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VINTAGE
ROCK 'N' ROLL & ROCKABILLY
Various
Artists Collections - Ace Label - Part 2
| INTRODUCTION: Britain's
Ace Records label started in the 70s and rapidly acquired a well
deserved reputation as one of the finest reissue labels in the world. It
now has an extensive catalog of blues, rhythm & blues, soul,
doo-wop, rockabilly, rock 'n' roll, country and more. Whenever possible all tracks are
remastered from original label master tapes by some of Britain's finest
remastering engineers. When available, reissues frequently include
unissued tracks and alternate takes. The accompanying booklets have
extensive documentation on the performers, the music and the background
to the recordings and frequently have rare and unpublished photos. When
you buy an Ace release you can feel confident that you are getting the
best. |
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Ace CDCHD 639 |
Miami Rockabilly |
● CD $18.98 |
32 rockabilly rarities recorded for various small Miami,
Florida labels between 1956 and '59.
CURLEY JIM & THE BILLEY ROCKS: Airforce Blues/ Rock'n'roll Itch/ WALLY
DEANE & THE FLIPS: I'm Tellin' Ya, Baby/ Rockin' With Rosie/ THE
FRANTICS FOUR: Down By The Old Millstream/ Tv Mama/ JIMMY GALE'S
IMPERIALS: Dandy Sandy/ BOBBY GAY & SPARKLE TONES: Let's Dance/ WESLEY
HARDIN WITH THE ROXTERS: Any Way/ JIMMY GALE'S IMPERIALS: We're Gonna Rock
All Night/ ART LAW: Kitty Kat Rock/ ROSS MINIMI: Baby Rock/ Oh! Janet/ DON
PATE & THE RHYTHM ROCKETS: Donny's Boogie/ RAY PATE & THE RHYTHM
ROCKETS: Boppin' Strollin' & Messin' Around/ Here, There, Everywhere/
THE RHYTHM ROCKERS: Everybody's Gonna Do The Rock'n'roll/ THE RHYTHM
ROCKETS: Lucky Day/ My Shadow/ THE ROXSTERS: I Was Doing It Too/ So Long/
THE ROXTERS: She's Mine/ TOMMY SPURLIN: Heart Throb/ No Time For
Heartaches/ Hang Loose/ One Eyed Sam/ BUCK TRAIL: Blues Keep Knocking/
Knocked Out Joint On Mars/ Honky Tonk On Second Street/ JIM VOYTEK:
Sweetest Gal In Town/ KENT WESTBERRY & THE CHAPERONES: My Baby Don't
Rock Me (now)/ No Place To Park
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Ace CDCHD 494 |
More Hollywood Rock 'n' Roll |
● CD $18.98 |
28 tracks, 61 minutes, recommended. 28 rockers from Gene
Autry's Hollywood-based Challenge label (and some of the labels they later
bought.) Challenge dipped into a variety of music styles but mainly aimed
for the rock'n'roll crowd. Many of these should be familiar to collectors
- the trio by Country singer turned rocker (for a day, maybe) Wynn Stewart
- She Just Tears Me Up/ Uncle Tom Got Caught/ Come On (all really
great, even though his heart wasn't in it), Patsy Cline's Gotta Lotta
Rhythm In My Soul , Big Al Downing's killer Down On The Farm ,
Kip Tyler's real cool Jungle Hop , etc. Lesser known tunes (some
never released) stand up well too. The Kuf-Linx, a vocal group, do a great
version of the Casuals' So Tough , helped out enormously by the
blazing sax of Danny Flores (AKA Chuck Rio of Champs fame.) Eyeballin'
is even better with cool lyrics, great melody and again, hot sax. Sun fans
will remember Dean Beard, heard here on a nice pair of rockers - Shiverin'
And Shakin'/ Egad, Charlie Brown . Plenty more gooduns too like Go
Little Go Cat/ Spark Plug by the Four Teens, Machine Gun by the
Rip Tides, Rock Roma Rock It by Scatman Crothers, etc....
AE
DEAN BEARD: Egad, Charlie Brown/ Shiverin' And Shakin'/ DAVE BURGESS:
Shiver/ PATSY CLINE: Gotta Lot Of Rhythm In My Soul/ KIMBALL COBURN:
Boo-be-ah-bee/ SCAT MAN CROTHERS: Rock, Roma, Rock It/ GENE DAVIS: Bad
Dad/ BIG AL DOWNING: Down On The Farm/ Oh Babe!/ HUELYN DUVALL: Three
Months To Kill/ THE FOUR TEENS: Go Little Go Cat/ Great Day In The Mornin'/
Spark Plug/ You Can Say That Again/ JIM 'N' ROD: Didn't It Rock/ JOHNNY
AND JONIE: Kee-ro-ryin'/ THE KUFLINX: Eyeballin'/ So Tough/ BOBBY MILANO:
Double Talkin' Baby/ Life Begins At Four O'clock/ THE RIP TIDES: Machine
Gun/ ROCHELL AND THE CANDLES: Annie's Not An Orphan Anymore/ WYNN STEWART:
Come On/ She Just Tears Me Up/ Uncle Tom Got Caught/ KIP TYLER: Jungle
Hop/ GEORGE WESTON: Hey Little Car Hop/ Sneakin'
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Ace CDCHD 533 |
Muscle Bustle - Classic Tracks From
Challenge Surf 'n Drag |
● CD $18.98 |
26 tracks, 58 minutes, recommended. 26 surf and drag tunes
presented in the original glorious mono. The mixed bag selection was taken
from the Challenge label, where Gary Usher held sway. Usher was involved
(way before he was involved with Tammy Fae) in some of the better tunes
here - the Four Speeds - Barefoot Adventure/ R.P.M./ Four On The Floor/
Cheater Slicks/ My Sting Ray , as Gary Usher - Power Shift/ Mag
Wheels and a surprisingly tough Muscle Bustle by Donna Loren
and the trio by the Sunsets including the Dion homage The Playmate Of
The Year . Other contributors include the Rhythm Rockers with Rendezvous
Stomp , Gene Moles & the Softwinds - Burnin' Rubber (one of
the best hot rod instros), the Champs - Twenty Thousand Leagues
(real low-down sleazy sound), the Knickerbockers - Mighty, Mighty
Barracuda , Danny Flores (AKA Chuck Rio of the Champs) giving an
exotica treatment to the surf standard Misirlou) and much much
more. (AE)
THE CHAMPS: Twenty Thousand Leagues/ DANNY FLORES: Misirlou/ THE FOUR
SPEEDS: Barefoot Adventure/ Cheater Slicks/ Four On The Floor/ My Sting
Ray/ Rpm/ JAN & DEAN: A Midsummer Nights Dream/ Heart And Soul/ Those
Words/ THE KNICKERBOCKERS: Bite, Bite Barracuda/ Might, Mighty Barracuda/
DONNA LOREN: Muscle Bustle/ GENE MOLES AND THE SOFTWINDS: Burnin' Rubber/
Twin Pipes/ THE RHYTHM ROCKERS: Rendezvous Stomp/ The Slide/ THE ROYAL
COACHMEN: Loophole/ Repeating/ THE SNOWMEN: Ski Storm/ THE SUNSETS: C C
Cinder/ Lonely Surfer Boy/ The Chug-A-Lug/ The Playmate Of The Year/ GARY
USHER: Mag Wheels/ Power Shift
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Ace CDCHD 559 |
Playing Hard To Get |
● CD $18.98 |
28 tracks, 69 min., recommended For those who think all the
good girl groups came from the East Coast, this collection features the
best of left coast ladies on the Challenge label. The Blossoms and
Delicates get 6 and 5 cuts respectively, and whoever decided to give them
so many deserves a nice raise. Almost every one is pleasing, especially I've
Been Hurt
by the Delicates and Write Me A Letter by The Blossoms, whose lead
is Darlene Wright, later known to Phil Spector and others as Darlene Love.
Also excellent are the trio of Yvonne Carroll cuts, including the
previously unissued gem How Long Must This Fool Pay and the single track
from The Accents, You Better Watch Out Boy. Other artists include Donna
Loren, Dee Dee Young, Sister Rachel, Dorothy Berry (wife of Richard), The
Galens, Renee Medina, and The Francettes. (JC)
THE ACCENTS: You Better Watch Out Boy/ DOROTHY BERRY: Crying On My Pillow/
You're So Fine/ PANDA BERRY: Goodbye Jimmie/ THE BLOSSOMS: Big Talkin'
Jim/ Hard To Get/ I Gotta Tell It/ I'll Wait/ The Search Is Over/ Write Me
A Letter/ YVONNE CARROLL: A Little Bit Of Soap/ How Long Must This Fool
Pay/ Mr Loveman/ THE DELICATES: Come On Everybody/ Comin' Down With Love/
I Want To Get Married/ I've Been Hurt/ Stop Shovin' Me Around/ THE
FRANCETTES: Nothing To Write Home About/ THE GALENS: Chinese Lanterns/
Love Bells/ DONNA LAUREN: Dream World/ Muscle Bustle/ DIANE MAXWELL: Date
Bait/ RENEE MEDINA: He's A Big Deal/ The Boy I Love/ SISTER RACHEL: Don't
Mess Around With Me/ DEE DEE YOUNG: You Haven't Seen Nothing
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Ace CDCHD 347 |
Radio Gold |
● CD $18.98 |
The title refers to the increasing number of "Golden
Oldies" stations popping up in the U.K., and this CD contains 30 (!)
favorites mostly from the mid-50's and '60's. Among the expected classics
are Richie Valens' La Bamba, Crests' 16 Candles, Skyliners' Since
I Don't Have You, Penguins' Earth Angel, Bobby Day's Rockin'
Robin, Jarmel's Little Bit Of Soap, Isley Bros.' Twist And
Shout and Little Richard's Good Golly Miss Molly, among others.
More unusual selections include Johnny Allan's Cajun-flavored Promised
Land, Hello, This Is Joannie (from the 70's) by Paul Evans, and
a cover of Sweet Dreams by Tommy McLain. Dion gets three cuts, the
Everly Bros. get two. The Jive Five, Larry Williams, Chordettes, Bobby
Fuller, Mystics, Shirelles, Chiffons, Sam Cooke, Jessie Belvin, Aaron
Neville and others also sing hits. About 75 minutes of music, almost no
notes. (JC)
JOHNNY ALLAN: The Promised Land/ FRANKIE AVALON: Venus/ THE CHIFFONS: One
Fine Day/ THE CHORDETTES: Mr Sandman/ SAM COOKE: I'll Come Running Back To
You/ THE CRESTS: Sixteen Candles/ BOBBY DAY: Rockin' Robin/ DION:
Runaround Sue/ The Wanderer/ Where Or When/ PAUL EVENS: Hello, This Is
Joannie/ THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Wake Up Little Susie/ When Will I Be Loved/
THE FOUR PENNIES: When The Boy's Happy (The Girl's Happy Too)/ BOBBY
FULLER 4: I Fought The Law/ THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Twist And Shout/ THE
JARMELS: A Little Bit Of Soap/ THE JIVE FIVE: My True Story/ LITTLE
RICHARD: Good Golly, Miss Molly/ TOMMY MCLAIN: Sweet Dreams/ CHRIS MONTEZ:
Let's Dance/ THE MYSTICS: Hushabye/ AARON NEVILLE: Tell It Like It Is/ THE
PENGUINS: Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)/ RANDY & THE RAINBOWS:
Denise/ THE SHIRELLES: Will You Love Me Tomarrow/ THE SKYLINERS: Since I
Don't Have You/ JOHNNY TILLOTSON: Poetry In Motion/ RITCHIE VALENS: La
Bamba/ LARRY WILLIAMS: Dizzy Miss Lizzy
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Ace CDCHD 446 |
Radio Gold, Vol. 2 |
● CD $18.98 |
30 tracks, 74 min., recommended Another of those discs that
Ace does so well, a lengthy various artists look at late 50s to early 60s
rock 'n' roll. The actual years here are 1956 to 1967, and the titles
include Long Tall Sally by Little Richard, Donna by Ritchie
Valens, Soldier Boy by the Shirelles, Nut Rocker by B.
Bumble and the Stingers, Let's Dance by Chris Montez, Alley Oop
by the Hollywood Argyles, Hound Dog Man by Fabian, This Time
by Troy Shondell, Louie Louie by the Kingsmen, and, The Hippy
Hippy Shake by Chan Romero best known from the cover by The Swinging
Bluejeans. Fine sound, minimal notes, and a radio, the likes of which I
have never seen before, on the cover. (DH)
JEWEL AKENS: The Birds And The Bees/ FRANKIE AVALON: Gingerbread/ BILLY
BLAND: Let The Little Girl Dance/ B BUMBLE & THE STINGERS: Nut Rocker/
CATHY CARR: Ivory Tower/ THE CASINOS: Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye/ BRUCE
CHANNEL: Hey! Baby/ THE CHORDETTES: Lollipop/ THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Bye Bye
Love/ FABIAN: Hound Dog Man/ ERNIE FIELDS ORCHESTRA: In The Mood/ THE
FIREBALLS: Quite A Party/ GOGI GRANT: Wayward Wind/ EDDIE HODGES: I'm
Gonna Knock On Your Door/ THE HOLLYWOOD ARGYLES: Alley Oop/ THE KINGSMEN:
Louie Louie/ CURTIS LEE: Pretty Little Angel Eyes/ LITTLE RICHARD: Long
Tall Sally/ CHRIS MONTEZ: Let's Dance/ THE OLYMPICS: Shimmy Like My Sister
Kate/ PAUL & PAULA: Hey Paula/ GENE PITNEY: Nobody Needs Your Love
(Like I Do)/ CHAN ROMERO: The Hippy Hippy Shake/ DEL SHANNON: Runaway/ THE
SHEPHERD SISTERS: Alone/ THE SHIRELLES: Soldier Boy/ TORY SHONDELL: This
Time/ JOHNNY TILLOTSON: Send Me The Pillow You Dream On/ RITCHIE VALENS:
Donna/ LARRY WILLIAMS: Bony Moronie
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Ace CDCHD 557 |
Radio Gold, Vol. 3 |
● CD $18.98 |
Another collection of pre-Beatle U.S. hits that have become
popular on British oldies radio stations.
HARRY BELAFONTE: Day-O (Banana Boat Song)/ JERRY BUTLER: Make It Easy On
Yourself/ FLOYD CRAMER: On The Rebound/ THE CRICKETS: That'll Be The Day/
DANNY & THE JUNIORS: At The Hop/ FATS DOMINO: I'm In Love Again/ PAUL
EVANS & THE CURLS: Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat/ BETTY
EVERETT: It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)/ THE FOUR PREPS: Big Man/
THE KALIN TWINS: When/ BRENDA LEE: Sweet Nothin's/ SMILEY LEWIS: I Hear
You Knocking/ JIM LOWE: The Green Door/ ROBIN LUKE: Susie Darlin'/ JOHNNY
MATHIS: The Twelfth Of Never/ CHAS MCDEVITT & NANCY WHISKEY: Freight
Train/ MICKEY & SYLVIA: Love Is Strange/ GUY MITCHELL: Songing The
Blues/ ROY ORBISON: Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)/ TONY ORLANDO:
Halfway To Paradise/ JOHNNY OTIS: Willie And The Hand Jive/ JOHNNY RAY:
Just Walkin' In The Rain/ MARTY ROBINS: A White Sport Coat (And A Pink
Carnation)/ NEIL SEDAKA: I Go Ape/ DAVID SEVILLE: Witch Doctor/ ART &
DOTTY TODD: Chanson D'Amour (Song Of Love)/ THE TOKENS: The Lion Sleeps
Tonight/ JOE VALINO: The Garden Of Eden/ BILLY WARD & THE DOMINOS:
Star Dust/ BILLY WILLIAMS: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A
Letter
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Ace CDCHD 810 |
Radio Gold, Vol. 4 |
● CD $18.98 |
After a delay Ace resumes its series featuring pre-Beatles
rock 'n' roll hits popular on various international oldies radio stations.
Basically this is just a fabulous collection of oldies from the 50s and
the track listing speaks for itself with sides by The Contours, Chuck
Berry, Duane Eddy, Louis Prima, LaVern Baker, Eddie Cochran, The Earls,
Jackie De Shannon, Billy Ward & His Dominoes, Barbara Lewis, Jerry Lee
Lewis, Marty Robbins, Maxine Brown, Bobby Darin and more. Being Ace I
don't need to tell you that these are all original recordings directly
mastered from original master tapes wherever possible - half of them in
stereo. Includes 20 page booklet with lots of information and trivia and
loads of photos and other ephemera - many in full colour.
LAVERN BAKER: Tweedlee Dee/ CHUCK BERRY: The Promised Land/ MAXINE BROWN:
Oh No, Not My Baby/ JERRY BUTLER: Moon River/ EDDIE COCHRAN: Summertime
Blues/ THE CONTOURS: Do You Love Me/ FLOYD CRAMER: Last Date/ BOBBY DARIN:
Splish Splash/ JACKIE DE SHANNON: Needles And Pins/ DION AND THE BELMONTS:
A Teenager In Love/ FATS DOMINO: Blueberry Hill/ THE DRIFTERS: Up On The
Roof/ THE EARLS: Remember Then/ DUANE EDDY: Because They're Young/ THE
EVERLY BROTHERS: All I Have To Do Is Dream/ BETTY HARRIS: Cry To Me/
SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS: I Put A Spell On You/ ERSEL HICKEY: Bluebirds Over
The Mountain/ JOHNNY HORTON: The Battle Of New Orleans/ THE ISLEY
BROTHERS: Shout Pt 1/ SONNY JAMES: Young Love/ MARV JOHNSON: You Got What
It Takes/ BARBARA LEWIS: Baby I'm Yours/ JERRY LEE LEWIS: It'll Be Me/
DEAN MARTIN: Memories Are Made Of This/ GENE MCDANIELS: A Hundred Pounds
Of Clay/ CLYDE MCPHATTER: Lover Please/ LOUIS PRIMA: Buona Sera/ MARTY
ROBBINS: The Story Of My Life/ BILLY WARD & HIS DOMINOES: Deep Purple
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Ace CDCHD 495 |
Ram Records, Vol 1 : Shreveport Stomp |
● CD $18.98 |
25 tracks, 59 min. recommended An enjoyable compilation of
late 50's to early 60's numbers recorded for the small Ram Record Company
of Shreveport, Louisiana. The label was run by one Mira Smith, an
entrepreneur whose tastes were broad enough to include country, swamp pop,
blues, doo-wop, and rockabilly. Variety is indeed the hallmark here.
Selections include Ba Da by Roy "Boogie Boy" Perkins, Cheaters
Can't Win by Margaret Lewis, Come Back Betty by L. C. Steel, Bow
Wow Puppy Love by Jimmy Bonin, Pow Wow by Grace Tennessee and
the American Spirits, Anyway You Do by Linda Branon, and El
Rancho Grande Rock by the Star Marks. Highly recommended in spite of
its obscurity and its relative amateurism. And up to Ace's normal high
standards in all other ways. (DH)
JUNE BUG BAILEY: Louisiana Twist/ JIMMY BONIN: Bow Wow Puppy Love/ LINDA
BRANNON: Any Way You Do/ I'm Leaving/ Wherever You Are/ ELGIE BROWN: Let
Me Feel It/ CHARLOTTE HUNTER: Lonesome Heart/ MARGARET LEWIS: Cheaters
Can't Win/ Reconsider Me/ THE LONESOME DRIFTER: Eager Boy/ BOBBY PAGE:
Hippy-ti-yo/ SCATMAN PATIN & THE RAM RODS: Ginning/ SCATMAN PATIN WITH
LINDA BRANNON: Red Beans And Rice/ ROY "BOOGIE BOY" PERKINS: Ba
Da/ Drop Top/ ROCKY ROBIN AND THE RIFF RAFFS: What Did You Do Last Night/
THE RUN-A-WAYS: Night Creature/ SLIM AND HIS HEARTBREAKERS: Flat Foot Sam/
THE STAR MAKERS: El Rancho Grande Rock/ STEEL: Come Back Betty/ GRACE
TENNESSEE AND THE AMERICAN SPIRITS: Pow Wow/ ERNEST WALKER: Lovers Land/
TROY WEBB: Baby Please Forgive Me/ VINCENT WILLIAMS: Girl In The Street/
SONNY "GOLDEN BOY" WILLIAMSON: Mailman, Mailman
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Ace CDCHD 806 |
Rare West Coast Surf Instrumentals |
● CD $18.98 |
24 rare tracks from the vaults of George Brown's Titan
label. Includes all the sides by The Strangers and The Surfmen (who later
became The Lively Ones), Davie Allen & Gary Usher, The Lancasters and
others.
DAVIE ALLAN: Beyond The Blue/ Warpath/ THE LANCASTERS: Earthshakers/
Satan's Holiday/ THE PLAYBOYS: Cat Walk/ Scramble/ THE STORMS: Makin' Out/
Shot Down/ THE STRANGERS: Boogie Man/ Caterpillar Crawl/ Dance Of The
Ants/ Hill Stomp/ Lost Soul/ Navajo/ Rockin' Rebel/ Young Maggie/ THE
SURFMEN: Breakers/ Casanova/ El Toro/ Ghost Hop/ Malibu Run/ Paradise
Cove/ GARY USHER: Driven Insane/ You're The Girl
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Ace CDCHD 311 |
Rarest Rockabilly & Hillbilly Boogie/
Best Of Ace Rockabilly |
● CD $18.98 |
Oldtimers and newcomers alike should go ape over this CD
pairing two of the finest rockabilly LP collections ever released -
The Best Of Ace Rockabilly &
Rarest Rockabilly & Hillbilly Boogie . All but 2 of the 28 tracks here
were originally released on the Starday label in the 50's. There are
classics galore here like Rock It & How Come It by
George "Thumper" Jones, My Big Fat Baby by Sonny Hall, Everybody's
Movin' and One Cup Of Coffee by Glen Glenn and Rockin' Daddy
by Sonny Fisher & The Rocking Boys! Of course there are plenty more
rockin' faves too by the likes of Sleepy LaBeef, Link Davis, Hal Harris,
Hershel Almond, Bill Mack, Jimmy Stewart and His Night Hawks and a host of
others. Git it cats....
AE
HERSHEL ALMOND WITH AL GOOD & HIS BAND: Let's Get It On/ JIMMIE DALE:
Baby Doll/ Darlin'/ LINK DAVIS: Trucker From Tennessee/ SONNY FISHER:
Sneaky Pete/ Rockin' Daddy/ GLEN GLENN: Everybody's Movin'/ One Cup Of
Coffee/ SONNY HALL & THE ECHOES: My Big Fat Baby/ HAL HARRIS:
Jitterbop Baby/ R D HENDON AND THE WESTERN JAMBOREE COWBOYS: Big Black
Cat/ SLEEPY JEFFERS & THE DAVIS TWINS: My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds
Now/ Pretending Is A Game/ JIMMY AND JOHNNY: I Can't Find The Doorknob/
BILL JOHNSON & THE DABBLERS: Umm Boy You're My Baby/ RALPH JOHNSON AND
THE HILLBILLY SHOW: Henpecked Daddy/ GEORGE JONES: Rock It/ THUMPER JONES:
How Come It/ SLEEPY LA BEEF: I'm Through/ Little Bit More/ BILL MACK: It's
Saturday Night/ MEL PRICE: Little Dog Blues/ DANNY REEVES: I'm A Hobo/
ROCK ROGERS: My Baby Left Me/ BUDDY SHAW: Don't Sweep That Dirt On Me/ No
More/ JIMMY STEWART & HIS NIGHTHAWKS: Nothin' But A Nuthin'/ THE
STONEY MOUNTAIN PLAYBOYS: Stoney Mountain Boogie
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Ace CDCHD 816 |
Riot City! Rocking Northwest Instrumentals |
● CD $18.98 |
31 tracks, 74 minutes, essential
The sound of the Northwest
was unlike most of the rest of the country. Taking a cue from Dave Lewis'
instrumental classic David's Mood, the sound not only had driving
guitar, but plenty of sax & organ. This isn't a semi-bootleg of
obscure tunes, but an exciting set of stuff from Jerry Dennon's Jerden
label, taken from the master tapes, some with original studio chat. A real
treat is finally having the flip-side David's Mood Pt 2 on CD. The
biggest name here is probably Don & The Good Times with Don Gallucci,
former Kingsman, future producer of Iggy & The Stooges' "Fun
House", with original Paul Revere & The Raiders guitarist Pierre
Oulette (future Raider Jim "Harpo" Valley was a later member)
with such fine sides as Turn On & Straight Scepter.
Other legendary bands heard here include Sir Raleigh & The Cupons
(with Dewey Martin, future Buffalo Springfield drummer, former Bluecap
Johnny Meeks & Sneaky Pete Kleinow!), The Chessmen, The Beachcomers
& Rocky & His Friends who provide the jumpin' title tune. Compiled
by liner note writer & El Cerrito Wonder Boy Alec Paleo. (GM)
THE ADVENTURERS: Excelsior/ THE BEACHCOMBERS: The Wheeley/ THE BELLINGHAM
ACCENTS: Sampan/ THE CHECKERS: Black Cat/ THE CHESSMEN: Mr Meadowlands/
THE CLASSICS: Aces High/ THE COUNTS: Chitlins Etc Aka Chittlins Con Carne/
Clyde, Clyde, The Cow's Outside/ Feel Alright/ DANNY & THE SENIORS:
Pipeline (live)/ DON & THE GOODTIMES: Straight Sceptre/ Turn On/
GENTLEMAN JIM & THE HORSEMEN: Soul Searchin'/ JAMES HENRY & THE
OLYMPICS: Sticky/ THE IMPERIALS: Backyard Compost/ Chinese Checkers/ THE
JESTERS: Alki Point/ JOHNNY & THE VELVETONES: Hitch Hiking Home/ Wop
Sticks/ THE JUVENILES: I've Got A Woman/ LEROY & THE GALAHADS: Fidget/
Purple Peanuts/ DAVE LEWIS: David's Mood (pt 2)/ THE RAYMARKS: Backfire/
Work Song/ DOUG ROBERTSON & THE GOOD GUYS: Drivin' Home/ Quiet Riot/
ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS: Riot City/ SIR RALEIGH & THE CUPONS: Somethin'
Or Other/ Whitcomb Street/ VINCE & THE VICTORS: Torquila
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Ace CDCHD 763 |
Rock All Night |
● CD $18.98 |
28 tracks, 69 min., recommended. A must for all you Roger
Corman fans! Based on his 1957 film "Rock All Night" (which was
originally released in April 1957 on a double bill with Edward L. Cohn's
"Dragstrip Girl"), some of the music was arranged (un-credited)
by the California born pianist Edward Truman (Eddie) Beal (1910-1984),
who's roots in R&B go back to playing with Buddy Banks, on Percy
Mayfield's Please Send Me Someone To Love, and being the musical
director-arranger for The Platters. Beal's combo can be heard accompanying
the title track Rock All Night (by The Blockbusters), and on 2
sides sung by R&B diva Nora Hayes and written by Buck Ram The Great
Pretender/I Guess I Won't Hang Around Anymore. Nora Hayes was a
pseudonym for the nineteen year old Patricia (Patti Ann) Mesner, daughter
of Edward & Theresa Riese Mesner (of Aladdin Records). The original
Mercury album was produced by Buck Ram, and for this CD reissue, 4 cuts
have been omitted, including 2 sides each by The Platters and Eddie Beal.
Ace has supplemented this soundtrack with other Buck Ram (mostly Antler)
productions, including extra tracks by The Blockbusters (who played
themselves in the movie, and were actually 2 unrelated bands!), Dolly
Cooper, Linda Cardinale, Johnny Olenn, Bill Peck, Ray Scott (aka Walter
Springs), The Teen Queens, Troopers, and saxophonist Earle Warren. With
excellent CD notes by Bill Millar, I guarantee you'll need to re-read the
notes as it's full of new data! (EL)
EDDIE BEAL COMBO: Breezin'/ Honey Buggin'/ THE BLOCKBUSTERS: Full Time
Baby/ Good Gosh Golly/ I Wanna Rock Now/ Nobody To Love/ Raunchy (twist)/
Rock & Roll Guitar (part 1) (instrumental)/ Rock & Roll Guitar
(part 2) (vocal)/ Rock All Night/ Take It And Git/ LINDA CARDINALE: That
Crazy Feeling/ DOLLY COOPER: Big Rock Inn/ I'm Looking Through Your
Window/ NORA HAYES: The Great Pretender/ I Guess I Won't Hang Around
Anymore/ BENNY JOY: Bundle Of Love/ JOHNNY OLENN: Shake, Rattle And Roll/
Tutti Frutti/ Born Reckless/ For The First Time (come Prima)/ The Magic
Touch/ BILL PECK: Alligator With The Blue Suede Shoes/ Opportunity/ RAY
SCOTT: Let's Be Friends/ THE TEEN QUEENS: Eddie My Love/ THE TROOPERS:
You're Making Me Nervous/ EARL WARREN: Poinciana
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Ace CDCH 191 |
Rockabilly Shakeout |
● CD $18.98 |
The majority of these mid-to-late 50's tracks come from the
Houston-based Starday company. A wide variety of styles under the umbrella
term "rockabilly" are represented, making a wonderful
introduction to that country genre. Included are two by the seriously
deranged Glenn Barber Shadow My Baby and Atom Bomb, which
recommends dancing during total annihilation. Benny Joy's Spin The
Bottle is classic wild man stuff, as is Sonny Hall & The Echoes My
Big Fat Baby, which sounds like Little Richard at a barn-raising
party. Meanwhile, Jimmy & Johnny's My Little Baby and Byron
Johnson's True Affection offer a more sedate brand of hillbilly
rock. This CD reissues the Ace LP and adds a healthy 9 cuts - the textbook
perfect Hang Loose by Tommy Spurlin, Charlie Feathers' Wild Wild
Party from 1961, and Boppin' Wigwam Willie by Ray Scott among
them. (JC)
GLEN BARBER: Atom Bomb/ Shadow My Baby/ EDDIE BOND: Here Comes That Train/
LINK DAVIS: Slipping And Sliding/ DEE AND PATTY: Gee Whiz/ JIMMY EVANS:
The Joint's Really Jumping/ CHARLIE FEATHERS: Wild Wild Party/ PAT
FERGUSON: Fool I Am/ TRUITT FOESE: Chicken Bop/ RUDDY GADDIS: Uranium
Fever/ BOBBY GARRETT AND ROY LEE'S COMBO: Short Skirts/ SONNY HALL &
THE ECHOES: My Big Fat Baby/ HAL HARRIS: I Don't Know When/ THOMAS INGLE:
Rockin' At The Y/ JIMMY AND JOHNNY: My Little Baby/ BYRON JOHNSON: True
Affection/ HOYT JOHNSON: Eenie Meenie Minie Mo/ BENNY JOY: Spin The
Bottle/ SLEEPY LA BEEF: All The Time/ MERLE LINDSAY: Hey Hey Little Boy
Blue/ BILL MACK: Cat's Just Got Back In Town/ HOYT SCOGGINS: Tennessee
Rock/ RAY SCOTT: Boppin' Wigwam Willie/ TOMMY SPURLIN: Hang Loose/ GENE
WYATT: Prettiest Girl At The Dance
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Ace CDCHD 496 |
Rockin' From Coast To Coast |
● CD $18.98 |
26 tracks, 60 mins, highly recommended A terrific collection
of (mostly) late 50s rockers showing how rock 'n' roll had taken over the
country with great sounds emanating from small studios throughout the
country. Apart from Freddy Cannon's great Bo Diddley flavored Buzz Buzz
A-Diddle-It and 12 year old Brenda Lee's Rock The Bop most of the
recordings are pretty obscure and many are making their first legitimate
appearance on CDs. Lots of energetic guitar, honking saxes and pounding
piano on an all up-tempo selection. Among the highlights are bluesman Roy
Gaines' Skippy Is A Sissy with ear bending guitar, a personal
favorite Flirty Gerty by The Jiv-A-Tones with it's wonderful garage band
atmosphere and jangly guitar, Billy Barrix's Cool Off Baby - a rare
excursion into rockabilly by Chess and Tyrone Schmidling's crazed You're
Gone, I'm Left. Lots more goodies from Sam Butera, Big Danny Oliver, The
Rio Rockers, Tiny Lewis, Roy Clark (yes the Roy Clark), Jeani Mack, Jackie
Morningstar, Esquerita, The Lonesome Drifter, Lou Josie, Lou Graham, Pat
Cupp & The Flying saucers and more. Superb sound (from master tapes wherever possible) and extensive notes by Rob Finnis in the 16 page
booklet with lots of interesting facts and anecdotes about the recordings
plus rare photos and label shots. A rockin' treasure trove. (FS)
BILLY BARRIX: Cool Off Baby/ SAM BUTERA: Bim Bam/ FREDDY CANNON: Buzz Buzz
A-diddle-it/ ROY CLARK: Please Mr. Mayor/ PAT CUPP & THE FLYING
SAUCERS: Long Gone Daddy/ LEE DENSON WITH EDDIE COCHRAN: New Shoes/
LONESOME DRIFTER: Eager Boy/ BILLY ELDRIDGE & THE FIREBALLS: Let's Go
Baby/ ESQUERITA: Rockin' The Joint/ ROY GAINES: Skippy Is A Sissy/ LOU
GRAHAM: Wee Willie Brown/ JERRY HAWKINS: Swing Daddy Swing/ THE JIV-A-TONES
VOCAL BY DEAN STEVENS: Flirty Gertie/ LOU JOSIE: Why Did You Leave Me/
BRENDA LEE: Rock The Bop/ TINY LEWIS: Too Much Rockin'/ JEANI MACK: Dirty
Dishes/ JACKIE MORNINGSTA: Rockin' In The Graveyard/ BIG DANNY OLIVER:
Sapphire/ THE RAIDERS: Hocus Pocus/ THE RIO ROCKERS: Mexicali Baby/ TYRONE
SCHMIDLING: You're Gone, I'm Left/ Honey Don't/ JOE SOUTH: I'm Snowed/ THE
VALIANTS: Frieda Frieda
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Ace CDCHD 715 |
Rockin' From Coast To Coast, Vol. 2 |
● CD $18.98 |
26 rockers from the 50s.
JOHNNY BELL: Flip, Flop And Fly/ ROY BROWN: Saturday Night/ BILLY CARROLL:
Big Green Car/ JOHNNY CARROLL: Sugar Lips/ RIC CARTEY: Scratchin' On My
Screen/ THE CATALINAS: Speechless/ JOE CLAY: Duck Tail/ Sixteen Chicks/
DON COLE: Snake Eyed Mama/ BUDDY COVELLE: Lorraine/ G L CROCKETT: Look Out
Mabel/ RONNIE DEE: Action Packed/ JOYCE HARRIS & THE DAYLIGHTERS: Got
My Mojo Working/ ERSEL HICKEY: Goin' Down That Road/ JOEL HILL WITH THE
STRANGERS: I Thought It Over/ BENNY INGRAM: Jello Sal/ WANDA JACKSON:
Let's Have A Party/ JESSE JAMES: Red Hot Rockin' Blues/ THE KING BEES:
Buzzin'/ RONNIE PEARSON: I Dig That Gal The Most/ She Bops A Lot/ SUGAR
PIE & PEEWEE: One, Two, Let's Rock/ TARHEEL SLIM: No 9 Train/ Wildcat
Tamer/ BIG T TYLER: King Kong/ GENE WYATT: Lover Boy
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Ace CDCHD 758 |
Rockin' On Broadway - The Time/Brent/ Shad
Story |
● CD $18.98 |
30 tracks, 68 mins, highly recommended. Excellent collection
of rock 'n' roll and pop issued by Bob Shad's Time, Brent & Shad
labels in the late 50s and early 60s (plus a couple previously unissued).
It includes several big hits including the hypnotic I've Had It by
The Bell Notes, the poppish It Was I and Cherry Pie by Skip
& Flip and the great rocking Clap Your Hands by The Beau-Marks
from Canada. Other highlights include the rocking doo-wop cut Who's
That Knocking from The Genies, Rusty Isabell's wonderful piano led
instrumental Firewater, a great hard driving version of Sonny
Burgess's Red Headed Woman by Tennessee rockabilly Wayne Worley,
the beautiful and soulful Oh My Angel by Bertha Tillman and two
cuts by excellent girl group The Donays including the original of Devil
In His Heart which was covered by four guys from Liverpool. This set
also features the earliest recordings of Lou Reed - two unissued solo cuts
as Lewis Reed and two as member of The Jades - all cuts a million miles
from the Velvet Underground? There are a couple of bizarre cuts here I
Hate People by Brad & Jerry and Bury The Hatchet from Chuck
& The Chuckles (actually Gary Paxton & Clyde Battin). Rounding
things out are Tony Farrell, Leslie Harris, Don Jordan, The Knockouts, Lee
Greenlee, Latino rocker Eddie Quinteros, Jody Reynolds and Pete & The
Minute Men. Usual quality production from Ace with superb sound and 12
page booklet with notes by Rob Finnis and a bunch of photos. (FS)
THE BEAU-MARKS: Clap Your Hands/ Oh Joan/ THE BELL NOTES: Be Mine/ I've
Had It/ White Buckskin Sneakers And Checkerboard Socks/ BRAD & JERRY:
The People Hater/ CHUCK & CHUCKLES: Bury The Hatchet/ THE DONAYS: Bad
Boy/ Devil In His Heart/ TONY FARRELL: Stumpty Stump/ THE GENIES: Who's
That Knocking/ LEE GREENLEE: Starlight/ LESLIE HARRIS: Come On Little
Sarah/ RUSTY ISABELL: Firewater/ THE JADES: Leave Her For Me/ So Blue/ DON
JORDAN: Hypnotized/ THE KNOCKOUTS: Darling Lorraine/ Riot In Room 3 C/
PETE & THE MINUTE MEN: Barracuda/ EDDIE QUINTEROS: Come Dance With Me/
Slow Down Sandy/ LEWIS REED: Merry Go 'Round/ Your Love/ JODY REYNOLDS:
Raggedy Ann/ SKIP & FLIP: Betty Jean/ Cherry Pie/ It Was I/ BERTHA
TILLMAN: Oh My Angel/ WAYNE WORLEY: Red Headed Woman
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Ace CDCHD 818 |
Shreveport High Steppers |
● CD $18.98 |
27 tracks, 60 mins, highly recommended
A terrific collection of rockabilly and rocking country from the vaults of
Mira Smith's Ram label in Shreveport recorded between 1956 and '59. This is
the stuff I like with a raw stripped down sound - twangy vocals with mostly
two guitars and bass with some occasional drums and piano and only two
tracks with sax. Star of the set is Thomas Johnson (aka The Lonesome
Drifter) who has ten tracks including the fabulous Eager Boy and
Teardrop Valley which are justifiably considered rockabilly classics
with their soulful bluesy vocals and hot guitar work. His other tracks are
also fine - some not originally issued. James Wilson's two fine cuts from
1956 were Ram's first rockabilly issue and also marked the first appearance
on record of James Burton who is also featured on several other cuts here.
Buddy Sepaugh presumably figured his real name wasn't catchy enough so he
adopted the pseudonym of Endom Spires (go figure!) - he does a great rockin'
version of Johnny Bond's I Wonder Where You Are Tonight. Linda
Brannon has one of the only ballads here Just Another Lie - with the
stark backup of just two guitars she turns in a fabulously powerful and
bluesy vocal. Lots of other fine sides here from Mack & Gwen & The Country
Playboys, Joe Osborne (a hot previously unissued instrumental), Margaret
Lewis, Leon Post, Toby Johnson (two superb previously unissued sides) and
others. Usual high quality Ace sound and presentation. A real winner! (FS)
LINDA BRANNON: Just Another Lie/ CHARLOTTE HUNTER: I'll Be True/ Wherever
You Are/ MARGARET LEWIS: Shake A Leg/ Goin' To St Louie/ LARRY LINCOLN: My
Baby Went Away/ That'll Hold You/ THE LONESOME DRIFTER: Ain't Got Nothing
But The Blues/ Eager Boy/ Honey Do You Think Of Me/ I Wished It Wasn't So/
I'll Be Lonesome When You're Gone/ I'll Take A Chance/ I'm Gonna Quit My
Crying/ No Loving No Rocking Blues/ Teardrop Valley/ This Old World Don't
Seem The Same/ MACK AND GWEN & THE COUNTRY PLAYBOYS: Baby I Want Another
Date/ JOE OSBORNE: Rovin'/ LEON POST: Dollie In The Dirt Boogie/ ENDOM
SPIRES: I Wonder Where You Are Tonight/ ROY WAYNE: Any Way You Do/ Honey
Won't You Listen/ JAMES WILSON & THE JIMMIE CATS: Wilson's Blues No/ You
Won't Know Why 'til I'm Gone
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Ace CDCHD 704 |
Starday Dixie Rockabillies, Vol. 1 |
● CD $18.98 |
24 tracks of classic rockabilly from Lucky Wray, Bill
Willis, Orange Ray Hubbard, Eddie Skelton, Rudy Grayzell, Mack Banks and
others.
MACK BANKS & HIS DRIFTING TROUBADOURS: Be-Boppin' Daddy/ You're So
Dumb/ HODGES BROTHERS: I'm Gonna Rock Some Too/ RUDY GRAYZELL: Let's Get
Wild/ JERRY HANSON: I'm Doing All Right/ THE HI-TOMBS: Sweet Rockin' Mama/
ORANGIE RAY HUBBARD: Sweet Love/ SLEEPY JEFFERS: Dumplin' Pie/ TONY &
JACKIE LAMIE & THE SWING KINGS: Wore To A Frazzel/ JOE MOON & HIS
STARS OF NOTE: Live It Up/ RED MOORE & HIS RHYTHM DRIFTERS: Crawdad
Song/ TOMMY NELSON & HIS BAND: Hobo Bop/ ERNIE NOWLIN & THE BLUE
SHADOW BOYS: Tally Ho/ ARNOLD PARKER & THE SOUTHERNAIRS: Find A New
Woman/ GROOVEY JOE POOVEY: Ten Long Fingers/ JAY RICHARDS: Gosh Dog Baby/
WARREN ROBBE: My Chicken Penn/ J C SAWYER: Goin' Steppin'/ EDDIE SKELTON
& THE RHYTHMTONES: Gotta Keep It Swinging/ GENE TERRY & HIS KOOL
KATS: The Woman I Love/ Tip, Tap & Tell Me/ CARL TRANTHAM & THE
RHYTHM ALL STARS: Where There's A Will (There's A Way)/ BILL WILLIS:
Boogie Woogie All Night/ LUCKY WRAY WITH LINK & DOUG WRAY: Teenage
Cutie
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Ace CDCHD 708 |
Starday Dixie Rockabillies, Vol. 2 |
● CD $18.98 |
This second collection features 24 rare and great sides by
Groovey Joe Poovey, Corky Jones, Jimmie Lee & The Playboys, Alton
Guyon, Hal Payne, Billy Match & The Starfires, John Wrothan and
others.
ALTON GUYON: Bop Bobby Sox Bop/ Coffee Baby/ THE HI-LITERS (VOCAL JOE
FRANKLIN): Big Bad Wolf/ Dance Me To Death/ CORKY JONES: Hot Dog/ Rhythm
And Booze/ JIMMY LEE & THE PLAYBOYS: Three Little Wishes/ THE LOVE
BROTHERS: Baby, I'll Never Let You Go/ BILLY MATCH & THE STARFIRES: I
Want My Baby/ LATTIE MOORE: Why Did You Lie To Me?/ ORELLA MYERS:
Rock'n'Roll Boogie/ TOMMY NELSON & BAND: Danglin' On A String/ DANIEL
NIX & THE COMPENSATION BOYS: Compensation Blues/ HAL PAYNE: Honky Tonk
Stomp/ JOE POOVEY: My Life's Ambition/ Sweet Louella aka Louella/ Careful
Baby/ Move Around/ EDDIE SEACRIST & ROLLING ROCKETS: Dancing To The
Rhythm Of A Rock'n'Roll Band/ RAY STRONG: You're Gonna Reap What You Sow/
FUZZY WHITENER WITH JERRY DYKES & HIS BAND: Sugar Buggar/ JOHN WORTHAN:
The Cats Were Jumpin'/ LUCKY WRAY: Got Another Baby/ What'cha Say Honey?
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Ace CDCHD 406 |
Teen Beat |
● CD $18.98 |
30 tracks, recommended Great collection of rockin'
instrumentals - mostly hits from the 50s & early 60s including Teen
Beat by Sandy nelson, Walk - Don't Run by The Ventures, Memphis
by Lonnie Mack, Wild Weekend by The Rockin' Rebels, The Happy
Organ by dave "Baby" Cortez, Topsy Part 2 by Cozy
Cole, So Rare by The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Rumble by Link
Wray and more by Ernie Freeman, The Tune Rockers, The Champs, The
Spacemen, The Virtues, Ernie Fields Orchestra, Preston Epps, B.Bumble
& Stingers, The Fireballs, The Van-Dells and others. Superb sound and
informative notes by Rob Burt. (FS)
ARVEE ALLENS: Fast Freight/ B BUMBLE & THE STINGERS: Nut Rocker/ THE
CHAMPS: Midnighter/ Tequila/ COZY COLE: Topsy II/ DAVE "BABY"
CORTEZ: The Happy Organ/ FATS DOMINO: Swanee River Hop/ JIMMY DORSEY
ORCHESTRA: So Rare/ PRESTON EPPS: Bongo Rock/ ERNIE FIELDS: In The Mood/
THE FIREBALLS: Bulldog/ Torquay/ ERNIE FREEMAN: Raunchy/ RENE HALL:
Twitchy/ THE HOT-TODDYS: Rockin' Crickets/ JOHNNY JENKINS: Spunky/ THE
JIVE-A-TONES: Wild Bird/ LONNIE MACK: Memphis/ Wham/ SANDY NELSON: Teen
Beat/ THE ROCKIN' REBELS: Wild Weekend/ THE ROYALTONES: Poor Boy/ THE
SPACEMEN: The Clouds/ THE STRING-A-LONGS: Wheels/ THE TUNE ROCKERS: The
Green Mosquito/ THE VAN-DELLS: Slumber Party/ THE VENTURES: Walk, Don't
Run/ THE VIRTUES: Guitar Boogie Shuffle/ LINK WRAY: Rumble/ THE YELLOW
JACKETS: So What
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Ace CDCHD 522 |
Teen Beat, Vol. 2 |
● CD $18.98 |
30 tracks, 70 min., recommended. Superior, high energy
collection of late fifties-early sixties instrumentals from a variety of
labels, including Challenge, Swan, RCA, Clock, Rendezvous, Jamie, Palette,
Original Sound, Excello, Enjoy, and others. The emphasis is on rockin',
though occasional cuts owe as much to the late 1940s sound (see Reg Owen
Orchestra) as they do Chuck Berry. Vince Guaraldi Trio's Cast Your Fate
To The Wind and Perez Prado Orchestra's Patricia are exceptions
to the guitar-heavy, sax honkin' rule as laid down by The Teen Beats (Califf
Boogie), Duane Eddy & The Rebels (Ramrod/ Rebel Rouser, The
Rip Tides(Machine Gun), The Atmospheres (The Fickle Chicken/
Kabalo), B Bumble & The Stinger (Apple Knocker), and many
more. Topflight stuff in generous amounts. (JC)
CHET ATKINS: Boo Boo Stick Beat/ Teensville/ THE ATMOSPHERES: Fickle
Chicken/ Kabalo/ SKIPPY BROOKS: Doin' The Horse/ BOOTS BROWN & THE
BLOCKBUSTERS: Cerveza/ ROY BUCHANAN: Mule Train Stomp/ Pretty Please/ B
BUMBLE & THE STINGERS: Apple Knocker/ THE CHAMPS: El Rancho Rock/ LES
COOPER AND THE SOUL ROCKERS: Wiggle Wobble/ DAVE "BABY" CORTEZ:
Mardi Gras (The Blues)/ FLOYD CRAMER: Flip, Flop And Bop/ KING CURTIS AND
THE NOBLE KNIGHTS: Soul Twist/ DUANE EDDY AND THE REBELS: Ramrod/ Rebel
Rouser/ ERNIE FIELDS ORCHESTRA: Hucklebuck/ THE FIREBALLS: The Carioca/
THE VINCE GUARALDI TRIO: Cast Your Fate To The Wind/ GUITAR GABLE: Guitar
Rhumbo/ NAT KENDRICK & THE SWANS: Dish Rag/ SANDY NELSON: Big Jump/
REG OWEN ORCHESTRA: Manhattan Spiritual/ PEREZ PRADO ORCHESTRA: Patricia/
THE RIP TIDES: Machine Gun/ JIMMY RIVERS COMBO: The Blue Eagle/ THE ROLLER
COASTERS: Wild Twist/ THE STRING-A-LONGS: Mathilda/ THE TEEN BEATS: Califf
Boogie/ GARY USHER: Power Shift
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Ace CDCHD 602 |
Teen Beat, Vol. 3 |
● CD $18.98 |
| 30 tracks, 70 mins, highly recommended An exceedingly hot
collection of rockin' instrumentals from the late 50s and early 60 (with
the occasional smoocher). It includes one of my all time favorites - the
two part You Can't Sit Down by Philip Upchurch Combo plus Quite
A Party by The Fireballs, Mau Mau by The Wailers, Walking
With Mr. Lee by Lee Allen, Stick Shift by The Duals, Ramroad
by Al Casey, the wonderful chaotic and bluesy Heat by The Rockin'
R's, Baja by The Astronauts, Hot Pastrami by The Dartells, Wolf
Call by Lord Dent & His Invaders
and many more.
LEE ALLEN & HIS BAND: Walking With Mr Lee/ THE ASTRONAUTS: Baja
(pronounced Ba-ha)/ THE ATMOSPHERES: Telegraph/ BUMPS BLACKWELL: Sumpin'
Jumpin'/ OWEN BRADLEY QUINTET: Big Guitar/ AL CASEY: Ramrod/ THE CHAMPS:
Too Much Tequila/ THE CHANTAYS: Pipeline/ THE DARTELLS: Hot Pastrami/ LORD
DENT & HIS INVADERS: Wolf Call/ JIMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA: Jay-dee's
Boogie Woogie/ THE DUALS: Stick Shift/ DUANE EDDY: Moovin' 'n' Groovin'/
THE FIREBALLS: Quite A Party/ PLAS JOHNSON: Blue Jean Shuffle/ BUDDY
LUCAS: I Want To Know/ ARTHUR LYMAN: Yellow Bird/ THE MEGATRONS: Velvet
Waters/ THE RAMRODS: (Ghost) Riders In The Sky/ THE ROCK-A-TEENS: Woo-hoo/
THE ROCKIN' R'S: Heat/ THE RONDELS: Back Beat No.1/ THE STRING-A-LONGS:
Brass Buttons/ THE SURFARIS: Wipe Out/ TROY & THE T-BIRDS: Twistle/
THE TEEN BEATS: The Slop Beat/ PHILIP UPCHURCH COMBO: You Can't Sit Down
(part 1)/ You Can't Sit Down (part 2)/ THE VENTURES: Perfidia/ THE
WAILERS: Mau Mau
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Ace CDCHD 655 |
Teen Beat, Vol. 4 |
● CD $18.98 |
30 more rockin' instrumentals in this great series -
includes Brontosaurus Stomp by The Piltdown Men, Ptere Gunn
by Ray Anthony, Raunchy by Bill Justis, Tuff by Ace Cannon, Asia
Minor by Kokomo, the bizarre Unitar Rock from Willie Joe and
more from The Bobby Fuller Four, Bill Black's Combo, Hank Levine, Lonnie
Mack, The Megatons and more.
RAY ANTHONY: Peter Gunn/ BILL BLACK'S COMBO: Smokie (part 1)/ Smokie (part
2)/ BOOTS BROWN & THE BLOCKBUSTERS: Trollin'/ THE BUSTERS: Astronauts/
Bust Out/ ACE CANNON: Tuff/ THE CENTURIANS: Bullwinkle Pt Ii/ GARNELL
COOPER & THE KINFOLKS: Green Monkey/ DAVE 'BABY' CORTEZ: Rinky Dink/
WES DAKUS: Side Winder/ THE FATIMAS: Sandstorm/ ERNIE FIELDS: Honky Tonk/
THE BOBBY FULLER FOUR: The Lonely Dragster/ THE HOLLYWOOD PERSUADERS:
Drums A-go-go/ BILL JUSTIS: Raunchy/ MOE KOFFMAN QUARTETTE: The Swingin'
Shepherd Blues/ KOKOMO: Asia Minor/ HANK LEVINE: Image Pt 1/ Image Pt.2/
LONNIE MACK: Chicken Pickin'/ THE MEGATONS: Shimmy, Shimmy Walk Pt 1/
Shimmy, Shimmy Walk Pt 2/ DAVE MEYERS & THE SURFTONES: Church Key/ THE
NITE ROCKERS: Nite Rock/ THE PILTDOWN MEN: Brontosaurus Stomp/ GOOGIE
RENE: Wiggle Tail Pt 2/ TROY & THE T-BIRDS: Take Ten/ TRAVIS WAMMACK:
Scratchy/ WILLIE JOE: Unitar Rock
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Ace CDCHD 766 |
Teen Beat, Vol. 5 |
● CD $18.98 |
The fifth collection of rock 'n' roll instrumental features
30 tracks from late 50s and early 60.
CHUCK ALAIMO QUARTET: Leap Frog/ SIL AUSTIN: Slow Walk/ DOC BAGBY:
Dumplin's/ BILLY JOE & THE CHECKMATES: Percolator/ JAMES BOOKER:
Gonzo/ BOOKER T & THE MGS: Green Onions/ RAY BRYANT COMBO: The Madison
Time (pt 1)/ MARTIN DENNY: Quiet Village/ BILL DOGGETT: Honky Tonk (pt 1)/
Honky Tonk (pt 2)/ THE FRANTICS: Werewolf/ PHIL HARVEY: Bumbershoot/
JIMMIE & THE NIGHT HOPPERS: Night Hop/ THE KINGSMEN: Week End/ THE
MAR-KETS: Surfer's Stomp/ THE MAR-KEYS: Last Night/ MARK II: Night Theme/
SANDY NELSON: Let There Be Drums/ JACK NITZSCHE: The Lonely Surfer/ PAT
& THE SATELLITES: Jupiter-c/ THE PYRAMIDS: Penetration/ BOOTS
RANDOLPH: Yakety Sax/ PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: Like Long Hair/ THE
ROUTERS: Let's Go (pony)/ THE RUMBLERS: Boss/ ARTHUR SMITH & HIS
CRACKER-JACKS: Guitar Boogie/ THE SURFARIS: Point Panic/ THE T-BONES: No
Matter What Shape (your Stomach's In)/ LINK WRAY: Raw-hide
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Ace CDCHD 640 |
Teenage Crush |
● CD $18.98 |
28 track collection of teen anguish ballads all of which
made the top 100 between 1957 and '65 - most made the top 20 - all from
original master tapes. Includes Steve Lawrence's Pretty Blue Eyes
issued on CD from master tape for the first time.
PAUL ANKA: Love Me Warm And Tender/ FRANKIE AVALON: Bobby Sox To
Stockings/ JESSE BELVIN: Guess Who/ MEL CARTER: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss
Me/ MIKE CLIFFORD: Close To Cathy/ MARK DINNING: Teen Angel/ CARL DOBKINS
JR: My Heart Is An Open Book/ RAL DONNER: You Don't Know What You Got/
TOMMY EDWARDS: It's All In The Game/ THE FLEETWOODS: Tragedy/ THE G-CLEFS:
I Understand/ DON GIBSON: Sweet Dreams/ BOBBY HELMS: My Special Angel/
BRIAN HYLAND: Sealed With A Kiss/ STEVE LAWRENCE: Pretty Blue Eyes/ THE
LETTERMEN: The Way You Look Tonight/ JULIE LONDON: Cry Me A River/ JOHNNY
MATHIS: Chances Are/ RAY PETERSON: Tell Laura I Love Her/ PHIL PHILLIPS
AND THE TWILIGHTS: Sea Of Love/ THE PONI-TAILS: Born Too Late/ TOMMY
SANDS: Teenage Crush/ JACK SCOTT: What In The World's Come Over You/ NEIL
SEDAKA: The Diary/ CONWAY TWITTY: It's Only Make Believe/ BOBBY VEE: Devil
Or Angel/ ADAM WADE: Take Good Care Of Her/ JERRY WALLACE: How The Time
Flies
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Ace CDCHD 701 |
Teenage Crush, Vol. 2 |
● CD $18.98 |
Second collection of 28 teen rock ballads from the late 50s
& early 60s.
FRANKIE AVALON: Venus/ TONY BELLUS: Robbin' The Cradle/ BROOK BENTON:
Endlessly/ THE BROWNS: The Three Bells/ JOHNNY BURNETTE: You're Sixteen/
THE CASTELLS: So This Is Love/ JIMMY CLANTON: Venus In Blue Jeans/ EDDIE
COCHRAN: Sittin' In The Balcony/ BOBBY CURTOLA: Fortune Teller/ BOBBY
DARIN: Dream Lover/ SKEETER DAVIS: The End Of The World/ JIMMY ELLEDGE:
Funny (how Time Slips Away)/ PERCY FAITH: The Theme From "a Summer
Place"/ LARRY FINNEGAN: Dear One/ THE FLAMINGOS: I Only Have Eyes For
You/ THE FLEETWOODS: Come Softly To Me/ LARRY HALL: Sandy/ GEORGE HAMILTON
IV: A Rose And A Baby Ruth/ BRIAN HYLAND: Let Me Belong To You/ IVORY JOE
HUNTER: Since I Met You Baby/ GARRY MILES: Look For A Star/ RICKY NELSON:
Teenager's Romance/ JIMMIE RODGERS: Honeycomb/ CONNIE STEVENS: Sixteen
Reasons (why I Love You)/ BILLY STORM: I've Come Of Age/ ED TOWNSEND: For
Your Love/ RITCHIE VALENS: Donna/ DALE WARD: Letter From Sherry
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Ace CDCHD 790 |
Teenage Crush, Vol. 3 |
● CD $18.98 |
Third compilation of teen oriented pop-rock features 28
tracks from 1957 to 1964.
GINO & GINA: Pretty Baby/ DONNIE BROOKS: Mission Bell/ GLEN CAMPBELL:
Turn Around, Look At Me/ KENNY CHANDLER: Heart/ DEE CLARK: Raindrops/ KEN
COPELAND: Pledge Of Love/ JOHNNY CRAWFORD: Rumors/ THE DEMENSIONS: Over
The Rainbow/ RAL DONNER: Girl Of My Best Friend/ DONNIE AND THE DREAMERS:
Count Every Star/ THE ECHOES: Baby Blue/ FABIAN: String Along/ JOHNNY
FERGUSON: Angela Jones/ THE FIREFLIES: I Can't Say Goodbye/ JAMES GILREATH:
Little Band Of Gold/ THE INNOCENTS: Honest I Do/ LITTLE WILLIE JOHN: Talk
To Me, Talk To Me/ JERRY KELLER: Here Comes Summer/ ROD LAUREN: If I Had A
Girl/ RAY PETERSON: Corrina, Corrina/ JOEY POWERS: Midnight Mary/ FLOYD
ROBINSON: Makin' Love/ TOMMY ROE: Sheila/ RONNIE AND THE HI-LITES: I Wish
That We Were Married/ TERRY STAFFORD: Suspicion/ RANDY STARR: After
School/ GARY STITES: Lonely For You/ JERRY WALLACE WITH THE JEWELS:
Primrose Lane
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Ace CDCHD 36 |
Texas Rockabilly |
● CD $18.98 |
28 tracks drawn from the Sarg label.
GLEN BLAND & THE RHYTHM KINGS: Mean Gene/ GLEN BLAND WITH THE RHYTHM
KINGS: When My Baby Passes By/ HARMON BOAZEMAN: No Love In You/ LINK
DAVIS: Cockroach/ THE DOWNBEATS: Come On Over/ Oh Please/ EDDIE DUGOSH
& THE AH-HA PLAYBOYS: Strange Kinda Feeling/ DICK FAGIN: I Got A
Ticket/ I Gotta Learn/ JIMMY FARMER WITH THE NOTES: Long Black Train/ BASH
HOFFNER & THE PEARL RAMBLERS: Rockin' And A-Bopin'/ CHESTER MCINTYRE:
I'm Gonna Rock With My Baby Tonight/ THE MEDALIONS: Home Town/ THE
MIDNIGHTERS: Rockin' Romance/ Yes Baby, I'm Scared/ THE MOODS: Let Me Have
Your Love/ Little Alice/ CECIL MOORE: (I Lost My) Little Baby/ Walkin'
Fever/ Diamond Back/ Moonshine/ My Money's Gone/ Stormy/ JIMMY PAYNE &
THE MIDNIGHTERS: I Get The Blues/ JEFF STONE: Everybody Rock/ AL URBAN:
Gonna Be Better Times/ Lookin' For Money/ Won't Tell You Her Name
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Ace CDCHD 815 |
Them Rockabilly Cats |
● CD $18.98 |
26 track collection of classic rockabilly sides from the 50s
and early 60s - a mix of well known tracks and rarities.No real theme here - just great music
with great sound and a 12 page illustrated booklet.
JIMMY ARROLL: Big Green Car/ PAT CUPP: That Girl Of Mine/ CURLEY JIM &
THE BILLEY ROCKS: Rock'n' Roll Itch/ EDDIE DUGOSH & THE RED TOPS:
Strange Kinda Feelin'/ JACK EARLS: Slow Down/ AL FERRIER: Let's Go Boppin
Tonight/ SONNY FISHER: Rockin' Daddy/ GLEN GLENN: I'm Glad My Baby's Gone
Away/ JIMMY & JOHNNY: I Can't Find The Doorknob/ SLEEPY LA BEEF: Ain't
Going To Take It/ WAYNE MCGINNIS WITH THE SWING TEENS: Lonesome Rhythm
Blues/ SPARKLE MOORE WITH DAN BELLOC & ORCH: Rock-a-bop/ CARL PERKINS:
Where The Rio Del Rosa Flows/ WHITEY PULLEN: Everybody's Rockin'/ Walk My
Way Back Home/ DAVID RAY: Lonesome Baby Blues/ BILLY LEE RILEY: Red Hot/
MEL ROBBINS: Save It/ RONNIE SELF: Bop-a-lena/ RED SMILEY: Take A Ride/
TOMMY SPURLIN & THE SOUTHERN BOYS: Hang Loose/ DON TERRY: Knee Shakin'/
PRENTICE THOMAS: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On/ JUNIOR THOMPSON & THE
METEORS: Mama's Little Baby/ RICHARD TURLEY: Makin' Love With My Baby/
HAPPY WAINWRIGHT: Juke Box Rock
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Ace CDCHK 798 |
This Is Louisiana - Swamp Pop & Cajun
From Bayou Country |
● CD $11.98 |
18 track, budget price compilation of Louisiana swamp pop
and Cajun from the period 1959 to 1991 - Johnnie Allen, Nathan Abshire,
Cleveland Crochet, Huey "Piano" Smith, Danny White, Belton Richard, Margaret Smith and others.
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Ace CDCHD 634 |
Toes On The Nose - 32 Surf Age Instrumentals |
● CD $18.98 |
Surf, hot rod and space material recorded for Liberty,
Capitol and Imperial in 1963 & '64.
RICHIE ALLEN & THE PACIFIC SURFERS: Surf Man/ The Quiet Surf/ JERRY
COLE & HIS SPACEMEN: Midnight Surfer/ Outer Limits/ Pipeline/ EDDIE
& THE SHOWMEN: Border Town/ Faraway Places/ Lanky Bones/ Mr Rebel/
Scratch/ Squad Car/ Toes On The Nose/ We Are The Young/ Young And Lonely/
THE GHOULS: Coffin Nails/ Dracula's Theme/ Voodoo Juice/ THE HO-DADS:
Legends/ Space Race/ SANDY NELSON: Casbah/ THE RALLY-PACKS: Bucket Seats/
THE SUPER STOCKS: Gridiron Goodie/ Midnight Run/ Newport Beach/ Oceanside/
Redondo Beach/ The Last Walk/ Trophy Run/ Ventura/ THE VULCANES: Moon
Probe/ Twilight City
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Ace CDCHD 416 |
Voices Of America - Vocal Harmony Groups,
Then & Now |
● CD $18.98 |
26 tracks, 76 min., recommended This compilation is a brief
survey course in the development of vocal group harmony, spanning the time
between the Ink Spots and their musical descendants, which is to say from
1944-92. In between are The Dell-Vikings, The Moonglows, The Orioles,The
Robins, The Ravens, The Four Aces, The Happenings, The Marcels, Jerry
Butler and The Impressions, Dion & The Belmonts, The Valentinos
(1991), The Heartbeats, and much more. Doo Wop fans may already have many
of the tracks here, but hearing the dramatic evolution of sound from The
Andrews Sisters to The Chi-Lites and beyond in so brief a time makes for
an interesting ride. (JC)
THE ANDREWS SISTERS: Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree/ THE BEACH BOYS: Do It
Again/ JERRY BUTLER AND THE IMPRESSIONS: For Your Precious Love/ THE
CAPRIS: Come Back To Me (The Morse Code Of Love)/ THE CHI-LITES: Have You
Seen Her/ THE DELL-VIKINGS: Whispering Bells/ THE DELLS: Oh What A Nite/
DION & THE BELMONTS: I Wonder Why/ THE FOUR ACES: Heart Of My Heart/
THE FOUR PREPS: Catalina I Love You/ THE FOUR VAGABONDS: PS, I Love You/
THE HAPPENINGS: I Got Rhythm/ THE HEARTBEATS: Crazy For You/ THE INK
SPOTS: I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire/ THE JEWELS: Opportunity/ THE
MAIN INGREDIENT: Everybody Plays The Fool/ THE MARCELS: Blue Moon/ THE
MILLS BROTHERS: Till Then/ THE MOONGLOWS: Sincerely/ THE ORIOLES: Crying
In The Chapel/ THE RAVENS: Count Every Star/ THE RIVILEERS: A Thousand
Stars/ THE ROBINS: A Fool Such As I/ THE SCHOOLBOYS: Please Say You Want
Me/ SHAI: If I Ever Fall In Love/ THE VALENTINOS: Chapel Of Dreams
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Ace CDCHD 699 |
West Texas Bop |
● CD $18.98 |
24 cuts of Texas rock 'n' roll and rockabilly recorded at
the Norman Petty studios in Clovis, New Mexico in the late 50s and early
60s. 11 tracks are previously unissued and most of the rest are making
their first appearance on CD. Includes a couple of cuts with Buddy Holly
on guitar. Includes Sonny West's classic Rock-Ola Baby plus sides
by Peanuts Wilson, Weldon Rogers, The Nighthawks, Sonny Curtis, Gary
Tollett, Ronnie Smith and others.
JACK & JIM: Midnight Monsters Hop/ WES BRYAN: Blue Baby/ I Just Want
Your Love/ SONNY CURTIS: Talk About My Baby/ EARL HENRY: Whatcha Gonna Do/
JACK HUDDLE: Starlight/ DON LANIER & THE ROSES: Tease/ THE NIGHTHAWKS:
All A Your Love/ Good Time Girl/ Queen Of Love/ When Sin Stops Love
Begins/ WELDON ROGERS: So Long, Good Luck And Goodbye/ The Sale Of Broken
Hearts/ Tryin' To Get To You/ RONNIE SMITH: My Babe/ GARY TOLLETT: Honey,
Honey/ SONNY WEST: Rock-ola Ruby/ Sweet Rockin' Baby/ PEANUTS WILSON: Cast
Iron Arm/ I've Had It/ My Heartbeat/ Paper Boy/ You've Got Everything/
You've Got Love
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Ace CDCHD 648 |
Where The Girls Are |
● CD $18.98 |
24 girl group and solo sides from the 60s.
THE AVONS: Push A Little Harder/ BABY JANE & ROCKABYES: How Much Is
That Doggie In The Window?/ IDALIA BOYD: Hula Hoppin'/ BARBARA BROWN:
Sometimes I Wonder/ CAROLYN CARTER: I'm Thru'/ CHARMAINE: Young Girl/ THE
CHARMETTES: Please Don't Kiss Me Again/ NOREEN CORCORAN: Love Kitten/
DORIS DAY: Oo-wee Baby/ ERMA FRANKLIN: What Kind Of Girl ( Do You Think I
Am?)/ THE GEMINIS: A Friend Of Mine/ THE GOODEES: Condition Red/ JOEY
HEATHERTON: Live And Learn/ THE KOLETTES: Who's That Guy/ THE LOVETTES:
Lonely Girl/ JOAN MOODY: Anything Worth Having (is Well Worth Waitin'
For)/ DOLLY PARTON: Don't Drop Out/ PATTY AND THE EMBLEMS: Mixed-up
Shook-up Girl/ REPARATA AND THE DELRONS: Look In My Diary/ RUBY & THE
ROMANTICS: Hey There Lonely Boy/ THE SHERRYS: That Boy Of Mine/ THE TREN-TEENS:
Your Ya Ya Is Gone/ THE VICTORIANS: Oh What A Night For Love/ SUZY WALLIS:
Little Things Like That
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Ace CDCHD 811 |
White Bucks To Stetson Hats - Bandera
Rockabilly |
● CD $18.98 |
Collection of rockabilly and country
recorded for Chicago's Bandera label - includes the ultra rare Jello
Sal by Benny Ingram and eight previously unissued tracks.
CHUCK AKIN: Roberta/ B.J. & THE BOYS: Roll That Rig (again)/ RICK
EMERSON & THE SIDEWINDERS: Gully Washer/ BENNY INGRAM: Cuban Queen/
Cute Little Queen/ Hootchie Coochie Gal/ How Can I Keep You Lovin' Me/
Jello Sal/ Let The Juke Box Die/ Save Your Love/ Sweetest Little Girl/
JAMES MASK & HIS IMPALAS: Anna/ Dance With Me/ Side Winder/ Stolen
Honey/ BOB PERRY: Can't Hardly Wait/ Don't Say Those Things/ It's The Way
You Are/ She's The One/ The Rest Of My Life/ The Time Has Come/ Two Tiny
Rings/ Weary Blues Goodbye/ MERLE RAY & THE SOUTHERN ROCKETS: Save The
Last Dance For Me
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