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VINTAGE
ROCK 'N' ROLL & ROCKABILLY
The
Small Faces -> The Surfaris
| WARREN SMITH | Bear Family BCD 15514 | Classic Recordings 1956-59 | $19.98 |
| This CD brings together all of Warren Smith's Sun sessions
that were previously spread out on the mess that passed as the Sun reissue
series. Listening to this CD it is quite apparent that Smith was as
equally at home with country material as he was with rockabilly. To put it
simply the man could really sing! Rock'n'Roll Ruby , Ubangi
Stomp , Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache and Uranium Rock
were four of the best rockabilly recordings ever made. C&W tunes like I'd
Rather Be Safe Than Sorry and Goodbye Mr. Love got lost in the
shuffle but in retrospect they stand up well with the hits of the era.
Previously unissued tunes include Hank Snow Medley , Sweet Sweet
Girl, Dear John , My Hanging Day and a snippet of Old
Lonesome Feeling , a tune he later cut for RCA, plus alternate takes
of Rock 'n' Roll Ruby (AE) |
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| WARREN SMITH | Collectables 6014 | Ubangi Stomp | $13.98 |
| 20 tracks, 47 mins, very good. 20 Sun tracks from this great
rocker but sound quality is markedly inferior to the AVI release of a few
years ago (now out of print) or the Bear Family release (Bear Family
15514). Hell, they could've taped the AVI CD and got better sound. If
you're a rockabilly fan you need this stuff and, if you can afford it, you
should go with the Bear Family which also has 10 more tracks. If not, this
CD contains such gems as Ubangi Stomp/ Uranium Rock / Rock 'N' Roll
Ruby/ Got Love If You Want It / Red Cadillac & Black and others.
(FS) |
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| JACK SMITH & THE ROCKABILLY PLANET | Flying Fish 510 | Jack Smith And The Rockabilly Planet | $15.98 |
| Rockabilly on Flying Fish!?! Yep, it's true. Jack and the
boys are a 4 piece rockabilly outfit from New England and from the looks
of their mugs they ain't just a bunch of kids messing around in the latest
roots rock trend. Smith is a fine, smooth singer and guitarist Jerry
Miller definitely has his chops together. Smith, Miller and bassist
"Chicago Vin" Earnshaw wrote all the songs on the LP, recorded
in Rhode Island except for Rockabilly On The Radio which was
engineered by Stan Kesler at Phillips Recording Service in Memphis. That
cut has a couple of pretty fair guests guitarists sittin' in - Paul
Burlison and Sonny Burgess! This is a good effort but I'd like to hear
them really cut loose on a live LP. Hillbilly Girl In High Heels/ Honky
Tonk Baby/ Swamp Surfin'/ Evil Woman , etc. (AE) |
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| THE SPRAGUE BROTHERS | Hightone 8102 | Let The Chicks Fall Where They May | $15.98 |
| Very Good Interesting CD by this 2-brother band, with Frank
on guitars & Chris on drums, with guest bassists including Deke
Dickerson & Randy Fuller of the Bobby Fuller 4. In fact, that's who
the Bros. sound like a bit, with close harmonies & twangy guitar, they
sound like a 60s group covering Everly Bros! 2 covers here, Bob Wills' Never
Knew & Fats Domino's I'm Ready, plus Deceived/ Green
Arrow/ Is This As Close (GM) |
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| TERRY STAFFORD | Collectables 5024 | Suspicion | $11.98 |
| 12 tracks, 31 min. very good. Reissue of Crusader 1001 from
1964. The Elvis soundalike on a dozen tunes from Elvis's 60s movies &
other tunes by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman, & Ben Weisman with Fred
Wise or Sid wayne (& one with Dolores "Dee" Fuller of Ed
Wood fame). Title tune plus Kiss Me Quick/ Pocket Full Of Rainbows/
Playing With Fire/ Slowly But Surely. (GM) |
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| THE STANDELLS | Rhino 70176 | The Best Of The Standells | $11.98 |
| 18 tracks by the definitive 60's punk band, including Sometimes
Good Guys Don't Wear White, Medication, Riot On Sunset Strip, Don't Say
Goodbye (produced by Sonny Bono) and, of course, Dirty Water. |
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| ANDY STARR | Bear Family BCD 15845 | Dig Them Squeaky Shoes | $19.98 |
| 27 tracks of hot rock 'n' roll cut for Lin, MGM, Holiday Inn
& Kapp. |
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| MACK STEVENS | Rollin' Rock/HMG 6608 | At Rollin' Rock - The Las vegas Stomp! | $13.98 |
| Very Good Kinda deep voiced rocker with the usual high
quality Rollin' Rock rockabilly & rockin' country. Sounds kinda like a
cross between Jack Scott & Sleepy LaBeef on the slower stuff! The
Texan showed up in Vegas, home of the Rock's Rockin' Ronnie Weiser, &
is backed by Vegas country & rockabilly musicians on this fine set of
mostly original tunes - just the titles let you know what to expect - my
fave's the Diet Pill Boogie + Hepcat Heaven/ Momma Stop Me
Before I Kill/ Daddy's Goin' Mad, & a fine cover of Ralph
Neilsen's The Scream. (GM) |
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| WARREN STORM | Jin 9036 | Night After Night | $14.98 |
| 16 tracks, 54 minutes, recommended. Long live Louisiana
swamp pop! These 1991 recordings show pioneering singer/ drummer Warren
Storm to be still in fine fettle. His voice is even better than his glory
years of the 60's. Apparently he's still playing the clubs and I'd bet
this selection of La. swamp pop classics is just about what you'd hear. He
reprises his most popular tune, Prisoner's Song , as well as the
tunes his audience wants to hear - I'm A Fool To Care/ What Am I Living
For/ Those Lonely, Lonely Nights/ I Need Somebody Bad Tonight , etc.
C.C.R.'s Bad Moon Rising gets the Storm-y touch as does Lil Bob
& the Lolipops' I Got Loaded . One listen to the brilliant,
soulful Don't Toss Us Away and I think you'll agree, Warren Storm
is still a force. (AE) |
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| THE STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK | Big Beat CDWIKD 56 | Strawberries Mean Love | $16.98 |
| The Strawberry Alarm Clock were a strange group. Best known
for Incense & Peppermints , their music, full of sitars and
bongos, and subject matter (Sit With The Guru/ Rainy Day Mushroom
Pillow/ Black Butter-Present ) were all extremely psychedelic, but
their vocal arrangements were straight out of The Association! 13 tunes,
mostly from their 1st 2 LPs, plus the original A side of Incense , Birdman
Of Alkatrash , never on LP before, and plenty of beautiful seering
guitar solos from Ed King, later in Lynyrd Skynyrd! |
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| THE STRING-A-LONGS | Ace CDCHD 390 | Wheels | $16.98 |
| 28 tracks, 60 minutes, good. The String-A-Longs were an
early 60's instrumental group that played in the polite style of the
times, often covering other instrumental hits and popular tunes of the
era. Working out of Norman Petty's Clovis, New Mexico studios, they also
had access to Petty's tunes as well as his studio savvy. The 28 tunes here
are taken from various Warwick and Dot releases (also a few previously
unissued) spanning the years 1960-1964. If you like the classic Ventures
style guitar instrumentals (no sax) you'd probably dig this. Nice booklet
too. Wheels/ Brass Buttons/ Scottie/ Skippin'/ Mina Bird/ Panic Button/
Walk Don't Run , etc. |
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| GENE SUMMERS | Collector CLCD 4420 | School Of Rock And Roll | $16.98 |
| 30 tracks, 67 minutes, recommended. This 30 tune collection
sould go a long way in promoting Gene Summers into the upper ranks of 50's
rockabilly. From Dallas, Texas, Summers recorded for a number of labels
through the years but is best known for the wild rockin' School Of Rock
And Roll on the Jan label and the movin' Alabama Shake on
Capri. All of his 50's rockers are here and almost all of them are really
great too. Gene and his band tear it up on a couple of crude instrumentals
as well - Loco Cat (incredible) and Floppin' . His later
efforts also include more than a few gems like Turnip Greens , Baby
Are You Kiddin' , Rockaboogie Shake , the ballad Big Blue
Diamond , Sonny Fisher's Rockin' Daddy and the Horton-esque Who
Stole The Marker (From The Grave Of Bonnie Parker) . In fact, the only
embarrassment here is his terrible version of Fats Domino's Blue Monday
. A pretty good legacy I'd say. (AE) THE REBEL: Johnny Yuma/ GENE SUMMERS: Alabama Shake/ Almost 12 O'Clock/ Baby Are You Kiddin'/ Big Blue Diamond/ Big River/ Blue Monday/ Dance, Dance, Dance/ Floppin'/ Gotta Lotta That/ Hey My Baby/ Honey Hush/ I'll Never Be Lonely/ I've Had It/ Leroy/ Loco Cat/ Lover Please/ Mad Mad World/ Mister R & R/ Nervous/ Rockaboogie Shake/ Rockin' Daddy/ School Of R & R/ Straight Skirt/ Turnip Greens/ Twixteen/ Who Stole The Marker/ Wine, Wine, Wine/ You're Gonna Be Sorry |
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| GENE SUMMERS | Crystal Clear 9723 | The Ultimate School Of Rock & Roll | $15.98 |
| 32 great sides of rockabilly, rockaballads & rockin'
country from this Dallas legend, most featuring James McClurg on lead
guitar. Includes his regional classics from all eras of his recordings,
plus 12 unreleased. Includes tunes from his '58-59 stint with Jan records
including Nervous/ Gotta Lotta That & The School of Rock
& Roll, plus tracks on Alta in '62 (Dance Dance Dance),
& later classics Big Blue Diamonds ('63), Who Stole The
Marker (From The Grave Of Bonnie Parker) ('68 - with Smokey Montgomery
on banjo & Ronnie Dawson on drums!) & Goodbye Priscilla
(Teardrop - 1977), Great pics & liner notes. (GM) |
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| THE SURFARIS | BGO BGOCD 423 | Surfers Rule/ Gone With The Wave | $17.98 |
| Two albums from 1972 and 1976 on two CDs at a single CD
price. |
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| THE SURFARIS | GNP Crescendo 2239 | Surf Party! The Best Of The Surfaris Live! | $14.98 |
| 12 tracks recorded live at the North American Bandstand in
September 1981 - Wipe Out/ Shake n' Stomp/ Point Panic/ Eddie Cochran
Medley/ Louie, Louie/ Scatter Shield, etc. |
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