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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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| 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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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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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
You
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Hydra 27134 |
.. Like What We Wrote - The Songs Of
Johnny & Dorsey Burnette |
● CD $22.98 |
First of three discs devoted to the songs of Johnny &
Dorsey Burnette writing together and individually. This disc features 27
tracks from the 50s and 60s including songs by Jackie Walker, Johnny
Garner, Bobby Davis (a fine version of the Trio's Tear It Up),
Sonny Anderson, Ricky Nelson (four of the five Burnette songs that Ricky
recorded), Roy Brown, Brenda Lee, The Ring A Dings (the crazed Snacky
Poo, Part One), Curtis Lee, Scott Engel, Gene Vincent, Ned MIller,
Larry Bright and others. As a bonus cut it includes the never before
issued Little By Little by Johnny & Dorsey. Comes with 36 page
illustrated booklet with extensive notes, photos, label shots and
discographical details.
ANDY ANDERSON: Tall Oak Tree/ SONNY ANDERSON: Yes I'm
Gonna Love You/ JOHN ASHLEY (WITH EDDIE COCHRAN): Seriously In Love/ LARRY
BRIGHT: Twinkle Lee/ ROY BROWN: Hip Shakin' Baby/ JOHNNY & DORSEY
BURNETTE: Little By Little/ THE CHECKERS: Blue Saturday/ JIM DANDEES:
Green Grass Of Texas/ BOBBY DAVIS: Tear It Up/ SCOTT ENGEL: Comin' Home/
JOHNNY GARNER: Kiss Me Sweet/ BOB HARRIS: Bertha Lou/ DEAN HAWLEY:
Bossman/ BRENDA LEE: Here Comes That Feeling/ CURTIS LEE: Pure Love/
MARSHALL LYTLE: Be My Love/ TOMMY MARIS: Gonna Be Loved By You/ NED
MILLER: Magic Moon/ JERRY NAYLOR: You're Thirteen/ RICKY NELSON: Don't
Leave Me/ It's Late/ My One Desire/ Waitin' In School/ THE RING-A-DINGS:
Snacky Poo/ FREDDIE TATE & TOPPERS: Just A Little Too Much/ GENE VINCENT:
My Heart/ JACKIE WALKER: Good Good Feeling
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Liberty 55001 |
Liberty Rock & Roll |
● CD $19.98 |
31 track collection of rock 'n' roll recorded for the
Hollywood based Liberty label in the late 50 as and early 60s. Not
surprisingly, much of the material falls into the teen rock 'n' roll vein
though there are some tougher rock 'n' roll titles. Includes sides by Cary
Hodge (one of the hottest sides with excellent guitar), Margie Rayburn,
Galen Denny, Bob Orrison, Willy Nelson (no, not the country singer), Al
casey (fine instrumental), Ned & Gary, Rod McKeun (even worse than you
might imagine), Ricky Page, Jack Grayson, Jackie DeShannon (a nice girl
group treatment of Buddy Holly & The Crickets' Lookin' For Someone To
Love), Tabby Calvin, Ray Johnson, Andy Caldwell and others. Includes 8
page fold out booklet with notes on the artists and photos.
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Panic 103 |
White Trash Rockers, Vol. 2 - I Am An Ape |
● CD $15.98 |
28 tracks, 64 mins, essential
Boy howdy, Panic don't put
out CDs very often, but when they do, they're pure gold! This collection
features some of the most brain damaged, three fisted rock `n' roll to
ever hit the disks! Red hot cranium shakers like Stealing Hubcaps
by Billy Leadbitter, Babba Diddy Baby by The Heart Attacks, Malt
Liquor by the K-Dets, The Dope Addicts by Willis Wade,
Hillbilly Beatnik by Bill & Ray and many, many more. This collection
is like the "Stompin'" and "That'll Flat Git It" compilations got into a
head on collision, suffered severe head trauma and wandered into a
Wrasslin' match on the 1950's Memphis circuit. Pick this baby up or be
totally freakin' L-7! (JM)
BILL & RAY: Hillbilly Beatniks/ SHELTON BISSELL: Shelton
Blues/ ERNIE & MARGIE CRANE: Sugar Daddy/ THE D MATICS: Rank/ RONNIE
DAWSON: The Whip/ DUB DICKERSON: Boppin In The Dark/ THE FADING TRIBESMEN:
More Feathers/ THE FOWLS: The Birds The Word/ JAY HAMMOND: Im An Ape/ THE
HEART ATTACKS: Babba Diddy Baby/ THE K-DETS: Malt Liquer/ BILLY LEDBITTER:
Stealing Hubcaps/ LOUISIANA LANNIS: Tounge Twister Boogie/ RUBY MEDINA:
Baby, Baby, Baby/ WILFORD LLOYD PERCY MOORE: How About That/ THE NEW
BANGS: Go Go Kitty/ THE ODDBALLS: Rockin In The Jungle/ PETER PETE & THE
LOVERS: Pistol Packing Mama/ THE PIT MEN: Surf Bored/ SUGAR REE: Cheater/
CHUCK RHUBARB: Rock At The Port/ JOHNNY ROYAL: Lover Boy/ RAY SANDERS:
Karate/ SHIRLEY JEAN: Ill Get Even With You/ JOJO SMITH: Find This Woman/
LORETTA THOMPSON: Square From Nowhere/ THE VAN KIRKS: Stay Away/ WILLIS
WADE: The Dope Addicts
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Rev-Ola 99 |
The Roots Of Elvis |
● CD $15.98 |
27 tracks, 77 mins, highly recommended Its kind of a
shame, there have been a few compilations just like this on inferior
record labels. So if you havent picked up one of these Songs That
Inspired... comps, this is the one to get, Rev-Ola just does that much
better getting the clear sound and informative notes, etc. In general,
this digs much deeper than others like it, with a lot of surprises on the
track list as well as a few of the obvious titles. Included are tracks
like Satisfied by Martha Carson, which falls into the category of
songs that the big E recorded, but have been lost to time. Then you also
get Jimmie Rodgers Snow (Hank Snows son) doing both How Do You Think I
Feel and Love Me, which arent the original versions of the
songs, but they are the versions/ arrangements upon which Elvis based his
performance, ditto with Fool, Fool, Fool by Kay Starr and Hound
Dog by Freddie Bell & The Bell Boys. Also a couple of tracks like
Tiger Man by Rufus Thomas, which would be a song prominently featured
in Elvis's post 68 comeback live shows. The line-up is a mix of Rhythm &
Blues, Country and Pop, with the biggest portion being R&B. Fantastic
sound and notes as Rev-Ola is known for. (JM)
LAVERN BAKER: Tweedlee Dee/ FREDDIE BELL & THE BELL
BOYS: Hound Dog/ BILLY BUNN & HIS BUDDIES: That's When Your Heartaches
Begin/ MARTHA CARSON: Satisfied/ RAY CHARLES: I Got A Woman/ THE CHARMS:
Hearts Of Stone/ THE EAGLES: Tryin' To Get To You/ BROTHER CLAUDE ELY:
There's A Leak In This Old Building/ BILLY 'THE KID' EMERSON: When It
Rains It Pours/ RED FOLEY: Hearts Of Stone/ Peace In The Valley/ LOWELL
FULSON: Reconsider Baby/ DARRELL GLENN: Crying In The Chapel/ ARTHUR
GUNTER: Baby Let's Play House/ ROY HAMILTON: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And
Cry (Over You)/ BERNARD HARDISON: Too Much/ CLYDE MCPHATTER & THE
DRIFTERS: Money Honey/ White Christmas/ THE ROBINS: (Now And Then There's)
A Fool Such As I/ JIMMIE RODGERS SNOW: How Do You Think I Feel/ Love Me/
KAY STARR: Fool, Fool, Fool/ RUFUS 'BEARCAT' THOMAS: Tiger Man (King Of
The Jungle)/ JOE TURNER: Shake, Rattle Snd Roll/ CHUCK WILLIS: Feel So
Bad/ BOB WILLS: Faded Love/ WILLY & RUTH: Love Me
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Rev-Ola CRBAND 14 |
Roots And Branches - The Roots Of Elvis,
Vol. 2 |
● CD $15.98 |
28 Tracks, 76 mins, highly recommended
The follow-up to
Rev-Ola's 2005 collection "The Roots of Elvis" (CD REV 99 - see above),
this CD collects songs that Elvis was "rumored" to have covered, played as
part of his live set, or actually did record. Mercifully, compiler Dave
Penny left out MOR ballads by the likes of Dean Martin, Frankie Laine,
Bing Crosby et al that Presley loved and stuck to the mix of bluesy
country, country blues, Texas swing, and honky tonk that makes up this
eclectic and highly listenable CD. There's something for nearly everyone
here: Lefty Frizzell's Always Late (With Your Kisses) and Give
Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses) is prime honky tonk; the blues
stylings of Ivory Joe Hunter (I Almost Lost My Mind), Wynonie
Harris (That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch), and Arthur 'Big Boy'
Crudup (Hey Mama, Everything's Alright); proto-rockabilly, courtesy
of The Delmore Brothers; straight country from Sheb Wooley, and the
unbeatable triumvirate of Red Foley, Ernest Tubb and Minnie Pearl; and R&B
by Rufus Thomas and Eddie Riff. Although, many of these tracks can be
found elsewhere, the sheer diversity of material in one place is lots of
fun and a good way to sample artists. As usual with Rev-Ola, excellent
liner notes and artwork make for an attractive package, and sound quality
is splendid. Don't miss this one. (GMC)
EDDY ARNOLD: I Really Don't Want To Know/ BUDDY & BOB:
Down The Line/ ARTHUR 'BIG BOY' CRUDUP: Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane/ Hey
Mama, Everything's Alright/ THE DELMORE BROTHERS: Blues Stay Away From Me/
Midnite Special/ CHARLIE FEATHERS: We're Gettin' Closer To Being Apart/
SONNY FISHER & HIS ROCKIN' BOYS: Rockin' Daddy/ RED FOLEY: Tennessee
Saturday Night/ Night Train To Memphis/ Love Bug Itch/ LEFTY FRIZZELL:
Always Late (With Your Kisses)/ Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)/
FAIRLEY HOLDEN & HIS SIX ICE COLD PAPAS: Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers Off Of
Me/ BILLY HUGHES & HIS BUCKAROOS: Take Your Hands Off Of It/ IVORY JOE
HUNTER: I Almost Lost My Mind/ JOHNNY & JACK: Crying Heart Blues/ PEE WEE
KING & HIS GOLDEN WEST COWBOYS: Tennessee Dancin' Doll/ THE LONE STAR
COWBOYS: Just Because/ CHUCK MILLER: Lookout Mountain/ BILL MONROE & HIS
BLUE GRASS BOYS: Uncle Pen/ TERRY PRESTON: Gone/ EDDIE RIFF: Ain't That
Lovin' You, Baby/ HANK SNOW & HIS RAINBOW RANCH BOYS: It Don't Hurt
Anymore/ JOHNNY TYLER: Okie Boogie/ BOB WILLS & HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS: Milk
Cow Blues/ Sittin' On Top Of The World/ JOHNNIE LEE WILLS & HIS BOYS: Rag
Mop/ SHEB WOOLEY: Blue Guitar
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Senor Charro 12708 |
The Lavender Jungle -
Tempting Treats
From The Land Of Exotica |
● CD $16.98 |
33 tracks, 75 mins, highly recommended
In 1959, Luchese
Liebhaber created Senor Charro Records to showcase his idea of exotic rock
music, which runs the gamut from "raucous mambos & cha-cha's to smokey,
late-night atmospheric odes d'amour", according to the amusing liner
notes. Basically, what we have here is a collection of lounge music that
was targeted toward the gay males of the day. Many of the songs are campy
to be sure-Rulie Garcia's Subrocito anyone? - but others are quite
entertaining like the remix of La Lupe's Fever, The Rhythm Kings
instrumental Exotic, Eternals R&R Cha-Cha, and Monarchs
El Bandito to name a few. Not bad for a label that prized image over
the music; anyone interested in an unusual to be sure chapter in pop/rock
music needs to check this one out. Includes 12 page booklet with beefcake
photos and label shots. (GMC)
HARVEY ANDERSON: Jivaro/ THE ARABIAN KNIGHTS:
Mo-Rockin'/ THE BAMBINOS: Algiers/ KENNETH DEAL: Go Go Jumbo/ BOB DESTINY:
Kalenda Rock/ THE ETERNALS: R&R Cha-Cha/ GANIM'S ASIA MINORS: Halvah/
RULIE GARCIA: Sabrocito/ GLENDA & GLEN: Voodoo Doll/ THE IMPACTS FIVE:
Island Of Love/ THE INVADERS: Shock Treatment/ JOSEPH LATEK QUINTET:
Sister Mamie/ PAUL LEADER: The Devils Pad/ LUCHESE LIEBHABER: Gesundheit/
THE LINCOLN TRIO: Shakedown/ PRESTON LOVE & ORCHESTRA: Ali Baba's Boogie/
LA LUPE: Fever/ SKIP MANNING: Devil Blues/ RALPH MARTERIE: Shish-Kebab/
TOMMY MERCER & THE MCBRIDES: Volcano Rock/ MERCY BABY: Loves Voodoo/ THE
MONARCHS: El Bandito/ THE PASSIONS: Jungle Drums/ THE RHYTHM ADDICTS: The
Thrill/ THE RHYTHM KINGS: Exotic/ DON SARGENT & THE BUDDIES: Voodoo Kiss/
NEAL SCOTT: Go Bohemian/ THE SHEIKS: Sultans Delight/ THE UNTOUCHABLES:
Limbo-Nova/ THE VOLCHORDS: Bongo Love/ GARY WARREN: Midnight Rain/ JERRY
WARREN: Monkey Walk/ YOUNG WILLIAM & THE JAMAICANS: Limbo Drum Part 1
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Stomper Time STCD 22 |
Hot Rockin' Music From Tennessee, Vol. 2 |
● CD $18.98 |
36 tracks, 78 min., recommended
Collects a generous number
of sides recorded between 1959-62 from the Jackson, Tennessee, Westwood
label and tosses in a few wax slices from Hillcrest, Atomic, and Hornet.
Featured artists include Tony Snider, Howard "Curley" Griffin, Larry
Brinkley, N.A. Stephenson & the Four Kings, Charlie Roach, Billy Wayne,
and more. Not everything here qualifies as rockabilly, and probably
nothing here is essential listening, but winners out number losers by
about 4 to 1, and those are pretty good odds. (Only Tony Snider's cover of
Hank Williams' Your Cheating Heart, with its ill-advised female
backup vocalists who sound like bored third graders in a class sing-along
merits hitting the "skip" button.) Sure, some fellows borrow a little
sound from Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, but there's
nothing wrong with that. A fun collections of hard-to-find sides from a
state that gave us Memphis and Nashville during the time of rock and
roll's early years. All that and informative liner notes. (JC)
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Tilt 3077 |
The Best Of Tilt Records |
● CD $17.98 |
25 tracks, recommended
A fine and varied collection of
sides recorded for this small Louisville, Kentucky label in the late 50s/
early 60s. Legendary rocker Dale Hawkins is featured on four obscure sides
- the two part hawk Blows Band Plays is pretty forgettable but he
does an excellent cover of The Drifters' Money Honey and the jazzy,
bluesy the Same Old Way is fine too. Cosmo (Tommy Cosden) and his
group The Carnations do an excellent cover of Betty James's great blues
I'm A Little Mixed Up and also do a couple of doo-wop songs. Cosmo is
featured with The Counts on the bread commercial Let's Do The Taystee
Twist Song. The Carnations are also featured on two surf flavored
instrumentals The Tren-Dells have four excellent songs - the hard driving
rocker Don't You Hear Me Calling baby and three doo-wop songs, one
featuring the high pitched vocals of Paul Penny. Also features The
Carnations, Paul Penny, The Sultans, Teddy & the Rough Riders and The
Hayden Sisters. Good stuff with fine sound and brief notes. (FS)
THE CARNATIONS: Fireball Mail/ Scorpion/ COSMO: Just
Words/ Sweetheart Please Don't Go/ I'm a Little Mixed Up/ Let's Do the
Taystee Twist Song (Bonus Track - Bread Commercial)/ You Can't Get Kissed/
DALE HAWKINS: Hawk Blows Band Plays Pt. 1/ Hawk Blows Band Plays Pt. 2/
Money Honey/ The Same Old Way/ THE HAYDEN SISTERS: Mr. Blues/ Silent
Tears/ PAUL PENNY: Honey/ The Little Things That You Do/ THE SILVERTONES:
Eternity/ Jumpin' Jack/ THE SULTANS: It'll Be Easy/ You Got Me Goin'/
TEDDY & THE ROUGH RIDERS: Thuder Head/ Tomahawk/ THE TREN-DELLS: Don't You
Hear Me Calling Baby/ I Miss You So/ I'm So Young/ Moments Like This
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TItanic 1001 |
Record Shop Hop - 30 Classic Motor City
Rockabillies |
● CD $17.98 |
Reissue of Chief 1256501 featuring 30 rockabilly, rocking
country and rock' roll sides recorded for Detroit's Fortune label and its
affiliated Strate 8 and Hi-Q label. Some great sides - some not previously
on CD. Sound quality is satisfactory though mastering is sloppy with poor
editing of intros and endings.
BOBBY BERNELL: Move Over Big Dog (Let a Little Dog In)/
AL BURNETTE: Humpty Dumpty/ PETER DE BREE & WANDERERS: Hey, Mr. Presley/
Long Tall You (From Louisville)/ SHORTY FROG & HIS SPACE CATS: I'm Glad We
Didn't Say Goodbye/ Sheddin' Tears Over You/ JIMMY GARTIN & HIS BAD CATS:
Honey Won't You Love Me/ BILL HICKS & THE SOUTHERNERS: Blue Flame/ THE
HUNT SISTERS & MARK: Elvis Is Rocking Again/ I'm Not Gonna Take It
Anymore/ EDDIE JACKSON: Blues I Can't Hide/ Rock and Roll Baby/ ELLIS KIRK
& TOWN & COUNTRY BOYS: Sweetie Pie/ KENNY LANE: Columbus Stockade Blues/
Froggy Went a Courtin'/ PATTI LYNN: Same Old Blues/ JIMMY MYERS: After
Tomorrow/ Ding Dong Mama From Tennessee/ Drunk Man's Wiggle/ JIM MYERS &
TEX REGAN: Pretty Baby Rock/ JOHNNY POWERS & HIS ROCKETS: Honey Let's Go
(To a Rock and Roll Party)/ Your Love/ FOREST RYE: Wild Cat Boogie/ RUFUS
SHOFFNER: It Always Happens To Me/ EDDIE STAPLETON: Well, I'm Weak/ THE
TERRIGAN BROTHERS: Hi Ho Little Girl/ Little Love/ DELL VAUGHN WITH THE
FORTUNE AIRES: Rock the Universe/ FARRIS WILDER & HIS BAND: It's All Your
Fault/ SLIM WILLIAMS: Tennessee Avenue
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| LINK WRAY |
Ace CDCHD 1154 |
The Pathway Sessions |
● CD $18.98 |
20 tracks, 64 mins, highly recommended
This CD is full of
impressive work from Link later on in this master guitar slinger's career.
Although recorded in 1989, Link still delivered enough of his classic whomp, that most of this holds up fine next to vintage work. Comprised of
mostly B-movie, comic book inspired raunchy instrumentals with a handful
of classic cover tunes, to which Link adds some gruff vocals. Essential
for Link Wray fans, highly recommended for any rock & roller. (JM)
LINK WRAY: American Sunset/ Apache/ As Long As I Have
You/ Beautiful Brown Eyes/ Big Boss Man/ Dallas Blues/ Dick Tracy Private
Eye/ Don't Leave Me/ Flying Wedge (The Drag Race)/ Green Hornet/ Hotel
Loneliness/ Little Sister/ Love Me Tender/ Raunchy/ Shawnee/ Stars And
Stripes Forever/ The Joker/ The Wild One/ Viva Zapata/ Wild Side Of The
City Lights
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