BULLETIN -
March/ April
2009
Vintage Rock 'n' Roll & Rockabilly
Tommy
Allsup
->
Various Artists + Book + DVD
NOT FADE AWAY |
John Gribbin |
The Life And Music Of Buddy Holly |
● BOOK $22.98 |
Hardbound, 208 pages, counts as three CDs for shipping
Buddy Holly was 22 years old when he was killed in a plane crash on
February 3, 1959; although this was less than two years after his first
hit record, Don McLean described this in his song "American Pie" as 'the
day the music died.' And yet, 50 years after Holly's death, his lasting
influence is clear: artists as diverse as Blink 182 and Bob Dylan call him
an inspiration. The Beatles chose "That'll Be the Day" by Buddy's group
the Crickets as their first attempt at recording, as well as taking the
idea for their name from the band. Clearly, the music didn't die. From
Holly's early life in America's Bible Belt, to the country and western and
bluegrass music that gave Holly's childhood its soundtrack, to the
Crickets' punishing tour schedules, John Gribbin tells the story of an
amazingly busy life and an astonishingly rapid rise to fame, tragically
cut all too short. An ardent Holly fan since his own early teens, Gribbin
presents this new, popular biography as a celebration of Holly's life, and
as an introduction, for all those not around in 1959, to the man and his
astonishing musical legacy. The book also includes a full and detailed
account of every Holly recording session.
The definitive book on Buddy and his legacy
is "Remembering Buddy" by John Goldrosen and John Beecher which is long
out of print. If you have that book you probably don't need this one but
if not this will give you an idea as to what all the fuss is about.
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TOMMY ALLSUP |
Rollercoaster 3048 |
The Buddy Holly Song Book/ Country
Classics |
● CD $21.98 |
22 tracks, very good
Tommy Allsup is a legendary guitarist
who started performing in the early 50s with various country bands and
subsequently became a session guitarist ending up at Norman Petty's
studios in 1958. Buddy Holly was so impressed with his work that he asked
him to join The Crickets and Tommy played lead guitar on several Holly
sessions from 1958 and was on the ill-fated tour in 1959 when Buddy lost
his life. Since then Tommy has played on and off with the post Buddy Holly
Crickets as well as being a much in demand studio guitarist performing on
hundreds of sessions. The first 12 tracks on this CD is a reissue of
Reprise 6182 from 1965 and features instrumental version of 12 Holly
classics (That'll Be The Day/ Take Your Time/ True Love Ways/ Peggy Sue,
etc. featuring production by Norman Petty. Backup band includes Cricket
Jerry Allison on drums, Buzz Cason on piano, Lynn Bailey, electric bass
and George Tomsco of The Fireballs (who at the time was adding guitar to
the Buddy Holly New York tapes) on rhythm. The performances are fine, if
not especially compelling. The remaining ten tracks are from a 2001
session with Tommy revisiting True Love Ways and performing MOR
versions of nine country standards (I Love You Beacuse/ Four Walls/ I
Don't Hurt Anymore, etc. Enclosed booklet by John Ingman hasan in
depth biography of Allsup and rare photos. (FS)
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EDDIE COCHRAN |
Bear Family BCD 15989 |
Somethin' Else! The Ultimate Collection |
● CD $209.98 |
The most comprehensive collection of the
recordings of this great rock 'n' roll singer, songwriter and guitarist
whose death in 1960 robbed the world of a major talent. 8 CDs with a total
of 262 tracks, it includes all his vocal recordings, whether as a solo
artist or as a member of The Cochran Brothers, including his timeless hits
Twenty Flight Rock/ Sittin' In The Balcony/ Summertime Blues/ C'Mon
Everybody/ Three Steps To Heaven/ Cherished Memories/ Cut Across Shorty
and Somethin' Else. In addition are session outtakes, alternate
takes, live recordings, demos and interview! One disc is devoted to his
session work accompanying artists like Skeets McDonald, Wynn Stewart, Ray
Stanley, Lee Denson, Bob Luman, Johnny Burnette, Troyce Key and others.
The set comes with a 192 page hard cover book with many rare photos,
hundreds of label and cover reproductions, a newly researched biography
and an in depth discography.
DISC 1 - EDDIE COCHRAN: Gamblers Guitar/ Candy Kisses/
Hearts Of Stone/ Steelin' The Blues/ She Done Give Her Heart To Me/ Live
Fast, Love Hard, Die Young/ Rockin' And Flyin'(version 1) (The Cochran
Brothers)/ Mr. Fiddle (The Cochran Brothers)/ Two Blue Singing Stars (The
Cochran Brothers)/ Guilty Conscience (The Cochran Brothers)/ Your
Tomorrows Never Come (The Cochran Brothers)/ Latch On (version 1) (vocal:
Hank Cochran)/ My Love To Remember (version 1)/ Heart Of A Fool (vocal:
Jerry Capehart)/ Latch On (version 2) (The Cochran Brothers)/ Yesterdays
Heartbreak/ Pink-Peg Slacks (version 1)/ Tired And Sleepy (The Cochran
Brothers)/ Fools Paradise (The Cochran Brothers)/ Slow Down (The Cochran
Brothers)/ Open The Door (The Cochran Brothers)/ I'm Ready (vocal: Hank
Cochran)/ Dark Lonely Street (version1, take 6) ROCKSTAR RSRCD 001/ Blue
Suede Shoes/ Long Tall Sally/ Thats My Desire/ I Almost Lost My Mind/
Twenty Flight Rock (version 1)/ Completely Sweet (version 1)/ My Love To
Remember (version 2, take 3)/ Dark Lonely Street (version 2)/ Pink-Peg
Slacks (version 2)/ Half Loved (version 1)/ My Love To Remember (version
3, take 9)/ Latch On (version 3) (vocal: Jerry Capehart) DISC 2 - EDDIE
COCHRAN: Skinny Jim/ Half loved (version 2, take 5)/ Jungle Jingle
(instrumental)/ Guitar Blues (instrumental)/ Mighty Mean (demo)/ Cotton
Picker EMI/ Sittin' In The Balcony/ Mean When I'm Mad/ One Kiss/ Am I
Blue/ Cradle Baby/ Drive In Show/ Proud Of You/ Undying love/ Have I Told
You Lately That I Love You/ I'm Alone Because I Love You/ Completely Sweet
(version 2)/ Twenty Flight Rock (version 2)/ Stockin's And Shoes/ Lovin
Time/ Tell Me why/ Never/ Sweetie Pie/ Pocket Full Of Hearts/ Pretty Girl/
Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie/ Little Lou/ Theresa/ Teenage Cutie/ Summertime
Blues/ Ah, Pretty Girl (single version with overdubbed guitar solo)/
Lonely/ Love Again/ Meet Mr Tweedy (instrumental)/ Nervous Breakdown
(version 1) DISC 3 - EDDIE COCHRAN: One Minute To One/ Cruisin' The
Drive-In/ Nervous Breakdown (version 2)/ Lets Get Together/ Dont Ever Let
Me Go/ C'mon Everybody (single version speeded up)/ I've Waited So Long/
Teenage Heaven (movie version)/ I Remember/ My Way/ Rock'n' Roll Blues/
Teenage Heaven (version 2)/ Three Stars/ Weekend/ Think Of Me (UK single
'erase' version)/ Three Steps To Heaven (version 1, take 9)/ Somethin'
Else/ Boll Weevil Song (take 1, speeded up)/ Guybo (instrumental/LP
version)/ Eddies Blues (instrumental)/ Milk Cow Blues (take 3)/ Chicken
Shot Blues (instrumental)/ Strollin' Guitar (instrumental)/ My Love To
Remember (version 5, take 10)/ Little Angel (take 10 with chorus overdub)/
Hallelujah! I Love Her So (take 11 with strings)/ Hammy Blues
(instrumental)/ Jam Sand-Witch (instrumental)/ Jelly Bean (take 10)/ Don't
Bye Bye Baby Me (with train and handclap overdub)/ Song Of new Orleans
(instrumental)/ Three Steps To Heaven/ Cut Across Shorty (speeded up)/
Cherished Memories DISC 4 - EDDIE COCHRAN: Summertime Blues (UK single
release without echo)/ C'mon Everybody (correct speed/without guitar
overdub)/ Somethin' Else (take 14, no fade version)/ Think Of Me ('stop'
version)/ Ah, Pretty Girl (LP version/alternate chorus and vocal)/ Pretty
Girl (UK single version, clipped intro/compressed)/ Nervous Breakdown (no
overdubs)/ Don't Bye, Bye Baby Me (take 4, with handclaps)/ Cut Across
Shorty (correct speed)/ Hallelujah! I Love Her So (without strings)/
Little Angel (take 10 without overdubs)/ Boll Weevil Song (correct speed)/
Skinny Jim (piano overdub)/ Half Loved (piano overdub)/ Pink-Peg Slacks
(overdubbed version)/ Think Of Me (LP 'stop' version/overdubbed with
celeste)/ Blue Suede Shoes (overdubbed version)/ Long Tall Sally
(overdubbed version)/ That's My Desire (overdubbed version)/ I Almost Lost
My Mind (overdubbed version)/ Love Again (overdubbed version)/ Lonely
(overdubbed version)/ Little Angel (take 10 with overdubs)/ Think Of Me
(alt. version with female chorus) DISC 5 - Cherished Memories (take 6,
stereo)/ Three Steps To Heaven (version 2, take 5, stereo)/ Cut Across
Shorty (take 11, stereo)/ Cherished Memories (take 14, stereo)/ Pretty
Girl (2-track version)/ I've Waited So Long (stereo)/ Jeannie, Jeannie,
Jeannie (without guitar overdub, stereo)/ Ah, Pretty Girl (with overdubbed
guitar solo, stereo)/ Little Angel (take 10 with chorus overdub, stereo)/
Hallelujah! I Love Her So (stereo)/ Little Angel (take 10 with strings
overdub, stereo)/ Weekend (take 13A, stereo)/ Pretty Girl (3-track
version, alternate vocal overdub)/ Eddie's LA 'Big Sound' Radio promo/
Interview with Eddie Cochran Pt. 1/ Interview with Eddie Cochran Pt. 2/
Interview with Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison/ Freeman Hover
introduces Eddie's KCSR radio promo/ Compere Jack Davey interviews Eddie
Cochran/ Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On/ Compere Jack Davey interviews Eddie
Cochran/ STUDIO PARTY TV SHOW, EABD - TV CHANNEL 5 BROADCAST LATE 1957:/
Introduction by Herb Sheldon/ Sittin' In The Balcony (live)/ Twenty-Flight
Rock (live) DISC 6 - EDDIE COCHRAN: TOWN HALL PARTY TV SHOW -
TRANSMISSION 2/7/59: Introduction by Jay Stewart/ Instrumental (by the
band)/ Dick D'Agostin welcomes Eddie to the show/ C'mon Everybody/ Have I
Told You Lately That I Love You/ Don't Blame It On Me/ Summertime Blues/
Johnny Bond interviews Eddie & band members/ Introduction by Jay Stewart
(2nd performance)/ Night Walk (instrumental by the band)/ Dick D'Agostin
welcomes Eddie back to the show/ School Day/ Be Honest With Me/ Money
Honey/ C'mon Everybody/ BOY MEETS GIRLS TV SHOW - TRANSMISSION 1/16/60:
Introduction by Marty Wilde/ Hallelujah! I Love Her So/ C'mon Everybody/
Somethin' Else/ Interview with Eddie Cochran/ Twenty-Flight Rock/ BOY
MEETS GIRLS TV SHOW - TRANSMISSION 1/23/60: Introduction by Marty
Wilde/ Money Honey/ Have I Told You Lately That I Love You/ Hallelujah! I
Love Her So/ Closing Announcement/ BOY MEETS GIRLS TV SHOW -
TRANSMISSION 2/20/60: Summertime Blues/ Milk Cow Blues/ BOY MEETS
GIRLS TV SHOW - TRANSMISSION 2/27/60: Introduction & interview with
Eddie Cochran/ I Don't Like You No More/ Sweet Little Sixteen/
Introduction by Marty Wilde/ White Lightnin' (with Gene Vincent)/
SATURDAY CLUB RADIO SHOW - TRANSMISSION 3/5/60: Theme & introduction/
Interview with two of Eddie's fans/ Somethin' Else/ Hallelujah! I Love Her
So/ Twenty-Flight Rock/ C'mon Everybody/ SATURDAY CLUB RADIO SHOW -
TRANSMISSION 3/12/60: My Heart (vocal: Gene Vincent)/ What'd I Say/
Interview/ Milk Cow Blues/ DISC 7 - SKEETS McDONALD: You Oughta See
Grandma Rock/ Heartbreakin' Mama/ WYNN STEWART: The Keeper Of The Key/
Slowly But Surely/ TOM FORSE: They Call You A Small Fry/ BO DAVIS: Let's
Coast Awhile/ Drowning All My Sorrows/ JACK LEWIS: I.O.U./ Tood-A-Loo/ RAY
STANLEY: Over A Coke/ My Lovin' Baby/ THE HOLLY TWINS: I Want Elvis For
Christmas/ BOB DENTON: Sick And Tired/ Pretty Little Devil/ Thinkin' About
You/ LEE DENSON: New Shoes/ AL CASEY: Willa Mae/ GENE VINCENT: Git It/
TROYCE KEY: Baby Please Don't Go/ Watch Your Mouth/ BOB LUMAN: Guitar
Picker/ THE FOUR DOTS: Don't Wake Up The Kids/ If I Were Dying/ Bread
Fred/ JOHNNY BURNETTE: Me And The Bear/ BAKER KNIGHT: Just Relax/ DARRY
WEAVER: Itty Bitty Betty/ THE CAST OF BOY MEETS GIRLS TV SHOW: My Babe
DISC 8 - EDDIE COCHRAN: Teenage Cutie (take 1, false start)/ Teenage Cutie
(take 2)/ Teenage Cutie (take 3, break-up)/ Teenage Cutie (take 4)/ Dark
Lonely Street (take 1)/ Dark Lonely Street (take 2)/ Dark Lonely Street
(take 3)/ Dark Lonely Street (take 4, false start)/ Dark Lonely Street
(take 5)/ My Love To Remember (version 2, take 2)/ My Love To Remember
(version 3, take 5)/ My Love To Remember (version 3, take 6, false start)/
My Love To Remember (version 3, take 7)/ My Love To Remember (version 4)/
Half Loved (version 2, take 2) Musidisc/DCA 108292/ Half Loved (version 2,
take 3, false start)/ Half Loved (version 2, take 4)/ Milk Cow Blues
(rehearsal)/ Milk Cow Blues (take 1)/ Milk Cow Blues (take 2, false
start)/ Little Angel (take 1)/ Little Angel (take 3)/ Little Angel (take
5, false start)/ Little Angel (take 6, false start)/ Little Angel (take
9)/ My Love To Remember (version 5, take 1)/ My Love To Remember (version
5, take 2)/ My Love To Remember (version 5, take 3)/ Jelly Bean (take 1)/
Jelly Bean (take 2, false start)/ Jelly Bean (take 3)/ Jelly Bean (take 4,
false start)/ Jelly Bean (take 5)/ Jelly Bean (take 8, long false start)/
Jelly Bean (take 9, false start)/ Don't Bye, Bye Baby Me (take 1)/ Don't
Bye, Bye Baby Me (take 2, false start)/ Don't Bye, Bye Baby Me (take 3)/
Don't Bye, Bye Baby Me (take 4)
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LINK DAVIS |
Bear Family BCD 16523 |
Big Mamou |
● CD $24.98 |
34 tracks, 82 mins, highly recommended
Fiddler Link Davis
is so inextricably linked to the Cajun music tradition that it's easy to
forget that he was a Texan and spent his early career with various Western
Swing bands including Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers. It wasn't until the
late 40's, after he married a Cajun girl that Davis laid down his swamp
roots. Link played many instruments and recorded in all kinds of styles
for myriad labels during his career. Davis was a multiple threat performer
- singer, songwriter, fiddler and saxophonist. As a solo artist Link Davis
is best known for his composition and original recording of Big Mamou.
As a musician he is best known for his saxophone playing on the Big
Bopper's Chantilly Lace. This set covers his recordings for OKeh,
Columbia and Starday between 1952 and 1957. The earlier cuts here are pure
Cajun, he then moves into bluesy country and by 1956 is rocking up a storm
on tracks like Sixteen Chicks/ Don't Big Shot Me/ Grasshopper Rock
and the remarkable Slippin' And Slidin' Sometime which is a rockin'
update of Cliff Carlisle's risque 30s recording of Sal's Got A Meatskin.
The last few tracks find him returning to Cajun music but with a rock 'n'
roll feel. If you have the Rev-Ola release from last year than you have 22
of the tracks here but this is a Bear Family release which means you get
state of the art sound from original mastertapes, four previously unissued
songs, two unissued alternate takes and a 60 page booklet with extensive
notes by Texas music expert Andrew Brown, rare photos and full
discographical info. (FS)
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DELBERT MCCLINTON |
Hip-O 06873-02 |
The Definitive Collection |
● CD $13.98 |
22 tracks, highly recommended
Legendary Texas
singer/musician McClinton has been around forever, loved by roots music
fans, and admired by his peers; yet he has never quite become a household
name. This compilation, which concentrates only on his years recording for
the Capricorn, Muscle Shoals Sound and ABC labels during the 70's and
early 80's and just barely touches on his 90's recordings, really only
give part of his amazing story, but it does include his classics B
Movie Boxcar Blues and his first hit, Giving it Up For Your Love.
In addition, his ace harmonica skills are showcased on Bruce Channel's
1961 hit Hey Baby, which is helpfully included here. While I would
hardly call this 2006 collection "definitive" (there are a couple of hit
singles missing), it does give non-fans a peek at what makes him special.
(GMC)
BRUCE CHANNEL: Hey Baby/ DELBERT MCCLINTON: 'B' Movie
Boxcar Blues/ Ain't What You Eat But How You Chew It/ Giving It Up for
Your Love/ Heartbreak Radio/ Honky Tonkin' (I Guess I Done Me Some)/ I'm
Dying as Fast as I Can/ Jealous Kind/ Lipstick, Powder and Paint/ Love
Rustler/ Maybe Someday Baby/ Mess of Blues/ Plain Old Makin' Love/
Pledging My Love/ Sandy Beaches/ Special Love Song/ Take It Easy/ Two More
Bottles of Wine/ Under Suspicion/ Victim of Life's Circumstances/ You Were
Never Mine/ I Received a Letter
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Ace CDCHD 1211 |
Holy Mackerel! Pretenders To Little
Richard's Throne |
● CD $18.98 |
25 tracks, 55 mins, highly recommended
Well, I always knew
that Little Richard was influential--would Paul McCartney be the rocker he
is today without Mr. Penniman--but I never realized that so many artists
copied L.R. during his heyday (and beyond), until I heard this eye-opening
compilation. Names big (Etta James, James Brown, Otis Redding, Ike & Tina)
and no-so-big (Richard Berry, Dee Clark, Marie Knight, Thurston Harris),
from 1956 to 1964, all take cracks at the Little Richard rasp 'n' wail
wedded to a rockin' beat. Although there have been similar collections out
before, Ace can be relied to improve upon them - it includes quite a few
tracks not on those other sets - a couple previously unissued plus state
of the art sound and extensive notes. Educational and entertaining. (GMC/
FS)
H.B. BARNUM: Don't 'Cha Know/ RICHARD BERRY: Yama Yama
Pretty Mama (Take 7)/ JAMES BROWN: Chonnie-On-Chon/ DEE CLARK: 24
Boyfriends/ BIG AL DOWNING: Miss Lucy/ LOWELL FULSON: Rock This Morning/
THURSTON HARRIS: Hey Baba Leba Aka Be-Baba-Leba/ BUNKER HILL: The Girl
Can't Dance/ ETTA JAMES: Tough Lover (Take 1)/ MARIE KNIGHT: I Thought I
Told You Not To Tell Them/ LITTLE BOOKER: Open The Door (Take 4)/ LITTLE
IKE: She Can Rock/ LITTLE VICTOR & HIS ORCHESTRA: Papa Lou And Gran/ LONG
TALL MARVIN: Have Mercy Miss Percy/ RONNIE MOLLEEN: Fat Mama/ PRENTICE
MORELAND: Holy Mack'rel/ SCREAMIN' JOE NEAL: Rock'n'roll Deacon/ BIG DANNY
OLIVER: Sapphire/ CHARLES PAGE: Baby You Been To School/ PRETTY BOY:
Switchin' In The Kitchen/ OTIS REDDING: Hey Hey Baby/ BA BA THOMAS: (Why
Won't You) Leave It Alone/ IKE & TINA TURNER: This Man's Crazy/ THE WORLD
FAMOUS UPSETTERS: I'm In Love Again/ YOUNG JESSE: Hey-Bop-A-Ree-Bop
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Ace CDCHD 1212 |
Glitter & Gold - Words & Music by Barry
Mann & Cynthia |
● CD $18.98 |
26 tracks, 73 mins, essential
Along with Gerry Goffin and
Carole King (see "Goffin & King: A Gerry Goffin and Carole King Song
Collection 1961-1967," Ace 1170 - $18.98) and Jeff Barry and Ellie
Greenwich (see "Do-Wah-Diddy: Words and Music By Ellie Greenwich and Jeff
Barry," Ace 1203 - $18.98), Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil were a
husband-and-wife songwriting team that operated from the legendary Brill
Building during the 60's; unlike the first two teams, however, Mann and
Weil are still together today, both professionally and personally. Mann
and Weil were responsible for some of the more "adult" songs to come out
of the Brill school, and this compilation does a good job of showing their
versatility: they could write teeny-bopper piffle (Joanie Sommers' I'd
Be So Good For You), dramatic declarations (Gene Pitney's outstanding
I'm Gonna Be Strong), or songs dealing with "real life", be it
drugs (Del Shannon's version of Kicks) or naked ambition (Paul
Revere & the Raiders' Hungry). Like all of Ace's "Brill Building"
compilations, there are few actual hit records here, but the material
speaks for itself and if you have the other collections, then this one is
mandatory. (GMC)
THE 2 OF CLUBS: Let Me Walk With You/ ARTHUR ALEXANDER:
Where Have You Been (All My Life)/ BRUCE & TERRY: Girl, It's Alright Now/
THE CHIFFONS: Remember Me Baby/ THE CINDERELLAS: Please Don't Wake Me/
DION: Make The Woman Love Me/ THE DRIFTERS: In The Park/ THE GIRLS:
Chico's Girl/ CALVIN GRAYSON: Where Do I Belong/ DONNA LOREN: That's The
Boy/ MAMA CASS: It's Getting Better/ THE MARCELS: Find Another Fool/ BILL
MEDLEY: Brown Eyed Woman/ GENE PITNEY: I'm Gonna Be Strong/ PAUL REVERE &
THE RAIDERS: Hungry/ THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS: See That Girl/ DEL SHANNON:
Kicks/ JOANIE SOMMERS: I'd Be So Good For You/ THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS:
It's Not Easy/ NINO TEMPO & APRIL STEVENS: The Coldest Night Of The Year/
B.J. THOMAS: I Just Can't Help Believing/ TIPPIE & THE CLOVERS: The Bossa
Nova (My Heart Said)/ THE TOKENS: It's A Happening World/ THE TURTLES:
Glitter And Gold/ THE VOGUES: Magic Town/ BERGEN WHITE: She Is Today
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Ace CDCHD 1218 |
Where The Girls Are, Vol. 7 |
● CD $18.98 |
26 tracks, 64 mins, highly recommended
Here we have
another fine collection of female fronted Rock & Roll from the golden age
of Girl Groups (1962 - 1967). There are a few names that you might know;
the bulk of this, however, is full of lesser known groups. Don't write
them off as second-rate Shangri-Las or runner-up Ronnettes; there are a
lot of great acts here with killer tunes, and -- more often than not --
fascinating stories. The magic happens on tracks like Sally Bad by
the Utopias, My Sailor Boy by the Zippers, Cry Behind The
Daisies by the Jaynetts, I Found Me A Lover by the Lovelites,
and many, many more. Extensive liner notes give all of these little known
greats a well-deserved moment in the sun. 18 tracks are new to CD
including eight previously unissued in any form.This is an excellent
complement to the Shirelles re-issues and songwriter compilations that Ace
has lately been releasing in a steady stream. (JM)
KRISS ANDERSON: Hes My Boyfriend/ THE AZALEAS: Hands
Off/ BABY JANE & THE ROCK-A-BYES: Get Me To The Church On Time/ JOANI
CAMP: His Lips Get In The Way/ ANDREA CARROLL: The Doolang/ CLAUDINE
CLARK: Party Lights (Double-Tracked Version)/ MARRY CLAYTON: The Doorbell
Rings/ THE FASHIONETTES: Earthquake/ ANN HODGE: Youre Welcome Back/ BRENDA
HOLLOWAY: Constant Love/ THE JAYNETTS: Cry Behind The Daisies (Demo
Version)/ THE JELLY BEANS: How Fine Can One Guy Be/ THE JEWELLS: Smokey
Joes/ THE LOVELITES: I Found Me A Lover/ BARBARA MASON (VOCAL
ACCOMPANIMENT: THE TIFFANYS: Trouble Child/ THE MIRETTES: Your Kind Aint
No Good/ THE PENNY SISTERS: Where Have All The Boys Gone/ THE PUFFS: Moon
Out There/ THE SATISFACTIONS: Woman In Love (With You)/ THE SHIRELLES:
What Is Love/ THE SPARKELS: That Boy Of Mine/ THE TANDELS: Is It Love
Baby/ THE TEARDROPS: Tears Come Tumbling/ THE UTOPIAS: Sally Bad/ BEVERLY
WILLIAMS: Too Bad Hes Bad/ THE ZIPPERS: My Sailor Boy
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Boulevard 1019 |
Elvis Inspiration - Volume 2 |
● CD $19.98 |
This isn't the first collection of songs that inspired the
King, but this is one of the most attractively packaged: 2 CDs of 40 songs that
Elvis enjoyed, collected, and, sometimes, recorded. The set covers country
(Hank Snow, Gene Autry, Eddy Arnold), R&B (Big Joe Turner, LaVern Baker,
Billy Ward & His Dominoes), blues (Brownie McGhee, Junior Parker), and Pop
(The Ink Spots, Johnny Ace, Tony Martin), most of the genres of music that
made Presley who he was as an artist and, indeed, a person. There's more
variety in the choices than usual, which makes this compilation of Elvis
favorites worthy of investigation.
JOHNNY ACE: Pledging My Love/ FAYE ADAMS: Shake A Hand/
THE AMES BROTHERS: Sentimental Me/ EDDY ARNOLD: How's The World Treating
You/ I Really Don't Want To Know/ GENE AUTRY: Here Comes Santa Claus/ I'll
Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')/ LAVERN BAKER AND THE GLIDERS: Tomorrow
Night/ Tweedle Dee/ FREDDIE BELL & THE BELLBOYS: Hound Dog/ ROY BROWN:
Good Rockin' Tonight/ DON CORNELL: Are You Lonesome Tonight?/ THE
DRIFTERS: White Christmas/ THE EAGLES: Tryin' To Get To You/ ELLA
FITZGERALD (WITH THE SONG SPINNERS): My Happiness/ RED FOLEY WITH ROY ROSS
& HIS RAMBLERS: Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?/ LOWELL FULSON:
Reconsider Baby/ ARTHUR GUNTER: Baby Let's Play House/ ROY HAMILTON: Hurt/
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)/ THE INK SPOTS: It's A Sin To
Tell A Lie/ JONI JAMES: I'll Never Stand In Your Way/ THE JEWELS: Hearts
Of Stone/ SAMMY KAYE & HIS ORCHESTRA FEAT. TONY ALAMO &: Harbor Lights/
LITTLE JUNIOR’S BLUE FLAMES (JUNIOR PARK: Love My Baby/ TONY MARTIN:
There's No Tomorrow/ BROWNIE MCGHEE & HIS JOOK BLOCK BUSTERS: I'm 10,000
Years Old/ BILL MONROE’S BLUEGRASS BOYS: Little Cabin Home On The Hill/
THE RED CAPS: Are You Lonesome Tonight?/ JIMMIE RODGERS SNOW & HIS
TENNESSEE PLAYBOYS: Love Me/ THE SHELTON BROTHERS: Aura Lee/ HANK SNOW:
I'm Gonna Bid My Blues Goodbye/ RED SOVINE: How Do You Think I Feel/
ERNEST TUBB: Tomorrow Never Comes/ BIG JOE TURNER: Shake Rattle & Roll/
JIMMY WAKELEY & MARGARET WHITING: Beyond The Reef/ WILEY WALKER & GENE
SULLIVAN: When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again/ BILLY WARD & HIS
DOMINOES: When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano/ CHUCK WILLIS: I Feel
So Bad/ WILLY & RUTH: Love Me
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Buffalop Bop 55191 |
Play It Cool |
● CD $19.98 |
28 tracks, 63 mins, highly recommended
And play it cool,
they do. This CD should come with a leather jacket, pack of smokes and a
jar of Pomade! Buffalo Bop deliver their usual assortment of juvenile
delinquents, playing wild rhythms and shouting about all sorts of teen-age
dilemma. Frank Virtuoso and His Virtues deliver the goods with Roll'in
an' a' Rock'in, Don Crawford & The Escorts plead: Why, Why, Why,
as Skip Milo asks the eternal question, What's Wrong With Me? Other
winners include Boston Bake Bean Baby by Tony March, Crazy
Georgia Shake by Doug Powell, Loretta by Chuck Hix, and One
Note Rock by Don Ramano (he's not kidding). You get the picture. About
half the tracks are new to CD. I guarantee that a good time will be had by
all who pick this little beauty up. (JM)
BILL & ED: Key of Love/ DONNIE BOYD: Lil Girl, Lil Girl/
FLOYD BROWN: What I Want/ RICHARD CHEVALIER: Hang My Tears On A Line
Outside/ DON CRAWFORD: Why, Why, Why/ EDDIE DANIELS: Playin Hide Go Seek/
LARRY & DIXIE DAVIS: Gonna Live It Up Tonight/ JIM EDGAR & THE IMPALAS:
Your Allright/ TOMMY FISHER: Rock And Roll Robin Hood/ THE FRANKLIN
BROTHERS: (Wake Up) Little Boy Blue/ Day Dreaming/ JOHNNY GAMBLE: Wicked
Woman/ JERRY HAMMOND: Move Over Rover/ CHUCK HIX AND THE COUNTDOWNS:
Loretta/ GENE JENKINS: Short Stuff/ LITTLE DINO: Run Home/ BUDDY LOWE:
Sherry Lee/ TONY MARCH: Boston Bake Bean Baby/ PAT & DEE: Gee Whiz/ CLYDE
PITTS: The Lonely Side of Town/ DONY POWELL: Crazy Georgia Shake/ DON
ROMANO: One Note Rock/ RON AND JOE & THE CREW: Riot In Cell Block No. 9/
MARCEL ST. JEAN & THE DRIFTERS: The Big Black Jackete/ THE TEMPESTS:
Rockin Rochester USA/ JIMMY THOMASUN: Now Hear This/ FRANK VIRTUOSO:
Rollin' An A Rockin'/ JERRY WOODARD: Downbeat
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Buffalop Bop 55192 |
Desperate Dolls |
● CD $19.98 |
28 tracks, 59 mins, recommended
With Wanda Jackson finally
going into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, now is a perfect time to
revisit and re-appreciate the fabulous Rockin' women of the 1950's. This
new Buffalo Bop collection features 28 wild women, taking on the male
dominated form with gusto and class (most of the time.) Speaking of ole'
Wanda, you get her biggest hit Let's Have A Party interpreted (and
imitated) by Susy Rose, who throws on some tasty pedal steel guitar into
the mix. Other notable tracks like You Upset Me by Diana Lee,
Flipsville by Stormy Gayle, Full Moon Rock by Marcy Davis,
Bad Motorcycle by The Angelos, and Crazy Yogi by Bernadette and
her Swingin' Bears, to name a few. This isn't the best compilation of it's
sort that has come out lately, I would recommend some of the recent titles
on the Collector label, but it is a solid CD, with some fine cuts to be
found - most of them appearing on CD for the first time. (JM)
THE ANGELOS: Bad Motorcycle/ BERNADETTE: Crazy Yogi/
When You're Dancin' With Me/ HELEN BOZEMAN: Sugar Baby/ PAT BROWN:
Forbitten Fruit/ JO ANN CAMPBELL: Whassa Matter With You/ You're Driving
Me Mad/ THE CASSIDY SISTERS: Rockin At The Hop/ MARCY DAVIS: Full Moon
Rock/ KATHY DEE: Trail of Tears/ LOLA DEE: Hey! Ba-Ba-Re Bop/ STORMY
GAYLE: Flipsville/ DON GILS: Bad Bass Boogie/ BETTE LAINE: Rock A Bye
Rock/ DIANA LEE: You Upset Me/ LONNIE MAE: Record Hop Dream/ THE MARTIN
SISTERS: Don't Run And Hide/ SUE PATRICK: You Found A New Love/ ANGIE
RIOS: Hop, Skip Jump/ Run Rattler Run/ LUCY RIVERA: I Fic/ SUSY ROSE:
Let's Have A Party/ Welfare Sugar Daddy/ DOTTIE SWAN: Blue News/ TONI: I
Want You Be My Baby/ THE VELVETEENS: Baby Baby/ CANDY WILLIAMS: Maybe I
Was Dreaming
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CC 1492 |
Dream Girls |
● CD $26.98 |
2 CD, 60 tracks, 137 mins, highly recommended
Some of us
can't get enough of what I call "chick pop" (essentially, the musical
equivalent of a "chick flick") and this collection is for those type of
people: 60 tracks of broken hearts, celebrations of true love, and the
trials of dealing with the opposite sex. There's no indication of the time
frame of these songs, but I'd guess the early to mid 60's judging by the
sound of the music, the production, and the subject matter. The usual mix
of unknowns and soon-to-be-household names are present, and it's fun to
hear something else by Shelly Fabares (clearly there was more to her than
just Johnny Angel), early sides from Ann-Margret and Ellie
Greenwich (as Ellie Gaye), and the Honeys recording as Ginger & the Snaps
(these two tracks are worth the price of admission all by themselves).
Also on hand is Carol Connors, who's better known as a songwriter rather
than a performer (she wrote, or co-wrote, among other things Hey Little
Cobra/ Theme From Rocky (Gonna Fly Now), and With You I'm Born
Again), toeing the girl group line as a solo artist under her own name
and under an alias (Annette Bard). This compilation is fun to listen to
and educational all at the same time; what more do you need? (GMC)
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Chief CCD 1156511 |
Ultra Rare Rockin' & Boppin, Vol. 1 |
● CD $16.98 |
Chock full of the rarest of the rare Rock & Roll and teen
beat from the golden age. You get a CD full of songs about red-hot babes,
sung by cool cats and the like. Great sides like Hocus Pocus by The
Raiders, Pretty Baby by The Vibes featuring Ronnie Franklin,
Forbidden Love by Larry Dowd & the Rock-A-Tones, Moonlight Party
by the Beau-Marks, Queen Bee by The Orbits, and Gee Whiz by
The Dazzlers, to name a few of the obscure wonders that you will land with
a purchase of this platter of plastic. Lots of label reproductions, so you
can marvel at the output of vintage record labels like Kat, Ascot, Andex,
Jaro, Lindy, and many more lesser known companies, next to the bigger time
labels like King, Imperial, Savoy, etc. who are also selectively
represented. The music on this is top-notch; I would probably give this a
Highly Recommended if it only had some liner notes, or anything much
beyond the bare bones. (JM)
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El Toro 1021 |
Winter Dance Party |
● CD $19.98 |
27 Tracks, 55 Mins, highly recommended
With it's recent
50th anniversary, the "Day The Music Died," i.e., the death of Buddy
Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, there has
been a lot of attention/tribute paid with radio shows, magazine articles,
live shows etc. So it's no surprise that someone would put out a
collection like this one. With a mix of all three artists recorded work,
interspersed with radio promo spots from each, this makes for a great and
unique CD. There are plenty of songs that are well represented by Holly
and Valens, but the Big Bopper is usually only represented with his one
big hit Chantilly Lace. On this you also get Big Bopper tracks like
Little Red Riding Hood/ Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor/
Teenage Moon/ Crazy Blues, and more. Next to the big hits by the other
two legends, they also have tracks like Fool's Paradise/ Early in the
Morning, and Lonesome Tears by Buddy Holly/Crickets, plus
Framed/ Big Baby Blues and Fast Freight from Valens. All of
this is lovingly put together with extensive liner notes full of label
reproductions and rare pictures. Listening to this can make you sad over
what the world lost that day fifty years ago, or rejoice in all of the
good these cats contributed to it. Most likely you'll feel a little bit of
both. (JM)
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Fantastic Voyage FVQD 001 |
1958 British Hit Parade, Part 1: January -
June |
● CD $26.98 |
This four CD set with 101 tracks comprises every record
that entered the U.K. chart from January 1958 to June 1958 in
chronological order of entry with the exception of multiple versions of
the same song. The result is an interesting mix of American R&B, Rock 'n'
Roll, and Pop with British Pop, Skiffle, and early attempts at imitating
Rock 'n' Roll. There's nothing new or rare on here, but it is an
interesting snapshot of another era. Includes The Kaye Sisters, Charlie
Gracie, Michael Holliday, Larry Williams, Gary Miller, Dave King, Eydie
Gorme, The Four Esquires, Frank Sinatra, The McGuire Sisters, Ricky
Nelson, Nick Todd, Elvis Presley, Tony Brent, , Tommy Steele, Buddy Holly
& The Crickets and many more. Includes 48 page illustrated booklet with
track by track annotation.
PAUL ANKA: Crazy Love/ You Are My Destiny/ FRANKIE
AVALON: Dede Dinah/ CHUCK BERRY: Johnny B. Goode/ Sweet Little Sixteen/
PAT BOONE: A Wonderful Time Up There/ It's Too Soon To Know/ TONY BRENT:
The Clouds Will Soon Roll By/ MAX BYGRAVES: Tulips From Amsterdam/ You
Need Hands/ EDDIE CALVERT: Mandy/ THE CHAMPS: Tequila/ THE CHORDETTES:
Lollipop/ PETULA CLARK: Baby Lover/ ALMA COGAN: Sugartime/ The Story Of My
Life/ PERRY COMO: Catch A Falling Star/ I May Never Pass This Way Again/
Kewpie Doll/ Magic Moments/ EDRIC CONNOR: Manchester United Calypso/ SAM
COOKE: You Send Me/ THE CRICKETS: Maybe Baby/ JIM DALE: Crazy Dream/ Don't
Let Go/ Just Born (To Be Your Baby)/ Sugartime/ VIC DAMONE: On The Street
Where You Live/ DANNY AND THE JUNIORS: At The Hop/ DORIS DAY: A Very
Precious Love/ TERRY DENE: Stairway Of Love/ JACKIE DENNIS: La Dee Dah/
FATS DOMINO: The Big Beat/ LONNIE DONEGAN: Grand Coolie Dam/ Nobody Loves
Like An Irishman/ ROBERT EARL: I May Never Pass This Way Again/ ELIAS AND
HIS ZIG ZAG JIVE FLUTES: Tom Hark/ THE EVERLY BROTHERS: All I Have To Do
Is Dream/ Claudette/ ELLA FITZGERALD: Swinging Shepherd Blues/ THE FOUR
ESQUIRES: Love Me Forever/ THE FOUR PREPS: Big Man/ CONNIE FRANCIS: Who's
Sorry Now/ EYDIE GORME: Love Me Forever/ CHARLIE GRACIE: Cool Baby/ GEORGE
HAMILTON IV: Why Don't They Understand/ TED HEATH: Swinging Shepherd
Blues/ Tequila/ BOBBY HELMS: No Other Baby/ RONNIE HILTON: I May Never
Pass This Way Again/ Magic Moments/ MICHAEL HOLLIDAY: In Love/ Stairway Of
Love/ The Story Of My Life/ BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS: Listen To Me/
BILL JUSTIS: Raunchy/ THE KAYE SISTERS: Alone/ Shake Me I Rattle/ DAVE
KING: The Story Of My Life/ THE KING BROTHERS: Put A Light In The Window/
MOE KOFFMAN QUARTET: Swinging Shepherd Blues/ DON LANG: Witch Doctor/
JERRY LEE LEWIS: Breathless/ LITTLE RICHARD: Good Golly Miss Molly/ KEN
MACKINTOSH: Raunchy/ DEAN MARTIN: Return To Me/ JOHNNY MATHIS: Teacher
Teacher/ THE MCGUIRE SISTERS: Sugartime/ GARY MILLER: The Story Of My
Life/ THE MUDLARKS: Book Of Love/ Lollipop/ RICKY NELSON: Stood Up/ JOHNNY
OTIS SHOW: Bye Bye Baby/ THE PLATTERS: Twilight Time/ ELVIS PRESLEY:
Don't/ I Beg Of You/ I'm Left You're Right She's Gone/ Jailhouse Rock/
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck/ LOUIS PRIMA: Buona Sera/ MARVIN RAINWATER:
I Dig You Baby/ Whole Lotta Woman/ JIMMIE RODGERS: Oh-Oh I'm Falling In
Love Again/ MARION RYAN: Love Me Forever/ DAVID SEVILLE: Witch Doctor/
FRANK SINATRA: Witchcraft/ THE SOUTHLANDERS: Put A Light In The Window/
TOMMY STEELE: Happy Guitar/ Nairobi/ Princess/ NICK TODD: At The Hop/
VARIOUS: The Signature Tune Of The Army Game/ FRANKIE VAUGHAN: Just Can't
Get Along Without You/ Kewpie Doll/ We Are Not Alone/ MALCOM VAUGHAN: To
Be Loved/ BILLY VAUGHN: Raunchy/ DAVID WHITFIELD: Cry My Heart/ On The
Street Where You Live/ LARRY WILLIAMS: Bony Moronie/ JACKIE WILSON: To Be
Loved
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Fantastic Voyage FVQD 002 |
1958 British Hit Parade, Part 2: June -
December |
● CD $26.98 |
The follow-up to British Hit Parade: Britain's Greatest
Hits Vol. 7, Part 1, this four CD set with 102 tracks documents every
record that entered the U.K. chart from June 1958 to December 1958 in
chronological order of entry. More of the same from the first collection,
but with the added genres of rockabilly, country, and Jazz spicing things
up. The thing I find the most fascinating about this compilation is the
fact that several versions of the same song - by different artists, one
American and one British - became hits at the same time (e.g. Endless
Sleep by Marty Wilde and Jody Reynolds; Splish Splash by Bobby
Darin and Charlie Drake, etc). And if nothing else, this collection proves
that the eclectic tastes of the British have been long established.
Includes Fats Domino, Bobby Helms, David Whitfield, Doris Day, Connie
Francis, Max Bygraves, Buddy Holly, Perry Como, Duane Eddy, Cliff Richard
& The Drifters, Elvis Presley, Jack Scott, Lord Rockingham's X, Eddie
Cochran. Lonnie Domnegan and many more.
PAUL ANKA: Midnight/ FRANKIE AVALON: Ginger Bread/
SHIRLEY BASSEY: As I Love You/ Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me/ HARRY
BELAFONTE: Little Bernadette/ The Son Of Mary/ THE BIG BOPPER: Chantilly
Lace/ PAT BOONE: Gee But Its Lonely/ If Dreams Came True/ Sugar Moon/ TONY
BRENT: Girl Of My Dreams/ BERNARD BRESSLAW: Mad Passionate Love/ EVERLY
BROTHERS: Bird Dog/ MAX BYGRAVES: Gotta Have Rain/ Little Train/ EDDIE
CALVERT: Little Serenade/ RENATO CAROSONE & HIS SEXTET: Torero Cha Cha
Cha/ VALERIE CARR: When The Boys Talk About The Girls/ THE COASTERS:
Yakety Yak/ EDDIE COCHRAN: Summertime Blues/ COZY COLE: Topsy/ PERRY COMO:
Love Makes The World Go Round/ Mandolins In The Moonlight/ Moon Talk/ RUSS
CONWAY: Got A Match/ More Party Pops (Medley)/ THE CRICKETS: It's So Easy/
Think It Over/ VIC DAMONE: The Only Man On The Island/ BOBBY DARIN: Splish
Splash/ BOBBY DAY: Rockin' Robin/ DORIS DAY: Everybody Loves A Lover/
JACKIE DENNIS: The Purple People Eater/ FATS DOMINO: Sick And Tired/
LONNIE DONEGAN: Betty Betty Betty/ Lonesome Traveller/ Lonnie's Skiffle
Party (Medley)/ Sally Don't You Grieve/ Tom Dooley/ TOMMY DORSEY ORK: Tea
For Two Cha-Cha/ CHARLIE DRAKE: Hello My Darlings/ Splish Splash/ Volare/
ROBERT EARL: More Than Ever/ DUANE EDDY: Rebel Rouser/ TOMMY EDWARDS: It's
All In The Game/ THE ELEGANTS: Little Star/ CONNIE FRANCIS: Carolina Moon/
Fallin'/ I'll Get By/ I'm Sorry I Made You Cry/ Stupid Cupid/ You Always
Hurt The One You Love/ GEORGE HAMILTON IV: I Know Where I'm Going/ TED
HEATH: Tom Hark/ BOBBY HELMS: Jacqueline/ JOE 'MR. PIANO' HENDERSON:
Trudie/ MICHAEL HOLLIDAY: I'll Always Be In Love With You/ BUDDY HOLLY:
Early In The Morning/ Rave On/ THE KALIN TWINS: When/ THE KINGSTON TRIO:
Tom Dooley/ JULIUS LA ROSA: Torero/ PEGGY LEE: Fever/ LITTLE RICHARD: Ooh
My Soul/ LORD ROCKINGHAM'S XL: Hoots Mon/ ROBIN LUKE: Susie Darlin'/
MARINO MARINI QUARTET: Come Prima/ Volare/ DEAN MARTIN: Volare/ JOHNNY
MATHIS: A Certain Smile/ Winter Wonderland/ DOMENICO MODUGNO: Volare/ JANE
MORGAN: The Day The Rains Came/ RUBY MURRAY: Real Love/ RICKY NELSON: I
Got A Feeling/ Poor Little Fool/ Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)/ THE
OLYMPICS: Western Movies/ THE PONI-TAILS: Born Too Late/ PEREZ PRADO:
Patricia/ ELVIS PRESLEY: Hard Headed Woman/ King Creole/ JODY REYNOLDS:
Endless Sleep/ CLIFF RICHARD: High Class Baby/ Move It/ JIMMIE RODGERS:
Secretly/ Woman From Liberia/ JODIE SANDS: Someday (You'll Want Me To Want
You)/ JACK SCOTT: My True Love/ FRANK SINATRA: Mr. Success/ TOMMY STEELE:
Come On Let's Go/ The Only Man On The Island/ THE TEDDY BEARS: To Know Him
Is To Love Him/ ART & DOTTY TODD: Chanson D'Amour/ CONWAY TWITTY: It's
Only Make Believe/ FRANKIE VAUGHAN: Am I Wasting My Time/ Wonderful
Things/ MALCOLM VAUGHAN: More Than Ever/ DAVID WHITFIELD: The Right To
Love/ MARTY WILDE: Endless Sleep/ SHEB WOOLEY: The Purple People Eater
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QDK Media 046 |
Love, Peace & Poetry - African Psychedelic
Music |
● CD $16.98 |
17 tracks, 57 mins, highly recommended
If you haven't had
enough of psychedelic music that doesn't come from North America or
Europe, then get ready for another crazy collection from Q.D.K. Media;
this time the spotlight is on freak-outs from Africa (South Africa,
Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia to be exact). As with the other volumes
in the series--previously reviewed by your faithful correspondent--this
one provides some major grooves and wig-outs, via some Cream/Clapton
copies, some War/Parliment-style funk, a bit of Traffic, and a dollop of
Pink Floyd. What more can I say? If psychedelia is your bag, then buy,
buy, buy. (GMC)
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Smith & Co. 1173 |
Great Rock 'n' Roll Instrumentals - Just
About As Good |
● CD $15.98 |
Two CDs, 63 tracks, 153 mins, highly recommended
A great
collection of instrumentals which, in spite of the title, is not all rock
'n' roll, but also includes, blues, R&B, country and even big band tunes
but it's all fine music including some of the biggest R&R instrumental
hits of the mid 50s like Rebel Rouser by Duane Eddy, Rumble
by Link Wray, Tequila by The Champs, Raunchy by Bill Justis,
Slow Walk by Sil Austin and more. Among the many other artists
included are Chuck Berry,the obscure but excellent B.B. Cunningham,
Ritchie Valens, Ace Cannon, Chet Atkins (doing instrumental versions,
Travis style, of Dance With Me Henry and Tweedledee),
Merrill Moore, Al Casey (the original version of Ramrod which was
subsequently a hit for his friend Duane Eddy with Eddy overdubbing some
additional guitar parts to this recording), Sonny Burgess, Bill Haley &
The Comets, Fats Domino, Noble "Thin Man" Watts, Red Holloway, Jimmy
Cavallo & His House Rockers, Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons (the only 40s
recording here with their 1941 Walkin' The Boogie), Willie
Mitchell, Alan Freed & His Rock 'n' Roll Band, Lawson Haggart Rockin' Bad
and loads more. Excellent sound and informative notes by Dave Travis. (FS)
LEE ALLEN: Walkin' With Mr. Lee/ DAVE APPELL & THE
APPLEJACKS: Dinner With Drac/ CHET ATKINS: Dance With Me Henry/ Tweedle
Dee/ SIL AUSTIN: Slow Walk/ CHUCK BERRY: Blue Feeling/ Deep Feeling/
In-Go/ THE BLAZERS: Walk On/ OWEN BRADLEY: Big Guitar/ RUSTY BRYANT: The
Honeydripper/ SONNY BURGESS: Itchy/ Thunderbird/ ACE CANNON: .38 Special/
Big Shot/ AL CASEY: Ramrod/ JIMMY CAVALLO & HIS HOUSE ROCKERS:
Footstompin'/ THE CHAMPS: Gone Train/ Midnighter/ Tequila/ Train To
Nowhere/ THE COUNTRY CATS: Hot Strings/ FLOYD CRAMER: Flip Flop & Bop/ B.
B. CUNNINGHAM: Electrode/ B.B. CUNNINGHAM: Scratchin'/ BILL DOGGETT: Honky
Tonk/ FATS DOMINO: Fats Frenzy/ Second Line Jump/ Swannee River Hop/ The
Fat Man's Hop/ JIMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA: Jay-Dee's Boogie Woogie/ DUANE EDDY
& THE REBELS: Cannonball/ Movin 'n' Groovin'/ Rebel Rouser/ T.J. FOWLER:
Back Biter/ ALAN FREED & HIS ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND: The Grey Bear/ LAWSON
HAGGART ROCKIN' BAND: Dumplings/ The Stroll/ Yancey Special/ BILL HALEY &
HIS COMETS: Goofin' Around/ BILL HALEY & THE COMETS: Blue Comet Blues/
Rudy's Rock/ RED HOLLOWAY: Foolin' Around Slowly/ PETE JOHNSON & ALBERT
AMMONS: Walkin' The Boogie/ BILL JUSTIS: College Man/ Raunchy/ KID KING'S
COMBO: Skip's Boogie/ BUDDY KNOX & THE RHYTHM ORCHIDS: Rockabilly Walk/
WILLIE MITCHELL: Bongo Beat/ The Crawl/ MERRILL MOORE: Nola Boogie/ SCOTTY
MOORE TRIO: Have Guitar-Will Travel/ THE NINO TEMPO BAND: Heartburn Motel/
LES PAUL & MARY FORD: How High The Moon/ RED PRYSOCK BAND: Rock 'n' Roll/
ARTHUR SMITH & HIS CRACKERJACKS: Guitar Boogie/ MERLE TRAVIS: Cannonball
Rag/ I'll See You in My Dreams/ RITCHIE VALENS: Big Baby Blues/ Fast
Freight/ LYNN VERNON: Moon Rocket/ NOBLE (THIN MAN) WATTS: Hard Times (The
Slop)/ LINK WRAY: Rumble
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STCTU 1 |
Songs The Cramps Taught Us, Vol. 1 |
● CD $21.98 |
31 tracks, 77 mins, essential
Back in stock in very
limited quantities. Some of you might be familiar with the series of
compilations called "Born Bad," which were great, but this series takes
the same concept and improves on it 1,000 percent! The Cramps are one of
the greatest Punk Rock bands ever and a huge part of their charm is in how
they take wild, obscure Rockabilly, Garage and R&B songs from the 1950's
and '60s and rework them--or downright steal from them--to create their
own songs. The main folks in the Cramps, singer Lux Interior and guitarist
Poison Ivy, are rabid record collectors and have always shown a spotlight
on obscure artists and tunes and are personally responsible for reviving
certain artist's careers. These compilations take the best of the "Born
Bad" tracks and add many more to them to create an unbelievably cool set
of CDs with a noticeable improvement in overall sound quality. Volume one
features such gems as Hipsville 29 BC by The Sparkles, Jelly
Roll Rock by Walter Brown & His Band, Love Me by The Phantom, and
Sinners by Freddie and the Hitchhikers alongside better known numbers by
the Sonics, Andre Williams, Jack Scott, Bo Diddley, etc.. On top of this,
you get absolutely beautiful cover art and layout in the best EC comics
vein and thorough notes that not only tell you about the original
artist/song, but also how the Cramps used each of them. I love these comps
and I just can't recommend them enough. Since I picked these up, I have
easily listened to each volume at least 20 times. (JM)
WALTER BROWN: Jelly Roll Rock/ THE BUSTERS: Bust Out/
RONNIE COOK: Goo Goo Muck/ KEITH COURVALE: Trapped Love/ BO DIDDLEY:
Dancing Girl/ ELROY DIETZEL: Rock-n-Bones/ LEE DRESSER: Beat Out My Love/
CHARLIE FEATHERS: I Can't Hardly Stand It/ THE FRANTICS: Werewolf/ FREDDIE
& THE HITCH HIKERS: Sinners/ THE GROUPIES: Primitive/ DALE HAWKINS:
Tornado/ R. LEWIS: Get Off The Road/ THE PHANTOM: Love Me/ JETT POWERS: Go
Girl Go/ ELVIS PRESLEY: Do The Clam/ DWIGHT PULLEN: Sunglasses After Dark/
THE RIPTIDES: Machine Gun/ THE RUMBLERS: Boss/ THE RUNABOUTS: The
Strangeness In Me/ JACK SCOTT: The Way I Walk/ THE SHELLS: Whiplash/
SHERIFF & THE RAVELS: Shombolar/ THE SONICS: Strychnine/ THE SPARKES:
Hipsville 29 BC/ ANDY STARR: Give Me A Woman/ THE THIRD BARDO: Five Years
Ahead Of My Time/ HAYDEN THOMPSON: Blues Blues Blues/ THE TRASHMEN: Surfin'
Bird/ ANDRE WILLIAMS: Bacon Fat/ LINK WRAY: Fatback
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STCTU 002 |
Songs The Cramps Taught Us, Vol. 2 |
● CD $21.98 |
32 tracks, 77 mins, essential
Back in stock in very
limited quantities. The second volume in this fantastic series doesn't
miss a beat from where the first left off. One beautifully crazed track
after another with highlights like Hasil Adkins' She Said, Dean
Carter's insane take on Jailhouse Rock, Slim Harpo with Strange
Love, Carl Perkins getting down and dirty on Her Love Rubbed Off,
and J.J. Jackson & The Jackals' masterpiece Oo-Ma-Liddi. Not to
mention the magnificent Garage Punk Nugget Green Fuz by Randy Alvey
& The Green Fuz, which featured future Canned Heat Bass man Larry Taylor.
More great artwork, more great notes and not a single dud in any of the 32
tracks. (JM)
HASIL ADKINS: She Said/ BILL ALLEN: Please Give Me
Something/ RANDY ALVEY: Green Fuz/ CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: Hard Working Man/
SONNY BURGESS: Red Headed Woman/ JOHNNY BURNETTE TRIO: Tear It Up/ DEAN
CARTER: Jailhouse Rock/ THE COUNT FIVE: Psychotic Reaction/ RED CRAYOLA:
Hurricane Fighter Plane/ DON & THE GALAXIES: Sundown/ CHARLIE FEATHERS:
It's Just That Song/ THE FENDER FOUR: Margaya/ THE FLAMES: The Bird/ GLEN
GLENN: Everybody's Movin'/ SLIM HARPO: Strange Love/ THE HUNTSMEN: Fever/
J. J. JACKSON: Oo-Ma-Liddi/ THE JESTERS: Peter Gunn/ KASENATZ KATZ SUPER
CIRCUS: Quick Joey Small/ LIGHTNIN' SLIM: It's Mighty Crazy/ BUDDY LOVE:
Heartbreak Hotel/ JIM LOWE: The Green Door/ RICKY NELSON: Lonesome Town/
THE NOVAS: The Crusher/ ROY ORBISON: Domino/ CARL PERKINS: Her Love Rubbed
Off On Me/ THE READYMEN: Shortnin' Bread/ THE SPARK PLUGS: Chicken/ JIMMY
STEWART: Rock On The Moon/ THREE ACES & A JOKER: Booze Party/ THE TUNE
ROCKERS: The Green Mosquito/ KIP TYLER: Jungle Hop
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STCTU 003 |
Songs The Cramps Taught Us, Vol. 3 |
● CD $21.98 |
31 tracks, 77 mins, essential
Back in stock in limited
quantities. Just as good if not better than the previous two. Any
collection that has Nat County's Woodpecker Rock, Macy Skip
Skipper's Bop Pills, and The Bostweeds' Faster Pussycat Kill
Kill is certainly going to get an A+ from me. Amazing, fantastic,
weird, psychotic, noisy, psychedelic, soulful, hillbillies, college
drop-outs and menaces to society, in other words.Rock n' Roll and Rhythm &
Blues at it's best! (JM)
LONNIE ALLEN: You'll Never Change Me/ THE BLUES ROCKERS:
Calling All Cows/ THE BOSTWEEDS: Faster Pussycat Kill Kill/ JACKIE LEE
COCHRAN: Georgia Lee Brown/ NAT COUTY: Woodpecker Rock/ RONNIE DAWSON:
Rockin' Bones/ DAVE DAY: Blue Moon Baby/ TERRY DUNAVAN: Earthquake Boogie/
THE EMBERS: I Walked All Night/ THE FANATICS: I Will Not Be Lonely/
CHARLIE FEATHERS: One Hand Loose/ THE FENDERMEN: Mule Skinner Blues/ THE
FLOWER CHILDREN: Miniskirt Blues/ THE INSTRUMENTALS: Chop Suey Rock/
KAI-RAY: I Want Some Of That/ KIT & THE OUTLAWS: Don't Tread On Me/ JIMMY
LLOYD: I Got A Rocket In My Pocket/ SHORTY LONG: Devil With The Blue Dress
On/ LARRY PHILLIPSON: Bitter Feelings/ DELL RANEY: Can Your Hossie Do The
Dog/ MAC REBENNACK: Storm Warning/ PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: Hungry/ THE
RHYTHM ROCKERS: Madness/ MEL ROBBINS: Save It/ THE SHADES: Strollin' After
Dark/ MACY SKIPPER: Bop Pills/ WARREN SMITH: Uranium Rock/ THE SONICS:
He's Waiting/ THE STANDELLS: Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White/ JUNIOR
THOMPSON: How Come You Do Me?/ JERRY WARREN: Rompin'
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