Exceptionally high quality collection of rockabilly, rock 'n' roll and some doo-wop recorded in the mid late 50s for the Backbeat label which was formed by Duke owner Don Robey to capture the youth market. The endeavor was not a success and the label eventually became an outlet for R&B and soul but the selection here shows that Robey had the same great ear for rock 'n' talent as he did for blues and R&B. The set opens up with one of the all time classic rockabilly songs Action Packed by Ronnie Dee (aka Ronnie Dawson) and includes great sides by obscure but fine artists like Dave Atkins & The Offbeats, The Casuals (four songs including one of the label's few hits - the great So Tough), Lee Scott & The Windsors (fine up tempo doo-wop), Lorin Dean (great bluesy rocker or is it rockin' blues?), Norman Fox & Rob Roys (outstanding West Coast doo-wop), Doug & Josie, Jerry Foster, The La Salles (the odd and politically incorrect Chopsticks), Bill Bodaford & The Rockets, The Catalinas, Johnny Spain & The Famous Flames (a fine swamp pop version of Guitar Junior's Family Rules) and others. One of the best volumes in this series with very few duds. (FS) (Roots & Rhythm)
trax:
1. Action Packed - Ronnie Dee 2. Tear Down The House - Morty Marker & The Impalas 3. Shake-Kum-Down - Dave Atkins & The Offbeats 4. Hot Seat - Bobby Doyle 5. Speechless - The Catalinas 6. So Tough - The Casuals 7. I'm In Love - Johnny Spain & The Famous Flames 8. Little Girl - Bill Bodaford & The Rockets 9. My Gloria - Lee Scott & The Windsors 10. What's Gwyne On? - Tony Spades 11. Fi Fo Fum - Lorin Dean 12. Tell Me Why - Norman Fox & The Rob-Roys 13. Yum Yum - The La Salles 14. Wine Dine & Dance - Doug & Josie 15. Too Much Of Not Enough - Andy Wilson 16. Let's Have A Good Time - Dave Atkins & The Offbeats 17. Ju-Judy - The Original Casuals 18. What Would I Do - Jerry Foster 19. Dance Girl, Dance - Norman Fox & The Rob-Roys 20. Chopsticks - The La Salles 21. Pauline - Bobby Doyle 22. I Make The Love - Ronnie Dee 23. I'm Here To Tell You - Jerry Foster 24. I Love My Darling - The Casuals 25. Teardrops - Bill Bodaford & The Rockets 26. Flying Formation With You - The Catalinas 27. Three Kisses Past Midnight - The Original Casuals 28. Audry - The Rob Roys 29. Tell Me You Love Me - Morty Marker & The Impalas 30. Family Rules - Johnny Spain & The Famous Flames 31. Lonely Avenue - Lorin Dean
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"Rock & Roll Party" - BACK BEAT RECORDS
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BONUS 1 OF 6
Oxford American Southern Sampler 2003 @320
Whether you love bluegrass, rockabilly, blues, country, jazz or some fusion that defies labels, if you love the music of the American South, this is a great collection to listen to.
Oxford American 2003 Southern Music CD is one damn fine collection and does exactly what a good comp should do: feature tracks that make the listener want to go out and explore a musician's discography. For me, the opening cut did it. Those twangy guitars and unforgettable lyrics in "Why You Been Gone So Long" make it a stone cold outlaw country classic. This song just grabbed me from the get-go, and I just had to check out more Johnny Darrell even though he was a complete unknown to me. I'm glad I did. Talk about a guy who didn't get his just dues. I highly recommend the excellent Raven comp, Singin' It Lonesome - The Very Best 1965-1970, which includes a well-chosen selection of singles and the landmark California Stop-over album in its entirety on one CD. Swamp Dogg's "Total Destruction to Your Mind" is a funky, mind-expanding masterpiece. Another guy who has yet to get the accolades he deserves. "Evelyn Is Not Real" by My Morning Jacket is fine rock of a more recent vintage (anything post-1975 is recent as far as my tastes go). Esther Phillips' "No Headstone on My Grave" has a haunting majestic quality to it. "God Moves on the Water" is a slide-guitar tour de force that recounts the sinking of the Titanic courtesy of Blind Willie Johnson. P.J. Proby chips in with a tough version of the Southern soul-country standard "Niki Hoeky." "Columbus Stockade Blues" is good early-period Willie Nelson. There is a lot of other good stuff on here as well. This is another tastefully assembled Oxford American Southern Music compilation which goes to show how diverse the sounds of the South can be. (Record Fiend)
1. Why You Been Gone So Long - Johnny Darrell
2. Total Destruction to Your Mind - Swamp Dogg
3. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - The Del McCoury Band
4. La Chanson d'une Fille de Quinze Ans (Song of a Fifteen Year Old Girl) - Ann Savoy & Linda Ronstadt
5. Swan Blues - King Pleasure
6. Run on for a Long Time - Five Blind Boys of Alabama
7. Evelyn Is Not Real - My Morning Jacket
8. Lake Charles Boogie - Nellie Lutcher
9. Hot Rod - The Collins Kids
10. No Headstone on My Grave - Esther Phillips
11. El Paso - The Gourds
12. Leaving Loachapoka - Marshall Chapman
13. Grits Ain't Groceries - Little Milton
14. Killer Diller Blues - Memphis Minnie
15. Miss Maybelle - R.L. Burnside
16. God Moves on the Water - Blind Willie Johnson
17. Niki Hoeky - P.J. Proby
18. See That Coon in a Hickory Tree - The Delmore Brothers
19. Leaning on You - The Yo-Yo's
20. You and Your Sister - Chris Bell
21. Columbus Stockade Blues - Willie Nelson
22. A Little Girl from Little Rock - Marilyn Monroe & Jane Russell
23. Goodnight Moon - Will Kimbrough
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INFO
http://record-fiend.blogspot.com/2009/03/oxford-american-2003-southern-music-cd.html
http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-American-2003-Southern-Music/dp/B0012O2YZW
BONUS 2 OF 6
SNOOKS EAGLIN - The Way It Is '02 @320
The hard to find out of print final studio recording by New Orleans own "Human Jukebox" Snooks Eaglin. This fantastic disc features contributions from John Cleary, Tony Dagradi, Erving Charles, Jr., Derwin Perkins, Cornell Williams, Jeffrey Alexander & Raymond Weber. Produced by Hammond Scott. Not exactly one of those magical nights at the Rock n' Bowl but it will have to do until we see Snooks in the next world. Track Listing 1. Can You Hear Me? 2. Boogie Rambler 3. Lock Doctor 4. Trees 5. I Don't Speak Espanol 6. A Mothers Love 7. Ghost Of A Chance 8. Express Yourself 9. I Done Got Over 10. The Chokin' Kind 11. Cubano Mambo 12. Looking Back 13. I've Been Around The World
In the blues world, the great producers include the Chess brothers, the Bihari brother, the Braun brothers, and down in Louisiana - during the final decades of the 20th-century, the Scott brothers - Hammond and his older brother Nauman. On their Black Top label, the Scotts strove for quality, intensity and excellence. When it came to the blues and blues artists, the Scotts felt the genre deserved as much care, respect and marketing savvy as did classical recordings or the latest rock phenomenon.... Bunny Matthews
The final album from the great Snooks Eaglin is a dynamite one. Jon Cleary and his Absolute Monster Gentlemen make up the backing rhythm section and Astral Projects' Tony Degradi is in the horn section. Great stuff.
Sadly the label, Money Pit Records, allowed this to go out of print almost as fast as it came out so now it sells for stupid bucks!
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BONUS 3 OF 6
A Taste Of Doo Wop, Vol. 3: Vee Jay Records @320
Founded in Gary, Indiana in 1953 by James C. Bracken and wife Vivian Carter, Vee-Jay quickly emerged as the most successful black-owned label in the U.S. -- home to classic singles including the Spaniels' "Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite," Gene Chandler's "Duke of Earl" and Dee Clark's "Raindrops" -- by the following decade the company rivaled any major label for creative consistency and commercial success, culminating in 1964 with a licensing deal that yielded the sale of 2.6 million Beatles records. By 1966, however, Vee-Jay was bankrupt, due largely to an ill-conceived contract with superstars the Four Seasons and subsequent legal snafus. While most Vee-Jay retrospectives (most notably 1993's definitive 75-track overview The Vee-Jay Story: Celebrating 40 Years of Classic Hits) have focused exclusively on the label's myriad chart hits, its commercial misfires and forgotten B-sides have consistently eluded exhumation; like its predecessors, the third volume in the Taste of Doo Wop series goes far in correcting this oversight, forgoing the familiar classics to delve into the dustiest corners of the Vee-Jay vaults. The emphasis here is on alternate takes of hits from the Rhythm Aces ("I Wonder Why"), the Dells ("Time Makes You Change") and the Midnighters ("I'll Pray for You") along with lesser-known efforts including one of the more engaging novelty records of its time: The Delegates' "The Convention," a tongue-in-cheek ode to the 1956 presidential campaign. Good stuff. (Jason Ankeny, Allmusic)
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http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-taste-of-doo-wop-vol-3-mw0000622244
Hi G. Thanks so much for the truly remarkable Oxford music collections. Such eclectic "mix tapes" are the basis of great listening, whether at home or on the road. There's still something wonderful about "not knowing what's coming up next" and the Oxfords provide that thrill in spades.
Iggy
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Thanks for the Oxford sampler series.
iggy great comment about the Oxford series. I totally agree. I've been disabled and unable to drive for months and I've decided they'll be the perfect soundtrack for when I get to finally climb back in my car and take off on the road trip to nowhere in particular I'm planning on.
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I was just over at Jillem's blog. Unfortunately you have to be a "member" to leave a comment. Are there supposed to be links to the music he is posting? If so they seem to be very well hidden.
thanks for more in the cactus series
Gyro,thank you for Vee Jay 3.
heylee
I always have a taste for doo-wop! This series is one of the better of the bunch. Thanks Gyro.
The Back Beat Records R&R Party looks killer. Thanks so much, RYP!
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