THE COBRA RECORDS STORY: Chicago Rock & Blues 1956-1958

If the 50 tracks on this double-CD box sound an awful lot like they could have come off of any of MCA's various Chess boxes -- but especially the Willie Dixon volume -- it's no accident. Cobra Records was an upstart Chicago-based label that existed for a little over three years at the end of the 1950s, founded by Eli Toscano and Willie Dixon as competition for Phil and Leonard Chess's Chess Records, where Dixon had worked -- and been regularly cheated of fees and royalties -- since the end of the 1940s. His answer was to leave the employ of the Chess brothers and go to work with Toscano, and the result was an almost "shadow" Chess label, jump-started by the likes of Otis Rush ("I Can't Quit You Baby"), Buddy Guy, and Magic Sam, and filled out with Sunnyland Slim, Shakey Horton, Betty Everett, and Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm. They're all here, along with lesser known performers such as Louis Myers & the Aces, the Clouds, and Little Willie Foster, and there's not one cut on this set that's less than a first-rate, pounding, driving piece of electric Chicago blues. The sound ranges from very good to excellent, the guitars and vocals right in your face and the annotation in the accompanying booklet extremely thorough, so you know exactly which bandmember is impressing you at any given moment -- and Dixon played in and led most of the bands represented, so most of what's here is, in effect, expressions of the Chess Records sound in everything but name. And amid the contemporary Chicago blues, the producers have even managed to find room for one smooth, stomping piece of rock & roll, the Clouds' "Rock and Roll Boogie," which almost sounds like a throwback to '40s-style jump blues. It's all worth hearing, and is the perfect acquisition for anyone who feels like they've run through the totality of MCA's Chess reissues. (BRUCE EDER, Allmusic)trax CD 1:

1. I Can't Quit You Baby [Alternate Version 1] - Otis Rush 2. Just Wailin' - Louis Myers & The Aces 3. I Can't Quit You Baby [Alternate Version 2] - Otis Rush 4. Sit Down Baby - Otis Rush 5. I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush 6. Rock And Roll Boogie - The Clouds 7. Need My Baby - Shakey Horton 8. Have A Good Time - Shakey Horton 9. My Love Will Never Die - Otis Rush 10. Violent Love - Otis Rush 11. Highway 61 - Sunnyland Slim 12. It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim 13. Groaning The Blues - Otis Rush 14. If You Were Mine - Otis Rush 15. Crying The Blues - Little Willie Foster 16. Little Girl - Little Willie Foster 17. I Don't Care Who Knows - Harold Burrage 18. All Your Love - Magic Sam 19. Love Me With A Feeling - Magic Sam 20. Love That Woman - Otis Rush 21. Jump Sister Bessie - Otis Rush 22. Satisfied - Harold Burrage 23. My Love - Betty Everett 24. Shake It - Duke Jenkins & His Orchestra 25. Look Whatcha Done - Magic Sam 26. Everything Gonna Be Alright - Magic Sam 27. Eli Toscano Blues - Session Outtake - Sunnyland Slim

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1. Three Times A Fool - Otis Rush & The Willie Dixon Band 2. She's A Good 'Un - Otis Rush & The Willie Dixon Band 3. Ain't Gonna Cry - Betty Everett 4. All Night Long - Magic Sam 5. I Cry For You - Harold Burrage 6. All My Whole Life - Magic Sam 7. It Takes Time - Otis Rush 8. Checking On My Baby - Otis Rush 9. Row Your Boat - Charles Clark & The Willie Dixon Band 10. Sit And Cry (The Blues) - Buddy Guy & His Band 11. Try To Quit You Baby - Buddy Guy & His Band 12. Easy Baby - Magic Sam 13. 21 Days In Jail - Magic Sam 14. Call Me If You Need Me - Shakey Jake & Willie Dixon Band 15. Roll Your Moneymaker - Shakey Jake & Willie Dixon Band 16. Double Trouble - Otis Rush & His Band 17. Keep On Loving Me Baby - Otis Rush & His Band 18. This Is The End - Buddy Guy & His Band 19. You Sure Can't Do - Buddy Guy & His Band 20. All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Otis Rush & His Band 21. My Baby's A Good 'Un - Otis Rush & His Band 22. Matchbox - Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm 23. You've Got To Loose - Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm 24. Box Top - Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm 25. You Keep On Worrying Me - Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm 26. (I Know) You Don't Love Me - Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm 27. Down And Out - Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm

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Ein neuer Monat - ein neues Six Pack Vinyl aus meinem Giftschrank. rockin' regards from Berlin - DooWopDaddyO

Terry Noland - The Original Demos 1956
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01 The Fabulous Love Story 02 Puppy Love 03 Oh Baby! Look At Me 04 Let Me Be Your Hero 05 Oh Judy 06 Forever Loving You 07 Teenage Teardrops 08 Crazy Dream
...served by DooWopDaddyO...Ricky Morvan & The Fens (LUNA L.R. 0.005 - 1962)
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01 Little Woman 02 Fenlights
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1. Und dann kam Jimmy Jones [ALONG CAME JONES] 2. Es ist schon wieder gleich ''zehn'' [I'M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR]
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01 Guitar; Clan & Piano Version 02 Twangy; Vocal & Yell Version
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1. Rock-A-Boogie Shake Shack-A-Doobie Wop - The Lennerockers 2. White Baby - The Crazy Cubes 3. Miss Myserie - Lloyd Tripp
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1. Greetings From Hayden Thompson - Hayden Thompson 2. Why Did You Lie To Me - Randy Rich & The Poor Boys 3. Comanche Man - Sean Mencher 4. Marie Marie - Big Bad Shakin' 5. Greetings From Glen Glenn & Gary Lambert - Glen Glenn & Gary Lambert

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"Takin' Out The Trash!" - A Tribute To The Trashmen

"Thank you so much for the records!!! It is so well done. I will frame it and hang it in my music room." (Tony Andreason, The Trashmen)Kamikaze Records presents a tribute to the most important band of the 1960’s. 19 of the most (in-)famous surf-, garage- & rock’n roll bands from all over the world have gathered for this project and contributed their favorite Trashmen song. Let the motto be ‘The Bird Is The Word’!

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1. Bird Dance Beat - The Untamed Youth 2. King Of The Surf - The Neanderthals 3. Henrietta - The Bay-O-Wolves 4. Miserlou - Los Mel-Tones 5. Same Lines - Tony & The Tribesmen 6. Tube City - Thee Phantom 5ive 7. Bird Bath - The Krontjong Devils 8. Kuk Evan Foster Surfing Band 9. Sleeper - Fortune & Maltese 10. New Generation - The Neptunas 11. Surfin' Sanford Bird - The Sprague Brothers with Deke Dickerson 12. Bad News - The Volcanos 13. On The Move - The Woggles 14. A-Bone - The Boss Martians 15. Whoa Dad - The Saturn V 16. Wild Cat - The Surf Trio 17. Bird '65 - The Del-Vamps 18. It's So Easy - Johnny & The Shamen 19. Church Key - The Neanderthals & Thee Phantom 5ive 20. Sally Jo - Sir Baldie & His Wigouts with Rockin' Enocky 21. Malaguena - The Penetrators with Eddie Katcher

The Dionysus Records Empire Presents "Music Supervisor's Best Friend" 1998

Dionysus Records / Hell Yeah / Bacchus Archives, Not Your Ordinary Music Labels!trax:

1. It Came From Pier 13 - The Bomboras 2. White Sands - Frenchy 3. Night Of The Tikis - The Tiki Tones 4. High Seas Drifter - The Tiki Tones 5. Death Valley Charge - The Outsideinside 6. Hot Foot - The Boss Martians 7. Best Little Girl - The Boss Martians 8. The Crossing Guard's Coffee Break - The Boss Martians 9. Bad And Beautiful - Kirby Allen presents Chaino 10. Bongo Serenade - Kirby Allen presents Chaino 11. Hot Water - Big Sandy & The Fly Rite Trio 12. Smile No More - Thee Fourgiven 13. Let's Talk About Girls - The Grodes 14. Where Lovers Go - The Jaguars 15. Moonshine - The Surf Teens 16. Ave 339 - Yard Trauma 17. Sanity - Yard Trauma 18. Vicious Cycle - Thorazine 19. Amoeba - Gorilla 20. Happy Family - Fearless Leader 21. Sex House - Hot Damn 22. Chico Marx - The Kabalas 23. Dance Of The Virgins - Karla Pundit 24. Francis Farmer - DJ Bonebreak - Skip Heller Quartet 25. Afraid Of The Dark (Edit) - Harmless 26. Song Of Forgetting (Edit) - Harmless 27. Baklava (Edit) - The Outsideinside 28. Six Point Six - The Outsideinside

THE DAVE CLARK FIVE "The History Of The Dave Clark Five"

For a very brief time in 1964, it seemed that the biggest challenger to the Beatles' phenomenon was the Dave Clark Five. From the Tottenham area of London, the quintet had the fortune to knock "I Want to Hold Your Hand" off the top of the British charts with "Glad All Over," and were championed (for about 15 minutes) by the British press as the Beatles' most serious threat. They were the first British Invasion band to break in a big way in the States after the Beatles, though the Rolling Stones and others quickly supplanted the DC5 as the Fab Four's most serious rivals. the Dave Clark Five reached the Top 40 17 times between 1964 and 1967 with memorable hits like "Glad All Over," "Bits and Pieces," "Because," and a remake of Bobby Day's "Over and Over," as well as making more appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show than any other English act. the DC5 were distinguished from their British contemporaries by their larger-than-life production, Clark's loud stomping drum sound, and Mike Smith's leathery vocals. (Allmusic)
This incredible compilation is out of print and hard to find.trax CD 1:

01 Glad All Over 02 Bits And Pieces 03 Do You Love Me 04 Can't You See That She's Mine 05 Because 06 Don't Let Me Down 07 Any Way You Want It 08 Everybody Knows (I Still Love You) 09 Any Time You Want Love 10 Thinking Of You Baby 11 Whenever You're Around 12 Little Bitty Pretty One 13 Crying Over You 14 Don't Be Taken In 15 When 16 Reelin' And Rockin' 17 Come Home 18 Mighty Good Loving 19 Hurting Inside 20 Having A Wild Weekend 21 'Til The Right One Comes Along 22 Catch Us If You Can 23 I'll Be Yours My Love 24 I Am On My Own 25 I Need Love

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01 Try Too Hard 02 All Night Long 03 Look Before You Leap 04 Please Tell Me Why 05 Somebody Find A New Love 06 Satisfied With You 07 At The Scene 08 I Miss You 09 Do You Still Love Me 10 Nineteen Days 11 I've Got To Have A Reason 12 I Like It Like That 13 Over And Over 14 You Got What It Takes 15 Doctor Rhythm 16 Small Talk 17 Concentration Baby 18 Everybody Knows (I Still Love You) 19 Inside And Out 20 At The Place 21 Best Day's Work 22 Maze Of Love 23 Here Comes Summer 24 Live In The Sky 25 Everybody Get Together

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THE RECORDS "The Records / Shades In Bed" 1978 / 1979

The Records first U.K. LP Shades in Bed is a pure pop masterpiece featuring the near-perfect singles "Starry Eyes" and "Teenarama." The album was retitled The Records and released in a modified form in America. The first pressings came with a bonus 12" entitled High Heels, which featured a collection of four covers. [Originally released in 1979, Shades in Bed was issued on CD in 2002 with bonus tracks.] (Allmusic)OK where to start? This is the finest album to come out of the New Wave era. It is my favorite album of the 80's even though it was released in 1979 (I bought in the Autumn of '79 but associate The Records with New Wave of the 80's).
The lead guitarist is immaculate, his name was Huw Gower, he is left handed and could write guitar hooks in his sleep. His playing was pristine, unmatched by anyone of the era. The Songwriters John Wicks and Will Burch, 2 talented tunesmiths deserve kudos for assembling an incredibly consistant batch of songs for their first release.
The songs on this album (for me the US name "The Records") stick in my head to this day, most of you probably know "Starry Eyes", a great lyric, especially the part about the lawyers upstairs and the writ has hit the fan, great Byrds like guitars and acerbic John Lennon wit in the lyric. The other songs on the LP were more about teenage romance and such, but the music was and still is top drawer all the way, songs like "All Messed Up" "Up All Night", "Girl", "Affection Rejected", "Another Star" were all Killer material. I'm especially thrilled to see that this CD has the old 45 Covers that were included as an EP with the original album, the Kinks' "See My Friends", The Rolling Stones "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadows", Spirit's "1984" and Blue Ash's "Abracadabra". In addition the B Sides "Paint Her Face" (This tune is equal to ANYTHING on the album), "Held Up High" (which I think was an early version of "Another Star"). Plus the 12 inch singles: "Rock `N Roll Love Letter" (I believe was covered by the Rollers) and "Wives And Mothers Of Tomorrow". I was lucky enough to catch this band twice, the first time was the original Band with Huw Gower at the Bottom Line in NYC, they closed with "Paint Her Face" - I still have a recording of this show that my sister taped for me off the radio. This is a 5 Star Classic, a no-brainer purchase at twice the price!
March 13, 2008. A Post script: Just got the CD yesterday, for the Audiofiles among us the sound is terrific, it is detailed with clarity, power and sonic resonance not heard before with these songs. Excellent job on the mastering. Two songs worth mentioning that I didn't know about, 1) Starry Eyes is represented here in 2 versions, the 45 "Hot Version" that I'm familiar with on the US release and the British LP version which is a bit different, there is an "extra" guitar sound on it and it also has "stops" inserted into the song for emphasis. I like it, it's not better, not worse, but different. Also Rock n Roll Love letter is a different version and I believe the Mutt Lange version included here is the definitive version. (Amazon)Originally released in 1979 on the Virgin label in the UK as Shades In Bed & in the US on Atlantic as The Records this 20 track reissue has the original 10 track album featuring 'Starry Eyes' & 'Teenarama' plus 10 bonus tracks including the previously 12'' only limited edition 4 track covers EP 'High Heels' plus 6 singles & rarities tracks. Bonus tracks 'Girl', 'Girls That Don't Exist', 'Up All Night', 'Insomnia', 'the Phone', 'Abracadabra' (Have You Seen Her?), '1984', 'Starry Eyes' (45 version), 'Rock 'n' Roll Love Letter' & 'Held Up High'. 2002.

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01 Girl 02 Teenarama 03 Girls That Don't Exist 04 Starry Eyes 05 Up All Night 06 All Messed Up And Ready To Go 07 Insomnia 08 Affection Rejected 09 The Phone 10 Another Star 11 Abracadabra (Have You Seen Her?) 12 See My Friends 13 1984 14 Have You Seen Your Mother Baby 15 Starry Eyes [45 Version] 16 Paint Her Face 17 Rock 'n' Roll Love Letter 18 Wives And Mothers Of Tomorrow 19 Held Up High 20 Teenarama [Remix]

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THE COWSILLS "The Best of the Cowsills" - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection

The Cowsills' volume of 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Cowsills contains nearly all of the group's biggest hits and best songs, including "The Rain, The Park, & Other Things," "Hair," and "Love American Style." Over the course of 12 songs, almost all of their hits are presented, along with Bill Cowsill's "When Everybody's Here," which means this will satisfy nearly all of their casual fans. Some diehards could use a longer collection, but the rest will find this to be a fine, entertaining collection. (Allmusic)trax:

01 Most Of All 02 The Rain, The Park & Other Things 03 We Can Fly 04 In Need Of A Friend 05 Indian Lake 06 Poor Baby 07 Hair 08 The Prophecy Of Daniel & John The Divine (Six-Six-Six) 09 Silver Threads And Golden Needles 10 II X II 11 Love American Style 12 When Everybody's Here

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THE COWSILLS "Captain Sad and His Ship of Fools" 1968

It says a great deal about how pop records were made in the 1960s that the Cowsills' Captain Sad and His Ship of Fools was the third album the Rhode Island family band would cut within the space of just 12 months, and while most current bands would balk at the workload of cutting one album a year along with touring, 1968's Captain Sad suggests the Cowsills were handling their busy schedule very well indeed. Captain Sad doesn't feature as many hits as the Cowsills' first two long-players (though "Indian Lake" would chart high for the group), but the music is uniformly splendid, and for a group that featured members who were nine and 11, the material is mature, tuneful, and beautifully executed, with excellent harmonies from the siblings and imaginative production from Billy Cowsill and Bob Cowsill. the Cowsills only wrote four songs for Captain Sad, but they happen to be four of the album's standout tracks -- "Newspaper Blanket" is a prescient and poignant tale of a homeless man asleep on a snowy bench, "Make the Music Flow" is a great slice of sunshine pop, "Meet Me at the Wishing Well" is superior folk-rock, and the title tune is a playful exercise in psychedelic-influenced pop with an arrangement that edges into baroque pop. Elsewhere, "Who Can Teach a Songbird How to Sing" (written in part by Graham Nash) is a great showcase for the group's harmonies, "The Fantasy World of Harry Faversham" is a silly but effective story of one man's Walter Mitty-style fantasies, "The Bridge" gives Barbara Cowsill a rare and lovely lead vocal, and if "Indian Lake" seems a bit lightweight in this context, it still sounds like the perfect hit single it was. Captain Sad and His Ship of Fools is a marvelous artifact from the golden age of pop record-making, and offers more evidence (as if it were needed) that the Cowsills were more than another bubblegum act of the era -- they were one of the more gifted and ambitious groups to hit the charts in their day. (Mark Deming, Allmusic)trax:

01 Captain Sad And His Ship Of Fools 02 Make The Music Flow 03 Indian Lake 04 Ask The Children 05 Who Can Teach A Songbird How To Sing? 06 The Bridge 07 The Path Of Love 08 Newspaper Blanket 09 Meet Me At The Wishing Well 10 The Fantasy World Of Harry Faversham 11 Painting The Day 12 Can't Measure The Cost Of A Woman Lost 13 Indian Lake (Mono) 14 Newspaper Blanket (Mono) 15 Poor Baby (Mono) 16 Meet Me At The Wishing Well (Mono) 17 The Path Of Love (Mono) 18 Captain Sad And His Ship Of Fools (Mono)

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"THE SOUND OF BACHARACH"

Our mission: to take the 1965 "The Sound Of Bacharach" album and remodel it for the digital age. The result: quite possibly the greatest single disc Burt Bacharach compilation there has ever been.trax:

1. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - Tommy Hunt 2. Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) - Chuck Jackson 3. Long After Tonight Is All Over - Jimmy Radcliffe 4. I Wake Up Crying - Chuck Jackson 5. If I Never Get To Love You - Gene Pitney 6. True Love Never Runs Smooth - Gene Pitney 7. This Guy's In Love With You - B.J. Thomas 8. Everybody's Out Of Town - B.J. Thomas 9. It's Love That Really Counts (In The Long Run) - The Shirelles 10. I Cry Alone - Maxine Brown 11. Baby It's You - The Shirelles 12. Don't Make Me Over - Tommy Hunt 13. They Don't Give Medals (To Yesterday's Heroes) - Chuck Jackson 14. This Empty Place - The Tangeers 15. The Fool Killer - Gene Pitney 16. Only Love Can Break A Heart - Gene Pitney 17. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - B.J. Thomas 18. Send My Picture To Scranton, PA - B.J. Thomas 19. (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance - Gene Pitney 20. Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney 21. (There Goes) The Forgotten Man - Jimmy Radcliffe 22. Make It Easy On Yourself - The Isley Brothers 23. The Breaking Point - Chuck Jackson 24. Long Day, Short Night - The Shirelles 25. Lover - Tommy Hunt 26. Sinner's Devotion - Tammy Montgomery 27. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - Big Maybelle

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HERMAN'S HERMITS "Blaze" 1967 Expanded

While Herman's Hermits couldn't keep up with the revolutionary sounds created in 1967 by the Beatles, Cream, or Jimi Hendrix, they did manage to release pop records that steadily revealed maturity, especially evident on Blaze, their final MGM studio release. At the helm once again was producer Mickie Most, who incorporated production (and studio musicians) on par with his burgeoning Donovan hits (whose "Museum" is covered here) and similar sounding material by the Hollies. The lyrical content continued to mature with Ray Davies-style subject matter previously highlighted by "There's a Kind of Hush" and "Dandy." Unfortunately, the teen idol image of front man Peter Noone was becoming a double-edged sword, as he was starting to be replaced by a new generation of teen idols, while not being able to make the transition into hip 1967. The original cover, a kaleidoscopic view of the band members in Sgt. Pepper-type threads, wasn't enough to regain their declining credibility. Blaze has a short running time at only five songs per side but includes great lost pop songs like "Last Bus Home," "I Call Out Her Name," and "Upstairs, Downstairs." MGM put out The Best of Herman's Hermits, Vol. 3 and called it a day with the band, leaving Blaze to languish as an unappreciated pop gasp. (Allmusic)Herman's Hermits' 1967 album, "Blaze", is the aestathic high point of all their recordings from the 1960s, and seems to be a result of some careful thoughts from the group. It was an excellent album and illustrated a lot of the changes occuring within the group at the time. The lyrics were more introspective than anything they had done prior to that, and according to lead guitarist Derek Leckenby, songs like "Moonshine Man" (Leckenby-Hopwood-Green) and "I Call Out Her Name" (Hopwood-Leckenby) were deliberately done with subtle satire in mind. Peter Cowap (ex-Country Gentlemen), who was later to take over as lead singer when Peter Noone went solo in 1971, wrote the psychedelic gem "Last Bus Home" and co-wrote "Ace, King, Queen, Jack" with Noone. Both songs were representative of the new, more aggressive Hermits sound. The "My Old Man's A Dustman" spoof in the ending of "Ace, King, Queen, Jack" was a result of weariness brought about by 3 a.m. recording sessions. Tiredness combined with drinking caused Karl Green and Lek Leckenby to spout off about things that irritated them, all done in falsetto voices. Another Hopwood-Leckenby-Green collaboration, "Busy Line", seemed to have all the ingredients of a hit, but was never released as a single. "Blaze" included Donovan's "Museum", which reached a modest #39 in the US charts, and Kenny Young's "Don't Go Out Into The Rain", which peaked at #18. Graham Gouldman's contribution was "Upstairs, Downstairs", while Geoff Stephens of The New Vaudeville Band came up with "Green Street Green" and "One Little Packet Of Cigarettes", the latter co-written by John Carter of The Ivy League. But even though "Blaze" shines as the group's best ever album, it also more or less marked the end of an era for Herman's Hermits in America. With the onslaught of "acid-rock" and "progressive, heavy-rock" in 1967, in addition to severe competition from The Monkees in the Hermits' segment of the market, MGM threw all their promotion efforts behind new acts and seemed to completely ignore Herman & Co. and other established artists. The 12 bonus tracks on this CD are singles (A- and B-sides) from the 1968-69 period, when the decline in sales and popularity in the US set in, and the group dropped from the charts. In the UK and Europe, however, the group was given a new lease of life in 1968, and they continued to have hits until 1971. It's worth mentioning that "London Look" was only released on a promo EP sponsored by Yardley cosmetics in the UK, and "Nobody Needs To Know", written by Leckenby-Hopwood-Brook, appears for the first time in CD format. No real Herman's Hermits fan can be without this lavishly packaged digipak CD from Repertoire. Buy it now! (Amazon)trax:

01 Museum 02 Upstairs, Downstairs 03 Busy Line 04 Moonshine Man 05 Green Street Green 06 Don't Go Out Into The Rain (You're Going To Melt) 07 I Call Out Her Name 08 One Little Packet Of Cigarettes 09 Last Bus Home 10 Ace, King, Queen, Jack 11 Sleepy Joe 12 Just One Girl 13 London Look 14 Sunshine Girl 15 Nobody Needs To Know 16 Something Is Happening 17 The Most Beautiful Thing In My Life 18 Ooh She's Done It Again 19 My Sentimental Friend 20 My Lady 21 Here Comes The Star 22 It's Alright Now

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Robert Johnson And Punchdrunks "Traynor In Heaven For Link Wray" 2006

This is one intense set! In many ways, it's more like their earlier recordings, full of tuff guitar noise and utterly intense energy. Two guitars and drums! This nod to Link Wray is superb! Manic, demented, and tortured... I love it! - Phil Dirttrax:

1. Streetfighter 2. The Fuzz 3. Shadow Knows 4. Comanche 5. Jack The Ripper 6. Rumble 7. Streets Of Chicago 8. Rawhide 9. Batman Theme 10. Genocide 11. Streetfighter (Acoustic Version)

THE SPANIC BOYS "Sunshine" 2006

Milwaukee father-and-son guitarslingers Ian and Tom Spanic, who ve performed together now for 20 years, always bring a sense of cross-generational joy to their too-rare releases. Where past discs often sounded like Buddy Holly-era roots-rock, here, the Spanics snap off Fender lines that owe equally to The Beatles Revolver and Buck Owens The Carnegie Hall Concert, coming off like some lost 60s garage band with the chops to match its enthusiasm. --USA Today - Brian MansfieldTom and Ian Spanic, a father-son duo whose rich harmonic blend is as sweet as the Everly Brothers crying in the rain, could pull off a roots-rocking tune here such as "Honey" or "I Hear You Talking" without even breaking a sweat. And they've certainly mastered the fine art of coaxing the twang out of an unsuspecting Strat. But Sunshine also finds the family stretching out beyond the roots-rock border. Take the title cut, a hazy psychadelic rocker that almost comes off as a sequel to the Beatles "Rain," complete with convincingly Ringo-esque drum fills and a backward guitar solo. "Secret" takes that psychadelic flashback in an even trippier direction, adding Tex-Mex organ, vocals that feel like they come with a lava lamp, and a solo suggesting what Roger McGuinn might've played if he'd recorded this one on the morning after "Eight Miles High." On "Didn't Love You Anyway" they rock like a '60s garage band covering Larry Williams, with a solo as trashy as anything this side of those earliest Kinks hits. Then there's the Beatlesque ache of "When The Night Has Come," fueled by the strum of acoustic guitars. Wherever these guys take the sound, though, in the end, it still sounds like a Spanic Boys record, each track boasting some truly heroic guitar work, from the stately southern rock-meets-Memphis-soul vibe of "What Will You Do?" to the headier psychadelic trip they take on "Secret" and the title cut. --No Depression Magazine - Ed Masley

Celebrating their 20th anniversary as a band, the Spanic Boys have brought forth album number eight, now on their own label. The father-son Spanics - Tom and Ian, respectively - tasted some pre-Americana era glory in the early '90s, and their dual-Stratocaster sound is as sparkling as ever, with the dozen originals running the gamut from the sassy Freddy-King-meets-Buck-Owens "Honey" to the Revolver-era psychadelia of the title track. They can also pen a hopping genre workout like "Bigger Fool Than Me" without it having a whiff of museum air to it. Throughout the entire set, Ian and Tom's voices interlock with the same precision and sympathetic timbres as numerous singing brother duos from the last half century. Spanic Boys are not only Milwaukee's finest; they're also one of the most honestly rocking bands in the land. --Harp Magazine - David Greenberger

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01 Honey 02 What Will You Do 03 Secret 04 I Hear You Talking 05 Sunshine 06 Bigger Fool Than Me 07 Hold Me 08 Broken Wheel 09 All the World 10 Didn't Love You Anyway 11 When the Night Has Come 12 You Don't Worry Me

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DALE HAWKINS "DAREDEVIL" (NORTON 256)
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01 Susie Q [56er DEMO VERSION] 02 If You Please Me 03 Number Nine Train 04 Everglades 05 Daredevil 06 Wish I Hadn't Called Home [ROGER MILLER] 07 Superman 08 On Account Of You 09 Hey Pretty Baby [DONNIE RAY WHITE] 10 I Can't Stand Your Ways Anymore [DONNIE RAY WHITE] 11 Mumbly Peg 12 Weep No More [MAYLON HUMPHRIES]
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1. Growl - Danny Dean & The Homewreckers 2. High Voltage - Mars Attacks 3. Road Of Steel - King Edwards Teds
...served by DooWopDaddyO...SANTOS "IN THE GROOVE" (WILD RECORDS)
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01 That's Why I Love 02 Mrs. Kisses 03 Watch it Mister 04 Mess About You 05 Dig Me Pretty Baby 06 I Wanna Love Yo 07 Just a Little Love 08 Your Lovin' Man 09 You Ought to Know 10 Cry for me Baby 11 Fairchild 12 Sex Appeal 13 Somethin' 'bout You
...served by DooWopDaddyO...Kings Of The Ducktail Cats "Barbershop Rockabilly"
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1. Shorty The Barber - Lou Millet 2. Ducktail Cat - Larry Nolan 3. Shine, Shave & Shower - John Talley 4. Mr. Ducktail - Uncle Buck Lite & The Rhythm Rockers 5. Blue Black Hair - The Jades 6. You Gotta Have A Ducktail - Billy Adams 7. Ducktail Cat - Dan Virva 8. Barbers Hair Blues - Wayne Satkamp & The 5 Aces 9. Gimme A Lock Of Yo Hair - Andy Anderson & The Dawn Breakers
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1. Bad, Bad Boy (Single Version) - The Tin Roof Cats 2. Don't Go Away - The Silvertones 3. Jump Around - The Texabilly Rockers
...served by DooWopDaddyO...Gizzelle "Rhythm & Soul" (Special Edition - 2012)
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01 tough lover 02 seven day fool 03 i would rather go blind 04 the place 05 pretty good love (ft. alex vargas) 06 crawfish (f.t alex vargas) 07 i found a love 08 voodoo voodoo 09 mixed up 10 i've been there before 11 leave me alone 12 please say you love me 13 scorched 14 your gonna love me 15 done got over (ft. alex vargas) 16 im a good woman 17 chills and fever 18 for you 19 dearest darling 20 Baby Please Don't Go
...served by DooWopDaddyO...Nelson Carrera & The Dixie Boys "Boogeyman Boogie" (2010)
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01 Cindy Jones 02 Gone Baby Gone 03 Boogeyman Boogie 04 Thirty Days 05 As Long As You Love Me Too 06 Rock Around With Ollie Vee 07 Wrong Yo Yo 08 You Don't Know 09 The Woman I Need 10 Hey Santa Claus (Don't Forget Me This Year) 11 Apron Strings
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1. Boppin' With The Cats - Willie & The String Poppers 2. Rancho Boogie - Rancho Deluxe 3. Shadows - The Backwood Boys 4. Town Called Blues - Carl Sonny Leyland 5. Fistful Of Knuckles - Mack Stevens 6. Over The Limit - Zachary Clegg & His Holcombe Hillbillies 7. Gonna Leave My Baby - Carl Sonny Leyland 8. Date On The Corner - Willie & The String Poppers 9. Burned Behind Recognition - Mack Stevens 10. Thru The Town - The Backwood Boys 11. Enough Is Enough - Rancho Deluxe 12. Mystery Train - Zachary Clegg & His Holcombe Hillbillies

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Robert Johnson And Punchdrunks "The Birdnest Years - 1995-1997" 2002

Fifty tracks from one of the best kept secrets of guitar instrumentals, compiled from Robert Johnson and Punchdrunks releases for the Bird Nest label. If you've missed out, enjoy raw guitar and a driving beat with a healthy nod to Link Wray, and don't want tired lo-fi frat bands anymore, this is for you. Thank you Bird Nest! - Phil Dirttrax:

01 Buzz Aldrin 02 Tigercharm 03 The Whip 04 Camelwalk 05 Surfbeat 06 Jack the Ripper 07 Hanging' One 08 Asiatic Flu 09 Thunder 10 Punchdrunks Drives a Dragster 11 Ghost Train 12 Long Ride 13 Rambling' Reckless Hobo 14 Bird Bath 15 Have Guitar Will Travel 16 Ali Boom A Lay 17 Ramrod 18 Wipe-out 19 Safari 20 Genocide 21 Mustang 22 Hass 23 Triggerhappy 24 Rumbleweed 25 2000 Ib Bee 26 Dragster

THE SPANIC BOYS "The Spanic Family Album" 1994

Released in 1996, Spanic Family Album is the fourth album by the father and son duo of Tom and Ian Spanic (not counting the 1992 compilation of early recordings called Early Spanic Boys). It's a departure for the Milwaukee-based roots rockers; earlier albums had featured the boys playing a loose and rockin' form of neo-rockabilly not too far removed from Chris Isaak's early albums. The lower-voltage Spanic Family Album (oddly, the Spanic Boys name appears nowhere on the packaging or disc) is largely acoustic, with minimal drums and no bass, and resembles albums like the Everly Brothers' late-'60s roots move Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, although with an all-original set list. Tom Spanic's cousin, Butch Westphal, joins the duo on this album, his high lonesome harmonies adding a more pure country edge to the proceedings. A relaxed, intimate set of simple and heartfelt songs, Spanic Family Album is an unpretentious gem. This album was released just as East Side Digital was closing its doors and transmogrifying into the folk and world music label Northside, and so it was in and out of the stores in no time at all. Orchard Records reissued the album in its original form in 2000. (Allmusic)trax:

01 What's In Those Eyes 02 Billy 03 The Harder I Look 04 I Can't Find A Way 05 Won't You Help Me 06 Look Up 07 A Million Miles 08 She Waits 09 I Saw You Today 10 Deep Water 11 Nighttime

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"Live And Die" Texas 45's 1955-1967

Great collection of 50's rockabilly meets 60's garage, from the original 45's!trax:

1. So Long Good Luck Goodbye (Imperial) - Weldon Rogers 2. Rock And Roll Record Girl (White Rock) - Bobby Poe 3. Sneaky Pete (Starday) - Sonny Fisher 4. Everybody Rock (Sarg) - Jeff Stone 5. Starlight (Petsey) - Jack Huddle 6. Want To Be With You Baby (Starday) - Cliff Blakely 7. It Ain't Me (Dot) - Ray Campi 8. Think It Over Baby (Kawana) - Eddie Clearly 9. Lovin' Honey (Edmoral) - Gene Morris 10. Broken Heart (Tara) - The Moonlighters 11. Made In The Shade (Hitt) - Gene Dunlap 12. Honey Babe (Dart) - Joe Donalds 13. I Garontee You Baby - Ron Williams 14. Sally Met Molly (Paradise) - The Interns 15. I'm Lonely (RoTab) - Bobby Mabe & The Outcasts 16. Your Goose Is Cooked (Pic 1) - The Jokers 17. You're Gonna Make Me (Caprice) - The WordD 18. Bald Headed Woman (Udell) - The Spectrum 19. Hate (Velva) - The Perils 20. Chase Yourself (Universal) - The Crabs 21. Good N' Bad (Venturie) - The Venturie "5" 22. Live And Die (Torch) - The Barons 23. Stand There (Shazam) - The Just Us 24. You're Still Dreaming (Purple Can) - The Basic Things 25. Journey To Tyme (Mark LTD) - Kenny & The Kasuals 26. You're Gonna Miss Me (One Way) - The Heard

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Robert Johnson And Punchdrunks "Fried On The Altar Of Good Taste" 2000

There's no shortage of coolness here. A great and inventive blend of genres, from Link Wray and surf to space age Star Trek tweakiness, this CD wanders the halls of danger with power and real freshness. The production is imaginative and very effective, and the ideas unique. If you're looking for trad, this isn't it. On the other hand, if you have your adventure hat on, and a bottle of courage in your backpack, this will surely make your day. Robert Johnson is the guitarist responsible for the excellent Swedish band the Bottle Ups. - Phil Dirttrax:

01 Sputnic Monroe 02 On Her Majesty's Secret Service 03 Ali Pang 04 Surf As Houdini 05 Arabesque 06 Sam Spade's Wedding 07 Something For Sophia Loren 08 Galveston Giant 09 Rope-A-Dope 10 Rocket True Temper 20 Oz 11 Rubber Room 12 Escape From New York 13 Sham 14 New Interns Watusi

THE SPANIC BOYS "Dream Your Life Away" 1993

The thing that draws most people to the Spanic Boys is the heartfelt and deft execution of roots rock, and for bands with such a following any experiment is risky. On Dream Your Life Away the band edged toward psychedelia and a harder sound, with disastrous results for their popularity. This isn't to say that the individual songs don't have merit, because many of them are very good. What is lacking is a sense of continuity and flow over the course of the album. The grim Byrds-esque guitar rave-up "What Was Is Gone" is preceded and followed by rockabilly pieces that are simple and sweet, and the discontinuity is a bit jarring. At times on this album the disparate elements do fuse into something brilliant, as proved by the edgy title cut. Unfortunately there are other points where you can hear good musicianship, good singing, and a good lyric, but the result just isn't compelling. Still, this album is worth having for such cuts as "Everything Not Right," which is as joyous a road song as any band has ever recorded. (Allmusic)trax:

01 Same Old Thing 02 Little Town 03 That Train 04 Look For Love 05 What Was Is Gone 06 Sally 07 Dream Your Life Away 08 Back in the Past 09 Everything Not Right 10 Burning Questions 11 Without Your Love 12 Air Raid

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Robert Johnson And Punchdrunks "Aloha From Havana" 1997

This fine CD was issued in 1997. It's easily the band's surfiest CD, with reverbed lead guitar and double picking, albeit mighty dirty as is required. maybe my fave release, this displays their more melodic and adventurous side, and even includes a taste of weird keys and theramin in spots. Worth seeking out. - Phil Dirtmusicians:

Bass, Vocals [Yells] – Peter Ögren / Drums – Ed Johnson (2) / Guitar – Per Thorsell / Guitar, Vocals [Howls] – Robert Johnson (4) / Organ, Other [Wacky Sounds] – Jonas Jonasson / Saxophone – Claes Carlsson

trax:

01 Getaway 02 Thrilla In Manila 03 Aloha From Havana 04 Lex Luthor 05 The Fuzz 06 Les Adventures De Tintin 07 Theme From The Persuaders 08 Links Vodoo 09 Spy vs Spy 10 Do The Punch 11 Garlic Chicken & Shots 12 Cecilia Ann 13 Stuck In Tunesia 14 I`M Branded 15 Gladys Pills 16 Lothar Goes Berserk 17 Dope Safari In Casbah

Recorded in Scotty's 8-track, Solna Texas and Joe allan's Recording Service, Hallstahammar.

THE SPANIC BOYS "Torture" 2001

After vowing never to be at the mercy of label heads other than themselves, the members of this Milwaukee outfit took their act south to the independent Chicago-based Checkered Past Records for their seventh release, Torture. Aside from (perhaps) previous behind-the-scenes administrative decisions and roster priorities that didn't sit well with the Spanics, which led to their disenchantment with labels in general, their sound has remained remarkably constant throughout their recording history. The obvious exceptions were their early-'90s flirtations with psychedelic-laced roots rock and 1994's Spanic Family Album, which explored more of a twangy flavor -- but the Spanic Boys' musical meanderings never seemed to obfuscate their overall sound. Torture incorporates all of their roots rock influences into a cohesive package. Produced by Ian Spanic, this album includes Beatleesque pop, rockabilly, country, blues, and heartland rock in a manner not unlike Americana kingpin Steve Earle. And because of a professional partnership dating back to the mid-'80s and a father/son relationship dating back a bit further, their guitar and vocal interplay is tighter and smoother than ever before. While Torture doesn't necessarily cover uncharted territory for this duo, the maturity and comfort level displayed by Ian and Tom Spanic is apparent and, in an age when all of the original melodies seem to be taken, they can still churn out one irresistible three-minute song after another. (Allmusic)trax:

01 When You Fall 02 Gotta Get Back 03 Little Lies 04 Doing What They Tell You 05 The Man Who Hates The World 06 Your Heart's Not In It 07 Gonna Be Long Gone 08 Over You 09 Loser Blues 10 For Once In My Life 11 She's The Kind Of Girl

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Robert Johnson And Punchdrunks "Beaver Shot" - Live at Studion 1995

This 500 copy limited edition CD was issued in 1995. Recorded "live at Studion," this CD displays all the raw power and drive of this fine Swedish band. There's lot's of surf and near surf cover madness here... enough to fill your every need. Beaver Shot is one rippin' instro slab! - Phil Dirttrax:

01 Ali Baba & his 40 rubbers 02 Chop Suey Rock 03 Hava Nagila 04 Drums Fell Off A Cliff 05 Native 06 Ghost Train 07 Beavershot 08 Crossfire 09 Misirlou 10 Tequila 11 Werewolf 12 Harmlem Nocturne 13 Strollin_After Dark 14 Boss 15 Bagdad Rock 16 Rumble

THE SPANIC BOYS "Strange World" (1991)

Milwaukee-based father/son duo Tom and Ian Spanic have similar voices. They twine them into that sort of extra-close harmony that can only come from family members singing together. On their third album, 1992's STRANGE WORLD, the Spanics refine the often manic roots rock sound of their first two records into a smoother yet somehow more powerful blend of country, rockabilly, sweet pop, and even hints of raucous Replacements-style sloppy rock & roll.
The jangling "All Alone" is a true pop classic on a par with anything ever written by either Chris Stamey or Marshall Crenshaw. The exciting rave-up "My Head Hurts" and the agreeably cocky "I'm All You Need" and "Made Out of Steel" show that the Spanics can do the rootsy pop thing as well as anyone. Despite its low commercial profile, STRANGE WORLD is ultra-accessible pop music at its finest. (Allmusic)trax:

01 All Alone 02 When You Travel 03 Strange World 04 I Don't Understand 05 Go Around 06 I'm All You Need 07 My Head Hurts 08 Made Out of Steel 09 Face the Facts 10 All Calms Down 11 Jenny 12 Meant to Be

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The Saboteurs "Espionage Garage" 1998

Judging from the title of this record, it shouldn't come to much of a surprise what the Saboteurs are all about -- straight-up garage surf that has an edgy side to it, as if they belong on one of the Pink Panther soundtracks. the Saboteurs could be the perfect background music for any '60s noir film; it's not like this hasn't been done before, but they pull it off a lot better than most similar bands out there. Viva Espionage Garage! - Review by Mike DaRoncoMark Brodie has returned. Master Brodie formed this new band after arriving in Japan on a teaching assignment. He scoured long and hard to find surf-saavy bandmates, and even harder to find a studio. This has a totally different sound than his Canadian recordings, more of a lo fi session, but all of the melodic writing is still evident. The tonal differences combined with the new members and studio sounds create a new band identity unlike the old. The Saboteurs have a much chunkier and earthier tone than the Beaver Patrol. The melodies are darker, less frivolous and happy. Mark's high-E sound here is less pristine than his earlier work. There is a more rhythm-oriented sound to many tracks. Apart from being different, this is a very strong CD. - By Phil Dirttrax:

01 Introduction 02 Unabomber 03 Spy Party 04 The Man From E.N.I.G.M.A 05 Espionage Garage 06 The Hearse 07 Midnight Rendezvous 08 Mission Unsurfable 09 The Crow That Flies At Midnight 10 Our Favourite Saboteur 11 Main Theme From The Smiler 12 Into The Shadows 13 Do The Creep 14 Conclusion

THE SPANIC BOYS "Early Spanic Boys" 1988

By 1988, rock & roll belonged to several generations. Nonetheless, the appearance of a father/son roots-rock duo still raised more than a few eyebrows. Milwaukee's Tom and Ian Spanic resemble each other physically and musically. Their similar voices twine into that sort of extra-close harmony that can only come from family members singing together.

EARLY SPANIC BOYS, a repackaged version of the duo's first self-released album, shows influences spanning from Buddy Holly and the Bobby Fuller Four to Marshall Crenshaw. There's even a dash of the Replacements on the manic opener "Long Gone Daddy." It's easy to see how this album got the pair a three-album contract with Rounder Records, as it is chock-full of country-tinged jangle-pop gems such as "Spark of Love," "She's An Angel," and the Ricky Nelson-like "Lonely Man." EARLY SPANIC BOYS is a welcome reissue of a undeservingly overlooked album. (Allmusic)

trax:

01 Long Gone Daddy 02 Spark Of Love 03 Too Bad, So Sad 04 For Her Love 05 Tell Me 06 La De 07 She's An Angel 08 Cry Baby Cry 09 Lonely Man 10 Lost Soul 11 Poor, Poor Love 12 I'm In Love With Her (She's In Love With Him)

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THE SPANIC BOYS "The Spanic Boys" 1990

The major-label debut of Milwaukee's Spanic Boys is actually a surprising and intoxicating roots-rock melange. The Spanics influences span the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, the Bobby Fuller Four, and Marshall Crenshaw. Should this be called country-pop-a-billy-&-roll? However you tag it, SPANIC BOYS rocks.

From the Crenshaw-like opening track, "Keep on Walking," to the amiably choogling closer "Roll on Down the Line," Tom and Ian Spanic showcase close harmony voices that can switch from Everly-sweet to Stanley Brothers-tart in an instant. Both Spanics are also exceptional songwriters, as "Tears of Happiness" and the wild "Living Hell" will attest. The Spanic Boys never broke out beyond their cult audience, but SPANIC BOYS is a fine roots rock album. (Allmusic)

trax:

01 Keep on Walking 02 Living Hell 03 Promised Land 04 Stronger Than Anything 05 The Way Life Goes 06 Julieanna 07 Looks Good to Me 08 London Town 09 When I Call 10 I Will Wait 11 Undercover 12 Tears of Happiness 13 Tell Me Why 14 Lariat 15 Roll on Down the Line

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