"AND THIS IS MAXWELL STREET"

This two disc set features the street recordings from the 1964 Mike Shea film documentary, And This Is Free, plus a bevy of previously unreleased performances of equal landmark merit. Hard-core blues fans and slide guitar aficionados will be familiar with some of this material because a handful of these performances were issued in 1980 on Rounder as Robert Nighthawk Live On Maxwell Street -- 1964. At the time of their release these recordings were incorrectly credited. It turns out that the performances themselves were also edited. For the record, it's the otherwise unknown guitarist Little Arthur King -- not Night Hawk -- playing the bebop instrumental medley; he also pops up on this set backing both Carey Bell and Big John Wrencher. Johnny Young, listed on the Rounder package as the second guitarist does appear on these recordings, but only in a frontman role on two tracks. Carey Bell once again appears on the tracks from the original release plus some others, but he shares the harmonica duties with Big John Wrencher, the one-armed blues wizard who was a mainstay of the Maxwell Street area and evidently a regular of Night Hawk's informal Sunday group. The drummer is Jimmy Collins, who seems hell-bent on finishing every number -- even the slow blues -- at a much faster tempo than where it was originally started. The other previously unidentified guitarist on these recordings turns out to be none other than Shea's close friend Mike Bloomfield. Deemed "unauthentic" by Shea, none of Bloomfield's work was filmed and all of his off-mike lead work with Night Hawk was consequently edited out of the Rounder album. Here, Bloomfield takes the lead on the two Johnny Young numbers and also shows up on Night Hawk's version of "Dust My Broom" and on the now longer medley of "Annie Lee"/"Sweet Black Angel," swapping licks with the old master. In the middle of all these blues performances are equally stellar ones from the gospel side of things, courtesy of James, Fannie Brewer and Carrie Robinson. Ultimately, Night Hawk's performances form the centerpiece of these landmark recordings. If the original Rounder package was an eye-opener as to what Night Hawk was truly capable of in a live setting, this new package is twice as illuminating, making him present on 22 of the 30 selections on here. Start your Robert Night Hawk collection with this two-disc collection and you'll never have to look back; these recordings will end up becoming his crowning legacy. It seriously belongs in every blues fan's collection. (Cub Koda, Allmusic)

trax disc 1:

1. The Sun Is Shining - Johnny Young 2. Can't Hold Out Much Longer - Big John Wrencher 3. Juke Medley - Carey Bell 4. That's All Right - Robert Nighthawk 5. Red Top - Ornitholgy - Litlle Arthur 6. Maxwell Street Jam - Carey Bell 7. Lucille - Big John Wrencher 8. Corinna, Corinna - Arvella Gray 9. Power To Live Right - Carrie Robinson 10. Cheating And Lying Blues - Robert Nighthawk 11. Honky Tonk - Robert Nighthawk 12. Dust My Broom - Robert Nighthawk 13. Peter Gunn Jam - Robert Nighthawk 14. I Need Love So Bad - Robert Nighthawk 15. All I Want For My Breakfast - Johnny Young 16. Take It Easy, Baby - Robert Nighthawk 17. Long Gone John - Unknown

trax disc 2:

1. Mama, Talk To Your Daughter - Big Mojo Elem 2. I'm Ready - Carey Bell 3. Carey'n On - Carey Bell 4. When The Saints Go Marching In/James Brewer - James Brewer Group 5. Back Off Jam - Robert Nighthawk 6. John Henry - Arvella Gray 7. Annie Lee - Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk 8. Love You Tonight - Robert Nighthawk 9. The Time Have Come - Robert Nighthawk 10. Cruisin' In A Cadillac - Carey Bell 11. Honey Hush - Robert Nighthawk 12. I'll Fly Away/James Brewer - James Brewer Group 13. I Shall Overcome - Fannie Brewer

trax disc 3:

Bloomfield Interviews Nighthawk

01 Musical Introduction 02 Reel 1 03 Reel 2 04 Reel 3 05 Reel 4

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DION "King Of The New York Streets" 2000

The city of New York oughta build a statue of Dion. Like only a handful of rock-era singers, the Bronx's Dion DiMucci embodies the city's swagger and energy. The amply annotated and illustrated King of the New York Streets neatly captures three phases of Dion on a trio of discs: "The Wanderer" (the doo-wop/pop idol years), "Abraham, Martin & John" (chronicling his confessional singer-songwriter period), and "Brooklyn Dodger" (on the comeback trail).trax disc 1 "The Wanderer":
01 I Wonder Why (Session Talk) 02 I Wonder Why 03 Don't Pity Me 04 A Teenager In Love 05 Where Or When 06 Wonderful Girl 07 That's My Desire [Live] 08 Lonely Teenager 09 Runaround Sue 10 The Wanderer 11 The Majestic 12 Life Is But A Dream (A Cappella Remix) 13 Little Star (A Cappella Remix) 14 Lovers Who Wander 15 (I Was) Born To Cry 16 Little Diane 17 Love Came To Me 18 Sandy 19 Will Love Ever Come My Way 20 Ruby Baby 21 Gonna Make It Alone 22 This Little Girl 23 Can't We Be Sweethearts 24 Donna The Prima Donna 25 Drip Drop 26 Spoonful 27 Baby, I'm In The Mood For You 28 I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound 29 My Girl The Month Of Maytrax disc 2 "Abraham, Martin & John":
01 Abraham, Martin And John 02 Purple Haze 03 The Dolphins 04 Daddy Rollin' 05 Your Own Backyard 06 Sanctuary 07 Sunshine Lady 08 Running Close Behind You 09 Soft Parade Of Years 10 New York City Song 11 Man In The Glass 12 Born To Be With You 13 If I Could Just Get Through The Night 14 The Way You Do The Things You Do 15 Guitar Queen 16 Lookin' For The Heart Of Saturday Night 17 Midtown American Main Street Gang 18 We Don't Talk Anymore 19 Sweet Surrendertrax disc 3 "Brooklyn Dodger":

01 (I used to be a ) Brooklyn Dodger (1978) 02 Spanish Harlem Incident 03 The Truth Will Set You Free (1980) 04 And The Night Stood Still 05 Always In The Rain 06 King Of The New York Streets 07 Written On the Subway Wall / Little Star  (1989) 08 Mean Woman Blues 09 Sea Cruise 10 If I Should Fall Behind 11 Higher Than Heaven 12 Turn Me Loose 13 You Move Me (Live) 14 King Of Hearts (Live) 15 I Know You Want Me  (1999) 16 Book Of Dreams 17 Shu-Bop  (1999)

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LOU REED "Coney Island Baby" 1976 (Expanded Deluxe Edition-Japan 2006)

Lou Reed, Velvet Underground Leader and Rock Pioneer, Dead at 71From 1972's Transformer onward, Lou Reed spent most of the '70s playing the druggy decadence card for all it was worth, with increasingly mixed results. But on 1976's Coney Island Baby, Reed's songwriting began to move into warmer, more compassionate territory, and the result was his most approachable album since Loaded. On most of the tracks, Reed stripped his band back down to guitar, bass, and drums, and the results were both leaner and a lot more comfortable than the leaden over-production of Sally Can't Dance or Berlin. "Crazy Feeling," "She's My Best Friend," and "Coney Island Baby" found Reed actually writing recognizable love songs for a change, and while Reed pursued his traditional interest in the underside of the hipster's life on "Charlie's Girl" and "Nobody's Business," he did so with a breezy, freewheeling air that was truly a relief after the lethargic tone of Sally Can't Dance. "Kicks" used an audio-tape collage to generate atmospheric tension that gave its tale of drugs and death a chilling quality that was far more effective than his usual blasé take on the subject, and "Coney Island Baby" was the polar opposite, a song about love and regret that was as sincere and heart-tugging as anything the man has ever recorded. Coney Island Baby sounds casual on the surface, but emotionally it's as compelling as anything Lou Reed released in the 1970s, and proved he could write about real people with recognizable emotions as well as anyone in rock music -- something you might not have guessed from most of the solo albums that preceded it. (Mark Deming, Allmusic)trax:

01 Crazy Feeling 02 Charley's Girl 03 She's My Best Friend 04 Kicks 05 Gift 06 Ooohhh Baby 07 Nobody's Business 08 Coney Island Baby 09 Nowhere At All 10 Downtown Dirt 11 Leave Me Alone 12 Crazy Feeling (Alternate Version) 13 She's My Best Friend (Alternate Version) 14 Coney Island Baby (Alternate Version)

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"BORN TO BE WILD" The Country & Rockabilly Roots Of Ray Campi

Although he’s been around since the dawn of rockabilly (he cut his first record in 1951), New York-born but Texas-raised Ray Campi has never enjoyed much success or name recognition in the United States outside of the rockabilly revival circuit, but he still has an extensive discography thanks to his popularity in Europe and Japan, where he has released numerous albums and singles. Campi, with his trademark standup bass, which he often stands and balances on as part of his live show, is a living reminder of the energy and vitality of the '50s rockabilly style and the country boogie and swing pieces that went into the music’s DNA, several examples of which are collected here that celebrate Campi's roots in the genre. It’s a fun playlist, featuring original tracks like Sleepy LaBeef's “All the Time,” Merle Travis' “Sweet Temptation,” the Delmore Brothers' “I Let the Freight Train Carry Me On,” and “My Baby Left Me” by some guy named Elvis Presley. (Steve Leggett, Allmusic)

trax:

1. All The Time - Sleepy LaBeef 2. Sweet Temptation - Merle Travis 3. Eager Boy - The Lonesome Drifter 4. How Low Can You Feel - Jimmie Skinner 5. Hot Dog - Corky Jones 6. Pan American Boogie -  Delmore Brothers 7. Ballin' Keen - Bobby & Terry Caraway 8. Blue Ranger - Hank Snow 9. Let 'Er Roll - Sid King & The Five Strings 10. Where My Sweet Baby Goes - Jimmie Skinner 11. Pinball Millionaire - Gene O'Quin 12. My Baby Left Me - Elvis Presley 13. Rattlesnake Daddy - Bill Carlisle 14. Pretty Mama - Marty Robbins 15. Merle'’s Boogie Woogie - Merle Travis 16. I'm Comin' Home - Johnny Horton 17. Don'’t Give Your Heart To A Rambler - Jimmie Skinner 18. Quit Your Triflin'’ - Gene Snowden 19. Born To Be Wild - Jimmie Skinner 20. Love Me - Jimmy Lee & Wayne Walker 21. Rockin' And Rollin' - Tommy Scott 22. Lost John Boogie - Merle Travis 23. Rock It - Thumper Jones 24. Driftin' Texas Sand - Webb Pierce 25. Everybody's Movin' - Glen Glenn 26. Missouri - Hank Penny 27. I Let The Freight Train Carry Me On - The Delmore Brothers 28. Sixteen Chicks - Joe Clay 29. You Don'’t Know My Mind - Jimmie Skinner 30. Teenage Boogie - Webb Pierce 31. The Wild One - Johnny Horton 32. Chew Tobacco Rag - Billy Briggs 33. Tore Up - Tommy La Beff

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RAY CAMPI "Perpetual Stomp 1951-1996"

Perpetual Stomp: 1951-1996 combines 16 tracks that represent Ray Campi's honky tonk and rockabilly sound recorded throughout his career. While Campi has recorded way more material than this disc could possibly cover, this collection gives you a good idea of his overall sound. Along with Campi originals, his choice of covers penned by Chuck Berry, Richard M. Jones, Hank Ballard, and Floyd Tillman gives you a pretty good idea of where he is coming from musically. If you can find them, any of Campi's recordings for Rockin' Ronny Weiser's Rollin' Rock label from the '70s are definitely worth checking into. (Allmusic)trax:

01 Caterpillar 02 Give That Love to Me 03 Toe Tapping Rhythm 04 Let Go of Louis 05 You Can't Catch Me 06 Trouble In Mind 07 Pan American Boogie 08 Guadalupe Boogie 09 Cat'n Around 10 Fool About Your Love 11 Curtain of Tears 12 A Million Tears 13 Honkey Tonkin' Woman 14 Wild Side of Life 15 Tore Up 16 I Love You So Much It Hurts

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The Delusionaires "Destination Poon" 2002

Crass, lo-fi surf & greasy instrumentals!This four-piece combo from Florida, who are to rock what XXX-rated dime novels are to literature, propagate their own brand of twisted, intense, mondo-sleazo frat-rock/stripper-rock/lounge-act-in-hell music. The Delusionaires create their own private, adults-only world of flashing neon, smoke-filled rooms, and buxom Bettie Pages taking it all off slowly as they plunge to new depths of delirious, depraved debauchery. The audience generally divides its time between digging their off-kilter brand of "men¹s club" jazz with "sax" appeal, and holding on to the more fragile pieces of glassware and furniture in the room for fear of flailing microphone wires, upright basses thrown askew or demonically-possessed seizure-prone band members hurling themselves down the stairs. It gets wild, baby ... really wild. Taxi fare and bail money are suggested as accessories. - from: hukilau/2003The Delusionaires:

Bass – Nadeem Khan / Drums – Brian McGuire / Guitar – Aaron Jarvis / Saxophone – James Ivy

trax:

01 Sound Check 02 Dressing Room 03 Theme D'ellusionne 04 Butter 05 Feverish 06 Volcano Toddy 07 Beat Girl 08 Monkey Wrench 09 Spaceman 10 Pick-Up 11 Dinosaur 12 She Crawls On Her Belly Like a Reptile 13 Fuzzy and Wild 14 Road Runner 15 That's All

"DEEP SOUL DYNAMITE" - Vol 2 - 24 Deep-Down Soul Destroyers

The Deep Soul Dynamite Series is dedicated to bringing you rare and previously un-reissued recordings by some of the leading practitioners of the deep soul genre. For years the soul music scene has been largely dominated by the so-called Northern Soul School, and to date many deep soul recordings are often mislabeled as “Northern Soul” by record collectors and enthusiasts. It is our aim to help give Deep Soul music the presence it deserves as one of the truly great art forms that the USA has produced primarily in the 60’s-70’s era.

trax:

1. I Hurt - Clarence Nelson 2. Wrapped Up In Your Love - Joe Perkins 3. She's Gone - Charles Drain 4. Let Them Talk - Billy Young 5. Sweeter As The Days Go By - Grover Mitchell 6. W-O-M-A-N - Delores Hall 7. Say You'll Be Mine - Robert Earl 8. Please Don't Hurt Me - Harrison Brothers (Bobby Harris) 9. Just For A Day - Bobby Long 10. I Thought I'd Gotten Over You - Judy Clay 11. I Need You - Soul Lee 12. How Can I (Keep From Crying) - Charles Perry 13. Have Faith - James Dudley & The Dee Jays 14. All Right Now - George Freeman 15. Poor Man - Johnny Robinson 16. I Wanna Know Who - The Keynoters 17. You Don't Want Me No More - Wyatt (Big Boy) Shepherd 18. Because - Tony Fox 19. Until You Were Gone - Joe Perkins 20. How Much Can A Man Take - Big John Hamilton 21. No One But You - Little Brenda Starr 22. Hand In Hand - Joe Haywood 23. What Am I Going To Do - The Crume Brothers 24. All I Want Is You - Big Al Downing

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"Rock *n* Roll Cowboys" - disc 10

Here are 200 selected titles that certainly rock, taken from the 1950s C&W scene. Yep - even cowboys could rock.Maybe not so loud and hot as the genuine Rock and Rollers and Rockabilly heroes. But even so it wasn’t so very genteel here either, as in the good old campfire days. In this 10-CD box there are original hits and many real rarities to be heard. It is amazing that a few crooners also fancied themselves as rockers, for example Jim Reeves, Faron Young, Sonny James, Bobby Bare and others. Of course you will find all the old warhorses of C&W music here too: Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Marvin Rainwater, Jonny Horton and plenty more.

This set comes in addition to our box “Rockabilly Cowboys”.

trax disc 10:

1. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash 2. Look Who's Blue - Don Gibson 3. Love Me Baby - Marvin Rainwater 4. Big Wheel - Cecil Foutch 5. The Sinking Of The Reuben James - Johnny Horton 6. Freight Train Blues - Jack Kingston 7. I Know My Baby Cares - Bob Luman 8. The Fool - Sanford Clark 9. Hey Sheriff - Rusty Kershaw, Doug Kershaw 10. I've Got Five Dollars - Faron Young 11. Root Beer - George Jones 12. I'll Know You're Gone - Marty Robbins 13. Wake Up Irene - Hank Thompson 14. Uncle Pen - Porter Wagoner 15. A Woman's Intuition - The Wilburn Brothers 16. I'm Rollin' On - Bill Clifton 17. If You Don't Know It - Don Gibson 18. Mister Freight Train - Johnny Nelms 19. Joe's Been a-Gittin' Here - Johnny Horton 20. For Now And Always - Hank Snow

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The Delusionaires "Blowzy Boozehound Blowout"

8 sizzling tracks of saxophone driven, reverb drippin', Sixties strip club lounge music. A sonic scorcher from the sleazier side of surf!!!trax:

01 Fifth Kiss 02 Skin City 03 In Heaven 04 Them's Jam 05 Finger Eez 06 Comanche 07 Henry J 08 Regrettable Act

"DEEP SOUL DYNAMITE" - Vol 1 - 24 Deep-Down Soul Destroyers

The Deep Soul Dynamite Series is dedicated to bringing you rare and previously un-reissued recordings by some of the leading practitioners of the deep soul genre. For years the soul music scene has been largely dominated by the so-called Northern Soul School, and to date many deep soul recordings are often mislabeled as “Northern Soul” by record collectors and enthusiasts. It is our aim to help give Deep Soul music the presence it deserves as one of the truly great art forms that the USA has produced primarily in the 60’s-70’s era.

trax:

1. What A Man Will Do (When He Loves A Woman) - James Dudley & The Dee Jays 2. Tender Loving Pain - Luvenia Lewis 3. I Feel Like Cryin' - Sam & Bill 4. It's In Your Power - Joe Odom 5. You Lied, I Cried, Love Died - George Freeman 6. Thing Of The Past - Joe Perkins 7. No Other Love Could Be - Bobby Angelle 8. Here I Am, Try Me - Kip Anderson 9. You're So Much Woman - Chino Feaster 10. Needle In The Haystack - Jimmy & Eddie 11. I Can't See Nobody - Tyronne & Jerome (The Aubrey Twins) 12. It Was A Lie - Bobby Moore & The Formosts 13. Here I Am - Charles Drain 14. That's When I'll Stop Lovin' You - Bobby Harris 15. Half A Man - Reuben Williams 16. Don't Leave Me - The Crume Brothers 17. Move On Love - Charles Perry 18. I'm Tired Of Pretending - Sam Hutchins 19. Phony Lover - Clyde Shelby 20. When A Man Cries - Johnny Robinson 21. I Don't Care - The Rev. Pettis 22. Love Will Find A Way - Robert Earl 23. I'll Cry - Judy White 24. Everything's All Wrong - Kenneth Pickens

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"Rock *n* Roll Cowboys" - disc 9

Here are 200 selected titles that certainly rock, taken from the 1950s C&W scene. Yep - even cowboys could rock.Maybe not so loud and hot as the genuine Rock and Rollers and Rockabilly heroes. But even so it wasn’t so very genteel here either, as in the good old campfire days. In this 10-CD box there are original hits and many real rarities to be heard. It is amazing that a few crooners also fancied themselves as rockers, for example Jim Reeves, Faron Young, Sonny James, Bobby Bare and others. Of course you will find all the old warhorses of C&W music here too: Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Marvin Rainwater, Jonny Horton and plenty more.

This set comes in addition to our box “Rockabilly Cowboys”.

trax disc 9:

1. don't tell me your troubles - Don Gibson 2. the ways of a woman in love - Johnny Cash 3. i love you because - Bob Luman 4. rolling home - Larry Harvey 5. the golden rocket - Johnny Horton 6. hey joe - Carl Smith 7. wabash cannonball - Lonnie Donegan 8. a need for love - Marvin Rainwater 9. leavin' town - Jimmy North 10. sailor man - Johnny & Jack 11. the ghost of casey jones - Rod Morris 12. spanish fireball - Hank Snow 13. bad bad day - Don Gibson 14. the northern line - Sonny Stewart 15. sleepy eyed john - Johnny Horton 16. the cattle train - Don Lang 17. what about me - Don Gibson 18. going back to dixie - Wayne Busbice 19. you all come - Arlie Huff 20. bimbo - Jim Reeves

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DUSTY SPRINGFIELD "See All Her Faces" 1972

The concept behind "See All Her Faces" was flawed from the start. It could have been a cogently packaged product and the genuine follow up to "Dusty Definitely" (1968) had Philips stuck to using only tracks recorded by Dusty for its own UK sessions in 1970/71. There was no dearth of completed material in the can to draw upon. Instead Philips was distracted by the ready availability of material from America and decided to blend in an assortment of Stateside-only singles sides (5) for variety. The outcome was a hotchpotch of tracks that may have been great individually but didn't quite jell in the overall context of the album. Released in November 1972 in the UK to coincide with Dusty's comeback season at London's Talk Of The Town, it was to have been Dusty's first domestic release for Philips since "Dusty Definitely" in 1968 and a crowd pleaser for her local fans. The two intervening albums - "Dusty In Memphis" (1969) and "From Dusty With Love" (1970) - were
American products licenced for UK release and didn't count with British fans who were starved of genuine local product. The timing of its release was also two years too late. By 1972, Ziggy Stardust had taken the UK by storm, so the choice of "Yesterday When I Was Young" as the lead single could only seem strangely passe, wonderfully resonant though Dusty's rendition turned out to be.
SAHF would have matched if not surpassed the high standards attained by her original 60s UK albums. The choice of material may have seemed oddly conservative for 1972 but Dusty was simply doing what she did best. As a pop stylist and interpreter, she was peerless. Her soul covers of "Crumbs Off The Table", "Girls Can't Do What Guys Do" and "Girls It Ain't Easy" bettered the originals by Glass House, Betty Wright and Honey Cone. Hard to believe but true. (Shindig)Dusty Springfield's 1972 album 'See All Her Faces' drew a lot of criticism at the time of its release; fans said it lacked cohesion, whilst various others complained that it was too much of a mish-mash. Without doubt it is a pot-pouri, but, we can hardly blame Dusty for the way in which the tracks are laid out sequentially on the final product. Once you can get used to the fact that she can be rocking one minute, crooning the next, slipping and sliding you over a range of terrains throughout the entire album, then even the title, when applied from a musical point of view, becomes highly appropriate.
"Mixed Up Girl", written by Jimmy Webb, has a superb jumbly rolling beat, the wispy fade on this reminds me of the old saying about the month of March; 'comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb'. But, if you're expecting the lion....or lioness in this case, to slope off quietly, take cover, because she is about to pounce on you with "Crumbs Off The Table". Whatever you may think about this album having eight different producers, including Dusty, or a record deal that for various reasons did'nt come to fruition, she has proved one thousand per cent that she is still versatile, on this track Dusty rocks, rocks, rocks!
"Let Me Down Easy" with its excellent slow trumpets and piano, has a hypnotic feel to it, as does "Come For A Dream" with its combination of pipes, silky vocals and romantic lyrics (written in part by Dusty's talented close friend Norma Taneger) this leaves me spellbound...dreamlike indeed.
On "Girls Can't Do What The Guys Do" she makes easy work of what must have been a difficult lyric. Dusty seems to be the only vocalist i have ever heard who could deliver such songs as "I Start Counting"/"Nothing Is Forever" and "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?", with such smooth and tender lyrics.
Those of you who have the Rhino edition of 'Dusty In Memphis' with its bumper collection of bonus tracks, will instantly recognise the lusciously delicate "Have A Good Life Baby", as well as two others from the Memphis bonuses; "Willie And Laura Mae Jones" and "That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De Ho)".
As well as the ethereal beginning on "Someone Who Cares" with its sudden launch into stomping drums in the chorus, we also have the catchy "Girls It Ain't Easy" and "What Good Is I Love You", not forgetting the terrifically twangy strings on "Haunted".
As if all this is not enough, we have the superb latin rhythm of the title track "See All Her Faces". One of my favourite tracks is Charles Aznavour's "Yesterday When I Was Young", an absolutely beautiful song with lyrics drenched in sorrow and regret, the way in which Dusty interprets this is utterly amazing.
On 'See All Her Faces' we are treated to seeing...and hearing, seventeen of them, and i suspect that the rather rambling track listing is deliberate, but that does not make this a bad album at all, it's sad that it is over looked because of that, but, we have to remember that Dusty didn't have much, if any, say on the final product. This is a lovely album, don't miss out, see for yourself. (Record Mirror)trax:

01 Mixed Up Girl 02 Crumbs Off The Table 03 Let Me Down Easy 04 Come For A Dream 05 Girls Can't Do What Guys Do 06 I Start Counting 07 Yesterday When I Was Young 08 Girls It Ain't Easy 09 What Good Is I Love You 10 Willie And Laura Mae Jones 11 Someone Who Cares 12 Nothing Is Forever 13 See All Her Faces 14 That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho) 15 Haunted 16 Have A Good Life Baby 17 What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life

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"Rock *n* Roll Cowboys" - disc 8

Here are 200 selected titles that certainly rock, taken from the 1950s C&W scene. Yep - even cowboys could rock.Maybe not so loud and hot as the genuine Rock and Rollers and Rockabilly heroes. But even so it wasn’t so very genteel here either, as in the good old campfire days. In this 10-CD box there are original hits and many real rarities to be heard. It is amazing that a few crooners also fancied themselves as rockers, for example Jim Reeves, Faron Young, Sonny James, Bobby Bare and others. Of course you will find all the old warhorses of C&W music here too: Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Marvin Rainwater, Jonny Horton and plenty more.

This set comes in addition to our box “Rockabilly Cowboys”.

trax disc 8:

1. got the bull by the horns - Johnny Horton 2. mexican joe - Jim Reeves 3. try me - Bob Luman 4. honeymoon on a rocketship - Hank Snow 5. dance me daddy - Marvin Rainwater 6. don't let the stars get in your eyes - Skeets McDonald 7. salty dog rag - Red Foley 8. i ain't a-studyin' you baby - Don Gibson 9. long long train - Bill Mack 10. you got that touch - Sonny James 11. keep old central rolling - Jerry Pitts 12. why don't you love me - Rusty & Doug Kershaw 13. night train to memphis - Red Foley & Roberta Lee 14. heartbreak hotel - George "Thumper" Jones 15. railroad crossing - Cliff Shepherd 16. i'm so lonely - Bill Flagg 17. big wheels rollin' - Johnny Horton 18. hard luck blues - Marvin Rainwater 19. didn't work out, did it - Don Gibson 20. all of the monkeys ain't in the zoo - Johnny Duncan & His Blue Grass Boys

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"Rock *n* Roll Cowboys" - disc 7

Here are 200 selected titles that certainly rock, taken from the 1950s C&W scene. Yep - even cowboys could rock.Maybe not so loud and hot as the genuine Rock and Rollers and Rockabilly heroes. But even so it wasn’t so very genteel here either, as in the good old campfire days. In this 10-CD box there are original hits and many real rarities to be heard. It is amazing that a few crooners also fancied themselves as rockers, for example Jim Reeves, Faron Young, Sonny James, Bobby Bare and others. Of course you will find all the old warhorses of C&W music here too: Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Marvin Rainwater, Jonny Horton and plenty more.

This set comes in addition to our box “Rockabilly Cowboys”.

trax disc 7:

1. sixteen tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford 2. footprints in the snow - Johnny Duncan & His Blue Grass Boys 3. i dig you baby - Marvin Rainwater 4. The Wreck of the old '97 - Johnny Cash 5. all grown up - Johnny Horton 6. ruby are you mad - The Osborne Brothers 7. even tho' - Don Gibson 8. roly poly - Jim Reeves 9. i can't stop loving you - Sonny James 10. i'm not mad, just hurt - Hank Thompson 11. make up your mind baby - Bob Luman 12. you are the one - Carl Smith 13. tall tall trees - George Jones 14. heartbreakin' mama - Skeets McDonald 15. gambler's guitar - Rusty Draper 16. the electrified donkey - Johnny Horton 17. kaw-liga - Hank Williams 18. bye bye love - Webb Pierce 19. no help wanted - The Carlisles 20. hey porter - Johnny Cash

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Guru Guru "UFO" 1970

Hi Everyone, to be honest, I'm not listening Guru Guru everyday, but when I see the price of this record, I think the one who want to by it, have the right to know what it's about. And as I was looking for a text for this post, I found an incredible amount of great ones, unfortunately in french and too long. Be ready for a "unique" experience and enjoy that vinyl rip!!! - Magic Kaic's MusicGuru Guru's debut album shows why the band, even if it never reached the levels of appreciation and influence the likes of Can or Neu! did, still maintained a healthy reputation over the moons for its early work. Opening number "Stone In" has a quite appropriate title for a starting track -- it is wonderfully tripped out, to be sure, and if Manuel Gottsching was more of a guitar god, Genrich kicks up a lot of frazzled noise. The principle of the Trepte/Neumeier rhythm section seems to have been "find loud weird grooves and then play them, sometimes chaotically." Again, they aren't Can's wickedly effective combination of Holger Czukay and Jaki Leibezeit, but they're not just falling over themselves either. The title track is the most memorable song, almost entirely eschewing conventional rhythm for an inward collapse of feedback and noise that sounds either like the Stooges' "LA Blues" even more strung out or early Main with a conventional band lineup. "Girl Call" and "Next Time See You at the Dalai" (a classic example of a just-groansome enough Krautrock pun that only Germans seemed to love) makes for a good combination, the increasing freakiness of the one leading into the start-stop chug and explosion of the latter. Genrich really gets to show off a bit on both, demonstrating that there is such a thing as technical ability that doesn't equal pointless fret abuse. "Der LSD-Marsch" is actually the most conventional of the tracks -- while a good-enough slow burn up to a freakout (mostly provided by Neumeier's drum solo), it's too short to be truly epic and not otherwise distinguishable from many similar songs by the likes of Amon Duul II, say. For all that, though, it ends this enjoyable effort well enough. - Review by Ned Raggett (allmusic.com)

trax:

01 Stone In 02 Girl Call 03 Next Time See You At The Dalai Lhama 04 Ufo 05 Der LSD-Marsch

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Chuck Berry "Chuck Berry's Golden Decade" Vol 1 - 1972

Hi Everyone, only Chuck Berry can save my reputation, after I post yesterday a Jazz album (by the way, link is dead)... Mea Culpa, RYP & GYRO! I read someplace: "the one who has never listened to Chuck Berry, cannot understand the Spirit of Rock and Roll", and I believe it's true, so here it is Chuck Berry's Golden Decade Vol. 1, after Vol. 2 (posted on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2013 - I hope to be able to propose you the Vol. 3 quiet soon). Enjoy that vinyl rip!!! - Magic Kaic's MusicIt is out of print and it has been superseded by The Great Twenty-Eight and The Chess Box, but when Chuck Berry's Golden Decade was released as a two-disc, 24-track LP in 1967, it was a rock & roll mother lode, the first time that a substantial chunk of Berry's classics had been put together on one album. These songs, released between 1955 and 1964 (that's the decade), constitute as good a definition of rock & roll as anybody has come up with. (allmusic.com)

trax disc 1:

01 Maybellene 02 Deep Feeling 03 Johnny B. Good 04 Wee Wee Hours 05 Nadine 06 Brown-Eyed Handsome Man 07 Rol Over Beethoven 08 Thirty Days 09 Havana Moon 10 No Particular Place To Go 11 Memphis 12 Almost Grown

trax disc 2:

01 School Days 02 Too Much Monkey Business 03 Oh, Baby Doll 04 Reelin' And Rockin' 05 You Can't Catch Me 06 Too Pooped To Pop 07 Bye Bye Johnny 08 'Round And 'Round 09 Sweet Little Sixteen 10 Rock And Roll Music 11 Anthony Boy 12 Back In The USA

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"Rock *n* Roll Cowboys" - disc 6

Here are 200 selected titles that certainly rock, taken from the 1950s C&W scene. Yep - even cowboys could rock.Maybe not so loud and hot as the genuine Rock and Rollers and Rockabilly heroes. But even so it wasn’t so very genteel here either, as in the good old campfire days. In this 10-CD box there are original hits and many real rarities to be heard. It is amazing that a few crooners also fancied themselves as rockers, for example Jim Reeves, Faron Young, Sonny James, Bobby Bare and others. Of course you will find all the old warhorses of C&W music here too: Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Marvin Rainwater, Jonny Horton and plenty more.

This set comes in addition to our box “Rockabilly Cowboys”.

trax disc 6:

1. Freight Train Boogie - Red Foley 2. Maybe Little Baby - George Jones 3. Gamblin' Man - Marvin Rainwater 4. Honky Tonk Song - Webb Pierce 5. The Wild One - Johnny Horton 6. Auctioneer - Leroy Van Dyke 7. Just One Time - Don Gibson 8. Rockabilly Baby - Johnny Duncan, Johnny Duncans Blue Grass Boys 9. Why Why - Bye Bye - Bob Luman 10. Big River - Johnny Cash 11. Don't Laugh - The Louvin Brothers 12. Ain't I The Lucky One - Marty Robbins 13. Mister Fire Eyes - Bonnie Guitar 14. You'll See - Rusty & Doug Kershaw 15. Big Midnight Special - Wilma Lee Cooper, Stoney Cooper 16. Prize Possession - Ferlin Huskey 17. Dixie Fried - Carl Perkins 18. North To Alaska - Johnny Horton 19. Holiday For Love - Webb Pierce 20. Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson

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THE EVERLY BROTHERS "The Mercury Years" (1984-1986)

This is an 'alternative' selection, from the Brothers' three 'post reunion'albums, featuring some of music's biggest names, in studio sessions. Away from the Concert platform, the individual voices of the Don and Phil are strongly featured, proving their considerable solo talents,among those unique harmonies:- Don's superb 'middle eight' on "That Uncertain Feeling": Phil's (almost impossible) top line on - surely, one of their all-time best - "...Cadillac". McCartney's soaring and joyful "...Nightingale" contribution - and the moaning, fretless base, on Don's "Asleep"...For those who believe in time travel...back to "Sleepless Nights" purity, on Knopfler's "Why Worry" - and drama on Phil's "Brown Eyes". How do they maintain it! The Everly's influenced so many great artists and, illustrated in this, their later work, it is easy to see just why. They are irreplaceable treasures of modern popular music, deserving of greater profile, both together and as individuals. Far beyond the numerous and over-played 'hits' volumes,this is as exciting and beautiful a collection, as ever. It's only a pity, we don't have the full three-album set. I wish they'd do more: together or solo. Listen and savor! (Amazon)

trax:

01 On The Wings Of A Nightingale 02 Amanda Ruth 03 Brown Eyes 04 Born Yesterday 05 Don't Worry Baby 06 Why Worry 07 I'm Taking My Time 08 Arms Of Mary 09 Asleep 10 Some Hearts 11 Danger Danger 12 The Story Of Me 13 Ride The Wind 14 Following The Sun 15 I Know Love 16 That Uncertain Feeling 17 Any Single Solitary Heart 18 Always Drive A Cadillac

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"Rock *n* Roll Cowboys" - disc 5

Here are 200 selected titles that certainly rock, taken from the 1950s C&W scene. Yep - even cowboys could rock.Maybe not so loud and hot as the genuine Rock and Rollers and Rockabilly heroes. But even so it wasn’t so very genteel here either, as in the good old campfire days. In this 10-CD box there are original hits and many real rarities to be heard. It is amazing that a few crooners also fancied themselves as rockers, for example Jim Reeves, Faron Young, Sonny James, Bobby Bare and others. Of course you will find all the old warhorses of C&W music here too: Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Marvin Rainwater, Jonny Horton and plenty more.

This set comes in addition to our box “Rockabilly Cowboys”.

trax disc 5:

1. Kathy Too - Johnny Cash 2. Crazy With Love - Guy Mitchell 3. Let's Play Love - Sonny James 4. You'll Come Back - Webb Pierce 5. Stairway Of Love - Marty Robbins 6. Pan American - Hank Williams 7. All Night Long - Bob Luman 8. Last Train To San Fernando - Johnny Duncan, Johnny Duncans Blue Grass Boys 9. Plantation Boogie - Red Foley 10. S. S. Lureline - Johnny Horton 11. The Golden Rocket - Hank Snow 12. Moanin' The Blues - Marvin Rainwater 13. Night Train - Ken Patrick 14. Richmond, Chicago, Mexico And Home - Sonny Miller 15. My Hands Are Tied - Don Gibson 16. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash 17. Catfish Boogie - Tennessee Ernie Ford 18. This Train - Hank Thompson 19. Sal's Got A Sugarlip - Johnny Horton 20. Everytime The World Goes Round - Bob Luman

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"Rock *n* Roll Cowboys" - disc 4

Here are 200 selected titles that certainly rock, taken from the 1950s C&W scene. Yep - even cowboys could rock.Maybe not so loud and hot as the genuine Rock and Rollers and Rockabilly heroes. But even so it wasn’t so very genteel here either, as in the good old campfire days. In this 10-CD box there are original hits and many real rarities to be heard. It is amazing that a few crooners also fancied themselves as rockers, for example Jim Reeves, Faron Young, Sonny James, Bobby Bare and others. Of course you will find all the old warhorses of C&W music here too: Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Marvin Rainwater, Jonny Horton and plenty more.

This set comes in addition to our box “Rockabilly Cowboys”.

trax disc 4:

1. Sittin' Here Cryin' - Don Gibson 2. Excuse Me (I Think I've Got A Heartache) - Buck Owens 3. Let's Take The Long Way Home - Johnny Horton 4. Raunchy - Bill Justis 5. My Brand Of Blues - Marvin Rainwater 6. I Got Stripes - Johnny Cash 7. You've Got Everything - Bob Luman 8. Tupelo Country Jail - Webb Pierce 9. That's The Way I Feel - Faron Young 10. Just Married - Marty Robbins 11. We'll Always Have Each Other - Kenny Rogers 12. Let's Stay Together - Rusty & Doug Kershaw 13. Tennessee Ghost Train - Jimmy Dale 14. Mule Train - Tennessee Ernie Ford 15. This Train - Johnny Duncan & His Blue Grass Boys 16. What You Got You Don't Want - Marvin Rainwater 17. Yonder Comes A Sucker - Jim Reeves 18. Johnny Freedom - Johnny Horton 19. Beg Your Pardon - Sonny James 20. You Gotta Be My Baby - George Jones

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"Rock *n* Roll Cowboys" - disc 3

Here are 200 selected titles that certainly rock, taken from the 1950s C&W scene. Yep - even cowboys could rock.Maybe not so loud and hot as the genuine Rock and Rollers and Rockabilly heroes. But even so it wasn’t so very genteel here either, as in the good old campfire days. In this 10-CD box there are original hits and many real rarities to be heard. It is amazing that a few crooners also fancied themselves as rockers, for example Jim Reeves, Faron Young, Sonny James, Bobby Bare and others. Of course you will find all the old warhorses of C&W music here too: Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Marvin Rainwater, Jonny Horton and plenty more.

This set comes in addition to our box “Rockabilly Cowboys”.

trax disc 3:

1. So You Think You've Got Trouble - Marvin Rainwater 2. Smiling Bill McCall - Johnny Cash 3. Sweet Singin' Sam - Bobby Bare 4. The Last Ride - Hank Snow 5. Heartaches By The Number - Guy Mitchell 6. She Knows Why - Johnny Horton 7. Kaw-Liga - Rusty & Doug Kershaw 8. John Wesley Hardin - Jimmie Skinner 9. Won't Cha Come Back - Don Gibson 10. Puppy Love - Dolly Parton 11. Kathaleen - Sonny James 12. Country Junction - Tennessee Ernie Ford 13. Red Hot - Bob Luman 14. Billy Bayou - Jim Reeves 15. Lonely Island Pearl - Johnny & Jack 16. A White Sport Coat - Marty Robbins 17. Love Bug Crawl - Jimmy Edwards 18. The First Train Headin' South - Johnny Horton 19. A Thousand Miles Ago - Webb Pierce 20. Red Light, Green Light - Mitchell Totok

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"Rock *n* Roll Cowboys" - disc 2

Here are 200 selected titles that certainly rock, taken from the 1950s C&W scene. Yep - even cowboys could rock.Maybe not so loud and hot as the genuine Rock and Rollers and Rockabilly heroes. But even so it wasn’t so very genteel here either, as in the good old campfire days. In this 10-CD box there are original hits and many real rarities to be heard. It is amazing that a few crooners also fancied themselves as rockers, for example Jim Reeves, Faron Young, Sonny James, Bobby Bare and others. Of course you will find all the old warhorses of C&W music here too: Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Marvin Rainwater, Jonny Horton and plenty more.

This set comes in addition to our box “Rockabilly Cowboys”.

trax disc 2:

1. Above And Beyond - Buck Owens 2. A Mighty Loveable Man - Sonny James 3. I'm Ready If You're Willing - Johnny Horton 4. So Lovely Baby - Rusty & Doug Kershaw 5. Hot Rod Lincoln - Charlie Ryan 6. Respectfully Miss Brooks - Marty Robbins 7. Why Baby Why - George Jones 8. Mean Eyed Cat - Johnny Cash 9. Get Off The Stool - Marvin Rainwater 10. Alabam - Cowboy Copas 11. Who Cares (For Me) - Don Gibson 12. You Don't Want My Love - Roger Miller 13. Hog-Tied Over You - Tennessee Ernie Ford & Ella Mae Morse 14. Train Train - Ronnie Murray 15. Rock 'n' Reelin' - Red Foley 16. Crazy Bullfrog - Lewis Pruitt 17. There's A Big Wheel - Wilma Lee Cooper, Stoney Cooper 18. The Battle Of Bull Run - Johnny Horton 19. Hobo Bop - Tommy Nelson 20. Oh Lonesome Me - Bob Luman

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"Rock *n* Roll Cowboys" - disc 1

Here are 200 selected titles that certainly rock, taken from the 1950s C&W scene. Yep - even cowboys could rock.Maybe not so loud and hot as the genuine Rock and Rollers and Rockabilly heroes. But even so it wasn’t so very genteel here either, as in the good old campfire days. In this 10-CD box there are original hits and many real rarities to be heard. It is amazing that a few crooners also fancied themselves as rockers, for example Jim Reeves, Faron Young, Sonny James, Bobby Bare and others. Of course you will find all the old warhorses of C&W music here too: Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Marvin Rainwater, Jonny Horton and plenty more.

This set comes in addition to our box “Rockabilly Cowboys”.

trax disc 1:

1. Singing The Blues - Marty Robbins 2. The Battle Of New Orleans - Johnny Horton 3. Whole Lotta Woman - Marvin Rainwater 4. Blue Blue Day - Don Gibson 5. Yo Yo - Sonny James 6. All American Boy - Bobby Bare 7. Let's Think About Livin' - Bob Luman 8. Caribbean - Mitchell Torok 9. Rock-a-Billy - Guy Mitchell 10. Hey Mae - Rusty & Doug Kershaw 11. Just Little Boy Blue - George Jones 12. Cut Across Shorty - Carl Smith 13. Let's Go - Chuck Manning 14. Waterloo - Stonewall Jackson 15. South Bound Line - Tracey Pendarvis 16. Overnight - Jim Reeves 17. Gotta Travel On - Billy Grammer 18. Desertion At The Little Big Horn - Hugh Barrett 19. One Way Track - Hank Davis 20. Sink The Bismarck - Johnny Horton

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Legend "Moonshine" 1971

Legend Mark III - Bill Fifield, drummer on the Flaming Red Boot LP was now Bill Legend in T Rex, and Bob Clouter (what a great name for a drummer) joined. - BigGrayReleased in 1972, Legend's third album, Moonshine, features the "Mark III" lineup comprising John Bobin, Mo Witham, Bob Clouter and the legendary Mickey Jupp. The sound is fairly raw throughout, with the kind of loose, relaxed musicianship that comes from pro cats getting down and having fun. Rock, blues, country and a touch of traditional balladeering inform each of the disc's selections and find the group right at home with those stylistic touchstones. Whether they're stripped-down and rockin' (as on the rousing "Moonshine" and "Captain Cool") or dramatic and string-filled (the plaintive "Another Guy" and "The Writer of Songs") there's an element of toughness that keeps the band from ever sounding stuffy, and it's that same barroom machismo that makes this record stand out as a near-classic example of down-home, '70s British rock done correctly -- with fun and chutzpah in equal amounts. (J Scott McClintock Allmusic)Legend:

Mo Witham: Lead Guitar, Vocals / Mickey Jupp: Vocals, Piano, Guitar / John Bobin: Bass, Vocals / Bob Clouter: Drums

trax:

01 Moonshine 02 Another Guy 03 Mother Of My Child 04 Captain Cool 05 Ausfahrt 06 Eingang 07 Shine On My Shoes 08 The Writer Of Songs 09 Local Folk'ol 10 At The Shop 11 Just because 12 Don't You Never (bonus) 13 Someday (bonus)

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"TROUBADOURS OF FOLK" - The 60's Acoustic Explosion

The British folk revival didn't really get rolling until the mid-'60s, about the same time the American folk revival was morphing into folk-rock. While the British revival owed certain debts to its American counterpart, recording Dylan songs as well as new songs that sounded like Dylan songs, the movement soon found its legs and gave birth to musical styles distinct and myriad. Troubadours of Folk documents this fascinating blossoming between 1963-1969 with 41 tracks spread over two discs. The collection flows in chronological order, starting with Lonnie Donegan's "500 Miles" and ending with Ralph McTell's "Streets of London." This allows the listener to follow the development of folk in both its popular and more pure forms, and to watch artists like Bert Jansch transform from guitarist/singer to a member of the acoustic group the Pentangle. It should be noted that although groups like the Pentangle and the Incredible String Band have been included, this compilation is more concerned with folk proper than folk-rock. The music takes a quantum leap on the second disc as the artists begin to find their voices. There are odd, fun pieces like Roy Harper's "Big Fat Silver Aeroplane," the Incredible String Band's "Frutch," and Hamish Imlach's "Goodbye Booze," and a couple of catchy Gordon Giltrap songs. With its generous running time and helpful liner notes, Troubadours of Folk offers a solid overview of an era and its wonderful music. (Allmusic)The first thing you need to know about "Troubadours of Folk The 60s Acoustic Explosion" is that this 2-CD set is devoted entirely to British artists. The most recognizable name in the collection is Donovan, who has three early songs on the first disc, including his cover of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier." However, the chief attraction of this collection remains the unfamiliar songs by artists chiefly unknown to American audiences. My folk music collection, while pretty extensive, was limited to American artists, and although I recognized Sandy Denny from "The Battle of Everymore" on Led Zeppelin's "ZOSO" album, it was decades before I got around to checking out her work with Fairport Convention and her solo recordings (definitely in the better late than never category). "Troubadours of Folk" is a superb introduction to most of the British folk artists from the Sixties that you need to know about.

There are some familiar songs beyond Donovan's "Catch the Wind," such as Nico's cover of Gordon Lightfoot's "I'm Not Sayin'." But more often you will recognize the song but not the artist covering it, as is the case with the Dubliners' doing "The Wild Rover" and "Blackwaterside" a tradition song done by Bert Jansch that Jimmy Page would do on Led Zeppelin's debut album (the flip of this would be recognizing the name Roy Harper but not ever having heard any of his songs before, which is rectified by having both "Goldfish Bowl" and "Big Fat Silver Airplane" on these discs). Not surprisingly there are several covers of various Bob Dylan songs: "The Times They Are A' Changin'" by the Ian Campbell Folk Group, "Farewell (Fare Thee Well") by Lonnie Donegan, "Blowin' in the Wind" by the Settlers, "Long Ago Far Away" by Black Country Three, and "Girl from the North Country" by Josh Macrae.

The covers of Dylan by obscure English artists is interesting, but it is the original works that are ultimately where your judgment of this album are to be made. You may actually have heard Jansch's "Needle of Death" or Maish Imlach's "Cod Liver Oil nd Orange Juice," but that might be just about this for the rest of this collection. There are several gems, especially on the first disc, where you have Jackson C. Frank's "Blues Run the Game" and "Dirty Old Town" by the Ian Campbell Folk Group. There is something rather quaint about hearing British artists singing American folk songs like the traditional "John Henry," by John Renbourn, and the Ludlows doing "Ev'ry Time (When We Are Gone)." The second disc is not as strong overall and I have to wonder if there were restrictions having to do with getting permission, because there is only one track by Duncan Browne, "Dwarf in a Tree (A Cautionary Tale)," which is not what I would consider a first tier example of his work. I think my suspicions are confirmed by Denny only having a rare solo recording made the year before she joined Fairport Convention. But then, to be fair, that seminal British folk group does not really need the introduction that artists like Matt McGinn, Archie Fisher, and Mick Softley require to an American audience. (Lawrance M. Bernabo)

trax CD 1:

1. 500 Miles Away From Home - Lonnie Donegan 2. The Wild Rover - The Dubliners 3. The Times They Are A-Changin' - Ian Campbell Folk Group 4. Universal Soldier - Donovan 5. Blues Run The Game - Jackson C Frank 6. Farewell (Fare Thee Well) - Lonnie Donegan 7. Car Car (Riding In My Car) - Donovan 8. I'm So Confused - Mick Softley 9. Needle Of Death - Bert Jansch 10. Kimbie - Jackson C Frank 11. Catch The Wind - Donovan 12. I'm Not Sayin' - Nico 13. Cod Liver Oil And Orange Juice - Hamish Imlach 14. Blowin' In The Wind - The Settlers 15. Goldfish Bowl - Roy Harper 16. Long Ago Far Away - Black Country Three 17. John Henry - John Renbourn 18. Dirty Old Town - Ian Campbell Folk Group 19. Blackwaterside - Bert Jansch 20. Girl From The North Country - Josh MacRae 21. Ev'ry Time (When We Are Gone) - The Ludlows

trax CD 2:

1. Big Fat Silver Aeroplane - Roy Harper 2. Frutch - Incredible String Band 3. Gallowgate Calypso - Matt McGinn 4. This Train - Sandy Denny 5. Yesterday's Dream - The Ludlows 6. Willy O' Winsbury - Sweeney's Men 7. In the Shade - Alan Dyson 8. Don't You Feel Good - Gordon Giltrap 9. Dwarf In A Tree (A Cautionary Tale) - Duncan Browne 10. Blind Blake's Rag - Ralph McTell 11. Bruton Town - Pentangle 12. Reynardine - Archie Fisher 13. Why Don't They Come Back To Dunoon - The Humblebums 14. Goodbye Booze - Hamish Imlach 15. Eternity Will Soon Be Over - Matt McGinn 16. Light Flight (Take Three Girls Theme) - Pentangle 17. Blood And Glory - Gerry Rafferty/Billy Connolly 18. When You Don't Care For Me - Sweeney's Men 19. William Taplin - Gordon Giltrap 20. Streets Of London - Ralph McTell

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Legend "Legend" 1969

I'm sending this for the completists as it bears little resemblance to the other two Legend albums or anything that Mickey has done since. - BigGrayThe original Legend band was formed in 1968 and this LP was recorded for the Bell label. It is all acoustic and a bit folky. For thirty years the only songs I knew were the two on the Stiff compilation. This is the last of the Mickey Jupp in my collection. - BigGray

Legend:

Mickey Jupp - guitar, piano and vocals / Chris East - guitar, vocals and harmonica / Steve Geere - string bass and vocals / Nigel Dunbar - drums

trax:

01. National Gas 02. Heather On The Hill 03. Tombstone 04. Come Back Baby 05. City 06. Good Boy / Groovette 07. Wouldn't You 08. Doncaster By-Pass 09. Twenty Carat Rocker 10. Bartender's Blues 11. Good Money 12. Shindig

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"Sneakin’ Around" The London Records R & B Story 1949 – 1951

The post war boom in Rhythm & Blues was fuelled partly by the enormous number of rural African Americans who migrated to the big cities like New York, Los Angeles, Detroit and Chicago to work in the industrial plants servicing the war effort. The rise in popularity of this new music had coincided with the forced disbanding of most of the big bands that had ruled both black and white audiences since the mid thirties due to financial constraints placed upon bandleaders.

Of course at this time the major purchasers of R&B records were the jukebox operators who placed heir machines in bars of urban areas and caught the imagination of workers and partygoers. The major labels felt the pinch just a little in the fight to get their records on the boxes that generated the most nickels and by 1949 Decca, RCA, Mercury and Columbia all had dedicated R&B divisions and began to compete with their indie rivals.

Although several of these major label divisions had their own identities, several like Decca retained the company name but identified their R&B or country series with new catalogue numbering sequences. London Records was one of these labels and although its R&B division had little mainstream success it did record a roster of established artists, and has unlike most of the labels named, never had its repertoire reissued in this way in the CD era. The vast majority of these titles have never been reissued before even the LP era and are making their CD debut here. This then is the story of one of the unsung outlets for R&B music London Records of America.

trax CD 1:

1. Sneakin' Around - Rudy Render 2. The Gal I Love - Rudy Render 3. Ain't Nothin' Shakin' - Paul Bascomb 4. What Did Sam Say - Paul Bascomb 5. I Didn't Want To See You Cry Anymore - Ernie Andrews & The Drifters 6. The Dog, The Cat And Me - Ernie Andrews & The Drifters 7. Mama's Clock Stopped Ticking - Duke Henderson 8. Worried & Blue - Duke Henderson 9. Pink Cadillac - Paul Bascomb & His Orchestra 10. Don't Put My Bizness In The Street - Paul Bascomb & His Orchestra 11. So Many Beautiful Women (And So Little Time) - Rudy Render 12. Will Power - Rudy Render 13. Everybody Get Together - The Treniers & The Gene Gilbeaux Orchestra 14. Why Did You Get So High Shorty - The Treniers & The Gene Gilbeaux Orchestra 15. Television Blues - 'Scat Man' Crothers 16. I'd Rather Be A Loser - 'Scat Man' Crothers 17. Rock Me In Your Chair - Duke Henderson 18. Situation Blues - Duke Henderson

trax CD 2:

1. Oklahoma Blues - Ellis 'Slow' Walsh 2. New Orleans Is My Home - Ellis 'Slow' Walsh 3. Cool Down - Joe Lutcher & His Orchestra 4. Jumpin' At The Mardi Gras - Joe Lutcher & His Orchestra 5. Sweet Pearline - Ellis 'Slow' Walsh 6. Don't Wait Till I Die To Say You Love Me - Ellis 'Slow' Walsh 7. Shuffle Of To Buffalo - The Keys 8. Two Time Mama - The Keys 9. The Four Brothers - The Keys 10. A Stairway To The Stars - The Keys 11. Hadda's Boogie - Hadda Brooks 12. I Hadn't Anyone Till You - Hadda Brooks 13. All I Need Is You - Hadda Brooks 14. The Man With A Horn - Hadda Brooks 15. Vanity - Hadda Brooks 16. It Hadda Be Brooks - Hadda Brooks 17. Oh What A Face - Sticks McGhee 18. You Gotta Have Something On The Ball - Sticks McGhee

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Spirit "The Family That Plays Together" 1968

Hi Everyone, this is the second "Spirit's " Lp, released the same year than the first one. The side 1 was a nightmare to edit, I had to make some choices, I sincerely hope not to have denatured it too much. Enjoy that vinyl rip!!! - Magic Kaic's MusicOn this, the second Spirit album, the group put all of the elements together that made them the legendary (and underrated) band that they were. Jazz, rock & roll, and even classical elements combined to create one of the cleanest, most tasteful syntheses of its day. The group had also improved measurably from their fine debut album, especially in the area of vocals. The album's hit single, "I Got a Line on You," boasts especially strong harmonies as well as one of the greatest rock riffs of the period. The first side of this record is a wonderful and seamless suite, and taken in its entirety, one of the greatest sides on Los Angeles rock. The CD reissue also boasts some excellent bonus tracks. "So Little to Say" is one of Jay Ferguson's finest compositions ever, and the jazz-inspired instrumentals such as "Fog" and "Space Chile" showcase pianist John Locke as one of the most inspired and lyrical players in the rock idiom to date. All in all, a classic album and a true landmark. (Review by Matthew Greenwald - allmusic.com)trax:

01 I Got A Line On You 02 It Shall Be 03 Poor Richard 04 Silky Sam 05 The Drunkard 06 Darlin If 07 All The Same 08 Jewish 09 Dream Within A Dream 10 She Smiled 11 Aren't You Glad

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Mickey Jupp "Oxford" 1980

After Long Distance Romancer, Mickey went back to a more basic rock and roll style. Unfortunately, the songs on Oxford aren't the best he ever wrote and the production is a bit rough. - BigGraytrax:

1. Blues On Their Own 2. Don't Talk To Me 3. Soon Enough For Me 4. Oxford Dick And The Words 5. Junk In My Trunk 6. Monty Bronte And The Sisters 7. More Than Fair 8. Homework 9. Even For You 10. Technique 11. Poison Girls

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Mickey Jupp "Oddities" 1987

The CD label says "Taken from the legendary BBC sessions, a short time available single and the even more legendary "Kiss Me Quick" compilation". The Kiss Me Quick compilation was a 15 track LP issued by Stiff Records in 1978, with 14 Legend songs from the three LPs and the a side of the Nature's Radio single. - BigGraytrax:

1. Switchboard Susan [BBC] 2. Anything You Do [BBC] 3. Cheque Book [BBC] 4. Daisy Mayes [BBC] 5. Only For Life {single A] 6. Animal Crackes [single B] Mickey Jupp's Legend - Kiss Me Quick 7. Shine On My Shoes 8. My Typewriter 9. Hole In My Pocket 10. Another Guy 11. Heather On The Hill 12. Georgia George (Part 1) 13. Don't You Never 14. Capatain Cool (Ausfahrt) 15. Cheque Book 16. City 17. Cross Country 18. Lorraine (Part 1) 19. Anything You Do 20. Five Years 21. Nature's Radio

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The Temptations "All Directions" 1972

Hi Everyone, an excellent album, including the long version of "Papa was a rolling stone", 11 minutes of pure pleasure... Enjoy that vinyl rip!!! - Magic Kaic's MusicA monster album, the one that put them back in the spotlight and signaled that Norman Whitfield had saved the day. Damon Harris had replaced Eddie Kendricks, and there were many doubters convinced the band was finished. Instead, Whitfield revitalized them via the majestic single, "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone." Despite its length, Whitfield's decision to open with an extensive, multi-layered musical suite and tease listeners was a master stroke. By the time Dennis Edwards' voice came rushing in, no one would dare turn it off. The single, as well as "Law Of The Land" and others, ended the funeral arrangements that had been prepared for The Temptations. Review by Ron Wynn (allmusic.com)trax:

01 Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On 02 Run Charlie Run 03 Papa Was A Rolling Stone 04 Love Woke Me Up This Morning 05 I Ain't Got Nothing 06 The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face) 07 Mother Nature 08 Do Your Thing

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Mickey Jupp "Long Distance Romancer" 1979

Long Distance Romancer was a 1979 LP issued on Chrysalis and produced by Kevin Godley & Lol Creme, not long after they had left 10cc. At the time, I was very disappointed by this album. After the driving rhythms of Juppanes (at least the Rockpile side), there was no energy in this album. I still find it a disappointing album. There are some good songs, but they are produced in a quite eccentric manner (maybe this was the point), but by getting away from straight rock and roll we lose the essence of Mickey, the old rock and roller, or at least I do. - BigGraytrax:

1. You Made A Fool Out Of Me 2. Chevrolet 3. Barbara 4. You Know What I Mean 5. True Love 6. Politics 7. Hard Times 8. Switchboard Susan 9. I'm In Control 10. Make It Fly

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Mickey Jupp "Some People Can't Dance" 1982 + "Nature's Radio" 1977 7"/45rpm

I have a number of other Mickey Jupp albums. This one is my third favourite, after Legend's Red Boot album and Juppanese. Had a look, but I can't find a review. Apparently it was released on CD in 1995, but I've never seen a CD rip available. While most of his songs are written with tongue in cheek, on this album the songs are more overtly humorous. My vinyl rip. - BigGraytrax:
01 Superman 02 Joggin' 03 Virginia Weed 04 Maybe Baby 05 Feel Free 06 Some People Can't Dance 07 Taxi Driver 08 Modern Music 09 So That's What It Is 10 The Gospel Song

As a bonus here's Mickey's 1977 first solo release, the Arista single Nature's Radio. I've seen the A side on compilations but never the B side Down At The Doctors. Again, my vinyl rip, lightly cleaned, sorry, but there's still a bit of noise on the b side - too much to remove manually. - BigGray
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1. Nature's Radio 2. Down At The Doctors

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Legend "Red Boot" 1971

I remember when Juppanese came out. Bought it as soon as I could, having loved the Flaming Red Boot album for a while by then. Absolutely aggree that the Rockpile side is far superior to the Gary Brooker side. Still have my vinyl copy. Anonymous (original name that) here's the 2005 Repertoire Flaming Red boot album. - BigGrayIn some circles, Mickey Jupp is something of a minor legend, a roots rocker with excellent taste and a cutting wit, best heard on the songs "Switchboard Susan" and "You'll Never Get Me Up in One of Those," both covered by Nick Lowe. Basher's endorsement is a clear indication that Jupp is a pub rocker, a guy who specializes in laid-back good times, so it shouldn't come as a great surprise that his first band, Legend, was proto-pub, an unabashed celebration of old-time rock & roll, filled with three-chord Chuck Berry rockers and doo wop backing vocals. Nevertheless, listening to their 1970 LP is a bit of a shock, as it's completely disassociated with anything that was happening in 1970, even with Tony Visconti enlisted as their producer. Legend's sensibility is ahead of its time in its retro thinking, pointing the way to the rock & roll revival of the late '70s and not even that similar to the country-rock of Eggs Over Easy or Bees Make Honey, as this has little of the rustic feel of the Band: it's just straight-up oldies rock, a trait emphasized by those incessant doo wop harmonies that are on almost every cut on this LP (but do disappear on the bonus live cuts on the Repertoire reissue, possibly because they were too busy playing to harmonize). Those harmonies and the light, almost goofy, touch of Jupp's writing here distinguish Legend and also illustrate why they made no waves in 1970; it's hard to see the counterculture getting roused over the verse "If you were an apple you'd be/Good good eating/If you were a book you'd be/Good good reading." These slightly silly flourishes do have a lot in common with the wry humor of Nick Lowe, who at this time was denying this mischievous streak as he attempted to sound like Crosby, Stills & Nash, but at this point, Jupp was largely on his own doing this light, good-time pub rock. That may be why it sank without a trace at the time, but heard apart from its era, Legend is a minor delight, one of the first flowerings of the pub rock sensibility. - Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

trax:

01 Cross Country 02 Cheque Book 03 Lorraine Part 1 04 Nothing Wrong With Me 05 Somebody In Love 06 Goin' To 07 Anything You Do 08 My Typewriter 09 Five Years 10 Hole In My Pocket 11 Lorraine Part 2 12 I Feel Like Sleeping 13 Life [bonus] 14 Late Last Night [single b-side] 15 Don't You Never [bonus] 16 Someday [single b-side]

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"ROCK*A*BILLY COWBOYS" CD 10

This glorious 10-CD box set contains 250 original Rockabilly recordings featuring Johnny Cash, Carl Phillips, Johnny Horton, Marty Robbins, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Hank Thompson, Faron Young, Bill Haley & The Saddlemen and many others. All the tracks were recorded between 1947 and 1960 but with the vast majority coming from the 1950's.O yeah – sure the Country and Western stars could rock!!! If the cowboys were a bit more reserved than the  “real” rockers, listening to this compilation will still get you warmed up. The C&W music of the early 1950s deeply influenced Rock ’n’ Roll (and the Rockabilly scene as well). But from the mid-1950s C&W singers were admittedly kept moving more by the Rock and Rollers.

trax:

1. Big Foot Annie - Don Boots 2. Sunset Blues - Tony & Jackie Lamie 3. I'm Lost Without Your Love - Wibby Lee 4. Buzz, Buzz, Buzzz - Rusty Draper 5. High Steppin' Daddy - Grover Gaddle 6. Juke Box Pearl - Pete Nantz 7. Hey Baby - Hurley Gabbard & Aubrey Holt 8. Music To My Ear - Speck & Doyle Wright 9. Night Club Rock And Roll - Kimble & Wanda Jones w\The Gene Parson's Band 10. Juke Box Boogie - Big Jeff 11. Long John's Flagpole Rock - Lonesome Long John Roller 12. I Ain't Gonna Rock Tonight - Hender Saul 13. Shaken And A Shuttern - Jim Pike & The Kephart Rockets 14. I'm Gonna Rock Some Too - The Hodges Brothers 15. Waitin' For My Baby - Hawkshaw Hawkins 16. Tom Cat Boogie - Lynn Pratt 17. All Alone At Night - Chuck Rivers 18. Juke Box Cannonball - Bill Haley & The Saddlemen 19. Solid Rock - Jimmy John 20. She Loves Me Better - Riley Crabtree 21. Have You Seen Mabel - Rocky - Bill Ford 22. Blues Around My Dear - Cecil Bowman & The Arrows 23. Crazy Blues - Jape Richardson (Big Bopper) & The Japetts 24. She's Gone - The Pedigo Brothers 25. Gee Whiz Miss Liz - Marvin Jackson

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Mickey Jupp "Juppanese" 1978

Mickey Jupp – known to his fans as ‘Juppy’ – was the singer, pianist and guitar player with the Sixties’ British rock band Legend. Based in Southend On Sea, Juppy had previously performed with the Orioles and was steeped in rock’n’roll tradition. When Legend broke up in 1972 the singer re-launched his career on the London circuit, where he attained semi-mythical status as a pioneer of UK pub rock. He was signed to the eclectic Stiff label, and ‘Juppanese’ was released in 1978 to great acclaim among aficionados. Here are a dozen rockin’ tracks, including the appropriately titled ‘Old Rock’n’Roller’, all composed by the ‘Juppanese’ man himself.Before he released his first solo album in 1978, Mickey Jupp's reputation as a songwriter had begun to grow, as pub rockers like Dr. Feelgood and Ducks Deluxe were covering his compositions. As a performer, Jupp didn't fare as well. The main problem with Juppanese, his first solo album, is his lifeless vocals. The first half of Juppanese was recorded with Rockpile, the rock & roll group fronted by guitarist Dave Edmunds and bassist Nick Lowe. Because Jupp's strength is standard three-chord rock & roll, the first side of the album works the best; while it never captures the joyous energy of Rockpile's best moments, it is considerably tighter and rawer than the slick second side, where Jupp's nondescript voice struggles to be heard amid the studio professionalism. Even though it features several of Jupp's finest songs, including "You'll Never Get Me up in One of Those" and "Old Rock 'n' Roller," Juppanese doesn't include "Switchboard Susan," arguably his best song. Rockpile recorded the backing track for the album, yet Jupp refused to sing on it. Nick Lowe kept the tape, recording his own vocals for the song; his version is included on his 1979 album Labour of Lust. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

the band:

Bruce Lynch - Bass / Dave Mattacks - Drums / Terry Williams - Drums / Chris Spedding - Guitar (Acoustic & Electric) / Gary Brooker - Organ, Keyboards, Producer, Piano / Mickey Jupp - Guitar (Acoustic), Harmony Vocals, Piano, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards / Billy Bremner - Guitar / Nick Lowe - Bass, Producer / Dave Edmunds - Guitar, Vocals

traxfromwax:

1. Making Friends 2. Short List 3. Old Rock 'n' Roller 4. School 5. If Only Mother 6. Down In Old New Orleans 7. You'll Never Get Me Up In One Of Those 8. Pilot 9. S.p.y 10. Ballad Of Billy Bonney 11. Partir C'est Mourir Un Peu 12. Brother Doctor, Sister Nurse

"ROCK*A*BILLY COWBOYS" CD 9

This glorious 10-CD box set contains 250 original Rockabilly recordings featuring Johnny Cash, Carl Phillips, Johnny Horton, Marty Robbins, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Hank Thompson, Faron Young, Bill Haley & The Saddlemen and many others. All the tracks were recorded between 1947 and 1960 but with the vast majority coming from the 1950's.O yeah – sure the Country and Western stars could rock!!! If the cowboys were a bit more reserved than the  “real” rockers, listening to this compilation will still get you warmed up. The C&W music of the early 1950s deeply influenced Rock ’n’ Roll (and the Rockabilly scene as well). But from the mid-1950s C&W singers were admittedly kept moving more by the Rock and Rollers.

trax:

1. Flat Top Box - Tommy Jackson 2. Pink Cadillac - Rusty Draper 3. Red Bobby Sox - Jimmy Martin 4. Hillbilly Rock - Carl E. Tyndall 5. High Steppin´ - Dale Vaughn 6. Black Train - Rudy Thacker 7. You Let The Moon Brake Your Heart - Buddy Wright 8. Don't Mess Up My Hair - Mike Miller 9. The Dirty Bird Song - Frank Starr 10. Wore To A Frazzel - Tony Lamie & Jackie Lamie 11. Clocking My Card - Ray Taylor 12. I'm Gonna Let You Go - Hank Rector 13. Go Slow Fatso - Bobby Rutledge 14. Wild Man Rock - Hunter Watts 15. Big City - The String Breakers 16. Grandpa´s Twist - Avery Monte 17. Childhood Boogie - Lynn Billingsley 18. Wiggie Walkin´ Boogie - Art Ontario 19. Ooh - Eee (What You Do To Me) - Chuck Atha 20. It Was You - Lonnie Mullins 21. Come To The Party - Johnny Watson 22. Gonna Be Better Times - Al Urban 23. Tiger Lilly - Rusty Draper 24. Gonna Take My Guitar - Bobby Hodge 25. Lies, Lies, Lies - Norman Bullock

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"ROCK*A*BILLY COWBOYS" CD 8

This glorious 10-CD box set contains 250 original Rockabilly recordings featuring Johnny Cash, Carl Phillips, Johnny Horton, Marty Robbins, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Hank Thompson, Faron Young, Bill Haley & The Saddlemen and many others. All the tracks were recorded between 1947 and 1960 but with the vast majority coming from the 1950's.O yeah – sure the Country and Western stars could rock!!! If the cowboys were a bit more reserved than the  “real” rockers, listening to this compilation will still get you warmed up. The C&W music of the early 1950s deeply influenced Rock ’n’ Roll (and the Rockabilly scene as well). But from the mid-1950s C&W singers were admittedly kept moving more by the Rock and Rollers.

trax:

1. Chew Tabacco Rag - Billy Briggs 2. Rebound - Hawkshaw Hawkins 3. Alone With You - Faron Young 4. Ernie - Merle Kilgore 5. You're There - Skeets McDonald 6. Loretta - Al Jones 7. Rockin' Baby - Gene Henslee 8. Louisiana Boogie - Merle Travis 9. Make Up Your Mind Baby - Bob Luman 10. Dirty Dog - Dick Banks 11. Raw Deal - Junior Thompson 12. End Of The Road - Jerry Lee Lewis 13. Rockin' In Baghdad - Jerry Reed 14. Gonna Romp And Stomp - Slim Rhodes 15. Ten Cats Down - The Miller Sisters 16. I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash 17. Boppin' Wigwam Willie - Ray Scott 18. I Love My Baby - Hayden Thompson 19. Chew Tabacco No. 2 - Billy Briggs 20. Bop With Me Baby - Johnny Tate 21. Rock The Bop - Jimmy Martin 22. Wondering If You Still Care - Billie High 23. Crazy Arms - Jerry Lee Lewis 24. All Night Long - Bob Luman 25. Ride Jessie Ride - Merle Kilgore

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