|
VINTAGE
ROCK 'N' ROLL & ROCKABILLY
Various
Artists Collections - Collector Records - Part 1
| INTRODUCTION: Collector Records is run by
obsessive Dutch collector Cees Klop who started issuing LPs of rare 50s
rockabilly and rock 'n' roll in the 70s on his White Label. After nearly
two hundred LP releases (!) he switched to compact disc in 1991reissuing
some of the previously reissued material as well as a whole heap of
newly unearthed material. In addition to reissuing rare 45s he has
tracked down artists, record labels and recording studios resulting in
releases which include alternate takes, unissued songs, demos and home
recordings. Some of the releases have a regional or thematic slant but
most are just miscellaneous collections. Sound quality is decent considering the origin of some of the material and the packaging is
pleasing in a down home way with slim booklets with photos and label
shots and occasional notes. Some of the material is of marginal musical
value but almost every release has some really excellent material and
the real enthusiast will want 'em all. |
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 7751 |
50 Early Rockin' Tracks |
● CD $16.98 |
Two CD set featuring 50 rare rockabilly and rock 'n' roll
sides from the 50s - a varied and enjoyable collection at a bargain price.
THE ARDELLS: Every Little Day Of The Week/ ULYSESS L. BAXTER: Mother,
Congratulate Your Son/ CINDY CARSON: Motorcycle Michael/ JACKIE DALLAS
& THE TIARAS: Bull Moose/ THE DARNELLS: Spooner (inst.)/ JERRY DEE
& THE BOUNTY COUNTRY: Skate Board Granny/ WEBB DIXON WITH BENNIE
MARTIN BAND: Wonder Baby/ THE FIREBIRDS: Termite/ LUCKY FLOYD & THE
SPARKLES: The U.t./ JIM FOLEY & THE VARIETEERS: Blues In The Morning/
THE GALAXIES: Ad Lib (inst.)/ JIM HALL & THE RADIO PALS: Don't Make Me
Cry Again/ I Love My Work/ I'm In Seventh Heaven/ Rain Mountain Top/ JACK
HANNA: I Reckon I Would/ ULYSSES J. HEMINGWORTH II: Whoa Louise/ HADLEY
HENDRICKS: Beach, Beach Blues/ RONNY HINES: I've Got A Woman/ That's All
Right/ CURTIS HOBOCK & THE STARDUSTERS: Tom Dooley Rock & Roll/
DON JOBE & THE GHOSTERS: Going To Have A Party/ JOHNNY & THE
IMPALAS: Bulldog (inst.)/ RANDY KING: Since You Came Back To Me/ JOEY
LEAL: The Girl With The Curl/ HASKELL MAY & THE SUNDOWNERS: Party
Line/ MIKE MCALISTER WITH NANCY & BAND: I Don't Dig It/ MIKE AND
NANCY: Twenty One/ THE OFF BEATS: Red Ants (inst.)/ WAYNE PARKER & THE
3D'S: Ginger/ THE PILT DOWN FIVE: `32' Ford/ FRED PRUE WITH ROY BAXTER
& HIS COMBO: Don't Wink At Me/ Lookin' For Joe/ DICK RALSTON: Sharin'
Lockers/ RICKY & THE STOMPERS: The Wild One/ ROBBY ROBBER & HIS HI
JACKERS: Come With Me/ JERRY ROBINSON: Paper Moon/ JOHNNY RYAN: Hot Rod
Lincoln/ MIKE RYAN & THE TEEN TONES: Hurtin' And Cryin'/ VIRGIL SAWYER
& THE EMERALDS: You're Gonna Grieve When I Leave/ EARL SCOTT: Stop
You're Knockin/ SAM SEVERIN & THE SATELLITES: Dark Town Strutter's
Ball/ DOC STARKES & THE NITE RIDERS: Love Me Like Crazy/ JACKIE
TERRELL: I Stopped And Thought/ I'm Gonna Look For You/ CHARLES WALTON
& THE KOOL KATS: Four Four Time/ Teen Age Blues/ JACKIE WHITLEY &
THE RED COATS: Mean Man Blues/ AUSTIN WOOD & THE MISSOURI SWINGSTERS:
So Let's Rock/ REBEL WRIGHT & THE CIMMARONS: I'm A Long Gone Daddy
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4433 |
Automatic Bop - 31 Rockabilly Burners |
● CD $16.98 |
31 Tracks, 64 min., very good Another collection of
obscurities from Collector Records. I don't think I had heard of any of
these artists before listening to this CD. We've got Clearance Howard and
The Renegades, Stuffy and The Uniques, Ralph Robbins and The Rock-Its....
the list goes on. Among the 31 cuts are 3 instrumentals, none of them
really good. Generally, compilations from Collector Records are
inconsistent, but the great songs make it worthwhile. This CD was a step
below their usual standards in terms of finding real jewels among the
junk. Final scorecard: 2 great tracks, 9 very goods, 13 goods and 7
fillers. (RS)
BOBBY ALLEN: Mean Woman Blues/ CHUCK BARR: Joe Botch/ ANN BREWER: Rockin'
In A Wooden Sack/ BILLY CHILDS: Call Me Shorty/ KEN DAVIS: Gone Again/
JOHNNY DENTON: Hey Babe/ ZIG DILLON: On Down The Line/ FRANK EVANS: Gotta
Get Some Money/ THE FABULOUS IMPERIALS: Moon Beats/ My Little Tina/ LITTLE
JOEY FARR: Rock & Roll Santa/ STEVE FRANCE: Bad Boy/ THE GALAXIES:
6:15/ This Rock And Roll/ CLEARANCE HOWARD: Huckleberry Juction/ She's Not
Here Anymore/ ROBERT A. IRVINE: Fastest Short In Town/ ARTIE LEWIS: Alone,
All Alone/ THE MADDY BROS: Rockin' Party/ GLENN MANN: Truly Yours/ JUNE
MILLER: How Bad Can Bad Luck Be/ ARTIE MORRIS: Desire/ JIM McCRORY: Parkin'
Lot/ THE PACE-SETTERS: Setting The Pace/ RUSS PARKS: Jealous Hearted Me/
RALPH ROBBINS: Don't Stop, Don't Stop/ RON JOE & GEORGE: Half Ton
Mama/ Roachie/ RICKY SCOTT: I Didn't Mean It/ STUFFY & THE UNIOUES:
Rock'n' Rudolph
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4441 |
Automatic Bop, Vol. 2 |
● CD $16.98 |
30 more rockabilly rarities.
THE BENDERS: Sharpest Little Girl/ C. BENE & JOHNNY DENTZ'S HILL: I
Want My Mama/ THE BONNIEVILLES: I'm Walking The Dog/ HARRY CARTER: Jump
Baby Jump/ JOHNNY CAVALIER & KEYNOTES: Rockin' Chair Roll/ MILES
CONNOR: I Don't Need You Anymore/ THE FRANKLIN BROS: So Real/ GENE
FREEMAN: Fidel Castro/ JERRY HANSON: When I Was A Little Boy/ JOHNNY &
CYCLONES: Scrub Bucket (instrumental)/ JIMMY KELLER & BRUSH BURNER'S:
Brush Pile Burn/ PAUL KEPLER & COOL-NOTES: Betty-Lou/ JERRY KERLEE
& ROYAL RHYTHMS: The Wayward Wind/ LINDEN LAY: Sugar Rack/ HAROLD LEE:
Blond Headed Woman/ BOBBY LEE & BLUE DOTS: Miss Mary/ LONNIE LILLIE:
Truck Driver's Special/ PIERRE MAHIEU & RON & RATTLETONES: School
Day Blues/ JONNIE MCCULLOCH & FOUR SOUND: Who Shot Sam/ RICH MILLER
& K 9S: What-Cha Gonna Say/ BILLY PRAGER & CARAVANS: Everybody's
Rockin'/ BILLY PRAGER AND HIS CARAVANS: Do It Bop/ U.S. ROCKERS: Bodacious
(instrumental!)/ EARL SCOTT: Opal Lee/ THE TORNADOES: Riot (instrumental)/
Tornado Twist/ DOUG WEISS: Do You Love Another/ BUDDY WHITE: Unlucky Man/
BILL WHITTLEY: Fool Fool Fool/ GARY WILLIAMS: Walla Walla State Prison
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4451 |
Automatic Bop, Vol. 3 |
● CD $16.98 |
30 rockin' rarities plus Johnny Standley with Horace Height
& His Musical Knights doing Rock & Roll Must Go (It's In The
Book).
BOB ALEXANDER & THE COAXIALS: Treehouse/ VIRGIL BAKER: Oohee We Your
Sweet/ DUB BENSON: Come Back Baby/ CARL BONN & THE DOWNBEATS: Baby
Sittin'blues/ DOUG BOWLES & THE RHUBARBS: Cadillac Cutie/ ROY CLARK:
Please Mr. Mayer/ THE CONSOLATIONS: Groovey-grubworm(inst.)/ THE CREEPERS:
Fried Potatoes/ Jamnin' Granny/ HAROLD CROSBY: Big,big,truck/ Bright
Lights( & Blond Haired Woman)/ DAVE & THE STARLIGHTS (DAVE
DONALDSON &: Starlight(inst.)/ CHUCK FOREST: Pretty Little Woman/
LOUIS GITTENS & THE SABRES: My Hot Mama/ Puppet/ JIMMY HOLDER &
THE CHEVELLS: Foggy River/ BUDDY KAY & THE CASUALS: The Unlucky Lover/
THE MARTIANS: Martians Rock(inst.)/ WILBUR MARTIN & THE SUNDOWNERS:
Live It Up/ EDDIE MCKINNEY & THE BELVEDERES: Teen Town Hop/ THE
PHOENIX BOYS: Mixed Up Mama Rock/ CHRIS RAINIER & THE ELRODS: Eleven
O'clock/ Kathy-spanish/ GEORGE RITCHIE: But In A Million Years/ THE
ROCKERS: That Queen/ E.J. SAUCIER & THE ENTERTAINERS: Baby,baby/ GENE
SISCO: Ladder Of Love/ JOHNNY STANDLEY & HORACE HEIDT: Rock & Roll
Must Go(it's In The Book)/ BILLY STARR & THE ROCK BROOKS: Grizzly
Bear/ THE SUNDOWNERS: Snake Eyed Woman/ MORRIS TAYLOR & HIS SIERRA
MELODY GANG: Running Back To You
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4444 |
Compated Cats |
● CD $16.98 |
If anyone knows what a "Compated Cat" is could they let me
know! 32 more rockabilly and rock n roll rarities from the 50s - Hollis
Champion & The Secrets (a rocked up version of Hank Williams Long
Gone Lonesome Blues), Lee Harris, Buddy Main, Don Agee & The
DigitsHenry Levoy and others
DON AGEE AND THE DIGETS: My Car's (Faster Than Your Car)/ PHIL BEASLEY
& CHARLEY BROWN & THE COUNTRY RH: Good Gosh Gal/ THE BIG T PLUS
THREE: Bergen County Boogie/ HOLLIS CHAMPION AND THE SECRETS: Long Gone
Lonesome Blues/ RAY CLARK AND THE DEMONS: Little Betty Twist/ CURLEY JIM
AND THE BILLEY ROCKS: Rock And Roll Hitch/ Sloppy, Sloppy Suzie/ THE
FUGITIVES: Let's Go On With You/ LEE HARRIS: My Baby's Acting Kind'A
Strange/ JACK HOLT: Moonshine Still/ LARRY HURST & THE KEYS: Linda
Lou/ KEITH KALLEN AND THE THUNDERBIRDS: Hey Joe/ TOM KERRY AND THE
REMBRANDTS: The Babylone Party/ JIMMY KIRKLAND AND STAN GETZ AND THE TOM
CATS: Come On Baby/ I Wonder If You Wonder/ DAVE LEONE & THE
FUGITIVES: On Trial/ HENRY LEVOY (HENRY HENRY): Baggie Maggie/ BUDDY MAIN:
That's All Right/ MONTE MEAD: Cape Canaveral/ THE MILLER BROTHERS: Don't
Break My Heart/ JERRY MOORE & THE DRIFTERS FOUR: My Baby/ LEE RAPER:
Sweet Loving Mama/ THE REE-GENTS: Downshiftin'/ WESLEY REYNOLDS: Rag Mop/
JOHNNY SCOGGINS WITH EARL REED AND HIS RHYTHM R: Flat Foot Sam/ BILL
STAMPER: Let It Rock/ THE STARFIRES: Re-Entry/ SID STARR & THE
ESCORTS: For You/ DEL SWADE: Better Get Ready Baby/ JOE TAYLOR & THE
HITCH HIKERS: The Big Bad Wolf/ CHUCK TUCKER & THE ROULETTES: Walking
Down The Road/ THE VELVETS: Wild Little Willy
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4449 |
Compated Cats, Vol. 2 - A Bad Case Of
Curiosity |
● CD $16.98 |
Well whatever "compated cats" are they are back
with another 30 rockabilly and rock 'n' roll rarities from the 50s -
Lonnie Miley (the great Satellite Fever - Asiatic Flu!), Kenneth
Trent & The Continentals, Max Lipscomb (aka Scotty McKay), Del Swade,
Mike Cunnighma & His Sparks, Charly Maybee (two unissued sides), The
Tempests, Joey Vee & The Raiders, Larry Lee Phillipson and others.
CLYDE ARNOLD: Black Smoke & Blue Tears/ DON CLEMENTS: I'm Gonna Better
Myself/ MIKE CUNNINGHAM & HIS SPARKS: Girl With The Red Dress On/
Please Louise/ LAWRENCE FLIPPO & THE FUTURAS: Let's Do It/ BRICE GIST
& THE INVADERS: For Love/ MAX LIPSCOMB (SCOTTY MCKAY): Rollin'danny/
CHARLEY MAYBEE: Night Train To Memphis/ Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin'on/ LONNY
MILEY: Satelite Fever/ CUDDLES C. NEWSOME: One Little Kiss/ THE ODDBALLS:
That's My Baby/ LARRY PENTZ: Ricky Ticky/ LARRY LEE PHILLIPSON: Bitter
Feelings/ Miami Road/ The Millwaukee Road/ The Milwaukee Road/ The Swamp
Jumpers Stomp/ ASH RAIN: Country Music/ THE RHYTHM ROCKERS: Bad News/ DEL
SWADE: Lonely Man/ THE TEMPESTS: Lemon Lime/ Rockin'rochester/ THE
TORNADOES: Shootin'beavers(inst)/ KENNETH TREND & THE CONTINENTALS:
I'm In Love/ The Way I Feel About You/ UNKNOWN SINGER: I Have Never Had A
Broken Heart/ JOEY VEE & THE RAIDERS: A Place Called Love/ DORLEY: Hard Cat
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4464 |
Crazy Rockin' |
● CD $16.98 |
32 rare rockers.
BILL BARNETT & KEITH KOLBY & DESERT SONS: Romp And Stomp/ BERNIE
& THE RENEGADES: Rock And Roll Party/ BOOGIE WOOGIE BOB:
Hyper-inflation Boogie (inst.)/ BILL CARTER & THE ROVIN GAMBLERS: Baby
Brother/ THE CHAVIS BROTHERS: Crazy Arms/ RICH CLAYTON & THE RUMBLES:
Wail It (inst.)/ PESO DOLLAR & THE COUNTERFEIT BILLS: Sixteen Miles/
RON FURY: Long Long Time/ THE GAMMA RAYS: Infinity (inst.)/ LUKE GORDON:
Mustache On The Cabbage Head/ BOB JAMES & CREATIONS: As My Heart Is To
You/ JERRY & THE CAPRI'S: Dancing Man/ THE KING BEATS: I've Been A Bad
Bad Boy/ THE KINGBEATS: I'll Tell My Mama On You/ EDDIE MCCALL: Rock,
Rock, Rock/ MICHAEL & THE MAJESTICS: Midnight Runner (inst.)/ RAY
MITCHAM: Out Yonder/ MIKE MOORE: The Chick/ ROD MORRIS: Ghost Of Casey
Jones/ P.J. MURPHY QUINTET: The 100 Mile An Hour Alligator/ AL OSTER:
Midnight Sun Rock/ Next Boat/ Yukon Cheechako/ SANDRA PETERS: Rock Away My
Blues/ GLENN REFFUSE & THE REFUGEES: Love's No Game/ THE ROYAL
DRIFTERS: Da Kind/ RUSS AND BOB: Baby Let's Play House/ Baby, Baby/ JOHNNY
TAYLOR & THE RHYTHM BLUES BOYS: Mixed Up Rhythm & Blues/ UNCLE HIX
& THE HAPPY SIX: The Big Man Blues/ BOBBY WHEELER & HIS B-BOPS:
Rock & Roll Baby/ RAY WHISNANT: Gals Don't Mean A Thing
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4410 |
Dixie Rock & Roll |
● CD $16.98 |
Dixie Records was formed as an offshoot to Starday Records
(from Texas) in the 50's and sometimes featured artists that Starday
wanted to try out but mostly seems to have been a custom label. This 30
tune collection gives a good overview of their many releases (although
some may be unrelated to "the" Dixie label) in the rockabilly
vein. There's some real raw stuff here to be sure like 2 of the only tunes
I know of to feature a banjo in a rock 'n' roll lineup - Jessie Floyd's Satan's
Wife (great title, huh?) and Pete Peters' Rockin' In My Sweet
Baby's Arms . Some of the best are Alden Holloway's Blast Off ,
Tommy Nelson's Hobo Bop , Bill Carroll's I Feel So Good ,
Eddie Skelton's instro Rebel's Retreat and too many more to list.
Highly recommended to anyone searching for some hot rockin' sounds. (AE)
DOUG BRAGG: Pretty Little Thing/ ART BUCHANAN: Queen From Bowling Green/
BILL CARROLL: Feel So Good/ DERRELL FELTS: Playmates/ JESSIE FLOYD:
Satan's Wife/ THE HOLIDAYS: Concussion/ ALDEN HOLLOWAY: Blast Off/
Swinging The Rock/ ORANGIE RAY HUBBARD: Sweet Love/ RAY HUDSON: Here I Am,
Drunk Again/ Jackhammer/ BOB JONES: I Want Cha Baby/ FLOYD Mc DANIEL: I
Like To Go/ TOMMY NELSON: Hobo Bop/ Honey Moon Blues/ FRED NETHERTON: The
Wildwood Rock/ PAT & DEE: Don't Tease Me/ PETE PETERS: Dizzy/ Rockin'N'
My Sweet Baby's Arms/ MEL PRICE: Little Dog Blues/ EDDIE REYNOLDS: What
Was It/ EDDIE SKELTON: Keep It Swinging/ Love You Too Much/ Rebels
Retreat/ JAKE THOMAS: What'll I Do/ RENAUD VELUZAT: Race Track Boogie/ J.R.
WHITE: Rock 'n' Roll Twist/ THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS: Whatcha Gonna Do Now/
BILL WILLIS: Boogie Woogie All Night/ FRANK ZOLTON: Cats Eyes
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4427 |
Early Canadian Rockers, Vol 2 |
● CD $16.98 |
31 tracks, 71 minutes, good. Despite the occasional dud, this
volume is definitely much better, with more tracks packin' the oomph that
was kinda scarce on Vol. 1, like The Prowlers' Rock Me Baby, the
British Columbian Jim Morrison's Ready To Rock, and the Ducats
great group rocker Hey Woman. There's also some cool
C&W/Rockabilly-influenced stuff that was missing from the previous
volume like Keray Regan's Vibratin', Buddy Burke's That Big Old
Moon, and the Stolz Brothers Rock & Roll Riot. Let's hope
that whenever Collector unleashes volume three that it's more in this
vein. (GDR)
CHAD ALLAN: Back & Forth/ GARY ANDREWS: Rockin' The Blues/ BARRY &
THE DEANS: Rock With Me Baby/ ROD BARTON: Cold Feet/ THE BEAU-MARKS: Clap
Your Hands Once Again/ BIG JOHN & THE HOT TODDYS: Shakin' And Stompin'/
THE CANADIAN V.I.P.'S: Lucille/ EDDY CLERMONT: Love By Numbers/ THE
CRESCENDOS: Long Tall Sally/ THE DU-CATS: Hey Woman/ DEL ERICKSON: Rockin'
Band/ GERRY FIANDER: So Long' Goodbye/ JIMMY JAMES: Baby Sitter Rock/ THE
MIDNIGHTERS: Slow Walk/ JIM MORRISON: Ready To Rock/ THE NOVATONES: Mary
Lee/ AL OSTER: Midnight Sun Rock/ Next Boat/ JERRY PALMER: Come Along With
Me/ Walking Home/ JOEY PRESTON: All Those Lies/ THE PROWLERS: Get A Move
On/ Rock Me Baby/ THE ROCK-A-TUNES: Tomorrow/ RONNIE & THE COMETS:
Milestone/ RAY ST GERMAN: She's A Square/ THE STOLZ BROS: Rock & Roll
Riot/ THE STRIPES: Hot Rod/ VOTE: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over
You)
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4432 |
Early Canadian Rockers, Vol. 3 |
● CD $16.98 |
31 tracks, 71 min, recommended I seem to recall not being
very impressed with the first volume in this series, but Vol. 2 was much
better and this one's the best yet! What we got here is a heap of
rockabilly and hillbilly-influenced numbers like the Italian Cowboy Guido
D'Amico's Jimmy Boy/I'm In Love With You, Rudy Hayden's raw Want
Me A Woman, and Joe Kozak & The Frontiersmen's great Hillbilly
Rock. Also, Marcel St. Jean sings convincingly about his Big Black
Jacket, Doug Moore rocks his national pastime on A Leaf Fan's Dream,
and the Blue Skyliners scream about their Little Little Man. The
Asteroids come up with a great title on Don't Dig This Algebra, the
Offbeats do a fine cover of Wild Weekend, and Bob Regan's Teen-age
Boogie is pretty hot too. All in all, as solid as most discs in the
vast Collector catalog and definitely the pick of the series so far. (GDR)
TOMMY AMBROSE: The End Of The World/ ARTIE & THE MUSTANGS: Skip Hop
& Wobble/ THE ASTEROIDS: Don't Dig This Algebra/ THE BLUE SKYLINERS:
Little Little Man/ THE BLUE TONES: Oh Yeah!/ ROSS BROUGHM: Bridgewater
Boogie/ JOE CASTLE: My Baby's Crazy About Me/ THE CHIEFTONES:
Rang-Dang-Do/ GUIDO D'AMICO: I'm In Love With You/ Jimmy Boy/ TED DAIGLE:
Mary Lou R./ WES DAKUS: El Ringo/ BOB DAVIES: Rock To The Music/ JERRY
DOELL: Tree Top/ SHIRLEY FIELD: Ski Rock/ RUDY HAYDEN: Want Me A Woman/
JOEY HOLLINGSWORTH: Yow! Are You Hungry Baby/ EVAN KEMP'S TRAIL RIDERS:
Midnight Ryder/ JOE KOZAK: Hillbilly Rock/ LARRY LEE: Just A Little Too
Much/ RAY LITTLE GANG: Rock A Bye Boogie/ SANDY MARINO: Hopin' And A-Prayin'/
DOUG MOORE: A Leaf Fan's Dream/ RON McLEOD: Don't Come Crying/ THE
OFFBEATS: Wild Weekend/ BOB REGAN: Teen-age Boogie/ FRANK RONDELL: Your
True Love/ MARCEL ST. JEAN: The Big Black Jacket/ DEAN TAYLOR: It's A Long
Way To St. Louis/ LES VOGT: Moon Rocketin'/ HAL WILLIS: Bop A Dee
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4463 |
Early Canadian Rockers, Vol. 5 |
● CD $16.98 |
32 more rockabilly and rock 'n' roll sides from the 50s
coming from Canada. Includes 12 page booklet with notes by Tundra Red (!)
and a bunch of photos.
BARRY BOYD WITH THE FRANTICS: You're For Me/ THE BUCKS: My Bonnie/ DONNY
BURNS: Cool Yule/ STAN CAYER: 3 Wild Woman/ THE CHECKERS: Twistin Inn
(inst)/ THE CHIEFTONES (ALL INDIAN BAND): Mona Lisa/ THE CRESCENDOS: Long
Tall Sally/ HUGH DIXON: Big Blast (inst.)/ BILLY EARL & THE GALAXIES:
Watch Your Step (inst.)/ RAY ETHIER: Slave Girl (inst.)/ GERRY FIANDER: So
Long, Goodbye/ BILL FURIE & ROMMIE ALLEN & THE CAN. D.: Surf
Party/ JACK KINGSTON: Freight Train Blues/ LARRY LEE & THE LEESURES:
I've Got A Feeling/ MYRNA LORRIE: Well All Right/ JIM MORRISON: Ready To
Rock/ JERRY PALMER: Hey Sweet Baby/ KERAY REGAN & THE HACHEY BROTHERS:
Hen House Rock/ TERRY ROBERTS & THE DEANS: Janie/ Oh Lonesome Me/ MEL
SHAW: Mean Lover/ LUKE SIMMONS & HIS BLUE MOUNTAIN BOYS: Blue Moon Of
Kentucky/ Honky Tonk Man/ Party Doll/ JOYCE SMITH: Big City/ HANK SMITH
& THE MADDISONS: Snake Bite (inst.)/ R. DEAN TAYLOR: We Fell In Love
As We Tangoed/ JOHNNY TEAH & THE JUBILEE MOUNTAIN BOYS: Sad Whistle/
HANK TURKO & JOHNNY & THE NITE-LITERS: Teenage Fool/ THE
VALENTINES: The Sock/ JUDY WARREN WITH LLOYD WRIGHT & THE R.R: Teenage
Boogie/ ANDY WILSON: My Love, My Love
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4434 |
Early Missouri Rockers From Jan Records |
● CD $16.98 |
33 Tracks, 71 min., recommended It goes without saying that
any rockabilly compilation of unknown bands is going to be uneven, this
one is more uneven than most. The first half of this CD had me asking,
"What's the point?" A group called the Rebel Rousers does 9 of
the first 18 cuts and they include covers of Maybelline, Great
Balls Of Fire and Bony Moronie and they're just not good enough
and neither are the other bands on the first half. But then we get five
songs by The Orbits and four by The Night Rockers and these bands are so
ragged but they are so right.... lots of twang. The Rebel Rousers come
back for four tunes, three of them instrumentals, and they sound great.
Collector Records always has some cool instrumentals on their
compilations, this CD has 14 of them. Final score card: 8 tracks are
great, 7 are really good, 10 are good and another 8 are filler. That's
more great songs and more filler than you usually get... remember, you can
always skip bad songs, but you can't always find great songs. (RS)
BILLY COX: I Can't Wait Til Saturday Night/ R.C. HOLMES: Does A Cat Have A
Tail/ F.D. JOHNSON: Be My Baby/ THE KRAZY KATS: Great Balls Of Fire/
Guitar Boogie Shuffle/ Lovin' Up A Storm/ Rawhide/ JOHNNY NACE: A Bashful
Sorta Guy/ You Got The Blues/ THE NIGHT ROCKERS: Baby, Let's Play House/
E-String Boogie/ Let's Have A Party/ Rock & Roll Ruby/ THE ORBITS:
Boogie In E/ Frankie And Johnny/ Mean Woman Blues/ My Rosa-Lee/ Steel
Guitar Rag/ THE REBEL ROUSERS: Bony Moronie/ Dark Road/ Detour/ Down On
Basin Street/ Fat Man's Walk/ Guitar Boogie Rumble/ Gunfire/ Leroy/
Maybelline/ Night Train Stomp/ Red Headed Woman/ Slippin' And Slidin'/
Spark Plug/ THE ROCKIN' FLAMES: Cricket/ Shim Sham
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4402 |
Fantastic Rock & Roll |
● CD $16.98 |
This CD is truly what the title says. It's like someone went
through the first dozen or so White Label LP's and pulled out the best
rockabilly tunes. The Lonesome Drifter was really a master at rockin' up a
country rhythm as best heard on the stupendous Eager Boy and Teardrop
Valley . Charlie Brown does much the same thing on his 4 tunes. The 2
Mickey Hawks and the Nighthawks' classics, Rock & Roll Rhythm
and Bip Bop Boom , are always welcome to the party, and Be Bop
Battlin' Ball by Eddie Gaines creates enough commotion to single to
singlehandedly start a party. Rock & Roll On A Saturday Night
by Dwain Bell, Big Sandy by Joe Griffith and Wait A Little Baby
by Jimmy Roby are just 3 more topflight rockers on this generous 25
tracker. Highly recommended. (AE)
MACK BANKS: They Raided The Joint/ DWAIN BELL: I'm Gonna Ride/ Rock &
Roll On A Saturday Night/ CHARLIE BROWN: Bip Bop Boom/ Don't Put The Blame
On Me/ Have You Heard The Gosip/ Mean Mean Mama/ Pickin'/ EDDIE GAINES: Be
Bop Battlin' Ball/ JOE GRIFFITH: Big Sandy/ She's My Woman/ Walk, Spin,
Shake & Rock/ MICKEY HAWKS: Rock & Roll Rhythm/ THE LONESOME
DRIFTER: Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues/ Blues From A Broken Heart/ Eager
Boy/ No Lovin' No Rockin' Blues/ Teardrop Valley/ JAMES MASK: Beer
Drinking Blues/ J.D. ORR: Hula Hoop Boogie/ GUS PATE: Man Alive/ JIMMIE
PIPER: Don't Play Around/ JIMMY ROBY: Be-Boppin' Baby/ Wait A Little Baby/
CARMOL TAYLOR: Too Old To Rock & Roll
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4448 |
Frantic Early Rock Instrumentals |
● CD $16.98 |
33 sides.
THE CHECKMATES: Checkmate/ LORI CHRISTOPHER: Lori's Boogie/ THE
COL-LEE-JETS: Jam & Jelly/ HANK CURCI: Wildcat Boogie/ RONNIE D &
THE VALIANTS: Hound Dog Guitar/ THE EPITONES: Epitone/ The Mighty Rumble/
THE FANTASTICS: The Thing In F/ THE FLAMETHROWERS: Suzette/ The Knights
Caper/ THE HIGHLIGHTS: Sattloon/ PAUL HOPKINS JR & THE SHEIKS: Hoopy
At The World's Fair/ THE INVADERS: Disc Jockey/ THE JESTERS: Side Track/
JAMES KELLER & HIS SPACE CADETS: Hurricane/ RICHARD LANGLEY &
LONNIE'S TUNE TWISTERS: Wild/ THE LINCOLNS: Night Drag/ THE METRATONES:
Synclopated Clock/ JR MILLER & THE GRAND VALLEY PLAY BOYS: Guitar
Boogie/ THE NORTHERN LIGHTS: Slick Chick/ THE ORIGINALS: Night Flight/ THE
PENETRATORS: Guitar Boogie/ PRESTON & THE PACEMAKERS: Stop & Go/
THE REL-YEA'S: The Rugged Rock/ DUMPY 'PIANO' RICE: Your Cheatin' Heart/
THE RIVIES: You Know What I Like/ THE SAVOYS: Razorback/ THE STRATACATS
COMBO: Commando/ THE SWING KINGS: The Bug/ BILL TANNER: Plymouth Rock/
Joogie Boogie/ LUCKY WHITE & THE PONDAROSA PLAYBOYS: Pondarosa Rock/
HERBERT WOOLFOLK & THE ROCKETS: Doin'it Live
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4417 |
Great Rockers From Cincinnati |
● CD $16.98 |
30 tracks, 71 minutes, essential. Wonderful collection of
rough and tough rockabilly recorded in the 50's for various Cincinnati
small labels like Lucky, Clix, Tip-Toe, June, Lee, Madison, etc. The 30
tunes boast two acknowledged classics in Bill Watkin's Big Guitar
(a stop-start pounder) and Nelson Young's go-getter Rock Old Sputnick
plus many more that are darned close. Taken as a whole, the folks in Cincy
can be as proud of these guys (and a gal- Lee Jones) as the old big red
machine. Other artists include Orangie Ray Hubbard - Just Moved In/ Is
She Sore , Ray Pennington - Boogie Woogie Country Girl/ Keep A
Movin' + 5 more, Bobby Van Hook - Mama Luce/ Truck Driver Stomp
, Pete Nantz - Juke Box Pearl/ Flip, Flop And Fly and more
(including 7 previously unreleased.) (AE)
JUNIOR BOYER: Jenny Jenny/ St.Louis Bop/ BOBBY VAN HOOK: Mama Luce/ Truck
Driver Stomp/ CHUCK HOWARD: Joy Gray/ ORANGIE RAY HUBBARD: Is She Sore/
Just Moved In/ HARVEY HURT: Big Dog, Little Dog/ JEFF & CHARLES: Janet
Ann/ JIMMY & CINCINNATI GANG: Splish Splash/ Streamliner/ LEE JONES:
Let It Rain, Let It Rain/ PHIL MILES: One Hand Boogie/ RAY MOORE: Honey
Hush/ 'CHICK' MORRIS: Greenback Dollar/ PETE NANTZ: Flip, Flop & Fly/
Juke Box Pearl/ RAY PENNINGTON: A Big Hunk O Love/ Billy Jo/ Boogie Woogie
Country Girl/ Keep A Movin/ My Steady Baby/ Smooth Operator/ They Took The
Stars Out Of Heaven/ THE STARLIGHTERS: One Way Express/ BILL WATKINS: Big
Guitar/ I Got Troubles/ RONNIE WHETSTONE: Me & My Baby's Goin' Rockin'
Tonight/ NELSON YOUNG: Charlie Brown's Mule/ Rock Old Sputnick
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4409 |
Great Rockin' Girls |
● CD $16.98 |
With a whole heapin' helping of 30 (yes, count 'em) gal
rockers don't expect much of a blow by blow account from me. Let's just
say that this collection is a great value for the money, even if some of
these have been out on the various "gal comps." You get a
selection that runs from boppin' hillbilly - Doris Hubbard - Move Over
Tall Woman and Betty Jo - Eskimo Boogie , through out'n'out
rockers like Tonya Dee and the Dischords - Shake This Town , Connie
and the Cytations - Boogie Rock and Sandy Lee - Ballin' Keen
, with a few instrumentals thrown in for good measure like Squeeze Box
Rock by the Browning Sisters. Lots of great rockin' guitars and wailin'
sax too. (AE)
BERNADETTE: Crazy Yogi/ When You're Dancin' With Me/ BETTY JO: Eskimo
Boogie/ THE BROWNING SISTERS: Squeeeze Box Rock/ BOOTS COLLINS: Mean/ GALE
DAVIS: Rock To The Moon/ NANCY DAY: Teen Age Hop/ TONYA DEE: Shake This
Town/ DORIS DONEGAN: Roll'em DD/ EVELYN: Boogie Medley/ EVELYN HARLENE: I
Wanta Be Free/ DORIS M HUBBARD: Move Over Tall Woman/ JACKIE JOHNSON: Star
Light/ JEAN KELLEY: Someone To Love/ BELLA LEE: Two Timin' Man/ JOYCE LEE:
Never Trust A Man/ SANDY LEE: Ballin' Keen/ MARGARET LEWIS: Shake A Leg/
PEGGY LITTLE: If I Had Wheels/ M. MAE: Record Hop Dream/ JO ANN MILLER:
Hot Damn/ ABBIE NEAL: I'll Take Back That/ PAT PARKER: Boy Wacher/ THE
BURT SISTERS: R & R Thunderbird/ BETTY SMITH: Yeah, Baby/ KARE WELLS:
Never Gonna Let You Go/ KAREN WHEELER: Going To Hold My Baby/ Wait Till
I'm 16/ SHIRLEY J WILEY: Conn Boogie Rock/ Long Tall Sally
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4436 |
Hot Rockin' Instrumental Hoe Down |
● CD $16.98 |
35 instrumental rarities from the 50s and early 60s
BOBBY FRY & TROUPE: Rockin' Rockin'/ REX ALLEN: Bronco Boogie/ JOHNNY
CARTER & BOPPERS: Rhythm Rock/ DUANE DE SANTO: Real Cool/ THE
ENCOUNTERS: Jeztebelle/ EUJENE & JAYBOPS: Thunderimm Guitar/ THE
GOLDEN TONES: Swerv/ THE HAWKS: A Little More Wine, My Dear?/ Fussy/ THE
HUDSON VALLEY BOYS: Dustin'/ THE IMPACTS: Theme From Impact/ THE
IMPERIALS: Steppin' Out/ THE INDIVIDUALISTS: Shiska/ DON LOVE &
HEARTBEATS: El Azul/ The Happy Zombie/ THE MARLINS: Let Dawn/ Tarantula
Prt. 2/ BILLY MOON & MOONSHINERS: Waterbaby Boogie/ RAY MORTON &
TEMP-TONES: Whirlwind/ THE MOTIVATIONS: The Birds/ THE REL YEA'S: Round
Rock Boogie/ DEL RITMO: El Mongol/ Pedro Pistolas/ THE ROCK-ETTS: Zumbie/
THE SEN-SA-SHUNS: Shanghied/ BILL SMITH: Bill's Theme/ EMIL SPAK &
ENCORES: Hold-Up/ THE STARFIRES: Honky Tonk Twist/ TERRY & TAGS:
Rampage/ THE THUNDERMEN: Conjagua/ Thunderbeat/ THE TREBLE TONES: Treble
Rock/ THE VIBRASONICS: Drag Race/ Thunder Storm/ JIM WHEELER & COUNTRY
PLAYBOYS: Hughes Ramble
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4430 |
Hot Rockin' Instrumentals |
● CD $16.98 |
|
THE BAYMEN: Bonzai/ THE CAPRIS: Comanche/ THE COUNTDOWNS: Do It/ THE
CRUSADERS: Seminole/ THE CURIOS: Chicken Back/ DANNY & THE DEMONS:
Count Down/ Phelpio/ THE DEFIANT ONES: Deep Six/ THE DESTINYS: Tear Down/
DON DORRIS & THE NIGHTTRAINS: Scramble/ THE EXPRESSO'S: Teenage
Express/ RAY GENTRY: Do The Fly/ THE PHIL GOODMAN TRIO: Phil's Boogie/
RUSTY ISABELL: Rusty's Boogie/ BILLY LEE: Trav'lin/ JOHNNY LEE: The Big
Wheel/ THE MONZELS: Sharkskin/ JIM MYERS: J & D Hop/ PIANO SLIM: Key
Hammer/ THE PLAYBOYS: Cheater Stomp/ Shortnin' Bread/ THE REVELIERS:
Hanging Five/ Patch/ THE REVELS: Good Grief/ Six Pack/ THE RIC-A-SHAYS:
Groovy/ RITCHIE & THE SQUIRES: Beach Party prt.1 & 2/ THE
ROADRUNNERS: Quasimoto/ Road Runnah/ THE ROYAL JOKERS: Vibrations/ THE
ROYALS: Knee Deep/ DANNY ZELLAS ROCKERS & THE YOUNGSTERS: Youngster
Meets Monster/ Zebra
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4457 |
Let's Go Instro |
● CD $16.98 |
Another all instrumental collection.
THE ABSTRACTS: Abstract Limited/ ADRIAN & THE SUNSETS: Breakthrough/
CHARLIE ALDRICH & THE WAYOUTERS: Scroungy Man/ ALEONG & THE
NOBLES: Gun & Surf/ Hiawatha/ BOBBY & THE BELMONTS: Drum Dog/ THE
DESTINY'S: What's Up/ THE DEVESTAS: Wham/ THE EGYPTIANS: Inkster Boogie/
The Party Stomp/ THE ELECTRAS: Electra/ Yellow Jacket/ THE INTRUDERS:
Rockamaroll/ THE INVADERS: Jumpin' Jivin' Chord Progression/ Rawhide/
SHERWIN LINTON & COTTON KINGS: Orange Blossom Special/ THE MAJESTICS:
Blue Feeling/ Jaguar/ MANUEL & THE RUNAGADES: Skateboard/ THE
MOSRITERS: Turmoil/ THE NIGHT OWLS: That's It/ THE PANICS: Love Riot Bob/
PHIL & THE GIRLS: Billy-trying/ ALAN PIERCE & THE TONEKINGS:
Swampwater/ RASIN: Rasin'/ THE ROULETTES: Surfer's Charge/ THE SANDELLS:
Out Front/ THE SHIFTERS: Count Down/ THE SKILES BROTHERS: Theme From T.c./
THE SPECKULATIONS: Walking Fast/ THE VECTORS: Downhil/ BOBBY WILLIAMS
& THE FLAIRS: Let's Go
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4428 |
Minnesota Rockers, Vol 1 |
● CD $16.98 |
32 tracks, 71 minutes, good. This state's best known for
spawning the Trashmen and before that the Fendermen, and some of these
unknowns will show you that wasn't no fluke. Leading the pack is mighty
Myron Lee & the Caddies who like to rock out on nursery rhymes like Mary's
Swingin' Lamb before they lay into Homicide and Aw C'Mon
Baby. The Rhythm Rockers bash out a crude instro Twang, and the
Rockin' Tones show us why they won the local talent contest in '58 with What's
The Score. Other highlights include the Vibratones' Moanin' Bass,
Johnny Val's strange Hey Mama, Damon Lee's Buddy Holly-like Say
Mama, and others from the vaults of Gaity and Soma. (GDR)
DAVEY BEE: Linda Lee/ BOB & DENNY: Hush Hush Little Baby/ JACK
CHAPMAN: Hey Porter/ TILFER CHASTAIN: House Of Blue/ WALT CLARK: Hey
Little Girl/ Lost Woman/ D.J. & THE CATS: Jeanie 16/ THE DELRICOS:
Life Problem/ JIM GALE: Rockin' Party/ MIKE GLIEDEN: Baby I Don't Care/
The Bash/ THE HOULE BROS: Dream Night/ JOHNNY JAY: Sugar Doll/ DUKE
LARSON: Heartbreakin' Special/ DAMON LEE: Say Mama/ MYRON LEE: Aw C'mon
Baby/ Homicide/ Mary's Swingin' Lamb/ TERRY LEE: My Lime Sue/ LOU &
GINNY: Do I Do Right/ LANNY MINNS: Cary Mae That's What I Want/ THE POOR
BOYS: Driftin'/ BURCH RAY: Waitin' Alone/ THE RHYTHM ROCKERS: Twang/ SKEET
RICHARDSON: To My Baby/ THE ROCKIN' TONES: What's The Score/ ROSCOE &
LITTLE GREEN MEN: Roll Over Beethoven/ JOHNNY VAL: Hey Mama/ THE
VIBRATONES: Moanin' Bass/ KEITH ZELLER: Carry Mae
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4416 |
More Great Rockin' Girls |
● CD $16.98 |
30 Tracks, 68 minutes, recommended. 30 more rockin' gal
records on this wonderful CD collection. This isn't padded out with pop
tunes either. Just about every tune is either a boppin' hillbilly or a
rocker. That's not to say that they're all great because more than a few
are flawed by a lackluster band, off key singing or something. There are
plenty of classics though like Joyce Green's wailin' Black Cadillac
, Sherree Scott's Fascinating Baby , Stormy Gayle's Flipsville
, etc. These gals were pretty wild for their time as you'll find out on
crazy rockers like Oneda Harding's Bald Headed Twister , Bolean
Barry's Long Sideburns , Mari Jones' Riba Daba Doo and one
of the nuttiest tunes ever cut, A Fish House Function by Emmy Oro
& Her Rhythm Escorts. (AE)
JOYCE ALLEN: Baby Oh Baby/ BOLEAN BARRY: Long Sideburns/ THE BEAU-BELLES:
Honky Tonk Hop/ JANE BOWMAN: Mad Mama/ GLENNA DENE: At The End Of The
Rainbow/ VANCIE FLOWERS: What A Man/ DOLORES FREDERICKS: Jack Pot/ STORMY
GAYLE: Flipsville/ GEREE: Jumpin' Like A Kangaroo/ JOYCE GREEN: Black
Cadillac/ SHIRLEY GUNTER: Crazy Little Baby/ ONEDA HARDING: Bald Headed
Twister/ BETTY HOWARD: Trifling Man/ LYNN HOWARD: Red Thunderbird/ JUDY
JAE: Scrapbook Twist/ Twisteree/ MARI JONES: Riba Daba Doo/ LIZ: Red Lite/
ROSALIE LONG: Shaky, Shaky Shim/ DOLORES LYNN: Rock A Bop/ CARMEN MARTIN:
Bouncing Heart/ ORELLA MYERS: Gonna Spent My Time/ EMMY ORO: Fish House
Function/ DONNA RAE: Little Fool/ BARBARA REDD: Dancing Teardrops/ LITTLE
RITA LARAINE: Stop/ SHERREE SCOTT: Fascinating Baby/ Shakin'/ FONDA
WALLACE: Lou Lou Knows/ ARDIS WELLS: Baby Doll
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4461 |
More Slow Boogie Rockin' |
● CD $16.98 |
A second collection featuring "medium tempo
boppers" from the 50s and early 60s.
LEW AMMONS & CHARLIE HEAURIN BAND: Cab Driver's Blues/ BENNY BANTA:
You're Still My Baby/ BILL BLEVINS: Baby I Won't Keep Waitin'/ Crazy
Blues/ BOBBY COLLINS: After Laughter Came Tears/ CURTIS & THE MELODY
COWBOYS: Mr. Blue/ FRANKIE DAY & HIS KNIGHTS: Drag It (inst.)/ DONNIE
DE & THE STAR FIRES: I'm Sticking With You/ STEVE DREXEL & THE
CUTS-UPS: Baby Blue/ CLAY EAGER: Tv Boogie/ THE ELLIS ORCH.: Weary Walkin'
Blues/ JOHNNY GARMON & THE SHADOWS: Since I Found You/ GILBERT
HEADLEY: I Tried To Be Fair/ CURTISS HOBOCK & THE STARDUSTERS: China
Rock/ PAUL HUFFMAN: Chasin'around/ TOMMY JAY & THE JAY-NOTES: Jinglin'
Janglin' Pockets/ Sandie Jane/ LEMAR & THE DEL RAYS: Memories/ OLEN
LITTLE: The World Belongs To Me/ LONNIE & IRV SPICE BAND: Need Your
Lovin'/ TINY LYMAN & THE JUKES: Mary Jane/ BERNIE MOORE & THE
ROCKETS: Hea Break (inst.)/ ROY E. MOORE & THE TENNESSEE DRIFTERS:
Black Out (inst.)/ Let Me Be Your Man/ RONNIE NEWTON & THE ROCKABEATS:
Workingman's Blues/ THE PILGRIM BROTHERS: (slow) Cold Rain/ FREDDY
ROBINSON: Not Like Now/ JOHNY SKILES WITH THE TONETTES: Comin'home To You/
JAN SMITH: It'd Surprise You/ DOC STARKES & THE NITE RIDERS: Rockin'to
School/ THE UNIQUES: Real Goony (inst.)
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4411 |
Nau Voo Rock And Roll |
● CD $16.98 |
25 tracks, 59 minutes, recommended. The Nau-Voo label was
started in West Portsmouth, Ohio in the 50's by Glen McKinney. He recorded
and released rockabilly on Nau-Voo and also leased some of the better ones
like Billy Adams' You Heard Me Knocking and Bobby Lawson's Baby
Don't Be That Way . McKinney was no Sam Phillips but he knew how to
record rock'n'roll. Virtually all of the 25 tracks here are wild and
primitive rockers with really good singing and guitar playing. Standouts
include the 2 already mentioned plus Deacon & the Rock & Rollers -
Rockin' On The Moon , the IV Leaguers - Jim Jamin' ,
Lawson's If You Want My Love , Adams' You Gotta Have A Ducktail
, Fun House and Return Of The All American Boy , the
Untouchables' I Don't Know (the only country rocker here) and many
more. (AE)
BILLY ADAMS: Blue Eyed Ella/ Return Of The All American Boy/ Rock Pretty
Mama/ That's My Baby/ The Fun House/ True Love Will Come Your Way/ Walking
Star/ You Gotta Have A Duck Tail/ You Heard Me Knocking/ PAUL BAIN: Santa
Claus Boogie/ THE DE VILLES: I Didn't Do It/ DEACON & THE ROCK &
ROLLERS: I Don't Wanna Leave/ Rockin' On The Moon/ THE FOUR NOTABLES: Rock
Of Gibraltar Rock/ THE I-V LEAGUERS: Jim Jamin'/ BOBBY LAWSON: Baby, Don't
Be That Way/ If You Want My Love/ THE ROXTERS: I Was Doing It, Too/ MIKE
SHAW: Frankie & Johnny/ Long Gone Baby/ TOMMY SPURLIN: Hang Loose/
I'll Be Leaving You/ One Eyed Sam/ THE UNTOUCHABLES: I Don't Know Why/
KENT WESTBURY: Popcorn & Candy Bars
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4431 |
Obscure And Rockin' |
● CD $16.98 |
32 tracks, 69 min, good "Obscure And Rockin'"
seems like quite an understatement in the face of Collector's avalanche of
unknown '50's nuggets, but an appropriate title nontheless. This disc
takes a while to heat up, but that noisy ruckus the Thunderbirds call Flying
Saucers oughta catch your ear, and Little Ted & The Novas' Baby-Baby-Baby
ain't too shabby either. You can actually hear the needle quivering in its
grooves on Leon James & The Homotones Baby Let's Rock, and
Curtis Lee turns in two back-to-back pounders I Never Knew What Love
Could Do/Gotta Have You. The Rhythm Rockers aren't happy 'cuz someones'
Giving Everything Away, and Gaylon Wayne dreams of his High
School On Fire. There's also a couple of cuts by Tiny Tim & The
Tornadoes, but I didn't hear a ukelele-- I guess we'll have to wait for
the Early Hawaiian Rockers series for that! (GDR)
LEON JAMES Baby: Let's Rock/ LOY CLINGMAN: Rockin' Down Mexico Way/ JUNIOR
LANDIS Can't: Wait/ LARRY DALE: Crying Over You/ THE FABULOUS WANDERERS:
Roadrunner/ JIM FRANCIS: Travelin'/ TOMMY GRAHAM: Love My Baby/ THE
VARIATIONS I'll: Keep Lovin' You/ THE INCIDENTALS: Baby Shake/ THE
JESTERS: The Big '''/ CHUCK KANISS: Fine Twister/ Tru/ CURTIS LEE: Gotta
Have You/ I Never Knew What Love Could Do/ JOHNNY LEE: Town Of No Return/
BILLY LEWIS & THE ROCKIN' HEARTS: Growing Old/ LITTLE RICKY: How You
Doin'/ LITTLE TED: Baby, Baby, Baby/ MORTY MARKER: Tear Down The House/
THE MYSTERY TRIO: Willie Joe/ ZIG DILLON On: Down The Line/ BILLY PERKINS:
Campus Cutie/ The World Can't Roll Without Love/ JOHNNY REDD: Take A Ride
With Me/ CHET RENI: What's wrong with Me/ THE RHYTHM ROCKERS: Giving
Everything Away/ THE VARIATIONS Roulette: Rock/ JIMMY SIMMS: Twistin' On
The Beach/ THE THUNDERBIRDS: Flying Saucers/ TINY TIM: I've Gotta Find
Someone/ Teenage Lover/ LEWIS WEBER Tell: Me Baby/ GAYLON WAYNE: High
School's On Fire
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 7752 |
Original Early Canadian Rockers, Vol. 6
& 7 - Instros |
● CD $16.98 |
Abother of Collector's double CDs for the price of one. This
one features Canadian rock 'n' roll instrumentals recorded between the mid
50s and mid 60s. Includes
20 page booklet with notes and photos.
BOB ASHLEY & THE REFLECTIONS: Inside Out/ JOE BRADLEY: Double
"d" Boogie/ THE BUCKS: Wisting Stroll/ THE BUNKHUT BROTHERS:
Boogie On Strings/ JOHN BURKE: I.h. Boogie/ Strolling Trough The Lane/ THE
CHECKERS: Stormin'/ Twilight Twist/ THE CHESSMAN: Meadowlands/ LES CLOVER
BOYS: Twistin' The Boogie/ THE CLUB 93 REBELS: Pink Canary/ Road Block/
ANDRE COLLIN: Go Go Guitare/ THE CONTINENTALS 5: Continental '65/ THE
CORVAIRS: Bulldog/ Movin' And Goovin'/ Night Train/ The Corvairs Beat/ THE
CORVETS: Corvet's Twist/ WES DAKUS: Las Vegas Scene/ Creepy/ El Ringo/
Cavalier Twist/ Walk Down/ KEN DAVIDSON: Scotch Boogie/ Twist Men-easy/
LES DIABLES NOIRS: Surf Board/ HUGH DIXON: All Gone/ THE ECHO TONES:
Inland Surfer/ Low Down Guitar/ THE ESQUIRES: Electrocution/ THE FERRARI'S
OF CANADA: Little Pineapple/ THE FOUR PLADDS: Linda Lou/ THE GEMTONES:
Reno/ TIM JORRES & THE SIDEMEN: You Gotta Move/ THE JURY: Not Guilty/
FRED LATREMOUILLE: Latromotion/ THE MARQUIS: Rockin' Crickets/ LES
MEGATONES: Jeunesse Jump/ THE MIDNIGHTERS: Siam/ Slow Walk/ TONY MISTERY
& THE MASQUERADES: One Step Beyond/ TONY MYSTERY & THE
MASQUERADES: Rain Maker/ TEX PEDERSEN: Rockelene/ THE REGALS: Stranger/
BOB REGAN: Tarantula/ THE ROCKATONES: Shandia/ THE T-BIRDS: Thunder Rock/
THE TEEN BEATS: Guitar Boogie/ THE VERSALITES: Stepping Stones
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 7754 |
Original Early Rockers - New Zealand Series,
Vol. 3 & 4 |
● CD $16.98 |
|
MIKE BUCKLER & RUDY & THE CRYSTALS: I'm Coming Home/ EDDIE BUTLER
& NEV. BYRNES & THE KING PINS: Hot Rod Lincoln/ WARREN BYRNES:
Stupid Cupid/ VINCE CALLAHER WITH JESS & HIS JESTERS: Moo Coo Boogie
Blues/ JIM COYLE & GARTH YOUNG TRIO: Soaring (inst.)/ JIM COYLE &
HIS GLITTERING GUITAR: Hiccups (inst.)/ CAROL DAVIES WITH THE HALOS:
Bigelow/ CAROL DAVIES WITH THE HALO'S: Bony Moronie/ Fallin'/ Little Bit/
Sweet Nothins/ BOBBY DAVIS WITH THE DAZZLERS: Able Mable/ Money Honey/
Tallahassee Lassie/ Troubles/ ROGER DONALDSON & THE TAPESTRY: Party
Doll/ THE DONN BALL ORCH.: Boogie Twist (inst)/ DON EVANS & THE
INITIALS: Knee Deep In The Blues/ IVOR FISHER & THE SATELLITES:
Buckeye (inst.)/ You Haunt Me/ NEIL FRANK: Mule Skinner Blues/ RED HEWITT
& THE BUCCANNEERS: D.j. Blues/ Pretend/ Tennessee Waltz/ TOMMY KAHI
WITH HI MULTI GUITARS: Twist Train Boogie (inst.)/ PETER LEWIS & THE
KING PINS: Be My Guest/ Ding-a-ling/ PETER LEWIS & THE TRI-SONIC BEAT:
Four City Rock/ That's All Right/ You've Got Love/ PETER LEWIS WITH MARTIN
WINTOTO & HIS MOON MEN: Teenage Baby/ SAM MATEPARAE WITH THE ROCKIN'
ROCKERS: Rockin' Rockers/ RON MAXMAN & THE MARTIANS: Cool 'n' Crazy/
KEN MAY & THE HIFI METROS: Angel In Bleu/ My Darling And Me/ THE
PANTHERS: Little Sister/ LEW PRYME: Come On/ JACK RIGGIR: Gone But Not
Forgotten/ Pretty Baby (i Love You So)/ THE ROCKETS: Gonzales(inst.)/ MEL
ROGERS & THE NIGHT HAWKES SHOW BAND: China Doll/ THE SAINTS: Psycho
(inst.)/ CLYDE SCOTT: Lucille/ Bluebird/ Gravedigger Rock/ ROY STEEDMAN
WITH THE ROCKIN' ROCKERS: Subway (inst.)/ WAYNE THE WIRLWINDS: Say Mama/
BOP THOMAS: Go Man Go/ MAORI TROUBADOURS: Shakin' In The Shaky Isle/ THE
TWO DAVES WITH THE TRISONICS: Don't You Leave Me/ THE TYPHOONS: Typhoon
Rock (inst.)/ HELEN WARREN & BART STOKES ORCH: Pit-a-patter Boom Boom/
TONI WILLIAMS: Is A Blue Bird Blue?/ Anytime
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4404 |
Original Memphis Rock & Roll &
Country |
● CD $16.98 |
Great 30 track collection of rockabilly and country rockers
from rockabilly Mecca - Memphis. Eddie Bond and the Stompers do their mean
and rotten Look Like A Monkey , Marlon Grisham shakes the rafters
on Ain't That A Dilly , B.B. Cunningham Jr. tortures Electrode
and Humdinger from his guitar, Joe E. May sings as fine a country
rocker as you'll ever hear on Don't You Fool With Me , and Tiny
Fuller gets down on Cat Walk , a boss harp and guitar instro. Bud
Deckleman does a nice mid-tempo version of Barefoot Rock , the
Stompers put their best foot forward on the instrumental Country
Shindig featuring some tasty steel work. The guitar on Ray Scott's San
Antone is so raunchy it'll make your hair stand on end, and his You
Drive Me Crazy rocks like crazy. Boppin' High School Baby and Warrior
Sam are a couple of rockabilly classics from Don Willis & the
Orbits originally on the Satillite label. (AE)
EDDIE BOND: Look Like A Monkey/ B.B. CUNNINGHAM JR.: Electrode/ Humdinger/
Ivory Marbles/ Trip To Bandstand/ BUD DECKLEMAN: Barefoot Rock/ I'll Be
The One/ JAMES V. EATON & B.B.CUNNINGHAM: Tantrum/ MELVIN ENDSLEY: The
Blues Don't Mean A Thing/ PAT FERGUSON: Fool I Am/ TINY FULLER: Cat Walk/
MARLON GRISHAM: Ain't That A Dilly #4/ Teenage Love/ JOE E. MAY: Don't You
Fool With Me/ BOBBY MCDOWEL: Lonely #4/ Lovely Girl/ JIM MORGAN: What's
Gonna Happen To Me/ RAY SCOTT: San Antone/ You Drive Me Crazy/ LEON STARR:
Back In The USA/ Have I Wasted My Time/ 'DANGEROUS' DOUG STONE: Brakeman's
Blues/ She Moved To Kansas City/ DON WILLIS: Boppin' High School Baby/
Give Me All Your Love/ Mar's Dame/ T. D's Boogie Woogie/ Warrior Sam/ You
Are My Sunshine
|
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 4421 |
Original Tennessee Rockin' Vol. 1 |
● CD $16.98 |
| 32 tracks, 72 minutes, recommended This set's rockin'!
Rockabilly, hillbilly boogie & rockin' country from the Great State of
Tennessee!. Right now I'm listening to a blistering version of Bonie
Maronie called All Night Long by Larry Brinkley, who's heard
here on 7 tracks including a great version of Right String But Wrong
Yo-Yo, along with cuts by Preston Lipford (Flip Flop & Fly/
I'ETb2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">
<- Back To Vintage Rock 'n' Roll Index
Collector Records List, Part 2-> | |
