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Saturday, September 20, 2025

VA - Rare Fifties Boston Rockabilly - Vol 1- 3 [1995] (3 x CDs)

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VA - Rare Fifties Boston Rockabilly - Vol 1- 3 [1995] (3 x CDs)

The Rare Fifties Boston Rockabilly series, volumes 1 through 3, is a wild, unvarnished ride through one of the most overlooked corners of American rock history. Released by Eagle Records in the mid-1990s, these compilations dig deep into the Boston-area rockabilly scene from the late 1950s, unearthing acetates, regional singles, and demo recordings that never made it past local airwaves or high school gym stages. And that’s exactly what makes them so compelling.

This isn’t slick, Nashville-polished rockabilly. It’s raw, scrappy, and full of attitude, the kind of stuff that was cut in tiny studios and pressed in batches of 500, if that. You’ll hear names like Bob Silva and the Silva-Tones, Joe Therrien Jr. and the Sully Trio, Ricky Coyne, The Satellites, and Miles Connor, many of whom never got national distribution but were tearing it up in Boston’s dance halls and teen clubs.

Each volume is packed, we’re talking 30+ tracks per disc, and the sound ranges from primitive rock ’n’ roll to frantic hillbilly stompers. There’s a ton of personality in these recordings, fuzzed-out guitars, slapback echo, and vocals that swing between croon and snarl. Even the novelty tracks and covers have a kind of regional charm that makes them feel alive.

What ties the series together is its archival spirit. These are rescues, preserving a scene that was vibrant but undocumented. For collectors, it’s a goldmine of private press rarities and label obscurities. For fans of early rockabilly, it’s a reminder that the genre wasn’t just happening in Memphis or L.A.,Boston had its own thing going, and it was loud, proud, and totally unfiltered. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Three D's - Arnie's Theme 1:35

02 Wayne Parker - Ginger 2:05

03 Three D's - Squeeze 2:12

04 Three D's With Pal Mal And Arnie Ginsburg - Pal Mal Rock 2:29

05 Bob Silva & The Silvatones - Roses Are Blooming 2:02

06 Bob Silva & The Silvatones - Weepin' and Wailin' 2:10

07 Joe Therrien Jr. - I Ain't Gonna Be Around 2:01

08 Ricky Coyne & The Guitar Rockers - Rollin' Pin Mim 1:46

09 Leigh Howell & The Uniques - Movin' Too Slow 2:24

10 Bobby Kent & The Kentones - Don't Go Away 2:12

11 Mel Mcgonnigle - Rattle Shakin' Mama 2:24

12 Frankie Rose & The Imperials - Long Tall Sally 2:03

13 Johnny Lee & The Eldorados - Linda Lee 2:37

14 Phaetons - I Love My Baby 2:53

15 Ricky Vance & The Ramrods - Wild Little Willy 2:19

16 Downbeats - Sweet Little Jane 2:06

17 Lou & The Monarchs - Sarah Lee 2:52

18 Monarchs - Chopsticks Rock 1:26

19 Miles Connor - I Don't Need You No More 2:22

20 Satellites - Linda Jean 2:00

21 Satellites - Rockateen 1:36

22 Alan Barnicoat - Savage 2:11

23 Howie & The Chrystals - Rockin'hall 2:20

24 Johnny Balboni Aka Johnny Bell - Flip Flop & Fly 1:52

25 Bobby Taylor & The Viscount Four - Pretty Baby 2:30

26 Bobby Mansfield & His Dusters - A Pretty Girl 2:11

27 El Maradas - Marada Rock 2:48

28 El Maradas - Frantic 2:36

29 Bob Madden & The Boppers - Boppers Boogie 2:58

30 Ralph Madden & The Boppers - Tough Mama 2:47

31 Bob Riley & The Atoms - Rock'n'roll Mama 2:07

32 Bob Riley & The Atoms - Four Button Suit 1:43

33 Freddie Cannon - Arnie's Theme 0:31

34 Spindrifts - Cha Cha Doo 2:35


CD2

01 Bobby Mansfield & The Dusters - Rock at The Hop 2:31

02 Rocky Coyne & The Guitar Rockers - I Want You to Know 2:00

03 Jackie Clark - Walkie Walkie 2:23

04 Bobby Mansfield & The Dusters - Bye Bye Baby 2:17

05 Jaguars - It's Cool 2:04

06 Niterockers - Oh Baby 2:37

07 Rhythm Rockers - Rock 'n' Roll Boogie (Unissued) 2:43

08 Chisholm Brothers - Honey Don't 2:16

09 Bob Cleary & His Bopcats - Go Cat Go (Unissued) 2:21

10 Frankie St. John & The Starfires - She's Long and Tall 2:17

11 Lee Curtin - Hot Dog 1:55

12 Armadillos - Diddy Bop (Unissued) 1:55

13 Steve Colt - The Girl Can't Help it (Unissued) 1:47

14 Howie Landy & The Galaxies - Rumble Rock (Unissued) 1:39

15 Belvederes - Rumble Rock (Unissued) 2:37

16 Jack Lincoln Coughlin - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' on (Unissued) 2:31

17 Jupiters - Royal Tab Rock (Unissued) 2:03

18 George Dapper Cromwell - Washed Up 2:16

19 Paul Chaplain - Shortnin' Bread 1:55

20 Johnny Mann & The Tornados - Chick-A-Lou 2:09

21 Blends - Snake Walk 3:09

22 Rhythm Rockerss - Thinkin' About You 2:22

23 Steve Colt & The Del-Mingos - Hop, Skip and Jump 2:07

24 Three D's - Crazy Little Woman 2:03

25 Chuck Edwards - She's Not Home 2:08

26 Artie Holmes - Wee Willie Wiggle (Unissued) 1:56

27 Bob Silva & The Silva-Tones - That's All I Want From You (Unissued) 2:04

28 Little Jimmy Merritt - Fancy Free 2:45

29 Unknowns - I'm in Love Again (Unissued) 1:48

30 Frankie Rose & The Imperials - Wicked Woman (Unissued) 2:13

31 Frankie St. John - Real Dynamite Lady 2:43

32 Angels - Angel Express 2:08


CD3

01 Brenton Herlihy & The Ramblers - Reform School Baby (Unissued) 2:22

02 Jimmy Rhodes & The Dusters - I Wanna Go 2:26

03 Bobby Darvell - Geronimo Stomp 1:52

04 Bucaneers - Oh Why 2:09

05 Blue Echoes - It's Witchcraft 2:27

06 Johnny Bell - The Third Degree 2:09

07 Phaetons - Fling 2:10

08 Russ Kendall - Boston Baby (Unissued) 1:50

09 Uniques - Rock 'n' Rudolph 1:44

10 Jackie Dallas - Lorraine 2:06

11 Artie Holmes - Hey Little Cindy (Unissued) 2:05

12 Rhythm Masterss - Janie Janie (Unissued) 1:53

13 Jaguarss - St. Louis Blues (Unissued) 0:43

14 Jaguars - St. Louis Blues (False Start) 2:16

15 Joe Therrien Jr. - Rockabilly Boogie 2:23

16 Billy Bo & The Arrows - Chatter (Unissued) 2:34

17 Terry & The Pirates - Short Shorts (Unissued) 2:24

18 Belveders - Eagle Bounce 1:42

19 Rhythm Rockers - Just Rockin' 2:27

20 Paul Champlain - Nicotine 1:42

21 Dusters - She's Mine 2:07

22 Nite Rockers - Nite Rock 2:17

23 Jack Lincoln Coughlin - Crazy Arms (Unissued) 2:34

24 Angels - Buckshot 2:42

25 Steve Colt - Devil is A Woman in Disguise (Unissued) 1:44

26 Bobby James & The Dristells - Let's Go 1:53

27 Smokey Stover - Let's Have A Ball 2:06

28 Ricky Coyne - Kaw-Liga 2:30

29 Little Jimmy Merritt - Honky Tonk Angel 2:06

30 Starlites - Sentimental Journey 2:33

31 Roddy & Joy - She's Gonna Be Mine 2:14

32 Herbie Lee III - Champagne Charlene 2:34

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Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

VA - Non-Album Singles - 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90'+ (A Butterboy Compilation) (11 x CDs)


VA - Non-Album Singles - 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90'+ (A Butterboy Compilation) (11 x CDs) 

NON-ALBUM SINGLES Many artists put previously unreleased, non-album cuts on their singles. They were often hidden as B-Side's or simply as a standalone single and as amazing as it may seem, these singles simply didn't appear on any of the artists original albums. Whilst these never found their way to an album, some of these songs would eventually appear in compilations, reissues or reissues with bonus material and box sets anthologies. At the time, if you wanted that song, you had to buy the single. At times these B-sides songs were bigger than any of the singles released from an album.

I always find non-album tracks interesting, some are amazing and some not so. With today’s album reissues many artists include B-Side singles and unreleased material to offer a historic perspective to their albums. (and if I wanted to be cynical I could say, sometimes adding more songs just to entice someone to buy a copy which wouldn’t normally not get the exposure). For me, it’s about finding a hidden gem which is often thrilling and rewarding.

What I present here are songs that were not on an artist’s first released albums and was released around the same time of the identified track. They were mostly B-Sides of singles however may also include unreleased material and the occasional A-Side that was not included on an original album release or great songs that were originally released only on a greatest hits album. I don’t believe I have included any single only bands. Which could another interesting compilation.


As usual you get 50's 60's, 70', 80's and 90's with a few more modern inclusions. In total there 276 songs over 11 track lists to Enjoy!

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Track list 01

01    Hank Snow - I'm Moving On    :02:51    1950
02    Johnny Otis Orchestra - Mambo Boogie    :02:43    1951
03    Swallows - It Ain't the Meat    :02:35    1952
04    Darrell Glenn - Crying in the Chapel    :02:59    1953
05    Crows - Gee    :02:15    1954
06    Jewels - Hearts of Stone    :02:39    1954
07    Joe Turner    Shake Rattle and Roll    :03:02    1954
08    Platters - Bark Battle and Ball    :02:29    1955
09    Dean Martin - Chang of Heart    :02:32    1955
10    Dean Martin - Memories Are Made of This    :02:16    1955
11    Boyd Bennett and His Rockets - My Boy Flat Top    :02:34    1955
12    Five Satins - Rose Mary    :02:08    1955
13    Chuck Berry - Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)    :02:25    1955
14    Platters - Only You (And You Alone)    :02:42    1955
15    Hank Snow - Cryin’ Prayin’ Waitin Hopin’    :02:30    1955
16    Crows - I Love You So    :02:50    1955
17    Platters - The Great Pretender    :02:42    1955
18    Chuck Berry - Together (We Will Always Be)    :02:38    1955
19    Clarence "Frogman" Henry - Ain't Got No Home    :02:22    1956
20    Ray Price - Crazy Arms    :02:35    2011
21    Elvis Presley - I'm Left, You're Right, She S Gone    :02:37    1956
22    Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - Race With the Devil    :02:07    1956
23    Sonny James - Young Love    :02:39    2011
24    Paul Anka - Blau Wile Devest Fontaine    :02:01    1957
25    Gladiolas - Little Darlin'    :02:23    1957
         

 Track list 02

26    Brenda Lee - Fairyland    :03:02    1957
27    Bill Justis - Raunchy    :02:25    1957
28    Rays - Silhouettes    :02:45    1957
29    Platters - No Matter What You Are    :02:29    1957
30    Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock    :02:30    1957
31    Diamonds     - Little Darlin'    :02:10    1957
32    Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do is Dream    :02:20    1958
33    Peggy Lee - Fever    :03:19    1958
34    Jerry Butler - For Your Precious Love    :02:42    1958
35    Clovers - Idaho    :02:13    1958
36    Johnny Burnette - I'm Restless    :02:17    1958
37    Ivan (Buddy Holly & the Crickets) - Oh You Beautiful Doll    :02:29    1958
38    Frankie Ford - Roberta    :02:26    1958
39    Kingston Trio - Ruby Red    :02:20    1958
40    Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues    :02:01    1958
41    Royal Teens - Short Shorts    :02:41    1958
42    Bill Black Combo - Smokie Pt.1    :02:10    1959
43    Patsy Cline - Cry Not for Me    :02:35    1959
44    Bobby Darin - Dream Lover    :02:34    2017
45    Mystics - Hushabye    :02:33    1959
46    Fats Domino - I'm Ready    :02:02    1959
47    Chuck Berry - Memphis Tennessee    :02:14    1959
48    Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen    :02:04    1959
49    Four Aces     - The Inn of the Sixth Happiness    :02:51    1959
50    Thomas Wayne With the Delons - Tragedy    :02:11    1959
51    Frankie Avalon - Venus    :02:25    1959

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01    Elvis Presley - A Mess of Blues    :02:41    1960
02    Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea    :02:56    2017
03    Jackie Wilson - Doggin' Around    :02:57    1960
04    Paul Anka - Puppy Love    :02:45    1960
05    Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack    :01:59    1961
06    Sims Twins - I'll Never Come Running Back to You    :02:32    1961
07    Arthur Alexander - A Shot of Rhythm and Blues (Bonus Track)    :01:56    1962
08    Roy Orbison - Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)    :02:35    1962
09    Carla Thomas - I'll Bring it Home to You    :03:07    1962
10    Connie Francis - Vacation    :02:24    1962
11    Marvin Gaye - Can I Get a Witness    :02:56    1963
12    Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby    :02:44    1963
13    Miracles - Happy Landing    :02:48    1963
14    Elvis Presley - You're the Devil in Disguise    :02:24    1963
15    Searchers - When You Walk in the Room    :02:20    1964
16    Johnathan King - Everyone's Gone to the Moon    :02:23    1964
17    Beatles - I'm Down    :02:34    1964
18    Kinks - It's All Right    :02:37    1964
19    Chuck Berry - Nadine    :02:36    1964
20    Neil Sedaka - Sunny    :02:34    1964
21    Frank Willson & the Cavaliers    That's How Much I Love You    :01:59    1964
22    Beach Boys - The Warmth of the Sun    :02:48    1964
23    Ben E. King - What a Man Can Do    :02:37    1964
24    Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs - Ain't Gonna Move    :02:07    1965
25    Astors - Candy    :03:00    1965
26    Rolling Stones - Get Off of My Cloud    :02:57    2002
27    Them - Gloria    :02:40    1965

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28    Who - I Can't Explain    :02:06    1965
29    Petula Clark - My Love    :02:45    1965
30    Dave Clark Five - Over and Over    :02:02    1965
31    Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street    :04:08    1965
32    Byrds - She Don't Care About Time    :02:25    1965
33    Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - Since You Been Gone    :02:01    1965
34    Herman's Hermits - Wonderful World    :02:00    1965
35    Gants - (You Can't Blow) Smoke Rings    :02:39    1966
36    Troggs - I Can't Control Myself    :03:06    1966
37    Yardbirds - Jeff's Boogie    :02:26    1966
38    Beatles - Rain    :03:01    1966
39    Kinks - She's Got Everything    :03:10    1966
40    Bobby Fuller Four - The Magic Touch    :02:53    1966
41    Rolling Stones - Who's Driving Your Plane    :03:17    1966
42    Bee Gees - (The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts    :02:22    1967
43    Pink Floyd - Candy and a Currant Bun    :02:48    1967
44    Hollies - Carrie Anne    :02:57    1967
45    Moody Blues - Cities    :02:24    1967
46    Eddie Floyd - Don't Rock the Boat    :02:02    1967
47    Procol Harum - Homburg    :03:54    1967
48    Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - I Second That Emotion    :02:47    1967
49    Who - Mary-Anne With the Shaky Hands    :03:17    1967
50    Fontella Bass - Recovery    :02:32    1967
51    Donovan - Sand and Foam    :03:21    1967
52    Music Explosion - Sunshine Games    :02:04    1967
53    Yardbirds - Ten Little Indians    :02:15    1967
54    Strawberry Alarm Clock - The Birdman of Alkatrash    :02:14    1967

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55    Monkees - The Girl I Knew Somewhere    :02:39    1967
56    Rolling Stones - Dandelion    :03:32    1967
57    Animals - When I Was Young    :03:02    2004
58    Hollies - Signs That Will Never Change    :02:32    1967
59    Procol Harum - Lime Street Blues    :02:54    1967
60    Love - Your Mind and We Belong Together    :04:26    1967
61    Simon & Garfunkel - You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies    :02:15    1967
62    Rascals - A Beautiful Morning (Single Version)    :02:36    1968
63    Grass Roots - Bella Linda    :03:07    1968
64    Donovan - Lalena    :02:56    1968
65    Delfonics - Can't Get Over Losing You    :02:30    1968
66    Dion - Daddy Rollin' (In Your Arms)    :02:40    1968
67    Nancy Wilson - End of Our Love    :02:22    1968
68    Jimi Hendrix - Highway Chile    :03:32    1968
69    Merrilee Rush - Reap What You Sow    :02:21    1968
70    Beatles - Lady Madonna    :02:17    1968
71    Otis Redding - Sweet Lorene    :02:32    1968
72    Donovan - Angel    :02:19    1968
73    Pretty Things - Walking Through My Dreams    :03:36    1968
74    Crazy Elephant - Dark Part of My Mind (Single B-Side)    :02:55    1969
75    Marvin Gaye - Going to Keep on Trying Till I Win Your Love    :03:02    1969
76    Diana Ross & the Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together    :03:34    1969
77    Jimi Hendrix - Stone Free    :03:35    1969
78    Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds    :04:30    1969
79    Box Tops - The Door You Closed to Me    :02:42    1969
80    Doors - Who Scared You    :03:55    1969
81    Thunderclap Newman - Wilhemina    :02:59    1969

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01    Temptations - Of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)    :04:09    1970
02    John Lennon - Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)    :03:10    1970
03    Elton John - Bad Side of the Moon    :03:16    1970
04    Byrds - Lover of the Bayou    :05:15    1970
05    Funkadelic - Fish, Chips and Sweat    :03:03    1970
06    Kinks - Mindless Child of Motherhood    :03:11    1970
07    Candi Staton - Heart on a String    :03:01    1970
08    Who - Heaven and Hell    :03:33    1970
09    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio    :03:04    1970
10    Move - Omnibus    :03:56    1970
11    Al Green - Ride Sally Ride    :04:02    1970
12    Michael Nesmith & the First National Band - Rose City Chimes    :02:16    1970
13    Grass Roots - Temptation Eyes    :02:40    1970
14    Sly & the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)    :04:50    1970
15    Guess Who - Albert Flasher    :02:27    1971
16    Alice Cooper - Body    :02:40    1971
17    George Harrison - Deep Blue    :03:43    1971
18    Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy    :03:02    1971
19    America - Everyone I Meet is From California    :03:08    1971
20    Steppenwolf - For Madmen Only    :08:34    1971
21    David Bowie - Holy Holy    :02:23    1971
22    Paul McCartney - Oh Woman, Oh Why    :04:35    1971
23    T. Rex - Ride a White Swan    :02:16    1971
24    Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem    :03:30    1971
25    Jackson 5 - Sugar Daddy    :02:33    1971
26    Who - Water    :04:42    1971
27    King Curtis & the Kingpins - Whole Lotta Love    :02:46    1971
28    Van Morrison - You've Got the Power    :03:36    1971
29    Ringo Starr - Early 1970    :02:21    1971
30    Gilbert O'sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)    :03:39    1972
31    Cat Stevens - I Want to Live in a Wigwam    :03:24    1972
32    The Jb's - The Rabbit Got the Gun    :02:32    1972
33    Charlie Rich - Feel Like Going Home    :04:49    1973
34    T. Rex - Hot Love    :04:56    1973

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35    Rod Stewart - Lady Day    :04:16    1973
36    Edwin Starr - Love the Lonely Peoples Prayer    :03:23    1973
37    Timmy Thomas - People Are Changin'    :03:47    1973
38    Faces - Skewiff (Mend the Fuse)    :05:16    1973
39    Elton John - Skyline Pigeon    :03:59    1973
40    Neil Young - Winterlong    :03:08    1973
41    Deep Purple - Coronarias Redig    :04:53    1974
42    Rolling Stones - Through the Lonely Nights    :04:13    1974
43    10cc - Gizmo My Way    :03:41    1974
44    John Lennon - Move Over Ms L    :02:58    1974
45    Mott the Hoople - Rest in Peace (Single B-Side)    :03:53    1974
46    John Cale - Sylvia Said    :04:09    1974
47    Jethro Tull - Summerday Sands    :03:42    1975
48    Bachman Turner Overdrive - Down to the Line    :04:03    1975
49    Lou Reed - Nowhere at All    :03:18    1975
50    Abba - Fernando    :04:18    1999
51    Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs    :04:29    1976
52    Glen Campbell - William Tell Overture    :03:12    1977
53    Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away    :04:43    1977
54    Ramones - Babysitter    :02:47    1977
55    Talking Heads - I Wish You Wouldn't Say That    :02:35    1977
56    Genesis - Inside and Out    :06:45    1977
57    Ringo Starr - Just a Dream    :04:18    1977
58    Bob Marley & the Wailers - Roots    :03:44    1977
59    Steely Dan - Here at the Western World    :04:03    1978
60    Elton John - Flinstone Boy    :04:13    1978
61    Elvis Costello - Big Tears    :03:12    1978
62    Sweet - Cover Girl    :03:35    1978
63    Rolling Stones - Everything is Turning to Gold    :04:08    1990
64    Ian Dury - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick    :03:43    1978
65    Wings - Daytime Nighttime Suffering    :03:23    1979
66    Buzzcocks - Something's Gone Wrong Again    :04:35    1979
67    Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Sunday's Best    :03:22    1979
68    Cars - That's It    :03:23    1979

 Track list 08

01    Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Girls Talk    :01:56    1980
02    Boz Scaggs - Miss Sun    :05:32    1980
03    Joe Jackson - Out of Style    :03:01    1980
04    Marshall Crenshaw - Somebody Like You    :03:11    1980
05    Abba - Elaine    :03:45    1980
06    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - It's Rainin' Again    :01:32    1980
07    Kenny Rogers - Lady    :03:54    1980
08    Jam - Liza Radley    :02:32    1980
09    Queen - A Human Body    :03:43    1980
10    Donna Summer - On the Radio    :04:07    1980
11    ABC - Alphabet Soup    :08:02    1981
12    Men at Work - Crazy    :02:37    1981
13    Emmylou Harris - Fools Thin Air    :04:17    1981
14    Tracey Thorn - Goodbye Joe    :02:28    1981
15    Pretenders - In the Sticks    :02:40    1981
16    Split Enz - In the Wars    :03:06    1992
17    Go-Go's - Surfing and Spying    :01:57    1981
18    Electric Light Orchestra - Julie Don't Live Here    :03:42    1981
19    Queen & David Bowie - Soul Brother    :03:38    1981
20    Prince - All the Critics Love U in New York    :05:59    1982
21    Asia - Ride Easy    :05:33    1982
22    Roxy Music - Always Unknowing    :05:21    1982
23    Dayton - Conversation    :04:21    1982
24    Eddy Grant - Time Warp    :05:44    1982
25    Glen Campbell - Heartache Number Three    :02:44    1982

 Track list 09

26    Fleetwood Mac - Cool Water    :03:16    1982
27    Cheap Trick - All I Really Want    :02:30    1982
28    Missing Persons - Hello I Love You    :02:19    1982
29    Led Zeppelin - Hey Hey What Can I Do    :03:56    1982
30    Stevie Nicks - Garbo    :03:32    1982
31    Prince - How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore    :03:51    1982
32    John Hiatt - Take Time to Know Her    :03:50    1982
33    Stevie Wonder - That Girl    :05:15    1982
34    Elton John - The Retreat    :04:49    1982
35    Big Country - All of Us    :04:10    1983
36    Stray Cats - Can't Hurry Love    :03:48    1983
37    Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road    :02:11    1983
38    Smiths - Jeane    :03:06    1983
39    Police - Murder By Numbers    :04:34    1983
40    Talk Talk - My Foolish Friend    :03:20    1983
41    Golden Earring - Orwell's Year    :04:21    1983
42    A Flock of Seagulls - Pick Me Up    :03:08    1983
43    R.E.M. - There She Goes Again    :02:51    1983
44    Marshall Crenshaw - You're My Favorite Waste of Time    :02:40    1983
45    Clash - Cool Confusion    :03:14    1983
46    Prince - Days    :03:55    1984
47    Kenny Loggins - Footloose    :03:49    1984
48    Rolling Stones - I Think I'm Going Mad    :04:23    1984
49    Ian McCulloch - September Song    :04:12    1984
50    Bruce Springsteen - Shut Out the Light    :03:51    1984

 Track list 10

51    Sade - Spirit    :05:25    1984
52    Prince - Erotic City    :03:56    1984
53    Foreigner - Street Thunder    :04:02    1984
54    Jeff Beck - Back on the Street    :03:42    1985
55    Smiths - How Soon is Now    :06:49    1985
56    Echo & the Bunnymen - Over Your Shoulder    :04:08    1985
57    Paul McCartney - Spies Like Us    :04:48    1985
58    Tears for Fears - The Big Chair    :03:22    1985
59    Kate Bush - Under the Ivy    :02:09    1985
60    Prince - She's Always in My Hair    :03:27    1985
61    Bruce Springsteen - Stand on It    :03:07    1985
62    Style Council - (When You) Call Me    :03:20    1986
63    Peter Gabriel - Don't Break This Rhythm    :03:53    1986
64    Cure - Breathe    :04:49    1987
65    U2 - Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)    :04:35    1987
66    Jesus and Mary Chain - Dont Ever Change    :03:33    1987
67    Sade - Lay His Head    :03:51    1987
68    Fine Young Cannibals - Love for Sale    :02:51    1987
69    Inxs - On the Rocks    :03:09    1987
70    U2 - Spanish Eyes    :03:16    1987
71    Eric Carmen - Make Me Lose Control    :04:45    1988
72    R.E.M. - Memphis Train Blues    :01:42    1988
73    They Might Be Giants - Nightgown of the Sullen Moon    :02:02    1988
74    Rod Stewart - Downtown Train    :04:40    1989
75    Big Daddy Kane - Wrath of Kaneane    :05:04    1989
76    U2 - Dancing Barefoot    :04:48    1989

 Track list 11

01    Black Crowes - Waitin' Guilty    :03:00    1990
02    Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Don't Spook the Horse    :07:36    1990
03    Cure - Harold and Joe    :05:05    1993
04    Faith No More - The Cowboy Song    :05:15    1990
05    Ozzy Osbourne - Don't Blame Me    :05:00    1991
06    The The - Jealous of Youth    :04:20    1991
07    Roxette - The Sweet Hello, the Sad Goodbye    :04:50    1991
08    Dinosaur Jr. - Whatever's Cool With Me    :04:34    1991
09    Wedding Present - Crawl    :02:44    1991
10    Elton John - Suit of Wolves    :05:38    1992
11    Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter    :05:03    1992
14    Ride - Grasshopper    :10:56    1992
13    Police - Visions of the Night    :03:05    1993
12    Pet Shop Boys - Shameless    :05:02    1993
15    Tom Petty - Girl On LSD    :03:40    1994
16    Blur - Magpie    :04:16    1994
17    Pavement - Camera    :03:46    1994
18    Pulp - Ansaphone    :04:01    1996
19    Smashing Pumpkins - Cherry    :04:03    1995
20    Primal Scream - Hammond Connection    :03:41    1995
21    Oasis - The Masterplan    :05:21    1995
22    Sting - Whatever Takes Me to the Sunshine    :03:31    1995
23    Boo Radleys - Almost Nearly There    :03:36    1995
24    George Michael - Safe    :04:28    1996
25    Beck - Electric Music and the Summer People    :04:38    1996
26    Aphex Twin - Flim    :02:53    1997
27    Elliott Smith - No Name #6    :02:36    1997
28    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Babe I Got You Bad    :03:51    1997
29    Manic Street Preachers - Prologue to History    :04:45    1998
30    Belle and Sebastian - The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner    :04:34    2001
31    Oasis - Underneath the Sky    :03:21    2002
32    Coldplay - Crests of Waves    :03:40    2003
33    Coldplay - Animals    :05:35    2003
34    Roxette - Happy Together    :03:57    2006
35    Decemberists - Culling of the Fold    :04:27    2006
36    Verve - Let the Damage Begin - The    :04:22    2008
37    Suede - My Dark Star    :04:25    2011

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Tuesday, June 25, 2019

VA - Loud, Fast & Out Of Control The Wild Sounds Of 50's Rock [1999] (4 x CD's)


LOUD, FAST & OUT OF CONTROL

VA - Loud, Fast & Out Of Control The Wild Sounds Of 50's Rock [1999] (4 x CD's)

The intent of the compilers is to give the 50's music the credibility and relevance it deserves. It is true that 60's and 70's music is filed in stores by artist, and with the exception of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, or Jerry Lee Lewis, 50's music is relegated to oldies bins.  In addition, this decade has been associated with Doo Wop, slow ballads (Earth Angel, for example) and Sock Hops. The box presents the music as it was intended: dangerous, rebellious music. To set this tone, the odd discs open with famous audio bites where religious figures, political figures were condemning rock and roll and trying to ban it. The even discs close with these. One you might remember: "Rock and Roll has got to go...We're all through playing Rock & Roll" This soundbite in an imaginative move closes the box completely at the end of disc four. If this is the compilers wish, they can breathe easier. They have accomplished their objective many times over. When one plays these tracks, excitement, and awesome energy emerges. Stagger Lee, La Bamba, and a slew of obscure tracks are deserving of repeated listenings.
The accompanying booklet is well assembled, with lots of liner notes under each track, photos of the artist, and introductory notes that defend the motive of this box. The sound quality is topnotch. But why wouldn't it be with restoration wizard Bill Inglot at the helm. Force fade-outs that were applied to these tracks over the years are gone, so the songs have sharp cold drop offs as was intended. The only beefs one can find, is some songs were left off seemingly due to the fact they don't fit the title of the set (Loud, Fast, and Out of Control). However, Fats Domino's My Blue Heaven, and the Everly Brothers' Wake Up Little Suzie, sound tame when compared with Elvis Presley's Hound Dog which wasn't included. Also, the set does cheat a little bit with Buddy Holly's Brown-Eyed Handsome Man. This song was released posthumously in 1963 on the overdubbed album Reminiscing. There the Fireballs overdubbed instruments to give it a full studio and stereo sound. The stripped down original with Jerry Allison's drumming now audible was not released until the 1980's on the CD For The First Time Anywhere. Yet, it's on this. Other than these two flaws, the set wonderful and deserves to be put next to the Nuggets box set (Amazon)


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Track lists
CD1

01 Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody 2:26
02 Gene Vincent - B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go 2:16
03 Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock 2:28
04 Johnny Burnette - Rock Billy Boogie 2:33
05 Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode 2:40
06 Jack Scott - Leroy 2:09
07 Joe Bennett - Black Slacks 2:06
08 Dwight Pullen - Sunglasses After Dark 2:11
09 Carl Perkins - Put Your Cat Clothes On 2:50
10 Joe Clay - Duck Tail 2:27
11 Rock A Teens - Woo-Hoo 2:05
12 Ritchie Valens - Come on, Let's Go 2:02
13 Fats Domino - I'm Ready 2:02
14 Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle & Roll 2:59
15 Keely Smith; Louis Prima; Sam Butera & the Witnesses - Jump, Jive, An' Wail 3:28
16 Amos Milburn - Chicken Shack Boogie 2:29
17 Hank Ballard & the Midnighters - Finger Poppin' Time 2:33
18 Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser 2:23
19 Dale Vaughn - How Can You Be Mean to Me 2:19
20 Janis Martin - My Boy Elvis 2:05
21 Elvis Presley - My Baby Left Me 2:12
22 Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 2:53
23 Coasters - That is Rock & Roll 2:23
24 Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula 2:36

CD2
01 Johnny Kidd - Shakin' All Over 2:22
02 Wanda Jackson - Let's Have a Party 2:09
03 Buddy Holly - Rave On 1:49
04 Ronnie Dee - Action Packed 2:13
05 Billy Lee Riley - Red Hot 2:31
06 Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire 1:50
07 Little Richard - The Girl Can't Help It 2:31
08 Bo Diddley - Hey! Bo Diddley 2:13
09 Johnny Otis Show - Willie and the Hand Jive 2:35
10 Red Prysock - Hand Clappin' 2:50
11 Big Joe Turner - Flip Flop and Fly 2:46
12 Gene Vincent - Jumps, Giggles and Shouts 2:51
13 Chuck Berry - Roll over Beethoven 2:25
14 Chan Romero - The Hippy Hippy Shake 1:40
15 Little Willie John - I'm Shakin' 2:26
16 Wynonie Harris - Lovin' Machine 2:27
17 Larry Williams - Bony Maronie 3:06
18 Freddy Cannon - Tallahassee Lassie 2:12
19 Everly Brothers - Claudette 2:13
20 Chuck Berry - Maybellene 2:20
21 Bill Haley - (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock 2:10
22 Gene Summers - School of Rock & Roll 2:05
23 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Little Demon 2:26
24 Gene Vincent - Race With the Devil 2:03
25 LaVern Baker - Voodoo Voodoo 1:50
26 Jackie Morningstar - Rockin' in the Graveyard 2:41
27 Jimmy Dee & The Offbeats - Henrietta 3:22

CD3
01 Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues 2:12
02 Little Richard - Tutti Frutti 2:24
03 Link Wray - Raw-Hide 2:06
04 Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love? 2:30
05 Bill Haley - See You Later, Alligator 2:46
06 Ronnie Dawson - Rockin' Bones 1:55
07 Bobby Darin - Splish Splash 2:12
08 Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 2:29
09 Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love 2:21
10 Buddy Holly; The Crickets - Oh, Boy! 2:07
11 Fats Domino - Whole Lotta Lovin' 1:40
12 Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One 2:22
13 Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace 2:22
14 Carl Perkins - Honey Don't 2:50
15 Roy Orbison - Go! Go! Go! 2:08
16 Ronnie Hawkins - Forty Days 2:16
17 Jackie Brenston - Rocket 88 2:49
18 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Frenzy 2:12
19 Don & Dewey - Koko Joe 2:13
20 Big "T" Tyler - King Kong 2:04
21 Warren Smith - Ubangi Stomp 1:59
22 Billy Lee Riley - Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll 2:01
23 Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes 2:16
24 Kid Thomas - Rockin' This Joint Tonite 1:57
25 Johnny Burnette - Honey Hush 2:02
26 Coasters - Yakety Yak 1:50
27 Johnny Otis - Crazy Country Hop 2:42
28 Link Wray - Rumble 2:25

CD4
01 Buddy Holly - Brown Eyed Handsome Man 2:05
02 Eddie Cochran - Somethin' Else 2:09
03 Bill Haley - Crazy Man Crazy 2:40
04 Johnny Burnette - The Train Kept A Rollin' 2:16
05 Tarheel Slim - Number Nine Train 3:01
06 Larry & Lorrie Collins; Larry Collins; Lorrie Collins - Mercy 2:03
07 Vince Taylor - Brand New Cadillac 2:37
08 Larry Williams - Slow Down 2:44
09 Frankie Ford; Huey "Piano" Smith; Huey "Piano" Smith & Orchestra - Sea Cruise 2:45
10 Shirley & Lee - I Feel Good 2:18
11 Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee 2:21
12 Ritchie Valens - La Bamba 2:07
13 Champs - Tequila 2:11
14 Coasters - Charlie Brown 2:19
15 Joe Houston Orchestra - All Night Long 2:38
16 Jerry Lee Lewis - Breathless 2:41
17 Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie 2:02
18 Fats Domino - My Blue Heaven 2:02
19 Rick Nelson - Believe What You Say 2:05
20 Wanda Jackson - Fujiyama Mama 2:13
21 Roy Orbison - Ooby Dooby 2:11
22 Bobby Darin - Queen of the Hop 2:07
23 Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly 2:09
24 Phantom - Love Me 1:30
25 Viscounts - Harlem Nocturne 2:44
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