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DAVE BARTHOLOMEW "The Classic New Orleans R&B Band Sound" (The Best Of ‘53-’62)

Here’s some incredible New Orleans R&B by one of the all-time most important bandleaders / producers of the era. His own stuff was also great- here we have an excellent sampler, from the really wild & greasy “The Monkey”, the raw “Shout Sister Shout” and “Another Mule”! Don’t miss out on this one, you’ll be looking for more of his stuff after you hear this! (Gyro1966)Dave Bartholomew is the multi-talented figure behind a majority of classic New Orleans R&B of the '50s and the self-proclaimed inventor of the "Big Beat." Bartholomew has over 4000 songs in his enormous catalog and is responsible for arranging and producing timeless records by Shirley & Lee, Lloyd Price, Smiley Lewis, and especially Fats Domino. Bartholomew was born in Edgard, LA, on December 24, 1920. His first instruments were tuba and trumpet. He fronted several bands in the Crescent City before being drafted into the army. His military time brought scoring and arranging experience which came in handy following World War II. After his stint in the service, Bartholomew returned to New Orleans and put together a group of musicians that would comprise the bedrock of R&B in the city, including saxophonists Alvin "Red" Tyler, Lee Allen, and drummer Earl Palmer. This became the band that backed up the majority of solo talent traveling through New Orleans. Bartholomew led his first studio session under his own name in 1947 for Deluxe, but the label went out of business shortly thereafter and the sessions went unnoticed. In 1949, Bartholomew met Lew Chudd who was forming a new label, Imperial Records. Chudd hired Bartholomew as house arranger, bandleader, and talent scout, and he immediately started cranking out numerous hits through the '50s for Fats Domino, Shirley & Lee, Smiley Lewis, Earl King, Chris Kenner, Tommy Ridgely, Frankie Ford, Robert Parker, and a host of others. Bartholomew stayed with Imperial until the hits dried up in the mid-'60s, followed by short stays at Trumpet, Mercury, and his own Broadmoor label. (by Al Campbell - All Music Guide)traxfromwax:
1. country gal 2. who drank my beer while i was in the rear 3. carnival day 4. when the saints go marching in boogie 5. snatchin' back 6. jump children 7. no more black nights 8. little girl sing ding-a-ling 9. the monkey 10. shout sister shout 11. another mule 12. an old cow hand from a blues band 13. love no more 14. can't take it no more 15. yeah yeah 16. a portrait of a drummer
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THE MOD FUN "Past... Forward" 1995

Although they toured the US three times (out to California and back), the Mod Fun became mostly well known as the only mod-pop band based in the NYC garage revival of the early / mid -'80s (until the x-cellent and MF inspired Secret Service appeared)...... Other modish bands started to pop-up near the end of Mod Fun's near residence at The Dive (aka "Cavestomp Central"); but none seemed to even get the chance to quite immerse themselves in that scene and genre in the way MF did as The Dive sadly closed down at it's height of popularity. After The Dive closed, a gig with the amazing NY act The Vipers at the legendary Peppermint Lounge was soon followed by a few sold-out headlining shows at Maxwells.
The CD collection "Past Forward" released by GET HIP in 1995 was reissued in 2004 and it encompasses most of their 80's recorded output including some UK-only tracks that first appeared on Hi Lo Records LP "American Heart and Soul" and were remixed in '95 for their debut on cd. Also included on the 20-track collection is unreleased material produced by legendary rock scribe Jim DeRogatis and many vinyl-only tracks from Mod Fun's three 7-inchers & two 12-inchers released back in the day. Cover versions include tracks by The Zombies, The Kinks and The Syn, although singer-songwriter Mick London also had quite a knack for making his original material "strangely reminiscent" of many popular Mod/Psyche-pop Anthems.trax:
1. Live In Yourself 2. Open Your Eyes 3. Just Out Of Reach 4. I Believe 5. I Am With You 6. Hangin Round 7. Action Tyme 8. Your Eyes Reflect 9. Grounded 10. Mary Goes Round 11. Hope It'S Today 12. Think Of Things 13. Eyes Getting Louder 14. A Minuet Twenty 15. 1/2 Way To The End 16. I Fell 17. Turn It Around 18. Thee Hair That You Wear 19. I'Ve Got Your Number 20. I Need You
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"WEST COAST GUITAR KILLERS" - Vol. 2 - 1952-1969

Absolutely incredible collection of wild and raw blues with stellar sound. This is as good as it gets!trax:
1. Tell Me Tell Me - Johnny "Guitar" Watson 2. She's My Baby - Flash Terry & Orchestra 3. Poison Ivy - Two Crows & The Diggers featuring Lloyd Rowe 4. Tell The Truth - Blues Slim and his band 5. You Upset Me Baby - Willie Snow & The Diggers featuring Lloyd Rowe 6. Reconsider Baby - The Diggers featuring Lloyd Rowe 7. Git To Gittin' - Pee Wee Crayton 8. You Don't Know What You're Doing - R.S. Rankin 9. Looking Back - Johnny "Guitar" Watson 10. The Eagle Is Back - Johnny "Guitar" Watson 11. Slow Jam - Bud Spudd and the Sprouts 12. Take A Chance - Jimmy McCracklin 13. Beer Tavern Girl - Jimmy McCracklin 14. Rock-It - The Rocking Bros. (Jason & Wilber) 15. Strangest Blues - Jimmy Wilson 16. Good Woman Blues - B. Brown & His Rockin' McVouts 17. I Believe In A Woman - Sly Williams 18. Boot Hill - Sly Williams 19. After Awhile - Jesse Allen 20. Knocked Out - Jimmy Liggins 21. The Search Is Over - Cal Green with the Midnighters 22. I Can Hear My Baby Calling - Cal Green with the Midnighters 23. Rat Now - Johnny "Guitar" Watson 24. Baby Don't Leave - Johnny "Guitar" Watson 25. The Boogie Twist - Cal Valentine & The Texas Rockers
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Screaming Lord Sutch "Rock & Horror" 1982

SUTCH A SCREEEEEAM! A who's who of the UK rockin' scene from the 60s back up Sutch on this ghoulish goulash of hair raising monster rockers, like 'Screem, Screem', 'Murder In The Graveyard', 'Loonabilly' and the inevitable 'Jack The Ripper'. His Lordship lets loose on these early 80s recordings in his own genteel style.He couldn't properly be considered part of the British Invasion -- he never had a hit in the U.S. or the U.K. -- but Screaming Lord Sutch laid some unheralded groundwork for the phenomenon. With a rock & horror act based to a large degree on Screamin' Jay Hawkins, David "Lord" Sutch was one of the first genuine rock & roll longhairs, and his bands employed such sterling instrumentalists as Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore, Nicky Hopkins, and Mitch Mitchell before they became famous. His early-'60s singles -- mostly over-the-top Halloween novelties or covers of early rock and R&B standards -- are genuinely energetic and fun performances that rank among the few out-and-out raunchy rock & roll records waxed in Britain before the ascension of the Beatles. Twiddling the knobs on his first five singles was the legendarily eccentric Joe Meek, who embellished Sutch's modest talents with his usual grab bag of treated instruments, compression, and odd effects. While he holds a position of undeniable importance in the history of British rock, Sutch was not a talented singer or musician, and the records he made after the mid-'60s were pretty lame despite the presence of some stars who remembered him fondly (and had even sometimes played in his band in the old days). A well-known public figure in Britain, he ran for Parliament several times in the '60s, representing the National Teenage Party, and he founded the pirate radio station Radio Sutch in 1964. He published his autobiography in the early '90s. — Richie Unterberger, All Music Guideplayed by:
Screaming Lord Sutch: Vocals / Mac Poole: Drums / Ian Terry: Guitar / Pete Thomas: Saxophone / Bob Burgos: Drums / Tony Dangerfield: Bass / Rich Hogan: Piano / Rob "Apeman" Murly: Bass / Ray Neale: Guitar / Tony Hall: Saxophone / Matthew Fisher: Piano / Freddy Fingers Lee: Piano / Rod De'Ath: Drums / Keith Evans: Bass / Lou Martin: Piano

traxfromwax:
Horror Side
1. Screem & Screem 2. All Black & Hairy 3. Jack The Ripper 4. Monster Rock 5. Rock & Shock 6. Murder In The Graveyard
Rock Side
7. London Rocker 8. Penny Penny 9. Rockabilly Madman 10. Oh Well 11. Loonabilly 12. Go-Berry-Go

"WEST COAST GUITAR KILLERS" - Vol. 1 - 1951-1965

Here’s a fantastic collection of 25 down and dirty blues killers! Great sound.trax:
1. Let`s Go Smitty - Floyd Dixon w/Johnny "Guitar" Watson 2. Mean Old World - Johnny Fuller 3. Hard Life - Guitar Shorty 4. Ways Of A Man - Guitar Shorty 5. Tom Cat - Big Mama Thornton w/Lafayette Thomas 6. Midnight Blues - Baby Calloway 7. Scarred Knees - Little Miss Janice 8. Behind The Sun - The Rockin' Bros. 9. Weekly Blues - Lafayette Thomas 10. The Thing - Lafayette Thomas 11. Claim On You - Lafayette "Thing" Thomas 12. Old Memories - Lafayette "Thing" Thomas 13. One Nighter Blues - Johnny Otis Orch. w/Pete "Guitar" Lewis 14. Goomp Blues - Johnny Otis Orch. w/Pete "Guitar" Lewis 15. I`m Leaving You - Ivory Lucky (Ted Taylor) w/Bob Reed's Band 16. In The Wee Wee Hours - Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers 17. Baby Please Don`t Go - Troyce Key w/Eddie Cochran 18. Watch Your Mouth - Troyce Key w/Eddie Cochran 19. How Long Will It Last - Guitar Shorty w/Bob Tate's Band 20. Love Loves - Guitar Shorty w/Bob Tate's Band 21. Brick - Johnny Morrisette 22. Lafayette`s A-Coming - Lafayette Thomas 23. Too Late To Change - Jimmy McCracklin w/Lafayette Thomas 24. I Never Thought - Guitar Shorty w/Bob Tate's Orch. 25. High Sailing - Claude & The Nightones
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Pollo Del Mar "Xmas2k4u " 2000 - 7"/45rpm

Happy Holidays from RYPtrax:
01 Carol of the Bells 02 Little Surfin' Drummer Boy

The Daisy Chain "Welcome To The Daisy Chain" 1987 - 7"/45rpm

traxfromwax:
01 GANGSTERS 02 OIL IN MY LAMB 03 GANGSTERS REMIX
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LES THUGS & THE UPTOWN BONES "FALLING APART / SPRING IS A CAT" 1990 split 7"/45rpmtraxfromwax:
1. FALLING APART 2. SPRING IS A CAT
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The Dukes "I'll Come Back / Tobacco Road" 1988 - 7"/45rpm

Rare '80s garage from Germany on Mystery Scene Records.traxfromwax:
1. I'll Come Back 2. Tobacco Road
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The Flynns "Dick's Dale / St. James Infirmary" - 7"/45rpm

traxfromwax:
1. Dick's Dale 2. St. James Infirmary
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"Bayou Rockabilly Cats" 2000 - VA

a slab of primaeval 1950s rockabilly from the Goldband label archives...Louisiana's Goldband label is perhaps best known for its Cajun and R&B recordings, but also did record a good deal of hillbilly and rockabilly sides in the '50s. Twenty-six of them are on Bayou Rockabilly Cats, although when the most recognizable artists on a compilation are Al Ferrier, Hopeless Homer, and Goldband chief Eddie Shuler himself (with Eddie Shuler's All Star Reveliers), you know this is one for the specialists. Actually, much of this is not quite standard rockabilly, but country music in the process of making the transition to rockabilly. There are fiddles and steel guitars on plenty of the cuts, and the tempos are often more in the country boogie or two-step mold than they are in rock & roll. Truth be known, that makes this more interesting than many such compilations of obscure rockabilly (such as numerous ones on the Ace label itself), as the country-rockabilly bridge hasn't been documented and investigated with nearly as much depth as some other roots-of-rock genres have. (There are, for instance, appreciably more reissues of late-'40s - early-'50s R&B and jump blues on the cusp of turning into rock & roll.) In general the performers on this disc had more of a Southern swamp to their lilt, as well as some traces of Cajun rhythms (although those aren't that prevalent). There aren't major overlooked classic songs or amazing performers, but the style's done with a lot of panache and good-natured energy. It's not all hillbilly-rockabilly crossover either; some of the sides are just flat-out raw rockabilly, and Bee Arnold does piano-based work with more of an R&B flavor (even using a clarinet on "Plant You Know, Dig You Later"). Arnold's 1954 single "Way Down Under Blues," in fact, is pretty unusual for the time, and one of the earlier instances anywhere of a white musician recording in a hardcore R&B style that approached rock & roll. When Goldband records were reissued after the '50s, there were electric bass overdubs that Shuler was persuaded to use to make them sound more contemporary-sounding, to the vexation of collectors and historians that rightly prefer the originals. Those listeners will be glad to hear that this CD consists solely of the unoverdubbed original versions, marking in fact the first time the original singles have ever been reissued (although eight of the selections are not from vintage '50s 45s, but from '80s releases that contained previously unissued '50s performances). ~ Richie Unterbergertrax:
1. No No Baby - Al Ferrier 2. I'll Never Do Any Wrong - Al Ferrier 3. Jambalaya Boogie - Eddie Shuler All Star Reveelier 4. New Way Rockin' - Hopeless Homer 5. Girl in the Red Blue Jeans, The - Hopeless Homer 6. Love Me Just a Little Bit - Bill & Carroll/Neches Valley Boys/Bill/Carroll 7. My Blue Letter - Bill & Carroll/Neches Valley Boys/Bill/Carroll 8. My Baby Done Gone Away - Al Ferrier 9. It's Too Late Now - Al Ferrier/Boppin' Billies 10. Plant You Now, Dig You Later - Amos Como's Tune Toppers/Bee Arnold 11. Way Down Under Blues - The Tunetoppers/Bee Arnold/The Tune Toppers 12. Memory in My Heart - Red Le Blance & His Crescent Boys 13. I Love That Woman (Right or Wrong) - Red Le Blance & His Crescent Boys 14. Wanna Go Steady - Bill Hutto & His Playboys 15. Mabel's Done Gone - Jerry Noble/Plantation Playboys 16. Freed My Silly Mind - Red Le Blance & His Crescent Boys 17. Blue Moon on the Bayou - Red Le Blance & His Crescent Boys 18. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Al Ferrier 19. Honey Baby - Al Ferrier 20. Honest to Goodness Baby - Bill & Carroll/Neches Valley Boys/Bill/Carroll 21. Feel So Good - Bill & Carroll/Neches Valley Boys/Bill/Carroll 22. Couple in the Car - Little Billy Earl 23. Honey Baby-O - Little Billy Earl 24. Love Me Mary Ann - Don Mooring/Yellowjackets 25. Texas Woman - Buckwheat & His Wheatbinders 26. Twitterpated - Buckwheat

Nixon Now & Lo-Lite "Nixon Now vs. Lo-Lite - ¡Hecho Totalmente a Mano!" 2000 - split 7"/EP

Nixon Now is Hamburg's very own motor city gang! This split EP has two non lp tracks and the first fifty copies come in a beautiful handmade wooden box. "If anyone could equal the MC5 and Stooges at their insane best, it's Nixon Now" - Kevin Mc HughLo-Lite spits swamp gas for some five years now. During these years they sweated and stank on a lot of stages in and outside Holland . This Dutch two-man band, excelling in an original mix of raw stompin' blues and a high-octane punky rock tops the cream of the crap. A slithering slideguitar, some maniac vocals and pounding drums make a surprisingly heavy live sound. Lo-Lite absolutely hasn't the tinny sound one might expect from such a small band. Though bare boned primitive, the songs carefully evade quite some silly rock 'n roll cliché's, we're not talking copycats here, but the real HOW-HOW-HOW-HOW boogie chillin' thing.

trax:
1. NIXON NOW - DIAL R FOR REVOLUTION 2. NIXON NOW - THE FLAG 3. NIXON NOW - THE FLAG 4. LO-LITE - BOURBON STYLE
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JACKIE & THE CEDRICS "PRESENTING..." 2000 - 10inch LP

Tokyo's surf samurai squad offer six new pounders cut in a wild NYC one day studio sesh!. From the full speed rev up orig. instro Osaka Holiday to an insane vocal clobber of Swanee River, dig why these guys're leaders in the ah so biz!Woah. Crazed Hurricanes' style roller-rinkerama bamalama from these bow-tied, ready-for-the-prom fiends. Ya gotta be cucamonga for old tyme rock'n'roll if yer gonna pull out the likes of "Red River Rock," "Swanee River" and "Chattanooga Choo Choo"! Do ya hear what I'm sayin'? I say, do ya hear what I'm-a-sayin' boy? Faster than a speeding locomotive and slippery as a goose, Jackie and the Cedrics can really cut it loose.traxfromwax:
1. Chattanooga Choo Choo 2. Mockingbird 3. Surfer's Slide 4. Swanee River 5. Osaka Holiday 6. Red River Rock
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"BAY AREA BLUES BLASTERS" - VA

Real tough blues from San Francisco in the 50’s. Ace Records always has great sound and high quality R&B/Blues!

traxfromwax:
1. jumpin' in the heart of town - Lafayette Thomas 2. standing in the back door crying - Lafayette Thomas 3. what you did to me - Johnny Parker 4. tired of everybody - Johnny Parker 5. dr. brown - James Reed 6. you better hold me - James Reed 7. the end - James Reed 8. blues blasters boogie - Jimmy McCraclin's Blues Blasters 9. it's hard - Roy Hawkins 10. is it too late - Roy Hawkins 11. the thrill is gone - Roy Hawkins 12. if i had listened - Roy Hawkins 13. people are wonderin' - Baby "Pee Wee" Parham 14. i've got a feeling - Baby "Pee Wee" Parham 15. my mama told me - James Reed 16. the end - James Reed
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"BAY AREA BLUES BLASTERS" - Vol. 1 - The 60’s

Amazing collection of tough blues with raw guitar- great sound and top-notch music!trax:
1. Johnny`s House Party, Part One - Johnny Heartsman 2. Johnny`s House Party, Part Two - Johnny Heartsman 3. My Time After While - Tiny Powell 4. My Conscious Is Bothering Me - Tommy Harris 5. Johnny`s Blue Mood - Johnny Heartsman 6. I Wanna Full Time Love - Jesse James 7. I Call On You - Jesse James 8. One More Time - Johnny Heartsman 9. The Monkey On My Back - Ray Agee 10. Sizzling - Johnny Heartsman 11. Love - Rudy Lambert 12. Done Made It Over - Tiny Powell 13. Blues For Love - Jimmy Liggins 14. Besame Mucho, Part One - Johnny Heartsman 15. Besame Mucho, Part Two - Johnny Heartsman 16. I Keep Remembering - Joe Simon 17. Troubles - Joe Simon 18. Johnny`s Thunderbird - Johnny Heartsman 19. That Was Yesterday - Tiny Powell 20. A Love Like The Wind - Jesse James 21. Lightning Flashing - Lacy Stewart 22. Syrup Soppin` - Johnny Heartsman 23. Love Is A Cold Shot - Ray Agee 24. I`ll Do It - Rudy Lambert 25. Get My Hat - Tiny Powell 26. Jump Back - Eugene Blacknell
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"WE’RE GONNA BOOGIE" - Raw 60’s Downtown Blues 1962 VA

This was put into my hands by someone who very likely knew what distaste I have for most electric guitar blues, but who knew that I'd be healed by its power & glory in no time. And the man was right! "We're Gonna Boogie" is about two steps to the left of being legitimate, so best of luck trying to find it on the web, though these guys made some noise about having it in stock.
It kicks off in grandiloquent, ass-kicking style with the two meatiest tracks on here, screamers by LEFTY DIZZ ("We're Gonna Boogie") and JOHN LITTLE JOHN (yes, "Shake Your Money Maker", but believe you me when I tell you it's as wild and raw as anything you'll hear this year). Just acres of guitar and distorted squall on both. You can hear at least part of the LEFTY DIZZ track here. Whomever selected the tracks did so with an eye to the uglier and deep-underground side of modern blues, the sort favored by fans of the Fat Possum label in recent years. High marks go to ditties by MODEL T. SLIM and WILLIE WILLIAMS ("Wine Head Woman"). (Agony Shorthand)

trax:
1. We're gonna boogie - Lefty Dizz 2. Shake your money maker - John Little John 3. The sun is rising - Poor Bob 4. Only sixteen - West Virginia Slim 5. Dust my broom - Richard Riggins 6. Wine head woman - Willie Williams 7. I am the man downstairs - Prez Kenneth 8. Hello Josephine - Long Gone Miles 9. I am looking for my baby - Prez Kenneth 10. Shake your boogie - Model T. Slim 11. Nine below zero - Cliff Jackson 12. Jackson Tennessee - Model T. Slim 13. I had a little dog - Big Jack Reynolds And His Blues Men 14. Ain't got a lousy dime - Poor Bob 15. You're gonna miss me when i'm gone - Otis Spann 16. Don't you lie to me - Johnny Young & Big Walter 17. Crutch and cane - Homesick James 18. Bloody Tears - John Little John 19. Cost time - Alabama Watson 20. I love you - West Virginia Slim
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"BEAT JAZZ" Pictures From The Gone World - VA

25 Cool BEAT-JAZZ tracks from the 50s/60s.This is one beautiful collection of beat music, spoken word and crazed goofballed lyrics. Way out there selections of many unknown beat artists at their most primitive level spewing forth underground sounds and styles of a bygone era. No Zane or kitch here but straight ahead songs that ooze the beat feel! This is a fantastic selection of music. For me its the beat of this genre...
Very out-of-print and rare compilation of beat jazz, burned off the original vinyl (1000 copies), on Pesky Serpent Records (PS 1001). Came out in the mid-1990s. Might have been reissued a few years back on very limited CD but not sure... (From Sanity Is Over-Rated Blog)trax:
1. FROSTY AND THE DIAMONDS - Destination Mars 2. SLIM GAILLARD - Travelin Blues 3. KENNETH REXROTH - State & 32nd 4. COLEMAN HAWKINS - Picasso 5. GREGORY CORSO - Bomb 6. SCOTTY McKAY - Black Cat 7. JACK HAMMER - Like 8. GIL MELLE - The Gears 9. DOCTOR BOP - Satin & Velvet 10. ANITA ELLIS w/DAVID AMRAM - The Crazy Daisy 11. BOB DOROUGH (by Ferlinghetti) - Dog 12. HARVEY ANDERSON - Monday Night at 8pm 13. JACK KEROUAC - Cockroach 14. THE COSMIC RAYS with SUN RA - Dreaming 15. ROY GLENN - Big High Song For Somebody 16. ADA MOORE - Devil 17. MOONDOG - Up Broadway 18. WOODY LEAFER - Drums In My Typrewriter 19. THE NEW BANGS - Go Go Kitty 20. ELLIE GIRL & THE 7 BEAT SULKS - Let's Make It 21. JACK HAMMER - Rebellion 22. JIM HENSON - Tick Tock Sick 23. AGGIE DUKE - Swing Low Sweet Cadillac 24. KENYON HOPKINS - Get CrazyKenyon Hopkins 25. SHEL SILVERSTEIN - have another espresso
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"SOUL GEMS" - The Rarest Soul 45’s! - VA

A tremendous batch of rare 45s -- chosen with no clear affiliation to any label or producer, but just because the music is great! The overall sound is deep soul, with a touch of funk -- down and dirty numbers that rock and groove with hard-hitting indie production, raw instrumentation, and vocals! (Amazon)trax:
1. I Bet You - The Universal Mind 2. Bless Your Heart - Charlie Hodges 3. Don't Take It So Hard - Earl "King" Connelly 4. Skinny Legs And All - Wee Willie & Winks 5. The Skunk (Pt. 1 & 2) - The Dynatones 6. Teenage Love Affair - Wee Willie & Winks 7. I'm Movin' On - Chevrone Scott 8. Call My Name - Chick Willis 9. Charles Shing A Ling - Charles Hodges 10. A Chance At Love Again - The Universal Mind 11. Just To Hold My Hand - Earl Connelly 12. Why Does A Man Have To Cry - Eddie King 13. Thanks For The Invitation - Chevrone Scott 14. Baby Don't Do It - The Casinos 15. Talkin' 'Bout Yesterday - Nat Phillips 16. Funky Horse (Pt. 1) - Lester Young & The Playboys 17. Funky Horse (Pt. 2) - Lester Young & The Playboys 18. You Were Using Me - Charlie Hodges 19. I Know - Earl Connelly 20. Twistin' In The Hospital Ward - Chick Willis 21. I'm Sorry I Hurt You - Nat Phillips 22. What Happened To Yesterday? - Mr. Soul 23. Keep My Woman Home - Danny White
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Wild Billy Childish "Crimes against music blues recordings 1986-99" 1999

Here's billy's essence caught on two slabs of vinyl (or cd if you HAVE to go that way). Very raw, simplistic (in the most loving way) heartfelt music that spans most of his career. A few too many repeats from the "I've got everything indeed" lp (half of it is included), but for those not acquainted with Mr. Childish a great palce to start. quite a deal at 10 and change! - By Brian Newbury (bethlehem, pa United States)As it says here, "All of these recordings were made in Mister Childish's kitchen and bathroom on a G36 Revox half-track tape recorder", hence the extremely lo-fi approach. This is Billy Childish at his most raw and unpolished, solo, straight to tape, no messing. Most of these tracks were released previously but many of the original records are now impossible to find for anything less than silly money, so this is a most useful round-up.trax:
01 I've Got Everything Indeed 02 Strange Words 03 I Love That Girl Ammonia 04 Get Out Of Here Pretty Girl 05 The Greatest Lover In The World 06 Coming Upside Your Head 07 Mister Elisabeth 08 I Remember 09 Why Don't You Try My Love? 10 Burn And Blind Me 11 Not Many Of My Kind 12 This Whole Wide World 13 Grinning In Your Face 14 Yellow Skin Baby 15 Bourgeois Blues 16 Cosmetic Woman 17 Troubled Times 18 I Love My Woman 19 Bottle Up And Go 20 John Hardy 21 The Ballad Of Hollis Brown 22 Cowboys Are Square 23 I Feel So Bad 24 I'm Hurting 25 Iodine In My Coffee 26 Cold Chills 27 Crimes Of The Future

Wild Billy Childish "The 1982 Cassetes" 1987

During the Caesars' lifespan, Childish began churning out solo and side projects, working in a variety of collaborations and under an assortment of assumed names. I've Got Everything Indeed and i remember offer his idiosyncratic take on the blues; The 1982 Cassetes consists of even-more-ragged-than-usual early recordings. Poems of Laughter and Violence is a venomous spoken-word effort whose you-are-there ambience is a large part of its appeal. The dodgy 50 Albums Great is a retrospective of sorts, with raw solo remakes of several items from previous releases.

traxfromwax:
01 Oh Maudie 02 Col' Col' Chillen 03 When I Got No One 04 I Hate My Little Baby 05 Dog End Of A Dog End 06 Tennessee Blues 07 Amonia '81 08 Monkey Bissniss 09 Lets Make It 10 Guillotine Device 11 Todays Menu 12 A Matter Of Timing 13 Evil Snake Catcher 14 I'm Home grown 15 Little Queenie

Lee Rogers "Sock Some Love Power To Me" [Soul-Tay-Shus Recordings]

Lee Rogers (1939-1990) is a soul singer from Detroit who never strayed far from his gospel roots. Soul-Tay-Shus Records (part of Tuff City Records) has re-released 14 of his tracks that were originally released on 45s.The majority of his career is covered in this compilation. The earliest tracks ‘64-’66 were released on D-Town records. Later releases (’66-’69) came out on Wheelsville and Premium Stuff. On the back of this release I indicated the labels, date, and which side the track was on as best I could find out.
Proud of his roots as a gospel singer, Mr. Rogers said in an interview that the only difference between the singing he did in church and the singing he does on his records is that he wears a more expensive suit when he sings on his records.
These songs have a much rougher production than the tracks of a certain other Detroit-based label, and the sound is much more authentic as a result. On some of the D-Town singles, the instrumentals were recorded ahead of time and when Mr. Rogers would come in from touring he would record the vocal tracks separately. The instrumental track would be played over the loud speakers (no headphones in Detroit?), which would bleed through the mic as he sang. It gives these tracks a muddy sound, particularly noticeable at the end of You’re the Cream of the Crop (A4). These tracks clearly weren’t recorded with posterity in mind.
The highest charting single here is I Want You To Have Everything, which hit #16 in Jan ‘65 on the R&B chart. This is the slickest track on the album. I prefer the more raw sounding Love For A Love (A3) and How Are You Fixed For Love (B1) and in particular the horns on ‘I’m A Practical Guy (A1). All tracks are short; the longest one is 3:02. – Hunter Gatherertraxfromwax:
1. i'm a practical guy 2. i want you to have everything 3. love for a love 4. you're the cream of the crop 5. jack the playboy 6. the same things that make you laugh (make you cry) 7. love & war 8. how are you fixed for love 9. sock some love power to me 10. you won't have to wait 'til xmas 11. our love is more 12. my one and only 13. go-go girl 14. boss love
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HUSHPUPPIES "THE TRAP" 2005

More wild French garage sung in English! Hushpuppies a créé la surprise en 2005, en remettant au goût du jour le rock garage en France grâce à son premier album The Trap. Après une tournée de plus d’un an à travers toute l’Europe, le quintet est de retour avec un second opus, Silence is Golden, avec lequel il confirme toute l’ampleur de son talent. Rencontre. Propos recueillis par Hélène Pouzet"The story starts with the Likyds, a group from Perpignan, a nice and sunny town in the south of France, and also a Mecca for the sound of the sixties and the Mod culture in France. The six members of the group belong to a circle of garage music groups among which the Feedbacks and the Beach Bitches, who have had a great impact on the French underground musical movement. During five years the Likyds are touring in the south regions of France and are praised by the regional press and the increasing number of their fans. Their hit record ‘Marbu Dorada’, today on the compilation ‘Perpignan Rock’, is a significant example of this distinctive sound, a mixture of 60’s garage and psychedelic sound.
When Olivier moves to Paris, the adventure seems to be ended. Not quite though, as Cyrille (the guitar player) and Frank (the drummer) also move to the capital town. They have the thrilling idea of making up a new group. They decide to find a new musical identity as well as a new bass guitarist, who must meet a special requirement: survive their vodka-liquorice-olives-anchovies after rehearsal drink. A man in a million (or maybe more). A friend of the group, Guillaume, brave and liking drinks providing there is vodka in the recipe, joins the HushPuppies, as they are now called, with Wilfried, already on keyboards with the Likyds.
That perfect team of five musicians develops an unique style, subtile combination of the dirtiest rock sound and the most atmospheric melodies.
Their live and stunning performances in Paris (La Scène, Glaz’art, le Nouveau Casino among others) attract an audience each time wider, although not used to such shows. Nevertheless the southern French accent of Perpignan spreads over Paris.
During summer 2003 the Hushpuppies have the opportunity to record in a studio where they polish their songs, gaining thus a new colour. Four pieces are recorded, revealing the talent of the Hushpuppies as well as their true personality. They prove to be as comfortable with both their garage rock and electro-psychedelic inclinations, as well as with both their native tongue and English.
In june 2004, Benjamin Diamond sign HushPuppies on his label Diamondtraxx, a new EP is recorded during the summer and is available now! With this new E.P. the group set up the basis of an unrestrained rock music, far from the French rock world clichés..." - gizmousse
http://www.hushpuppiestheband.com/

HUSHPUPPIES:
Olivier Jourdan: vox / Cyrille Sudraud: guitar / Franck Pompidor: drums / Guillaume Le Guen: bass / Wilfried Jourdan (frère d'Olivier): keyb

trax:
1. 1975 2. Packt Up Like Sardines In A Crush Tin Box 3. You're Gonna Say Yeah! 4. Marthelot 'N' Clavencine 5. Sorry So 6. Pale Blue Eyes 7. Comptine 8. Bassautobahn 9. Alice In Wonderland 10. Single 11. You And Me 12. The Trap 13. Automatic 6

"GONNA ROCK THE BLUES" - VA

Solid 32 track collection of hard rockin’ blues that just never lets up. The cream of the crop here, folks!trax:
1. We're Gonna Rock - Gunter Lee Carr 2. A Fool No More - Eddie Hope 3. Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto & His Hawks 4. Hoo-Doo Say - Sly Fox 5. Slow Down Baby - Bob Gaddy 6. Nothing But Love - Bobo Jenkins 7. I'm Wild About You Baby - Lighting Hopkins 8. Lost Child - Eddie Hope 9. I Done Woke Up - Louisiana Red 10. I'm Tired of Beggin' - Sly Fox 11. Set a Date - Homesick James 12. Hydramatic Woman - Joe Hill Louis 13. Tell Me Who - Bobo Jenkins 14. Boogie Twist - Snooky Pryor 15. Can't Afford To Do It - Homesick James 16. Six Weeks of Misery - Big Walter 17. Next Door Neighbor - Jerry McCain 18. Look-a-There - Mojo Watson 19. Jumpin' From Six To Six - Jimmy Wilson 20. Rock 'n' Roll Boogie - Jo Jo Williams 21. Love Me Baby - Jesse Allen 22. Let's Move - Lightnin' Hopkins 23. Alley Music - Hound Dog Taylor 24. Bring It On Back - Mister Ruffin 25. Jump Sister Bessie - Otis Rush 26. Cant Be Satisfied - TV Slim 27. I Love You Baby - Sonny Terry & His Buckshot Five 28. 21 Days In Jail - Magic Sam 29. My Baby Left Me - B. Brown & His Rockin' McVouts 30. Number 9 Train - Tarheel Slim 31. I Gotta a New Car - Big Boy Groves 32. Stop, For The Red Light - Harold Burrage
ripped from cd in glorious monoloudarama!
...originally served by Gyro1966...

LES STHAUSS "NO FEELING" 1989

Les Shtauss were a garage / punk rockin' band from Nantes, France.Les Shtauss : Ludo : lead guitar / Manu : bass / Fafa : rhythm guitar / Goret : lead vocal / Jimmy : drums

traxfromwax:
01 BIGGER MAN 02 SWEET SIXTEEN 03 MY BOTTLE OF WINE 04 UNCHAIN THAT GIRL 05 MARTIAN 06 BAGABOO
...served by PUSSY CAT...

"ROCKIN’ BLUES PARTY" - Goldband Recordings VA 1987

12 unissued Goldband recordings from Eddie Shuler’s famed studio. There’s some really wild and raw blues here, don’t miss it!traxfromwax:
1. now you know - Guitar Junior 2. goin' crazy baby - Guitar Junior 3. clautelia - Ivory Lee Jackson 4. make up my mind - Good Rockin' Bob 5. got it made (when i marry shirley mae) - Guitar Junior 6. family rules - Guitar Junior 7. fuss too much - Ivory Lee Semien & Hop Wilson 8. that wouldn't satisfy - Hop Wilson & Ivory Lee Semien 9. love got me all fancied in - Hop Wilson & Ivory Lee Semien 10. chicken stuff - Hop Wilson & His Two Buddies 11. rockin' in the coconut top - Hop Wilson & Ivory Lee Semien 12. rockin' with hop - Hop Wilson & His Two Buddies
ripped from wax in glorious monoloudarama!
...originally served by Gyro1966...

THE SILLY THINGS "DRACULA" 1988

1er LP vinyl des garage punk chalonnais. Un disque extrême et urgent puisque Caligula Gibus – futur chanteur des Médiums n’était pas encore au chant mais à la batterie…traxfromwax:
01 DRACULA 02 DEAD TOWN 03 I CAN'T LOVE YOU 04 LIKE A GHOST 05 CAN'T SEE YOU 06 I MISS YOU 07 DIRTY ROAD 08 YOU'RE IN MY MIND 09 I'M NOT MAD
...served by PUSSY CAT...

THE SUBTONES "Boys Want Fun" 1986

The Subtones, a great German band whose Boys Want Fun LP contained the kind of Mersey-inspired nuggets which also infused garage and psychedelia into the mix.Germany's biggest "'60s band" is a Berlin trio which blends Who, Kinks, Hollies and perhaps a dash of Searchers into a seamless sound that could have come straight off a British '60s anthology. (Although the Subtones admittedly have sonic technology on their side.) Boys Want Fun is cute and has a big beat, even if the lyrics are a bit sappy. A super-schmaltz track and an overextended live version of the Who's "Circles" are the only turkeys, but conveniently they're both side-closers.

The Subtones:
Tommy Lamour-voc, bass / Andrew W. Home-guitars, keyboards, voc / Marlon Rodgers-drums, voc

traxfromwax:
1 Boys Want Fun 2 Beyond The Rainbow 3 Baby Is This Love 4 So Much 5 I Ain't No Fool 6 You're My Hearts Delight 7 Wild Honey Reprise 8 I Miss You 9 A Little Bit Of Beat 10 Sense Of Life 11 I Got No Chance 12 Circles (Berin Live Version) + 13 Raining In Paradise (Bonus 7')

"Hell Comes To Your House Part 2" VA 1983

More experimental than the first volume, lots of cowpunk/country, but also some punk.traxfromwax:
1. The Joneses - i'm bad 2. The Joneses - she's so filthy 3. Mau Maus - sex girls in uniforms 4. Mau Maus - we all fall down 5. Cambridge Apostles - can't fight the feeling 6. Blood on the Saddle - i wish i was a single girl again 7. Blood on the Saddle - ghost on my heart 8. Tex and the Horseheads - short train 9. Tex and the Horseheads - go west young man 10. Tex and the Horseheads - slip away 11. Minutemen - corona 12. Screamin' Sirens - your good girl's gonna go bad 13. Screamin' Sirens - runnin' kind 14. Lotus Lame and the Lame Flames - bad sex

Frankie Stein & His Ghouls "Monster Sounds and Dance Music" 1965

"Hey RYP, I was at a thrift store today looking for a costume, and I found this old monster rock n' roll LP in pretty good shape. I haven't seen you post this one, so I thought you might like it. Happy Halloween!" - Billy Ktraxfromwax:
1) Weerdo The Wolf (Twist)
Starts off with a howl & grooves you into the music of the Stein man himself. After the initial guitar strumin & organ that famous Frankie mouth harp kicks in. Followed by his trademark sound effects of bangs & screams, this is a timid tune in the Frankie collection, but a nice start. Do we imagine a whacked out werewolf wearing blue jean overalls dancing around to the music howling & laughing, then ripping out the throat of a victim near the end? I do.
2) Goon River (Swim)
Frankie starts off by growling ‘Lets Swim’ & as kids we probably did. More sound effects this time including some favorite whistles, pops & some bubbling liquid of the Goon River itself no doubt. At one point I imagine eyeballs being scooped out of some sockets. Yummy!
3) A Hearse Is Not A Home (Frug)
Dig that crazy sax while listening to a helpless young thing being stretched on the rack. Well at least that’s what I see. Ah that girl screaming, and these were for kids folks. Then one of my favorite sound effect. Those clanging metal things. Like something with large pieces of silverware getting ready to eat. Is that girl on the rack dinner? Don’t know but those screams at the end don’t sound too good.
4) 3 Little Weirds (Monkey, Lindy)
Picking up the musical pace here as the ‘little weirds’ start chattering away. I don’t know but I picture 3 little rats doing the chattering. Whatever they are they continue on as slipping whizzing sounds pop in now and again. The little laughs & giggles enter in & out & at the end three loud bangs of their rat doors close, or were those giant weights squashing them?
5) Lullaby Of Ghost Land (Fox Trot)
The coffin lid opens & my favorite Frankie tune begins. Don’t know why but I just love this one. I even used it as part of a stage show & produced. It just sounds sneaky & detective like, like something you’d hear in an old dark house mystery where ghosts are spooking the houseguests. A few whistles & cranky effects within including a mysterious laugh. Great sax & organ!
6) Knives And Lovers (Swim)
Side Two starts off with a few female screams and your basic sixties styled sounding tune kicks in. Lots of spooky laughing & more screams throughout, and some rockin’ guitar here folks. It really makes you want to get up & dance!
7) Little Ghoul Blue (Mashed Potato, Shimmy)
Ah, time to take it easy on this one. Things finally slow down & you can rest those feet. Whoever the main vocal talent on these LPs is really does some cool stuff. From the goofy or spooky laughing to the odd conversation like jibber here again makes these tunes priceless & in a place of they’re own. That juice harp comes in at the perfect time near the end. Yeah man can you feel it?
8) Ghoul Days (Watusi)
Sharing the same name as a ‘Dracula’s Greatest Hits’ classic a wacky whistle & some ghostly moans begin this cool beat. A swift little ditty complete with laughs, silverware, & agonizing moaning. Ends ghostly and sounds as if the spirit takes off in a plane or is that a buzz saw?
9) Little Brown Bug (Hully Gully)
Something is being twisted to death at the beginning of this thing (sounds like a duck bird) only to lead way to a stupidly simple tune by sax & organ. Ah but it does seem to contain everything here from silverware, screams, & more cranking sounds, and is that a train I hear at the minute mark? Just take it & enjoy it.
10) Neck Twist (Twist)
We’re on our way to wacky territory. Someone loves to laugh here as we hear large footsteps walking around. I imagine a Frankenstein monster groovin to the music. Again some killer sax here. A gentleman screams & some final laughs is a great way to end this first album of the great Frankie Stein. See you next time!
...originally served by Billy K...

The GoreHounds "Halloween Everywhere" 1987

Gorehounds were formed in Portland towards the end of 1985. The band's first gig was at Geno's during Jordan's Undead 30th B-Day Party. The band used the "Electric Jug" sound like the 13th Floor Elevators did in the 1960's. They were a mixture of Punk Rock, 60's Garage, and 60's Psychedelia.In 1985-87 The Gorehounds place was known as THE GORE MANOR. Lots of punks, bands, and fans stayed there and partied. This was one hell of a wild and crazy time. Lots of broken beer bottles, dirty needles, pot smokin, crack stinkin, and rip roarin mentalness. In the winter the house was so cold that water used to freeze in the sinks and toilets. Rats were living in my couch. And the refigerator was not to be opened except for more BEER. there were punk flyers and grafitti all over the place. It was the best and worst of times. When we finally sunk it was to hit rock bottom... While the band was around it was an original act that played around the NE Coast and Canada as well. There was always a party after a night out at Geno's the hip place to hang for cool music then. Geno's is still around with live music.

The GoreHounds:
Mark Mayhem: Bass Guitar / Bob Cellars: Rhythym Guitar and "Jug" / John Chalmers: Lead Guitar / Ned Crabbe: Drums / Cindy Williams: Rythym Guitar / Jordan: Vocals, keyboards, harmonica, songwriter and Founder

traxfromwax:
01 Tune into My Love 02 Dead Things 03 You Won't Love Me Today 04 Gorehounds 05 Crazy Fate 06 Wildman 07 Corpse Worm 08 Serenade 09 Am I dead Yet 10 Requiem 11 Psychedelic Journey 12 The Fox 13 No Reality 14 Never Do You Wrong
...originally served by Ben T...

"Monster Rock 'N Roll Show" 1990

This is a comp featuring monster or horror themed songs, with old radio commercials for horror movies in between the songs. Check out this CD it's better than Halloween itself!!!I'll keep it short and just say that everything here is classic and the audio commercials are fabulous. It would get 6 stars out of 5 if it were a 2 c.d set because there are many more of these old "monster" hits in addition to many sequels. Buy this c.d. if you can find it. Our family starts playing it a lot throughout October and it just gets better every year. Steve Hoffman, top tier engineer, remastered the songs for this collection so that they sound great too. - By G C. Todd "GCT" (Memphis)

trax:
1. Monster Mash - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett 2. The Haunted Strangler - Movie Trailer 3. Bo Meets The Monster - Bo Diddley 4. I was A Teenage Frankenstein) - Movie Trailer 5. Midnight Stroll - The Re-Vels 6. Frankenstein of '59 - Buchanan & Goodman 7. Frankenstein's Den - The Hollywood Flames 8. Horror Of Dracula - Movie Trailer 9. Screamin' Ball (At Dracula Hall) - The Duponts 10. I Was A Teenage Werewolf - Movie Trailer 11. Werewolf - Five Man Electrical Band 12. The Mummy - Movie Trailer 13. Haunted House - Johnny Fuller 14. Black Sunday - Movie Trailer 15. Feast Of The Mau Mau - Screamin' Jay Hawkins 16. The Amazing Colossal Man - Movie Trailer 17. Witch Queen Of New Orleans - Redbone 18. 4-D Man - Movie Trailer 19. Castin' My Spell - Johnny Otis Show & Marci Lee 20. The Thing That Couldn't Die - Movie Trailer 21. The Green Slime - Green Slime 22. The She Creature)It Conquered - Movie Trailer 23. Lil' Red Riding Hood - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs 24. The Astro-Zombies - Movie Trailer 25. I Ain't Superstitious - Howlin' Wolf 26. Frankenstein Returns Part II - Buchanan & Goodman 27. Morgus The Magnificent - Morgus And The Ghouls 28. King Kong - Movie Trailer 29. The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley

The Route 66 Killers "Murder On Beaver Street" 2003

Route 66 Killers play a unique brand of cautiously optimistic music that occasionally verges on depressing, yet always fascinates and entertains. They write very good instrumentals with solid melodies. They have learned their three R's, playing with restraint, resignation and reverb. Both bands are highly original. - Phil Dirt at Reverb CentralThe Route 66 Killers were formed back in the year 2000, when four Russian serial killers met in a smoky ramshackle bar in the small mountain town of Flagstaff, Arizona, just off of Route 66. Having escaped a Russian prison in Siberia, they fled for the United States. All share common interests: murder, voodoo, and surfing. Soon they went on to terrorize the inhabitants of Flagstaff with a series of grizzly murders and zombie-style surf tunes. The local law enforcement has been powerless in the apprehension of the gruesome four, who continue to leave nothing but corpses and mayhem.
The Route 66 Killers consists of the scum of the earth: there’s Sergei, the ring leader of the gang. Sergei was a hit man for the Russian mafia, and carried out 42 hits in Moscow before his eventual incarceration. His weapon of choice is the lead guitar. Boris, hailing from St. Petersburg, was known as the "Nozhe" or "The Knife" in his home town, adding 20 people to his list of victims before he was apprehended. His weapon of choice is the bass. Ivan or Ivan Gryohznii (Ivan the Terrible) comes from the small village of Niledovo north of Moscow, where his massacre of the entire village caught the attention of the world. His weapon of choice is the rhythm guitar. And then there is the Animal or Zhivotnoye. Not much is know of his origins. Coming from some remote area in Siberia, the Animal brutally killed 19 people with his bare hands in a two year spree. His weapon of choice is the drums.
The music of the Route 66 Killers is dark instrumental surf. When listened to long enough, the listener/victim slowly and painfully dies. However, there have been reports of the deceased coming back from the dead and craving human flesh. It is assumed that this marauding gang of murderers currently resides in Flagstaff Arizona, the focal point of an ongoing manhunt since their arrival here. If you have any information leading to the arrest of these madmen, please lock your doors and contact the local authorities at once - The Flagstaff Times July 24th 2001

trax:
1. Ballade of the Headless Horseman 2. Dia de los Muertos 3. Murder On Beaver Street 4. The Jabervock 5. Monsterbation 6. El Conquistador 7. Baba Yaga 8. The Mummy's Curse 9. Ghoul Tango 10. Shallow Grave 11. Masque of the Red Death 12. Tale of the Drunken Prospector 13. The Bandito 14. Death, Death, Death 15. The Devil's Martini 16. The Beginning of the End
...originally served by Eek! The Cat...

"El Primitivo American Rock'n'Roll And Rockabilly" VA 1993

Sometime, around 1958, a record by a character called Bill Parsons came out on the Fraternity label. it was really recorded by Bobby Bare but that's a whole other story......The title was 'All American Boy' and basically said it all. The first lines were" You get a guitar and you put it in tune / You'll be rockin' and rollin' soon / Riding around in a Cadillac / Fightin' the girls offa your back". These words were a call to glory heeded by young men across the globe with Sears guitars, cheap 15 watt amplifiers and a drummer with a van. They hastened to cut-price, two-track recording studios with dreams of Elvis Presley glory and some deeply strange misconceptions of what constituted a hit rock'n'roll record.
Part of the problem was that the great ones made it all sound so goddamned easy. Elvis's vocal power might have been intimidating, but the likes of Buddy Holly, Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran brought such a deceptive simplicity to their work that it was possible for thousands of kids with sideburns, burning ambition and no talent to convince themselves that they could do it too.
EL PRIMITIVO is a collection of some of the ones who tried it in Nashville, Tennessee, between about 1956 and 1964. With baritone slurs stolen from Elvis and hiccups looted from Buddy Holly, they came to town and did their worst. Mel Robbins on 'Save It' thought he could borrow the teen-in-heat panting from Gene Vincent's classic 'Woman In Love'. Herbie Smith attempted a really bad Elvis and Chuck Howard seemed to believe he could create a fusion of the Coasters and Eddie Cochran on 'Out Of Gas' but wound up with a manic piece of hybrid pop chaos. The Embers' juvenile delinquent vocals on 'I Walked All Night' (my particular favourite) might have made them the Stooges' uncles if only the fuzz box had been invented to drown out the backing vocals.
With the exception of Mel Robbins, who became a respected session pianist, none of these guys found fame or fortune. Most probably went home and bored the shit out of every bartender and cocktail waitress they met for the next 25 years with stories about how they almost made it in rock'n'roll. What they did have is the vital core of rock'n'roll, absolutely impossible to synthesise, sample or repLace. - Mick Farren, 1993

trax:
1. Save It - Mel Robbins 2. Oh Yeah - Wally Jeffrey 3. I Wanna Dance All Night - Chuck Wiley 4. It's Love - Chuck Wiley 5. Bandstand - Cliff Nash and the Rockaways 6. Times Is Tough - Chuck Wiley 7. Are You With Me - Mel Robbins 8. I Wanna Shake It - Curtis Hobock 9. The Thump - The Embers 10. I Love You Dearly - Jimmy Hurt and the Del Rios 11. Baby Moon - Herbie Smith 12. Best Dressed Beggar In Town - Houston Turner and the Dixielanders 13. Door To Door - Chuck Wiley 14. Uh Oh - The Imps 15. I Walked All Night - The Embers 16. Explosion - Cliff Nash 17. Out Of Gas - Chuck Howard 18. Tell Me Baby - Cliff Nash and the Rockaways 19. Why Worry About Me - Chuck Wiley 20. Bandstand (alt version) - Cliff Nash and the Rockaways 21. That'll Get It - The Imps 22. No Time For Sister - Cliff Nash 23. I Love You So Much - Chuck Wiley 24. Jenny Lou - Cliff Nash