VA - The Star-Club Singles Complete Vol. 01-12 [1990] (12 x CDs)

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VA - The Star-Club Singles Complete Vol. 01-12 [1990] (12 x CDs)

When I take in the full Star‑Club Singles series, all twelve volumes lined up like a row of neon-lit doorways, I feel as though I’m stepping into the beating heart of Hamburg’s wild years. These compilations gather the 45s issued on the Star‑Club label, and when you hear them as a single body of work, the picture becomes much larger than any one band or era. What emerges is a portrait of a club, a city, and a scene that lived on adrenaline, sweat, and the thrill of young musicians discovering how loud they could push the night.

The magic of the series lies in its range. One moment you’re in the middle of a raw beat‑group workout, the next you’re hit with a sharp R&B side, a garage‑leaning single, or a pop tune shaped by the European charts of the time. Nothing feels curated for polish. Everything feels chosen for the spark it carried when it first hit the turntable. These were records made for dancers, for kids leaning over jukeboxes, for bands trying to carve out a sound in cramped rooms filled with cigarette haze and restless energy.

Across the twelve discs, you hear the Star‑Club identity forming in real time. The label never chased a single style. Instead, it captured the electricity of a scene that thrived on movement. British groups passing through Hamburg, German bands finding their footing, American influences filtering in through touring acts and imported singles. The series becomes a living document of that exchange. You can almost feel the floorboards vibrating beneath it.

What I love most is the sense of immediacy. These singles were not designed for legacy. They were made quickly, played loudly, and thrown into the world with the hope that someone, somewhere, would turn them up. Hearing them now, gathered in one place, gives them a new weight. The rough edges, the bright moments, the unexpected arrangements—they all add up to a story that could only have happened in that city, in that club, at that time.

The Star‑Club Singles Complete is more than a compilation series. It is a time capsule with its pulse still intact. A reminder of how music sounded before it knew it would be remembered. A window into a scene that burned fast, burned bright, and left behind a trail of singles that still carry the heat of the rooms they were born in. (B)

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Track lists

CD01

01 Searchers - I Sure Know A Lot About Love 2:25

02 Searchers - Don't You Know 1:59

03 Little Richard - Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On 2:34

04 Little Richard - Goodnight Irene 2:50

05 Rattles - Geh Zu Ihm 2:37

06 Rattles - Bye, Bye, Baby 2:01

07 Rattles - Do Wah Diddy Diddy 2:15

08 Rattles - Betty Jean 2:37

09 Lee Curtis & The All Stars - Shot of Rhythm and Blues 2:50

10 Lee Curtis & The All Stars - Exstacy 2:51

11 Fats Domino - Sally Was A Good Old Girl 2:11

12 Fats Domino - What Love Is 2:29

13 James Brown - Out of Sight 2:18

14 James Brown - Maybe The Last Time 2:58

15 Jerry Lee Lewis & The Nashville Teens - High School Confidential 2:17

16 Jerry Lee Lewis & The Nashville Teens - Lewis Boogie 1:52

CD02

01 Liverbirds - Shop Around 2:51

02 Liverbirds - It's Got to Be You 3:04

03 Jerry Lee Lewis - High Heel Sneakers 2:48

04 Jerry Lee Lewis - You Went Back on Your Word 2:04

05 Fats Domino - Heartbreak Hill 2:41

06 Fats Domino - Kansas City 2:27

07 Millie - I Love The Way You Love 2:22

08 Millie - Bring it on Home to Me 2:50

09 Rattles - Shame, Shame, Shame 2:28

10 Rattles - Someone Who is Just Like You 2:06

11 Jerry Williams & The Violents - Ready Teddy 2:03

12 Jerry Williams & The Violents - Eldorado 2:33

13 Ian & The Zodiacs - Take A Message to Martha 3:02

14 Ian & The Zodiacs - Spartacus 2:19

15 Michael & The Firebirds - Lass Sie Geh'n 2:25

16 Michael & The Firebirds - Make Me Happy 2:12

CD03

01 Blizzards - Isabel 2:34

02 Blizzards - Zu Schön 1:56

03 Mama Betty's Band - Die Liebesmedizin 1:57

04 Mama Betty's Band - Wie John, Paul, George Und Ringo 2:25

05 Rivets - Now Decide 1:57

06 Rivets - Lucille 2:18

07 Eyes - Peanut Butter 2:14

08 Eyes - She 1:57

09-10 Ray Charles - Makin' Whoopee Part 1+2 6:20

11 Crickets Show Band - Monkey Time 2:22

12 Crickets Show Band - You're No Good 2:27

13 Rattles - There Goes My Heart Again 2:16

14 Rattles - La La La 2:53

15 Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Game of Love 2:09

16 Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Since You Been Gone 1:58

CD04

01 Pretty Things - Honey I Need 2:02

02 Pretty Things - I Can Never Say 2:37

03 Little Richard - It Ain't Watcha Do 2:25

04 Little Richard - Blueberry Hill 1:52

05 Liverbirds - Diddley Daddy 2:45

06 Liverbirds - Leave All Your Love in The Past 2:28

07 Maggots - Ha, Ha Mister Froggie 2:59

08 Maggots - It's No Good 2:47

09 Liverbirds - Peanut Butter 2:48

10 Liverbirds - Why Do You Hang Around Me 2:25

11 Four Renders - Under The Boardwalk 3:01

12 Four Renders - Long Tall Texan 2:20

13 Londoners - That's My Desire 2:36

14 Londoners - Bring it at Home to Me 2:45

15 German Bonds - Sonata Facile 2:18

16 German Bonds - So Mystifying 2:38

CD05

01 Team Beat Berlin - Sick and Tired 2:35

02 Team Beat Berlin - Doctor Feelgood 2:43

03 Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - It´s Just A Little Bit Too Late 2:21

04 Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Long Time Comin' 2:08

05 Pretty Things - Cry to Me 2:53

06 Pretty Things - Get A Buzz 4:00

07 Ian & The Zodiacs - So Much in Love With You 2:22

08 Ian & The Zodiacs - All of Me 2:52

09 Rattles - Come on and Sing 2:12

10 Rattles - Candy to Me 2:55

11 Rivets - Die Welt Ist Voll Musik 2:03

12 Rivets - Komm! 1:57

13 Walker Brothers - Make it Easy on Yourself 3:14

14 Walker Brothers - But I Do 2:58

15 Escorts - Dizzy Miss Lizzie 2:11

16 Escorts - C´mon Home Baby 2:01

CD06

01 Rattles - Las Vegas 2:16

02 Rattles - Lean Jean 17 1:58

03 In The Family - Shame and Scandal 2:56

04 Lee Curtis & The All Stars - Nobody But You 2:38

05 Ian & The Zodiacs - Why Can't it Be Me 2:06

06 Ian & The Zodiacs - Leave it to Me 2:57

07 Team Beats Berlin - The Battle of New Orleans 2:39

08 Team Beat Berlin - New Orleans 3:00

09 Rivets - The Girls I Love 1:48

10 Rivets - Time for Love 2:07

11 Rivets - Barbara Ann 2:24

12 Rivets - I Got A Feeling 2:25

13 'in' Crowd - Sha-La-La-La-Lee 2:23

14 In Crowd - Old Mcdonald 1:53

15 Ian & The Zodiacs - No Money, No Honey 2:21

16 Ian & The Zodiacs - Ride Your Pony 2:48

CD07

01 Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore 3:15

02 Walker Brothers - You're All Around Me 2:38

03 Phantom Brothers - Chicago 2:25

04 Phantom Brothers - It Ain't Necessarily So 2:33

05 Odd Persons - Hand Jive 2:28

06 Odd Persons - I'm Cryin' 2:44

07 Remo Four - Peter Gun 2:29

08 Remo Four - Mickey's Monkey 2:14

09 Lee Curtis - Kelly 2:42

10 Lee Curtis - Mohair Sam 1:55

11 Liverbirds - Loop Di Loop 2:24

12 Liverbirds - Bo Diddley is A Lover 2:18

13 Rattles - Love of My Life 2:42

14 Rattles - Say Alright 2:28

15 Faces - Cry Cry Cry 3:01

16 Faces - Stay Away 2:31

CD08

01 Pretty Things - Come See Me 2:40

02 Pretty Things - L.S.D. 2:26

03 Mindbenders - Can't Live With You 2:36

04 Mindbenders - One Fine Day 2:51

05 Merseys - Sorrow 2:16

06 Merseys - Some Other Day 2:20

07 Rivets - L.O.V.E. 2:40

08 Rivets - Yum Yum 2:41

09 Country Stars - Busted 2:03

10 Country Stars - My Grandfather's Clock 2:27

11 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Hideaway 2:25

12 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Here's A Heart 3:15

13 Cheetahs - Russian Boat Song 2:35

14 Cheetahs - The Gamble 3:59

15 Walker Brothers - You Don't Have to Tell Me 2:28

16 Walker Brothers - My Love is Growing 2:18

CD09

01 Paul Nero's Blue Sound - King Lonely The Blue 2:36

02 Paul Nero's Blue Sound - Searchin' 2:37

03 Pretty Things - A House in The Country 3:00

04 Pretty Things - Me Needing You 1:58

05 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Bend It 2:33

06 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - You Make it Move 2:46

07 King Ping - Gotta Get A Good Thing Going 2:21

08 King Ping - Willow Tree 2:42

09 Walker Brothers - Another Tear Falls 2:27

10 Walker Brother - Saturday's Child 2:07

11 Rattles - It is Love 2:18

12 Rattles - Hey Sally 2:44

13 Ian & The Zodiacs - Na-Na-Na-Na-Na 2:21

14 Ian&The Zodiacs - Any Day Now 3:07

15 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Hard to Love You 2:31

16 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - No Time 2:06

CD10

01 Rivets - Wade in The Water 2:26

02 Rivets - She Hardly Ever Calls Me Honey Anymore 2:39

03 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Save Me 3:00

04 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Shame 2:07

05 Pretty Things - Progress 2:41

06 Pretty Things - Buzz The Jerk 1:54

07 Remo Four - Live Like A Lady 2:35

08 Remo Four - Sing Halleluja 3:41

09 Hi-Fis - I'm A Box 2:42

10 Hi-Fis - No Two Ways 2:20

11 Walker Brothers - Deadlier Than The Male 2:31

12 Walker Brothers - Archangel 3:42

13 Jerry Lee Lewis - Detroit City 2:48

14 Jerry Lee Lewis - City Lights 2:28

15 Walker Brothers - Stay With Me Baby 3:21

16 Walker Brothers - Turn Out The Moon 3:30

CD11

01 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Touch Me, Touch Me 2:32

02 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Marina 2:21

03 Rattles - Cauliflower 2:45

04 Rattles - I Will Always Stay Your Friend 2:39

05 Odd Persons - Snakes and Ladders 3:08

06 Odd Persons - Tread Softly for The Sleepers 2:09

07 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Okay! 2:35

08 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - He's A Raver 2:06

09 Screamers - One Way Love 2:15

10 Screamers - Indication 2:23

11 Pretty Things - Children 2:56

12 Pretty Things - My Time 2:54

13 Walker Brothers - Baby, Make it The Last Time 3:05

14 Walker Brothers - Walking in The Rain 3:24

15 Rivets - The Lion (Wimoweh) 2:42

16 Rivets - Make Up Your Mind 2:37

CD12

01 Lee Curtis and His Allstars - Come on Down to My Boat 2:29

02 Lee Curtis and His Allstars - Concerto for Her 2:13

03 John Walker - Annabella 2:17

04 John Walker - You Don't Understand Me 2:41

05 Spanky and Our Gang - Making Every Minute Count 2:37

06 Spanky and Our Gang - If You Could Only Be Me 2:07

07 Ones - Lady Greengrass 2:43

08 Ones - Love of Mine 3:05

09 Herbert Und Birgit - Hey Jean, Hey Dean 2:33

10 Herbert Und Birgit - Western Impression 2:18

11 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Zabadak 3:42

12 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Nose for Trouble 4:04

13 Pretty Things - Death of A Socialite 2:43

14 Pretty Things - Photographer 2:08

15 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - The Legend of Xanadu 3:37

16 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Please 3:15

17 Cops & Robbers - Harlem Shuffle 2:59

18 Cops & Robbers - It Hurts Me So 3:20

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