Country singer from Spring Fork, Missouri (born October 4, 1929) who burst onto the scene in 1957 at age 28 with Auctioneer, a # 9 Country and # 19 Pop Top 100 that January on Dot 15503 b/w I Fell In Love with A Pony-Tail. The thing is, he wouldn't see another hit single until late 1961 with Walk On By, and by that time he was with Mercury Records.What this release from Bear Family does is pull together the contents of the LP Dot issued in March 1966 (Dot DLP-3693), long after he had left the label for Mercury, followed by Warner Brothers (where he was when the Dot album was issued), then Kapp, Decca and finally ABC/Dot to complete the circle. Tracks 1 to 8, 11 and 12 are from that Dot album, while 9,10, 13 and 15 were sides he had recorded there but never had released until this Bear CD came along.
The versions of Auctioneer and I Fell In Love With A Pony Tail are the same ones that Dot released as that single back in 1957. The sound quality is excellent and, as I said above, if you are a devoted fan of Leroy Van Dyke's music (he registered 19 hit singles on the Country charts to 1977, three of which crossed over to the Pop charts), then this is a 5-star release. (The Avid Oldies Collector)
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01 The Auctioneer 02 I Fell In Love With A Pony Tail 03 Leather Jacket 04 I'm Movin' On 05 My Good Mind 06 Heartbreak Cannonball 07 Chicken Shack Boogie 08 One Heart 09 Poor Boy 10 What This Old World Needs 11 Everytime I Ask My Heart 12 The Pocketbook Song 13 Down At The South End Of Town 14 Honky Talk Song 15 One Heart (2)
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LEROY VAN DYKE "The Auctioneer"
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BONUS 4 OF 6
Mojo Presents David Bowie's Heroes '15 @320
15 songs from the artists whose influence paved the way for The Dame: David Bowie’s Heroes featuring music from Chuck Berry, Billy Fury, Frank Sinatra, The Pretty Things and more.
1. Little Richard – The Girl Can’t Help It
2. Chuck Berry – Almost Grown
3. Bobby Bland – I Pity the Fool
4. Ronnie Ross Quintet – Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
5. Frank Sinatra – Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered
6. Jacques Brel – La Mort
7. Lotte Lenya – Alabama Song
8. Nina Simone – Wild Is the Wind
9. Nat King Cole – Nature Boy
10. Billy Fury – Wondrous Place
11. Anthony Newley – What Kind of Fool Am I?
12. The Flares – Foot Stomping
13. Vince Taylor & His Playboys – Jet Black Machine
14. The Yardbirds – Shapes of Things
15. The Pretty Things – Rosalyn
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BONUS 5 OF 6
Nick Drake - The John Peel Session (1969) '14 @320
Nick Drake 10" Featuring Unreleased Music to Be Released With Comprehensive Biography
Signature boxed edition of Nick Drake: Remembered For a While comes with five tracks off a 1969 BBC John Peel session.
The book's Signature Boxed Edition is loaded with even more goodies, including a 10" record featuring five unreleased songs. The tracks are from a 1969 BBC John Peel session: "Time of No Reply", "River Man", "Three Hours", "Bryter Layter", and "Cello Song".
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BONUS 6 OF 6
TOWNES VAN ZANDT - Live At The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (Recorded Live 1973, Released 1977) @320
Townes Van Zandt is better regarded as a songwriter than as a performer, and not without reason -- he was a peerless lyricist with a singular ability to capture the landscape of the heart and soul in words, but while he was a fine singer he wasn't exceptional, and the ravages of alcohol, tobacco and drugs took a fearsome toll on his voice in his last years. But Van Zandt could work magic in front of an audience under the right circumstances, and while a wealth of live recordings of Van Zandt have emerged since his passing on the first day of 1997, Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas ranks with the very best of his concert albums. Live at the Old Quarter is simple and spare, capturing Van Zandt in a 1973 solo performance at a Houston saloon with just his acoustic guitar for company, and the engineering ably captures the ambience of the room, with the audience clearly caught up in the spell of these songs. The set features 26 songs, all originals except for covers of "Cocaine Blues," "Nine Pound Hammer," and "Who Do You Love," and Van Zandt brigs these tunes to life with an easy grace that's a striking complement to the emotional gravity of his lyrics, though he also gives his lighter side an airing here, occasionally cracking jokes and offering a pair of funny talking blues numbers, "Talking Thunderbird Blues" and "Fraternity Blues." If the renditions of "Pancho & Lefty," "If I Needed You," "Rex's Blues," "For the Sake of the Song," and "Tecumseh Valley" aren't quite definitive, they're beautiful and affecting, and thanks to the sharp performances, on-point vocals, and superb set list, this is a superior document of Townes Van Zandt on-stage, and is a fine introduction to his body of work. (Mark Deming, Allmusic)
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Thank you very much for Leroy
Thanks
Thanks so much for the Townes, G. Justifiably one of the great live albums ever made. Can't wait to enjoy it again after all these years.
Iggy
Thank You soooooooooooooooo much for the Leroy Van Dyke album. I still have The Auctioneer on 78 RPM. Sound quality is a bit off. It was one of my introductory songs to country music when I started dating my wife nearly 50 years ago.
Actually, Thank You for the great memories.
Cheers,
Mark
own several copies, but haven't listened to "Live At The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas" in a long while. Thanks for the reminder Gyro. Great share!
Hi and Happy New Year,
Some really cool music posted once again and I was hoing someone can help me.
Is there any chance someone can provide a link to the 'USA Garage 45's Vol. 7' from the brilliant series posted here a coule of years ago. I have all the other volumes but for some reason I don't have Volume 7
Thanks for VAN DYKE , TOWNES VAN ZANDT and SCREAMIN JAY HAWKINS.
LittleJack
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