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NEWSLETTER #147
Vintage Rock 'n' Roll & Rockabilly
Joe Clay ->
Link Wray + DVDS
| ELVIS PRESLEY |
Memphis Recording Service 100223 |
The Rise Of Elvis Presley, Vol. 2 - 1955 |
● DVD $87.98 |
Book, DVD & 7" single 41 tracks, Book, Sound and Packaging
- essential, the rest is Fans Only
In the golden year of 1955 Elvis was
booked to play, by my calculation (and I'm sure that there are Elvis fans
out there with exact calculations), 265 dates. Out of those 265 dates
about a dozen were double shows with a day and evening at the same venue
and on top of that there are at least 2 dates that were triple bookings;
so, anyone that thinks Elvis didn't do a whole lot of work to get to the
top can be silenced by looking at his itinerary for '55 included in the
book. Playing that many dates provided for an amazing amount of ephemeris:
ticket stubs, press clippings, receipts, letter etc. and a ton of candid
rare pictures. So this weighty 350-plus page book is just crammed full of
all of that and more. The vinyl included in this set is a 1-sided repress
of Mystery Train from the original Sun mother master, which hasn't
been used since 1956! The unfortunate thing about the single is, since the
mother master was lost for a while and not necessarily taken care of
properly, there is a ton of surface noise, making it not much for playing,
but cool (I guess) for its authenticity. The DVD has an audio track that
plays 40 fully Remastered tracks from 1955 (including 9 from 1954) of
studio, live and interview records, which for the most part sound
fantastic and each track is accompanied by a rare photo on the screen. The
visual part of the DVD is a bit misleading: it is billed as "Just Found
For The First Time Ever - Never Before Seen First existing known Elvis
footage. Filmed at the Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Celebration 25th May 1955
Meridian, Mississippi." Don't blink though, because your likely to miss
it! Towards the end of about 3 minutes of footage of the parade and stars
from the show hanging out, you get about 10 seconds of Elvis hanging out
with some guy. So basically, you get a fantastic book and DVD audio set
(can only be played in DVD players or computers) a vinyl single that is
cool to look at, but not to listen to and a few seconds of Elvis in a
park. (JM)
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| ELVIS PRESLEY |
Memphis Recording Service 20026956 |
Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley |
● DVD $34.98 |
DVD, Video - 33 mins, audio - 21 tracks, 51 mins, highly
recommended
Wow, This is quite a find! Included in the disk is concert
footage of Elvis from 1956 WITH SOUND! Previous to this DVD, there was no
50s sound concert footage known to exist. On this you get songs recorded
live on the afternoon show at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show
in Tupelo Mississippi on September 26th 1956. Rock & Roll ground zero!
There is some great footage of the parade and goings on around town
leading up to the show, with some rare interview footage playing over it.
This footage alone is a nice look at small town America in the 1950s, you
also get some footage and stills of the Big E with family and friends. The
main feature of this collection is the live footage from the daytime show.
Shot in black and white you get performances of Heartbreak Hotel,
Long, Tall Sally, I Was The One (with the Jordanaires),
partial clips of I Want You, I Need You, I Love You, and I Got A
Woman, the full clip of Dont Be Cruel and bits of Hound Dog.
The audio track feature has the complete concert for the day and night
shows, but this is all that has survived of the visual footage. Brief but
amazing, we see the King of Rock n Roll ascending his throne, wild and
beautiful with the world at his feet. My only complaint is the non-stop
logo on the bottom right corner of the screen; Im assuming that is to
fight off bootleggers, but its pretty annoying. Expect to see a lot of
amazing Elvis material coming out of the U.K. on this Memphis Recording
Service imprint. (JM)
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| JOE CLAY |
El Toro 6030 |
The Legend Is Now |
● CD $15.98 |
2004 recordings made in England by legendary 50s rocker
accompanied by British band. Mostly new songs plus a lengthy interview.
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| MAL GRAY & THE
WILD ANGELS |
Rockstar 029 |
Rock 'n' Roll Man (with Gene Vincent) |
● CD $22.98 |
Interesting set. Mal Gray & The Wild Angels were a popular
band in the U.K. & Europe between 1969 and 1971 performing old style rock
'n' roll. In 1971 Gray moved to the USA and joined Sha-Na-Na. Most of this
album is fairly tame late 60s recordings by Gray of very familiar 50s
classics (Mystery Train/ Lawdy Miss Clawdy/ Summertime Blues/ Rip It Up,
etc.). What makes this album of more than passing interest is a previously
unissued 20 minute rehearsal session from 1969 of Gene Vincent with Gray
and his group who backed Gene on his 1969 tour. He does two versions of
Hank Williams' I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry and a fine treatment of
Good Golly Miss Molly. There are also various bits of chatter and a
brief interview. Not a significant addition to Gene's legacy but it's
always interesting to hear a legendary figure in an informal setting -
particularly one who died so young abd will be an indispensible release
for Vincent diehards (you know who you are!).
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| RONNIE HAWKINS |
Bear Family BCD 16873 |
Rocks! |
● CD $24.98 |
32 tracks, 77 mins, highly recommended
Here's another one
that we can blame old infamous Morris Levy for what coulda, shoulda
happened. If Levy had actually paid Ronnie Hawkins for the records he sold
or invested a little time-and, dare I say, money-into his career, put him
in front of a T.V. camera and in the fan magazines, the story would be a
whole lot different (at least here in America; in Canada, he was and is a
big star). Instead, by the early 1960's when Ronnie & the Hawks were at
the peak of their powers, going into the studio to record records meant
taking time away from the lucrative live circuit. Seeing as how they tore
the house down on so many of these recordings, imagine what it would have
been like if they wanted to be in the studio! Legend has it that Ronnie
Hawkins was one of the most incredibly live acts of his day, but
unfortunately I have seen very little footage and his recoded work tends
to only hint at it (You Tube alert: there's a 'scope of Ronnie and the
Hawks from 1959 doing I Need Your Lovin' that's definitely worth
checking out that just popped up recently). Hawkins is a perfect choice
for this series because he is at his best when he "rocks," and there are a
whole bunch of songs collected here that help prove that he was one of the
best. While his repertoire consisted mainly of covers, he was definitely
an artist that could take a song and make it his own and when it comes
down to it, he wrote more original material than Elvis did! It was just
that Elvis' covers weren't as well known before he did them. This
collection starts with his first and only pre-Roulette Records recording.
These summer of 1958 recordings for Quality shred, with great versions of
Hey Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry's 30 Days, and Hawkins' insane
original Horace (previously unissued). Then you get the best of his
recorded output up until 1963,which includes his hits Forty Days
and Mary Lou, a large portion of his Mr. Dynamo record up to a few
recordings with what would be the nucleus of "The Band" minus Garth
Hudson. Not to underestimate his early players at all, some great
Rockabilly cats went through his band, guitarist Fred Carter Jr.
especially shines on a lot of tracks. Comprised of a handful of quality
originals and choice covers of the likes of Huey Smith, Dave Bartholomew,
Dale Hawkins, Billy Lee Riley, Carl Perkins etc., this collection is a
solid gas throughout, with one fantastic cut after another. In digipack
with 48 page booklet. (JM)
RONNIE HAWKINS: Baby Jean/ Bo Diddley/ Clara/ Come Love/
Dizzy Miss Lizzy/ Forty Days/ Hay Ride/ Hey Bo Diddley/ Hey Boba Lou/ High
Blood Pressure/ Honey Don't/ Horace/ Horace/ I Feel Good/ Mary Lou/
Matchbox/ Mojo Man/ My Gal Is Red Hot/ Need Your Lovin' (Oh So Bad)/
Odessa/ Oh Sugar/ One Of These Days/ Ruby Baby/ Sexy Ways/ Sick & Tired/
Southern Love/ Suzie Q/ Thirty Days/ Whatcha Gonna Do (When The Creek Runs
Dry)/ Who Do You Love/ Wild Little Willy/ You Know I Love You
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| ERSEL HICKEY |
Hydra 27119 |
Hangin' Around Heartbreak Hotel |
● CD $22.98 |
29 tracks, 62 min., recommended
Despite the release of a
few Ersel Hickey CDs over the years, including one by Bear Family, this
may be worth picking up. Of course such Hickey classics as Bluebirds
Over The Mountains and You Threw A Dart appear here, but this
album also offers both sides of his first single for Fine Records in 1957
(Then I'll Be Happy b/w You're No Good as well as two
previously unissued tracks cut during the Fine session I'm Walkin'
and Street Car Of Desire. This release includes six other unreleased
recordings, including a version of Heartbreak Hotel and a pair of
instrumentals. And by spanning Hickey's recording career from 1957-1984,
this album follows Hickey's developing sound from the rockabilly-
flavored, Buddy Holly- and Elvis Presley-influenced early sides to a more
straight-ahead country approach. The cover and booklet will not win any
design awards, but the notes are relatively informative and the music is a
rockin' good time. (JC)
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| BUDDY HOLLY |
El Toro 1016 |
Not Fade Away - 1957: The Complete
Recordings |
● CD $31.98 |
On the heels of last year's El Toro and Rollercoaster
releases of all of Buddy's 1956 recordings comes this incredible three CD
set featuring all of his 1957 recordings. This was the year that Buddy hit
it big with The Crickets and under his own name and this set includes all
his issued recordings, alternate takes including an alternate of Peggy
Sue which is alone worth the price of this set, versions of songs like
Words Of Love/ Last Night and Oh Boy without the Picks vocal
group overdubs, promotional recordings, live performances and a whole heap
of session work behind artists like Gary Dale, Jim Robinson, Carolyn
Hester, Charlie Phillips and others plus an incredible rehearsal session
where Buddy and The Crickets work on a version of Bo Diddley's Mona.
BUDDY HOLLY/ THE CRICKETS : I'm Lookin' For Someone To
Love/ That'll Be The Day/ Last Night (Undubbed Original Version)/ Maybe
Baby (First Version)/ Last Night/ Words Of Love (Demo)/ Words Of Love/
Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues/ Not Fade Away (Incomplete Alternative
Take)/ Not Fade Away/ Everyday/ Ready Teddy/ Valley Of Tears/ Tell Me How/
Buddy's Phone Call To Paul Cohen Of Decca Records (28/02/57)/ GARY DALE:
Go Boy Go (KDAV Demo)/ Gone (KDAV Demo)/ Go Boy Go (Norman Petty Demo)/
The Golden Rocket (Norman Petty Demo)/ Gone (Norman Petty Demo)/ I
Overlooked An Orchid/ BILLY WALKER: On My Mind Again/ Viva La Matador/ JIM
ROBINSON: A Whole Lot Of Lovin' (Take 1)/ A Whole Lot Of Lovin' (Take 2)/
A Whole Lot Of Lovin' (Take 3)/ A Whole Lot Of Lovin'/ It's A Wonderful
Feeling/ JACK HUDDLE: Starlight (Original Without Echo)/ Believe Me
(Original Without Echo)/ Starlight/ Believe Me/ BUDDY HOLLY/ THE CRICKETS:
Peggy Sue (Alternative Take)/ Peggy Sue/ Listen To Me/ That'll Be The Day
(Promotional Recording For Bob Thiele)/ That'll Be The Day (Promotional
Recording For Murray Deutch)/ Oh, Boy! (Undubbed Original Version)/ Oh,
Boy!/ That'll Be The Day (Promotional Recording For Bill Randle Of WERE
Radio, Ohio)/ I'm Gonna Love You Too/ Send Me Some Lovin' (Original
Undubbed Demo)/ It's Too Late (Original Undubbed Demo)/ Send Me Some
Lovin'/ It's Too Late/ JIM ROBINSON: Man From Texas (Brill 2)/ GARY DALE:
Honey, Honey/ Look To The Future/ FRED CRAWFORD: By The Mission Wall/
CAROLYN HESTER: Wreck Of The Old '97/ Scarlet Ribbons/ CHARLIE PHILLIPS:
Sugartime (Take 1)/ One Faded Rose (Take 1)/ Sugartime/ One Faded Rose/
SHERRY DAVIS: Humble Heart/ Broken Promises/ NORMAN PETTY TRIO:
Moondreams-With The Picks/ Moondreams (Instrumental)/ Moondreams-With The
Roses/ BUDDY HOLLY/ THE CRICKETS: You've Got Love/ Maybe Baby/ An Empty
Cup (And A Broken Date)/ Rock Me, My Baby/ That'll Be The Day
(Unidentified Live Fragment)/ That'll Be The Day (Live On The Ed Sullivan
CBS TV Show)/ Peggy Sue (Live On The Ed Sullivan CBS TV Show)/ Interview
With Ed Sullivan/ Little Baby/ You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care)/ Look
At Me/ Mona (Rehearsal)/ Mona (Take 1)/ Mona (Take 2)/ Mona (Take 3)/
Peggy Sue (Live On The Arthur Murray TV Show)/ RICK TUCKER: Don't Do Me
This Way!(First Version)/ Patty Baby (With The Picks)/ Don't Do Me This
Way! (with The Picks)/ BUDDY HOLLY/ CRICKETS : Six radio promotional
spots/ Interview With Red Robinson Of CKWX Radio, Canada/ Promotional Spot
For Red Robinson Of CKWX Radio, Canada/ Interview With Freeman Hoover Of
KCSR Radio, Nebraska/ Promotional Spot For Freeman Hoover Of KCSR Radio,
Nebraska/ Interview With Dale Lowery Of KTOP Radio, Kansas
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| BUDDY HOLLY |
Roller Coaster 3056 |
With The Three Tunes - Ohh! Annie! |
● CD $28.98 |
Two CDs, 43 tracks, essential
This is very similar to El
Toro 1012 that was issued at the beginning of 2007 featuring all the
available recordings made by the great rock 'n' roll pioneer Budddy Holly
in 1956 with several exceptions that will be notable for diehard Holly
fans (like myself) but perhaps not so significant to casual fans. Firstly,
this set includes several never before issued alternate takes that were
not even known about before this release including a particularly fine
alternate of Midnight Shift (which is where the album title comes
from). There are also additional fragments of studio chatter. Further,
most of these tracks were sourced from the original master tapes so sound
quality is superior to the El Toro though not always dramatically so. The
set is housed in a three panel digipac with a 36 page booklet with
extensive notes on these recordings by Holly expert John Ingman including
an interview with Bobby Peeples who was responsible for some of the home
recordings here plus a bunch of great photos - some previously
unpublished. It's too bad this didn't come out sooner so that one wouldn't
have to buy the same material twice but the first generation tapes used
here didn't turn up until August of 2007. If you're dedicated Holly fan or
don't have the El Toro this release is a must. Ohh! Annie! (FS)
BUDDY HOLLY: Love Me/ Don't Come Back
Knockin' (previously unissued)/ Don't Come Back Knockin'/ Midnight Shift
(previously unissued false start)/ Midnight Shift (previously unissued)/
Midnight Shift/ Blue Days, Black Nights/ Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight/
I Guess I Was Just A Fool/ It's Not My Fault/ I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down/
I'm Changin' All Those Changes/ Rock-A-Bye Rock/ Because I Love You/ Rock
Around With Ollie Vee (fragment)/ Rock Around With Ollie Vee/ I'm Changin'
All Those Changes/ That'll Be The Day/ Girl On My Mind/ Ting-A-Ling/ Rock
Around With Ollie Vee/ Modern Don Juan/ You Are My One Desire (false
start)/ You Are My One Desire/ Have You Ever Been Lonely/ Bo Diddley/
Ain't Got No Home/ Holly Hop/ Gone/ Gone/ Gone (previously unissued)/ Have
You Ever Been Lonely/ Have You Ever Been Lonely/ Have You Ever Been Lonely
(previously unissued complete)/ Brown-Eyed Handsome Man/ Good Rockin'
Tonight/ Rip It Up Blue Monday/ Honky Tonk/ Blue Suede Shoes/ Shake,
Rattle & Roll/ Bo Diddley/ Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
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| GRADY MARTIN |
Rev-Ola CRBAND 26 |
Roughneck Blues, 1949-1956 |
● CD $15.98 |
32 tracks, 77 mins, essential
Guitarist Grady Martin may
not be household name but he should be since at one time or another he
played behind almost every major country singer to record in Nashville
between the early 50s and late 70s as well making rockabilly history by
playing on Johnny Burnette's classic Train Kept A-Rollin' (not the
group's regular guitarist Paul Burlison as often thought), providing the
memorable riff on Roy Orbsion's Oh Pretty Woman and helping to
invent guitar distortion when a tube in his amp blew in the middle of a
Marty Robbins session resulting in the fuzz-tone solo in Robbins' monster
1961 hit Don't Worry. This fabulous collection features a small
representation of his dynamite fretwork work made between 1949 and 1956
including two track by Grady under his own name with his group The
Slewfoot Five, accompanying country performers like Red Foley, Little
Jimmy Dickens, Justin Tubb, Al Terry JOhnny Horton, Autry Inman and
others. There are two tracks with Grady accompanying the great blues
singer and piano player Cecil Gant and a heap of rockabilly and rock 'n'
roll tracks from Johnny Burnette, Johnny Carroll, Don Woody, Buddy Holly,
Brenda Lee and others. Whether you like country, rockabilly or just great
guitar work you'll love this album an maybe will help Grady get some of
the credit he deserves. Excellent sound and in depth notes from Dave
Penny. (FS)
JOHNNY BURNETTE: Rock Billy Boogie/ Train Kept A
Rollin'/ JOHNNY CARROLL & THE HOT ROCKS: Crazy Crazy Lovin'/ VERNON CLAUD:
Baby's Gone/ 'LITTLE' JIMMY DICKENS: Hillbilly Fever/ Sleeping At The Foot
Of The Bed/ DANNY DILL: I'm Hungry For Your Lovin'/ My Girl And His Girl/
DOTTIE DILLARD & JACK SHOOK: Now And There's A Fool Such As I/ RED FOLEY:
Birmingham Bounce/ Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy/ My Window Faces The South/
CECIL GANT: Don't You Worry/ It Ain't Gonna Be Like That/ ROY HALL: Three
Alley Cats/ BUDDY HOLLY: Modern Don Juan/ Rock Around With Ollie Vee/
JOHNNY HORTON: I'm A One Woman Man/ I'm Coming Home/ AUTREY INMAN: It
Would Be A Doggone Lie/ BURL IVES & GRADY MARTIN & HIS SLEW FOOT FIVE:
Diesel Smoke Dangerous Curves/ LITTLE BRENDA LEE: Bigelow 6 2000/ BOBBY
LORD: Everybody's Rockin' But Me/ GRADY MARTIN & HIS SLEW FOOT FIVE: San
Antonio Rose/ When My Dream Boat Comes Home/ WAYNE RANEY: Shake Baby
Shake/ RED SOVINE: Juke Joint Johnny/ AL TERRY: Roughneck Blues/ JUSTIN
TUBB: I'm A Big Boy Now/ WAYNE WALKER: All I Can Do Is Cry/ DON WOODY:
Bird Dog/ You're Barking Up The Wrong Tree
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| ELVIS PRESLEY |
Memphis Recording Sevice 02756 |
New York - RCA Studio 1 - The Complete
Sessions |
● CD $49.98 |
2 CDs+DVD-Audio, 39 tracks, highly recommended
More
fantastic Elvis material from this Memphis Recording Service company. This
time you get Elvis' complete first RCA recording sessions restored and
remastered. So that's Blue Suede Shoes/ Shake Rattle and Roll/ Hound
Dog/ Don't Be Cruel and the rest of the legendary sessions. You have
the 12 main tracks in order, sounding absolutely beautiful and then you
get 12 takes of Lawdy Miss Clawdy, 14 takes of Shake, Rattle and
Roll, and finally three non-Elvis tracks that were the basis of his
versions; My Baby Left Me by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Hound Dog
by the recently departed Freddie Bell and his Bell Boys and So Glad
You're Mine (also Crudup). Then you get all but the last three tracks
over again on a bonus disc DVD- Audio in 5.1 Dolby Digital to shake your
shack. Lastly, along with the lovely packaging you get a 70 page book with
all kinds of rare photos and studio information. Wow! The king is still
alive! (JM)
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| MARTY ROBBINS |
Rev-Ola CRBAND 012 |
Rockin' Robbins |
● CD $15.98 |
31 tracks, 72 mins, recommended
This compilation covers
Marty Robbins' career from 1954 -1957 and his tracks that were on the
rockin' side of things. Not Rockabilly, but Country infused with Rock 'n
Roll energy and ideas. Covers of tunes like Maybelline/ That's Alright
Mama and Long Tall Sally as well as original hit versions of
Singing The Blues/ I Can't Quit and Knee Deep In The Blues.
Truly this was a time that Robbins really shined and either the Rockin' or
more laid back tunes on this are a pleasure to listen to. The Rockin' side
takes over in the end with a raucous live set that makes up the last 8
tracks. (JM)
LEE EMERSON & MARTY ROBBINS: How Long Will It Be?/ I'll
Know You're Gone/ MARTY ROBBINS: Baby, I Need You (like You Need Me)/
Don't Let Me Hand Around (if You Don't Care) (live)/ Don't Let Me Hang
Around (if You Don't Care)/ Gossip/ Gossip (live)/ I Can't Quit (i've Gone
Too Far)/ I Can't Quit (i've Gone Too Far) (live)/ It's A Long Long Ride/
Knee Deep In The Blues/ Long Gong Lonesome Blues/ Long Tall Sally/
Maybelline/ Mean Mama Blues/ Mr Teardrop/ Pain And Misery/ Pretty Mama/
Pretty Mama (live)/ Respectfully Miss Brooks/ Same Two Lips/ Singing The
Blues/ Singing The Blues (live)/ Sugaree (live)/ Tennessee Toddy/ That's
All Right/ That's All Right (live)/ This Broken Heart Of Mine/ Where D'ja
Go? - Lee Emerson, Marty Robbins/ You Don't Owe Me A Thing/ You Don't Owe
Me A Thing (live)
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| JESSE LEE TURNER |
Turner 8011 |
Shake Baby Shake |
● CD $17.98 |
22 tracks, recommended
Expanded version of LP issued in
the 90s. Jesse Lee had one hit, a neat novelty called Little Space Girl
complete with speeded up Chipmunk-style vocals. This CD has that fun hit
and its 2 followups, That's My Girl & The Elopers along with
a mix of rockabilly & 50s teen pop. Title tune is a fine wild rip-off of
Sexy Ways & Baby Please Don't Tease is similar sounding but
frantic. Also includes his fine rockin' cover of Tennessee Ernie Ford's
country hit Shotgun Boogie plus Together/ Makin' Love/ Boys &
Girls/ Mother Nature/ The Voice Changing Song/ Teeange Misery/ Tattle Tale,
etc. Decent sound but no notes. (GM/ FS)
JESSE LEE TURNER: 12 String Boogie/ All Right Be That
Way/ Baby Please Don't Tease/ Boys & Girls/ I'm The Little Space Girl's
Father/ Little Old Love Maker/ Makin' Love/ Mother Nature/ One More Time/
Put Me Down/ Shake, Baby, Shake/ Shotgun Boogie/ Tattle Tale/ Teen-Age
Misery/ That's My Girl/ The Art Of Makin' Love/ The Elopers/ The Man In
The Moon/ The Voice Changing Song/ Thinkin'/ Together/ Tonight You Belong
To Me
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| RITCHIE VALENS |
Wounded Bird 1201 |
Ritchie Valens |
● CD $13.98 |
12 tracks, 25 mins, recommended
Am I the only older record
guy that still loves La Bamba whenever it comes on the radio?
Listening to Ritchie Valens is always a joy to me. This is a no frills
re-issue of the only record that came out in Valens' lifetime. So many
great songs; you get the hits La Bamba and Donna, plus other
gems like In A Turkish Town/ Come On, Lets Go/ Boney Marone/ Ooh My
Head, and many more. No re-mastering has been done to this and no new
notes, just the originals from the back of the album blown up so you can
read them. So in a nutshell, this is Essential material in a boring
package. It would be great if someone (Bob Keane is still out there,
right?) did justice to this artist's short lived but amazingly decent
sized catalog. For now we get these cheapo editions. (JM)
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| RITCHIE VALENS |
Wounded Bird 1206 |
Ritchie |
● CD $13.98 |
11 tracks, 25 mins, recommended
This features most of the
rest of the tracks that Ritchie Valens had in the can when he died. Mind
you, that doesn't mean that this is filler at all. Originally released in
1959, this album just solidified the idea of how much potential died in
that lousy plane crash. Fine Rock n' Roll tracks like Cry, Cry, Cry/
Hurry Up, and Rockin' All Night are among the stand outs on
this. Again, this is a bare bones re-issue, no extras or re-mastering
done, just a CD version of the LP, but still well worth getting if you
don't have the material. (JM)
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Ace CDCHD 1190 |
Golden Age Of American Rock 'n' Roll -
Follw Up Hits |
● CD $18.98 |
30 tracks, 69 mins, recommended
Lots of artists had at
least one big hit and pretty much all of them had to try and follow it up
with something. Here're all the next songs after the big hits, some of
which are great, while others. More often than not, though, they are at
least interesting. Mickey & Sylvia's There Oughta Be A Law,
Ernie-K-Doe's Te-La-Te-Ta-Ta, The Olympics I Want To Dance With
The Teacher, Gene Vincent's Dance To The Bop, and Dion & The
Belmonts No One Knows are just some of the cases where the
follow-up to the biggest hit didn't mean their next best song--not by a
long shot. This doesn't mean these tracks aren't really good, though, but
just shows you the angle this comp is coming from. All in all, an
interesting and fun compilation. Label info for both U.S. and U.K.
releases, chart position etc. also provided. (JM)
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Bear Family 16876 |
That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 26 - Four Star |
● CD $21.98 |
The latest in this estimable series features 30 rockabilly
and rockin' country tracks recorded for the West Coast based Four Star
label between 1950 and 1960 including sides by Sammy Masters (four tracks
including his great Pink Cadillac), Wayland Chandler, Arkie Shibley
(including two versions of his great Hot Rod Race), Carl Belew,
Tommy Scott, Frank Simon, Jimmy Wolford and others. Superb sound and a 56
page booklet by Colin Escott delving into the convoluted history of the
label, biographies of the artists and lots of photos.
CARL BELEW: 24 Hour Night/ No Love Tonight/ WAYLAND
CHANDLER: Little Lover/ Play Boy/ JACK KING: I Just Learned To Rock/ Two
Red Ruby Lips/ THE MADDOX BROTHERS AND ROSE: New Step It Up And Go/ SAMMY
MASTERS: Flat Feet/ 2-Rock-A-4/ Pink Cadillac/ Some Like It Hot/
Whop-T-Bop/ EDDIE MILLER: Patty Cake Man/ THE MILLER BROS.: Hey Pretty
Baby/ Loco Choo Choo/ CHARLIE RYAN: Hot Rod Lincoln/ TOMMY SCOTT & HIS
RAMBLERS: Cat Music/ Dance With Her Henry/ Dig Me Little Mama/ Jumpin'
From 6 To 6/ ARKIE SHIBLEY: I'm A Poor Oakie/ Pick Pick Pickin' (My
Guitar)/ Hot Rod Race/ Hot Rod Race No. 2/ FRANK SIMON: Sugar Plum Boogie/
SLIM WILLE: Come Sundown/ JACK TUCKER: Big Door/ T. TEXAS TYLER: Shake 'Em
Up Rock/ JIMMY WOLFORD: My Name Is Jimmy/ Teeny Weeny Man
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Bop 009 |
Saturday NIght On Bop Street |
● CD $17.98 |
30 tracks, 69 mins, recommended
Another volume in the
long-running series contains more rockabilly chestnuts by the likes of
Tommy Bell, Tony & Jackie Lamie with the Swing Kings, Phil Gray and his Go Boys, and Dwight Pullen. Highlights
include: Be Bop Battlin' Ball by Eddie Gains & the Rockin' Five;
I'm in Love by Glyn Tucker & the Tornadoes; Love is My Business
by Cliff Gleaves and Midnight Dreams by Tommy Bell. Sound quality
is a tad erratic, but nothing here is impossible to listen to, and liner
notes are non-existent. In sum: a cool sampling of primitive music from a
simpler time. (GMC)
TOMMY BELL: Midnight Dreams/ DORSEY BURNETTE: Bertha
Lou/ Till the Law Says Stop/ MIKE CAIN: Shake the Hand/ TONY CASANOVA:
Showdown/ KEN COPELAND: Fanny Brown/ BOBBY CROWN & THE KAPERS: One Way
Ticket/ RONNIE DIAMOND: Life Begins At 4 O'clock/ ELROY DIETZEL & THE
RHYTHM BANDITS: Teenage Ball/ JERRY DION: River of Love/ HERBIE DUNCAN:
Hot Lips Baby/ EDDIE GAINES & HIS ROCKIN' FIVE: Be Bop Battlin' Ball/
CLIFF GLEAVES: Love Is My Business/ TOMMY GRAHAM: I Love My Baby/ PHIL
GRAY & HIS GO BOYS: Pepper Hot Baby/ BENNY KETCHUM: I Don't Want/ TONY &
JACKIE LAMIE: Sunset Blues/ Wore To a Frazzel/ THE LONG HAIRS: Go Go Go/
LOU MILLET: Shorty the Barber/ Slip Slip Slippin' In/ LEE MITCHELL &
COMBO: Rootie Tootie Baby/ CLIFFIE NASH: Jenny Lou/ JIMMY NEWMAN: Carry
On/ DWIGHT PULLEN: Sunglasses After Dark/ RORAY REID: Mad Lovin'/ PRENTIS
SLADE: Scrapiron/ CARL TRANTHAM: Where There's a Will/ GLYN TUCKER & THE
TORONADOES: I'm In Love
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Buffalo Bop 55181 |
Gang War |
● CD $18.98 |
30 tracks, recommended
The "Gang War" theme is tenuous at
best on the first few tracks, lost by track 6 Fred Netherton's version of
Matchbox and utterly obliterated by track 10 Snacky Poo by
the Ring A Dings. Buffalo Bop's passion for gaudy / thrilling cover art
probably made them run with the Gang theme rather then trying to match up
thematically and artistically Snacky, Old Black Joe by Jerry
Adams, You Gotta Have A Duck Tail by Billy Adams and the all time
classic I'm Gonna Put A Cricket In Your Ear by Jeffrey Parnell &
The Tune Twisters. As you can tell by now, this compilation is chock full
of winners by losers, losers by weirdoes and triumphs by the tone-deaf, so
basically another Rockabilly comp from the big Bop! One of my favorite
re-issue labels, not one of their best cool-ections, but certainly not
without merit. (JM)
JERRY ADAMS: Old Black Joe/ There's A Big Wheel/ BILLY
ADAMS AND THE ROCK-A-TEERS: That's My Baby/ You Gotta Have A Duck Tail/
JACK BAILEY AND THE NATURALS: Oh What Love Is/ KENNY BAKER: Goodbye Little
Star/ JIMMY BARBEE AND THE HARDTIMES: Sweet Woman's Love/ ERNIE BERTI: I'm
Alive/ BIG DADDY G: Big Berry(Boss Man Guitar)/ BARRY BOYD WITH THE
FRANTICS: You're For Me/ LOY CLINGMAN: Rockin Down Mexico Way/ CARL DEAN:
Wait Till The Sun Comes Down/ GLENNA DENE: At The End Of My Rainbow/ RUDY
DOZIER: Swee Jonnie/ GRANT GRIEVES: Four In The Floor/ GRANT GRIVES: Shake
It Baby/ ROY HEAD & THE TRAITS: Linda Lou/ KEN KENNINGTON: It Goes Without
Saying/ BUD LANDON AND THE RHYTHM MASTERS: Walking/ GARY LANE AND THE MAD
LADS: Henrietta/ LARRY LINCOLN: That'll Hold You/ BILLY MACHE: It Makes No
Difference/ GENE MALTAIS: Gangwar/ The Raging Sea/ GEORGE M. MARSHALL: Do
We Know/ FRED NETHERTON: Match Box/ JEFFREY PARNELL & THE TUNE TWISTERS:
I'm Gonna Put A Cricket In Your Ear/ THE RING A DINGS: Snacky Poo/ JERRY
C. SIMS: Big Time/ BILL WALLS: Rockin And Reelin/ LARRY WHEELER: Be My
Baby Baby
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Buffalo Bop 55182 |
Trouble Doll |
● CD $18.98 |
30 tracks, 68 mins, recommended
Fine collection of 50s
female rockers - many tracks making their first appearance on CD. The most
familiar title here is the Miller Sisters with their classic Ten cats
Down. Charlene Arthur is a familiar name but here Hello Baby is
one of her more obscure sides as well as being one of her best. Highlight
is The Tumbleweeds and their terrific country flavored Truck Driver's
Wife. Every teen female's dream of the 50s, Elvis is the subject of
two songs - Carmela Rosella and Oh! It Was Elvis and Bobbie Jean
and I Don't Want Bunny Or Dolly (I Just Want Elvis Instead). Patsy
Montana started her career as singing cowgirl back in the 30s but does a
pretty good job at rocking on Two Time Love. Other artists include
Loretta Thompson, Dolly Cooper, Terri Dean, Jackie Dee (Jackie De Shannon
with her fine Buddy), Merle Garner, Bonnie Bartlett, Betty Rogers,
Myrna jay, Mary Mazza, Betty Jayne & The Teenettes, Carolyn Bradshaw,
Gloria Belle (the fine bluegrass number Today I can Smile with
banjo, mandolin & fiddle) and others. A few numbers fall into the teen pop
mould and Miki Smith's squealing on her two numbers gets annoying but,
generally this is a most worthwhile set. (FS)
CHARLENE ARTHUR & THE KNIGHTS: Hello Baby/ BONNIE
BARTLETT: Bop De Loom/ GLORIA BELLE: Today I Can Smile/ CALIE BITETTI: I'm
Gonna Show Him/ CAROLYN BRADSHAW: Marriage Of Mexican Joe/ KAY BROWN: The
Teen-Age Hop/ PENNY CANDY: Come On Over/ DOLLY COOPER: Big Rock Inn/ MITZI
CRAIG: That's About The South O'what I Like/ TERRI DEAN: You Treat Me Like
A Boy/ JACKIE DEE: Buddy/ MERLENE GARNER: You're It/ RENIE HICKS: Real
Gone Okie/ MYRNA JAY: Johnny's Coming Home/ BETTY JAYNE AND THE TEENETTES:
Tag Along/ BOBBIE JEAN: I Don't Want A Bunny Or Doll/ MARIE LADONNA: Bobby
Baby/ LINDA LAURIE: Soupin' Up Your Motor/ MARY MAZZA: Niza Boy/ THE
MILLER SISTERS: Ten Cats Down/ PATSY MONTANA: Two Time Love/ THE NETTLES
SISTERS: Real Gone Jive/ BETTY ROGERS: Hey Good Lookin/ CARMELA ROSELLA:
Oh It Was Elvis/ MIKI SMITH: Love Sweet Love/ One Way Street/ LORETTA
THOMPSON: Square From Nowhere/ THE TUMBLEWEEDS: Truck Driver's Wife/ LAURA
JEAN VOSS: Boy Next Door
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Buffalo Bop 55183 |
Strictly Instrumental, Vol. 9 |
● CD $18.98 |
Fine collection of 30 rock 'n' roll and surf instrumentals
from the late 50s and early 60s - about half new to CD. Although the mood
is somewhat low key there is some fine music on these mostly guitar
dominated sides. Includes sides by Emil Spak with The Encores, Ward Darby,
The Blue Jeans (the cool Cool Martini), The Shufflers (the searing
Slumber), Lenny & The Continentals (two fine tunes including a
rocked up Yankee Doodle), Tiny Fuller, The Penetrators, The
Futures, The Holidays, Jackie Reynolds & The Storms, etc. Excellent sound
and full color booklet has rare photos and label shots.
SAMMY BERK: Big Beat Boogie/ THE BLUEJEANS: Cool
Martini/ THE CAPS: Red Headed Flea/ THE CONSOLATIONS: Groovey Grubworm/
THE CORVAIRS: Something Wild/ WARD DARBY: Kentucky Blue Grass/ THE
ENCORES: Hold Up/ TINY FULLER: Cocklebur/ THE FURTURES: Mile Zero/ THE
HOLIDAYS: Concussion/ KURT & THE KAPERS: Mon-Goose/ Trapped/ LENNY & THE
CONTINENTALS: Get Off The Road/ Yankee Doodle Rock/ JACKIE LOWELL:
Warpath/ RAY MCARTHUR: Raymond's Beat/ THE PENETRATORS: Blitzkrieg/ THE
RAMRODES: Warcry/ THE ROYALS: Percision/ THE RUN-A-BOUTS: Wild Fire/ THE
SHUFFLERS: Ireland Express/ Slumber/ THE STARFIRES: Billy's Blues!/ THE
STORMS: Tarantula/ THE T-BIRDS: Thunder Roc/ TERRY & THE RENEGADES: Live
Drive/ THE TORNADOS: Riot/ THE VANGUARDS: Wild/ THE VIBRANTS: Scorpion/
Wild Fire
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Buffalo Bop 55184 |
Hot Rod Race |
● CD $18.98 |
30 tracks, 69 mins, highly recommended
When I first picked
this up, I was expecting it to be a lot like the "Hillbilly Hot Rod &
Automobile Songs" CD that Jasmine put out last year (JASMCD 3575 - $11.98)
but amazingly--although the theme is hillbillies and hot-rods on both and
most of the tracks are pulled from basically the same late 1940's - 1950's
period -- out of the 30 tracks on this one and the 24 tracks on that one
there is only one track duplicated. So you are getting 29 even more
obscure country bop/ rockabilly cuts about drag -racing, fuel injected,
gear-head, grease monkey shenanigans. Probably the most famous names on
here are Arthur Smith, Charlie Ryan and Vinni Vincent. Their tracks are
great and you also get some dynamite action from The Vibrants: Fuel
Injection, Stick Shift by the Duals, Flat Tyre by Bobby
Johnston and Mr. John Law by Dick Grass & The Hoppers, to name a
few. Also of interest you get Teen-age Widder by the Creeps, the
not quite as psychotic B-side of The Whip and ultra rare single
whose a-side just appeared on the I Am An Ape compilation on Panic
(Panic 103). If you are a Hot Rod Lincoln collector, there are a
few cool versions of that famous race down 'round San Pedro between that
Cadillac and that Model A Lincoln as well. Unlike the Jasmine collection,
this comp has no notes, but features some fine photos and gorgeous label
reproductions. So fire it up, throw this in the player and burn up the
highway. (JM)
ROGER CHRISTIAN: Last Drag/ THE CREEPS: Teen-Age-Widder/
RAMBLIN JIMMIE DOLAN: Hot Rod Race/ DONNIE & DIANE: Hot Rod Weekend/ THE
DUALS: Stick Shift/ LARRY FAULK: I'm In Hot Rod Heaven In My Old 37/ JIM
FOSTER WITH THE KOUNTRY KUT-UPS: Rag Roof Roadster/ HARLEY GABBARD &
AUBEREY HOLT: Hey Baby/ EVERETT GATES AND THE JOKERS: Mean Machine/ WALLY
GEORGE: Drag Strip/ DICK GRASS AND THE HOPPERS: Mr. John Law/ RAY GREFF:
The Racing King/ BOBBY JOHNSTON: Flat Trye/ JUNIOR JORDAN AND THE
ROCK-A-BOOGIE 7: Down Boy Down Boy/ JACK KITCHEN WITH THE ROCK-ABILLIES:
Hot Rod Boogie/ RIC LANCE: No Place To Park/ BILLY LAND: Four Wheels/
SAMMY MASTERS: Twin Pipes And Pin Stripes/ MIKE PAGE: Long Black Shiny
Car/ BOBBY PAIGE AND THE EL DORADOS: Little Hot Rod/ CHARLIE RYAN: Hot Rod
Race/ Hot Rod Loncoln/ THE SAVOYS: Slappin Rods And Leaky Oil/ SLICK
SLAVIN: Speed Crazy/ ARTHUR SMITH: Hot Rod Race/ BOB SPENCER: Roll Hot Rod
Roll/ ROY TANN: Hot Rod Queen/ THE VIBRENTS: Fuel Injection/ VINNI
VINCENT: Wailin And Scalin/ BUDDY WHITE: Unlucky Man
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Buffalo Bop 55185 |
Problem Child |
● CD $18.98 |
30 rockin' sides from the 50s and early 60s.
IRA ALLEN: Nursery Rock/ MARV BLIHOVDE AND THE
VANGUARDS: Been Away Too Long/ THE BLUE NOTES: I Love Her So/ RONNIE
BRENT: My Sweet Verlene/ JOHNNY BUSH: Your Kind Of Love/ CURLEY JIM: Rock
And Roll Itch/ Sloppy Sloppy Suzie/ MICKEY DECKER & THE GALAXIES: Jenny
Jenny/ EDDIE FERRELL: Teach Me How To Rock/ FREDDIE FLYNN AND THE FLASHES:
Green Stamps/ THE FOUR REBELS: Boogie Woogie Sally/ BILL FRIEL: Teenager/
K.C GRAND AND THE SHADES: Lookie-Lookie-Lookie/ BILLY HALL AND HIS RHYTHM
BOYS: Move Over Rover/ WAYNE HANDY: Say Yeah/ I'll Never Be The Same/
Problem Child/ DAVEY HOLT AND THE HUBCAPS: Pittery Pat/ JOHNNY KAY:
Starvation/ RAMSEY KEARNEY: Don't Tease/ The Cat Bug Bit/ KING IVORY LEE:
Rockin In The Cocanut Top/ WALLY LEE WITH THE STORMS: Eeny Meeny/ JOHNNY
MANN AND THE TORNADOS: Chick-A-Lou/ MAXIMILIAN: Butter Ball/ DICKIE "BIRD"
NEWLAND: Don't Be Funny Honey/ MARVIN PAUL: None Of Your Business/ FRANKY
PRESTON AND THE BEACH COMBERS: I Want To Do It/ JOE RAMIREZ AND HIS
JUMPING JACKS: Run You Down/ DANNY ROSS: Look At You Go
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Buffalo Bop 55186 |
Rockabilly Wildfire |
● CD $18.98 |
30 rockers.
RED BAILEY: Take Off Like A Bird/ THE BRIDGE BROTHERS:
Sticka-By-You/ BUCK (TRAIL) & TOMMY: Lady Friend/ SAMMIE COLE: I'm Sorry
About That/ HAROLD CROSBY: Bright Lights/ MOREY DUBOIS: If You Can Spare
The Time/ ARLIE DUFF: Mama You've Had Your Day/ BILLY FRIZZEL: Out Of A
Clear Blue Sky/ DAVID GREGG: Baby I Don't Care/ BILL HALL: I Need Some
Lovin/ BOBBY HANKINS: Honkey Tonk Queen/ JIM HARDIN: High Stepping Woman/
LOYD HOWELL: Little Froggy Went A Courtin/ They Don't Know/ HARVEY HURT:
Stayed Away Too Long/ EDDIE JACKSON: Rock And Roll Baby/ JACK KING:
Wildfire/ JOHNNY LAURY: Honky Tonk Man/ HENRY MCPEAK: I Feel Like Yelling/
JUNNE MILLER: How Bad Can Bad Luck Be/ ROD MORRIS: Alabama Jail House/
VERN PULLENS: Mama Don't Allow No Boppin/ You Don't Mean To Make Me Cry/
THE RAINDROPS: I Don't Want A Sweetheart/ CURLEY REEVES: Yep It Must Be
Love/ WAYNE (BOB) ROBERTS: Japaneese Rhumba/ BUCK TRAIL: The Blues Keep
Knocking/ EARNEY VANDAGRIFF: You Can't Come In/ IRVING VERGE AND THE
COMMANDERS: Nancy/ PAUL WHEATLEY: Teenage Jive
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Buffalo Bop 55187 |
Chick Chick |
● CD $18.98 |
30 Tracks, 67 Mins, highly
recommended
Chicks, dames,
dolls with gams up to here. you know what we're talkin' about: women, and
wild ones at that. This is one of the best Buffalo Bop collections to come
out in a while, real quality Rockabilly that is rare as hell, much of it
an homage to the female of the species. Junior Dean provides the title
scorcher and we're off to the races from there. Leave it to Buffalo Bop to
come up with yet another great Bug song, with Kenny Owen's I Got
The Bug--fantastic! Another favorite Kip Tyler provides us with the
self-penned gem She's Got Eyes. The Dribble (Twist) by The
Raging Storms, Iggy Joe by Willie Ward, She's a Moonlighter
by Johnny Carlton and Hey! Cobella by the magnificent Vinni Vincent
are just a few more of the great tracks on this raging collection. You
also get a way early track by Roy Clark and a couple primo tracks from the
aptly named Oliver Cool. All of this along with all of the original label
reproductions and photos of the artists, and you have quite possibly the
best Buffalo Bop compilation to date. (JM)
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Classics (Sweden) 717 |
Rock Til You Drop |
● CD $19.98 |
28 tracks, recommended
Fine collection of obscure rock 'n'
roll from the late 50s and early 60s - most of it making it's first
appearance on CD. Includes Little Pete, Bruce Gist, Tony Senn (the fine
acoustic The King's Coming Home about how all the pretenders all
have to move over since Elvis was getting out of the army), Kenny Spivey
(the tough bluesy Woke Up This Morning), Doyle Wilson, Rodney
Rains, Dan Smith, Lorne Croswell, Caesar & The Romans (a fine cover of
Carl Perkins' Your True Love), Dave Bryan, The Monarchs, Lennie
Richards, Curtis Wilson and others. No real gems but lots of fine rockers.
Includes 10 page fold out booklet with notes on all the tracks, artist
photos and label shots. (FS)
VINCE ADAMS: Tic-Tac-Toe/ SHORTY AVERY: Don't Know Why/
FRED BIBLE: C'mon Baby/ DAVE BRYAN: Let's Make It Real/ CAESER & THE
ROMANS: Your True Love/ JOHNNY CONVILLE: Bye Bye Blackbird/ LORNE
CROSWELL: Pen Pal Girl/ JOHNNY DENTON: Topsy-Turvy/ BOBBY DOYLE:
Chug-A-Lug/ JACKIE DUNHAM: All Around The World/ BRUCE GIST: Searching For
Love/ GENE LA MARR: I'm Gonna Make It Up To You/ AL LANCE: I'm Walking
Out/ RICKEY LEE: Shimmy Fakin/ LITTLE PETE: KSO Val Air Hop/ THE MONARCHS:
Yea! Uh! Huh! Or Even Maybe/ RALPH POSEY: Don't Leave Me Here/ PHIL QUEEN:
Gonna Get Along Without You Now/ RODNEY RAINS: Yellow Moon/ GENE RAY: I'm
Going To Hollywood/ LENNIE RICHARDS: Teem Twist/ JERRY ROBINSON: You're
The Reason/ TONY SENN: The King's Comin' Home/ DAN SMITH: Sail On/ KENNY
SPIVEY: Woke Up This Morning/ SAM THOMAS: Bowling Twist/ CURTIS WILSON:
Teenage Party Line/ DOYLE WILSON: You're The One For Me
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Collector 4517 |
Rock Boys Rock |
● CD $16.98 |
30 tracks, highly recommended
Excellent collection of
mostly rock 'n' roll from the late 50s and early 60s. Just about all the
artists are totally obscure and most of the tracks are making their first
appearance on CD including a couple of unreleased demos by an unknown
artists. Among the highlights are the two opening cuts by The Spades - one
vocal, one instrumental. The vocalist sounds like he's 10 years old but
the group have a great funky intense sound. Buck Fowler's She's Just
The Kind has a similar sound - one I like a lot. Gordon Sizemore is
basically country but his You Fit Like A Glove is a great
performance with stripped down acoutic guitar backing. Speedway by
The Heyburners is a hot surf instrumental from 1963 featuring the first
appearance on record by Davie Allen. The Pearlescent's Ronnie 's Night
House is another exciting intrumental with tough guitar and sax. Other
artists includes Jerry Skinner & The Volk Brothers, The Candymen, Buddy
Sharpe & The Shakers, Greg Scott and others. Excellent sound. 8 page
booklet has artist and label shots. (FS)
NEIL ALAN & THE COSMO’S: Light My Rockers/ DEAN BARLOW:
Hi Ya Honey?/ JIMMIE BELDEN: Darling Ann/ GEORGE BIRDWELL: Love Is
Everywhere/ THE CANDYMEN: Candy Bar Twist/ THE CHESSMEN: Samovar/ THE
COL*LEE*JETS: Jam & Jelly/ DON DELL & THE MONTEREYS: Honey Doll/ VIC
FONTAINE & PAT THE CAT & HIS KITTENS: Little Rock Special/ BUCK FOWLER:
She’s Just That Kind/ JOHNNY GAMBLE & THE SATELLITES: Wicked Woman/ JACK
HANKS TRIO: If You Can’t Make Me Better/ THE HEYBURNERS: Speedway/ KENNY
HODGE & TEDDY RICH & THE ROCKETS: Put A Nickel In The Juke Box/ GARY
HUCKABY & JOYCE DUVAL & THE SKY ROCKETS: Eager Lips/ ÜNCLE ™BUCK" LITE &
THE RHYTHM ROCKERS: Mr. Ducktail/ THE LOSERS: Balboa Party/ SONNY
PATTERSON & THE RHYTHM ROCKERS: Big Wheel/ THE PEARLESCENT’S: Ronnies
Night House/ GREG SCOTT: Movin’twistin’around/ BUDDY SHARPE & THE SHAKERS:
Movin’and Groovin’/ Please, Please, Please, Please/ GORDON SIZEMORE & REX
ROAT: You Fit Like A Glove/ JERRY SKINNER & THE VOLK BROTHERS: Baby,I Say
Get Up/ Judy Honey/ THE SPADES: Jody/ When I Get To Goin’/ UNKNOWN BAND &
SINGER: A Fool/ Honey Bun/ RICK WEST: Motivation
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Collector 4519 |
Move And Rock |
● CD $16.98 |
30 more rock 'n' roll rarities from the 50s collected by
our old friends at Collector - much of it making its first appearance on
CD.
THE BANDMASTERS: Stump Jumper/ The thing/ JOHNNY BARNES:
Big Johnny Blues/ JOE BENNETT & THE SPARKLETONES: Bayou Rock/ CHARLIE
BOOTH & THE BLUE VELVETS: Gonna Find Some Lovin’/ THE BRIAR PATCHES:
Country Speedin'/ DEAN CARR: Too Many Tears/ BOBBY CATES & THE SWINGERS:
Black Pepper Makes You Sneeze/ CHUCKIE–D: Way Later Baby/ DEAD DUCK & THE
THREE JUICY GOOSES: Skip Talkin’Daddy/ DEAN-O-DELRAY & HIS DELRAYS: Lucky
Star/ The Ballad Of Billy The Kid/ BECKY DURNNING & THE ARDEE’S: Jimmy
Boone/ LEE EDMOND & THE SWINGING TRAVELERS: Born With The Blues/ CLIFF
GLEAVES: Fate Stole The Wedding Ring/ THE INTRUDERS: Rock-A-Ma-Role/ THE
JAGUARS: Railroad Drag/ DONNI JERALD: I ‘m A Bum/ THE JESTERS III: Messed
Up Woman/ THE JORDAN BROTHERS: Basin Street Rumble/ HARRY LEE: Kiss An
Eskimo/ Pin Ball Baby/ Rockin’On A Reindeer/ Stampede/ LARRY MOYER & THE
TRIO TONES: That Would Be Nice/ THE NOTIONS: Hey, Hey, Baby/ THE RAMBLERS:
Hanging One/ MARK ROBINSON: Pretty Jane/ DON SESSIONS: You‘re A Cheater/
THE THREE REASONS & THE HIGHLANDERS: Kangaroo Twist/ BILLY THURSTON: Three
Ramage/ UNKNOWN IV: Give Me A Chance/ JIM WILLIAMS: I’m Moving
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Collector 4521 |
Rock & Roll Covers - Hot Steamy Lovers,
Vol. 6 |
● CD $16.98 |
33 tracks, highly recommended
The sixth and final volume
in this excellent and entertaining series featuring covers of rock 'n'
roll songs from the 50s made around the same time along with rockin'
updates of old country, blues and pop and songs. Some of the covers are
note for note covers of the originals but many of them do totally original
takes on the songs. Highlight for me is Joe D. Johnson's rockin' update of
country pioneer Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel #1" - here called T For
Thelma with tough vocals, a "Linda Lu" rhythm and hot guitar. Chuck
Berry is represented by a quartet of covers with fine versions of
Johnny B. Goode/ Roll Over Beethoven/ School Day and Back In the
U.S.A. Jerry Lee's Great Balls Of Fire is given a fine
rendition by Dio & The Prophets, possibly a young Ronnie James Dio of
Black Sabbath fame (infamy?), Glenn Harwood turns in a romping update of
the blues standard Cow Cow Blues and there are lots more from Jack
Richards, Clyde Stacy, Frank Mayo & The Skyliners, The Johnson Brothers,
etc. Excellent sound and 16 page booklet has detailed notes by "Mister
50s" plus artist photos and label shots. (FS)
BILLY (ADKINSON)& FABULOUS ECHOES: Road Runner/ STEVE
BROOKS & THE RHYTHM KNIGHTS: Swing Low Rock/ JACK CHAMBERS: Bill Bailey/
CLAY & THE FUNSEEKERS: Jailhouse Rock/ PATTY CLOUT & THE ROAD RUNNERS:
White Lightning/ THE COACHMEN: From Beyond/ THE COUSINS: Marie/ LES
CUNNINGHAM: Honky Tonk Song/ DIO & THE PROPHETS: Great Balls Of Fire/ GARY
ENGEL & THE TOPHATTERS: Money Honey/ GLENN HARWOOD: Cow Cow Blues/ JOHN
HILL & THE RETREDS: Johnny Be Goode/ GRAINGER HUNT: Back In The U.S.A./
JOE D. JOHNSON: T For Thelma/ THE JOHNSON BROTHERS: Roll Over Beethoven/
COL JOYE & THE JOY BOYS: Rocky Road Blues/ CLAIRE LANE: Frankie And
Johnny/ PRESTON LIPFORD: Flip Flop & Fly/ “BIG™ TINY LITTLE: School Day/
FRANK MAYO & THE SKYLINERS: Rock ‘n’ Roll Ruby/ THE MONARCHS: Teen Scene/
STU NORTH & THE MULESKINNERS: Muleskinner Blues/ THE NORTHERN LIGHTS:
Shortnin’bread/ PAULINE PARKER: Rocky Road Blues/ DIG RICHARDS & THE
R’JAYS: Lotta Lovin’/ JACK RICHARDS WITH VIC CORWIN ORCH: Rock Around The
Clock/ EILEEN ROMM & THE ROMM: Anticks-Someday/ CLYDE STACY: Honky Tonk
Hardwood Floor/ THE STATICS: Shanghaied/ STEVE & TEE: Blue Monday/ NEIL
SWANSON: Love Sick Blues/ UNKNOWN SINGER & BAND: Let’s Go,Let’s Go,Let’s
Go/ HARRY YOUNES & TOWN’N COUNTRYMEN: Frog Went A Courtin’
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Dee Jay Jamboree 55116 |
Teen Scene! Vol. 4 |
● CD $18.98 |
30 tracks, 64 mins, recommended
Virtually identical in
style and packaging to the compilations that Buffalo Bop put out, with a
ton of Rockin tunes for the teen set. Two tracks devoted to the
"Ponytail", one to a "High School Sweater" and even one for those 1950s tweens in the form of Junior High by Chip Fisher. If New Shoes
by Ted Embry dont get your toes a-tappin, then you might not have a sole!
Not a whole lot of household names on this; Bruce Channel, Fisher and
Johnny Stark are about the most well-known artists present. Other fine
offerings from the likes of the Loafers, Johnny Redd, Wally Lee With The
Storm, The Daarts, Teddy Bart, and many more teenage heroes. One of the
best names that I have heard in a long time appears here Dwarless
Faersley, doing the obscure gem Honeybee,--could it be his stage name?
--Could it be Gene Vincent in disguise? Perhaps we'll never know. One of
my favorite Teen comps to come down the pike lately. (JM)
BILL ALLEN WITH THE KEYNOTES: Oo-we-baby/ PHIL BARCLAY
AND THE SLIDERS: Loving Baby/ TEDDY BART: Just Enough/ BRUCE CHANNEL: Run,
Romance, Run/ THE DAARTS: Beloved Stranger/ DICKIE DAMRON: Rockin‘ Baby/
LARRY AND DIXIE DAVIS: Gonna Live It Up/ TED EMBRY: New Shoes/ DEAN EVANS:
Lottin Dottin/ DWARLESS FEARSLEY: Honeybee/ CHIP FISHER: Junior High/
JAMIE FOSTER: It‘s Two O‘clock/ JIMMY HAWKINS: Sure Do/ CHARLES HEINZ:
Destiny/ BOBBY JAMESON: I Wanna Love You/ LITTLE MONTIE JONES: The Girl
With The Poney Tail/ WALLY LEE WITH THE STORMS: I Never Felt This Way/ THE
LOAFERS: The Best Thing/ DON MILLER-CAROLYN DAY: Telephone Baby/ TOMMY
NELSON: Like Let‘s Get Out/ DON ORBISON WITH THE BASICS: Time/ DAVID
ORRELL: You‘re The One/ KENNY OWEN: High School Sweater/ JOHNNY REDD: I
Flipped My Top/ THE ROYAL KNIGHTS: Long Long Ponytail/ JOHNNY STARK:
Little Boy Blues/ BILL TAYLOR: You Hold My Letters (not Me)/ THE
TREASURES: Sweet Words Of Love/ ANDY WILSON: Worry Worry/ “J™ AND THE
SABERS: Little One
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El Toro 1013 |
Welcome To The Club - Early Female
Rockabilly |
● CD $18.98 |
33 Tracks, 78 mins, essential
When the average person
thinks of rockabilly, the names that immediately come to mind are all
male: Carl Perkins, Johnny & Dorsey Burnette, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran,
and even guys who only dabbled like Elvis and Johnny Cash. But what about
the ladies who rocked right alongside the guys: Rose Maddox, Patsy Cline,
Wanda Jackson, Janis Martin, and Brenda Lee? Well, on "Welcome to the
Club" you get a fine sample of what the ladies can do. Kicking off with
Anita Carter's spunky He's a Real Gone Guy, the CD makes its case
for the females admirably by spotlighting the above-named women and other
shining examples of girl power: Barbara Pittman (Sentimental Fool),
tough chick Jan Smith (It'd Surprise You), teen sensations the
Collins Kids, with Lorrie Collins on lead vocals (I'm in My Teens),
and Sparkle Moore (Skull & Crossbones). As the liner notes point
out, if the men had a tough time making it as rockabilly singers, the
women had it twice as hard, and yet these tracks exist as exemplary
examples of these women giving it their all and succeeding on the terms
laid out by the powers that be. Anyone wanting to check out legends like
Maddox, Jackson, and Martin, while sampling the best of the rest should
start here. (GMC)
CHARLINE ARTHUR: Hello Baby/ Welcome to The Club/ BETTY
BARNES: What Would You Do?/ BOLEAN BARRY: Long Sideburns/ BETTY BRYANT:
I'll Take Back That H/ ANITA CARTER: He's a Real Gone Guy/ JEAN CHAPEL: I
won't be Rockin' Tonight/ PATSY CLINE: Stop, Lookin & Listen/ ALVADEAN
COKER: We're Gonna Bop/ THE COLLIN KIDS: Move a Little Closer/ THE COLLINS
KIDS: I'm in Your Teens/ CONNIE & THE CYTATIONS: Boogie Rock/ THE DAVIS
SISTERS: Everlovin´/ PATSY RUTH ELSHIRE: Sugar Lump/ Watch Dog/ WANDA
JACKSON: Baby Loves Him/ Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad/ DOTTIE JONES: Honey,
Honey, Honey/ THE LADELL SISTERS: Rockin' Robert/ BRENDA LEE: Bigelow
6200/ ROSE MADDOX: Hey Little Dreamboat/ Wild Wild Young Men/ JANIS
MARTIN: Drugstore Rock'n'Roll/ Let's Elope Baby/ SPARKLE MOORE:
Rock-A-Bop/ Skull & Crossbones/ THE NETTLES SISTERS: Real Gone Jive/ BUNNY
PAUL: History/ Sweet Talk/ BARBARA PITMAN: Sentimental Fool/ BARBARA
PITTMAN: I Need a Man/ MIMI ROMAN: Little Lovin'/ JAN SMITH: It'd Surprise
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