"Snazzy Sugar" The Pure Essence Of Rock & Roll From West Texas and Beyond

Subtitled The Pure Essence Of Rock & Roll From West Texas And Beyond'... this triple CD box set does pretty much exactly what it says on the tin' - VINTAGE ROCK
'If you're a rockabilly fan, you should like every track, it's as simple as that' - RECORD COLLECTORLegendary British rock ’n’ roll dynamo Stuart Colman revisits Texas in the latest instalment of his spectacular Sugar series. Along with the recent Fantastic Voyage compilations Texas Tornados and It’s Saturday Night!, Snazzy Sugar continues highlighting the Lone Star State’s pivotal role in the birth of rock ’n’ roll, its 75 incendiary tracks demonstrating how, when the music was in its multi-hued infancy across the US, West Texas was rearing up with the real call of the wild.The eruptions which burst out of Memphis, Cleveland and New York in the fifties are well-documented but, over three CDs, Colman has excelled himself with this astutely-picked and exhaustively annotated selection, showing the crucial role of western swing in rock ’n’ roll’s development, timeless rebel yell energy, uniquely idiosyncratic personality and a dash of Southern romance.

Disc 1 (Right To Rock) gets the vibrant mix of future stars and intriguing obscurities under way with immortal Fender Stratocaster-toting pioneer Buddy Holly’s ‘I’m Gonna Love You Too’ and the young Roy Orbison’s ‘Ooby Dooby’ before traversing gems by the likes of Link Davis, Trini Lopez, Waylon Jennings, Sonny Curtis, the Crickets, Lelan Rogers, the Fireballs, the Five Bops, the Click-Clacks and the Leen Teens.

The good rocking continues through CD2 (Play it Cool), thrusting forth such names as Chuck Tharp, Sid King, Ray Campi, Link Davis, Mickey Gilley, Buddy Knox, the Tu-Tones, the Champs and Dean Beard with the Crew Cuts. The Cowtown heavy-hitters continue their rampage on Disc 3 (aptly-titled Turn Me Loose), corralling names including Jimmy Dee & the Offbeats, Joe Clay, Sleepy La Beef, Al Urban, Hal Goodson & the Raiders, Teen Kings, Alvis Wayne, Tooter Boatman & the Chaparrals, the String-a-Lings, the Fireballs, Earl Henry and an early Kenny Rogers outing called ‘That Crazy Feeling’, before Buddy Holly returns with ‘Well…Alright’, winding up this glorious new artefact for the rock ’n’ roll hall of fame.

trax disc 1:

1. I'm Gonna Love You Too - Buddy Holly 2. Ooby Dooby - The Teen Kings, The (Vocal: Roy Orbison) 3. Permit Blues - Link Davis & The Cajuns 4. Sweet Lovin' Baby - Dee & Patty 5. Slippin' Out And Sneakin' In - Joe Clay 6. Fanny Brown - Ken Copeland 7. The Right To Rock - Trini Lopez 8. Jitterbuggin' - The Five Bops 9. When Sin Stops - Waylon Jennings 10. Gunshot - The Fireballs 11. Pistol Packin' Mama Jack - Arnold & The Chatecos 12. Talk About My Baby - Sonny Curtis 13. Little Ditty Baby - Don Webb 14. So Shy - The Leen Teens 15. Pretty Little Pearly - The Click-Clacks 16. Love's Made A Fool Of You - The Crickets 17. Alley Cat - Walter Brown 18. Gonna Be Better Times - Al Urban 19. I'll Be There - Rick Tucker & The Turks 20. Wow, Man! - Bobby Jackson 21. Who's Gonna Be The Next One Honey - Hal Goodson & The Raiders 22. I'm A Hobo - Danny Reeves 23. Hypnotized - Terry Noland 24. Baby Sittin' - Myron Lee 25. Hold It - Lelan Rogers & Friends

trax disc 2:

1. Long Long Ponytail - Chuck Tharp & The Fireballs 2. Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight - Buddy Holly 3. Hello There Rockin' Chair - Sid King 4. Hey! Miss Fannie - The Wink Westerners 5. Play It Cool - Ray Campi with John & Henry 6. No Minors Allowed - Ramona Locke 7. Hot Rod Volkswagen - Bill Parsons 8. Moonshine - Cecil Moore 9. Saccharin Sally - The Tu-Tones 10. All Of Your Love - The NIGHTHAWKS 11. Who Dat - The Commodores 12. A Whole Lot Of Lovin' - Jim Robinson 13. You're Late Miss Kate - Jimmy Dee & The Offbeats 14. Doggone It - Joe Clay 15. Cat Talk - Lew Williams 16. Rakin' And Scrapin' - Dean Beard & The Crew Cats 17. Panic Button - The Champs 18. Bon-Ta-Ru-La (Let The Good Times Roll) - Link Davis 19. Don't You Realize - Eddy Dugosh & The Ah-Ha Playboys 20. Busy Body Rock - The - The Four Mints 21. Monkey Song (You Made A Monkey Out Of Me) - Jape Richardson 22. I Ain't Sharin' Sharon - Buddy Knox 23. My Baby's Been Cheatin' Again - Mickey Gilley 24. Can't Play Hookey - Tommy Wood 25. Tell Me How - The Crickets

trax disc 3:

1. Henrietta - Jimmy Dee And The Offbeats 2. Goodbye Goodbye - Joe Clay 3. Alley Cat - The Champs 4. Rock-N-Bones - Elroy Dietzel And The Rhythm Bandits 5. Turn Me Loose - Sleepy La Beef And His Versatiles 6. Live it Up - The Traits 7. Won't Tell You Her Name - Al Urban 8. I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself - Buddy Knox 9. Later Baby - Hal Goodson And The Raiders 10. Patty Baby - Terry Noland 11. Tell Me Why - Mickey Gilley 12. Tell Me - Pat Carter 13. Cat Called Domino - The Teen Kings 14. Don't Mean Maybe, Baby - Alvis Wayne 15. The Will Of Love - Tooter Boatman And The Chaparrals 16. Oh! Little Girl! - Jimmy Craig 17. Am I Asking Too Much - The String-A-Longs 18. Chief Whoopin-Koff - The Fireballs 19. Real Wild Child - Ivan 20. My Suzanne - Earl Henry 21. Riding On A Train - The Commodores 22. I've Lost Again - Ace Ball 23. Someone, Someone - The Crickets 24. That Crazy Feeling - Kenny Rogers 25. Well, All Right - Buddy Holly

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