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VINTAGE
ROCK 'N' ROLL & ROCKABILLY
Various
Artists Collections - Various Labels - A/B
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Attic 9001 |
Found In The Attic, Vol. 1 |
● CD $15.98 |
25 tracks from "rock's golden age" that are,
apparently making their first appearance on CD. Mostly pop rock from the
60s including Three Stars by Tommy Dee, Letter To My Darling
by Little Willie John, 16 Reasons by Connie Stevens, Rainbow
by Russ Hamilton plus tracks from Barry Finnegan, Ed Townsend, Jimmy
Rodgers, Buzz Clifford and others.
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Attic 9003 |
Found In The Attic, Vol. 3 |
● CD $15.98 |
25 tracks which, according to the cover, are making their
first appearance on CD including Maybe by Clyde McPhatter, Down
The Aisle by Ike Clanton, Bullfrog Hop by Nervous Norvas, Butterfly
Baby by Bobby Rydell, Maybe by Bobby Pedrick, Rockin' Chair
by Bill Bryan & The Goldtones, Why" by Gary Lee, I'll
Always Be In Love With You by Jimmy Beaumont, Put Your Mind At Ease
by Ersel Hickey and more.
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Attic 9036 |
Found In The Attic, Vol. 4 |
● CD $15.98 |
25 tracks, most of which are making their appearance on CD
for the first time.
JO-ANN CAMPBELL: Kookie Little Paradise/ THE CRYSTALS: The Screw/ JOHNNY
CYMBAL: You're 16/ THE DOVELLS: No, No, No/ FABIAN: Steady Date/ CONNIE
FRANCIS: If You Ever Get Lonely/ BOBBY HAMILTON: Crazy Eyes For You/
CLARENCE HENRY: Standing In The Need Of Love/ BUDDY KNOX: A White Sport
Coat/ DICKEY LEE: Party Doll/ JOHNNY MAESTRO: I'll Be True/ VAN MCCOY:
Girls Are Sentimental/ GARY MIDDLETON: Pretty Please/ HAL MILLER &
RAYS (4 SEASONS): An Angel Cried/ CHRIS MONTEZ: Monkey Fever/ SANDY
NELSON: All Night Long/ THE PARIS SISTERS: It's My Party/ JODY REYNOLDS:
The Girl From King Marie/ BOBBY RYDELL: The Third House/ MONGO SANTAMARIA:
El Pussy Cat/ JOANIE SOMMERS: Shake Hands With A Fool/ CONNIE STEVENS:
Apollo/ TRUE TAYLOR: Teenage Fool/ THE VALIANTS: This Is The Night/ BOBBY
VINTON: Freshman & A Sophomore
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BGO BGOCD 504 |
Rock & Roll At The Capitol Tower |
● CD $17.98 |
English double LP from 1975 reissued on CD featuring a great
selection of rockabilly, rock 'n' roll and rockin' country from the
Capitol vaults - Tommy Sands, Johnny Burnette, Jerry Reed, The Rio
Rockers, Gene Vincent, Wanda Jackson, Skeets McDonald, Jack Scott, Dub
Dickerson and Jimmy Heap.
JOHNNY BURNETTE: Sweet Suzie/ DUB DICKERSON: My Gal Gertie/ JIMMY HEAP: Go
Ahead On/ WANDA JACKSON: Fujiyama Mama/ Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad/ I
Wanna Waltz/ Riot In Cell Block Nine/ Who Shot Sam/ SKEETS MACDONALD:
Don't Push Me Too Far/ Heart Breaking Mama/ You Better Not Go/ You Ought
See Your Grandma Rock/ JERRY REED: Bessie Baby/ Heart Appeal/ I Am Stuck/
I Have Had Enough/ Master Whiz/ When I Found You/ THE RIO ROCKERS:
Mexicali Baby/ Mexican Rock & Roll/ TOMMY SANDS: Blue Ribbon Baby/
Hey, Midd Fanny/ I Ain't Getting Rid Of You/ Is It Ever Gonna Happen/ Man
Like Wow!/ Maybellene/ The Worrying Kind/ JACK SCOTT: One Of The Boys/
Strange Desire/ GENE VINCENT: Important Words/ Look What You Have Gone And
Done To Me/ Teenage Partner
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Babe 2005 |
Poodle Skirts And Poni-Tails, Vol. 1 |
● CD $15.98 |
28 rare girl group sides.
ANITA & THE SO-N-SO'S: Joey Baby/ BARBARA & THE UNIQUES: There It
Goes Again/ THE BERMUDAS: Donnie/ BONNIE & THE REASURES: Home Of The
Brave/ THE CHIFFONS: Tonight's The Night/ THE CLICKETTES: Because Of My
Best Friend/ CONNIE & THE CONES: Lonely Girls Prayer/ Take All The
Kisses/ DARLENE & THE JOKERS: Frankie/ THE DEBONAIRES: Please Don't
Say We're Through/ THE DELICATES: Not Tomorrow/ THE DEYLITES: Here Comes
The Boy/ DIANE & THE DARLETTES: Just You/ THE DORIES: I Loved Him So/
THE GEORGETTES: Love Like A Fool/ BETTY JEAN & THE JEANETTES: Don't
Remind Me Of Tommy/ KATHY JEAN & THE ROOMATES: I'll Love That Man/ THE
JEANS: Whenever A Teenager Cries/ LITTLE CHERYL & GROUP: Heaven Only
Knows/ REPARATA & THE DELRONS: You Big Mistake/ THE SA-SHAYS: Boo-hoo-hoo/
THE SHIRELLES: My Love Is A Charm/ THE STARLETS: Better Tell Him No/ THE
SWANS: He's Mine/ THE THREETEENS: Dear 533-10761/ THE TONETTES: Oh What A
Baby/ THE VELVETEENS: Teen Prayer/ THE WRIGHT SISTERS: That's Okay
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Babe 2006 |
Poodle Skirts And Poni-Tails, Vol. 2 |
● CD $15.98 |
28 girl group obscurities from The Clickettes, Delicates,
Chiffons, Sa-Shays, Tonettes, Barbara & The Uniques.
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Bacchus Archives 08 |
East Side Sound, Vol. 1 : 1959-1968 |
● CD $15.98 |
31 tracks, 73 minutes, highly recommended Available again.
Incredible collection of singles of great greasy rock 'n' roll from East
L.A., the best of the Faro, Linda, Rampart & Gordo labels owned &
run by Eddie Davis, a Caucasian who fell in love with Hispanic rock.
Interestingly enough, though most of the tunes are originals, the biggest
hits were covers, including Cannibal & the Headhunter's Land Of
1000 Dances (heard here in the original version with the long intro,
edited out of the hit), The Premiers' Farmer John, & the
Blendell's La La La La. There's lots of screaming guitar &
honking tenor, instrumentals, novelties, even a surf single by Gene Gray
& The Stingrays, Surf Bunny/ Surfer's Mood, which not only
don't sound surf, but the flip side is a total rip-off of Rumble!
There's an rare early teen pop single by Larry Tamblyn & The Standells,
sequel to Farmer John, The Salas Bros - The Return Of Farmer
John, Enchantments - I'm In Love With Your Daughter, Pt. 1 and
you haven't heard anything till you've heard Las Dillys Sisters, 2
pre-pubescent Mexican girls, doing a cover of The Standells' Sometimes
The Good Guys Don't Were White! (GM)
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Battle 300 |
When Country Goes Boppin' & Jivin' |
● CD $19.98 |
Mostly just rock 'n roll but there are some country or
country flavored tracks - Bill Haley& His comets, Warner Mack, Hank
Thompson, Jo Ann Campbell, Buddy Lee, Earl Reed, Roy Alden and others. 25
tracks in all.
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Battle 400 |
When Country Goes Boppin' & Jivin', Vol.
2 |
● CD $19.98 |
A varied and, at times, bizarre collection of rock 'n' roll,
mostly featuring artists best known for their country recordings though
I'm not quite sure what bluesman Ray Agee is doing here though his You
Hit Me Where It Hurts is great. Includes tracks by Conway Twitty,
Denny Reed, Ella Mae Morse, Jerry Reed, Johnny Maddox, Mickey Gilley, The
Coutnry Fingers, Lorne Greene (who neither bops nor jives), The Flying
Fingers, Merv Griffin (I think it really is that one and it's terrible),
Floyd Cramer, Bob Conrad, Duane Eddy and others. Sound varies from very
good to mediocre and while there are no note you might enjoy finding all
the typos in the track listing.
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Beat 3003 |
Axes, Saxes, Skins & Ivories, Vol. 2 |
● CD $15.98 |
25 rockin' instrumentals from the 50s by The Kingsmen,
Link-Eddy Combo, Rondels, Ramblers, Outcasts, Fendermen, Bill Doggett, The
Spacemen, Tonekings, Royaltones, Vinnie Rogers, The Royal Teens, Rockin'
Rebels, etc.
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Big Beat CDWIKD 159 |
"GS I Love You" - Japanese Garage
Bands Of The 1960s |
● CD $18.98 |
28 tracks, 76 minutes, highly recommended The beat boom hit
Japan a little later than the rest of the world, so that by the mid 60s
there was still a lot of bands sounding like early 60s Beatles, but with
the current technology, they were doing it with wild fuzz guitar! Known as
"Group Sound", the 3 biggest influences of GS were Mersey beat,
country, & surf music (especially the Ventures), with mixtures of all
3 heard here! The bands here are Japanese garage bands who recorded for
the Japanese indie labels Crown & Teichiku. There's plenty of covers
of western rock tunes ranging from The Swing West doing Fire by
Arthur Brown to The Burns' fuzz laden version of I Saw Her Standing
There, though my faves are The Out Cast which does Everything's
Alright & Long Tall Sally. There's plenty of surf
instrumentals, The Spiders, Wipe Out, Dynamite, & even a few Japanese
language tunes that have titles sung in English. Complete discographical
info including band photos. (GM)
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Big Beat CDWIKD 211 |
Board Boogie - Surf 'n' Twang From Down
Under |
● CD $18.98 |
30 track compilation of rock instrumentals recorded in
Australia in the early 60s for the Festival label.
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Big Beat CDWIKD 207 |
Northwest Battle Of The Bands, Vol. 2 |
● CD $18.98 |
30 more tracks of bone crunching 1960s garage sounds from
the Pacific Northwest. Includes Don & The Goodtimes, The Springfield
Rifle, Bumps, Live Five, Brave New World, Noises 'n' Sounds, London Taxi
and others.
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Black Tulip 2638690 |
The 30 Top Teen Dances |
● CD $18.98 |
Last time we offered volume 2 in this series - now we've
turned up volume 1 which features some of the most popular dance songs
from the 50s and early 60s including The Twist by Chubby Checker,
one of my all time favorites - The Locomotion by Little Eva, The
Stroll by The Diamonds, Shimmy Shimmy by Bobby Freeman, The
Madison by Al Brown's Tunetoppers, Willie & The Hand Jive
by Johnny Otis, The Walk by Jimmy McCracklin, The Popeye by
Huey "Piano" Smith, The Jerk by The Larks, Monkey Time
by Major Lance and many more.
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Black Tulip 2638695 |
The 30 Top Teen Dances, Vol. 2 |
● CD $18.98 |
A fun
collection of 30 tracks which includes Foot Stompin' by The Flairs,
The Charleston by The Bernie Lowe Orchestra, The Watusi by
The Vibrations, The Shag by Billy Graves, (Baby) Hully GUlly
by The OLympics, The Continental Walk by The Rollers, Bristol
Twistin' Annie by The Dovells, The Bird's The Word by the
Rivingtons, Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett, The
Chicken by Roscie Gordon and more.
HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS: Finger Poppin' Time/ The Twist/ BOB
& THE EARL: Harlem Shuffle/ CHUBBY CHECKER: Hucklebuck/ Let's Twist
Again/ Slow Twistin'/ BOBBY COMSTOCK & THE COUNTS: Let's Stomp/ DANNY
& THE JUNIORS: Pony Express/ Twistin' Usa/ JOEY DEE & THE
STARLIGHTERS: Hey Let's Twist/ THE DOVELLS: Bristol Twistin' Annie/ THE
FLAIRES: Foot Stomping/ BOBBY FREEMAN: C'mon & Swim/ ROSCOE GORDON:
The Chicken/ BILLY GRAVES: The Shag (is Totally Cool)/ THE ISLEY BROTHERS:
Twist & Shout/ NAT KENDRICK & THE SWANS: Do The Mashed Potatoes,
Part 1/ Do The Mashed Potatoes, Part 2/ LITTLE EVA: Let's Turkey Trot/
BERNIE LOWE ORCHESTRA: The Charleston/ THE OLYMPICS: (baby) Hully Gully/
THE ORLONS: Shimmy Shimmy/ JOHNNY OTIS: Willie Did The Cha Cha/ BOBBY
"BORIS" PICKETT: Monster Mash/ THE REVELS: Midnight Stroll/ THE
RIVINGTONS: The Bird's The Word/ THE ROLLERS: The Continental Walk/ FRANK
SLAY ORCHESTRA: Flying Circle/ RUFUS THOMAS: Walking The Dog/ THE
VIBRATIONS: The Watusi
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Blend 002 |
Best Of Blend Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 2 |
● CD $19.98 |
26 tracks from Eddie Cooley, Deep River Boys, Wink
Martindale, The Creel Sisters, The Jaye Brothers, Boyd Bennett, Rochell
& The Candles, Jimmy Hughes and others.
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Blend 004 |
Best Of Blend, Vol. 4 |
● CD $19.98 |
24 tracks, 54 min., recommended
If "blend" means
what I think it does here, i. e. that the music program as a whole blends
the various subsets of 50's rock 'n' roll, then this would seem a workable
concept for a music collection. And many styles are here, including
straight ahead white jumps like Mighty Mighty Man by Bobby Darin,
rockabilly numbers like Is That All to the Ball Mr. Hall by Billy
Lee Riley, upbeat instrumentals like Swanee River Rocket by Jimmy
Elledge, boogie numbers like House of Boogie Woogie by Hadda
Brooks, and even blues numbers like All Right Miss Moore by Jimmy
Witherspoon. What's missing is ballads. The tempo here is definitely set
for fast dancing. And there are very few numbers by vocal groups. Oh well,
where else are you going to get Jackie Leonard's Why Don't You and
Bill Darnell's Rock & Roll Baby? (DH)
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Blend 006 |
Best Of Blend, Vol. 6 |
● CD $19.98 |
24 tracks, 53 min., recommended
As was the case with volume
4, reviewed above, the emphasis here is on the various permutations of up
tempo rock 'n' roll. The program opens with Ida Sweet as Apple Cider
by Bill Haley & the Comets, then moves on to I Cried by Jivin'
Gene, Georgie Slop by Jimmy McCracklin, Boogie in G by Ken
Jones, Let's Play in Love by Sonny James, Love's That Way by
Brooke Benton, Fing Fang Foy by Larry Darnell, Open the Door
by Nappy Brown, and even When the Saints Go Marching In by Sister
Rosetta Tharpe. Good music, the original recording dates of which I could
not always determine. Suffice it to say that it's all pretty much in a
late 50's style. And, finally, the cover photo, standard throughout the
series, seems also worthy of comment. The photo depicts a
rhythmically-challenged white couple in front of a juke box presumably
listening to a vibrant rock 'n' roll number and clapping out the rhythm,
she with her hands together and he with his hands apart. What, we may well
ask, is this meant to signify? (DH)
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