bula and Charlie Beck join him for
the last 7 tracks. (JM)
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| BENNIE HESS |
Hydra 27129 |
Wild Hog Hop...!!! |
● CD $21.98 |
30 tracks, 76 mins, recommended
A fine collection by one of the more
colorful characters in country and rock 'n' roll - singer, songwriter,
record company owner, hustler and teller of tall tales about his life.
This presents a varied collection of his recordings - mostly from the 50s.
On the country songs his singing shows the influence of Ernest Tubb and
Jimmie Rodgers (he claimed Rodgers taught him to play guitar and also
claimed to have two acetates of songs by Rodgers that were never issued).
He was also a fine rockabilly and rock 'n' roll singer and about half the
tracks here fall into that category with fine instrumental accompaniment.
Includes 12 page illustrated booklet with extensive notes and a list of
his recordings. An enjoyable collection - too bad they didn't include the
intriguing sounding 1980 recording by him of Don't Bow Down To Iran
(FS)
BENNIE HESS: Benie Hess Boogie/ Bennie Hess Boogie/
Bennie's Texas Blues/ Blue Monday Night/ Boppin The Rock/ Country Styled
Boogie/ Drink Drink Drink/ Elvis Presley Boogie/ Gone Mama Blues/ I'm A
One Woman Man/ I'm So In Love With You/ Jungle Land Rock/ Lifes
Meditation/ Look Once More Before You Go/ Novelty Yodel 1/ Novelty Yodel
1/2 Century Blues/ Teenage Bop/ Tennessee Mama Blues/ Travellin Blues/
Truck Driving Man/ Wild Hog Boggie/ Wild Hog Hop/ Wild Hog Hop/ You Aint
Cheating On Me Now/ You Called Me Honey/ You Just Wont Do/ Your Kind Ain't
Hard To Get
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| BRENDA LEE |
Ace CDCHD 1083 |
Brenda That's All/ All Alone Am I |
● CD $18.98 |
Two Decca albums from 1962 and '63
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| JERRY LEE LEWIS |
Bear Family BCD 16396 |
Jerry Rocks |
● CD $21.98 |
33 tracks, 80 mins, essential Fabulous 33 track collection
of Jerry Lee's finest rockers encompassing the best of his Sun and Mercury
rockers. Includes all his most well known hits like Whole Lotta Shakin'
Goin' On/ Great Balls Of Fire/ Mean Woman Blues/ Breathless/ High School
Confidential/ Lovin' Up A Storm/ I'm On Fire along with lesser known
gems like Real Wild Child/ Milkshake Mademoiselle/ Put Me Down/ Keep
Your Hands Off It/ House Of Blue Lights
and others. Newly remastered from original tapes. If you want only one collection of Jerry Lee's best rockers, this is the one to get. 80 minutes of dynamic piano pounding and raucous vocals with 36 page booklet by Colin Escott with notes, photos and full discographical info. (FS)
JERRY
LEE LEWIS: Boogie Woogie Country Man/ Breathless/ Chantilly Lace/ Don't
Boogie Woogie (When You Say Your Prayers Tonight)/ Down The Line/ Drinkin'
Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee/ End Of The Road/ Good Rockin' Tonight/ Great Balls Of
Fire/ High School Confidental/ I Believe In You/ I'm On Fire/ Jailhouse
Rock/ Keep Your Hands Off Of It (Birthday Cake)/ Lewis Boogie/ Little
Queenie/ Lovin' Up A Storm/ Maybellene/ Me And Bobby McGee/ Mean Woman
Blues/ Milkshake Mademoiselle/ Old Black Joe/ Pink Pedal Pushers/ Put Me
Down/ Real Wild Child/ Roll Over Beethoven/ Sweet Georgia Brown/ Tennessee
Saturday Night/ The House Of Blue Lights/ Ubangi Stomp/ What'd I Say/
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On/ Workin' Man Blues
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| THE MAD DADDY |
Norton CED 300 |
Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin' Zoomeratin'
Mello Jello |
● CD $14.98 |
50 tracks in just over 54 minutes, highly recommended The
Mad Daddy was one of the wildest of all wild men to ever ride the radio
airwaves. He was a pure crazed genius that ruled the Ohio airwaves in the
late `50s, but couldn't quite get across when he hit the big time New York
stations. This CD features a wealth of his radio spots from 1959-1964 as
well as his super rare 45 done under the name of "The Joker" now for the
first time on CD. Extensive, well-done CD booklet included with lots of
great pictures, press clippings and liner notes. (JM)
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| ROY ORBISON |
Bear Family BCD 15916 |
Roy Rocks |
● CD $23.98 |
30 tracks, 71 mins, highly recommended
Collection of Roy's
most rockin' sides including his Sun classics, his hard to find Jewel
version of A Cat Called Domino, RCA sides and his more uptempo
Monument which though not rockabilly show that Roy could still rock.
Includes Ooby Dooby/ Sweet And Easy To Love/ Mean Little Mama/ Problem
Child/ Almost Eighteen/ Up Town/ Dance/ Candy Man/ Working For The Man/
Nightlife and more. Includes 36 page booklet by Deke Dickerson with
notes, photos and discography. (FS)
ROY ORBISON: Almost Eighteen/ Candy Man/ Cat Called
Domino/ Chicken Hearted/ Claudette/ Dance/ Darkness/ Double Date/ Dream
Baby/ Fool's Hall Of Fame/ Go! Go! Go!/ I Like Love/ Lana/ Let The Good
Times Roll/ Mean Little Mama/ Mean Woman Blues/ Nightlife/ Oh Pretty
Woman/ Ooby Dooby/ Problem Child/ Rock House/ Sunset/ Sweet And Easy To
Love/ Today's Teardrops/ Up Town/ What'd I Say/ With The Bug/ Working For
The Man/ You're Gonna Cry/ You're My Baby
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Ace CDCHD 1050 |
The Golden Age Of American Rock 'n' Roll -
Bubbling Und |
● CD $18.98 |
30 tracks that almost made the top 100 and were featured
in the "bubbling under the hot 100" section of the Billboard charts but
never quite made it.
RICKY ALLEN: Cut You A-loose/ BOBBY BARE: Book Of Love/
ROD BERNARD: Colinda/ BILLY & THE ESSENTIALS: Maybe You'll Be There/
JACKIE BRENSTEN: Trouble Up The Road/ BARRY DARVELL: How Will It End?/ THE
DEL VIKINGS: Bring Back Your Heart/ THE DELICATES: Ronnie Is My Lover/ RAL
DONNER: I Got Burned/ THE DUCANES: I'm So Happy/ THE EARLS: Life Is But A
Dream/ THE EMOTIONS: A Story Untold/ FREDDIE FENDER: Holy One/ HARMONICA
FATS: Tore Up/ RONNIE HAWKINS: Bo Diddley/ THE JESTERS: The Wind/ JOE &
ANN: Gee Baby/ RICKY LYONS: Shim Sham Shuffle/ THE MEMOS: My Type Of Girl/
THE METALLICS: Need Your Love/ AARON NEVILLE: Over You/ JACK B. NIMBLE:
Nut Rocker/ ROBERT PARKER: All Night Long Part 1/ EDDIE QUINTEROS: Come
Dance With Me/ THE ROBINS: White Cliffs Of Dover/ RUSTY & DOUG: Louisiana
Man/ THE TORNADOES: Bustin' Surfboards/ THE VICEROYS: Seagrams (seagreen)/
DOUG WARREN & THE RAYS: If The World Don't End Tomorrow (i'm Comin' After
You)/ DANNY WHITE: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Ace CDCHD 1073 |
Hollywood Maverick - The Gary S. Paxton
Story |
● CD $18.98 |
32 track retrospective of recordings made by idiosyncratic
recorded producer Gary S. Paxton. Includes early and/or rare recordings by
David Gates, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Richard & Dorothy Berry and other
luminaries. It also includes Skip & Flip (Paxton was Flip), Chuck & the
Chuckles, The Hi_Tensions, The Mavericks, Buddy wayne, Mickey Rooney Jr.
and many more. Most titles are making their first appearance on CD.
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Ace CDCHD 1100 |
Dead! The Grim Reaper's Greatest Hits |
● CD $18.98 |
The first of two planned album devoted to death songs from
the 50s and 60s - several of which were banned by radio stations when
first released. Includes familiar hits like Endless Sleep by Jody
Reynolds, Last Kiss by J. Frank Wilson and Tell Laura I Love Her
by Ray Peterson along with more obscure items like Death Of An Angel
by Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires, Dead by Carolyn Sullivan and
Mother Mother (I Feel Sick) by The Martin Sisters. It also features
Twinkle, The Goodees, Ferlin Husky, The Riviares 9the previously unissued
Death Of A Surfer), The Everly Brothers, The Fox and others to get
you shivering in fear.
BETTY BARNES: Requiem (For A Girl Born Of The Wrong
Times)/ JIMMY CROSS: I Want My Baby Back/ MARK DINNING: Teen Angel/ THE
EVERLY BROTHERS: Ebony Eyes/ THE FOX: The Dream/ THE GOODEES: Condition
Red/ FERLIN HUSKY: The Drunken Driver/ WALTER JACKSON: The Bed/ JAN &
DEAN: A Beginning From An End/ Dead Man's Curve/ JACK KITTEL: Psycho/
DICKEY LEE: Patches/ JOHN LEYTON: Johnny Remember Me/ BOB LUMAN: Let's
Think About Living/ THE MARTIN SISTERS: Mother Mother (I Feel Sick)/ RAY
PETERSON: Tell Laura I Love Her/ JODY REYNOLDS: Endless Sleep/ THE
RIVIARES: The Death Of A Surfer/ THE SHANGRI-LAS: Give Us Your Blessings/
CAROLYN SULLIVAN: Dead!/ THINK: Once You Understand/ TWINKLE: Terry/ J.
FRANK WILSON & THE CAVALIERS: Last Kiss/ DONALD WOODS & THE VEL-AIRES:
Death Of An Angel
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Ace CDCHD 1114 |
Intoxica! Weird And Wonderful
Instrumentals From Downey |
● CD $18.98 |
26 instrumentals recorded for Los Angeles based Downey
label in the early/ mid 60s including several previously unissued. The
material is varied including hard driving rockers, R&B, Latin flavored
items, jazz flavored tracks - much of it with a novelty quality to it.
Includes The Revels, De Rio Brothers, Ed Burkey, The Rumblers, Ginny & The
Gallions, Chuck Higgins, The Hustlers, Hindus, Little Caesar & The Ark
Angels, The Rendells, The Nylons and more. Includes 16 page booklet
explaining it all.
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Charly SNAF 821 |
Essential Sun Records |
● CD $17.98 |
2 CD set, 60 tracks, highly recommended
Some the most
revered tracks in music history. This is heavy on the Rockabilly, but a
little light on the blues and there are no Elvis tracks. Still this is an
amazing two CD set with thirty tracks per disk. You get the better known
stuff: Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Howlin' Wolf, Carl Perkins, etc.,
alongside the lesser-heard Malcolm Yelvington, Doctor Ross, Carl Mann,
Miller Sisters and so on. The title says it all--this is all essential
stuff and if you don't have these tracks or aren't interested in getting
them, then you are probably on the wrong web site! (JM)
JACKIE BRENSTON & HIS DELTA CATS: Rocket 88/ SONNY
BURGESS: My Bucket's Got A Hole In It/ Red Headed Woman/ We Wanna Boogie/
JOHHNY CASH: Ballad Of A Teenage Queen/ JOHNNY CASH: Folsom Prison Blues/
Guess Things Happen That Way/ I Walk The Line/ Luther Played The Boogie/
Mean Eyed Cat/ Rock Island Line/ BILLY 'THE KID' EMERSON: When It Rains It
Pours/ NARVEL FELTS: Kiss Me Baby/ ROSCO GORDON: Shoobie Oobie/ RAY
HARRIS: Come On Little Mama/ HOWLIN' WOLF: How Many More Years/ THE JONES
BROTHERS: Gospel Train/ BILL JUSTIS & HIS ORCHESTRA: College Man/ Raunchy/
JERRY LEE LEWIS: Break-Up/ Breathless/ Great Balls Of Fire/ High School
Confidential/ Invitation To Your Party/ Milkshake Mademoiselle/ Waiting
For A Train/ What'd I Say/ Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On/ JOE HILL LOUIS:
Boogie In The Park/ CARL MANN: Mona Lisa/ Pretend/ THE MILLER SISTERS: Ten
Cats Down/ ROY ORBISON: Ooby Dooby/ Rockhouse/ LITTLE JUNIOR PARKER:
Feelin' Good/ Mystery Train/ CARL PERKINS: Blue Suede Shoes/ Boppin' The
Blues/ Honey Don't/ Matchbox/ Pink Pedal Pushers/ Put Your Cat Clothes On/
BARBARA PITTMAN: I Need A Man/ THE PRISONAIRES: Just Walkin' In The Rain/
THE RHYTHM ROCKERS: Jukebox, Help Me Find My Baby/ CHARLIE RICH: Lonely
Weekends/ Whirlwind/ BILLY LEE RILEY: Red Hot/ Flyin' Saucer Rock 'n'
Roll/ DOCTOR ROSS: Jukebox Boogie/ GENE SIMMONS: Money, Money, Money/ RAY
SMITH: Shake Around/ WARREN SMITH: Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache/
Rock 'n' Roll Ruby/ So Long, I'm Gone/ RUFUS THOMAS: Bear Cat/ CONWAY
TWITTY: Crazy Dreams/ WADE & DICK: Be Bop Baby/ THOMAS WAYNE: Tragedy/
MALCOLM YEVINGTON: Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector's Choice 622 |
What's Shakin' |
● CD $12.98 |
14 tracks, highly recommended
Reissue of Elektra 4002 from
1966. Reissue of long out of print anthology that has early music by
several important bands. The main tunes here are the earliest work by The
Lovin' Spoonful and The Butterfield Blues Band. The Spoon's tunes are '65
demos including originals Good Time Music & Don't Bank On It
Baby plus covers of Almost Grown & Searchin'. Butter's 5
tunes are by the original quartet with Mike Bloomfield added as a last
minute session man on slide & piano. Includes fine versions of Spoonful
& Off The Wall. Even more seminal are the only three cuts ever done
by Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse, an all-star pre-Cream session with
Clapton, Jack Bruce, Manfred Mann, vocalist Paul Jones on harp and on
vocals, Stevie Winwood, credited on the original as Stevie Anglo doing
Crossroads/ Steppin' Out (both later done by Cream) and I Want To
Know. The LP is rounded out by one rockin' track each by Al Kooper &
Tom Rush. Booklet includes original cover and liner notes plus new notes
by Richie Unterberger. (GM)
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4495 |
Hoodlum Rockin' Vol. 5 |
● CD $16.98 |
30 tracks, recommended
More rockin' rarities from the 50s
and early 60s, most making their first appearance on CD. Highlight are the
fabulous versions of the blues Milkcow Blues and Deep Elm Blues
by J.W. German which are worth the price of the album. The five unissued
sides by Glynn Hipp & The Flying Saucers are pretty bland covers but the
rest is pretty good including sides by Sonny Starns, Eddy Raven (is it the
same one?)/ Gray Montgomery, Vern Godown & The Country Versatiles, Ralph
Hodges, Ben Hall & The Country Drifters (their great Moo Mama),
Harold Montgomery & the Ray Johnson Band, The Teen Kinsg (not the Roy
Orbison group but a fine instrumental group), Harold Zahner, Lowell Knipp,
Don McCormick and others. Excellent sound and eight page booklet with
artist photos and rare label shots. (FS)
WAYNE ARTHUR: Big Daddy/ WALTER(ARKIE) BITTLE & THE
FLYING SAUCERS: Jitterbug Drag/ DANNY DELL: Fun Lovin'Baby/ PERCY DODGE:
Go Go Gertrude/ GEORGE FORD WITH LARRY & THE CROSSFIRES: Send You Back To
Memphis/ J.W. GERMAN: Deep Elm Blues/ Milkcow Blues/ VERN GODOWN & THE
COUNTRY VERSATILES: Baby Said Goodbye/ BEN HALL & THE COUNTRY DRIFTERS:
Moo Mama/ HANK & THE ELECTRAS: Woman Train/ GLYNN HIPP & THE FLYING
SAUCERS: Hard Headed Woman/ I Got A Woman/ Johnny B. Goode/ Let's Go
Again/ Love My Life Away (Inst.)/ RALPH HODGES: Honey Talk/ LOWELL KNIPP:
Goofy Little Bug/ DON MCCORMICK & THE GATE CITY RAMBLERS: Giddy Up Go Two
Step(Inst)/ MIKE MILLER & JACK CASEY: Don't Mess Up My Hair/ GRAY
MONTGOMERY: Right Now/ HAROLD MONTGOMERY & THE RAY JOHNSON BAND: How Much
Do You Miss me/ DENNY NOIE & THE CATALINAS: It Ain't A Big Thing/ LOUIS
RATCLIFF: Peck Little Pecker Wood/ EDDY RAVEN: Ladies Man/ Once A Fool/
SONNY STARNS: Baton Rouge L.A./ Tangi-Paho/ THE TEEN KINGS: Hep Cat
(Inst.)/ UNKNOWN SINGER & BAND: Hard Rock/ HAROLD ZAHNER WITH JOHNNY SMITH
& THE MISSOURI: Shake Baby Shake
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4496 |
Rock 'n' Roll Hepcat |
● CD $16.98 |
Another collection of obscure rockers from the 50s though
about helf of these have been out on CD before. Includes sides by Del
Swade, Bobby Allison & The Dawns, Paul Campbell, Eddie Smith & The Hornets
(his great instrumental Upturn), Hank Smith & The Rock-A-Tunes,
Doug Loveless, Joey Delton, Larry Lindsay, The Terrigan Brothers and more.
BOBBY ALLISON & THE DAWNS: Bark Like A Dog/ BILLY
BENSON: Baby Let's Play House/ Blue Suede Shoes/ I'm Left,You're
Right,She's Gone/ Teenage Hop/ LARRY BUTLER: Walked Out/ PAUL CAMPBELL: I
Love You Baby/ THE CAPS: Daddy Dean/ JOEY DELTON: Slippin',Slidin' And
Fightin'/ THE EGYPTIANS: Twin Spin(Inst)/ BILL HAYES & DON COSTA ORCH.:
Bop Boy/ (COUSIN)HERBERT HENSON: Lose My Mind/ BOB HOBAN & THE MIDNITERS:
Indian Boogie/ THE HUDSON VALLEY BOYS: Stop! I Like It/ JERRY & THE NIGHT
TRAINS: You Really Knock Me Out/ JOHNNY KOURY: Mighty Joe's Son/ LENNY &
THE THUNDERTONES: Homicidal(Inst.)/ LARRY LINDSAY & THE LADS: Teenage
Doll/ DOUG LOVELESS: What More/ PETE MARTIN & THE VERSATILE KEYS: You
Can't Take It/ THE PENNY ROCKETS: Johnny B. Goode/ Loving Man/ CLYDE
PITTS: Heartbroken/ THE ROCKERS(ARNOLD BLEVINS & CALVIN SPICER): I Got
That Queen/ DICK SHEARER & THE CAVALIERS: We're Gonna Do The Boogie/ EDDIE
SMITH & THE HORNETS: Upturn(Inst.)/ HANK SMITH & THE ROCK-A-TUNES: Rock
‘N' Roll Hep Cat/ DEL SWADE: Love Letter/ THE TERRIGAN BROTHERS & THE
STERLINGS: Hi Ho Little Girl/ FREDDIE THOMAS & THE TROUBADOUR KINGS: Twist
Around The State
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Documents 221418 |
Golden Inspirations For The King |
● CD $25.98 |
Four CD ste in book format, 100 tracks,
recommended
Early
recordings of songs that were later recorded by Elvis though, beware, not
all is as presented. Though there is no shortage of such collections, this
one is a bit different - first in the sheer volume of titles - 100
performances but also in depth - in addition to the usual blues and
country songs we also hear pop and semi classical. Before Elvis Are You
Lonesome Tonight was a popular number for Al Jolson though the version
by him here doesn't sound like the 1927 recording it is supposed to be.
There's also David Hill's version of All Shook Up which was
recorded a few months before Elvis's version and is terrible but
interesting. Bing Crosby does Blue Hawaii, Claude Thornhill gives
us Harbour Lights, Patti Page's #8 hit in 1950 of I Don't Care
If The Sun Don't Shine, Emile De Gorgorza's recording of O Sole Mio
which Elvis recorded as It's Now Or Never in 1960, The Ink Spots
1950 recording of That's When Your Heartaches Begin and recordings
by gene Autry, Russ Morgan, Darrell Glenn, Hank Snow, Eddy Arnold, The
Blackwood Brothers, Ivory Joe Hunter, The Shelton Brothers, The Drifters,
Johnny & Sondra Steele, Big Bill Broonzy, Jimmy Wakely & Margaret Whiting,
Rufus Thomas, Wiley Walker & Gene Sullivan, Guy Lombardo, Hank Williams,
Monte Rey, Nina Keieliwahana, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Pee Wee King, rthur
Gunter, The Golden gate Quartet and more. A fine collection which is
somewhat spoiled by some bogus information - I'm pretty sure that the
dates given for the Al Jolson's Are You Lonesome Tonight and Emilio
De Gogorza's O Sole Mio are later than indicated and the song
I've Got Confidence listed as being by Andrea Crouch from 1948 is
actually Andrae Crouch from around 1970. And in act of real stupidity they
rename Sleepy John Estes' recording Milk Cow Blues as SLoppy
Drunk Blues thereby diluting the Elvis connection. These blunders
obviously brings some of the other information into question though I
think it's still worthwhile. Sound is generally fine and there is a 24
page illustrated booklet with notes on each performance. (FS)
ROY ACUFF: Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain/ FAYE ADAMS:
Shake A Hand/ THE AMES BROTHERS: Sentimental Me/ EDDY ARNOLD: How‘s The
World Treating You/ It‘s A Sin/ I‘ll Hold You In My Heart/ JUAN ARVIZU: La
Golondrina/ GENE AUTRY: Blueberry Hill/ Here Comes Santa Claus/ I‘ll Never
Let You Go/ Yellow Rose Of Texas/ You‘re The Only Star/ TONY BENNETT: Rags
To Riches/ THE BLACKWOOD BROTHERS: If We Never Meet Again/ Working On The
Building/ BIG BILL BROONZY: See See Rider/ CHARLES BROWN: Merry Christmas
Baby/ ROY BROWN: Good Rockin‘ Tonight/ FRANKIE CARLE: Barcarolle/ CLIFF
CARLISLE: You‘ll Miss Me When I‘m Gone/ CAROUSEL BROADWAY CAST: You‘ll
Never Walk Alone/ NAT "KING" COLE: Mona Lisa/ BING CROSBY: Aloha-Oe/ Blue
Hawaii/ I‘ll Be Home For Christmas/ Silver Bells/ White Christmas/ ANDREA
CROUCH: I‘ve Got Confidence/ ARTHUR "BIG BOY" CRUDUP: My Baby Left Me/ So
Glad You‘re Mine/ That‘s All Right/ EMILIO DE GOGORZA: La Golondrina/ La
Paloma/ O Sole Mio/ THE DELMORE BROTHERS: Blues Stay Away From Me/ THOMAS
A. DORSEY: Take My Hand Precious Lord/ THE DRIFTERS: Money Honey/ THE
EAGLES: Tryin‘ To Get To You/ BILLY ECKSTINE: Blue Moon/ BILLY EMERSON:
When It Rains, It Really Pours/ SLEEPY JOHN ESTES: Sloppy Drunkblues/ RED
FOLEY: Mansion Over The Hilltop/ Old Shep/ Peace In The Valley/ LOWELL
FULSON: Reconsider Baby/ BILL GAITHER TRIO: He Touched Me/ DARELL GLENN:
Crying In The Chapel/ THE GOLDEN GATE QUARTET: By And By/ Swing Low Sweet
Chariot/ Working On The Building/ ARTHUR GUNTER: Baby Let‘s Play House/
STUART HAMBLEN: It Is No Secret/ WYNONIE HARRIS: Good Rockin‘ Tonight/
DICK HAYMES: Love Letters/ HORACE HEIDT & ORCHESTRA: Tomorrow Night/ DAVID
HILL: All Shook Up/ IVORY JOE HUNTER: I Need You So/ MISSISSIPPI JOHN
HURT: Frankie And Johnny/ THE INK SPOTS: That‘s When Your Heartaches
Begin/ AL JOLSON: Are You Lonesome Tonight/ NINA KEIELIWAHANA: Ke Kali Nei
Au/ BILL KENNY: I Believe In The Man In The Sky/ PEE WEE KING: Tennessee
Waltz/ FRANKIE LAINE: I Believe/ GUY LOMBARDO: Winter Wonderland/ LULU
BELLE & SCOTTY: Have I Told You Lately/ EDDIE MILLER: Release Me/ GLENN
MILLER: Fools Rush In/ GUY MITCHELL: My Heart Cries For You/ BILL MONROE:
Blue Moon Of Kentucky/ Little Cabin On The Hill/ RUSS MORGAN: Blue
Christmas/ PATTI PAGE: I Don‘t Care If The Sun Dont Shine/ LITTLE JUNIOR
PARKER: Mystery Train/ LEON PAYNE: I Love You Because/ CARL PERKINS: Blue
Suede Shoes/ MONTE REY: Santa Lucia/ Torna A Surriento/ MARCELLA SEMBRICH:
G‘schichten Aus Dem Wienerwald/ THE SHELTON BROTHERS: Aura Lee/ Just
Because/ HANK SNOW: A Fool Such As I/ I‘m Movin‘ On/ THE SONS OF THE
PIONEERS: Tumbling Tumbleweeds/ JOHNNY & SONDRA STEELE: My Happiness/
SISTER ROSETTA THARPE: Up Above My Head/ RUFUS THOMAS: Tiger Man/ CLAUDE
THORNHILL: Harbour Lights/ WILLIE MAE "BIG MAMA" THORNTON: Hound Dog/
FRANKIE TRUMBAUER & BAND: Blue Moon/ THE TRUMPETEERS: Milky White Way/
ERNEST TUBB: Tomorrow Never Comes/ RUDY VALLEE: The Whiffenpoof Song/
JIMMY WAKELY & MARGARET WHITING: Silver Bells/ WILEY WALKER & GENE
SULLIVAN: When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again/ HANK WILLIAMS: I‘m So
Lonesome I Could Cry/ Jambalaya/ Your Cheatin‘ Heart/ BOB WILLS: Faded
Love/ San Antonio Rose
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Norton CED 320 |
Kicksville! Volume Four |
● CD $14.98 |
21 tracks, 46 mins, highly recommended
Another terrific
collection of originally unissued rockabilly drawn from demo acetates
recorded in the 50s. This one is devoted to the Dallas scene. A dozen of
the tracks were previously on the long out of print LP "Desparate Dallas
Demos". Gene Rambo & The Flames get much of the action here, barrelassin'
through eight hot rockabilly tunes powered by wizzkid Bobby Rambo's guitar
wizardry including of demo of Dance To The Bop subsequently
recorded by Gene Vincent and their My Little Mama is very much in
the Vincent style. They also backed Carl Canida on a couple of good ones
and were said to have been the flesh and blood behind Casper & The Ghost's
Rockin' Round The Tombstone, included here. Gene Vincent here is
here on a demo of Say Mama with Ronnie Dawson on guitar that was
originally issued Dragon Street. Throw in sides by Scotty Mckay, Bobby
Rambo, The Star Combo and Kenneth Osmit and you have a winner. Considering
condition of the original recordings the sound quality is superb - too bad
there are no notes, though. (FS/AE)
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Pet 001 |
Soft Sounds For Gentle People, Vol. 1 |
● CD $14.98 |
Fantastic first edition of the most gratuitously groovy
collections to come out in years. "23 far out and beautiful tracks from
California and beyond. 1966 to 1970." Pulled from rare 45s and out of
print LPs with extensive, entertaining liner notes that explain the whole
story.
APPLETREE THEATRE: You're the Biggest Thing in My Life/
AVANT GARDE: Naturally Stoned/ BRIGADUNE: I'll Cry Out from My Grave (God
I'm Sorry)/ DEEP SIX: C'mon Baby (Blow Your Mind)/ FARGO: Cross with No
Name/ HARPER AND ROWE: Here Comes Yesterday Again/ JIM AND DALE: Past the
State of Mind/ HYLE KING MOVEMENT: Flower Smile/ MARCUS: Grains of Sand/
MOORPARK INTERSECTION: I Think I'll Just Go and Find Me a Flower/ PARADE:
A.C.D.C./ PEPPERMINT TROLLEY COMPANY: 9 O' Clock Business Man/ PLEASURE
FAIR: Today/ THE RICH KIDS: Plastic Flowers/ THE SEREDIPITY SINGERS: Love
Is a State of Mind/ STAINED GLASS: My Buddy Sin/ STONE COUNTRY: Mantra/
THORINSHIELD: Brave New World/ UNDERGROUND SUNSHINE: Take Me, Break Me
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Pet 002 |
Soft Sounds For Gentle People, Vol. 2 |
● CD $14.98 |
Splendid second edition of the most gratuitously groovy
collections to come out in years.
COLLAGE: My Mind's At Ease/ EARTH ISLAND: Seasons of Our
Lives/ FAMILY: San Francisco Waits/ GARDEN CLUB: Little Girl Lost and
Found/ GATES OF EDEN: No One Was There/ HOLY MACKERAL: Wildflowers/
MOORPARK INTERSECTION: Yesterday Holds On/ PLEASURE FAIR: Nursery Rhyme/
QUEEN ANNE’S LACE: The Happiest Day of My Life/ SMOKEY & HIS SISTER: In a
Dream of Silent Seas/ SOUNDS OF MODIFICATION: Carry On Carole/ SOUNDS OF
SUNSHINE: Linda the Untouchable/ SPIKE DRIVERS: Drink Up the Wine/ STONE
COUNTRY: Time Isn't There (Anymore)/ THORINSHIELD: Lonely Mountain Again
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Proper BOX 103 |
From Boppin' Hillbilly To Red Hot
Rockabilly |
● CD $24.98 |
Four CDs, 120 tracks, highly recommended
Fabulous
collection of up-tempo hillbilly and rockabilly from the period 1951 to
1955. The first two discs are predominantly country artists and the second
predominantly rockabilly though the transition between the two is pretty
seamless and Hardrock Gunter's 1951 recording of Hesitation Boogie
rocks almost as hard as recordings made four years later and Billy Starr's
1953 cover of Big Mama Thornton's Hound Dog is just as wild as
Elvis's version from three years later though not as good. Many of the
sides here have been on CD before though a number are pretty hard to find
and the presentation here is great with superb sound and a 68 page
illustrated booklet with extensive notes by rock 'n' roll expert Adam
Komorowski and full discographical info. (FS)
CHARLIE ADAMS: Cattin’ Around/ TANI ALLEN & HIS
TENNESSEE PALS: When Hillbilly Willie Met Kitty From The City/ LUCKY JOE
ALMOND: Rock Me/ EDDY ARNOLD: Hepcat Baby/ CHARLINE ARTHUR: I Heard About
You/ Looking At The Moon Wishing On A Star/ JIM ATKINS: I’m A Ding Dong
Daddy (From Dumas)/ GLENN BARBER: Ice Water/ LONNIE BARRON: You’re Not the
First Girl/ RAY BATTS: Wild Man Boogie/ LEE BELL: Beatin’ Out The Boogie
On The Mississippi Mud/ EDDIE BOND: Double Duty Lovin’/ SKEETER BONN:
Rock-a-Bye Baby/ CHARLIE BROWN: Have You Heard The Gossip/ Mean Mean Mama/
BARNEY BURCHAM: Can’t Steal My Way Around/ Much Too Young For Love/ THE
CARLISLES: Busy Body Boogie/ Is Zat You Myrtle/ JOHNNY CASH: Hey Porter/
ALVADEAN COKER: We’re Gonna Bop/ LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS: Hillbilly Fever/
Rock Me/ ARLIE DUFF: You All Come/ TIBBY EDWARDS: Flip Flop And Fly/ WERLY
FAIRBURN: Baby He’s A Wolf/ Good Deal Lucille/ I Guess I’m Crazy (For
Loving You)/ THE FARMER BOYS: It Pays To Advertise/ You’re A Humdinger/
TERRY FELL: That’s What I Like/ SONNY FISHER: Hey Mama/ Hold Me Baby/
Rocking Daddy/ Rockin’ And A Rollin’/ THE FIVE STRINGS: Drinkin’ Wine Spo
Dee O Dee/ Put Something In the Pot Boy/ RUDY GADDIS: Uranium Fever/ LOU
GRAHAM: Long Gone Daddy/ RUDY GRAY: Hearts Made Of Stone/ Please Big Mama/
It Ain’t My Baby (And I Ain’t Gonna Rock It)/ Ocean Paradise/ BUCK
GRIFFIN: Meadowlark Boogie/ One Day After Pay Day/ GAYLE GRIFFITH: Rockin’
And A Knockin’/ HARDROCK GUNTER: Hesitation Boogie/ ROY HALL: Whole Lotta
Shakin’ Goin’ On/ HAWKSHAW HAWKINS: Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)/ R.D. HENDON
& HIS WESTERN JAMBOREE COWBOYS: Music Makin’ Mama From Memphis/ GENE
HENSLEE: Diggin’ And Datin’/ Rockin’ Baby/ JOHNNY HICKS: Get Your Kicks
(From The Country Hicks)/ EDDIE HILL: The Hot Guitar/ JESS HOOPER: All
Messed Up/ Sleepy Time Blues/ JOHNNY HORTON & BILLY BARTON: Bawlin’ Baby/
AUTRY INMAN: Uh-Huh-Honey/ JIMMY & DUANE: I Want Some Lovin’ Baby/ JIMMY &
JOHNNY: Sweet Singing Daddy/ NEAL JONES: I’m Playin’ It Cool/ MERLE
KILGORE: Seein’ Double Feelin’ Single/ SID KING & FIVE STRINGS: Sag Drag &
Fall/ SID KING & HIS FIVE STRINGS: Purr Kitty Purr/ JIMMY LEE & WAYNE
WALKER: Love Me/ MAC & JAKE: Yakety Yak/ BILL MACK: Play My Boogie/ ROSE
MADDOX: Kiss Me Like Crazy/ THE MADDOX BROS & ROSE: I Gotta Go Get My
Baby/ GEORGE MCCORMICK: Don’t Fix Up The Doghouse/ LLOYD MCCULLOUGH & THE
DRIFTING HILLBILLIES: Watch That Girl/ LUKE MCDANIEL: Whoa Boy/ FRANKIE
MILLER: Hey Where Ya Goin’/ THE MILLER SISTERS: There’s No Right Way To Do
Me Wrong/ LATTIE MOORE: Pull Down The Blinds/ CHUCK MURPHY: Rhythm Hall/
They Raided The Joint/ JIMMY MURPHY: Here Kitty Kitty/ JIMMY MYERS: Ding
Dong Mama From Tennessee/ CARL PERKINS: Gone Gone Gone/ Let the Jukebox
Keep On Playin/ Movie Magg/ DOUG POINDEXTER & THE STARLITE WRANGLERS: My
Kind Of Carryin’ On/ ELVIS PRESLEY: Baby Let’s Play House/ I Don’t Care If
The Sun Don’t Shine/ I Forgot To Remember To Forget/ I’m Left You’re Right
She’s Gone/ Milkcow Blues Boogie/ Mystery Train/ You’re A Heartbreaker/
MARVIN RAINWATER: I Gotta Go Get My Baby/ SLIM REDMAN & DONNIE BOWSHIER:
Strut My Stuff/ MARTY ROBBINS: Maybelline/ Mean Mama Blues/ Pretty Mama/
That’s All Right/ WELDON ROGERS: I’m Building A ?? (On The Moon)/ FOREST
RYE: Wild Cat Boogie/ MAC SALES: A Gal Named Joe/ TOMMY SCOTT: Cat Music/
Rockin’ And Rollin’/ REECE SHIPLEY & HIS RAINBOW VALLEY BOYS: Hillbilly
Jive With A Hillbilly Beat/ CARL SMITH: Dog-gone It Baby I’m In Love/ Go
Boy Go/ RED SMITH: Whoa Boy/ EARL SONGER: Whoopie Baby/ ANDY STARR: Dig
Them Squeaky Shoes/ BILLY STARR: Hound Dog/ FIVE STRINGS: I Like It/
JUSTIN TUBB & GOLDIE HILL: Sure Fire Kisses/ WAYNE WALKER: Now Is the Time
For Love/ THE WESTERN MELODY MAKERS: Who Put The Turtle In Myrtle’s
Girdle/ ONIE WHEELER: Run ‘Em Off/ JESS WILLARD: Honkytonk Hardwood Floor/
MALCOLM YELVINGTON: Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee/ Just Rollin’ Along/ FARON
YOUNG: If You Ain’t Lovin’ You Ain’t Livin’/ EDDIE ZACK & COUSIN RICHIE:
I’m Gonna Roll & Rock
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Stomper Time 7 |
Fernwood Rockabillies |
● CD $19.98 |
35 tracks, 80 mins, essential
Somehow we missed this gem
when it first came out but we're rectifying that situation now. This is a
fabulous collection of Memphis rockabilly and rockin' country recorded for
Ronald "Slim" Wallace's Fernwood label and subsidiaries as well as custom
pressings recorded between 1956 and 1963. The best known name here is
Thomas Wayne who had a big hit for Fernwood in 1959 with the teen ballad
Tragedy buy this CD features his super hot rockabilly cut
Your're The One That Done It with accompaniment from Scotty Moore,
Bill Black and Jimmy Van eaton! Ramon Maupin is known to rockabilly fans
and is featured here on four great sides featuring Roland Janes on guitar.
Janes also provides some sizzling guitar work on Eldon Rice's great
Don't Let Love Break Your Heart. And talking about guitar, dig Buddy
Holobaugh's wonderful skittery guitar work on Eddie Collin's loping
country flavored I've Been Around Too Long. Doug Clayton's Sally
Ann with it's bouncing rhythm and great guitar work is one of the
highlights here - hard to believe it was recorded in 1963 - it sounds like
it was cut at least five years earlier. Other artists include Gene Criss,
Alvin & Bill, Buford Peek, Jimmy & James & The Tempos, The Scotty Moore
Trio, The Trail Blazers and others. There are very few duds among the 35
tracks here. Sound quality is excellent and there are informative notes by
Dave Travis. (FS)
ALVIN AND BILL - THE INVICTORS: Typing Jive/ VIRGLE
BAKER: Dissatisfied/ That's All You Do/ BUZZ BUSBY: Rock'n'roll Fever/
DOUG CLAYTON: Sally Ann/ Saturday Night Twist/ EDDIE COLLINS: Can't Face
Life Alone/ I've Been Around Too Long/ Patience Baby/ GENE CRISS: Hep Cat
Baby/ I Don't Know/ JIMMY JAMES AND THE TEMPOS: No Kisses Have I/ The Moon
Will Shine/ RAMON MAUPIN: Love Gone/ No Chance/ Rockin' Rufus/ What's The
Use/ THOMAS MITCHELL: I'm A Wise Old Cat/ SCOTTY MOORE TRIO: Have Guitar
Will Travel/ BUFORD PEEK: Knock Down, Drag Out/ Wishing/ WILLIE PHELPS: D.
J.'s Jamboree/ Yes Siree, Yes Siree/ BILL REEDER: You're My Baby/ ELDON
RICE: Don't Let Love Break Your Heart/ Our Love Won't Die/ SHELBY SMITH:
Rockin' Mama/ Rosalie/ What's On Your Mind/ PAUL SULLIVAN: Juke Joint
Boogie/ THE TRAIL BLAZERS: Grandpa's Rock/ TRAVIS WAMMACK: I'm Gonna Rock/
I'm Leavin' Today/ Rock'n'roll Blues/ THOMAS WAYNE: You're The One That
Done It
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Sundazed 11143 |
Lost legends Of Surf Guitar - Shockwave! |
● CD $18.98 |
20 tracks, highly recommended This is a stellar new
assortment of vintage, obscure surf music recorded between 1961-1966. The
collection features The Avengers Iv, Truants, Belairs, Citations,
Tornados, Johnny & The Shy Guys, Pastels, Zorba & The Greeks (my personal
favorite) and tons more. As always, this new Sundazed release is a quality
job, with the tracks taken off original masters, many of which previously
unheard in any format. On top of that there is an extensive full-color
fold out stuffed with pictures, liner notes, interviews and memorabilia.
Cool stuff. (JM)
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Varese Vintage 66246 |
The Girl Group Sound |
● CD $17.98 |
25 tracks, highly recommended
Red Bird, a short lived label
owned by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller and George Goldner, was actually
4 labels - Red Bird, Blue Cat, Tiger & Daisy known for epitomizing the
Girl Group sound, thanks to producers/ songwriters Jeff Barry, Ellie
Greenwich & Shadow Morton. This terrific 25 track collection includes
the hits from The Ad Libs (The Boy From New York City), Dixie Cups
(Iko Iko), Butterflies (Good Night Baby) and The Shangri Las
(Leader Of The Pack) plus lots of excellent lesser known but
influential artists like Evie Sands (I Can't Let Go covered by The
Hollies), Bessie Banks (her great original version of Go Now
covered by The Moody Blues), Roddie Joy, The Goodies and others. There are
also solo sides by Ellie Greenwich who, together with Jeff Barry, wrote
about half the songs here. Includes 8 page illustrated booklet with
informative notes by Don Charles. (FS/GM)
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