VINTAGE
ROCK 'N' ROLL & ROCKABILLY
Various
Artists Collections - Bear Family
INTRODUCTION: Germany's Bear Family Records
label is probably the finest reissue label in the world. All their
releases are based on extensive research and are beautifully remastered
from original master tapes wherever possible and frequently feature
unissued tracks and alternate takes. Their box sets are spectacular
housed in large LP sized boxes allowing them to provide large format
books with extensive biographical and discographical information, rare
photos and other memorabilia. Their single CDs include thick booklets,
often 32 pages or more. When you buy a Bear Family CD you can be sure
you are getting the best. |
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Bear Family BCD 15792 |
And The Answer Is, Vol 2 |
● CD $21.98 |
28 tracks featuring 14 hits from the 50s and 60s along with
their answer songs - Roses Are Red/ Long As The Rose Is Red, Who's
Sorry Now?/ I'm Sorry Now, Tell Laura I Love/ Tell Tommy I Miss Him,
Burning Bridges/ You Burned The Bridges and so on. Note: Volume 1
is a country country and will be in our country section.
PAUL ANKA: Diana/ Remember Diana/ MARCIE BLANE: Bobby's Girl/ PAT BOONE:
Are You Lonesome Tonight/ THELMA CARPENTER: Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight/
FLORRAINE DARLIN: Long As The Rose Is Red/ JOE DOWELL: Wooden Heart/ RALPH
EMERY: I'll Take Good Care Of Your Baby/ CONNIE FRANCIS: Who's Sorry Now/
BOBBY GOLDSBORO: Honey/ MIKIE HARRIS: Little Miss Lonely/ BOBBIE JEAN: You
Burned The Bridges/ BRENDA LEE: Fool #1/ MARGARET LEWIS: Honey (i Miss You
Too)/ FRANKIE LYMON: I Put The Bomp/ BARRY MANN: Who Put The Bomp/ MARIE
ANN: I Know Your Heart's Not Made Of Wood/ MARILYN MICHAELS: Tell Tommy I
Need Him/ RAY PETERSON: Tell Laura I Love Her/ MIKE REGAL: Is It True What
They Say About Barbara/ JACK SCOTT: Burning Bridges7/ THE SHERRY SISTERS:
Stay Away From Bobby/ THE SHIELDS: I'm Sorry Now/ MARC STEWART: No, You're
Not The Fool/ BOBBY VEE: Please Don't Ask About Barbara/ Take Good Care Of
My Baby/ BOBBY VINTON: Mr. Lonely/ Roses Are Red
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Bear Family BCD 15533 |
Let's Go Jivin' To Rock & Roll |
● CD $21.98 |
A diverse collection of 20 tracks from the RCA archives
including pop rock, hillbilly rock and R&B styled rock - mostly from
the mid 50s. Includes Perry Como (4 songs including a true stereo version
of Love Makes The World Go Round), The Davis Sisters (2 songs),
Mike Pedicin Quintet (3), Pee Wee King (2) plus 1 each by Sammy Salvo,
Jimmy Dell, The Sons Of The Pioneers (!), The Morgan Twins, Johnny Restivo
(a true stereo version of The Shape I'm In - wow!), Neil Sedaka (You
Gotta Learn Your Rhythm & Blues which isn't), Janet Baker, Mickey
& Silvia and Wade Ray. Excellent sound and 20 page booklet with
detailed notes by Rob Finnis, lots of photos and full discographical
information.
JANET BAKER: Boom De De Boom/ PERRY COMO: Hubba, Hubba, Hubba/ Jukebox
Baby/ Kewpie Doll/ Love Makes The World Go Round (stereo)/ THE DAVIS
SISTERS: Fiddle Diddle Boogie/ Rock-a-bye Boogie/ JIMMY DELL: I've Got A
Dollar/ PEE WEE KING: Blue Suede Shoes/ Plantation Boogie/ MICKEY &
SYLVIA: Rock & Stroll Room/ THE MORGAN TWINS: Tv Hop/ THE MIKE PEDICIN
QUINTET: Jackpot/ When The Cats Come Marching In/ You Gotta Go/ WADE RAY:
Idaho Red/ JOHNNY RESTIVO: The Shape I'm In (stereo)/ SAMMY SALVO: Say
Yeah/ NEIL SEDAKA: You Gotta Learn Your Rhythm & Blues/ THE SONS OF
THE PIONEERS: Tennessee Rock And Roll
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Bear Family BCD 15824 |
Phoenix Panorama |
● CD $84.98 |
3 discs, 100 tracks, 220 min., recommended. A fascinating
look at the mid-50's to mid-60's music scene in Arizona as seen through
the Viv family of labels - Apro, Aster, Double A, Elko, Flag Pole, Jo-Ree,
Pyro, Rimrock, Solo, Viv itself, and a few others. Formed in 1955 by
songwriter/producer Lee Hazlewood, Viv at first focused its energies on a
country music sound. But as various popular music trends garnered big
sales throughout the nation, the label's artists and producers, as you
might expect, attempted to translate those clear successes into a
local-sounding nationally-marketable sound. A variety of subsidiary labels
were used in this effort, but only one number was a moderate hit, Need
You by Donnie Owens. Very few others even dented the lower rungs of
the national charts. But many have stood the test of time rather nicely,
demonstrating both the genuine nature of the local talent and the innocent
sound that only a small, relatively isolated studio can produce. Disc one
is the most country sounding of the three. It's highlights include How
About Me (Pretty Baby) by Jimmy Johnson & Al Casey, Give Me
Some of Yours by Jimmy Spellman, Mama Lou by Buzz Burnam, Queen
of Hearts by Ronnie Adair, Five More Miles to Folsom by Lee
Hazlewood, All Through the Night by Jack Lane, and The Other
Woman by Don Rollins. Disc two opens with two numbers on which Donnie
Owens is backed by fellow Arizona resident Duane Eddy, If I'm Wrong
and the aforementioned Need You. Subsequent tracks include Shy
by Dale Perkins, Things I Can't Forget by Ronnie Ryan, Long Gone
Cat by Duane Turley & Don Cole, A Little More Wine My Dear?
by the Hawks, I Ask of You by Miriam Johnson (better known later
on as Jessie Colter, wife of Waylon Jennings), and Rockin' Down Mexico
Way by Loy Clingman. Disc three moves into a folk music mode with Scotch
and Soda by Henry Thome, Lil' Ol' Bug by the Wagoners, and Tip
by Clingman's Clan; moves into rock 'n' roll with Bumble Bee by the
Tads, outstanding latter day doo-wop with I Want to Know by Leroy
Fullylove and the Buffs (a monstrously rare 45), and picks up a garage band
sound at the end with Hi-Fi Baby by the Door Knobs and For Me
by Destiny's Children. All production standards are top notch and includes
a 48 page book.. And, in
something of a departure for Bear Family, this is an edited collection,
offering only about half of the tracks that Viv put out during its
lifetime as a label. (DH)
RONNIE ADAIR: Queen Of Hearts/ ALAN & THE ALPINES: Ginger Bread/ BENNY
BANTA: Cry Little Girlie/ You're Still My Baby/ BUZZ BURNAM: Mama Lou/ AL
CASEY: Round And Round/ LOY CLINGMAN: I Feel The Blues Coming On/ Rockin'
Down Mexico Way/ Saro Jane/ Time Wounds All Heels/ CLINGMAN“S CLAN: Tip/
DON COLE: Stop/ THE CONTESSAS: Nobody But You/ THE COPA COMBO: Wings/ THE
DANFORDS: Freshman Girl, Senior Boy/ DESTINY“S CHILDREN: For Me/ THE DOOR
KNOBS: Hi-fi Baby/ ESSEX & THE WALTERS SISTERS: Herb, Was It Make
Believe/ LEROY FULLYLOVE: Day After Day (alt)/ I Want To Know/ Me, My
Shadow And I/ One Of These Days/ Oo, What You Do To Me/ JIMMIE GRAY:
Cindy's Cryin'/ DOUG HARDIN: Five More Miles To Folsom/ Talk To Me Blues/
THE HAWKS: A Little More Wine, My Dear?/ LEE HAZLEWOOD: Five More Miles To
Folsom/ THE HOBBIT: Times Past/ Top Of The Morning/ MIRRIAM JOHNSON: I Ask
Of You/ JIMMY JOHNSON & AL CASEY: Cat Daddy/ BARRY LANE: Doggone
Lonesome Town/ JACK LANE: All Through The Night/ Don't Hate Me/ King Fool/
Mr. Blues (is My Shadow)/ Restless/ JERRY LANGFORD: Still Of The Night/
Tell Me/ GARY LEE: Crazy Arms/ EDDIE LEMAIRE: Gotta Get With It/ THE
LEONARD BROS: Boppin' Blue Jeans/ Do Da Da Do/ LOST & FOUND: Don't
Move Girl/ THE MCALLISTERS: Hard Times/ THE MORGAN-CONDELLO COMBO: Ali
Baba/ DONNIE OWENS: Ask Me Anything/ Between Midnight And Dawn/ On And On/
Tomorrow/ If I'm Wrong/ Need You/ DAL PERKINS: Shy/ Q-ZEEN: Rain On The
Mountain/ GERALD RAY: Fussin'/ Panic/ THE RIFFS: Tell Her/ LONESOME LONG
JOHN ROLLER: Hay Mama/ Long John's Flagpole Rock/ DON ROLLINS: Blue I Am/
Don't Hate Me (demo)/ I'm Back (demo)/ If I'm Wrong (demo)/ Mirror, Mirror
(demo)/ That's The Way It Happened/ The Good Bartender (demo)/ The Other
Woman/ The Other Woman (demo)/ THE ROUSTABOUTS: Shimmyin' John/ RONNIE
RYAN: Things I Can't Forget/ THE SCALLYWAGS: The Big Wave/ SECOND EDITION:
Sidewalks And Avenues/ ALVIE SELF: Lonely Walk/ Rain Dance/ Where, When
And How/ JOHNNY SILVERS: Blue And Lonesome Mood/ Whisper To Me/ GARY &
PERCY SMITH: I've Got A Girl/ SOLID GROUND: Sad Now/ JIMMY SPELLMAN: (she
Wants A) Loverman/ Give Me Some Of Yours/ THE TADS: Bumble Bee/ TERRY
& PEGGY: Silly Dilly Willy/ HENRY THOME: Scarlett/ Scotch And Soda/
DUANE TURLEY & DON COLE: Long Gone Cat/ DUANE TURLEY & THE TADS:
Devil's Den/ THE VERSALES: Forgotten/ WAGONERS: Lil' O' Bug/ FARON WARMER:
Cruisin' Central/ THE WILD FLOWERS: A Man Like Myself/ More Than Me/ EASY
DEAL WILSON: I Don't Wantcha/ There'll Come A Day
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Bear Family BCD 16230 |
Rockin' & Boppin' In The Desert, Arizona
Rockabilly |
● CD $21.98 |
30 tracks recorded between 1955 and 1961 for various small
Arizona labels like Liberty Bell, Viv, Yolo, Ranger and others. It
includes Joe Montgomery, Al Casey (who also plays guitar on many of the
sides here), Bobby Boston, Billy Barnett, Dick Robinson & His
Makebelievers, Loy Clingman, Lonesome Long John Roller (a song about his
211 days sitting on a flagpole), Jimmy Johnson, The Newton Rascals
(featuring the first recorded appearance of Wayne Newton!), The Rio
Rockers and others. The emphasis here seems to be on fairly lightweight
novelty songs.
BENNY BANTA: Cry, Little Girl/ BILLY BARNETT: Romp And Stomp/ BOBBY &
DEMONS: The Whoo/ BOBBY BOSTON: Lazy Daisy/ AL CASEY: If I Told You So/
CHEEK-O VASS & SOLA-TEARS: Bo-peep Rock/ LOY CLINGMAN: Rockin' Down
Mexico Way/ DON COLE: Stop/ JIMMY DELL: Teeny Weeny/ JUDY FAYE: Rocky-rolly
Lover Boy/ JIMMY GRAY: Chicksville, Usa/ DOUG HARDEN: Dig That Ford/
RITCHIE HART: The Great Duane/ RUSTY ISABELL: Firewater/ JIMMY JOHNSON:
Cat Daddy/ JOE D. JOHNSON: Rattlesnake Daddy/ JACK LANE: King Fool/ THE
LEONARD BROS: Boppin' Blue Jeans/ GENE MALTAIS: The Bug/ JOE MONTGOMERY:
Planetary Run/ JIM MURPHY: I'm Gone, Mama/ THE NEWTON RASCALS: Rascals
Boogie/ JIMMIE PATTON: Okie's In The Pokie/ Q-ZEEN: Rain On The Mountain/
THE RIO ROCKERS: Mexican Rock 'n' Roll/ DICK ROBINSON & THE
MAKEBELIEVERS: The Boppin' Martians/ LONESOME LONG JOHN ROLLER: Long
John's Flagpole Rock/ ALVIE SELF: Let's Go Wild/ THE TADS: Mixed Up Mama/
DUANE TURLEY & DON COLE: Long Gone Cat
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Bear Family BCD 16443 |
Sentimental Journey, Vol. 3 - Last Train To
San Fernando |
● CD $21.98 |
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Bear Family BCD 16289 |
Shakin' Up North - Canadian Rockabilly, Vol.
1 |
● CD $21.98 |
30 tracks from 1956-61
JACK BAILEY: Oh What Love Is/ BLUE TONES: Shake, Shake/ BOB & LUCILLE:
Eeny Meeny Miney Moe/ BARRY BOYD: Goin' Home To Memphis/ BUDDY BURKE: That
Big Old Moon/ CLIFFY & JERRY: Go To Sleep, Little Suzie/ GUIDO D'AMICO:
Jimmy Boy/ TED DAIGLE: Mary Lou/ Red Hen Hop/ WES DAKUS: El Ringo/ DICK
DAMRON: That's What I Call Livin'/ DICKIE DAMRON: Gonna Have A Party/
Rockin' Baby/ BILLY GUITAR: Here Comes The Night/ BOB KING: Rockin'
Jukebox/ JOE KOZAK: Hillbilly Rock/ JIM MORRISON: Ready To Rock/ JIMMY
ORDGE: Easy Rockin' Chair/ JERRY PALMER: Come Along With Me/ Travelin'
Shoes/ BRAD REYNOLDS: Georgie Porgie/ THE RHYTHM JESTERS: Rock To The
Music/ THE ROCK-A-TUNES: Woman Fever/ You're Some Kind Of Nice/ REG SMITH:
Rock And Roll Lullaby/ RAY ST. GERMAIN: She's A Square/ THE STOLTZ BROS.:
Rock And Roll Riot/ R. DEAN TAYLOR: At The High School Dance/ THE TREE
TOPS: Walkin' Home/ HAL WILLIS: My Pink Cadillac
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Bear Family BCD 15622 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 1 |
● CD $21.98 |
31 tracks, 68 minutes, essential. 31 tunes covering many of
the highlights of RCA's love affair with rockabilly. You'd be smitten too
if your sweetheart (we're talkin' Elvis) stuffed millions into your bank
account. Except for the brief novelty of a "female Elvis" (Janis
Martin) the rest of the boppers here hardly made a ripple. That's not to
say there wasn't plenty of talent though. Joe Clay wails on Sixteen
Chicks and Duck Tail . Joey Castle tears it up on That Ain't
Nothing But Right and Ric Cartey romps on Oooh-Wee . Even when
the singer or the song is marginal, the RCA studio band of Chet Atkins (g),
Hank Garland (g), Floyd Cramer (p), Bob Moore (b), etc. elevates the
proceedings considerably. Other artists features include David Houston,
Tommy Blake, Skeeter Bonn, Gene Morris, Lee Denson, etc. The beautiful
photo filled 48 page booklet, written by Bill Millar is fantastic. (AE)
MILTON ALLEN: Don't Bug Me Baby/ TOMMY BLAKE: All Night Lon/ Honky Tonk
Min/ SKEETER BONN: Rock-A-Bye-Baby/ MARTHA CARSON: Now Stop/ RIC CARTEY:
Born To Love One Woma/ Heart Thro/ Oooh We/ JOEY CASTLE: That Ain't
Nothing But Righ/ NAN CASTLE: Star Light, Star Bright/ JOE CLAY: Duck Tai/
Sixteen Chicks/ FRANKIE DEE: Shake It Up Baby/ JIMMY DELL: I've Got A
Dollar/ LEE DENSON: New Shoes/ DICK GLASSER: Catty Town/ TED HARRIS: Just
Thought I'd Set You Straight/ DAVID HOUSTON: One And Only/ Sugar Sweet/
AUTRY INMAN: Mary Nell/ HOYT JOHNSON: Little Boy Blue/ JANIS MARTIN:
Barefoot Babe/ Drugstore Rock & Roll/ THE MCCOYS: Full Grown Cat/ GENE
MORRIS: Lovin' Honey (1)/ Lovin' Honey (2)/ DAVE RICH: Rosie Let's Get
Cozy/ JIMMIE RODGERS SNOW: Milkcow Blues/ THE SPROUTS: Teen Billy Baby/
MORGAN TWINS: TV Hop/ ART WOOD: Hey Jibb
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Bear Family BCD 15623 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 2 |
● CD $21.98 |
Dynamite 30 tune collection from the Decca vaults featuring
about as solid a lineup as you'll find outside of a Sun compilation. And
like Sun, most of the Decca releases had a big, distinctive and dynamic
sound due to the friendly confines of Bradley Studios in Nashville and the
fantastic session cats led by guitarist Grady Martin. Handsome Johnny
Carroll was the wildest of the bunch and could've been a big star if
rockabilly wasn't squashed by the industry in favor of some more
controllable music. His half a dozen tunes are hot as can be, especially Hot
Rock , Crazy, Crazy Lovin' and Wild Wild Women . Roy
Hall's music usually fell into the hillbilly boogie category but his 4
Decca tunes rock like mad with great guitar to go along with Roy's 88
bangin'. Guys like Eddie Fontaine, Jackie Lee Cochran and Terry Noland
passed through and stayed long enough to record some of their best
rockabilly, heck even country legend Webb Pierce sounded OK on his Teenage
Boogie . But it's the obscure records like Peanuts Wilson - Cast
Iron Arm , Johnny Bell- Flip, Flop And Fly and Billy Harlan - I
Wanna Bop that really gettcha goin'. And I must give another plug for
the rough & rowdy harmony of the Five Chavis Brothers on Baby,
Don't Leave Me , just one of 30 reasons to add this one to your
collection (AE)
CHUCK & BILL: Way Out There/ JIMMY & JOHNNY: Sweet Love On My
Mind/ JOHNNY BELL: Flip, Flop And Fly/ JOHNNY CARROLL: Corrine, Corrina/
Crazy, Crazy Lovin'/ Hot RocK/ Rock 'n' Roll Rube/ To Get To You/ Tryin'/
Wild, Wild WomeN/ FIVE CHAVIS BROTHERS: Baby Don't Leave Me/ BUDDY COVELLE:
Lorraine/ EDDIE FONTAINE: Cool It Baby/ ROY HALL: Diggin' The Boogie/
Off-Beat Boogie/ See You Later Alligator/ Three Alley Cats/ Whole Lotta
Shakin' Goin' On/ BILLY HARLAN: I Wanna Bop/ AUTRY INMAN: Be Bop Baby/ It
Would Be A Doggone Lie/ JERRY KENNEDY: Teenage Love Is Misery/ JACKIE LEE
COCHRAN: Mamy Don't You Think I Know/ Ruby Pear/ GENE MALTAIS: Crazy Baby/
TERRY NOLAND: Ten Little Women/ WEBB PIERCE: Teenage Boogie/ PEANUTS
WILSON: Cast Iron Arm/ DON WOODY: Bird Dog/ Make Like A Rock And Roll/
You`re Barking Up The Wrong Tree
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Bear Family BCD 15624 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 3 |
● CD $21.98 |
Another fantastic 30 tune collection, this time from the
vaults of Capitol. A lot of these have a strong country flavor but if you
don't mind a bit of downhome twang with your rockin' you'll be richly
rewarded. I wouldn't call the Louvin Brothers' Cash On The Barrelhead
rockabilly but it's still a great number with plenty of energy. My Gal
Gertie by Dub Dickerson is a hickoid as they come but it's so rockin'
cool. I'll take Faron Young's I Can't Dance and Alone With You
any day over Ferlin Huskey/ Simon Crum's Bop Cat Bop and Slow
Down Brother (all four are included here.) Some of you will be
surprised at how good the two Tommy Sands' tunes are, Playin' The Field
and The Worryin' Kind . Skeets McDonald also rocks pretty good on Heartbreakin'
Mama and You Oughta See Grandma Rock . The two cuts by the
Farmer Boys could've been stronger rockers but that's no big deal. Scoop
it up. (AE)
CHARLIE BOP TRIO: Mr. Big Feet/ FARMER BOYS: Cool Down Mama/ My Baby Done
Left Me/ LOUVIN BROS.: Cash On The Barrelhead/ Red Hen Hot/ TOMMY COLLINS:
Black Cat/ SIMON CRUM: Bop Cat Bop/ DUB DICKERSON: My Gal Gertie/ JOHNNY
FALLIN: Party Kiss/ Party Line/ RUDY GRAYZELL: There's Gonna Be A Ball/
JIMMY HEAP: Go Ahead On/ Sebbin' Come Elebbin/ FERLIN HUSKEY: Slow Down
Brother/ BOBBY LEE TRAMMELL: You Mostest Girl/ KENNY LORAN: I Chickened
Out/ BOB LUMAN: Try Me/ ROSE MADDOX: My Little Baby/ SKEETS MCDONALD:
Heart Breakin' Mama/ You Ought A See Grandma Rock/ BOBBY NORRIS: I Went
Rockin'/ JERRY REED: I've Had Enough/ When I Found You/ RIO ROCKERS:
Mexicali Baby/ TOMMY SANDS: Playin' The Field/ The Worryin' Kind/ JEAN
SHEPARD: He's My Baby/ Jeopardy/ FARON YOUNG: Alone With You/ I Can't
Dance
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Bear Family BCD 15630 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 4 |
● CD $21.98 |
16 cuts from the early/mid 60s recorded for Herb Abramson/
Jerry Blaine's Festival label - mostly unissued - Billy Barry, Ronnie Dio,
Billy Balls, Charlie Starr and Otis Blackwell.
BILLY BALLS: Motorcycle/ BILLY BARRY: Baby/ I Love You Now/ I'm A King/ My
Love Is True/ Oh, No!/ They Call Me Willie, The Wild One/ Weepin' And
Wailin'/ OTIS BLACKWELL: One Broken Heart For Sale/ RONNIE DIO: Do The
Oop-Poo-Pah-Doo/ Love Pain/ CHARLIE STARR: Black Jack Joey/ Christmas
Twist/ Sick And Tired/ Till Time Stands Stil/ You Ain't My Number On
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Bear Family BCD 15711 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 5 |
● CD $21.98 |
Volume 5 is devoted to the Dot label.
JIMMY 'C' NEWMAN: Carry On/ BILLY ADAMS: You Heard Me Knocking/ GENE
BROWN: Big Door/ LEW BURDETTE: Mary Lou/ RAY CAMPI: It Ain't Me/ KAY CEE
JONES: Johnny, Johnny, Johnny/ SANFORD CLARK: Lonesome For A Letter/ LOY
CLINGMAN: I'm Low, Low, Low/ LLOYD COPAS: Circle Rock/ KEITH COURVALE:
Trapped Lover/ JIMMY DEE: Henrietta/ You're Late Miss Kate/ BOB DENTON:
Playboy/ Skinny Minnir/ PAT FLOWERS: Rock-Sock The Boogie/ MICKEY GILLEY:
Call Me Shorty/ Come On Baby/ BILLY JOE TUCKER: Boogie Woogie Bill/ DICK
LORY: Ballroom Baby/ MATT LUCAS: Put Me Down/ THE PHANTOM: Love Me/ Love
Me/ JIM RINGO: I Like This Kind Of Music/ RAY SHARPE: Oh My Baby's Gone/
That's The Way I Feel/ JIMMY SPELLMAN: Doggonit/ NIKI SULLIVAN: It's All
Over/ LEROY VAN DYKE: Chicken Shack/ MAC WISEMAN: Step It Up And Go/ DANNY
WOLFE: Let's Flat Get It/ Pucker Painy
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Bear Family BCD 15733 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 6 |
● CD $21.98 |
Second volume of rockabilly from the vaults of Decca -
impeccable remastering and newly researched artist info - Roy Hall, Arlie
Duff, Joe Therrien, Don Woody, Rex Allen, Wayne Raney, etc
BARBARA ALLEN: Sweet Willie/ REX ALLEN: Knock Knock Rattle/ YORK BROS:
Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby/ VERNON CLAUD: Baby's Gone/ AL COKER:
Don't Go Baby (Don't Go)/ ARNIE DERKSEN: She Wanna Rock/ ARLIE DUFF:
Alligator Come Across/ JERRY ENGLER: Sputnik (Satellite Girl)/ RED FOLEY:
Crazy Little Guitar Man/ DDIE FONTAINE: One And Only/ JAMES GALLAGHER:
Crazy Chicken/ LOU GRAHAM: Wee Willie Brown/ BILLY GRAY & WESTERN
OKIES: Tennessee Todd/ ROY HALL: All By Myself/ Don't Stop Now/ Move On/
BILLY HARLAN: School House Rock/ BAKER KNIGHT & KNIGHTMARES: Bring My
Cadillac Back/ WARNER MACK: Roc-A-Chicka/ WAYNE RANEY: Shake Baby Shake/
ROCKIN' SAINTS: Cheat On Me Baby/ CHESTER SMITH: You Gotta Move/ RED
SOVINE: Juke Joint Johnny/ JOE THERRIEN JR: Come Back To Me Darling/ Hey
Babe! Let's Go Downtown/ Rock-A-Billy Boogie/ Wheels/ You're Long Gone/
JUSTIN TUBB: Rock It On Down To My House/ DON WOODY: Morse Code
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Bear Family BCD 15789 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 7 |
● CD $21.98 |
This time the focus is on the MGM label.
THE BERRY KIDS: You're My Teen Age Baby/ THELMA BLACKMON: I Wanta Waltz/
CECIL CAMPBELL: Dixieland Rock/ Rock And Roll Fever/ The Rocking Guitar/
PAUL DAVIS: Big Money/ BERNIE EARLY: Rock Doll/ Your Kisses Kill Me/ BOB
GALLION: Baby, Love Me/ My Square Dancin' Mama/ BUCK GRIFFIN: Stutterin'
Papa/ Watchin' The 7:10 Roll By/ RON HARGRAVE: Buttercup/ Drive-In Movie/
Latch On/ BILLY JACK WILLS: All She Wants To Do Is Rock/ There's Good
Rockin' Tonight/ BERRY KIDS: Go, Go, Go, Right Into Town/ Love Me, Love/
Rootie Tootie/ MARVIN RAINWATER: Hot And Cold/ Mr. Blues/ CARSON ROBISON:
Rockin' And Rollin' With Grandmaw/ FRANK SANDY: Let's Go Rock 'n' Roll/
ANDY STARR: Rockin' Rollin' Stone/ Round And Round/ JIMMY SWAN: Country
Cattin'/ CONWAY TWITTY: Long Black Train/ RUSTY WELLINGTON: Rockin' Chair
On The Moon
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Bear Family BCD 15936 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 8 |
● CD $21.98 |
31 cuts from Abbot, Fabor and Radio. Includes Bobby Lee
Trammell, Dorsey Burnette, Johnny Horton & Billy Barton, Creel
Sisters, Dickie Podolor, Bob Luman, Tom Tall, Dusty Rose, Bonnie Guitar,
The Shadows, Tom Tall & Ruckus Taylor, Alvadean Coker, etc.
BOLEAN BARRY: Long Sideburns/ DORSEY BURNETTE: Let's Fall In Love/
ALVADEAN COKER: We're Gonna Bo/ We're Gonna Bop (alt)/ SANDY COKER:
Meadowlark Boogie/ THE CREEL SISTERS: Stop The Clock Rock/ BONNIE GUITAR:
Frantic Part/ Love Is Over, Love Is Don/ ROBERT LUKE HARSHMAN: Love
Whatcha' Doin' To M/ Stop Talkin', Start Lovin/ JOHNNY HORTON: Shotgun
Boogie/ Bawlin' Bab/ ROY LANHAM: Klondike/ BOB LUMAN: Hello Baby/ No Use
In Lying (incomplete/ That's Alright With M/ JOE MONTGOMERY: Cool Cat/
DICKIE PODOLOR: I Love You Girl/ DUSTY ROSE: Hula Rock/ Rockin' Maracca/
THE SHADOWS: Jumping With The Shadow/ Shadow Roc/ The Cree/ RONNIE
SUMMERS: Salt And Pepper/ TOM TALL: Hot Rod Is Her Name/ Don't You Kno/
Whose Little Pigeon Are Yo/ BOBBY LEE TRAMMELL: I Sure Do Love You Bab/
Shirley Le/ You Mostest Gir/ RUCKUS TYLER: Rock Town Roc/ Rollin' And A-Rockin
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Bear Family BCD 15971 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 9 |
● CD $21.98 |
30 tracks, 65 mins, recommended. Third volume of rockin'
sides from the vaults of Decca and affiliated labels (Brunswick, Coral,
etc) has very little out and out rockabilly - most of it is up tempo
country and rock 'n' roll and if you're looking for lots of hot guitar
solos you might be disappointed as there probably more sax solos than
guitar solos! Still there are some fine sides here from Freddie Neill (an
early rockin' side from the reclusive folk singer), Charlie Phillips,
Lewis Pruett (the exciting Crazy Bullfrog), Jim Eanes (pure country
but a delightful performance on Wiggle Worm Wiggle), Carl Belew (
his Folding Money is my favorite here - great singing, great lyrics
and a wonderful rocking bluesy arrangement), Roy Duke, Jerry Mason and
others. Contributions from Bob Wills, The Matys Brothers, Billy Mize and
Dav Kip are pretty expendable. Sound quality is, of course, magnificent
and the 44 page booklet is chock full of information and photos. (FS)
THE ALCONS: Black Jack/ CARL BELEW: Cool Gator Shoes/ Folding Money/ BILLY
THE KID: Apron Strings/ JOEY BISCOE: You Lovin‘ Doll/ JULES BLATTNER: No
Money Down/ RAY DOGGETT: It Hurts The One Who Loves You/ ROY DUKE: Behave,
Be Quiet Or Begone/ JIM EANES: Wiggle Worm Wiggle/ BILLY JACK HALE: Your
Eyes/ WAYNE HANDY: Betcha Didn‘t Know/ I Think You Oughta Look Again/
BOBBY HELMS: Tennessee Rock n‘ Roll/ DAV KIPP: No Sweat Baby/ BAKER
KNIGHT: Just Relax/ JERRY MASON: Strange Feeling/ THE MATYS BROTHERS:
Crazy Street/ BILLY MIZE: Solid Sender/ FREDDIE NEIL & FRIEND: Listen
Kitten/ THE PARIS BROTHERS: This Is It/ CHARLIE PHILLIPS: Be My Bride/
DOUG POWELL: Tired Man/ LEWIS PRUITT: Crazy Bullfrog/ This Little Girl
(has A Magic Touch)/ MIMI ROMAN: Little Lovin‘/ CHUCK SIMS: Little
Pigeon/ CHESTER SMITH: Rock Go Round/ RED SMITH: Whoa Boy/ BOBBY SYKES:
Touch Of Loving/ BOB WILLS & THE TEXAS PLAYBOYS: So Let‘s Rock
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Bear Family BCD 16101 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 11 |
● CD $21.98 |
The 11th set in this great series features 30 rockin' tracks
from the vaults of Mercury including Eddie Bond, Sleepy LaBeef, Curtis
Gordon, Jackie Cray, Rudy Grayzell and others.
EDDIE BOND & HIS STOMPERS: Boppin' Bonnie/ Flip Flop Mama/ Rockin'
Dadd/ Slip Slip Slippin'In/ JACKIE CRAY: Maybelle/ BING DAY: I Can't Help
It/ CONNIE DYCUS: Rock-A-Bye Baby Rock/ JIMMY EDWARDS: Love Bug Crawl/
GEORGE & EARL: Better, Stop, Look And Listen/ Done Gone/ CURTIS
GORDON: Draggin'/ Mobile, Alabama/ Sitting On Top Of The World/ RUDY
GRAYZELL: Let's Get Wild/ THE HI-LITERS: Dance Me To Death/ JOHNNY JAY:
Sugar Doll/ DON JOHNSTON: Born To Love One Woman/ SLEEPY LABEEF: All The
Time/ ROY MOSS: Corrine, Corrina/ You Don't Know My Mind/ You Nearly Lose
Your Mind/ You're My Big Baby Now/ ROYCE PORTER: Yes I Do/ JOHNNY 'T'
TALLEY: (I've Changed My) Wild Mind/ Lonesome Train/ BILLY WALLACE &
THE BAMA DRIFTERS: Burning The Wind/ Mean, Mistreatin' Baby/ That's My
Reward/ What'll I Do/ THOMAS WAYNE: You're The One That Done It
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Bear Family BCD 16102 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 12 |
● CD $21.98 |
30 classic Imperial sides - Bob Luman, Bill Mack, Lew
Williams, Roy Brown, The Strikes, Laura Lee Perkins, Warren Miller, The
Burnette Brothers, Dennis Herrold, Al Jones, Bill Lawrence, Johnny Garner,
Dick Banks, Lew Williams and others.
BILL ALLEN: Please Give Me Something/ DICK BANKS: Dirty Dog/ ROY BROWN:
Hip Shakin' Baby/ JOHNNY BURNETTE: Sweet Baby Doll/ THE BURNETTE BROS:
Warm Love/ BILLY ELDRIDGE: Let's Go Baby/ JOHNNY GARNER: Didi Didi/ Kiss
Me Sweet/ SAMMY GOWANS: Rockin' By Myself/ DENNIS HERROLD: Hip Hip Baby/
Make With The Lovin'/ You Arouse My Curiosity/ AL JONES: Loretta/ BILL
LAWRENCE: Hey Baby/ BOB LUMAN: All Night Long/ Red Hot/ BILL MACK: Play My
Boogie/ WARREN MILLER: Everybody's Got A Baby But Me/ LAURA LEE PERKINS:
Don't Wait Up/ WELDON ROGERS: So Long, Good Luck/ THE STRIKES: Baby I'm
Sorry/ I Don't Want To Cry Over You/ If You Can't Rock Me/ Rockin'/ LEW
WILLIAMS: Abracadabra/ Bop Bop Ba Doo Bop/ Cat Talk/ Centipede/ Gone Ape
Man/ Something I Said
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Bear Family BCD 16123 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 10 - Chess Records |
● CD $21.98 |
31 tracks,73 mins, highly recommended. Though there wasn't a
lot of rockabilly issued by Chicago's premier blues label Chess (and its
subsidiaries Checker & Argo) what there was very good indeed and most
of it is featured on this collection. Unlike most of it's blues &
R&B artists which were Chicago based most of the rockabilly recordings
were licensed from various producers throughout the country including
several from Stan Lewis in Shreveport whose best known discovery is Dale
Hawkins who is represented here by La Do Dada. Other Shreveport
based recordings includes Jimmy Lee & Wayne Walker's classic Love
Me and two takes of Maylon Humpries' Worried About You Baby
with James Burton on lead guitar. Chess leased Rusty York's great Sugaree
which was originally issued on Rusty & Jackie De Shannon's PJ label
out of Cincinnati. There are two hot piano based rockers recorded in
Nashville by Mel Robbins who later became one of Nashville's most prolific
sideman as Hargus "Pig" Robbins. There are two cuts from Eddie
Fontaine including Nothin' Shakin' originally issued on New York's
Sunbeam label and features great jazz guitarist George Barnes playing hot
rock'n roll licks. Lots more goodies from G.L. Crockett, Bobby Sisco, Lou
Josie, Russel Bridgers (later known as Leon Russell), bluesman Johnny
Fuller, Billy Barrix, Brothers, Dick Glasser, Joey Long, and more. Great
sound and 52 page booklet crammed full of information, photos and
discographical details. (FS)
JERRY ADAMS: Old Black Joe/ BILLY BARRIX: Almost/ Cool Off Baby/ RUSSELL
BRIDGES: All Right/ BROTHERS: Lazy Susan/ JACKIE CANNON: Chill Bump/ G.L.
CROCKETT: Look Out MabeL/ BOBBY DEAN: Just Go Wild Over Rock 'n' Roll/
LARRY DIAMOND: True Love Come My Way/ THE FAIRLANES: Little Girl, Little
Girl/ EDDIE FONTAINE: Don't Ya Know/ Nothin' Shakin'/ JOHNNY FULLER: All
Night Long/ DICK GLASSER: Crazy Love/ DALE HAWKINS: La-Do-Dada/ MAYLON
HUMPHREYS: Worried About You Baby/ Worried About You, Baby (alt)/ THE
JET-TONES: Jet-Tone Boogie/ LOU JOSIE: Breezin' Out/ Vacation's Over/ Why
Did You Leave Me/ JIMMY LEE & WAYNE WALKER: Love Me/ JOEY LONG: Leall/
MEL ROBBINS: Are You With Me/ Save It/ DEL SAINT & THE DEVILS: Rock
Yeah/ THE SILVA-TONES: Roses Are Blooming/ BOBBY SISCO: Go Go Go/ Tall,
Dark And Handsome Man/ RUSTY YORK: SugareE/ Sweet Talk
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Bear Family BCD 16210 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 14 |
● CD $21.98 |
31 tracks, 69 mins, recommended. This dip into the rockabilly
vaults of various record labels features the ever fertile Sun label - the
rockabilly label. None of the tracks here were originally released as
singles and many are making their CD appearance for the first time - there
are even a couple never issued before. Artists include Glenn Honeycutt,
Jimmy Haggett, Mack Vickery, Roy Hall, Jimmy Williams, Howard Chandler,
Curtis Hoback, Johnny Powers, Ernie Barton, Jesse Lee Turner and many more
including a couple of tracks by unknown artists. Wonderful 40 page booklet
with extensive notes by Colin Escott and some incredible photos. (FS)
ANDY ANDERSON: Tough, Tough/ ERNIE BARTON: She's Gone Away/ DEAN BEARD:
Rakin' And Scrapin'/ HOWARD CHANDLER: Wampus Cat/ KEN COOK: Problem Child/
JACK EARLS: Take Me To That Place/ ROGER FAKES: Somehow We'll Find A Way/
JIMMY HAGGETT: Rock Me Baby/ ROY HALL: Christine/ RAY HARRIS: Lonely Wolf/
CURTIS HOBACK: Apron Strings/ GLENN HONEYCUTT: Rock All Night/ CURLEY
MONEY: Chain Gang Charlie/ KENNY PARCHMAN: Treat Me Right/ TRACY PENDARVIS:
Uh Huh, Oh Yeah/ DICK PENNER: Move Baby, Move/ JOHNNY POWERS: Me And My
Rhythm Guitar/ JIMMY PRITCHETT: That's The Way I Feel/ GENE SIMMONS: Peroxide
Blonde And A Hopped Up Model Ford/ Pop And Mama/ SMOKEY JOE: Hula
Bop/ HAYDEN THOMPSON: Don't You Worry/ JESSE LEE TURNER: Put Me Down/
UNKNOWN ARTIST #2: Red Hen Hop/ UNKNOWN ARTIST #1: What A Beat/ MACK
VICKERY: Drive-in/ JIMMY WAGES: Miss Pearl/ Take Me (garden Of Evil)/
JIMMY WILLIAMS: My One Desire/ JAMES WOOD: Gonna Give A Party/ MALCOLM
YELVINGTON: Got Me A Trumpet
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Bear Family BCD 16288 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 15 |
● CD $21.98 |
26 tracks, 68 mins, recommended. A fine collection of
rockabilly and rock 'n roll recorded for Joe Leonard's Lin and Kliff
labels between 1956 and '59. Among the the highlights here are three
terrific sides by David Ray, two of them with hot guitar by Charles Debrew.
There are two great instrumentals by The Atmospheres including one of my
all time favorites The Fickle Chicken. Andy Starr and Buck Griffin
are well known to rockabilly collectors and both have some fine sides.
Steve Wright is an obscurity but his Wild Wild Woman is very hot.
Other artists include The Strikes, Jerry Fuller, Ken Copeland, Don Terry
and others. A few cuts are pretty bland but most of it is worth while. 24
page booklet has extensive notes, rare photos and full discographical
data. Sound quality is unbeatable. (FS)
THE ATMOSPHERES: Telegraph/ The Fickle Chicken/ J.B. BRINKLEY: Guitar
Smoke/ KEN COPELAND: Fanny Brown/ Where The Rio De Rosa Flows/ DON CURTIS:
Rough Tough Man/ JERRY FULLER: I Found A New Love/ Mother Goose At The
Bandstand/ BUCK GRIFFIN: Bow My Back/ Jessie Lee/ Stutterin' Papa/ Watchin'
The 7:10 Roll By/ THE JOKERS: Dogfight/ DAVID RAY: Jitterbugging Baby/
Lonesome Baby Blue/ Lonesome Feeling/ ANDY STARR: One More Time/ Rockin'
Rollin' Stone/ Round And Round/ She's A Going Jessie/ THE STRIKES: Come
Back To Me/ If You Can't Rock Me (alt.)/ My Poor Heart/ DON TERRY: Knee
Shakin'/ THE TU-TONES: Saccharin Sally/ STEVE WRIGHT: Wild, Wild Woman
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Bear Family BCD 16311 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 16 |
● CD $21.98 |
A second collection of rockers from Sun in this great
series. 31 tracks from Sonny Burgess, Warren Smith, Ray Harris, Jimmy
Haggett, Narvel Felts and others.
TOMMY BLAKE: You Better Believe/ SONNY BURGESS: Ain't Gonna Do It/ KEN
COOK: I Fell In Love/ JACK EARLS: My Gal Mary-Ann/ NARVEL FELTS: Cry Baby
Cry/ CURLEY GRIFFIN: Got Rockin' On My Mind/ JIMMY HAGGETT: Do Me Like You
Do Me/ Rabbit Action/ RAY HARRIS: Come On Little Mama/ HAROLD JENKINS: I
Need Your Lovin' Kiss/ LUKE MCDANIEL: Go Ahead Baby/ My Baby Don't Rock/
KENNETH PARCHMAN: Love Crazy/ Tennessee Zip/ KENNY PARCHMAN: What's The
Reason/ BARBARA PITTMAN: Sentimental Fool/ JOHNNY POWERS: Waiting For You/
TEDDY REIDEL: Me And My Blues/ GENE ROSS: Everybody's Trying To Kiss My
Baby/ TOMMY RUICK: Prisoner Of The Blues/ MACK SELF: I Vibrate/ GENE
SIMMONS: Drinkin' Scotch/ MACY SKIPPER: Bop Pills/ WARREN SMITH: Stop The
World/ UNIDENTIFIED #1: Between Here And There/ UNIDENTIFIED #3: I'll Be
Rocking/ UNIDENTIFIED #2: Slewfoot Sue/ UNIDENTIFIED #4: Two Timin' Baby/
JIMMY WAGES: Mad Man (2)/ JIMMY WILLIAMS: Rock-A-Bye Baby/ MALCOLM
YELVINGTON: Rockin' With My Baby
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Bear Family BCD 16405 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 17 - Sun Records |
● CD $21.98 |
34 tracks, 71 mins, highly recommended. Well, Bear Family
does it again - they have burrowed into the depths of the Sun tape vault
for a third time and come up with another great selection - none of which
was ever issued at the time and most making their first ever appearance on
CD. In addition to artists recorded at Sun this also gives us a glimpse at
some of the artists who sent in audition tapes to Sun including Fred
Prentiss with the powerful Jungle Queen, John Tolleson (more
familiar as Tommie Tolleson) with four great solo vocal & piano demos,
Jerry Arnold (whose tapes he actually placed with Challenge and Security)
and several unknown performers including the fine guitar instrumental Driving
Home. There some great alternate takes like Ray Harris's Greenback
Dollar, Slim Rhodes Band with Do What I Do, Warren Smith's Red
Cadillac And A Black Mustache and more including a couple of Charlie
Rich cuts with some interesting and revealing studio chatter with Sam
Phillips encouraging Charlie Rich to sound more like Elvis and a couple of
fine acoustic guitar demos by Ray Scott and ends with a 29 second fragment
of an unknown performance by Jimmy Wages that might have become a
rockabilly classic if the whole performance existed. And maybe it does -
I don't think the contents of the Sun vaults have been fully exhausted. I
never cease to be amazed as to the high quality of the unissued material
that keeps turning up. 36 page booklet has detailed notes and great rare
photos. (FS)
ALTON & JIMMY: No More Crying The Blues (alt)/ JERRY ARNOLD: High
Class Baby/ Little Boy Blue/ JOHNNY BERNERO: It Makes No Difference Now
(alt)/ S. BROOKS & SLIM RHODES BAND: Do What I Do/ Take And Give
(alt)/ SONNY BURGESS: Find My Baby For Me/ JOHNNY CASH: Big River (alt)/
RAY HARRIS: Greenback Dollar (alt)/ J. LEWIS & SONNY BURGESS BAND:
Life's Too Short To Live/ CARL MCVOY: I'll Satisfied/ FRED PRENTISS:
Jungle Queen/ Lazy River/ CHARLIE RICH: Goodbye Mary Ann (alt)/ Little
Woman Friend Of Mine/ BILLY RILEY: Red Hot (alt)/ RAY SCOTT: I'm Gonna
Make You Love Me/ Tonight Will Be The Last Night/ GENE SIMMONS: Chains Of
Love/ RAY SMITH: Little Girl (alt)/ WARREN SMITH: Red Cadillac And A Black
Mustache/ JOHN TOLLESON: Don't Sweetheart Me/ Hickory Nut Mountain/ Rocky
Road Blues/ Searchin' For My Baby/ UNKNOWN ARTIST: Driving Home/ If You
Need Me/ Snake Dance/ JIMMY WAGES: Unknown Tape Fragment/ ONIE WHEELER:
That's All/ JIMMY WILLIAMS: All I Want/ ALAN WINGATE: Rainin' The Blues/
Should Be You/ What Else Could I Do?
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Bear Family BCD 16407 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 18 - Sarg Records |
● CD $21.98 |
30 rare rockabilly tracks from the vaults of Sarg records -
Jeff Stone, Adolph Hofner & The Pearl Wranglers, Peck Touchton &
The Sunset Wranglers, Al Urban, Cecil Moore, Glenn Bland & The Rhythm
Kings, Pee Wee Maples, The Moods, The Sounds, The Downbeats, Chet McIntyre
and more.
GLENN BLAND & THE RHYTHM KINGS: Mean Gene/ When My Baby Passes By/
HARMON BOAZEMAN & THE CIRCLE C BAND: No Love In You/ THE DOWNBEATS:
Come On Over (Baby)/ Oh, Please/ Run To Me, Baby/ EDDY DUGOSH & THE
AH-HA PLAYBOYS: Strange Kinda Feeling/ DICK FAGAN & THE SCORES: I Got
A Ticket/ I Got A Ticket (demo)/ I Gotta Learn/ JIMMY FARMER & THE
NOTES: Long Black Train/ ADOLPH HOFNER & THE PEARL WRANGLERS: Rockin'
And A-Boppin'/ CHET MCINTYRE: I'm Gonna Rock With My Baby Tonight/ THE
MIDNIGHTERS: Baby, I'm Scared/ I Get The Blues/ Take A Message, Darling/
THE MOODS: Let Me Have Your Love/ Little Alice/ Rockin' Santa Claus/ CECIL
MOORE: (I Lost My) Little Babe/ Walkin' Fever/ My Money's Gone/ Diamond
Back/ Moonshine/ THE SOUNDS: Charlie Chan/ JEFF STONE: Everybody Rock/
PECK TOUCHTON & THE SUNSET WRANGLERS: My Baby Ain't Around/ AL URBAN:
Gonna Be Better Times/ Won't Tell You Her Name/ PEE WEE MAPLES: Now, How
You Gonna Act
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Bear Family BCD 16408 |
That'll Flat Git It! Vol. 19 - D/Dart |
● CD $21.98 |
32 tracks, 71 mins, recommended. Another fine entry in this
quality series features sides recorded for Harold "Pappy"
Dailey's D and Dart labels which he formed after he sold his interest in
Starday in 1957. The recordings here cover the period 1958 through 1961
and includes rockabilly, rock 'n' roll and rockin' country. It includes
the first recorded appearance of Johnny Winter as the 15 year old leader
of Johnny & The Jammers which also included 13 year old brother Edgar
on sax. There rockin' blues School Day Blues belies there tender
years and features a fine guitar solo by Johnny. A number of tracks
feature saxophones but still have a funky down home sound. Among the many
fine tracks here are the opener Let Me In by Richard Moreland, the
classic rockabilly sound of Doug Stanford on Won't You Tell Me and Sady,
the fine George Jones flavored Wham Bam! by Dave Edge with it's
nifty bass string riff, the fine bluesy sax/guitar instrumental Lonesome
by Wortham Watts and more from Les Cole & The Echoes (actually country
singer Country Johnny Mathis), Sonny Hall & The Echoes, Cousin Louie (a
version of the great I'm Gonna Tell), Merl Lindsay (Western dance
band leader turns his hand to rock 'n' roll with excellent results), the
wonderful Jimmy & Johnny with I Can't Find The Doorknob and
lots more. It's a Bear Family release so I don't need to tell you that the
sound quality is magnificent and the 36 page booklet is crammed full of
information and photos. (FS)
DOUG BRAGG & THE DRIFTERS: Don't Do That Again/ If I Find My Dream
Girl/ ANDY CHARLES & BLUES KINGS: Baby Don't Go/ LES COLE & THE
ECHOES: Be Boppin' Baby/ Rock-a-my Baby/ COUSIN LOUIE: I'm Gonna Tell/ JOE
DONALDS: Honey Babe/ DAVE EDGE: Wham Bam/ HARDROCK GUNTER: Juke Box
Shuffle (instrumental)/ SONNY HALL: The Day Walked Away/ My Big Fat Baby/
JIMMIE HEAP & THE MELODIE MASTERS: Someone Else Is Filling My Shoes/
TOMMY HUDSON: Band Stand Stomp/ Swanee River Gal/ JIMMIE & JOHNNY: I
Can't Find The Doorknob/ JOHNNY & THE JAMMERS: School Day Blues/ BYRON
JOHNSON: True Affection/ MERL LINDSAY: Hey Hey Little Boy Blue/ Rockin'
Water Baby (instrumental)/ RICHARD MORELAND: Let Me In/ BILL MORGAN: Red
Hot Rhythm Combo/ CARLTON NORRIS: Go South Little Man/ ROYCE PORTER:
Lookin'/ DANNY REEVES: Bell Hop Blues/ I'm A Hobo/ SONNY SHEETS: Wheels/
DOUG STANFORD: Sady/ Won't You Tell Me/ THE SUEDES: Don't Be Shy/ WILLIAM
TELL TAYLOR: I Like It/ WORTHAM WATTS: Lonesome (instrumental)/ TOMMY
WOOD: Can't Play Hookey
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Bear Family BCD 16339 |
The Drugstore's Rockin', Vol. 1 |
● CD $21.98 |
Teen rock 'n' roll given the Bear Family treatment with
spectacular sound from original master tapes, many rare tracks (some
previously unissued) and extensive documentation in 44 page booklet. 26
tracks from Janis Martin, The Legarde Twins, Joe Melson, John D. Loudermilk,
Darrell McCall, The Four Preps, Jack Scott, Dave Rich, Autry Inman, Melvin
Endsley, Chuck & Bill (The Kentuckians), Jackie Dee, Billy Harlan and
others.
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Bear Family BCD 16340 |
The Drugstore's Rockin', Vol. 2 |
● CD $21.98 |
The second volume includes 26 more songs including tracks by
Curtis Lee, John D. Loudermilk, Melvin Endsley, Ric Cartey, Hoyt Johnson,
The Lane Brothers, Dorsey Burnette, Tommy Tucker, Sammy Salvo, Janis Martin,
The Sprouts, Bill Harlan and others.
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Bear Family BCD 15801 |
The Sun Singles, Vol 1 |
● CD $99.98 |
4 discs, 104 tracks, 5 hrs., essential. Once again, you can
depend on Richard Weize of Germany's Bear Family Records to do it right.
Bearing witness to that is this, the first of six boxed sets chronicling
the history of Memphis's preeminent 50's record label, the home of
rockabilly, the home of more than a few solid blues artists, and, as a
label, one arguable candidate for the birthplace of rock 'n' roll - Sam
Phillips' Sun Records. Here then, in chronological order are the first 52
single records, sides A and B, put out by that venerable and undeniably
influential label. The sound quality is superb, newly remastered from best
available sources; the accompanying 68 page booklet, filled with rare
photos, is nothing short of wonderful, and the music - in its variety, its
spontaneity, and its intensity - captures some of the very essence of what
is meant by "roots music." Disc one opens in 1952 with Sun 175,
two after-hours instrumentals by sax player Johnny London,Drivin' Slow
and Flat Tire. Subsequent numbers include Joe Hill Louis's We
All Gotta Go Sometime, Willie Nix's Baker Shop Boogie, Rufus
Thomas's Bear Cat, Jimmy De Berry's Take a Little Chance,
the Prisonaires' Just Walkin' in the Rain, and Little Junior's Blue
Flames' Fussin' and Fightin' Blues. Disc Two opens in 1953 with the
Ripley Cotton Choppers, a white string band, performing Silver Bells
and Blues Waltz. The program then features I Know by the
Prisonaires, Mystery Train by the Blue Flames, Chicago Breakdown
by Doctor Ross, Beggin' My Baby by Little Milton, No Teasing
Around by Billy 'The Kid' Emerson, the extraordinary and wonderful Troublesome
Waters by white gospel soloist Howard Seratt, and Fallen Angel
by Hardrock Gunter. Disc three begins with Raymond Hill's Bourbon
Street Jump, then offers The Great Medical Menagerist by
Harmonica Frank, Buddy Cunningham's jarring pop efforts Right or Wrong
and Why Do I Cry?, a record whose ownership is described in the
liner notes as "the cruellest part of being a completist," Elvis
Presley's first eight sides including That's All Right and Good
Rockin' Tonight, the Jones Brothers' rare gospel single, Look to
Jesus
and Every Night, and Slim Rhodes's Uncertain Love. And disc four
finishes off 1955 with Red Hot by Billy 'The Kid' Emerson, Cry Cry Cry
by
Johnny Cash, Phillips's rare foray into doo-wop, Sitting by the Window by
the Five Tinos, Let the Jukebox Keep on Playing by Carl Perkins, Weeping
Blues by Rosco Gordon, The Signifying Monkey by Smokey Joe, the great
country ballad I've Been Deceived by Charlie Feathers, and Someday You
Will Pay by the Miller Sisters. Without the slightest exaggeration: Much
too good to miss!
(DH)
DUSTY BROOKS & HIS TONES: Heaven Or Fire/ Tears And Wine/ JOHNNY CASH:
Cry! Cry! Cry!/ Hey Porter/ JAMES COTTON: Cotton Crop Blues/ Hold Me In
Your Arms/ My Baby/ Straighten Up, Baby/ BUDDY CUNNINGHAM: Right Or Wrong/
Why Do I Cry?/ JIMMY DE BERRY: Take A Little Chance/ Time Has Made A
Change/ BILLY "THE KID" EMERSON: I'm Not Going Home/ If Lovin'
Is Believing/ Move, Baby/ No Greater Love/ No Teasing Around/ Red Hot/ The
Woodchuck/ When It Rains It Pours/ CHARLIE FEATHERS: I've Been Deceived/
Peepin' Eyes/ THE FIVE TINOS: Don't Do That/ Sitting By My Window/ GAY
GARTH: Got My Application Baby/ ROSCO GORDON: Just Love Me Baby/ Weeping
Blues/ HARDROCK GUNTER: Fallen Angel/ Gonna Dance All Night/ HARMONICA
FRANK: Rockin' Chair Daddy/ The Great Medical Menagerist/ RAYMOND HILL:
Bourbon Street Jump/ The Snuggle/ D.A. HUNT: Greyhound Blues/ Lonesome
Ol'jail/ HANDY JACKSON: Trouble (will Bring You Down)/ JIMMY & WALTER:
Before Long/ Easy/ THE JONES BROS: Every Night/ Look To Jesus/ SAMMY
LEWIS: I Feel So Worried/ So Long Baby, Goodbye/ LITTLE JUNIOR'S BLUE
FLAMES: Feelin' Good/ Fussin' And Fightin' (blues)/ Love My Baby/ Mystery
Train/ LITTLE MILTON: Alone And Blue/ Beggin' My Baby/ Homesick For My
Baby/ If You Love Me/ Lookin' For My Baby/ Somebody Told Me/ JOHNNY
LONDON: Drivin' Slow/ Flat Tire/ JOE HILL LOUIS: She May Be Yours/ We All
Gotta Go Sometime/ HOT SHOT LOVE: Harmonica Jam/ Wolf Call Boogie/ BIG
MEMPHIS MARAINEY: Baby No, No!/ Call Me Anything, But Call Me/ THE MILLER
SISTERS: Someday You Will Pay/ You Didn't Think I Would/ WILLIE NIX: Baker
Shop Boogie/ Seems Like A Million Years/ CARL PERKINS: Gone! Gone! Gone!/
Let The Jukebox Keep On Playing/ Movie Magg/ Turn Around/ EARL PETERSON:
Boogie Blues/ In The Dark/ DOUG POINDEXTER: My Kind Of Carryin' On/ Now
She Cares No More For Me/ ELVIS PRESLEY: Baby Let's Play House/ Blue Moon
Of Kentucky/ Good Rockin' Tonight/ I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine/ I
Forgot To Remember To Forget/ I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone/ Milkcow
Blues Boogie/ Mystery Train/ That's All Right/ You're A Heartbreaker/ THE
PRISONAIRES: A Prisoner's Prayer/ Baby Please/ I Know/ Just Walkin' In The
Rain/ My God Is Real The/ Softly And Tenderly/ There Is Love In You/
What'll You Do Next?/ SLIM RHODES: Are You Ashamed Of Me?/ Don't Believe/
The House Of Sin/ Uncertain Love/ RIPLEY COTTON CHOPPERS: Blues Waltz/
Silver Bells/ DOCTOR ROSS: Chicago Breakdown/ Come Back Baby/ Jukebox
Boogie/ The Boogie Disease/ HOWARD SERATT: I Must Be Saved/ Troublesome
Waters/ SMOKEY JOE: Listen To My Baby/ The Signifying Monkey/ EDDIE SNOW:
Ain't That Right/ Bring Your Love Back Home To Me/ BILL TAYLOR: Lonely
Sweetheart/ Split Personality/ RUFUS THOMAS JR: Bear Cat/ Save That Money/
Tiger Man/ Walkin' In The Rain/ MALCOLM YELVINGTON: Drinkin' Wine
Spo-de-o-dee/ Just Rollin' Along
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Bear Family BCD 15802 |
The Sun Singles, Vol 2 |
● CD $99.98 |
4 discs, 100 tracks, approx. 4 hrs., essential
Lots of other
labels have reissued Sun material in the past - Rhino, Charly, and AVI, to
name a few - but the Bear Family touch is simply not to missed. Not only
is the sound quality exceptionally good, but this German label's justly
famous accompanying booklets, treasure troves of well-researched
information and rare vintage photos as they are, are darn near worth the
price of admission on their own. And for this, the second of the planned
five volumes in the series, the music itself is now moving into Sun's
hit-making glory days. Disc one features the first version of Johnny
Cash's Folsom Prison Blues and Carl Perkin's one major hit, Blue
Suede Shoes, plus The Miller Sisters' wonderful There's No Right
Way to Do Me Wrong, Charlie Feathers' A Wedding Gown of White,
Billy "The Kid" Emerson's Something for Nothing, and
Rosco Gordon's Love for You Baby. Disc two includes I Walk the
Line, Johnny Cash's first real hit, Ooby Dooby and Rockhouse
by Roy Orbison, Boppin' the Blues and Dixie Fried by Carl
Perkins, Rock With Me Baby by Billy Riley, We Wanna Boogie
by Sonny Burgess, Black Jack David by Warren Smith, and I Need a
Man by Barbara Pitman. Disc three features Jerry Lee Lewis's first
record, Crazy Arms/End of the Road and Billy Riley's classic
Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll, plus the Miller Sisters' Ten
Cats Down, Ray Harris's Come On Little Mama, Glenn Honeycutt's I'll
Be Around, and Roy Orbison's Devil Doll. And disc four opens
with Don't Make Me Go by Johnny Cash, hits the big time with Whole
Lotta Shakin' Goin' On by Jerry Lee Lewis, then moves on to So Long
I'm Gone by Warren Smith, Bop Bop Baby by Wade & Dick, Please
Don't Cry Over Me by Jim Williams, Greenback Dollar by Ray
Harris, and Rock Boppin' Baby by Edwin Bruce. What else can I say?
Essential indeed. (DH)
TOMMY BLAKE: Flat Foot Sam/ Lordy Hoody/ EDWIN BRUCE: More Than Yesterday/
Rock Boppin' Baby/ SONNY BURGESS: Ain't Got A Thing/ Red Headed Woman/
Restless/ We Wanna Boogie/ JOHNNY CASH: Don't Make Me Go/ Folsom Prison
Blues/ Get Rhythm/ I Walk The Line/ Next In Line/ So Doggone Lonesome/
There You Go/ Train Of Love/ ERNIE CHAFFIN: Feelin' Low/ I'm Lonesome/
Laughin' And Jokin'/ Lonesome For My Baby/ JEAN CHAPEL: I Won't Be Rockin'
Tonight/ Welcome To The Club/ JACK EARLS: A Fool For Lovin' You Cd-2:/
Slow Down/ BILLY "THE KID" EMERSON: Little Fine Healthy Thing/
BILLY "THE KID" EMERSON: Something For Nothing/ CHARLIE
FEATHERS: A Wedding Gown Of White/ Defrost Your Heart/ ROSCOE GORDON:
Cheese And Crackers/ ROSCO GORDON: Love For You Baby/ ROSCOE GORDON:
Shoobie Oobie/ ROSCO GORDON: The Chicken (dance With You)/ JIMMY HAGGETT:
No More, No More/ They Call Our Love A Sin/ RAY HARRIS: Come On Little
Mama/ Foolish Heart/ Greenback Dollar - Watch And Chain/ Where'd You Stay
Last Nite/ GLENN HONEYCUTT: I'll Be Around/ I'll Wait Forever/ JERRY LEE
LEWIS: Crazy Arms/ End Of The Road/ It'll Be Me/ Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin'
On/ THE MILLER SISTERS: Finders Keepers/ Ten Cats Down/ There's No Right
Way To Do Me Wrong/ You Can Tell Me/ ROY ORBISON: Devil Doll/ Go, Go, Go/
Ooby Dooby/ Rockhouse/ Sweet And Easy/ You're My Baby/ KENNY PARCHMAN: I
Feel Like Rockin'/ Love Crazy Baby/ CARL PERKINS: All Mama's Children/
Blue Suede Shoes/ Boppin' The Blues/ Dixie Fried/ Forever Yours/ Honey,
Don't/ I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry/ Matchbox/ Sure To Fall/ Tennessee/ That's
Right/ Your True Love/ BARBARA PITMAN: I Need A Man/ No Matter Who's To
Blame/ SLIM RHODES: Bad Girl/ Gonna Romp And Stomp/ Do What I Do/ Take And
Give/ THE RHYTHM ROCKERS: Fiddle Bop/ Juke Box, Help Me Find My Baby/ RUDI
RICHARDSON: Fool's Hall Of Fame/ Why Should I Cry/ BILLY RILEY: Flyin'
Saucers Rock & Roll/ I Want You Baby/ Pearly Lee/ Red Hot/ Rock With
Me Baby/ Trouble Bound/ MACK SELF: Easy To Love/ Every Day/ WARREN SMITH:
Black Jack David/ I'd Rather Be Safe Than Sorry/ Miss Froggie/ Rock &
Roll Ruby/ So Long I'm Gone/ Ubangi Stomp/ WAKE & DICK: Bop Bop Baby/ Don't Need Your Lovin' Baby
/ JIM WILLIAMS: Please
Don't Cry Over Me/ That Depends On You/ MAGGIE SUE WIMBERLEY: Daydreams
Come True/ How Long/ MALCOLM YELVINGTON: It's Me Baby/ Rockin' With My
Baby
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Bear Family BCD 15803 |
The Sun Singles, Vol 3 |
● CD $99.98 |
4 discs, 101 tracks, 4 hrs., recommended
First the good
news: This third installment in Bear Family's projected five boxed set Sun
Records collection is a beautifully produced as were the first two sets.
It even reveals Sam Phillip's nose on the side of the box. I mention this
for those of you who long to have ol' Sam starring out at you from a
nearby shelf. The less good news is that it is clear as you listen to the
many tracks offered here, recorded between 1957 and 1959, that the
creative fires at the Memphis Recording Service are growing dimmer. The
cuts by Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Ray Smith, and Roy
Orbison are all truly delightful, of course, but there are fewer and fewer
unexpected gems, and more and more tracks that sound imitative of styles
founded elsewhere. But even this tamer Sun sound has its moments. Such
moments on disc one include Home of the Blues by Johnny Cash, Great
Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis, I Like Love by Roy Orbison, I
Fell in Love by Warren Smith, Glad All Over by Carl Perkins,
and Wouldn't You Know by Billy Riley. Disc two features Ten
Years by Jack Clement, Memories of You by Magel Priesman, Guess
Things Happen That Way by Johnny Cash, So Young by Ray Smith,
and I Dig You Baby by Tommy Blake. Disc three offers Sally Jo
by Rosco Gordon, Why Why Why by Ray Smith, I Just Thought You'd
Like to Know by Johnny Cash, Today Is a Blue Day by Vernon
Taylor, No Name Girl by Billy Riley, Sweet Sweet Girl by
Warren Smith, and Tell 'em Off by Onie Wheeler. And disc four
includes Lovin' Up a Storm by Jerry Lee Lewis, Sail Away by
Ray Smith, I Forgot to Remember to Forget by Johnny Cash, Got
the Water Boiling by Billy Riley, and Without a Love by Jimmy
Isle. Still as solidly produced as such sets ever are, with another great
booklet full of rare photos and intelligent commentary. Still interesting
from a musical point of view. And I'm still going to buy this one myself.
But, this installment in the Sun Singles saga is, alas, no longer truly
"essential." (DH)
ALTON & JIMMY: Have Faith In My Love/ No More Crying The Blues/ TOMMY
BLAKE: I Dig You Baby/ Sweetie Pie/ EDWIN BRUCE: Part Of My Life/ Sweet
Woman/ SONNY BURGESS: Itchy/ My Bucket's Got A Hole In It/ Sweet Misery/
Thunderbird/ JOHNNY CASH: Ballad Of A Teenage Queen/ Big River/ Come In
Stranger/ Give My Love To Rose/ Home Of The Blues/ I Forgot To Remember To
Forget/ I Guess Things Happen That Way/ I Just Thought You'd Like To Know/
It's Just About Time/ Katy Too/ Luther Played The Boogie/ Thanks A Lot/
The Ways Of A Woman In Love/ You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven/ ERNIE
CHAFFIN: Born To Lose/ Don't Ever Leave Me/ Miracle Of You/ My Love For
You/ JACK CLEMENT: Ten Years/ The Black Haired Man/ Wrong/ Your Lover Boy/
SHERRY CRANE: Willie Willie/ Winnie The Parakeet/ GEORGE AND LEWIS: The
Return Of Jerry Lee/ ROSCO GORDON: Sally Jo/ Torro/ RUDY GRAYZELL: I Think
Of You/ Judy/ JIMMY ISLE: Diamond Ring/ I've Been Waitin'/ Time Will Tell/
Without A Love/ DICKEY LEE: Dreamy Nights/ Fool, Fool/ Good Lovin'/
Memories Never Grow Old/ JERRY LEE LEWIS: Big Blon' Baby/ Break-up/
Breathless/ Down The Line/ Fools Like Me/ Great Balls Of Fire/ High School
Confidential/ I'll Make It All Up To You/ I'll Sail My Ship Alone/ It Hurt
Me So/ Let's Talk About Us/ Lewis Boogie/ Lovin' Up A Storm/ Talks About
High School Confidential/ The Ballad Of Billy Joe/ You Win Again/ JERRY
MCGILL: I Wanna Make Sweet Love/ Lovestruck/ ROY ORBISON: Chicken-hearted/
I Like Love/ DICK PENNER: Cindy Lou/ Your Honey Love/ CARL PERKINS: Glad
All Over/ Lend Me Your Comb/ JOHNNY POWERS: Be Mine, All Mine/ With Your
Love/ MAGEL PRIESMAN: I Feel So Blue/ Memories Of You/ BILLY RILEY: Baby
Please Don't Go/ Down By The Riverside/ Got The Water Boiling/ No Name
Girl/ One More Time/ Wouldn't You Know/ GENE SIMMONS: Drinkin' Wine/ I
Done Told You/ RAY SMITH: Right Behind You Baby/ Rockin' Bandit/ Sail
Away/ So Young/ Why, Why/ You Made A Hit/ WARREN SMITH: Goodbye Mr. Love/
I Fell In Love/ I've Got Love If You Want It/ Sweet, Sweet Girl/ SUNRAYS:
Love Is A Stranger Bear15803/ The Lonely Hours Love Is A Stranger/ VERNON
TAYLOR: Breeze/ Mystery Train/ Sweet And Easy To Love/ Today Is A Blue
Day/ ONIE WHEELER: Jump Right Out Of This Juke Box/ Tell 'em Off
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Bear Family BCD 15804 |
The Sun Singles, Vol 4 |
● CD $99.98 |
Fourth volume in this series. Four CD box set with book
covering the period 1959-1962 with recordings by Jerry Lee Lewis, Will
Mercer, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Isle, Mack Owen, Sonny Wilson, Bobbie Jean,
Tracy Pendarvis, Bille Strength, Roy Orbison and many others.
RAY B. ANTHONY: Alice Blue Gown/ St. Louis Blues/ RAYBURN ANTHONY: Big
Dream/ How Well I Know/ There's No Tomorrow/ Whose Gonna Shoe Your Pretty
Little Feet/ WADE CAGLE: Groovy Train/ Highland Rock/ JOHNNY CASH: Blue
Train/ Born To Lose/ Down The Street To 301/ Goodbye Little Darlin'/ I
Love You Because/ Life Goes On/ Mean Eyed Cat/ My Treasure/ Oh Lonesome
Me/ Port Of Lonely Hearts/ Straight A's In Love/ Sugartime/ The Story Of A
Broken Heart/ You Tell Me/ HAROLD DORMAN: I'll Stick By You/ In The
Beginning/ Just One Step/ There They Go/ Uncle Jonah's Place/ Wait 'til
Saturday Night/ DON HOSEA: Since I Met You/ Uh Huh Unh/ JIMMY ISLE:
Together/ What A Life/ IRA JAY II: More Than Anything/ You Don't Love Me
Anymore/ BOBBIE JEAN: Cheaters Never Win/ You Burned The Bridges/ BILL
JOHNSON: Bad Times Ahead/ Bobaloo/ GEORGE KLEIN: U.t. Party (part 1)/ U.t.
Party (part 2)/ JERRY LEE LEWIS: As Long As I Live/ Baby Baby Bye Bye/
Bonnie B/ Cold Cold Heart/ Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes/ How's My Ex
Treating You/ I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You/ I've Been Twistin'/ It
Won't Happen With Me/ John Henry/ Little Queenie/ Livin' Lovin' Wreck/
Love Made A Fool Of Me/ Money/ Old Black Joe/ Ramblin' Rose/ Save The Last
Dance For Me/ Sweet Little Sixteen/ What'd I Say/ When I Get Paid/ WILL
MERCER: Ballad Of St. Marks/ You're Just My Kind/ ROY ORBISON: Devil Doll/
Sweet And Easy To Love/ MACK OWEN: Somebody Just Like You/ Walkin' And
Talkin'/ TRACY PENDARVIS: A Thousand Guitars/ Belle Of The Suwannee/
Eternally/ Is It Me/ Is It Too Late/ South Bound Line/ PAUL RICHEY: Broken
Hearted Willie/ The Legend Of The Big Steeple/ LANCE ROBERTS: The Good Guy
Always Wins/ The Time Is Right/ ROCKIN“ STOCKINS: Rockin'-lang-syne/
Yuleville Usa/ TONY ROSSINI: After School/ Darlena/ I Gotta Know/ Is It
Too Late/ Just Around The Corner/ Well I Ask Ya/ BOBBY SHERIDAN: Red Man/
Sad News/ SHIRLEY SISK: I Forgot To Remember To Forget/ Other Side/ RAY
SMITH: Candy Doll/ Hey, Boss Man/ I Won't Miss You/ Travlin' Salesman/
BILL STRENGTH: Guess I'd Better Go/ Senorita/ SONNY WILSON: I'm Gonna Take
A Walk/ The Great Pretender/ ANITA WOOD: I Can't Show How I Feel/ I'll
Wait Forever/ BOBBY WOOD: Everybody's Searching/ Human Emotions
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Bear Family BCD 15805 |
The Sun Singles, Vol 5 |
● CD $99.98 |
Four CD box set with book covering releases on Sun label
from 1962 to 1968 and the recordings on Phillips International from 1957
to 1959.
BILLY ADAMS: Betty And Dupree/ Got My Mojo Workin'/ Lookin' For My Mary
Ann/ Open The Door Richard/ Reconsider Baby/ Rock Me Baby/ Ruby Jane/
Trouble In Mind/ BROTHER JAMES ANDERSON: I'm Gonna Move In The Room With
The Lord/ My Soul Needs Resting/ ERNIE BARTON: Raining The Blues/ Stairway
To Nowhere/ BUDDY BLAKE: Please Convince Me/ You Pass Me By/ JOHNNY
CARROLL: I'll Wait/ That's The Way I Love/ JOHNNY CASH: Belshazah/ Wide
Open Road/ THE CLEMENT TRAVELERS: The Minstrel Show/ Three Little Guitars/
THE CLIMATES: Breaking Up Again/ No You For Me/ KEN COOK: Crazy Baby/ I
Was A Fool/ JIMMY DEMOPOULOS: Hopeless Love/ If I Had My Way/ THE FOUR
UPSETTERS: Crazy Arms/ Midnight Soiree/ Surfin' Calliope/ Wabash
Cannonball/ GORGEOUS BILL: Carleen/ Too Late To Right My Wrong/ DAVID
HOUSTON: Miss Brown/ Sherry's Lips/ THE JESTERS: Cadillac Man/ My Babe/
BILL JUSTIS & ORCHESTRA: Bop Train/ Cattywampus/ College Man/ Raunchy/
Scroungie/ String Of Pearls-cha Hot Cha (instrumental)/ Summer Holliday/
The Midnite Man/ The Stranger/ Wild Rice/ JERRY LEE LEWIS: Carry Me Back
To Old Virginia/ Good Golly, Miss Molly/ I Can't Trust Me (in Your Arms
Anymore)/ I Know What It Means/ JERRY LEE & LINDA GAIL LEWIS: Seasons
Of My Heart/ JERRY LEE LEWIS: Teenage Letter/ LINDA GAIL LEWIS: Nothin'
Shakin' (but The Leaves)/ Sittin' Thinkin'/ LOAD OF MISCHIEF: Back In My
Arms Again/ I'm A Lover/ CARL MCVOY: Tootsie/ You Are My Sunshine/ MICKEY
MILAN & BILL JUSTIS: Somehow Without You/ The Picture/ LEE MITCHELL
& CURLY MONEY: A Little Blue Bird Told Me/ The Frog (instrumental)/
BILL PINKY & THE TURKS: After The Hop/ Sally's Got A Sister/ BARBARA
PITTMAN: Cold Cold Heart/ Everlasting Love/ I'm Getting Better All The
Time/ Two Young Fools In Love/ WAYNE POWERS: My Love Song/ Point Of View/
RANDY & RADIANTS: Mountain's High/ My Way Of Thinking/ Peek-a-boo/
Truth From My Eyes/ CHARLIE RICH: Philadelphia Baby/ Whirlwind/ TONY
ROSSINI: Moved To Kansas City/ Nobody/ New Girl In Town/ You Make It Sound
So Easy/ SMOKEY JOE: Listen To Me Baby/ Signifying Monkey/ DANE STINIT:
Always On The Go/ Don't Knock What You Don't Understand/ Sweet Country
Girl/ The Muddy Ole River (near Memphis, Tennessee)/ THE TEENANGELS: Ain't
Gonna Let You (break My Heart)/ Tell Me My Love/ CLIFF THOMAS: I'm On My
Way Home/ I'm The Only One/ Leave It To Me/ Sorry I Lied/ Tidewind/ Treat
Me Right/ HAYDEN THOMPSON: Love My Baby/ One Broken Heart/ BILL YATES: Big
Big World/ I Dropped My M & M's/ Don't Step On My Dog/ Stop, Wait And
Listen
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Bear Family BCD 15806 |
The Sun Singles, Vol. 6 |
● CD $99.98 |
4 CD set with book. The sixth and final volume in this
series documenting all the singles issued on the Sun family of labels.
This set features all the singles issued on Phillips International between
1959 and 1963 including sides by Charlie Rich, Carl Mann, Bill Justis,
Sonny Burgess, Barbara Pittman, The Hawk (Jerry Lee Lewis), Thomas Wayne,
Frank Frost and others.
ERNIE BARTON: Open The Door Richard/ Shut Your Mouth/ BOBBIE & BOYS:
These Silly Blues/ To Tell The Truth/ SONNY BURGESS: A Kiss Goodnite/
Sadie's Back In Town/ EDDIE BUSH: Baby I Don't Care/ Vanished/ JEAN DEE:
My Greatest Hurt/ Nothing Down (99 Years To Pay)/ FRANK FROST: Crawlback
(instrumental)/ Jelly Roll King/ THE HAWK: I Get The Blues When It Rains
(instrumental)/ In The Mood/ DON HINTON: Honey Bee/ Jo Ann/ DAVID HOUSTON:
Miss Brown/ Sherry's Lips/ EDWIN HOWARD: Forty-'leven Times/ More Pretty
Girls Than One/ JIMMY JOHNSON & AL CASEY: How About Me, Pretty Baby/
BILL JUSTIS & ORCHESTRA: Cloud Nine/ Flea Circus/ JIMMY LOUIS: Gone
And Left Me Blues/ Your Fool/ CARL MANN: Born To Be Bad/ Foolish One/ I
Ain't Got No Home/ I Can't Forget/ I'm Coming Home/ If I Could Change You/
Mona Lisa/ Mountain Dew/ Pretend/ Rockin' Love/ Some Enchanted Evening/
South Of The Border/ Wayward Wind/ When I Grow Too Old To Dream/ MEMPHIS
BELLS & SHIRLEY: Snow Job (instrumental)/ The Midnight Whistle
(instrumental)/ JEANNE NEWMAN: Thanks A Lot/ The Boy I Met Today/ FREDDIE
NORTH: Don't Make Me Cry/ Someday She'll Come Along/ BARBARA PITTMAN:
Handsome Man/ The Eleventh Commandment/ THE QUINTONES: Softie
(instrumental)/ Times Sho' Gettin' Ruff (instrumental)/ NELSON RAY: You're
Everything/ You've Come Home/ CHARLIE RICH: Big Man/ Caught In The Middle/
Everything I Do Is Wrong/ Finally Found Out/ Gonna Be Waitin'/ I Need Your
Love/ I've Got It Made/ It's Too Late/ Just A Little Bit Sweet/ Lonely
Weekends/ Midnite Blues/ On My Knees/ Rebound/ School Days/ Sittin' And
Thinkin'/ Stay/ There's Another Place I Can't Go/ Who Will The Next Fool
Be/ MACK SELF: Mad At You/ Willie Brown/ JIMMY SPELLMAN: It's You, You/
DANNY STEWART: I'll Change My Ways/ Somewhere Along The Line/ JEB STUART:
Coming Down With The Blues/ Dream/ I Betcha Gonna Like It/ Little Miss
Love/ Sunny Side Of The Street/ Take A Chance/ I Ain't Never/ In Love
Again/ BRAD SUGGS: 706 Union (instrumental)/ Cloudy (instrumental)/
Elephant Walk (instrumental)/ I Walk The Line (instrumental)/ Like,
Catchin' Up (instrumental)/ Low Outside (instrumental)/ My Gypsy
(instrumental)/ Ooh Wee/ Partly Cloudy (instrumental)/ Sam's Tune/ THOMAS
WAYNE: I've Got It Made/ The Quiet Look/ MIKKI WILCOX: I Know What It
Means/ Willing And Waiting/ DAVID WILKINS: Thanks A Lot/ There's Something
About You
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Bear Family BCD 15950 |
The Lin/ Kliff Story |
● CD $99.98 |
4 CD box set with book. The Lin & Kliff labels were
started in Gainesville, Texas in the early 50's by a local radio station
manager, Joe M. Leonard, Jr. Like most labels that released rockabilly,
they started off with C&W but soon jumped on the Presley bandwagon,
releasing some great rockers along the way. Unfortunately this isn't a
"hits" collection. More than 100 tracks featuring Buck Griffin,
Andy Starr, jerry Fuller, Ray Ruff, David Ray and many more.
DON ALEXANDER: Special Kind Of Loving/ GENE ARMSTRONG: Lonely Hours/
Pecosita (freckle-face)(& Frank Dove)/ THE ATMOSPHERES: Caravan/
Kabalo/ Telegraph/ The Fickle Chicken/ J.B. BRINKLEY: Guitar Smoke/ I'll
Be Your Baby/ PAUL BUSKIRK: Chapel Of My Heart/ Wasted Love/ Do You
Remember?/ Loser/ THE CHUCK-A-LUCKS: Disc Jockey Fever/ The Devil's Train/
The Magic Of First Love/ Who Am I?/ KEN COPELAND: Fanny Brown/ I Want To
Go Steady With You/ Locked In The Arms Of Love/ Love Only Me/ Pledge Of
Love/ Someone To Love Me/ Where The Rio De Rosa Flows/ You're Getting The
Idea/ LARRY & LOUIS CRABB: Just Give Me Time/ My Louisiana Home/
Please Pardon My Tears/ You Are Still In My Heart/ DON CURTIS: My Little
Girl/ Rough Tough Man/ DUNCAN: Doodle, Death Row/ DOODLE DUNCAN: Late In
The Evening/ FOUR MINTS: (don't Leave Me) Alone/ THE FOUR MINTS: Busy Body
Rock/ Little Mama Tree Top/ Night Air/ Until You're Mine/ JERRY FULLER: A
Certain Smile/ Angel From Above/ Blue Memories/ Do You Love Me/ I Found A
New Love/ Lipstick And Rouge/ Mother Goose At The Bandstand/ Teenage Love/
The Door Is Open/ Through Eternity/ JOHNNY GOLD: Because I Love You/ The
Richest Man Alive/ BUCK GRIFFIN: Bawlin' And Squallin' (over You)/ Cochise/
It Don't Make No Never Mind/ Jessie Lee/ Let's Elope Baby/ Lookin' For The
Green/ Meadowlark Boogie/ Stutterin' Papa/ TRELLA HART: Fools/ Going Home,
All Alone/ DIXON HOLMAN: Golden Grain/ WAYNE JETTON: A Crazy Mind Plus A
Foolish Heart/ Somebody's Girl/ NORA JOHNSTON: Music Box Lullaby/
Somewhere Angels Are Smiling/ THE JOKERS: Blue Moonbeam/ Dogfight/ BUTCH
MCCLAREY: Now I Know/ BUTCH MCCLEARY: Rockin' Hall/ WOODY MITCHELL: She's
Somebody's Mother/ The Prisoner's Farewell/ BILL PECK: And So It Goes/ Do
You Know/ DAVID RAY: (love You, Baby) All The Time/ I Am A Fool/
Jitterbugging Baby/ Lonesome Baby Blues/ Lonesome Baby Blues/ Lonesome
Feeling/ Too Fast, Too Wild/ Why Can't You And I/ RAMONA REDD: Give Me
Your Heart/ Rendezvous/ MARGEE ROBINSON: Hurt Me/ Show Me The Way (to Your
Heart)/ RAY RUFF: A Fool Again/ Angel Blue/ Beatle Maniacs/ I Took A
Liking To You/ In Dreamland/ My Girlfriend's Car/ Pledge Of Love/ MERLE
SHELTON: Chilena/ I Love You Just Because/ BILL SIMPSON: Jelly Roll Man/
Old Man Mose/ ANDY STARR: Do It Right/ Rockin' Rollin' Stone/ Round And
Round/ The Dirty Bird Song/ THE STRIKES: Come Back To Me/ I Do/ If You
Can't Rock Me (alt.)/ My Poor Heart/ BILL STUBBLEFIELD: Suez/ Whistling
Rock And Roll/ BILL SWITZER: I'm Running For Your Heart/ Little Red Bird/
R. WOLFE TANNER: A Twist Of Lemon/ BOB TANNER COMBO: Dark Eyes/ Lonely
Rhapsody/ DON TERRY: Knee Shakin'/ She Giggles/ VIRGINIA THOMPSON: Beyond
A Shadow Of A Doubt/ THE TU-TONES: Saccharin Sally/ Still In Love With
You/ HONEE WELCH: Angels Can Lie/ I'm Gonna Try (to Steal Her)/ It Must Be
Love/ It's Me Girl/ Why Did She Leave/ Woman Child/ STEVE WRIGHT: Far And
Distant Lands/ Wild, Wild Woman
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Bear Family BCD 16272 |
The Porter Records Story |
● CD $21.98 |
BILLY ADAMS: You Heard Me Knocking/ MARK ANTHONY: Wolf Call/ THE
CHAMBERLAIN BROS: Cry Blue Baby/ DON COLE: Beulah Mae/ WARD DARBY: Crazy/
Peepin' John/ THE I.V. LEAGUERS: Ring Chimes/ RUSTY ISABELL: Jaybi/ Little
Miss Butte/ Slinky/ Yi Yi/ FRANKIE LOREN: Everyone Will Know/ Hip Monkey/
The Wonderful Way/ PETE PEPPER: Cherry Cherry Red/ Purple People Eater,
Eater/ You're My Girl/ FRANK PORTER: Ring The Wedding Bells/ THE RIO
ROCKERS: Mexicali Baby/ Mexican Rock And Roll/ THE ROCKS: Satelite/ RED
"HOT" RUSSELL: Pedro Joe/ Stop/ RANDY STEVENS: There Goes My
Heart/ THE TADS: Glowing Moon/ Hey Little Girl/ Mixed Up Mama/ THE
THIRTYTHREES: No One In My Heart But You/ True Love
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Bear Family BCD 16296 |
The Sarg Records Story |
● CD $129.98 |
Four CD box set with 60 page book
H. BENNETSEN & THE SOUTHERNAIRS: Six More Days/ GLENN BLAND &
RHYTHM KINGS: Mean Gene/ When My Baby Please By/ H. BOAZEMAN & CIRCLE
C BAND: No Love In You/ Someone You Used To Know/ LINK DAVIS: Big Houston/
Cockroach/ THE DOWNBEATS: Darling Of Mine/ Down The Aisle/ I Couldn't See/
I Need Your Love/ Oh, Please/ Run To Me, Baby/ This Woman I Love/ You Did
Me Wrong/ JIMMY DRY: I'm Just A Stand-in/ EDDY DUGOSH: Bad Luck Come My
Way/ Don't You Realize/ Strange Kinda Feeling/ There Is No Need/ DICK
FAGAN: Nothing Really Shakes Me/ This Lonesome Road/ I Got A Ticket/ I Got
A Ticket (demo)/ I Gotta Learn/ JIMMY FARMER: Long Black Train/ FIDDLIN'
WILLIE & OZARK PALS: Down In Brazos Valley/ Our Secret Rendezvous/
EARL GILLIAM & LUCIAN DAVIS: Don't Make Me Late, Baby/ Nobody's Blues/
Petite Baby/ Wrong Doing Woman/ JACK HILL: Don't Deny My Love/ That's All
I Need/ ADOLPH HOFNER: Bandera Waltz/ I Get So Lonesome (since You're
Gone)/ Julida Polka/ Milk Cow Blues/ Pipeliner Blues/ Pistol Packin' Mama/
Rockin' And A-boppin'/ The Tickle-toe Song/ D. & M. ISBELL: Let's Do
It Up Brown/ No Longer Afraid/ Satisfied Or Sorry/ RICK JOHNSON: Let's
Live For The Future/ My Pretty Cherie/ LITTLE DOUG & THE BANDITS: A
Real American Joe/ Rollin' Rollin'/ PEE WEE MAPLES: Now, How You/ CHET
MCINTYRE: I'm Gonna Rock With My Baby Tonight/ THE MEDALLIONS: I Love You
True/ My Baby's Gone/ NEAL MERRITT: (little) Coquette/ Don't Go Tellin'
Lies On Me/ I Gave You A Ring/ Korean Love Song/ Sweeping Up The Ashes (of
Our Love)/ There's An Hour To Every Minute/ There's An Hour To Every
Minute/ THE MIDNIGHTERS: I Get The Blues/ Rockin' Romance/ Take A Message,
Darling/ Yes Baby, I'm Scared/ THE MOODS: Let Me Have Your Love/ Little
Alice/ Rockin' Santa Claus/ CECIL MOORE: (i Lost My) Little Baby/ Diamond
Back/ Moonshine/ Stormy/ Walkin' Fever/ My Money's Gone/ WILLIE NELSON:
The Storm Has Just Begun/ When I've Sang My Last Hillbilly Song/ LARRY
NOLEN: High And Dry/ Hillbilly Love Affair/ I Need You Now/ The Bandit/
THE NOTES: G.i. Blues/ ARNOLD PARKER & THE SOUTHERNAIRS: Red Lips,
Kiss My Blues Away/ AL PARSONS: Darling, I Still/ I Got You Where I Want
You/ Why Can't You Be True/ You've Done Her Wrong/ Memories Of Yesterday/
Wait For Me Baby/ GLEN PAUL & THE SUNSET WRANGLERS: I'm Broke/ HERBY
SHOZEL: I Can't Believe It's True/ I Traded A Broken Heart/ You Better
Believe It/ You're Gonna Pay/ I Got Fooled/ I Suppose/ You Ain't Foolin'
Me/ THE SOUNDS: Charlie Chan/ Tell Me, Baby/ JEFF STONE: Everybody Rock/
The Clown/ FLOYD TILLMAN: Baby, I Just Want/ PECK TOUCHTON: I'm Just A
Standby/ My Baby Ain't Around/ Then I Found You/ You've Changed Your Tune/
AL URBAN: Gonna Be Better Times/ I Don't Want To Be Alone/ Lookin' For
Money/ Street Of Memories/ The Last Heartache/ Won't Tell You Her Name/
COYE WILCOX: Bird's Nest On The Ground/ Don't Take My Love
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