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VINTAGE
ROCK 'N' ROLL & ROCKABILLY
| VERNON TAYLOR |
Eagle 90120 |
There's Only One ... Your Lovin' Man |
● CD $18.98 |
29 tracks, 73 minutes, recommended
Vern's known for 5
singles, 2 for Dot in '57, Losing Game/ I've Got The Blues & Why
Must You Leave Me/ Satisfaction Guaranteed, & 3 for Sun in '58
& '59, Breeze/ Today Is A Blue Day, Your Lovin' Man/ This
Kind Of Love, Sweet & Easy To Love/ Mystery Train. Of
course all those tracks are here, plus lots more. Vern's band was so good
that they were often borrowed by Patsy Cline for live dates. Also heard
here are '56 demo sessions for Dot & everything done for Sun, released
& unreleased, besides stuff only released on The Sun Box, there's a
whole batch of work on 4 tunes never released, including alternate takes
& false starts. Plenty of pics from Vern's collection (GM)
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| TEXAS TORNADOS |
Reprise 26683 |
Zone Of Our Own |
● CD $11.98 |
OK, so I was less than kind about the Tornados' first
release. Don't let that prejudice you toward their followup effort; this
time out Doug Sahm, Flaco Jimenez, Freddy Fender and Augie Meyers finally
get to play their winning hands. Opening with Sir Doug's delivery of the
border anthem Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone, the Tornados blow
through these 10 good-timin' tunes with youthful spunk. You'll be hankerin'
for a Lone Star beer to wash down Sahm's I'm Not That Kat Anymore/ He
Is A Tejano/ Just Can't Fake It. And it's great to hear these
radio-ready roots rockers alongside genuine Tex-Mex fare like Bailando/
La Mucura and the old favorites El Pantalon Blue Jean/ Volver.
Good clean fun, Texas style. (MB)
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| B.J. THOMAS |
Collectables 5099 |
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - Golden
Classics |
● CD $11.98 |
This one would make great music for a late 60's theme park -
remember Rock & Roll Lullaby/ Hooked On A Feeling/ I Just Can't
Help Believing/ The Eyes Of A New York Woman? 12 in all, including the
title hit.
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| JOHNNY TILLOTSON |
Ace CDCHD 331 |
Talk Back Trembling Lips/ The Tillotson
Touch |
● CD $18.98 |
2 LP's on one CD -
Talk Back Trembling Lips and
The Tillotson Touch , both from the early 60's. Tillotson puts his touch
on Blue Velvet/ Danke Schoen/ Blowin' In The Wind/ This Ole House/
Cold, Cold Heart/ Jailer Bring Me Water , etc.
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| JOHNNY TILLOTSON |
Ace CDCHD 345 |
She Understands Me/ That's My Style |
● CD $18.98 |
Pop-country singer Tillotson signed with Cadence in 1958 and
made a name for himself with songs like Poetry In Motion/ It Keeps
Right On A-Hurtin'. This CD reissues two complete MGM albums from
1964-65 and contains his last two chart successes, She Understands Me/
Heartaches By The Number. Most of the material here is marred by
strings and background singers; Johnny's smooth voice deserved better but
he still shines on Busted/ I've Seen Better Days/ Oh, Lonesome Me/ Me,
Myself And I. He even rocks a little on The Race Is On until
the Anita Kerr singers swoop in. 24 songs in all. (JC)
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| JOHNNY TILLOTSON |
Ace CDCHD 618 |
You're The Reason |
● CD $18.98 |
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JOHNNY TILLOTSON: (Wait 'til You See) My Gidget/ All Alone Am I/ Always/
Angel/ Another You/ Blue Velvet/ Cold, Cold Heart/ Danke Schoen/ Dreamy
Eyes/ Heartaches By The Number/ I Can't Stop Loving You/ I Rise, I Fall/
It Keeps Right On A Hurtin'/ More Than Before/ No Love At All/ Oh,
Lonesome Me/ Please Don't Go Away/ Red Roses For A Blue Lady/ Rhythm Of
The Rain/ She Understands Me/ Suff'rin' From A Heartache/ Talk Back
Trembling Lips/ The Race Is On/ Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye/ Things/ When
I Lost You/ Without You/ Worried Guy/ Worry/ You're The Reason
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| JOHNNY TILLOTSON |
Ace CDCHD 946 |
All His Early Hits - And More! |
● CD $18.98 |
30-track CD of Cadence sides - Poetry In Motion/ It Keeps
Right On A-Hurtin'/ Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On/ I Can't Help It/
Funny How Time Slips Away/ Earth Angel/ Pledging My Love and many more
from the late 50's and early 60's.
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| JOHNNY TILLOTSON |
Collectables 5251 |
Golden Classics |
● CD $11.98 |
18 tracks, 46 min., recommended
Joining the Tillotson
reissues already available on England's Ace label, this entry from
Collectables offers a shorter play list, but the featured selections cover
both his Cadence and, at least briefly, his MGM years. The program opens
with Poetry in Motion from 1960, this gentle-voiced Floridian's
first national hit, then moves onto Dreamy Eyes, True True
Happiness, covers of Earth Angel and Pledging My Love,
the self-penned It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin' (probably his best
song), covers of Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On and I'm So
Lonesome I Could Cry, and Out of My Mind. Sound quality is
above reproach as are the liner notes by Mark Marymont. (DH)
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| TINY TIM |
Bear Family BCD 15409 |
Tip Toe Through The Tulips/ Resurrection |
● CD $19.98 |
Truly horrible CD containing 16 recent recordings done for
Playback Records in Nashville. While that, when hard pressed, you must
admit there was a certain charm in his original Reprise recording of the
60's, these, complete with orchestral background, are just plain lousy - Tip
Toe Through The Tulips/ Bill Bailey/ Pennies From Heaven/ Baby Face
(GM)
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| TOMMY TOLLESON |
Collector CLCD 4407 |
Rockin' The Boogie |
● CD $16.98 |
24 cut mixture of old and new tunes from Tommy Tolleson, a
Gulf Coast piano player who's best known for his rockin' Kool disc, A
Gal Named Sue (included here). The 50's and 60's recordings are very
good for the most part but there are only 9 of them. The rest were
recorded in the late 70's in Tommy's living room and are only of minor
interest. To The Dance/ The Gulf Coast Twist/ Carla Blues/ Stompin' The
Boogie/ Wild Leg Boogie , etc. (AE)
TOMMY TOLLESON: A Gal Named Sue/ Alexander Ragtime Rand/ Bill Bailey
Blues/ Carla Blues/ Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes/ Gonna Be
Allright/ I Love You And Miss You All The Time/ Music Box Dance/ One More
Time/ Palacios Boogie/ Rock And Roll Boogie/ Rockin' Pneumonia & The
Boogie Woogie Flu/ So Wonderful To Me/ Stompin' The Boogie/ The Gulf Coast
Twist/ The One I Love/ There Is A Song In My Heart/ To The Dance/
Tolleson's Boogie Woogie/ Wild Leg Boogie/ Wildcat Boogie
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| GEORGE TOMSCO |
Ace CDCHD 695 |
The Tex-Mex Fireball |
● CD $18.98 |
30 tracks, mostly recorded in the late 50s & 60s at the
Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, new Mexico featuring the fine guitar work
of Fireballs founding member George Tomsco. Includes tracks by The
Fireballs, Arthur Alexander, Larry Trider, Carolyn Hester, George &
Babs, Ben Wasson and others includes posthumous overdubs on Buddy Holly
tracks. A few cuts are previously unissued including a demo from 1957 by
The Fireballs doing Rip It Up.
ARTHUR ALEXANDER: You Don't Care/ HULAN BASS: Little Bitty Man/ PAT
CARTER: Lyin' Ways/ Tell Me/ JIMMY CRAIG: Oh Little Girl/ WES DAKUS: Las
Vegas Scene/ FIREBALL COUNTRY (VOCAL BY GEORGE TOMSCO: Goin' Away/ THE
FIREBALLS: Fiero/ I Don't Know/ Rip It Up (demo)/ Say I Am (What I Am)/
Torquay/ Walkin'/ GEORGE & BABS: Come On Home/ You Don't Need Me/
JIMMY GILMER & THE FIREBALLS: Sugar Shack/ TOMMY HANEY: Like All The
Others/ CAROLYN HESTER: That's My Song/ BUDDY HOLLY: Bo Diddley/ Crying,
Waiting, Hoping/ Learning The Game/ Peggy Sue Got Married/ DON HUME: Go
Right Ahead/ JERRY ROBERTS: Little Bitty Lover/ GARY LEE SWAFFORD: Bandit
Boy/ Drum Riot/ CHUCK THARP & THE FIREBALLS: Let's Take The Long Way
Home/ GEORGE TOMSCO & THE DOTS: Mexican Fun/ LARRY TRIDER: Don't Stop/
BEN WASSON: It's Spring Time Baby
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| BOBBY LEE TRAMMELL |
Bear Family BCD 15887 |
You Mostest Girl |
● CD $19.98 |
25 tracks, 59 min., recommended. 25 cuts by The Wild Man Of
Alabama, described as "...downright vulgar, 10 times worse than
Elvis"! Starts off with his 6 sides recorded for country promoter
Fabor Robison's Fabor & Radio labels in '58, including the classic Shirley
Lee, later covered by Ricky Nelson, with James Burton on guitar, My
Susie Jane with Joe Maphis on guitar, & the classic title track, a
reworking of You're So Square. Next are his 10 sides recorded for
Sims 1963-65, including a single billed as "The First American
Beatle" with Travis Wammack on guitar, & 4 sides with The
Jordanaires, & his final 70s sides done for Capital, including a
remake of the title track & Sun Int'l. 20 page booklet includes
detailed liner notes based on interviews, discography & lots of pics.
(GM)
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| THE TRASHMEN |
Sundazed 11006 |
Live Bird '65-'67! |
● CD $15.98 |
Who woulda thunk it, after all these years the Sundazed crew
have unearthed and released some primo vintage Trashmen captured live in
their Midwest habitat. Land locked they might have been but The Trashmen
certainly didn't let the lack of surf stop them from churnin' up a tidal
wave of super wet, reverb-drenched surf tunes. The first 8 tracks are from
a '65 gig at Proaches Popular Ballroom. They blast through Dick Dale's Let's
Go Trippin' as well as surfin' standards like Baja and Malaguena
. Jerry Lee's Lovin' Up A Storm gets the full treatment and of
course they can't fly the coop until they've ruffled a few feathers with Surfin'
Bird , all 5 minutes and 49 seconds worth! Bird Dance Beat and King
Of The Surf were recorded in '66 at a girls reform school (the mind
boggles) and Mashed Potatoes and Ubangi Stomp at St. Paul's
version of Whiskey A Go Go. Throw in a couple more from a '67 gig and some
short interviews and you've got one essential collection....
AE
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| THE TRASHMEN |
Sundazed 11007 |
Unreleased Studio Recordings '64-'66 |
● CD $15.98 |
Surfin' Bird did well for The Trashmen in 1963
becoming a big nation wide hit, a novelty tune for sure but the absolute
wildest novelty tune. Their first LP rode the crest but subsequent 45rpm
releases didn't fare so well with the fickle public. By the time they were
ready to release their second LP their label got cold feet and the LP
stayed in the can. Well the word is out and it's the same hard drivin'
uncompromising rock 'n 'roll as the first LP. There's a hefty dollop of surf
music with bitchin' versions of Stick Shift , Hava Nagila
and even Be True To Your School . Lead guitarist Tony Andreason
really has that wet sound down pat using it to great effect on everything
from Ghost Riders In The Sky to Greensleeves to Green
Onions . Mind Your Own Business and Bird Diddley Beat
come from a '66 session recorded for Huey Meaux. A couple more '66 era
tunes close things out, recorded at the legendary IGL Studios in Iowa. (AE)
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| THE TRASHMEN |
Sundazed 11022 |
Bird Call! The Twin City Stomp Of The
Trashmen |
● CD $51.98 |
The ultimate Trashmen package - 4 CD box set - 80 tracks -
half previously unreleased. Studio recordings, demos, rehearsal recordings
and live tracks. Comes with large 40 page book with extensive notes,
memorabilia and photos (many previously unpublished).
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| THE TREMELOES |
Rhino 70528 |
The Best Of The Tremeloes |
● CD $18.98 |
These British invaders began in 1959 as Brian Poole's backup
band. After Poole went solo The Tremeloes tried their hands at hitmaking
and for a short while were quite successful - though more so in England
than America. Their biggest U.S. hits (all from 1967) include a very close
cover of The Four Season's Silence Is Golden plus Even The Bad
Times Are Good and Here Comes My Baby written by a young Cat
Stevens. At heart The Tremeloes were a blue-collar club band who made
surprisingly polished and energetic, if minor, pop music. This 20-song
collection includes the band's top U.K. chart singles, selected album cuts
and two tracks previously unissued in the U.S. (Do I Love You/ Alley
Oop). Eclectic cover songs include Show Me by Joe Tex, Too
Many Fish In The Sea by The Marvelettes, and Dylan's I Shall Be
Released recorded with the Keith Manfield Strings! But is there any
way Rhino Records can take this overlooked 60's group and find an entire
CD's worth of terrific tunes? Way! (JC)
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| TURBAN RENEWAL |
Norton 234 |
Tribute To Sam The Sham & Pharoahs |
● CD $15.98 |
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| THE TURTLES |
Rhino 5160 |
20 Greatest Hits |
● CD $18.98 |
Thanks to Rhino's extensive reissue program, I've revived a
childhood love of these guys. This 20 tracker has 53 minutes of their best
in fine sound from the folk rock period of It Ain't Me Babe & Let
Me Be to the power pop of You Baby , Happy Together
& She'd Rather Be With Me , into my favorite era, psychedelic
pop with She's My Girl Sound Asleep & You Know What I Mean
, through the tongue in cheek of Elenore & You Don't Have To
Walk In The Rain . Extensive liner notes by Rhino's Harold Bronson. (GM)
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| THE TURTLES |
Rhino 70159 |
The Best Of the Turtles, Vol 2 |
● CD $11.98 |
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| THE TURTLES |
Sundazed 6038 |
Present The Battle Of The Bands |
● CD $11.98 |
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| CONWAY TWITTY |
Bear Family BCD 16112 |
The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1956-64) |
● CD $189.98 |
8 CD box set with 62 page book featuring all of Conway's
early sides.
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