The Marathons & Friends "Talkin' Trash"

Fine collection of late 50's to early 60's Coasters-influenced R&B/Rock 'n' Roll.This CD collects together vocal group recordings mainly in the Doo wop style from a number of groups active on America's West Coast and recording for the Everest label or labels such as Arvee which were eventually purchased by Everest. The most important groups include The Marathons who enjoyed the huge hit record Peanut Butter and recorded many other novelty songs in a style reminiscent of The Coasters, included here is the entire content of their only LP release. The other group who enjoyed national fame are The Olympics who are represented by five tracks that were not originally released. The Robins were affiliated to The Coasters as the detailed booklet notes will explain. This a unique collection of mainly Los Angeles based groups which features tracks by The Robins, The Lexingtons, The Lions and The Danleers making their first legitimate appearance on CD.

trax:
The Marathons
1. Peanut Butter 2. Talkin' Trash 3. Tight Sweater 4. C. Percy Mercy Of Scotland Yard 5. Chicken Spaceman 6. You Bug Me Baby 7. High Blood Pressure 8. Oink Jones 9. Tutti Frutti 10. Nothing In The World 11. Gee
The Robins
12. Just Like That 13. Whole Lot Of Imagination 14. Live Wire Suzie 15. Oh No
The Olympics
16. Big Chief Little Puss (alt take) 17. Shame Shame Shame 18. How Long Will It Take 19. Bye Bye Baby 20. Ain't No Big Thing
The Danleers
21. I'm Looking Around 22. Foolish 23. No One (No One But You)
The Boulevards
24. Chop Chop Hole In The Wall
The Lexingtons
25. I Found My Baby 26. When My Baby Went Away
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