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VINTAGE
ROCK 'N' ROLL & ROCKABILLY
Doug
Sahm -> Sir Douglas Quintet
| DOUG SAHM |
Mercury 846 586-2 |
The Best Of Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas
Quintet 1968-75 |
● CD $10.98 |
Fabulous 22 track collection featuring the man who can do no
wrong, Doug Sahm (and let us not forget the band either with Augie Meyers,
Rocky Morales, Wayne Talbert, et al). All but about a half dozen tunes
here were also on the excellent Edsel compilation (Edsel ED255) but the
tracks really flow together nicely here like the segue from You Never
Get Too Big... to Song Of Everything . The previously
unreleased Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day is a very poppy
outing but fits right in following the infectious Mendocino . After
listening to the spine chillingly beautiful I Don't Want To Go Home
what else could you follow it with than the magnificent country tune Be
Real ? For some reason (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone was
left off the Edsel compilation but it's here as well as Texas Tornado
and one of the best numbers from his time with Casablanca, I'm Not That
Kat Anymore with a psychedelic phased guitar introduction. While not
quite up to Sahm's other Farfisa chuggin' classics, the previously
unreleased Baby, Let's Go To Mexico is a real treat for fans. (AE)
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| DOUG SAHM |
Norton CED 274 |
San Antonio Rock |
● CD $13.98 |
18 track collection featuring some of Doug's very earliest
recordings recorded between 1957 and 1961 for San Antonio's Harlem label
and affiliates. In addition to recordings under his own name there are
accompaniments to Jimmy Dee, Red Hilburn and Spot Barnett. There are also
several previously unissued tracks and alternate takes.
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| DOUG SAHM |
Rhino 71032 |
Doug Sahm & Friends: The Best Of The
Atlantic Sessions |
● CD $11.98 |
Jerry Wexler had caught the country bug after signing Willie
Nelson and was looking for other eclectic Texas talent. Doug qualified.
This 19 song (14 on the cassette) combines issued and unissued tracks from
his two 1973 Atlantic LPs "Doug Sahm and Band" recorded in New
York and "Texas Tornado", cut in San Francisco. The New York
sessions mixed Tex-Mex, R & B and country combining Doug's regular
crew of Texas musicians (Augie Meyers, a then-obscure Flaco Jimenez,
saxophonist Rocky Morales, etc.) with Dr. John and some New York studio
players along with an inconsequential cameo by Bob Dylan. On it they mixed
Sahm originals like I Get Off, the R & B stomper Dealer's
Blues and Bobby Bland's Your Friends with covers of Dylan's Wallflower,
Charley Pride's (Is Anybody Going to) San Antone and Johnnie and
Jack's Poison Love. The CD includes five outtakes from the New York
sessions, among them Sahm's own Box Car Hobo and the Conway Twitty
weeper The Image of Me. The second album concentrated largely on Sahm
originals San Francisco FM Blues, Hard Way, the Tex-Mex flavored Nitty
Gritty and a big band arrangement of Sahm's moody Blue Horizon.
Notes by Chet Flippo, who covered Sahm extensively for Rolling
Stone in the seventies, are authoritative and atmospheric. (RK)
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| DOUG SAHM |
Takoma 6507 |
Hell Of A Spell |
● CD $14.98 |
Recommended. Reissue of Takoma 7075 from 1980, one of Doug's
few times out without Augie Meyers, though the 3 piece horn section is
still led by Rocky Morales. Interestingly enough, after starting out with
one of Doug's finest flat out rockers, Tunnel Vision, the set
settles in to become one of Doug's bluesiest, with the 8 piece band doing
the best of the horn-driven Texas blues, with great covers of Next Time
You See Me/ The Things I Used To Do, even Brook Benton's I'll Take
Care of You, along with a fine parcel of Sahm originals including Ain't
No Letting You Go/ Hangin' On By A Thread & the title tune. (GM)
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| SAMMY SALVO |
Eagle 90126 |
The Sammy Salvo |
● CD $18.98 |
30 tracks, 65 mins, very good. Sammy Salvo recorded for
various labels during the late 50's and early 60's. He says he styled
himself after Bobby Darin but his Alabama roots place him more firmly in
the pop rockabilly mold. His biggest hit in that vein was his cover the
Crescendos' Oh Julie. The flip of that was his version of Wayne
Handy's Say Yeah a pretty good rocker featuring some fine backing. One
Little Baby was about the closest he got to go out and out rockabilly,
along with the equally cool original composition Here I Go Again .
The Boudleaux-Bryant penned Wolf Boy is also very interesting with
a fairly tough (for pop rock) arrangement. Also includes Lonely
Dreamer/ She Takes Sunbaths/ Am I Lucky/ It's The After (That Hurts)/
Marble Heart/ A Mushroom Cloud (a stab at political commentary by
Boudleaux Bryant) and others. (AE/FS)
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| TOMMY SANDS |
Bear Family BCD 15643 |
The Worryin' Kind |
● CD $19.98 |
30 track from this teen rocker - some
previously unissued.
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| SANTO & JOHNNY |
Jump-O-Rama 1023 |
Encore - The Best Of The Rest |
● CD $17.98 |
31 track collection. With the exception of the inevitable Sleepwalk
this disc features mostly lesser known material including several
instrumental versions of Beatles songs - Rattler/ Roadbock/ And I Love
Her/ Apache!/ A Hard day's Nite/ Wandering Sea/ let's Go/ The Mouse!/
Stage To Cimarron, etc.
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| SANTO & JOHNNY |
Jump-A-Rama 2030 |
The Imperial Years |
● CD $19.98 |
27 tracks not previously on CD and all in stereo. Includes a
1964 remake of Sleepwalk plus Hush!/ Mr. Businessman/ Six Man
Band/ The Fool On The Hill/ See You In September/ Help Me!/ Born Free,
etc.
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| SANTO & JOHNNY |
Stardust 1027 |
The Best Of Santo & Johnny |
● CD $13.98 |
24 tracks, 57 mins, highly recommended. In 1959 brothers
Santo Anthony Farina and Johnny Steven Farina topped the charts with their
beautiful steel guitar instrumental Sleepwalk. Although subsequent
releases didn't do as well they had moderate hits with Tear Drop/
Caravan/ Twistin' Bells/ Hop Scotch and a particularly appealing
version of the doo-wop standard I'll Remember (In The Still Of The
Night) all of which are feaured on this excellent collection, more
than half of which is in stereo. Their music is a mix of pop standards Summetime/
Over The Rainbow/ Deep Purple, etc), covers of 50s chart hits (A
Thousand Miles Away/ Crying In The Chapel/ Dream Lover, etc) and a few
originals including the excellent jazzy All Night Diner (FS)
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| JACK SCOTT |
Bear Family BCD 15445 |
Scott On Groove |
● CD $19.98 |
20 songs recorded for the RCA subsidiary Groove between 1963
& 1965 including 4 sides not originally issued. A nice - mixture of
rockers, ballads and country songs including There's Trouble Brewing/ I
Knew You First/ I Prayed For An Angel/ Wiggle On Out/ Flakey John/ Tall
Tales/ The Road Keeps Winding/ Gone Again/ Standing On The Outside Looking
In/ This Is Where I Came In, etc. Excellent sound and 12 page booklet
with notes by Colin Escott and ful discographical information on the
recordings. (FS)
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| JACK SCOTT |
Bear Family BCD 15534 |
Classic Scott |
● CD $119.98 |
Five CD box set with book. All the recordings made by this fine rocker through the
early 70s. Includes early demos plus all his recordings for ABC, Carlton,
Top Rank, Capitol, Groover, Jubilee, etc. Includes unissued songs,
alternate takes and the rare stereo versions of 10 Carlton songs.
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| JACK SCOTT |
Collectables 2783 |
The Very Best Of Jack Scott |
● CD $13.98 |
Previously issued as Capitol 93192. Jack Scott enjoys an
ongoing thirty year career, mostly "in the cracks", despite
occasional top forty chart hits, European mania and rock royalty status
with The Way I Walk. This 23 track CD presents recordings for Top
Rank and Capitol from 1959-1962, which many hold as his most compelling
performances. Indeed, songs like Burning Bridges and What In The
World's Come Over You are quite good, although the rest depends on how
much one digs Jack. This set is beefed up with nearly half of the
recordings in true stereo for the first time, and four tracks previously
unreleased! Groove to Baby, Baby/ Cool Water/ A Little Feeling Called
Love/ True, True Love/ Strange Desire/ Steps 1 And 2/ Fancy Meeting You
Again/ You Only See What You Wanna See/ I Can't Hold Your Letters (In My
Arms)/ Sad Story, 11 more. (JS)
JACK SCOTT: A Little Feeling (called Love)/ Baby Baby/ Burning Bridges/
Cool Water/ Cry, Cry, Cry/ Fancy Meeting You Again/ I Can't Hold Your
Letters (in My Arms)/ If Only/ Is There Something On Your Mind/ It Only
Happened Yesterday/ Lonesome Mary/ My Dream Come True/ Now That I/ Oh,
Little One/ One Of These Days/ Patsy/ Sad Story/ Steps 1 & 2/ Strange
Desire/ True Love Is Blind/ True True Love/ What In The World's Come Over
You/ You Only See What You Wanna See
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| JACK SCOTT |
Rollercoaster RCCD 3002 |
The Way I Walk |
● CD $17.98 |
I've always had a great fondness for the early recordings of
Jack Scott (no, he's not related!). With his distinctive lugubrious
baritone voice, catchy and highly repetetive songs (mostly written by Jack
himself), his solid acoustic rhythm guitar, sturdy backing by his group
and vocal support from the appropriately named Chantones he produced music
that really gets under your skin. This marvelous set features 26 songs
recorded for ABC Paramount and Carlton between 1957 and n1960 including
all his early hits like Leroy (and an early unissued version called
Greaseball) his intense ballads My True Love and With
Your Love (which meant a lot to me when I was a teenager about a
thousand years ago), the gospel flavored Save My Soul, the
incessant Geraldine (plus a previously unissued alternate take),
the wonderful minor key and very ethnic sounding Bella (Scott's
real last name is Scafone) and more including a cover of Hank Williams' I
Can't Help It and Chuck Willis's What Am I Living For. The
recordings here have been remastered from original master tapes wherever
possible and set comes with a 16 page booklet with informative notes by
Rob Finnis. Highly recommended. (FS)
JACK SCOTT: Baby Marie/Bella/ Baby she's gone/ Geraldine/ Geraldine
(alternate take)/ Go wild little Sadie/ Goodbye baby/ Greaseball/ I can't
help it'/ I need your love/ I never felt like this/ I'm dreaming of you/
Indiana waltz/ Leroy/ Lonesome Mary/ Midgie/ My true love/ No-one will
ever know/ Save my soul/ The way I walk/ There comes a time/ There's
trouble brewing/ Two-timin' woman/ What am I living for/ With your love/
You can bet your bottom dollar
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| RAY SCOTT |
Collector CLCD 4412 |
You Drive Me Crazy |
● CD $16.98 |
24 tracks, 60 minutes, good
Although born in Indiana, Ray
Scott happened to wind up in Memphis during the rock 'n' roll boom of the
50's. His three big records among rockabilly collectors are Boppin'
Wigwam Willie (Erwin), You Drive Me Crazy (Satellite) and Boy
Meets Girl (Stomper Time), all great rockin' tunes and included here,
although he's also fondly remembered as the writer of classics like Flying
Saucers Rock & Roll and You're The One That Done It .
There's some good stuff like B-sides and alternate takes from the 50's,
but the CD is padded out with a dozen tunes recorded in the 70's with Ray
sounding a bit flat and uninspired. So Long, I'm Gone/ San Antone/
Haunted House , etc. (AE)
RAY SCOTT: Boll Weevil Junction/ Bopping Wig Wam Willie/ Boy Meets Girl/
Folsom Prison Blues/ Gone Gone/ Goodbye Little Girl/ Haunted House/ High
Heel Sneakers/ I Just Don't Figure/ I'll Never Be A Dreamer/ Josephine/
Just Behind Your Smile/ Loving Wanting You/ Memphis/ One Of These Days/
San Antone/ Say Anything But Not Goodbye/ So Long I'm Gone/ The Train's
Done Gone/ Tonite Will Be The Last Time/ Whispering Winds/ You Drive Me
Crazy/ You're The One That Done It
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| NEIL SEDAKA |
RCA 2406 |
All Time Greatest Hits Vol. 2 |
● CD $11.98 |
Oh boy - more Sedaka hits...Stupid Cupid/ Sunny/ The
Closest Thing To Heaven/ The Diary/ The Same Old Fool/ Bad Girl, 20 in
all.
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| NEIL SEDAKA |
RCA 53465 |
Sings His Greatest Hits |
● CD $10.98 |
A straight CD reissue of a frequently issued LP originally
put out in the early 60's, featuring only 12 cuts, but every one of them
an exuberant chart-maker by The Julliard School of Music's revenge on the
world of rock 'n' roll. Tracks include Next Door To An Angel/ Oh!
Carol/ Run Samson Run/ Calendar Girl/ Breaking Up Is Hard to Do and Happy
Birthday, Sweet Sixteen. No real liner notes, but fine sound, and a
nice cover photo -in keeping with the period of this retrospective.
Individual tastes vary, of course, but for me twelve cuts by Mr. Sedaka
are more than enough. (DH)
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| RONNIE SELF |
Bear Family BCD 15436 |
Bop A Lena |
● CD $19.98 |
30 (!) tunes taken from master
recordings done for ABC, Columbia, Decca and Kapp between 1956 and 1963. 7
are previously unissued too! This wild rocker gets the deluxe treatment
with a 24 page booklet by Colin Escott. Ain't I'm A Dog/ Petrified/
Flame Of Love/ Rocky Road Blues/ Instant Man/ Ugly Stick/ Go Go Cannibal/
Houdini , etc.
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| THE SHADOWS |
Disky 857662 |
Original Gold |
● CD $13.98 |
Budget import. Two CD set with 30 tracks by this popular
English instrumental group - Cavatina (Theme From "The Deerhunter")/
Classical Gas/ Wonderful Land/ Bright Eyes/ Baker Street/ F.B.I./
Midnight/ Fly Me To The Moon/ Friends/ Maria Elena, etc.
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| SHADOWS OF KNIGHT |
Sundazed SC 11013 |
Raw 'n Alive At The Cellar - 1966 |
● CD $11.98 |
13 tracks, 43 min., essential. Exact repro of the LP, with
maybe an extra photo or two, this is the live document of the American
mid-60's garage sound by one of the greatest bands of the era. Recorded in
late '66, at the home of some of Chicago's wildest rock bashes, this finds
the Shads on the heels of their greatest (though not commercially)
releases - their incredible second LP Back Door Men and its
follow up single I'm Gonna Make You Mine - playing to an
unresponsive audience but baiting greasers to make up for it. But the
performance is electrifying, with Joe Kelly's lead guitar much to the fore
on I Got My Mojo Working/Oh Yeah/ Gospel Zone/Hey Joe/Spoonful.
They also do a couple of unrecorded soul numbers (including Wilson
Pickett's Don't Fight It) and finish with an atonal extension of
their first and biggest hit Gloria, predicting the MC5 by a couple
minutes. The excellent recording quality will make you wonder why it took
over 25 years to be released. Raw and Alive! (GDR)
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| THE SHANGRI-LAS |
Mercury 532 371-2 |
The Best Of The Shangri-Las |
● CD $16.98 |
25 tracks, 68 min., recommended The Shangri-Las are a bona
fide part of the early 60's girl group movement, with three major hits - Remember
(Walkin' in the Sand), Leader of the Pack, and I Can Never
Go Home Anymore - and several minor ones to their credit. Led by Mary
Weiss, the Shangri-Las' output, as pictured here, includes those hits,
plus What is Love?, Give Him a Great Big Kiss, Maybe,
Out in the Streets, Long Live Our Love, The Dum Dum Ditty,
Sophisticated Boom Boom (really!), He Cried, Love You
More Than Yesterday, I'll Never Learn, and Footsteps on the
Roof. Another solid package from the Mercury Chronicles series, with
fine sound quality, notes, and photos, one of which defines the
"helmet" hairdo, a look that, fortunately, is no longer with us.
Still, even with their clear success, I still can't hear Leader of the
Pack without thinking of Leader of the Laundromat at the same
time. But, I'm sure you're above that. (DH)
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| DEL SHANNON |
BGO BGOCD 388 |
Little Town Flirt/ Handy Man |
● CD $178.98 |
Two albums on one CD - "Flirt" from '63 and
"Man" from '64. It includes several of his hits from the era
like the title songs, Two Kinds Of Teardrops and his cover of The Beatles
From Me To You. There are a number of Shannon originals (Happiness/
Kelly/ That's The Way Love Is/ I'll Be Lonely Tomorrow, etc) plus
covers of hits from the 50s and 60s (Dream baby/ Runaround Sue/ Memphis/ Crying/ Twist And Shout, etc.
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| DEL SHANNON |
Recall 197 |
The Definitive Collection |
● CD $15.98 |
Two CD set with 40 of Del's best and most popular sides - Runaway/
So Long Baby/ She Thinks I Still Care/ Little Town Flirt/ Your Cheatin'
Heart/ Keep Searching/ Two Kinds Of Teardrops/ Needles & Pins/ Rag
Doll/ Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home) and many more.
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| DEL SHANNON |
Rhino 70977 |
Greatest Hits |
● CD $11.98 |
20 of Del's greatest taken from the original master tapes. Runaway/
Hats Off To Larry/ Little Town Flirt/ Handy Man/ Do You Want To Dance/
Sue's Gotta Be Mine , etc.
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| DEL SHANNON |
Taragon 1022 |
Runaway/ One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty One
Seconds |
● CD $16.98 |
24 tracks, 56 minutes, recommended Del Shannon's early LPs
are some of the rarest to find in true stereo. This set has 2 of them in
their entirety. "Runaway", Del's 1st (Big Top 1303 from '61) may
be one of the rarest of all stereo LPs, with prices going over $500. Here
in crystal clear sound is Del with Max Crook on the soaring musitron with
the wonderful title hit, Jody, & the original versions of tunes
who later hit for other people - (Marie's The Name ) His Latest Flame
(for Elvis) & I Wake Up Crying (for Chuck Jackson). We move up
a few years for "1661 Seconds" (a little over 27 minutes), Del's
5th LP (Amy 8006 from '65) with Del & Max backed by Detroit rockers
The Royaltones, featuring Dennis Coffey, on some of his best ever tunes,
including the hits Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun), the
ethereal Stranger In Town, his rockin' cover of Do You Wanna
Dance, & his original version of I Go To Pieces later a
huge hit when covered by Peter & Gordon. (GM)
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| RAY SHARPE |
Bear Family BCD 15888 |
Linda Lu |
● CD $19.98 |
27 tracks, 66 Minutes, Recommended 27 tracks recorded for
such labels as Jamie, Gregmark, Park Central, Hamilton, Trey &
Hamilton 1959-62. Starting out with a non-starter for Dot subsidiary
Hamilton in '59 (the Roll Over Beethoven rewrite Oh My Baby's
Gone/ That's The Way I Feel with Duane Eddy on rhythm), Ray went on to
record his signature tune Linda Lu for Jamie, with production by
Lester Sill & Lee Hazlewood, along with the 2 tunes that would be its
B-side, Red Sails In The Sunset (still a jukebox fave at Sam's 58
Club in Berkeley) & Monkey's Uncle. Also includes a great
session from '60 with Al Casey, Larry Knechtel & Jim Horn (For You
My Love/ Gonna Let It Go This Time),& an unissued session done in
New Orleans in '62 produced by the great Harold Battiste, includes the
Phil Spector penned Hey Little Girl. Comes with a 16-page booklet
full of liner notes, rare pictures & complete discography. (GM)
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| TONY SHERIDAN
& THE BEATLES |
Bear Family BCD 16447 |
Beatles Bop - Hamburg Days |
● CD $89.98 |
Due early November. Two CD box set with 100 page hardcover
book. Issued to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the release of first
official recordings of The Beatles (or the Beat Brothers as they were then
known - before Ringo joined them) with singer/ guitarist Tony Sheridan.
The sessions were produced by German producer Bert Kaempfert and
originally issued on Polydor. This set includes 36 tracks including
alternate takes, and a wealth of mixes and variations that exist in
various archives around the world. The book includes lots of rare
memorabilia including original contract, single picture sleeves and photos.
This set is also available in a stripped down package without hardcover
book as a double CD with booklet. Number of this version is 16583 and
price is $36.98.
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| THE SHIRELLES |
Ace CDCHD 521 |
Lost & Found |
● CD $18.98 |
29 tracks, 68 min., recommended
A remarkable album, this, in
that the performances are so consistently better than good, unusual for
something subtitled "rare & previously unissued." Producer
Luther Dixon's Hands Off, He's Mine/ Hey, Rocky/ You're Under
Arrest/Celebrate Your Victory/ I'm Yours , and the Goffin/King classic
Oh No, Not My Baby sound so good most girl groups would have given
their last can of hair spray for singles of the same calibre. Sure,
the-summer-of-love-spawned One Of The Flower People and '68's Hippie
Walk may not be anything you'd want to send into space to prove to
other inhabitants of the universe how developed the human race is, but the
lyrics and not the ladies make the songs laughable. Whip It On Me
is a previously unreleased wonder. Damn likable. (JC)
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| THE SHIRELLES |
Rhino 75897 |
The Shirelles Anthology |
● CD $16.98 |
CD issue of Rhino 1101 is a bit of a rip-off, the LP is a 2
record set with 28 cuts. The CD has only 16 cuts, with a total playing
time of 40 minutes! This has the cream of the crop (though missing such
greats as Putty (In Your Hand)) and excellent sound, with the
unmixed master tapes used to make the digital transfer. Dedicated To
The One I Love is in original mono, everything else is in stereo - Soldier
Boy/ Sha La La/ Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow/ Boys/ Baby It's You
, etc. (GM)
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| TROY SHONDELL |
AVM/ Goldcrest 0797 |
Rock & Roll Rebel |
● CD $16.98 |
18 tracks, 45 mins, recommended. Not what you might expect.
Though best known for his pop-rock ballad This Time (included here)
Troy Shondell's first love was rock 'n' roll and this album of cuts
recorded between 1959 and 1969 is mostly uptempo rock 'n' roll. A mixture
of originals (The Trance/ Girl After Girl/ No Fool Like An Old Fool,
etc) and covers (C'mon Everybody/ You Can't Catch Me/ Hello Jospehine/
Rockin' Pneumonia, etc). He wasn't a great rocker but decent enough
and a few cuts feature pretty hot guitar. (FS)
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| JUMPIN' GENE SIMMONS |
Mid Century Music 6003 |
706 Union Avenue .. And Beyond |
● CD $19.98 |
31 tracks, 72 mins, recommended. Fine collection featuring 21
tracks recorded at the Sun studios and 10 later recordings. In his 2 years
with Sun, 1955-'57, Jumpin' Gene cut at least 15 hot sides but only 2
couplings were released Drinkin' Wine/I Done Told You & Crazy
Woman/I Don't Love You Baby. Most of it was tough rockabilly with the
exception of his first session the country-ish Down On The Border.
Gene was an excellent singer and his songs often feature hot guitar from
Carl Simmons (his brother?) and they duet on the excellent instrumental Guitar
Boogie. Although the cover proclaims "19 never before available
Sun trax", most of them were issued about 10 years on LP by Charly
but I believe that this is their first CD appearance and the excellent
incomplete demo of Peroxide Blonde And Hopped Up Ford is making its
first appearance here. The later sides, from the early 60s, have a more
pop flavor but there are some good 'uns here including his only hit Haunted
House (a rare stereo version) and the great blues side Goin' Back
To Memphis. (FS)
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| SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET |
Edsel MEDCD 599 |
The Crazy Cajun Recordings |
● CD $22.98 |
Two CD set featuring 41 tracks recorded for Huey Meaux's
Crazy Cajun label in the 1960s and 70s. She's About Mover/ Oh What A
Mistake/ Image Of Me/ When I Sing The Blues/ We'll Take Our Last Walk
Tonight/ In Time/ You Got Me Hurtin'/ Sugar Bee/ Bacon Fat/ Just A Teeny
Bit Of Your Love/ Isabella/ Beginning Of The End/ Time Changes Everything/
Funky Side Of Your Mind, etc.
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| SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET |
Sundazed/ Beat Rocket 124 |
The Sir Douglas Quintet Is Back |
● CD $11.98 |
14 tracks, 32 minutes, recommended. Crazy Cajun producer Huey
P. Meaux, trying to figure out what made the Beatles so popular, worked
with the crazy gang of Texans & Tejanos led by Doug Sahm to try to
pass them off as Brits under the name The Sir Douglas Quintet, resulting
in the timeless hit She's About A Mover. That single & the
follow-up LP, released as "The Best Of The Sir Douglas Quintet"
(also put out on CD by Sundazed) are most of what we've heard from those
days. This set collects the rest of the non-LP 45s done by the Quintet
(Doug - guitar & vocal, running-buddy Augie Meyers on Voxx Continental
organ, Jack Barber on bass, Frank Morin on sax & Johnny Perez on
drums), including their rare 1st 45 Sugar Bee done for Pacemaker
& featuring an intro stolen from The Beatles' She's A Woman,
along with the remainder of their Tribe 45s, a very rare version of Wine
Wine Wine done for Pic as The Devons (including false starts) & a
few outtakes that were sporadically released in the 70s. 1966 bassist John
York (later a member of The Byrds) reminisces in the liner notes. Includes
She's Gotta Be Boss/ Love Don't Treat Me Fair/ She Digs My Love/ The
Story Of John Hardy,etc. Plenty of great Tex-Mex 2 step rock (GM)
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| SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET |
Takoma 6505 |
Live Texas Tornado |
● CD $14.98 |
Reissue of 1983 LP. Sir Doug's greatest hits recorded live
at the Club Foot in Austin,TX & The Whiskey in L.A. (with guest Alvin
Crow) - no surprises, but solid performances - title track + She's
About A Mover/ Mendocino / The Rain's Came/ T-Bone Shuffle, etc.
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