It's all great fun in its well-crafted way, and some of the artists and labels here will actually be familiar--Tony Orlando ("The Loneliest"), Steve Lawrence ("Pretty Blue Eyes"), Milo Liggett ("Gold and Silver"), and the Barker Brothers ("Hey Little Mama") recorded for outfits like Monument, Epic, Brunswick, ABC, and Hickory. The Wonders ("Cuttin' Out"), the R-Dells ("You Say"), David Box ("Little Lonely Summer Girl") et al weren't rebels, they were would-be teen idols, and they weren't averse to delivering songs that were essentially teen-pop, albeit often with a good beat and some fairly prominent guitars amid the orchestras and backing choruses. Tommy Lam's "Blue Willow" actually has a guitar break, but it's more like good middle-year Elvis than real rock & roll. Much of this stuff was just as likely to have strings, but that doesn't stop it from being good romantic soft-rock. "Lazy Daisy" by Bobby Boston and "Just Give Me Your Heart" by Johnny Duffett do rock, but they're sandwiched between "Fantasy" by Johnny Cameron, the Crescendos' lovelorn "Oh! Julie," and "Big as I Can Dream" by Kris Jensen, (a song that makes the Everly Bros.' "Ebony Eyes" seem like "Bye Bye Love"). The Rituals' "Gone" is a good pop doo wop number that sort of anticipates "Remember When" as well as "It's Alright" by the Rolling Stones in its melody. Bobby Comstock's "Just a Piece of Paper" boasts a soaring string section of the kind that the Drifters would perfect, coupled to a melody very similar to "This Magic Moment." Marci's "Suddenly We're Strangers" could've given Gene Pitney a run for his money; the Barker Brothers, although no Everlys, had pleasant enough voices and knew how to pick a song ("Hey Little Mama" by Lee Hazelwood); and Gary Criss' "Our Favorite Melodies" and Donnie Owens' "Stormy" were sweet, soft romantic rock at its best. The sound quality is uniformly excellent, and although there are no notes, we do get the usual spread of available press photos. (Bruce Eder, Allmusic)
trax:
1. Cuttin' Out - Wonders 2. You Say - R-Dells 3. Little Lonely Summer Girl - David Box 4. Pretty Blue Eyes - Steve Lawrence 5. Gold And Silver - Milo Liggett 6. Blue Willow - Tommy Lam 7. Poor Me - Chip Fisher 8. Hot Seat - Bobby Doyle 9. No Help Wanted - Canadian Sweethearts 10. Fantasy - Johnny Cameron 11. Lazy Daisy - Bobby Boston 12. Oh, Julie - Crescendos 13. Just Give Me Your Heart - Johnny Duffett 14. Big As I Can Dream - Kris Jensen 15. Gone - Rituals 16. Just A Piece Of Paper - Bobby Comstock 17. The Loneliest - Tony Orlando 18. Hey Little Mama - Baker Brothers 19. I Didn´t Mean It - Ricky Scott 20. Heartbreak - Joe Melson 21. Suddenly We're Strangers - Marci 22. Girls - Billy Dolton 23. Lonely Saturday Night - Don French 24. Stop Your Crying - Jerry Naylor 25. My Heart - Dale Wright 26. Steady Kind - Mickey Delton 27. Devil Doll - Lee Denson 28. Big Deal - Skee Brothers 29. Baby Remember Me - Al & Echoes 30. Sweet Lovin' Honey - Don Cole 31. Teenager In Love - Woody Thorne 32. Our Favorite Melodies - Gary Criss 33. Stormy - Donnie Owens
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Thanks for these comps.i love them.
Thank you for another Vol of BB.
BONUS 1 OF 6 @320
Pokey LaFarge - Manic Revelations (Rounder 2017)
Pokey LaFarge tries to make sense of trouble he's seen and trouble he's been in. This is the Great Why of his unending passion for songwriting. Each chord, each riff shades the stories he sets up in his lyrics, always in search of the purest truth within the 10 forlorn, haunting melodies on Manic Revelations. A musician, a storyteller, a narrator of the messy, unkempt American experience…Pokey LaFarge sits, he watches, he writes. Everything that's worth happening happens in his songs. From the broad social narrative of 'Riot In The Streets' to the internal tension of 'Must Be A Reason' and 'Bad Dreams' to the profound alienation of 'Silent Movie,' these Manic Revelations are questions, they are answers, they are an epoch for Pokey LaFarge. (NPR)
In addition to his life as a musician, LaFarge recently made his acting debut on CMT’s new original series, “Sun Records,” playing celebrated country artist and songwriter Hank Snow.
1 Riot In The Streets
2 Must Be A Reason
3 Better Man Than Me
4 Bad Dreams
5 Mother Nature
6 Silent Movie
7 Good Luck Charm
8 Going To The Country
9 Wellington
10 I Will Never Change
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INFO
https://www.amazon.com/Manic-Revelations-Pokey-LaFarge/dp/B06VXNDR8Z//?tag=concordreco0c-20
http://www.rounder.com/2017/03/pokey-lafarge-manic-revelations/
BONUS 2 OF 6 @320
St. Pauli Affairs: Red Light Music from German Reeperbahn Movies of the 1960's and 70's
Hamburg's Reeperbahn runs some 600 meters through St. Pauli's famously smut-tastic red-light district -- accordingly, the music compiled on St. Pauli Affairs is deliciously sleazy stuff; originating from the low-budget stag films produced in the district between 1967 and 1972. Comparable to the Vampyros Lesbos comps as well as the more civic-minded German easy and sound library recordings of the same period, the disc focuses on funky, fuzzed-out instrumentals with infinitely more passion and soul than American porn soundtracks could ever muster: the bass is thick, the drums are tight and the guitars squeal more than the films' stars. Highlights include Peter Thomas' "Lesische Nummer," Barry Lippman's "Beat in Steel" and Orchester Frank Valdor's "Black Market." (Jason Ankeny, Allmusic)
1. "Go-Go-Girl" - Gerry Hayes and the Dynamic Brass
2. "Haschkeller" - Peter Thomas
3. "Shwere Jungs - Leichte Madchen" - Erwin Halletz
4. "Fluchtweg St. Pauli" - Peter Shirmann
5. "Every Day" - Wilfgang Hartmayer
6. "Hunter's Beat" - Roland Kovac
7. "Lesbische Nummer" - Peter Thomas
8. "Top Secret" - Peter Schirmann
9. "Hippy Dibby" - Rolf K¸hn
10. "Beat In Steel" - Berry Lipman
11. "Fluchtweg St. Pauli (alternate version)" - Peter Shirmann
12. "Black Market" - Frank Valdor
13. "Unter Den Dachern Von St. Pauli" - Peter Thomas
14. "Wenn Es Nacht Wird Auf Der Reeperbahn" - Erwin Halletz
15. "Shake" - Frank Valdor
16. "Der Puls Von St. Pauli" - Erwin Halletz
17. "Die Engel Von St. Pauli" - Siegfried Franz
18. "Reeperbahn-Atmospharen" - Siegfried Franz
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(Thanks to Relaxed Max for this rare album)
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/st-pauli-affairs-red-light-music-from-german-reeperbahn-movies-of-the-1960s-and-70s-mr0000573004
BONUS 3 OF 6 @320 (Pt. 1)
Tommy James & The Shondells - Crystal Blue Symphonies; The Psychedelic Years (Crimson And Clover 1969 Cellophane Symphony 1969)
Tommy James is kind of the forgotten man of the 1960s...hit after hit, and constant airplay on oldies stations, but he's not given as much credit as he deserves. After a run of megahits that included 'Mony Mony', Tommy was ready to unleash his very own Psychpop masterpieces: these two fabulous albums released in short order. The albums were veritable orgies of bendy Pop, Psych extravaganzas, early Moogs, Theremins and tremolo! Rev-Ola. 2009.
Cellophane Symphony, credited to Tommy James & the Shondells, came only seven catalog numbers after the Crimson & Clover album, but oddly got a Top Ten hit in between the four hits that the earlier disc spawned. "Sweet Cherry Wine" is as good a pop song as one will ever hear, hitting the Top Ten in April of 1969, five months after "Do Something to Me" and five months before "Sugar on Sunday," both from Crimson & Clover (though it was the Clique who clicked with their version of "Sugar on Sunday"). This beautiful song, "Sweet Cherry Wine," is the epitome of peace, love, and '60s understanding, with a sound that is very much like TJ's own version of "Sugar on Sunday." The radio attention to a single on the highly experimental Cellophane Symphony is equally extraordinary because the album is very much like Tommy James doing his own Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. There are oddities, like side one's closer, "Papa Rolled His Own," which could be "When I'm Sixty Four" meets "You Know My Name, Look up the Number"; two Beatles offbeat ditties; and the almost as wacky "On Behalf of the Entire Staff & Management," which ends side two. In between is some lovely pop music, which one finds after they trip their way through the amazing nine and a half minutes of the title track. The instrumental song "Cellophane Symphony" is early Pink Floyd meets "20,000 Light Years From Home" when the Stones gave Satanic Majesties Request. It is the only title credited to the entire band, followed by two of five Ritchie Cordell/Tommy James co-writes: the poppy and excellent "Makin' Good Time" and the beautiful "Evergreen." Covered in keyboards and acoustic guitar, "Evergreen" is Tommy James being the folky and the pop star, a unique look at this underrated and important artist. It's a perfect setup to "Sweet Cherry Wine," which is the standout track, the subtle intro exploding into a chorus of the best type of anti-war sentiment: "Let's just get along." Pete Lucia writes two songs with James, one being the amazing "Changes," which opens side two, while Mike Vale helps James on "Loved One," making this a very special collection of ten songs wrapped up in a stunning black-and-white psychedelic cover of a hatch shell, empty benches, and cool '60s photography. Though Tommy James is all over the book Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth, he is beyond just an artist who hit with that genre. He's an artist whose value is evident on his country album, My Hed, My Bed, and My Red Guitar, as well as other catalog treats, like this disc with its strong compositions "Loved One," "The Love of a Woman," and the Richard Grasso/Tommy James hit that is a true pop classic, "Sweet Cherry Wine." (Allmusic)
BONUS 3 OF 6 (PT. 2)
1. Crimson and Clover
2. Kathleen McArthur
3. I Am a Tangerine
4. Do Something to Me
5. Crystal Blue Persuasion
6. Sugar on Sunday
7. Breakaway
8. Smokey Roads
9. I'm Alive
10. Crimson and Clover (Reprise)
11. Cellophane Symphony
12. Makin' Good Time
13. Evergreen
14. Sweet Cherry Wine
15. Papa Rolled His Own
16. Changes
17. Loved One
18. I Know Who I Am
19. The Love of a Woman
20. On Behalf of the Entire Staff and Management
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INFO
https://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Blues-Symphonies-Psychedelic-Years/dp/B001UJSTOO
BONUS 4 OF 6 @320
Ronnie Hawkins - The Ballads Of Ronnie Hawkins (1959-1981, Bear Family CD)
Ronnie Hawkins is known for many things but ballads are not one of them. Bear Family’s 2011 set proves this to be a misconception, illustrating that Hawkins is as adept with a slow burn as he is with a hopping rockabilly beat. Strictly speaking, these aren’t all ballads, at least not in the folk sense: there are plenty of those, but there are bluesy grinds, swaying slow dance crossovers, rolling progressive country, and any number of slow tunes, all of which are handled with ease by Hawkins. Bear Family’s generous 30-track disc skips through the eras with grace, with simple early-‘60s sides sitting next to slicker ‘70s productions, but the disc never plays schizophrenically; rather, the shifting sounds reveal how Ronnie Hawkins could always deliver a song with unassuming skill. (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic)
CD DigiPac with 32-page booklet. 30 tracks with a playing time of 83 minutes. The very best of Ronnie's exquisite ballads for Roulette, Hawk, Cotillion, Monument and Quality. A career-spanning compilation which includes the John Lennon-endorsed Down In The Alley - a US chart entry - and Canadian best-sellers like Bluebirds Over The Mountain and (Stuck In) Lodi. Surprisingly sensitive singing from the wild man of rock 'n' roll. This is why Elvis listened to the performer they still call 'Mr Dynamo'. Brilliant interpretations of heartbreaking songs from America's greatest tunesmiths including Hank Williams, Tim Hardin and Bob Dylan. The very best back up musicians with appearances by Levon Helm, Hank Garland, Duck Dunn and slide guitar maestro Duane Allman.
Ronnie Hawkins's superlative rockabilly and rock 'n' roll tracks are already available on Ronnie Hawkins Rocks (BCD 16873), an absolute must-have for all rock 'n' roll fans and anyone else who might wonder where The Band learned their trade. In short, the man is a demigod to hard core greasers. This set, however, is distinguished by Hawkins' warm, fluid and sensual singing on wonderful songs by America's greatest songwriters including Hank Williams, Kris Kristofferson, Jesse Winchester, Tim Hardin and Bob Dylan.
It's not what Hawkins is famous for but you'll be moved by his flair for carrying slower melodies of unparalleled beauty and his graceful mastery of melancholic and highly evocative songs. ''One More Night'' wrote Rolling Stone ''is shockingly good. Hawkins's voice slides over the lyrics like liquid over glass. His taste and timing are impeccable. The definition of finesse''. One More Night is here, along with another 29 examples of country, folk and blues ballads at their underrated best. (Record Runner)
1. Home From The Forest
2. Brand New Tennessee Waltz
3. Someone Like You
4. Odessa
5. You Cheated You Lied
6. Treasure Of Love
7. Love Me Like You Can
8. One More Night
9. Lonely Hours
10. I May Never Get To Heaven
11. I Gave My Love A Cherry
12. Ballad Of Caryl Chessman
13. Mister & Mississippi
14. Honey Love
15. One Out Of A Hundred
16. The Death Of Floyd Collins
17. The Same Old Song
18. Your Cheating Heart
19. Lonesome Town
20. Weary Blues From Waitin'
21. Pledging My Love
22. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
23. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
24. Bluebirds Over The Mountain
25. You Win Again
26. The Lady Came From Baltimore
27. (Stuck In) Lodi
28. Dreams Do Come True
29. Love Me Like You Can
30. Down In The Alley
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INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-ballads-of-ronnie-hawkins-mw0002154834
https://www.amazon.com/Ballads-Ronnie-Hawkins/dp/B004TNZV26
BONUS 5 OF 6 @320
Ry Cooder - Boomer's Story (1972)
Boomer's Story, Ry Cooder's third record, continues his archeological dig through music's familiar and forgotten past. As was the case with his previous recordings, he not only looks to the masters -- including blues legend Sleepy John Estes, songwriter Dan Penn (both of whom appear here) and the great Skip James -- for material, but to lost and neglected pieces of American folk and blues, as well. Cooder adds the traditional title-track, which opens the album, and Lawrence Wilson's "Crow Black Chicken," which dates back to the late 1920s, to this collection of discoveries -- both of which are handled with just the right balance of personality and reverence. Elsewhere, he injects a dark irony into the jingoistic "Rally 'Round the Flag," with its slow, mournful piano (played by Randy Newman) and slide guitar, while the Joseph Spence-style guitar arrangement of the World War II standard "Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer" has a sense of hope and conviction. Often criticized for possessing a less than commanding voice, Cooder steps back from the microphone for four of the album's ten tracks -- three instrumentals and one featuring Sleepy John Estes on his own "President Kennedy." And while all of the instrumentals presented here are fine renditions of great tunes, it's "Dark End of the Street" which truly stands out. Here, Cooder realizes that the only thing in his arsenal that can do justice to James Carr's definitive version is his own remorseful slide guitar. Without uttering a single lyric, he's able to convey the shame and deep regret of the Dan Penn/Chips Moman classic. Thanks to moments like this, along with Cooder's consistently strong choice of material and brilliant guitar work, Boomer's Story -- less eccentric than his first, and less eclectic than Into the Purple Valley -- ranks among his best work. (Allmusic)
A1
Boomer's Story
Adapted By – Ry Cooder
Written-By – Traditional
4:13
A2
Cherry Ball Blues
Written-By – Skip James
4:10
A3
Crow Black Chicken
Written-By – Lawrence Wilson (3)
2:14
A4
Ax Sweet Mama
Written-By – Sleepy John Estes
4:23
A5
Maria Elena
Written-By – Lorenzo Barcelata
4:30
B1
Dark End Of The Street
Written-By – Chips Moman, Dan Penn
3:25
B2
Rally 'Round The Flag
Written-By – George F. Root
3:34
B3
Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer
Written-By – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
3:00
B4
President Kennedy
Written-By – Sleepy John Estes
4:39
B5
Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man
Written-By – Traditional
4:30
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INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/boomers-story-mw0000310882
https://www.discogs.com/Ry-Cooder-Boomers-Story/release/2202426
BONUS 6 OF 6 @320
Phil Spector Masterpiece, Vol. 1
Rare collection of Phil Spector produced or related music.
1. Mr. Robin - The Spectors Three
2. Another Country -- Another World - Bobby Day
3. Bumbershoot - Phil Harvey
4. Where Can You Be - Tony and Joe
5. Cryin' Fool - Jo Mann
6. If You Only Knew - The Teddy Bears
7. Don't You Worry My Little Pet - Art and Dotty Todd
8. Some of Your Lovin' - Emil O'Conner
9. Dream for Sale - Gene Pitney
10. Ecstasy - Ben E. King
11. Second Hand Love - Connie Francis
12. World of Tears - Johnny Nash
13. I Love You Betty - Terry Day
14. That's All Right Baby - Gary Crosby
15. To Know Him Is To Love Him - Lesley Gore
16. Be My Girl - Ray Peterson
17. Yes-I Love You - The Paris Sisters
18. Hey Little Girl - Ray Sharpe
19. That's What Girls Are For - Timothy Hay
20. Oh I Love You - The Ronettes
21. Spanish Harlem - Santo and Johnny
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(thanks to the northern_madman for the share!)
INFO
http://www.spectropop.com/hspecmast.html
Many thanks for the Tommy James & Ronnie Hawkins.
Thanks, Gyro. It's great to see Pokey LaFarge back again.
@Gyro 1966 ty for Tommy Shondell I loved this era of his music now to see if i can find a reasonable priced copy of this album! definite keeper
@Gyro - Thanks for the Pokey LaFarge - just as you promised a few weeks ago. - Barry
Gyro
Thanks for the Ronnie Hawkins - don't see too much of him around these days.
Gyro 1966 - Thanks for the Pokey LaFarge.
Many thanks Gyro for the fantastic Pokey LaFarge. This guy was completely unknown to me, great to listen to his music. Cheers
Thanks for Tommy James Gyro.
cheers,ELtel
Thanks
Thanks Gyro and of course northern madman for Phil Spector
@ Gyro
Thanks for Pokey LaFarge and for tommy James
Thanks GYRO for assisting with my musical quest for Tommy James
Regards
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