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| Eddie Cochran - Eddie Rocks This set is the first to include all of Eddie's solo 'rockin'' sides. -- It includes all the rockin' tracks from his 1957 LP 'Singin' To My Baby'. -- It includes less familiar tracks such as Completely Sweet and Stockings And Shoes -- Eddie Cochran needs no introduction to rock 'n' roll fans - he was one of the original architects of rock 'n' roll, and he has been reissued extensively since his tragic death in April 1960. This compilation, however, is the first to compile all of Eddie's solo 'rockin' tracks in one place - without the usual mishmash of hillbilly tunes, instrumentals, and ballads. Quite simply, this CD rocks from start to finish! -- From Eddie's first rock 'n' roll solo recordings in early 1956 to his last recording session in January 1960, you'll hear such treasures as the original, undubbed versions of Skinny Jim, Twenty Flight Rock, Blue Suede Shoes, and Long Tall Sally. This compilation also includes all of the rocking tracks from Eddie's 1957 LP Album 'Singin' To My Baby' such as the less familiar Completely Sweet and Stockings And Shoes.The pounding hits from Summertime Blues and C'mon Everybody to Somethin' Else are all here too. Of course you will hear posthumously released classics such as Nervous Breakdown, Let's Get Together, My Way, Teenage Heaven and Ah, Pretty Girl which is the rarer version with Eddie providing the guitar overdub. The closing number is the classic Cut Across Shorty, heard here at its original speed instead of the oft heard released speeded up recording. -- All in all even if you've heard these tracks before, this compilation is worth having to blast at your next backyard party. And if this is your introduction to the great music of Eddie Cochran, prepare to have your mind blown - Eddie Cochran rocks! |
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Bear Family 2010 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Elvis Presley - The Essential 2CD |
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Sony Music 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Fats Domino - Million Sellers Vol. 1 & 2 two LPs on 1 CD. Originally released 1962 and 1963. All 28 tracks recorded between 1957-1960. |
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BGO Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Frankie And Johnny Sardo - I Wanna Rock 27 tracks 1958 - 1964 with 20 page booklet |
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Hydra Records 2010 | CD | 11.90 € |
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| Gene "Bo" Davis - Let´s Coast Awhile This is the first ever compilation of Gene Davis who has laid down some great rockabilly & country tracks plus who led a band that is still spoken about on the west coast of America in almost reverential tones. He recorded some great boppin hillbilly songs for King Records in the mid 1950s, before he moved to California and started playing rockabilly. Under the name of Bo Davis he recorded some great rockabilly songs backed by legendary Eddie Cochran. More rocking recordings like Curfew” , “No Rockin & Rollin” followed and soon he was discovered by Buck Ram to appear with his band in some movies like “Carnival Rock” and “Rock All Night” under the name of The Blockbusters. The talented singer and guitar player Gene Davis soon became the house band for the famous LA club The Palomino backing many big names. His band over the years included several soon to be stars. This album includes all of his rocking sides, some country boppers, some duets with Chuck Miles, Faron Young, The Collins Kids, Glen Campbell and finishes with his only chart success “"Oh Those Texas Woman"”. |
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Hydra Records 2010 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Gene Simmons - I Done Told You |
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Snappermusic 2010 | CD | 8.00 € |
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| Gene Vincent - Gene Rocks Another outstanding release in Bear Family's 'Rocks' series, this one features thirty of the greatest rock 'n' roll recordings by the most diehard, dedicated rock 'n' roller of them all. -- Includes all five US hits: Race With The Devil, Bluejean Bop, Lotta Lovin', Dance To The Bop and - one of the -- greatest moments in the history of recorded sound - Be-Bop-A-Lula. -- Cliff Gallup's complex, futuristic lead guitar influenced dozens of major stars including Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Dave Edmunds and Albert Lee. -- Comprehensive notes by fan Ian Wallis, author of the best selling 'American Rock 'n' Roll: The UK Tours 1956-72' (Music Mentor Books). -- There are heaps of Gene Vincent compilations. So many, you practically trip over them. This one is different and then some: It's simply the finest concentrated distillation of Gene Vincent's out 'n' out rock 'n' roll tracks you will ever hear. - These magnificent recordings have a febrile, lascivious quality unmatched by any of his competitors. They're nonsense songs about sex, hotrods, frenzied bopping and uncontrollable limbs in red-blue jeans, always epitomizing the hub-cab stealing ne'erdo-well of a dozen high-school exploitation movies. -- There was no singer quite like him. His lean, mean, high-pitched vocals, laced with screams and yelps on a cushion of fluttery echo, provided the blueprint for every late-blooming rockabilly band and beat-group singer, John Lennon included. And his guitarists were equally radical: Cliff Gallup, the Blue Caps spark-plug, became a huge influence on six-string stuntmen the world over. -- Vincent was a strange, self-destructive mess of a man whose road was always rocky. He drank to excess, limped with a rotting leg, fathered the rock 'n' roll life style and died at 36. But no one has made better rock 'n' roll music before or since. |
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Bear Family 2010 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Hal Harris - Gold Star Guitar |
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El Toro Records 2010 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Jimmy Donley - The Shape You Left Me In Never before on CD!A tragic story matched only by the fabulous swamp pop music!Wrote several of Fats Domino's classic records!Contains every title, issued and unissued, recorded 1957 - 1960 by the legendary Jimmy Donley, plus multiple takes of previously known singles.Includes an extensive, newly researched biography, discography and many never seen pictures from Jimmy's sister.Jimmy Donley has become a cult figure, his fame spreading well beyond the boundaries of Louisiana swamp pop and rockabilly. A prolific songwriter - compared by some to Hank Williams - Donley never enjoyed success with his own recordings. Much of his legacy rests on the unlikely musical and personal bond he forged with Fats Domino, who recorded more than half a dozen of his songs. Music aside, the details of Jimmy Donley's tragic life have made him one of the most notorious figures of his era. He is remembered today for the extreme and incessant violence in his life. Prior to his suicide in 1963, Donley's aggression was freely directed at his numerous wives, girlfriends, as well as casual patrons in the Gulf Coast bars where he performed. You didn't want to come near him when he was drinking, recalls Donley's sister. The trouble was, Jimmy Donley drank nearly all the time.--Donley's music has never been reissued with the care and attention to detail it deserves. Bear Family remedies all that with the release of this CD, featuring an extensive bio based on new interview material by Hank Davis, a generous collection of Donley's classic sides for Decca Nashville, as well as a special glimpse at the behind-the-scenes events at one of Donley's recording sessions. It's all here: every title Donley recorded between 1957 and 1960, including multiple takes and previously unissued material. This set offers the best available look into the life and music of one of the Deep South's legendary figures. |
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Bear Family 2010 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| John Zacherle - Monster Mash / Scary Tales Operating out of Philadelphia, Cameo-Parkway was among the most successful independent record companies of the early 1960s, turning out a veritable production line of teen-friendly singles by artists such as Chubby Checker, the Orlons, the Dovells, Dee Dee Sharp and Bobby Rydell. This month sees the release on Ace of the latest batch of collections from the vaults of Cameo and sister logo Parkway in the shape of twofers from Dee Dee Sharp, the Dovells and self-appointed “Cool Ghoul” John Zacherle. John Sebastian did the notes for the John Zacherle set. Yep, that John Sebastian, he of the Lovin’ Spoonful. It seems he was a bit of a Boris Karloff fan, which is how he first became aware of John Zacherle, who hosted re-runs of old horror movies on WCAU-TV out of Philadelphia in the late 1950s. The craze for scary movies spread to the record biz, which led to Zacherle reaching #6 with ‘Dinner With Drac’ in 1958. (OK, we’re a bit late for Hallowe’en with this release, but hey, there’s always next year.) By Mick Patrick (ACE Records) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Johnny Burnette - Ballads Of Johnny Burnette 1-CD DigiPac - four panel - mit 36-page booklet. 30 tracks. Playing time: 72:48) -- The softer side of a rock 'n' roll god! Includes two early '60s classics, 'You're Sixteen' (later revived by Ringo Starr) and 'Dreamin''. Fabulous early '60s Los Angeles pop, produced by the legendary Snuff Garrett. -- These days, Johnny Burnette is justly renowned as one of the all-time wildest rockabillies, who made maybe the greatest-ever rockabilly recordings. But there was another side to Johnny Burnette. After his rockabilly singles failed, he moved to Los Angeles, wrote songs for Ricky Nelson, and soon became a teen idol in his own right. This set includes his five Hot 100 entries from the early '60s, all produced by the legendary Snuff Garrett with the cream of the Los Angeles session men, plus rarities, obscurities, and simply great performances. In addition to his own fine songs and big hits, this compilation includes classic songs like 'My Special Angel', 'Please Help Me I'm Falling', 'Roses Are Red', 'Moody River', and many others. There's a bonus in the shape of 'Clown Shoes', a neglected classic written by James Marcus Smith, who would later find fame in England as P. J. Proby. -- Johnny Burnette died in a boating accident in 1964. He'd led a short, often wild, life, but this is the other side of his considerable legacy. |
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Bear Family 2010 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| NOW DIG THIS NO. 333 - December 2010 Hollywood Jukebox - The Big Beat on the Silver Screen The Everly Brothers - Stories We Could Tell Ponderosa Stomp - Review 'n' Pix I Shall Be Released - December 1960 Hemsby - Review 'n' Pix Country Comment New York Notes A Rocker's Ramblings Your Letters CD & Vinyl Reviews |
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Now Dig This 2010 | CD | 8.00 € |
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| Pat Boone - The Drugstore's Rockin' The pop side of Pat Boone! Features some of his all-time greatest hits... Don't Forbid Me, Love Letters In The Sand, I'll Be Home, Speedy Gonzales, etc... all in stunning remastered sound! Also includes rarities. A total of 35 songs plus a generously full booklet with many unseen photos, detailed biography and a discography! -- In a career that started in 1953 and continues to this day, Pat Boone had 60 Top 100 chart entries in the U.S. between 1955 and 1969. In the U.K., he charted over two dozen hits from 1955 to 1962. Through most of those years, he ran second only to Elvis! -- His rock 'n' roll titles have now been collected together on a 34 track volume in Bear Family's justly acclaimed 'Rocks' series. Now here is the companion volume that has been assembled to focus on his ballad, teen and hit recordings. It features an appealing and listenable mix of hit singles and rare album tracks (many only previously reissued on Bear Family's two Boone box sets, 'The Fifties Complete' and 'The Sixties: 1960-62'). -- Among the gems on offer here are I'll Be Home, Don't Forbid Me, Love Letters In The Sand, A Wonderful Time Up There (akaGospel Boogie), Bernadine, I Almost Lost My Mind, Gee Whittakers, Gee, But It's lonely, April Love, Lover's Lane, Speedy Gonzales, Johnny Will and Moody River. -- As with the 'Rocks' volume this one, too comes in an open out digipac format and features all those usual Bear Family high standard trademarks, a booklet with abundant photographs together with discography of the tracks included. |
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Bear Family 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Paul Anka - Singing & Swinging 2CD One of the first, and what's more, one of the biggest teen idols of the late '50s who is still as popular today! Features for the first time on CD his first three LPs, two of them in stereo plus bonus tracks of his single releases that were not included on the LPs! Includes the hits, 'Diana', 'I Love You Baby', 'You Are My Destiny', 'Lonely Boy' and 'Put Your Head On My Shoulder'. This is certainly the most comprehensive CD retrospective available for Paul Anka's early recordings and includes full sleevenotes and chart history |
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Jasmine Records 2010 | CD | 12.00 € |
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| Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Weird And Then Some 2CD Jay Hawkins was one of the most unique and original artists of the Rock and Roll era who's exclusive style and weird stage shtick made him an interesting cut above the rest. Features hits like 'Baptise Me in Wine', 'Little Demon' and his inimitable version of 'I Put a Spell on You' plus several hilarious treatments of well known standards. This is the first time that so much of his early material has been on one package and contains all the A & B sides of his earliest releases. |
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Jasmine Records 2010 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| VA: - 1960s Rock & Roll from the Nashville Indies Nashville is known the World over as Music City and though it is mostly identified with country music it has always been a place where all types of music have been played and recorded. Buddy Holly, Gene Vincent, Little Richard and Elvis Presley all made some of their earliest recordings in Nashville. By the early sixties Rock & Roll was here to stay and labels big and small were beating the bushes to find talent. This collection focuses on some of Nashville’s smallest independent labels and their most obscure releases. It is a footnote in the long history of Nashville as The Music City and a fascinating glimpse into the small 1960s labels. |
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T-Bird Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Ace Story Vol. 1 A little over 30 years ago, the R&B and rock’n’roll loving directorate of Chiswick Records decided that it might be fun to start a sister label, which did for the recordings of what was then a mere 20 years previously what Chiswick was doing for the more current stuff. Chiswick itself had sprung from small beginnings involving two men with a market stall full of golden oldies both common and rare, so this was not something that surprised too many people who witnessed the birth of this new reissue label – which shared the name of one of the most famous imprints in rock’n’roll/R&B history and which, in 2010, still goes by the name of Ace Records. The American Ace label, run out of Jackson Mississippi by shrewd record man Johnny Vincent, was a veritable sweet shop of great 50s and early 60s music. Ted Carroll and Roger Armstrong had been selling vast quantities of original Ace 45s on the Rock On stall, and when Ted broached the prospect of licensing some Ace masters for UK issue/reissue with Johnny Vincent, he not only said yes but gave Ted his blessing to use the Ace name as an outlet for these, and other, reissues. Thus it was that UK Ace was able to successfully mine Vincent’s trove of musical treasures and that Ted, Roger and expert Ray Topping were able to compile – among other things – five fabulous volumes of “The Ace Story”. These original albums stayed in catalogue for years, until the deal ran out and Vincent decided to take his catalogue elsewhere. Of all the old vinyl UK Ace albums, they are among the most asked-for on CD by those who bought them decades ago and want to indulge themselves in a newly digitised version. Over the course of the next year-and-a-bit, we’ll be reissuing all five volumes of “The Ace (Ms) Story” using the original covers. Each volume will be augmented with additional classics that wouldn’t fit the finite running time of a long player, Some tracks will have been reissued many times since we first compiled them in the late 1970s and early 1980s, while others have barely been heard in public since the aspiring hopefuls in question stood before the mic in, usually, Cosimo’s Recording Studio in downtown New Orleans and did their bit to let the good times roll. Each set offers a fabulous overview of New Orleans R&B, and some of the greatest music of their time. We’re sure we don’t need to reintroduce you to Huey Smith, Frankie Ford, Earl King, Jimmy Clanton, Bobby Marchan, Frankie Lee Sims and other members of our company. And we’re sure you’ll greet them with warm appreciation, no matter how many times you might have heard some of the biggest hits that we obviously couldn’t leave out… …Ace is back on Ace. And this is the story, morning glory… By Tony Rounce (ACE Records website) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| VA: - Ace Story Vol. 2 We weren’t in the least bit surprised at how well our expanded CD reissue of “The Ace (USA) Story Volume 1” was received. It’s been one of the most requested items in the “Why don’t you reissue more of your old vinyl albums on CD” stakes for years and, frankly, we’d have been more surprised if it hadn’t gone down well. In fact, it’s gone down so well that we’ve advanced the release of the second volume to satisfy public demand. The remaining three volumes are to be expanded and digitised during the course of next year. As with the previous and forthcoming collections, Volume 2 is enhanced by the addition of a dozen bonus tracks that complement those selected many years ago for the original vinyl LP. Johnny Vincent may not have been a musician himself, but he certainly knew which musicians would make his 45s and albums sound as great as they did. By employing hands-on A&R men of the calibre of Huey “Piano” Smith, sax king Alvin “Red” Tyler and the young Mac “Dr John” Rebennack, who commanded respect among their musical peers, he always ensured that Ace’s rhythm tracks would personify the sound of New Orleans at its best. The beauty of a catalogue such as Vincent’s is that there are so many great records in it that there’s no question of turning to anything not so good in an attempt to fill a CD. Volume 2 offers more of what Volume 1 delivered: the unbeatable goodtime New Orleans rock’n’roll and R&B for which Ace was famous (although one or two tracks were recorded outside of the Crescent City, next door in Houston). Several Ace label stalwarts inevitably make their welcome return, but we also encounter a number of highly talented people who briefly figured in Johnny Vincent’s discography – and who, but for the lack of a hit record, may have figured more prominently than they did. Our roll call includes 40s R&B megastars Amos Milburn and Charles Brown duetting on Huey Smith’s rocking ‘Educated Fool’, Edgar “Big Boy” Myles and Issachar “Junior” Gordon stepping out from premier vocal groups the Shaweez and the Spiders respectively, more great stuff from blues kings Frankie Lee Sims and Julius “Mercy Baby” Mullins, a brilliant example of the early work of Crescent City legend Eddie Bo and more from the inevitably top quality repertoire of Ace mainstays Frankie Ford, Jimmy Clanton, Bobby Marchan and Huey Smith. If this music doesn’t cure your blues and put a smile on your face, it really is about time you gave some thought to having that check-up from the neck up. By Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| VA: - Ain't No Pity In Pseudonym City 25 rock and roll aliases |
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Fantastic Voyage 2010 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - Bo Diddley Is A Songwriter In his long and illustrious career, the late Ellas McDaniel portrayed his alter ego Bo Diddley as many things – a lover, a gunslinger, crazy, even a lumberjack would you believe (and as this is Bo we’re talking about, you would…) One thing that Bo seldom if ever proclaimed himself to be is ‘A Songwriter”. But over a period of 10 years, Bo crafted some of the most memorable songs of the rock ‘n’ roll and R & B era, including numerous Hall Of Fame perennials which many will be unaware are his songs. For instance, there can be few on this planet who’ve never heard at least one version of “Love Is Strange” – it was featured in ‘Dirty Dancing’, one of the most popular and biggest grossing films of all time, for goodness sake! How many of the thousands of young people who own that soundtrack album also know that the same man who wrote it also wrote “Mona” a 1990s UK chart topper for Craig McLachlan, and “No No No”, a Top 10 hit in 1993 for reggae artist Dawn Penn (both songs appear here, in other versions, under their real titles ‘I Need You Baby’ and ‘She’s Fine, She’s Mine’ respectively…). Not many, I’ll wager. Bo is so well known and loved as an R & B legend that his songwriting skills tend to get overlooked in comparison with his fabulous recordings. He may be seen by some as a left field entry in Ace’s ongoing ‘Songwriter Series’, but once the CD popped into the player, it won’t take but a few minutes (as his Chess colleague Chuck Berry once wrote) to realise that he’s here on merit, and not just because everyone at Ace loves Bo Diddley. Of course, anyone who lived through the R&B and British Beat boom will be familiar with any number of E. McDaniel copyrights – both those Bo wrote, and those that were written for him by others. And there’s considerably more variety to Bo’s songwriting than some might initially think. OK, so he did put together more numerous variations on the ‘shave-and-a-haircut, six-bits’ rhythm. But Bo’s catalogue of compositions also embraces doo-wop (‘I’m Sorry’), teen pop (‘Love Is Strange’, ‘Mama Can I Go Out’) proto-surf (‘Bo’s Bounce’), humour (‘Pills’) 12 bar blues (‘Before You Accuse Me’) straight ahead R&B (‘I Can Tell’, ‘Diddy Wah Diddy’) and so much more besides. As well as recording his songs, many of our stellar cast of artists were major league Bo fans and, indeed, most of those who are still around continue to be. The fact that the recordings on our CD span a period of 50 years gives a strong indication of the timelessness of his work as a writer – hardly surprising when his own early recordings still sound like they were recorded yesterday. If there’s still any shadow of doubt in your mind that Bo Diddley IS a songwriter, buy this CD immediately and let its contents rid you henceforth of such foolish supposition! By Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Buddy's Buddies 3CD Over the last three years, El Toro Records has been leading the field in systematically reissuing the neglected legacy of the late, great Buddy Holly. When Universal finally announced a box set of his complete recordings last year we thought that our task was over - but not so! The complete set turned out to be far from complete; so this final Buddy Holly release from El Toro Records has gathered the material ignored by the otherwise exemplary Universal box set, notably all those commercial recordings which featured Buddy as session-musician-cum-producer from his golden years of 1957-58 and a bonus CD to collate all the remaining radio/TV interviews and the live radio/TV/promo clips from 1958 that hadn't been featured in our previous volumes. Sandwiched in between, and taking advantage of our title of “Buddy’s Buddies”, we have a jam-packed compilation CD of talented Texas artists with whom Buddy crossed paths in the 1950s. Rave on!" |
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El Toro Records 2010 | CD | 23.00 € |
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| VA: - Drumbeat / Saturday Club 2CD his excellent new 2CD set focuses on the popular TV show Drumbeat and the Saturday Club radio show. Featuring popular artists of the era including: Ricky Valance, Adam Faith and Cliff Richard. Many of the tracks available here are new to CD and features a plethora of hits from the time. This incredible 2CD set really captures the fun and excitement of the early Rock & Roll era and the two hit shows that millions tuned in to every week! |
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Jasmine Records 2010 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| VA: - East Coast Teen Party Vol. 10 29 tracks |
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Eastcoast Music 2010 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - East Coast Teen Party Vol. 11 28 tracks |
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Eastcoast Music 2010 | CD | 11.90 € |
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| VA: - Greasy Rock'n'Roll Vol. 14 18 tracks |
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Blakey Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Great British Skiffle Vol. 4 2CD |
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Smith & Co 2010 | CD | 12.00 € |
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| VA: - Great Googly Moo It’s been a long time since “Great Googa Mooga” (CDCHD 880), a collection of answers to profound issues confronting mankind for millennia and a comprehensive overview of the finest minds of the 20th century. People are still talking about it, often for its danceability and entertainment value, of all things! It’s been heard said that a follow-up volume already exists, people have waited so long for its appearance. Now, finally, we bring you that long overdue sequel. In January 1960 Pat Boone launched a record label called Agoom Agooc. This is Cooga Mooga reversed. The Phantom’s ‘Love Me’ may have been the only release on the label. Does this help set the tone? We hope so, but need to add that the above mentioned tune does not grace this album. So what does? The Quasar of Rock, His Royal Highness, Little Richard, is once again present. This time with an alternate take of that epitome of undisputed truths, ‘Tutti Frutti’. Also back in attendance is the Great Pretender to the throne and a king among rockers himself, Larry Williams, this time with the wildest take of ‘Hocus Pocus’. The Rivingtons, whose ‘Mama Oom Mow Mow’ can be heard on “Great Googa Mooga”, return with ‘The Bird’s The Word’. The Spaniels lend us our title with ‘Great Googly Moo’, one of their late and just as great Vee-Jay 45s. You can’t hear too much about that mysterious place described in Sheriff & the Revels’ ‘Shombalor’. We are very excited about releasing for the first time anywhere the great wordsmith Shirley Ellis’ unissued ‘Ka Ta Ga Boom Beat’, from the time of her huge hits ‘The Name Game’ and ‘The Clapping Song’. And the irrepressible Screamin’ Jay Hawkins is ‘Hearing Voices’. Altogether 24 upbeat tracks that will mentally beat you up. In much the same way that the blues is full of idiosyncratic language that has baffled even the hardiest of scholars, songs written for teenagers in the 50s and early 60s were often couched in a similarly veiled sub-cultural tongue. Bop talk among jazz musicians of the 1920s alienated white listeners. Likewise, the language of rock’n’roll was often contrived to alienate adults (squares). Many of these songs were written and recorded in alliance with radio DJs eager to get a leg up on their competition by promoting an in-lingo known only among their own listeners. In this way we got, among many others, the Bobbettes with ‘Rock And Ree Ah Zole (The Teen-Age Talk)’. Some fascinating stories emerge: people going ‘Oonka Chicka’, for no understandable reason; others creating answer records to ‘Sh-Boom’. Where would you start? The last word should probably have gone to the Tammys and their epic ‘Egyptian Shumba’, but it doesn’t. It goes to Macy Skipper, who gets caught ‘Goofin’ Off’. What else can I tell you? In this volume we get a little closer to some answers. But we don’t delve too deep. We’re scared! By Brian Nevill (ACE Records) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Just Around Bakersfield- Rock Bop Country |
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Classics Records 2010 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - Just Go Wild Over Rock'n'Roll |
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Roll Rock & Rhythm Records 2010 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - Like What We Wrote -The Songs Of Johnny And Dorsey Vol. 3 |
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Hydra Records 2010 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - London American Label Year By Year 1961 To no one’s surprise, the “London American Year By Year” series has proven to be an instant success for Ace. The combination of nostalgia for both the era that the series will cover and for the label itself, not to mention the prospect of owning hundreds more vintage gems on Ace CD for the first time, has ensured that – as the late Fergus Cashin of the Daily Sketch might have put it - “this one will run and run”. Indeed, such is the demand for future volumes that we’ve already stepped up the scheduling of LAYBY from two to three times a year. (Well, your compilers will both be well into their seventies by the time of the intended final volume, and like you we’d prefer to live to see the series through to its grand finale – thus it seemed a sensible thing to do…). Fans can expect this January release of this 1961 volume to be followed by 1962 in October, with our first backtrack to 1959 as the tasty filler for this musical sandwich in June. We’d like to step that schedule up even more if we could – but as you can imagine, each volume is a mammoth undertaking for Ace’s licensing department, not to mention the amount of work that goes into sourcing the original London tapes and the matching the audio to the sound of the original 45s by the guys at Sound Mastering. These things just do not happen overnight, and we do need to put some other CDs out in between and around these releases to stay in business, y’know… All this notwithstanding, we kick off the ‘tennies’ with LAYBY 1961, which we feel more than upholds the standard set by its acclaimed predecessor. One of the main promises we made to the collector was that each volume would feature at least 20 tracks that were new to Ace CD. On this occasion, only one of the featured tracks has ever been heard on Ace before (Timi Yuro’s ‘Hurt’). This is quite astounding when one considers that debutantes here include Eddie Cochran’s ‘Weekend’, Del Shannon’s ‘So Long Baby’ and Jerry Lee Lewis’ ‘What’d I Say’, to name but three. It really does demonstrate how much rock ‘n’ roll gold there still is in ‘them thar hills’ to mine, doesn’t it? As ever, there’s extensive track-by-track commentary, with a shot of every featured London 45 to complement the annotation. An intro by long-time London collector Roger Cope perfectly sums up the feelings of everyone who ever put their pocket money or part of a meagre pay packet towards the purchase of one or more of these goodies, your compilers included. And the best news of all is that all of the songs run for less than two and a half minutes, so if there’s something here you don’t like (and we truthfully don’t expect everyone to enjoy everything that’s on offer across the series) you’re seldom more than 150 seconds away from something that you will!” By Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Mit der Raupe fahr'n... Das waren noch Zeiten: Ab an die Raupe! Denn da lief die neueste Musik auf dem Freimarkt in Bremen, dem Oldenburger Krammermarkt, dem Hamburger Dom oder auf anderen Rummelplatz - Sausen. Discotheken gab's noch nicht - und wo sonst konnte man mit den Mädchen so schön flirten und bei geschlossenem Verdeck unbemerkt knutschen?! Die ersten Schmatzer in der Raupenbahn klingen bis heute nach, die Liebesschwüre hängen noch immer zwischen den alten Kufen der Bahn... Das Bremen - Eins - Team der 'Oldiebörse' holt diese unvergesslichen Erinnerungen und handfesten Gefühle zurück - die bei intensivem Hinhören plötzlich gar nicht mehr so alt erscheinen... Die RAUPENHITS der Oldiebörse, präsentiert von BEAR FAMILY RECORDS: ein Muss - nicht nur für den großen Rummel! |
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Bear Family 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Mostly Ghostly - More Horror For Halloween |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - One Night Stand - Recorded Live at the Granada, Edmonton recordings first published 1963 |
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Pastime Productions 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Stack A Records An interesting compilation featuring recordings from the Crest Records catalogue and its subsidiary Silver. Also includes Eddie Daniels, Hank Cochran and Don Deal tracks only available before as limited editions. Plus 10 live recordings featuring; 1956 radio recordings from the original masters of Jerry Mercer and Narvel Felts. October 1957 Australian Tour with Little Richard, Eddie Cochran backed by the Little Richard Band, Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps. Early 1957 Australian Tour with Freddie Bell and The Bellboys, The Platters and Bill Haley and The Comets. |
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T-Bird Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Teen Rockin' Fever Vol. 2 |
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Scooter Records 2010 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - Teen Rockin' Party Vol. 1 |
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Classics Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - That British Sound Vol. 10 |
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Blakey Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - The Best Of Golden Crest 2CD Ace Records’ link with Golden Crest dates back to 1993. That was when I travelled to picturesque Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, to discuss a licensing deal specifically for the Wailers’ enduring hit instrumental, ‘Tall Cool One’, which duly appeared on “The Golden Age of American Rock’n’Roll, Vol 6” (CDCHD 650). Label-founder Clark Galehouse had died 10 years earlier, so his daughter Shelley came along with her trusted adviser – none other than the great but notorious Hy Weiss of Old Town Records. I couldn’t believe my “luck” in coming up against one of the sharpest and most conniving minds in the business. Eventually I ended up with two contracts: one for Ace; the other in marriage to Shelley. Through the years Ace has released the “The Fabulous Wailers” (CDCHD 675, a classic and still a solid seller); “On The Road With Rock’n’Roll” by Mando and the Chili Peppers and “Golden Crest Instrumentals” (now deleted); plus quite a few individual tracks. Other reissue labels have licensed Golden Crest masters, from rock’n’roll, rocking instrumentals, doo wop and teen to classical. Now, at last, we have this first-ever “The Best Of Golden Crest” collection, which draws on singles aimed primarily at the Top 100 charts in the peak rock’n’roll years from the parent label and its subsidiaries Shelley, DeWitt and Yorkshire. Out of the 48 tracks here, no less than 35 are new to Ace CD with almost half new to CD anywhere. By virtue of its location in Huntington Station, NY, Golden Crest was well placed to trawl talent from Long Island (including Queens and Brooklyn), also New York and New Jersey. But the label made its mark when ‘Tall Cool One’ by the Wailers, from the Northwest area, hit the Top 50 charts on Billboard and Cash Box in 1959 and then again in 1964. As a result of the Wailers’ success, Galehouse tapped into other Northwest acts Clayton Watson (Lord Dent), the Mad Plaids, the Chessmen and Lola Sugia. A further wellspring of satisfying recordings in an R&B vein (but with no hits) emanated from record lady Lillian Claiborne of Washington, D.C. So, what new-to-CD tracks are there to savour? From the Claiborne stable, try the three New Orleans R&B-influenced Calvin Ruffins and the spot-on Little Willie John soundalike Johnny Stewart with ‘Come On And Love Me’; the attitudinal ‘Bug Out’ by the Seven Teens and more teen pop from the Three Graces and the Montells; ‘Why Did You Tell Me?’ by anguished R&B’er Cartrell Dickson; the superior soul of ‘Girl’ by the Bluestyle with Carl Vanterpool; singles by jazz masters Coleman Hawkins and Carmen Leggio; the splendid bonus track, ‘New York City Blues’, by Larry Dale & his Houserockers (with Bob Gaddy and Jimmy Spruill), written by UK author/Juke Blues writer Dave Williams; and, of course, the three “new” Wailers cuts from their very first 1958 session. To round off this double CD, there is a highly attractive booklet detailing the label’s history and featuring its innovative picture 45s and picture sleeves. For all the diversity of music genres released, Golden Crest Records was still part of the marvellous cartel of independent labels that contributed so much to the rock’n’roll era. And it shows in these 48 tall cool ones. By John Broven (Ace Records website) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 23.00 € |
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| VA: - The Holly Sound |
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Classics Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - You Heard It Here First! Vol. 2 As a concept it’s a revelation – the original versions of (mostly) familiar songs that went on to become big hits by other artists. Familiarity is turned on its head as mental receptors attuned to the better-known hit versions – the received wisdom, if you like – are challenged for attention by the performers who made the original recordings to little or no acclaim. It’s a parallel universe where the reassuringly familiar landscape is a beautiful illusion. Volume 1 of “You Heard It Here First” was among our best sellers of last year and we believe that this sequel is an even stronger package. Here again are pop hits as the soundtrack to our lives – but not as we know them. Many of these original versions are exceedingly rare in vinyl form, notably Dan Penn’s self-penned original version of ‘I’m Your Puppet’ (on which Penn actually sings the line ‘I’m The Puppet’, in contrast to all the versions which followed) and the Corporation’s barnstorming ‘Candida’, subsequently a US #3 for Tony Orlando’s Dawn, though one wonders why the Corporation’s torrid original failed to make the same impact. Tony Joe White’s ‘Polk Salad Annie’, a top 10 hit on the Monument label in 1969, laid down the template for the so-called swamp rock sound and was later popularised by Elvis who had a UK hit with the song in 1973. But for all his seeming self-assurance, White had struggled to make the song work , having cut it for Monument as ‘Old Man Willis’ a year earlier before re-recording it with a fresh set of lyrics as ‘Polk Salad Annie’. Here’s how it sounded before the re-write – a truly intriguing juxtaposition. Most of Brian Hyland’s hits were written for him so it comes as a surprise to learn that his signature tune, ‘Sealed With A Kiss’, had first been recorded some two years earlier by the Four Voices, a clean-cut vocal group. That is the version which displays the apparent debt the song owed to ‘The Green Leaves of Summer’, a big hit of the day. Transmogrified by successive generations of folk and pop artists into ‘Wimoweh’ ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’, Solomon Linda’s African tribal chant, ‘Mbube’, must be one of the most misappropriated tunes in post-war pop music, though in recent years Linda began to receive the acknowledgement for his memorable if inadvertent contribution to the pop canon and we are proud to present it here. Sixties wheeler-dealer Simon Napier-Bell and TV maven Vicki Wickham took it upon themselves to pen English lyrics to a contemporary Italian hit, ’Io Che Non Vivo (Senza Te)’ in the back of a cab on their way to an evening meal at a restaurant in London’s West End in early 1966 – or so the redoubtable Napier-Bell has claimed in various autobiographies. Those twenty or so usefully occupied minutes produced ‘You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me’, under which title the song has provided something of a lifelong annuity for the pair. Pino Donaggio’s gorgeous Italian original of this classic power ballad is among the highlights of the set. ‘Sorrow’ was knocked out without much conscious effort as a filler for the McCoys’ first album in the wake of their 1965 mega-hit ‘Hang On Sloopy’. Maybe the producers (who also happened to write the song) missed a trick by consigning ‘Sorrow’ to makeweight status, but no matter as Brit duo the Sorrows took the song into the UK Top 10 a few months later. That was the version that inspired David Bowie’s recording but it’s the McCoys’ stripped-down original which probably packs the mightiest charm of all. The songs, compellingly sequenced, are all hits, the technicolour packaging incorporating all the prerequisite fax’n’info, gives off a warm comforting glow, and the entire concept constitutes a little bit of pop history in the making. What’s not to like? By Rob Finnis (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Wayne Walker - How Do You Think I Feel ? Wayne Walker will forever be known as a highly-successful songwriter in the country and pop fields during the 1950s and 1960s. Since his death in the late 1970s, however, he became something of a rockabilly hero in Europe with such obscure recordings as “All I Can Do Is Cry”, “Love Me”, “Bo-Bo Ska Diddle Daddle”, “You’ve Got Me” and “Little Ole You” which have kept the dance floors of the many rock ‘n’ roll clubs filled. Strangely, those thirty-odd years that have since elapsed have never seen a complete Wayne Walker reissue…until now! This is Wayne Walker – The singer and his songs |
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El Toro Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Brenda Lee - Queen Of Rock'n'Roll Here are the tougher rock’n’roll recordings Brenda Lee made at the start of her career before she fully embraced the smooth certainties of the pop market. Comprising early singles and a few choice LP tracks, it is a stand-alone release designed to wrap up all her early rockers and serve as a companion volume to Ace’s existing programme of Brenda Lee album reissues. Even at the height of her ballad phase, Brenda demonstrated that she had never entirely left her rock roots behind by placing rockers on the on the B-sides of her singles. These up-tempo offerings frequently became hits too – tunes such ‘Just A Little’, ‘Anybody But Me’ and ‘That’s All You Gotta Do’, all heard here, are typical examples. Also included is her breakthrough hit, ‘Sweet Nothin’s’ , the perennial ‘Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree’, the all-time classic, ‘Let’s Jump The Broomstick’ and early boppers such as ‘Dynamite (the 1957 version not the later re-cut), ‘Rock The Bop’ and Jambalaya’ which display a feisty attack for one so young – she was a mere 13 years-old at the time. Some of Lee’s biggest American ballads were less successful in Britain where she was better known for her up-tempo material. In 1961, Brunswick, the label representing US Decca in the UK decided to re-promote an earlier release, ‘Let’s Jump The Broomstick’, in response to an underlying demand. The revived 45 reached #12 helping to keep Brenda’s name in the limelight here. Similarly, ‘Here Comes That Feeling’ (relegated to a B-side in the States) reached the Top 10 in Britain while barely making a ripple back home. By the time the British Invasion had swept the States in 1964, Brenda’s recording profile had strayed just a little too far into AOR territory and she was keen to reassert her pre-eminence in the fast-changing teen market. British promoter Don Arden put her in touch with hotshot young British producer Mickie Most who’d taken the Animals to the top with ‘House Of The Rising Sun’. It was the first time she’d recorded outside Nashville since 1957. The result was the scorching double-sider, ‘Is It True’ c/w ‘What’d I Say’ featuring Jimmy Page and powerhouse drummer Bobby Graham. In the States, ‘Is It True’ came out with a different flip, ‘Just Behind The Rainbow’, so American fans never got to hear ‘What’d I Say’. Cut in a single take, ‘What’d I Say’ appears here on CD for the first time and makes a tremendous closer to this engaging set by the Queen of Rock’n’Roll’, complemented, as always, by an attractive booklet brimming with rare ads and period pics. By Rob Finnis (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2009 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Charlie Rich - Charlie Rocks Charlie Rich made his living sing slick love songs and ballads during the 1970s and '80s. But fans of vintage rockabilly and Sun rock 'n' roll have always known there was another side to 'The Silver Fox.' Rich cut his teeth on Memphis music and made his first recordings at Sam Phillips' famous Sun studio at 706 Union Avenue. Phillips commented on numerous occasions that he never recorded a more talented singer/songwriter/musician than Charlie Rich. Musicians who worked with Rich still talk about the effortless way he crossed genres and brought jazz, blues, rock and country into what might otherwise have been a routine session. Forget about the slick, over-produced hits of the 1970s and '80s. This collection goes way, way deeper in revealing the rocking soul of Charlie Rich. Rich had it all - Presleyish good looks, a spectacular voice, and piano chops so fine he could have made his living playing on other people's sessions. This generous album of rockers, compiled from three different label affiliations during the earliest years of Rich's career, showcases the finest features of his composing and vocal talent. As usual, Bear Family Records digs deep into the vaults and brings together a stellar combination of known, semi-known and utterly obscure selections from Rich's earliest work. We've even managed to unearth some previously unissued tracks and alternate takes. The package includes detailed musical commentary and original biographical notes by Sun and Rich historian, Hank Davis. This collection will be a treat for Charlie Rich's loyal legion of followers, and will also win some new fans and collectors into the camp of this legendary Arkansas musician. |
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Bear Family 2009 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Charlie Rich - The Ballads Of Charlie Rich DigiPac with 40-Page Booklet, 33 tracks; playing time: 85:40). -- A deep look at Rich's Sun, RCA and Smash ballads, beginning nearly twenty years before the 'Silver Fox' era, the only collection focusing entirely on Charlie Rich ballads. This set provides the best evidence that Rich was truly the era's 'best white soul singer'. It contains ultra-rare and previously unreleased material. -- Nearly 15 years after his death, Charlie Rich remains a hero to country and rockabilly collectors. Forget about the slick, over-produced hits of the 1970s and '80s. This collection goes way, way deeper in revealing the soul of Charlie Rich. Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records, commented on numerous occasions that he never recorded a more talented singer/songwriter/musician than Rich. Musicians who worked with Rich still talk about the effortless way he crossed genres and brought jazz, blues and rock into what might otherwise have been a routine country session. Charlie Rich had it all - Presleyish good looks, a spectacular voice, and piano chops so fine he could have made his living playing on other people's sessions. This generous album of ballads, compiled from three different label affiliations during the earliest years of Rich's career, showcases the finest features of his composing and vocal talent. Considered by many to be the finest white soul singer of his time, Charlie Rich really lets it fly on this exceptional compilation. As usual, Bear Family Records digs deep into the vaults and brings together a stellar combination of known, semi-known and utterly obscure selections from Rich's earliest work. We've even managed to unearth some previously unissued tracks. The package includes detailed musical commentary and original biographical notes by Sun and Rich historian, Hank Davis. -- This collection will be a treat for Charlie Rich's loyal legion of followers, and will also win some new fans and collectors into the camp of this legendary Arkansas musician. |
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Bear Family 2009 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Cliff Richard - Move It 11 tracks |
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Weton-Wesgram 2009 | CD | 7.00 € |
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| Connie Francis - Fallin' - The Best Of The Early Years 2CD Alongside Brenda Lee, Connie Francis was the most popular female singer of the R&B era, and like Brenda she was a child prodigy made good. This special 2CD set presents a comprehensive overview of Connie's early career, all these sides being recorded between 1955 - 1958. Disc one features the ten discs she cut before her commercial breakthrough, including 'The Majesty Of Love', a duet with Marvin Rainwater which would eventually go on to sell a million copies and also her first two hits, the million selling 'Who's Sorry Now?' and 'I'm Sorry I Made You Cry'. Disc two kicks off with the multi million selling 'Stupid Cupid' & 'Carolina Moon', and includes Connie's further worldwide hits 'Fallin'', 'My Happiness', 'I'll Get By' and 'You Always Hurt The One You Love', alongside her first LP Who's Sorry Now?' and several collectors rarities. |
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Jasmine Records 2009 | CD | 12.00 € |
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| Connie Francis - Rockin' Connie You’d think versatility would be a plus for a singer’s career, wouldn’t you? Well, tell that to Connie Francis. By leaps and bounds the most successful female singer of the early rock era, Connie has never even been nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I could plead her case at length, but with nowhere near the eloquence of “Rockin’ Connie”, Ace’s new CD that showcases 28 sterling examples of this Jill-of-all-trades’ mastery of the genre she helped popularise and define. Connie’s endless résumé begins with her career as a child performer in the early days of television, and she was still in her teens when she scored her first hit, ‘Who’s Sorry Now’, in 1958. By the end of the decade she had charted with a series of rockers, teen-angst ballads, old standards, Italian songs, even ‘God Bless America’. Her LP catalogue includes collections of Irish, German, Jewish, Spanish and, especially, Italian favourites, alongside sets devoted to folk, country, big band, waltzes, Christmas and kids’ songs. In the midst of this torrent of wildly eclectic concept albums, Connie also became a popular movie star, was a mainstay in nightclubs of the Vegas-Copa ilk and was ubiquitous on American TV, singing and performing comedy skits with older stars like Jimmy Durante and Jack Benny. This all-things-to-all-people approach may explain why few seem to recall that among the Hawaiian and Broadway releases were interspersed titles like “Rock & Roll Million Sellers” and “Do The Twist”. Leave it to Ace to remind us. Compiled and annotated by Mick Patrick and David Bell, “Rockin’ Connie” delivers exactly what it promises. Connie rocks, all right. She also rolls, bops, stomps, twists and boogies, tackling rock-oriented material with the same gusto and conviction she applied to Neapolitan ballads and patriotic anthems. No hulas or horas here. Connie faces down the big boys of early rock on covers of ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ and ‘Ain’t That A Shame’. Among the songwriters are such stalwart pop scribes as Neil Sedaka, John D Loudermilk, Phil Medley, Hank Hunter, Mark Barkan, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. Connie particularly excelled on tunes in the girl group genre, as shimmering cuts like ‘My Best Friend Barbara’, ‘Don’t Ever Leave Me’ and several others aptly demonstrate. Rarities abound, depending on your location. Due to Connie’s unprecedented global reach, some releases were unique to particular countries. UK fans will meet several American 45 mixes for the first time. This Yank is having a grand old time playing and re-playing the incredible overseas-only ‘Robot Man’ and a Greenwich-Powers gem, ‘Look At Him’, that we were denied back in the day. Of particular interest is ‘It’s A Different World’, produced by Tom Wilson concurrent with his Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel and Mothers Of Invention sessions. How’s that for rock cred? As we’ve come to expect from Ace, the accompanying booklet is a treasure trove of rare photos, meticulous annotation and can’t-put-’em-down liner notes. Then there’s the music. Take it from me: “Rockin’ Connie” rocks! by DENNIS GARVEY (ACE RECORDS) |
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Ace Records 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Frankie Rock CD with all-time Fifties classics such as 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love' and 'I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent'! The beginning of rock 'n' roll as music for, by, and about teenagers! 33 classics from the 45 (RPM) era on one CD! The full story of Frankie Lymon's descent into addiction and his early death. He was one of the first casualties of rock 'n' roll. The music! The story! The fabulous photos! -- All teenagers have dreams, sometimes dreams come true. Little Frankie Lymon wanted to be a big star and his dream came true. Before the age of 13 he wrote and performed a song that became the rallying cry for a whole generation. Frankie was a teenager and he sang to other teenagers. They knew what he was singing about because they lived it every day. His songs literally created rock 'n' roll as music for, by, and about teenagers. -- On this collection of hits and rare tracks Frankie grew and developed alongside the music. Behind the scenes, his personal life was filled with the joys of success followed by a slow decline as he fought addiction and failing health. Now all we have left is the music. These are the original recordings of some of the all-time Fifties classics. This is the sound that broke with tradition and rocked the world. |
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Bear Family 2009 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Gene Vincent - Maailman Tähdet 2CD Gene Vincent 2CD - made in Finland |
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VL-Musiikki 2009 | CD | 12.00 € |
