"Rip It Up" (Buffalo Bop 55063)

The sounds of Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley and other early rock & rollers runs all through this group of 30 songs, none necessarily original sounding, but pretty much all played and sung hard and well. The Jiants ("Tornado") co-opt Diddley's sound in a shimmering guitar figure, while Blacky Vale's "If I Had Me a Woman" cuts across Jerry Lee and Bill Haley's sound with Chuck Berry-style lyrics. "Sweet Rockin' Mama" by Cody Reynolds' Hi-Tombs is a beautifully scatological piece of rock & roll that never could have gotten airplay, but doubtless elicited lots of knowing looks from their audience. Diddley meets hillbilly rock on "I've Got a Baby" by Clyde Arnold. And "She Sure Can Rock Me" by Dan Radar doesn't leave too much to the imagination -- being practically a teen-music answer to The Joy of Sex -- the piano break is a little winky, but its heart (and other organs) is definitely in the right place (and positions). This is a delightfully rough and raunchy collection of singles, many of which weren't going to get heard on the radio, regardless of how good they were. (Bruce Eder, Allmusic)trax:
1. Rip It Up - Florian Monday 2. I Turned Them All Down - Gregg Madden 3. Red Headed Woman - Wayne Worley 4. Tornado - The Jiants 5. A Lot Of Lovin' - Dana Lee Lewis 6. If I Had Me A Woman - Blacky Vale 7. Tough Enough - Marc Raven 8. Ruby Lee - Donnie Dean 9. Sweet Rockin' Mama - Cody Reynolds Hi-Tombes 10. Betty Jo - Nicky Brazell 11. She's My Woman - The Jiants 12. A Whole Lot Of Shakin' - The Thunderbirds 13. Love Me, Love Me, Love Me - Ed Faucett 14. Sweet Love - Bobby Bond 15. I've Got A Baby - Clyde Arnold 16. Messed Up - The Cavaliers 17. Livin' Doll - Bobby Bond 18. Crocodile Hop - Dale Thomas 19. Lovin' - Florian Monday 20. Let's All Rock 'N Roll - Joe Lombardie 21. Pizza Pizza Pizza Pie - Neil Alan 22. Walk, Spin, Shake And Rock - Joe Griffith 23. Whatcha Gonna Do Tomorrow - Buddy Killen 24. She Sure Can Rock Me - Ron Radar 25. Suzanne - Dave Travis 26. Solid Rock - Jimmie John 27. Little Boy Blue - The Bel-Tones 28. I Don't Like Him - Dave Travis 29. Rockin' The Blues - Roy Hall 30. Crazy Rock - Bobby King
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