"LOST DEEP SOUL TREASURES" - Vol. 1

This series commences to provide a well-needed service to fans of '60s soul: provide rare tracks by well-known artists alongside the work of lesser of unknown performers of equal quality. Here you get Otis Clay's extremely rare "You Hurt for the Last Time" (previously only available as the B-side of "Baby Jane") and Sam Dees' wonder "It's All Wrong (It's All Right)." But in addition are Willy McDougal's steamy wailer "I Can't Wait," Eddie Billups' heartbreakingly raw "No Love Have I," and Bobby Parker's pumped-up plead-fest "Don't Drive My Love Away." And that's just the beginning. In all there are 25 tracks here, and no lapse in quality. From the well known to the obscure, this is raw soul, lovemaking soul, tear-my-heart-out-a-piece-at-a-time soul. Where the South was cranking out the Stax/Volt side and Atlantic had a virtual factory of hitmakers, there were many of these cats and kittens who were making records for no other reason than to get them on the juke at the corner bar or perhaps in a neighboring county so they could get a gig or a radio appearance to perform their tracks before disappearing into the oblivion of day jobs forever. For a few years at least, these folks and their art get to live again on compilations like this one that rescue those treasures, package them well with reasonable liner notes, and place them out there for the fanatics, the curious, and the lovelorn to seek out the only kind of music that came from the spiritual human body: soul. And this is deep soul at that. (Thom Jurek, AMG)

trax:
1. It's All Wrong - Sam Dees 2. Tired Of Being Your Fool - Nelson Sanders 3. No One Else Will Do - Clay Hammond 4. Oh Dreamy Me - Dicky Williams 5. Counting Teardrops - James K. Nine 6. Say You Will - Willie Small 7. Darling Don't Come Back - Bobby Thomas & The Afros 8. Oh My Love - Winfield Parker 9. First Come First Served - Betty Bibbs 10. I Found A Love - Valentine Adams 11. Where Does Love Go - Lee Mitchell 12. Found A Love, Where It's At - The New Bloods 13. I Had A Nightmare - Don Hollinger 14. No Love Have I - Eddie Billups 15. You Hurt Me For The Last Time - Otis Clay 16. I Don't Want To Go On Without You - Ronnie Mitchell 17. Still My Life Through - Billy Young 18. Don't Drive Me Away - Bobby Parker 19. Baby One More Time - Jimmy Garland 20. If I Ever Needed Your Love - Gene Allison 21. I Can't Wait - Willy McDougal 22. Young, Dumb - Curtis Blandon 23. Oh What I'd Give - Tommy Collins 24. Throw Away The Key - The Bell Brothers 25. Lee Moses-I'm Sad About It - Lee Moses
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"VEE JAY DOO WOP" Vol. 4 - Flippity Flop

EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF VEE JAY VOCAL GROUP GREATNESS. Chicago's Premier 50's Vocal Group label!Vee Jay Records was the most successful black-owned independent record label in the pre-Motown era — Berry Gordy actually used Vee Jay as a template when he set up Motown. Maverick to a fault, Vee Jay placed records in the charts in an amazing diversity of styles, from blues and urban R&B to doo wop, straight pop, jazz, and gospel. Formed in Gary, IN in 1953 (the label moved its base to Chicago soon after) by the husband-and-wife team of Vivian Carter and James Bracken (the company name was an extension of the pair’s first initials), and blessed with the assistance of Vivian’s bother, Calvin Carter, a gifted and visionary A&R man, Vee Jay had an aggressive recording, licensing, and marketing approach that saw them selling records to black and white audiences alike, and it worked so well that the label frequently had difficulty meeting the demands of its distributors, which meant that Vee Jay was often facing cash flow problems. Still, when the label finally closed its doors in 1966, it had outlasted most of the other black-owned record companies of the era, a list that included Exclusive, Excelsior, Duke-Peacock, and JVB.
Vee Jay wasn’t afraid to gamble, and when they picked up two early Beatles singles, “Please, Please Me” and “From Me to You,” and released them in 1963, they introduced Beatlemania to the U.S. at a time when even Capitol Records, EMI’s American arm (and thus first in line for the Beatles) failed to recognize the group’s potential. Vee Jay always took risks and chances with its catalog, and that fearlessness in the face of the music marketplace kept the company constantly over extended financially and contributed mightily to the label’s eventual demise, but the music that resulted was wonderfully diverse and vital, a central part of the sound of pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. After all, this is a label that gave the world (at least the U.S. part of it) both Jimmy Reed and the Beatles, not to mention the immortal “Duke of Earl” and paved the way for Motown Records. That’s not a bad legacy. Not bad at all. (AMG)
Read more about Vee-Jay Records here:
http://www.recordsbymail.com/veeJay.php
http://www.bsnpubs.com/veejay/veejaystory1.html

trax:
1. The Convention (w/Dee Clark) - The Delegates 2. I'm Gonna Be Glad - The Delegates 3. You Painted Pictures - The Spaniels 4. You Don't Move Me - The Spaniels 5. You Know (Outtake) (w/Dee Clark) - The Kool Gents 6. I Just Can'T Help Myself (w/Dee Clark) - The Kool Gents 7. Elevator Operator - The Sheppards 8. Loving You - The Sheppards 9. Get Lost - The Rhythm Aces 10. Flippity Flop - The Rhythm Aces 11. For Your Precious Love (w/Jerry Butler) - The Impressions 12. High School Diploma - The Capers 13. First Man On The Moon - The Deltones 14. Boom Diddle Boom - The El Dorados 15. Language Of Love (Unreleased) - The El Dorados 16. Happy Til The Letter - The Orioles 17. Live It Up - The Orioles 18. Great Googley Moo (Outtake) - The Spaniels 19. Ozeta - The Magnificents 20. Hiccup - The Magnificents 21. Never Leave Me Baby - The Orioles 22. Dry Your Eyes - The Dells 23. This Old Love Of Mine (Unreleased) - The Magnificents 24. Olly Olly Atsen Free - The Rhythm Aces 25. Come On Baby - The Dells
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"Surfer's Mood" Vol 4 - 1989

This is the final volume of this from-vinyl bootleg series. Some nice tracks, some moody coolness, and a couple of turkeys. The 18th track listed on the sleeve is Jerry and the Catalinas' "Away From It All," but alas it does not appear on the album. Only eight tracks on side two. - Phil Dirttrax:
01 The Surfmen - The Casanova 02 Aston Martin - Fallout 03 Aston Martin - Moonbeat 04 The Ascots - The Gladiator 05 Bruno & The Gladiators - Warm Is The Sun 06 The Vulcanes - Twilight City 07 Lenny & The Thundertones - Moon Of Mankoora 08 The Strangers - In The Beginning 09 Don Coates - Summertime 10 Kenny & The Nite Riders - Andromeda 11 The Titans - Surfer's Lullaby 12 The July 4 - Mr. Miff 13 The Pagents - Pa Cha 14 The Devastators - Moon Maid 15 The Decades - Strange Worlds 16 Exceptionals - Sea Of Tranquility 17 The Astros - Space Walk
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TODD RHODES "The Chronological 1947-1949 Classics"

Born in Kentucky and raised in Springfield, OH, Todd Rhodes first attracted attention during the 1920s as pianist with McKinney's Cotton Pickers. Beginning in 1934, Rhodes spent years gigging around Detroit before assembling his own little band in 1943. By 1946 this group had established itself at Lee's Sensation Lounge in Chicago, and in July 1947 the band began making records bearing the Sensation label, with its primitively rendered graphic depicting tongues of flame surrounding the lettering. Some of Rhodes' recordings would also appear on Vitacoustic, yet another small-time phonographic enterprise based in Chicago. None of the players in this band became famous, and even most seasoned jazz heads would probably not recognize their names. George Favors asserted himself with a big meaty baritone sax, Louis Barnett held down tenor, and Holley "Hal" Dismukes played dazzling alto, with Howard Thompson blowing trumpet. Rhodes had Joe Williams on the bass and Huestell Tally at the drums. Their first four recordings were exceptionally well-played, employing both elements of bop and boogie. "Dance of the Redskins," with its driving rhythms, bears a striking resemblance to the "Redskin Rhumba," itself a variant on Ray Noble's "Cherokee." The records cut in October and November of 1947 for the most part sound just as solid, with occasional lapses in coordination, timbre, and tuning among the horns and in some instances as an apparent result of an improperly tuned piano. While Sun Ra's early Arkestras found ingenious ways of utilizing these kinds of sonic irregularities, the sour harmonics heard here and there on these Rhodes sessions come across as minor momentary discombobulations. Once the Sensation masters were sold to King Records, Rhodes began to enjoy more than modest success. "Blues for the Red Boy" climbed to number four on the Billboard R&B; chart in 1948, and was even used as a broadcast theme song by Alan Freed a few years later, after Freed rechristened it "Blues for Moondog." The rocking "Walkie Talkie," also recorded by young Dinah Washington in 1946, is sung here by Louis Saunders, the singing waiter from Lee's Sensation Lounge. Rhodes' next recording date occurred in Cincinnati on January 25, 1949. The band seems to have tightened up its act for keeps; "Moonlight Blues" in particular sounds like something out of Jay McShann's bag. "Pot Likker," with its rousing group vocal chorus, was a smash hit, making it to number three on that auspicious Billboard chart. (All Music Guide)

trax:
01 Dance Of The Redskins 02 Blue Sensation 03 Bell Boy Boogie 04 Flying Disc 05 Lonely Echoes 06 Oh Baby 07 Bop Bop Sizzle 08 Swoon Boulevard 09 Toddlin' Boogie 10 Anitra's Jump 11 Sportee's Jump 12 Blues For The Red Baby 13 Todd's Idea 14 Walkin' Talkie 15 Page Boy Shuffle 16 Teardrops 17 Pot Likker 18 Red Boy At The Mardi Gras 19 Midnight Session 20 Moonlight Blues
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"VEE JAY DOO WOP" Vol. 3 - A Long Time Ago

EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF VEE JAY VOCAL GROUP GREATNESS. Chicago's Premier 50's Vocal Group label!Vee Jay Records was the most successful black-owned independent record label in the pre-Motown era — Berry Gordy actually used Vee Jay as a template when he set up Motown. Maverick to a fault, Vee Jay placed records in the charts in an amazing diversity of styles, from blues and urban R&B to doo wop, straight pop, jazz, and gospel. Formed in Gary, IN in 1953 (the label moved its base to Chicago soon after) by the husband-and-wife team of Vivian Carter and James Bracken (the company name was an extension of the pair’s first initials), and blessed with the assistance of Vivian’s bother, Calvin Carter, a gifted and visionary A&R man, Vee Jay had an aggressive recording, licensing, and marketing approach that saw them selling records to black and white audiences alike, and it worked so well that the label frequently had difficulty meeting the demands of its distributors, which meant that Vee Jay was often facing cash flow problems. Still, when the label finally closed its doors in 1966, it had outlasted most of the other black-owned record companies of the era, a list that included Exclusive, Excelsior, Duke-Peacock, and JVB.
Vee Jay wasn’t afraid to gamble, and when they picked up two early Beatles singles, “Please, Please Me” and “From Me to You,” and released them in 1963, they introduced Beatlemania to the U.S. at a time when even Capitol Records, EMI’s American arm (and thus first in line for the Beatles) failed to recognize the group’s potential. Vee Jay always took risks and chances with its catalog, and that fearlessness in the face of the music marketplace kept the company constantly over extended financially and contributed mightily to the label’s eventual demise, but the music that resulted was wonderfully diverse and vital, a central part of the sound of pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. After all, this is a label that gave the world (at least the U.S. part of it) both Jimmy Reed and the Beatles, not to mention the immortal “Duke of Earl” and paved the way for Motown Records. That’s not a bad legacy. Not bad at all. (AMG)
Read more about Vee-Jay Records here:
http://www.recordsbymail.com/veeJay.php
http://www.bsnpubs.com/veejay/veejaystory1.html

trax:
1. Shombalor - Sheriff & The Ravels 2. That's My Sugar - The Rhythm Aces 3. You Gave Me Peace Of Mind - The Spaniels 4. You're Gonna Cry - The Spaniels 5. Let's Do The Cha Cha - The Magnificents 6. Caddy Bo - The Magnificents 7. For All We Know - Sonny Til & The Orioles 8. Sugar Girl - Sonny Til & The Orioles 9. What's Bugging You Baby - The El Dorados 10. Lord Knows I Tried Hard (Unreleased) - The El Dorados 11. You Know - The Kool Gents 12. Won't You Believe - The Prodigals 13. Lonely One - Sheriff & The Ravels 14. When I Call On You (Unreleased) - The Kool Gents 15. Whisper To Me - The Rhythm Aces 16. I Wonder Why - The Rhythm Aces 17. Bangie - The Prodigals 18. Kiss Me (Unreleased) - The El Cincos 19. You Got To Go (Unreleased) - The El Cincos 20. Lover's Prayer - The Delltones 21. Baby I Need You (Unreleased) - The Delltones 22. Why Do You Have To Go - The Dells 23. Jo Jo - The Dells 24. Mother's Song - The Delegates 25. A Long Time Ago - The Impressions
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"Surfer's Mood" Vol 3 - 1989

This is Domenic Priori's third volume from vinyl sources. First off, there are some tracks that make no sense at all including here, since they have been available from original session tapes on CD, some for a long time. A solid "semi legitimate" (their word, not mine) collection. - Phil Dirttrax:
01 The Knight Trains - Beach Head 02 The Surfmen - El Toro 03 The Royal Coachmen - Loophole 04 The Velvelones - Mr. X 05 The Heyburners - Bird Walk 06 The Sunliners - The Islanders 07 The Lively Ones - Night & Day 08 The Star Tones - Harlem Nocturne 09 The Vibrants - The Breeze & I 10 The Counts - Surfers Paradise 11 Jerry & The Catalinas - The Arabian Knight 12 The Torquays - Surfers Cry 13 The Mockers - Children Of The Sun 14 The Temptations - Blue Surf 15 The Invictas - Missing 16 The Tempomen - Midnight On Pier 13
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SAUNDERS KING "The Chronological 1948-1954 Classics"

Pioneering R&B; guitarist Saunders King had his first hit in 1942 with "S.K. Blues." King was a preacher's son who sang gospel in his father's church in Oakland. He learned piano, banjo and ukulele. In 1938 he began playing guitar and wound up singing with the Southern Harmony Four for an NBC radio station in San Francisco. He soon developed his passion for blues and "S.K. Blues" was an enormous hit. It also features one of the earliest examples of electric blues guitar, the style for which T-Bone Walker would soon be famous. King recorded for the Aladdin, Modern, and Rhythm labels. He may have made a greater impact in the burgeoning West Coast blues scene of the '40s but was saddled with numerous personal problems including the suicide of his wife in 1942, a serious wound from a .45-caliber pistol fired by his landlord in 1946, and his serving time at San Quentin prison for heroin possession. King retired from music in 1961 and dedicated time to the church. In 1979, he briefly came out of retirement to play on his son-in-law Carlos Santana's Oneness album. By 1999 he had suffered a stroke that partially paralyzed him. He passed away on August 31, 2000 at his Oakland home. He was 91. (All Music Guide)

trax:
01 September Song 02 Nobody Wants Me 03 When Your Lover Has Gone 04 Big Fat Butterfly 05 Imagination 06 Empty Bedroom Blues 07 St. James Infirmary Blues 08 Little Girl 09 Misery Blues 10 Something's Worrying Me 11 When I Got Home This Morning (I'm So Worried) 12 Auf Wiedersehn, My Dear 13 2.00 A.M. Hop 14 Blues About Midnight 15 Unfaithful Blues 16 Stormy Night Blues 17 Danny Boy 18 Read The Good Book 19 Get Yourself Another Fool 20 Summertime 21 My Close Friend 22 Goin' Mad 23 Quit Hangin' Around Me 24 Long Long Time
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"VEE JAY DOO WOP" Vol. 2 - Bim Bam Boom!

EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF VEE JAY VOCAL GROUP GREATNESS. Chicago's Premier 50's Vocal Group label!Vee Jay Records was the most successful black-owned independent record label in the pre-Motown era — Berry Gordy actually used Vee Jay as a template when he set up Motown. Maverick to a fault, Vee Jay placed records in the charts in an amazing diversity of styles, from blues and urban R&B to doo wop, straight pop, jazz, and gospel. Formed in Gary, IN in 1953 (the label moved its base to Chicago soon after) by the husband-and-wife team of Vivian Carter and James Bracken (the company name was an extension of the pair’s first initials), and blessed with the assistance of Vivian’s bother, Calvin Carter, a gifted and visionary A&R man, Vee Jay had an aggressive recording, licensing, and marketing approach that saw them selling records to black and white audiences alike, and it worked so well that the label frequently had difficulty meeting the demands of its distributors, which meant that Vee Jay was often facing cash flow problems. Still, when the label finally closed its doors in 1966, it had outlasted most of the other black-owned record companies of the era, a list that included Exclusive, Excelsior, Duke-Peacock, and JVB.
Vee Jay wasn’t afraid to gamble, and when they picked up two early Beatles singles, “Please, Please Me” and “From Me to You,” and released them in 1963, they introduced Beatlemania to the U.S. at a time when even Capitol Records, EMI’s American arm (and thus first in line for the Beatles) failed to recognize the group’s potential. Vee Jay always took risks and chances with its catalog, and that fearlessness in the face of the music marketplace kept the company constantly over extended financially and contributed mightily to the label’s eventual demise, but the music that resulted was wonderfully diverse and vital, a central part of the sound of pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. After all, this is a label that gave the world (at least the U.S. part of it) both Jimmy Reed and the Beatles, not to mention the immortal “Duke of Earl” and paved the way for Motown Records. That’s not a bad legacy. Not bad at all. (AMG)
Read more about Vee-Jay Records here:
http://www.recordsbymail.com/veeJay.php
http://www.bsnpubs.com/veejay/veejaystory1.html

trax:
1. Bim Bam Boom - The El Dorados 2. A Love Of My Own (Unreleased) - The El Dorados 3. Tell Me Baby - The Five Echoes 4. Evil Woman (Unreleased) - The Five Echoes 5. The Glitter In Your Eyes - The Sheppards 6. Come To Me - The Sheppards 7. Heart And Soul - The Spaniels 8. Everyone's Laughing - The Spaniels 9. My Only Love - The Falcons 10. Now That It's Over - The Falcons 11. Come On Home (Unreleased) - The Falcons 12. Up On The Mountain - The Magnificents 13. Why Did She Go - The Magnificents 14. Yes, She's My Baby (Unreleased) - The Magnificents 15. Movin' On - The Dells 16. Dreams Of Contentment - The Dells 17. Stop (Unreleased) - The Falcons 18. I Really Do - The Five Echoes 19. Tastee Freeze - The Five Echoes 20. Fool's Prayer - The Sheppards 21. Bim Bam Boom (Outtake) - The El Dorados 22. Tragic - The Sheppards 23. Every Now And Then - The Sheppards 24. Let's Make Up - The Spaniels 25. Off The Mountain - The Magnificents
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"Surfer's Mood" Vol 2 - 1989

Volume two collects more excellent slabs of mostly moody often mean surf instros. - Phil Dirttrax:
01 The Aquanauts - Rumble On The Docks 02 The Baymen - Bonzai 03 The Breakers - Kami Kaze 04 The Breakers - Surf Breaker 05 The Rhythm Surfers - 502 (Like Getting Pinched On A 502) 06 The Crunchendoes - Butterfingers 07 The Bel-Aires - Squirt 08 Rich Clayton & The Rumbles - Flip Side 09 The Vistas - Ghost Wave 10 Jack Nitzsche - The Last Race 11 The Majestics - Rip Tide 12 Manuel & The Renegades - Surf Walk 13 Kenny & The Sultans - The Wipe Out 14 The Crossfires - Fiberglass Jungle 15 Our Gang - Here Comes The Rain 16 Dave Meyers & The Surftones - Driftin'
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"NEW ORLEANS TWIST PARTY"

This collection of rare and un-reissued New Orleans R&B; offers listeners an excellent primer to the legendary works of Professor Longhair, Reggie Hall, Eddie Bo and Bobby Mitchell. Features Professor Longhair’s rarest recordings from the vaults of RIP Records! (Amazon)

trax:
1. Whole Lotta Twisting - Professor Longhair 2. Everybody's Blowing (Pt. 1) - Professor Longhair 3. Everybody's Blowing (Pt. 2) - Professor Longhair 4. I Believe I'm Gonna Leave - Professor Longhair 5. Always Picking On Me - Reggie Hall 6. Work - Reggie Hall 7. The Joke - Reggie Hall 8. You Can Think What You Want - Reggie Hall 9. You're The Only One - Eddie Bo 10. You're With Me - Eddie Bo 11. Let's Limbo - Eddie Bo 12. Mo - Jo - Eddie Bo 13. Woman - Eddie Bo 14. Temptation - Eddie Bo 15. You Got The Nerve - Bobby Mitchell 16. Walking In Circles - Bobby Mitchell
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"VEE JAY DOO WOP" Vol. 1 - Oh What A Nite!

EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF VEE JAY VOCAL GROUP GREATNESS. Chicago's Premier 50's Vocal Group label!Vee Jay Records was the most successful black-owned independent record label in the pre-Motown era — Berry Gordy actually used Vee Jay as a template when he set up Motown. Maverick to a fault, Vee Jay placed records in the charts in an amazing diversity of styles, from blues and urban R&B to doo wop, straight pop, jazz, and gospel. Formed in Gary, IN in 1953 (the label moved its base to Chicago soon after) by the husband-and-wife team of Vivian Carter and James Bracken (the company name was an extension of the pair’s first initials), and blessed with the assistance of Vivian’s bother, Calvin Carter, a gifted and visionary A&R man, Vee Jay had an aggressive recording, licensing, and marketing approach that saw them selling records to black and white audiences alike, and it worked so well that the label frequently had difficulty meeting the demands of its distributors, which meant that Vee Jay was often facing cash flow problems. Still, when the label finally closed its doors in 1966, it had outlasted most of the other black-owned record companies of the era, a list that included Exclusive, Excelsior, Duke-Peacock, and JVB.
Vee Jay wasn’t afraid to gamble, and when they picked up two early Beatles singles, “Please, Please Me” and “From Me to You,” and released them in 1963, they introduced Beatlemania to the U.S. at a time when even Capitol Records, EMI’s American arm (and thus first in line for the Beatles) failed to recognize the group’s potential. Vee Jay always took risks and chances with its catalog, and that fearlessness in the face of the music marketplace kept the company constantly over extended financially and contributed mightily to the label’s eventual demise, but the music that resulted was wonderfully diverse and vital, a central part of the sound of pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. After all, this is a label that gave the world (at least the U.S. part of it) both Jimmy Reed and the Beatles, not to mention the immortal “Duke of Earl” and paved the way for Motown Records. That’s not a bad legacy. Not bad at all. (AMG)
Read more about Vee-Jay Records here:
http://www.recordsbymail.com/veeJay.php
http://www.bsnpubs.com/veejay/veejaystory1.html

trax:
1. Oh What A Night - The Dells 2. The Bells Ring Out - The Spaniels 3. Marsha - The Prodigals 4. Judy - The Prodigals 5. Do Ya Do (Outtake) - The Kool Gents 6. This Is The Nite - The Kool Gents 7. Don't Leave Me - The Magnificents 8. Rosebud (Unreleased) - The Magnificents 9. Tell The World - The Dells 10. Times Make You Change - The Dells 11. Hello Dear - The Hi-Liters 12. Bobby Sox Baby - The Hi-Liters 13. I'll Be Forever Loving You - The El Dorados 14. She Don't Run Around (Unreleased) - The El Dorados 15. Candy Store Blues - The Capers 16. Miss You My Dear - The Capers 17. At The Country Fair - The Impressions 18. Lovely One (Outtake) - The Impressions 19. Great Googley Moo - The Spaniels 20. I'm Going To Thank Him (Unreleased) - The Spaniels 21. Baby I Need You - The El Dorados 22. Time Makes You Change (Outtake) - The Dells 23. Feelin' Allright (Unreleased) - The Hi-Liters 24. Just Like A Fool - The Kool Gents 25. Crazy Over You (Unreleased) - The Kool Gents
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"Surfer's Mood" Vol 1 - 1989

Some really nice and rare tunes - incl. Dick Dale.Some tasty gems, some easily available on CD tracks, and some real obscuros. There are some tracks that make no sense at all including here, since they have been available from original session tapes on CD, some for a long time. A good cross section and a vital slab of otherwise unavailable. - Phil Dirt
What Phil Dirt seems to have forgotten about availably of some of these songs is that the collection was released in '89 and none of these songs were available at the time this of release.Phil didn't make this review until the late 90's.I personally know one of the compilers of this series. - Brandonio!trax:
01 The Pagents - Enchanted Surf 02 The S'quires - Green Surf 03 The Expresso's - Teenage Express 04 The Expresso's - Wandering 05 Gene Gary & The Stingrays - Surfer's Mood 06 The Illusions - Nite Mare 07 The Enchanters - Tum-Tiki 08 Dick Dale & The Del-Tones - Jungle Fever 09 The Baymen - Daybreak 10 Johnny Fortune - Siboney 11 Tim Tam & The Turn-Ons - Ophelia 12 The King Pins - 94 Second Surf 13 Kenny & The Fiends - Moon Shot 14 Kenny & The Sultans - With Vigor 15 The Nodeans - Beach Girl 16 The Debionaires - High Wall 17 The Sharks - Big Surf
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HOWLIN' WOLF "The Chronological 1951-1952 Classics"

While there are numerous Howlin' Wolf compilations and anthologies available that trace his extraordinary career, the 25-track 1951-1952 compilation from the French Classics label focuses on Wolf's crucial early Memphis sessions. Recorded for Sam Phillips in 1951 and 1952 prior to Wolf's move to Chicago, each track is raw, passionate, and essential. If you're looking for a comprehensive overview of this period with excellent sound, this disc provides it. (All Music Guide)

trax:
01 Moanin' at Midnight 02 How Many More Years 03 Riding in the Moonlight 04 Dog Me Around 05 Morning at Midnight 06 Keep What You Got 07 Riding in the Moonlight 08 House Rockin' Boogie 09 Crying at Daybreak 10 Passing by Blues 11 My Baby Stole Off 12 I Want Your Picture 13 The Wolf Is at Your Door (Howlin' for My Baby) 14 California Blues 15 California Boogie 16 Look-A-Here Baby 17 Howlin' Wolf Boogie 18 Smile at Me 19 Gettin' Old and Gray 20 Mr. Highway Man 21 My Baby Walked Off 22 C.V. Wine Blues 23 My Troubles and Me 24 Chocolate Drop 25 Highway Man
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"NEW ORLEANS VOCAL GROUP CONNECTION" Vol. 3

GREAT HARD ROCKING NEW ORLEANS SOUND!!!!trax:
1. It Takes Time - The Blenders 2. Why Oh Why - The Hawks 3. Snatchin' Back - The Bees 4. Do You Have The Right - The Scotchtones 5. You Made Me Love You - The Sha-Weez 6. Don't Walk Out - The Barons 7. I Won't Be Back - The Kidds 8. I Want To Be Loved - The Bees 9. Graveyard - The Blenders 10. I Don't Want To Lose Her - The Spiders 11. It Ain't That Way - The Hawks 12. My Lost Dreams - The Dukes 13. Cold Kisses - The Barons 14. You're Gone - Roy Perkins & Group 15. He's The Fat Man - The Hawks 16. Are You Forgetting Me - The Pelicans 17. My Only Girl - The Goldenaires 18. I'm A Young Man - The Toppers 19. Get Away Baby - The Bees 20. Bluesy Me - Dave Collins & The Scrubs 21. Here I Am - Roy Perkins & Group 22. That's What You Are - The Hawks 23. Ain't Gonna Do It - The Pelicans 24. She Keeps Me Wondering - The Spiders 25. All About You - The Goldenaires
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"Rare Surf" Vol 2 The South Bay Bands - 1995

28 choice cuts from top South Bay bands of the ''60s, including Nocturnes, Wheely McSidewalk, Revelaires and Vibrants. 20 of the tunes are previously unreleased!More music from Los Angeles's South Bay area, cut between 1962 and 1964 and Paul Johnson's own studio, and this time there's a future star guitar virtuoso in this mix of track, 90% of which are previously unissued. The Nocturnes were a multi-faceted band whose sounds drew from surf, garage-rock, sci-fi films, Latino, and sound effects records -- picture a rock & roll band with room for a mariachi horn section and an organ, transforming itself into a Tornadoes-style guitar-and-FX outfit, and that's the level of flexibility on their songs. Funny thing is, it all holds together, too -- their tracks are lively and always interesting. Wheely McSidewalk & The Ball Bearings was a pseudonym for a trio of guitar instrumentals cut in a sort of in-studio duel between some rival axemen, including a mid-teens Larry Carlton. This is real serious stuff despite the obvious jokiness of the name, hot guitar workouts for the period between guys who could play circles around the competition. The Revelairs, featured on eight cuts, had two separate guitar sounds, the biting leads by Frank Simplicito and the crunchy rhythm parts by Mark Stotesbury, who was so strong that the band avoided getting a bass player for years, relying on his solo rhythm guitar. These guys eventually ended up turning pro as sessionmen and playing background music on MGM-produced shows like The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Then Came Bronson. The Vibrants, represented on six tracks, opened for acts like the Beach Boys and the Journeymen (see Vol. 1) and sounded uncannily like the early Ventures, all lean guitars (they added a sax later, but even on these tracks it's pushed into the background). They had a genuinely aggressive attack, even on their more relaxed numbers, and listening to an instrumental like "Scorpion" is a lot like riding the surf, much as "Zorchy" evokes the surf and beach scene of the era. These boys should have been doing soundtrack music. The audio quality, incidentally, is impeccable, and the notes are extraordinary in their detail and the obvious joy in this music that they express. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

trax:
The Nocturnes
1. Third Star To The Left 2. Sticky 3. Baha-Ree-Ba! 4. Space Probe 5. Surfer Street 6. Midnight Run 7. Journey To The Stars 8. Honky Tonk 9. Comin' Home Baby 10. Wipeout 11. Shootin' The Pier
McSidewalk, Wheely & The Ball Bearings
12. Memphis Beat 13. Funky Beat 14. Surf Beat
The Revelairs
15. San-Ho-Zay 16. Hawaiian War Chant 17. Ridin' High 18. Skokiaan
The Vibrants
19. Scorpion 20. Zorchy 21. Stomp Crazy 22. Wild Fire 23. The Breeze & I 24. Fuel Injection
The Revelairs
25. Whispering 26. Theme From Black Saddle 27. Dark Eyes 28. The Cruel Sea
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"NEW ORLEANS VOCAL GROUP CONNECTION" Vol. 2

GREAT HARD ROCKING NEW ORLEANS SOUND!!!!trax:
1. Crying The Blues - The Moonbeams 2. Down In Mexico - The Pelicans 3. Early Sunday Morning - The Sha-Weez 4. Don't Leave Me Here To Cry - The Supremes 5. Remember Me - The Bees 6. Wini Brown - The Dukes 7. All Women Are The Same - The Hawks 8. Free, Single And Disengaged - Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns 9. Eternally Yours - The Barons 10. Shimmies And The Shakes - The Dukes 11. You Broke My Heart - The Kidds 12. Teenage Baby - The Moonbeams 13. Drunk, Drunk, Drunk - The Pelicans 14. Quit My Job - Bobby Marchan & The Clowns 15. Tell Me You Love Me Too - The Spiders 16. Sunny Side Of The Street - The Bees 17. Real Gone Mama - The Pelicans 18. Just For You And I - The Supremes 19. Meant For Me - Bobby Mitchell & The Toppers 20. Feeling Sad - The Sha-Weez 21. It's Too Late Now - The Hawks 22. So Tired - The Spiders 23. No Money - The Blue Diamonds 24. Teardrop Eyes - The Dukes 25. Snoopin' And Accusin' - Bobby Marchan & The Tic Tocs
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JULIA LEE "The Chronological 1927-1946 Classics"

Although this first volume in the Classics Julia Lee chronology is ostensibly part of the label's Blues & Rhythm vintage R&B; series, it begins with eight valuable early jazz recordings made in the notoriously wide-open nonstop party town of Kansas City during the years 1927 and 1928. On the opening track, lifted up off of a dusty old platter that bore the obscure Meritt record label, 25-year-old Julia Lee is heard singing "Down Home Syncopated Blues" with her big brother George E. Lee & His Novelty Singing Orchestra. For the flip side, a stomp named after the record company, the band conjures up something similar to Duke Ellington's "East St. Louis Toodle-O." A series of Brunswick sides cut during November of 1929 features both George E. Lee and a young Albert "Budd" Johnson in the reed section. George Lee sings James P. Johnson's "If I Could Be with You" and Joe Primrose's "St. James Infirmary Blues" in a rather shrill voice not unlike that of the young Cab Calloway. Two instrumentals, "Paseo Street" and "Ruff Scufflin'," provide a piquant taste of Bennie Moten-era Kansas City hot jazz. The pianist on all of these early sides is said to have been Julia Lee and/or legendary Kansas City bandleader and future R&B; composer Jesse Stone. All of this serves as a wonderful prelude to the records actually featuring Julia Lee the vocalist. She chortles "He's Tall, Dark and Handsome" in a powerful voice edged with ringing vibrato similar to that which Alberta Hunter would use during the 1930s. In a neat maneuver, Julia Lee's "Won't You Come Over to My House?" of 1929 segues smoothly into her 1944 recording "Come on Over to My House," a jump tune that clearly inspired Nellie Lutcher's 1947 hit record "Hurry On Down." What happened to Julia Lee during those missing 15 years? She is said to have remained in Kansas City working as pianist in her brother's band, gigging steadily but apparently not preserving any of her performances on phonograph records. Her Capitol recordings, which began to materialize in the mid-'40s, show listeners a mature woman who had gradually perfected her casual mannerisms in the 24-hour nightclubs of Kansas City. This is best demonstrated when she belts out the words to Richard M. Jones' "Trouble in Mind" with a band anchored by the world's toughest rhythm section of Jay McShann, Walter Page, and Sam "Baby" Lovett. (All Music Guide)trax:
01 Down Home Syncopated Blues 02 The Meritt Stomp 03 If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight 04 Paseo Street 05 Ruff Scufflin' 06 St James Infirmary 07 He's Tall, Dark And Handsome 08 Won't You Come Over To My House 09 Come On Over To My House 10 Trouble In My Mind 11 If It's Good 12 Show Me Missouri Blues 13 Lotus Blossom 14 Dream Lucky Blues 15 Julia's Blues 16 Lies 17 Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got 18 When A Woman Loves A Man 19 Oh Marie 20 I'll Get Along Somehow 21 A Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid 22 Have You Ever Been Lonely 23 Since I Have Been With You 24 Out In The Cold Again 25 Young Girl's Blues 26 On My Way Out
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"Rare Surf" Vol 1 The South Bay Bands - 1995

I took a chance on this not knowing the bands or too much about surf instrumental. It's a very good CD of 3 lesser known bands and the history of Surf music in the South Bay area. If you're building a surf collection, this is a real good addition. If you're looking for recognizable surf classics then you should go elsewhere. One thing is for sure, PJ & The Galaxies had it going. - By Brent D. DaviesAnyone who enjoyed "Tally-Ho" by P.J. & the Galaxies on Rhino's Legends of Surf Guitar Vol. 1 need look no further than this 25-track collection, 14 of which are by the very same band. Also present are instrumentals by P.J. & Artie and the Journeymen, the latter one of the very first surf instrumental outfits in L.A.'s south bay area, dating from 1959. The material here might offer the prospect of a certain sameness, but the listener is in for a surprise -- P.J. and the Galaxies had some real musical smarts when it came to finding and choosing material to record. Paul (P.J.) Johnson was a gifted guitar player and composer in his own right, but he knew a good tune when he heard it, and had the band cutting versions of Terry Gilkyson's "Wild Goose" and even a surf guitar excerpt of Bedrich Smetana's "The Moldau" (!!!!!) that works; he also reached out to repertory by the British instrumental band the Shadows ("The Rise and Fall of Fingel Blunt"), as well as grabbing solid rock & roll standards ("Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"). What's more, they had a surprising elegance in some of the handling of their instruments, and could play in several "voices," all very danceable. In any case, they cut tracks that were different enough to make up a strong album. The sad irony is that only one track by the band on this collection has ever appeared before, anywhere -- one wonders how the members who've survived feel hearing it on CD 30-odd years later. Now P.J. & Artie (Art Fisher), on the other hand, have a slightly rawer guitar sound, with more punch -- for example, their version of "They Call The Wind Maria" from Lerner & Loewe's Paint Your Wagon, which starts in a "Little Drummer Boy" beat, breaking into a full shake-and-shimmy finale. And then there are the Journeymen, lead by guitarist Lonnie Fredericks, who could win a Dick Dale award for surf band excellence if there were one -- they play with fire and a lot passion, raw virtuosity down to every one of Roger Piersall's drum rolls, ornamented with some mean sax. The sound is first-rate, and the notes are detailed, deeply evocative of the period and the people, and a delight in their own right. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

trax:
PJ & The Galaxies
1. Tally Ho 2. Andele 3. Rise && Fall Of Flingel Blunt 4. The Schimmy (ake Side Two) 5. Wild Goose 6. The Moldau 7. One Mind Julep 8. Rockin' Pneumonia && The Boogie Woogie Flue 9. Big Shot 10. Scouse 11. Lanky Bones 12. Comin' Home Baby 13. Belly Button 14. Ramrod 15. Vamonos
PJ & Artie
16. (I'm Gonna) Work Out Fine 17. Squad Car 18. Mariah 19. Fink
The Journeymen
20. Work Out 21. Bag's Groove 22. Surfer's Blues 23. Surfer's Rule 24. Arties's Blues 25. Road Runner
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"NEW ORLEANS VOCAL GROUP CONNECTION" Vol. 1

GREAT HARD ROCKING NEW ORLEANS SOUND!!!!trax:
1. Feeling Alright On Saturday Night - The Velvetiers 2. This Is The Life - The Tic Tocs 3. Joe The Grinder - The Hawks 4. Mardi Gras Mambo - The Hawkettes 5. No One To Love Me - The Sha-Weez 6. I Know I Was Wrong - The Barons 7. Question - The Webs 8. 4 X 11= 44 - The Toppers 9. Who Are You - The Orbits 10. Boom Boom - The Barons 11. Blue Jeans And Ribbons - The Spiders 12. Oh Baby - The Velvetiers 13. Honey Honey - The Supremes 14. Chimes - The Pelicans 15. Cotton Pickin' Hands - The Dukes 16. Toy Bell - The Bees 17. Good News - The Hawks 18. True Fine Mama - The Showmen 19. Witchcraft - The Spiders 20. Mr. Hard Luck - The Orbits 21. Dearest Darling - The Clowns 22. My Girl Across Town - Lester Robinson & Upsetters 23. Honey Baby - The Blue Diamonds 24. What A Party - Jesse Allen & Group 25. Feeling Alright On Saturday Night (Outtake) - The Velvetiers
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"LOST SOUL TREASURES" VOL. 5

Excellent collection of rare 60's soul! These comps are out of print and very hard to find.trax:
1. I'm A Fool I Must Love You - The Falcons 2. The Invitation - Johnny Copeland 3. That's Why I'm Messin' 'round Here - Sweets Reed 4. I Hurt Myself - Lee Shot Williams 5. Funky Drop - Harmonica Fats 6. Troubles I've Had - Clarence Ashe 7. Don't Be Afraid - Frankie Karl & The Dreams 8. Sally Sue Brown - Arthur Alexander 9. You Got It And I Want It - Andre Williams 10. Let's Get A Thing Goin' - The Upsetters 11. Can't Get Use To Losing You - Donnie Elbert 12. Out Of This World - Gino Washington 13. Victim Of Circumstance - Mike & The Censations 14. I Woke Up This Morning - Esquerita 15. Pee Wee - Robbie Montgomery 16. Tennesse Waltz - Johnny Jones 17. I'm Walking Away - Denise Chandler 18. Lift Me Up Big - John Hamilton 19. Your Sweet Love - Otis Williams 20. If You Need Me - Wilson Pickett 21. Man Without A Woman - Matt Brown 22. All I Want Is You - Big Al Downing 23. Shotgun Wedding - Roy "C" 24. Hypnotized - Linda Jones 25. Substitute For Love - Watson & Williams 26. Same Old Thing - The Olympics 27. My Mother's A Funky Chicken - Pat Holben Trio
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"Surfin' Sundays" 1997

A benefit for the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum.What a great CD! 23 great bands doing wonderful things, some from readily available releases, some from private issues, some available for the first time anywhere, and some remastered to great effect. All varied styles, all wonderful. It's been lovingly mastered by super surf supporter and all around nice guy Jay hector. The CD is a benefit for the Surfing Museum at Huntington Beach. There is one surf-punk vocal track by the Immortals. - Phil Dirttrax:
1. the bells of st.kahuna - Slacktone 2. alaki - Green Room 3. the blue rider (wet suit mix) - Pollo Del Mar 4. surfin' spooks - The Ghastly Ones 5. invasion of the body surfers - Davie Allan and the Arrows 6. johnny's noseride - The Eliminators 7. surf del scorcho - Monster Zero 8. hey andy - The Reventlos 9. j-bay - The Surf Kings 10. shark attack - The Woodys 11. el nino - The Bone Sharks 12. narcosis - Kelp 13. flamin eddie's dragstrip - Insect Surfers 14. night of the tikis - The Tiki Tones 15. storm dancer - Jon and the Nightriders 16. scratchin' and twistin' - The Hillbilly Soul Surfers 17. kamikaze - The Wedge 18. the persistence of surf - The Neptunas 19. death race 2000 - The Black Widows 20. hurricane surf - The Swingin' Tikis 21. tahiti '96 - Brazil 2001 22. hombre de palabra - The Halibuts 23. surf and destroy - The Immortals 24. road to blackies - The Fabulous Nomads

"LOST SOUL TREASURES" VOL. 4

Excellent collection of rare 60's soul! These comps are out of print and very hard to find.trax:
1. The Power Of Love - The Ambassadors 2. Popeye Waddle - Don Covay 3. It Won't Work Out Baby - The Lost Souls 4. For You - The Spellbinders 5. Lonesome Boy - Jackie & The Starlites 6. Close To You - Jimmy Armstrong 7. It's Not Unusual - The Dells 8. Without You - The Ultimations 9. Get Down With It - Bobby Marchan 10. Rainbow - Gene Chandler 11. I Love You More - Lee Williams & The Cymbals 12. There Is Something On Your Mind P1 - The Jolly Jax 13. There Is Something On Your Mind P2 - The Jolly Jax 14. Am I Ever Going To See My Baby Again - Vernon Green 15. Pearl Time - Andre Williams 16. Ten Commandments - Prince Buster 17. Showdown - The Four Tempos 18. My Baby - Margie Hendrix & The Raelettes w/Ray Charles 19. Doodle Pickle - Joe Cook 20. Going Through A Change Of Love - Doc Oliver 21. Lonely Drifter - The O'Jays 22. Let One Hurt Do - L.J. Reynolds 23. I'll Never Leave You Lonely - Roy "C" 24. Don't Ever Leave Me - Don & Dewey w/The Blossoms 25. Watchdog - Dorothy Williams 26. The Bells - Bobby Powell 27. Here Comes The Night - Jimmy Norman
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CHARLEY PRIDE "In Person" 1968

Seeing Charley Pride sing the national anthem on TV the other night before his beloved Texas Rangers were summarily dispatched by a bunch of sixteen year old hippies from San Francisco, I was reminded that he cut what might be the best live country album ever. It's like a country version of the first Ramones album in its brevity and perfection. If you're used to his studio recordings, many of which are slathered in high fructose Nashville additives, it's a treat to hear him swinging and loose with nary a string section or choir in sight and a killer band that prominently features the astonishing Lloyd Green on pedal steel, who does this thing on "Six Days On The Road" where he imitates an approaching police siren and for a moment you think that either something's wrong with your stereo or your ride is finally here. This album appears to be out of print but you can find the LP used easily enough, and you should. (http://wfmuichiban.blogspot.com/)

trax:
01 Intro By Bo Powell 02 The Last Thing On My Mind 03 Just Between You And Me 04 I Know One 05 Dialogue 06 Lovesick Blues 07 The Image Of Me 08 Kaw-Liga 09 Shutters And Boards 10 Six Days On The Road 11 Streets Of Baltimore 12 Got Leavin' On Her Mind 13 Crystal Chandeliers 14 Cotton Fields
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"CAN'T STOP LOVIN'" A New Kind Of Mambo Vol 42

trax:
1. Come On-A My House - Julie London 2. Taboo - Cyril Diaz & His Orchestra 3. I'm On My Way To Canaan - Mahalia Jackson 4. Louisiana - Percy Mayfield 5. Caravan - Dirty Dozen Brass Band 6. Do Whatcha Wanna - Rebirth Brass Band 7. Grazing In The Grass - Treme Brass Band 8. Old Man - Lil' Stooges Brass Band 9. Skokiaan - Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers 10. D-Boy - New Birth Brass Band 11. I'm Gonna Have My Fun - Goody Oswaldo 12. Willie Whopper - Willie Colón 13. King Louie's Glue - King Louie's Court 14. Tequila Song - The Contenders 15. Gusto y Sabor - El Rey Caney 16. Voodoo Moon - Jackie Mittoo & The Soul Brothers 17. Alphonso in town - Lord Kitchener 18. You Ain't Nothing But Trouble - Christine Kittrell 19. Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter 20. Here's My Picture - Billy Boy Arnold 21. Can't Stop Lovin' - Big Town Playboys 22. John The Revelator - Dirty Dozen Brass Band
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THE RIBEYE BROTHERS "Bar Ballads And Cautionary Tales" 2005

Although they never transcend their obvious Nuggets-era roots, the Ribeye Brothers make the most of them.Founded by two ex-members of Monster Magnet, the five-piece churns up a mighty garage racket, often compared to the Seeds and the 13th Floor Elevators, enhanced with occasional Supersuckers country twang. Tim Cronin's snotty, in-your-face vocals are front and center, but Matt Forman's keyboards and Jon Kleinman's scruffy guitar provide a greasy base for him to work from. As its country-styled title suggests, there are a few -- but just a few -- weepy, cautionary ballads in the mix. "Death or Greyhound" is the best, but "From the Floor," a tragic tale of alcoholism that references the cover of Neil Young's American Stars 'N Bars, comes close. However, those are the only instances where ballads interrupt the punky, stripped-down '60s rocking that the Ribeye Brothers recall so effortlessly. Backward guitars on "Roberto Duran" and vocals on "Turpentine" bring the psychedelia, and it's this sense of experimentation that helps the band occasionally transcend its influences. Not that they need to, because this no-frills, American rock stands on its own merits and the band assaults it with the integrity and intensity of the greats that precede them in this genre. It may be only three chords, but the gutsy energy and gritty yet surprisingly well-recorded sound attacks like a rabid dog tearing out of the speakers. Riffs fly, guitars churn, and Cronin wallows in the atmosphere like he was born for it. This may not create any new enthusiasts for the tough garage rock the Ribeye Brothers celebrate, but the album is a real find for existing fans who think that real rock & roll died after the '60s. - Review by Hal Horowitztrax:
1. Nothing To Show You 2. Roberto Duran 3. Buffalo 4. We Became Snakes 5. From The Floor 6. Lonesome Rhodes 7. Turpentine 8. Electric Chair 9. Horn Of Plenty 10. Find Yer Own 11. Goddamn The Sun 12. Death Or Greyhound 13. Working Men Are Pissed 14. I Been Thinkin' - bonus
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"LOST SOUL TREASURES" VOL. 3

Excellent collection of rare 60's soul! These comps are out of print and very hard to find.trax:
1. You Can Make It If You Try - Yvonne Fair 2. Go Go Train - John Paine 3. Gotta Give Her Love - The Volumes 4. Dedicated To The Greatest - Johnny Copeland 5. Sock It To 'Em J.B. - Rex Garvin 6. Sock It To 'Em J.B. Pt. 2 - Rex Garvin 7. Have Fun - Ann Cole 8. It Won't Be This Way (Always) - The King Pins 9. Sockin' 1-2-3-4 - John Roberts 10. Love Is Wonderful - Jimmy Norman w/The O'Jays 11. Jesse James - Rosco Gordon 12. I Found A Love - Lotsa Poppa 13. That's Where It's At - Lotsa Poppa 14. Sweet Sweet Love - J.C. Davis 15. Am I A Loser From The Start - Eddie Holman 16. Stereo Freeze Pt. 1 - The Stereos 17. Stereo Freeze Pt. 2 - The Stereos 18. As Long As You Need Me - Theola Kilgore 19. Help Poor Me - James Crawford 20. Will You Wait - Larry Banks 21. Tell Him - The Drew-Vells 22. For Your Precious Love - Sammy Taylor 23. Let The Good Times Roll - Bunny Sigler 24. Every Day Of My Life - The Augustine Twins 25. Happy Feet Time - The Montclaires 26. I'm So Afraid - Jay W. King 27. Dance, Dance, Dance - Tommy Duncan
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THE RIBEYE BROTHERS "If I Had A Horse..." 2002

This is the twisted brainchild of Monster Magnet drummer Jon Kleiman, and spiritual advisor Tim Cronin, who smear garage-shock ooze over twangy backwoods drunkrock and filter it through a deft psychedelic-pop sensibility, adding covers by The Creation, and The Beatles for good measure. (Amazon)From the former members of Monster Magnet, Tim Cronin and Jon Kleiman bring you Ribeye Brothers: An infusion of acid-country south-western rock. It is quite the rare addition to the music scene. Extremely potent in its addictive craziness. I can't think of a single other band to relate this to. Slightly garagey but psychadelic in its own right as well. Absolutely worth the listen. Check this out. (N. Malcolm)trax:
1. If I Had A Horse... 2. Mister Ray Charles 3. Bootful Of Piss 4. D.W.I. 5. How Does It Feel 6. Drinkin' And Stinkin' 7. Last Place Champs 8. Mr. Ray Charles 9. Steakhat 10. Swagger Turns To Stagger 11. Don't Pass Me By 12. Love Theme
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"LOST SOUL TREASURES" VOL. 2

Excellent collection of rare 60's soul! These comps are out of print and very hard to find.trax:
1. Oo Wee Baby, I Love You - Fred Hughes 2. Oh Boy - Earl Duke 3. Do Do Do Bah Ah - Bert Keyes 4. For Your Love - Sam & Bill 5. Follow The Leader - Wyley Terry 6. Follow The Leader Pt. 2 - Wyley Terry 7. No Man Is An Island - The Van Dykes 8. I Believe I'll Go Back Home - The Ovations 9. I Don't Love You No More - Jimmy Norman & The O'Jays 10. You Can't Sit Down (Part 2) - Phil Upchurch Combo 11. Something I Want To Tell You - Johnny & the Expressions 12. Try Some Of Mine - Little Richard 13. I Miss You Baby - Marv Johnson 14. I Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else - The Masqueraders 15. I Really Love You - Chuck-A -Luck 16. Why Do You Want To Hurt The One That Loves You - The Mar-Vellos 17. The Boo Boo Song - King Coleman 18. You're On My Mind - Jay Wiggins 19. On The Streets Of New York City - Harvey Scales & The 7 Sounds 20. You've Been Untrue - The Delphonics 21. Spreadin' Honey - The Soul Runners 22. I Do The Jerk - Bill Pickney 23. For Your Precious Love - Oscar Toney Jr. 24. If I Didn't Love You - The Profiles 25. I Wanna Testify - The Parliaments 26. Are You Lonely For Me - Freddie Scott 27. You Better Go - Derek Martin
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RICKY ALLEN "Remember The Time"

Limited edition European CD featuring 31 tracks recorded in the 60's by this excellent and, undeservedly obscure, soul blues singer from Chicago. Allen was a fine and expressive singer and had a strong following in Chicago though he only had one national R&B; hit with the fine Mel London composition Cut You A-Loose - a song that has subsequently become a Chicago blues standard and been recorded by Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Luther Allison and others. Allen was accompanied by top Chicago musicians like Earl Hooker, Reggie Boyd, Abb Locke, A.C. Reed, Lafayette Leake, Sonny Lantz and others. What Do You DO from 1966 features some fine harp from Junior Wells. Sound quality, presumably dubbed from 45s, is satisfactory and the booklet includes a biography of Ricky.(Roots & Rhythm Music)

trax:
01 You'd Better Be Sure 02 You Were My Teacher 03 From You 04 Remember The Time 05 Ouch! 06 I Don't Get It 07 I Wanna Hear From You 08 Heart Breaking 09 Cut You A-Loose 10 Faith 11 Early In The Morning 12 Catch Up With Your Crowd 13 Eighty Hour Week 14 Can I Come Back Home 15 Help Me Mama 16 The Big Fight 17 Little By Little 18 Going Or Coming 19 I Have Made A Change 20 Messed Around And Fell In Love 21 I Ain't Never 22 Hurt Look On My Face 23 It's Love Baby 24 Step Down 25 I'm A Real Thankful Man 26 I Can't Stand No Signifying 27 Just You And Me 28 Nothing In The World Can't Hurt Me 29 What Do You Do 30 It's A Mess I Tell You 31 Skate Boo-Ga-Loo
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"Rare Surf" Vol.3 - Johnny Fortune & Johnny Barakat and The Vestells 1996

There are only two acts represented on the third of AVI's surf band compilations, Johnny Fortune and Johnny Barakat & the Vestells. In contrast to most of the other acts in this series Johnny Fortune actually recorded and released a whole album, Soul Surfer (cut with Fortune's ten-year-old brother on drums for the title track), which appears on this CD in its entirety, and a single, "Soul Surfer," that did well enough to get him on TV, on the Lloyd Thaxton Show, among other venues. It isn't bad, even if it wouldn't make Dick Dale look too hard over his shoulder at the younger competition - Fortune's sound is lithe and dexterous, not so much overpowering as simply lively. Johnny Barakat and the Vestells, by contrast, have a heavier sound, the honking sax sharing the spotlight with the guitar in a more conventional surf band configuration, in what is essentially more conventional dance-type music. The sound on their contribution is somewhat flawed after the Johnny Fortune stuff, a bit substandard but not fatal. The notes are exceptionally well detailed, much more so than many reissues of much more prominent artists. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

trax:
Johnny Fortune
1. Soul Surfer 2. Midnight Surf 3. Chinese Surfer 4. Surfer's Trip 5. Lone Surfer 6. Wild Weekend 7. Surf Rider 8. Sunset 9. Soul Traveler 10. Moonglow And Theme From Picnic 11. Siboney 12. Dragster
Johnny Barakat & The Vestells
13. Surf Madness 14. Static (Take 1) 15. Sophisticated Surfer 16. Go Surfer Mo (El Zebra) 17. 5-4-3-2-1 Surf 18. Surfin' Bread (Shortnin' Bread) 19. Surf Riders In The Sky (Ghost Riders In The Sky) 20. Smack 21. Happy Time 22. Long Ride 23. Static (Take 2) 24. Wedge
all trax in glorious monoloudarama!
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"LOST SOUL TREASURES" VOL. 1

Excellent collection of rare 60's soul! These comps are out of print and very hard to find.trax:
1. I Don't Know What You Got - Little Richard 2. Sad Girl - Jay Wiggins 3. Let's Get A Thing Going - Don Gardner 4. Someone To Take Your Place - Joe Tex 5. Poor Unfortunate Me - JJ Barnes 6. Gonna Send You Back To Georgia - Timmie Shaw 7. In A Moment - The Intrigues 8. This Can't Be True - Eddie Holman 9. Do The 45 - The Sharpees 10. Michael - The C.O.D.'s 11. The Real Thing - Tina Britt 12. Until You Came Along - The Visitors 13. Hole In The Wall - The Packers 14. Keep On Dancin' - The Avantis 15. Mojo Workout - Bobby Long & The Satellites 16. The Love Of My Man - Theola Kilgore 17. Love-I-Tis - Harvey Scales & The 7 Sounds 18. No Time For You - The Commands 19. Steal Away - Jimmy Hughes 20. Open The Door To Your Heart - Darrell Banks 21. Hungry For Love - San Remo Golden Strings 22. Any Other Way - Little Jackie Shane 23. Aint Nothin' But A House Party - The Show Stoppers 24. The New Breed - Jimmy Holliday 25. Forgive Then Forget - Jay Wiggins 26. That's Enough - Roscoe Robinson 27. Here's A Heart - The Diplomats
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"DOO-WOPPING THE BLUES"

Fine and varied collection of 50's and 60's vocal group R&B with the word "blues" in the title. The music is much better than the horrible cover!trax:
1. Crying The Blues - The Moonbeams 2. Blues No More - Eddie Saxton & Paramounts 3. My Heart's Got The Blues - The Five C's 4. Rock Me The Blues - Bobby Klint & The Jades 5. Blues In A Letter - The Flamingos 6. Devil Blues - The Chromatics 7. Crying The Blues Over Me - The Criterions 8. I Got The Blues - The Van-Dells 9. Blues In The Night - The Robins 10. Two For The Blues - The Five Grand 11. Candy Store Blues - The Capers 12. Blues At Dawn - The Sultans 13. Teenage Blues - Carlo & The Cupids 14. Lulabelle Blues - The Crows 15. I Cry The Blues - Gayle Fortune & The Terry Tones 16. Rock A Bye Blues - Eddie Banks & Van Dreamers 17. Blues For Monday - The Emanon Four 18. I Had The Blues - Sheldon Dunaway & Cup Cakes 19. Chasing The Blues - The Arist-O-Kats 20. Beatle Mania Blues - The Roaches 21. Count Off Blues - Billy Perry & The Starlites 22. Opera Vs. The Blues - The Utopians 23. Road Of The Blues - The Phaetons 24. Bye Bye Baby Blues - The Ravens
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Bitch Boys "RIDE THE FIRST WAVE" 2004

The famous '60s 'waterproof' formula still works nowadays. Their sound is not dreamy, it's rather harsh. The music is fast, with all the necessary ingredients needed; oriental sound, rock'a'billy, ska..."Ah, the Bitch Boys. If you've heard them before, you're nodding your head knowingly. If this is your first exposure, you'll understand what I mean after you've listened. Surf music is a sound, a style, a beat, an energy. It's a music that conveys the motion of the curl without the need for words. You need not live in Balboa to get it. Proof of that lies in this disc. The Bitch Boys are from Slovenia, quite a distance from the California coast. They write and play surf instrumentals with humor and style. They understand the power of the rhythm and attraction of the reverb.
After several releases packed with commanding original music, the Bitch Boys have gone into the vaults to pay homage to the roots of surf. While some of the songs are surf classics, and others obscuros, this is not a collection of covers by any means. Each is completely reinvented in the Bitch Boys style. These tracks display the magic of the Bitch Boys. Each song recalls the golden era of surf instrumentals, but its sound is immediate and current.
With an attractively sparkling sound and energy, the Bitch Boys are about to take over your CD player. Soon, you will be heard to quietly say "ah, the Bitch Boys." - Phil Dirt/Reverb Central(www.reverbcentral.com)

The Bitch Boys:
Robi Biloderic "MIRNIC": Lead Guitar / Damir Iglicar "LEGENDA": Rhythm Guitar / Marko Valant "MARKAN": Drums / Tomaz Urgl "MURKI": Bass

trax:
1. Ghost Hop 2. Banzai Washout 3. Sandstorm 4. Ali Baba 5. Graveyard 6. Twenty Thousand Leagues 7. Knajzigor vs Phantom 8. Swingin Surf Rider 9. Caterpillar Crawl 10. Dark Eyes 11. Damascus 12. Big Noise From Makaha 13. Dracula's Theme 14. Shockwave 15. Cloudburst 16. Pendleton Surf 17. Rat Pfink Theme 18. Chinese Surf 19. Twilight City 20. Puszta Beat 21. Breakin Up 22. 4th Dimension 23. Rockin Rebel 24. The Breeze & I 25. Out of This World 26. Gotcha 27. Vltava 28. In The Hall of The Mountain King 29. Tamburalo Momce Uz Tamburu 30. Snowman

"ALADDIN & IMPERIAL R&B; VOCAL GROUP MAGIC" VOL 6 - From New Orleans To Los Angeles

A fantastic mix of early 50’s to mid 60’s Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll and superb ballads from Aladdin, Imperial, Lamp and Post Records.trax:
1. I'm So Sorry - Jimmy Inman & The Impollos 2. You Never Knew - Jimmy Inman & The Impollos 3. The Creature - The Jayhawks 4. Lover's Plea - Tommy Lampkin 5. Darling, It's Wonderful - The Lovers 6. Tonight's The Night - The Monitors 7. Consideration - The Four Palms 8. My Love Is True - The Royal Halos 9. Nobody But Me And My Girl - The Royal Halos 10. I'll Be Loving You - The Saratogas 11. I Need Someone To Love - Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns 12. Bam Jingle Jingle - The Spotlighters 13. This Is My Story - The Spotlighters 14. Preachin' - The Spotlighters 15. The Wrong Girl - The Symbols 16. No Matter - The Tantones 17. I Love You, I Really Do - The Tantones 18. Heaven Above - Elvie Easter & The Five Techniques 19. Clickety Click Clack - The Turbans 20. I Wonder - The Turbans 21. The Damage Is Done - The Turbans 22. Please Baby, Please - The Viceroys 23. Death Of An Angel - The Viceroys 24. Memories Of An Angel - Donald Woods
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THE VELOURS "Remembering With The Velours"

The Velours were originally from the Bedford/Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn and although they never scored any major hits, they are fondly remembered for their variety of vocal group romantic ballads, novelty numbers, and uptempo jump and rocking' songs. They came together in the mid fifties and began recording for the newly formed Onyx label in June of '56. (AMG)

trax:
01 Can I Come Over Tonight? 02 This Could Be The NIght 03 Crazy Love 04 My Love Come Back 05 What You Do To Me 06 Romeo 07 Tired Of Your Rockin' & Rollin' 08 Little Sweetheart 09 I Promise 10 Remember 11 I'll Never Smile Again 12 Where There's A Will 13 Hands Accross The Table 14 Honey Drop 15 Blue Velvet 16 Lover Come Back 17 Daddy Warbucks 18 Sweet Sixteen 19 Lonely One 20 Can I Walk You Home?
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Link Protrudi & The Jaymen "Drive It Live" 1992

Wild and raucous Gretsch Guitar Grunge! Featuring the absolute most over-the-top version of Link Wray's 'Jack The Ripper' and other classic Links. 17 crunching tracks recorded on Link Protrudi & The Jaymen's first European tour.Cover Art by HotRod King ED ROTH
Killer live performance from Vinile Italy. Cd contains 25 tracks of frantic surf instrumentals. This is like Alvin Lee meets Link Wray and Dick Dale. There's actually many Link Wray covers on this cd.Los culpables:
Link Protrudi: guitar / Mad Mike Czekaj: drums / Chris Harlock: bass

trax:
1. Avalanche 2. Orbit 3. Chicken Choke 4. Hanky Panky 5. Bodacious 6. Slinky 7. Chaquita 8. Bandito 9. Mr. Guitar 10. Jack The Ripper 11. Psyclone 12. Commanche 13. Jaymen Twist 14. California Sun 15. Rawhide 16. Backfire 17. Bonus Track 18. Orbit 19. Dinosaur 20. Psyclone 21. Branded 22. Pitstop 23. Black Widow 24. The Shadow Knows 25. Batman
Tracks 1-17 and 25 were recorded live; *"bonus tracks" 18-25 reproduce the LP "Missing Links."

"ALADDIN & IMPERIAL R&B; VOCAL GROUP MAGIC" VOL 5 - From New Orleans To Los Angeles

A fantastic mix of early 50’s to mid 60’s Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll and superb ballads from Aladdin, Imperial, Lamp and Post Records.trax:
1. What Will I Tell My Heart - The Balladiers 2. Forget Me Not - The Balladiers 3. My Dream My Love - The Barons 4. Searching For You - The Barons 5. Once In A Lifetime - The Barons 6. Two Loves - The Blenders 7. Don't Leave - The Bruno Sisters 8. I'm Ready - The Collegians 9. I Wonder Why - The Daybreakers 10. Do Wop - The Devilles 11. Kiss Me Again And Again - The Devilles 12. Let's Make A Whole Lot Of Love - The Dodgers 13. You Make Me Happy - The Dodgers 14. Charles My Darling - Eloise Brooks & The Dreamers 15. My Plea - Eloise Brooks & The Dreamers 16. Last Ride - The Dukes 17. I Need A Girl - The Feathers 18. Standing Right There - The Feathers 19. Hear My Plea - The Gaynotes 20. Crossroads - The Gaynotes 21. Endless - The Honeybees 22. Let's See What's Happening - The Honeybees 23. What's To Become Of Me - The Honeybees 24. Just To Live Again - The Honeybees
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MARTHA DAVIS "The Chronological 1946-1951 Classics"

MARTHA DAVIS - Born 14 December 1917, Wichita, Kansas. Died 6 April 1960, Mount Vernon, New York
At the mid point of the 20th Century, the success of the jolly fat lady at the piano was a universal phenomenon. To name a few: Julia Lee, Nellie Lutcher, Rose Murphy, Winifred Atwell and even Mrs Mills.and, one more, Martha Davis.
Born in Wichita, Kansas, on 14th December 1917, and raised in Chicago, Martha Davis attended the famous Du Sable High School, and counted Dorothy Donegan and Nat Cole among her class mates. She met Fats Waller in the 1930s, who allegedly taught her some of his piano skills, and by the mid 1930s she was frequenting the lively Windy City jazz clubs and sitting in at all-night jam sessions. At one such in 1939, she met and subsequently married a Mississippi-born (17th October 1917) bass player named Calvin Ponder, but as he would enjoy a lucrative career with, notably, Earl Hines' big band, the couple did not work together regularly until 1948. By this time, the couple had moved to California and Martha had made her impressive recording debut on the tiny West Coast independent, Urban Records and had even enjoyed a substantial movie role in the Monogram Films featurette, Smart Politics, alongside Gene Krupa's Orchestra.
In 1948 Martha and Calvin recorded together for Ben Pollack's Hollywood-based Jewel Records, and it was to be her most successful year chart-wise, with a cover of Dick Haymes' pop hit Little White Lies reaching #11 on the Billboard R&B; listing in July. This was followed by her duets with Louis Jordan - Daddy-O c/w You're On The Right Track, Baby, the former of which climbed to #7 later in the year. The patronage of Jordan provided an entrée with Decca Records, and Martha recorded six tracks for the label in December 1947. Surprisingly, she would not record again until 1951 when Bob Thiele signed her to Coral Records, although Herman Lubinsky reissued the 1948 Jewel sides in 1950 when he purchased the recording masters from Pollack.
Martha and Calvin's nightclub act, Martha Davis & Spouse, became hugely popular in the early to mid 1950s, and several of their joyous performances were filmed by Snader Telescriptions for the company's video jukeboxes. They also broadcast over AFRS from their L.A. home and were much in demand for a series of network TV Shows, particularly Garry Moore's CBS show. The Snader film footage was later used for inclusion in the variety films Rhythm & Blues Revue, Rock 'n' Roll Revue and Basin Street Revue during 1955/56, and videos of the performances such as Vippety Vippety Vop, Martha's Boogie and Goodbye have been doing the rounds among rock 'n' roll collectors for decades.
Surprisingly, despite their raised profile in the mid 1950s, the couple's commercial recording career was put on hold between 1951 and 1957 until they resumed recording for the brand new ABC Paramount label, with whom they cut two LPs, including a tribute to Martha's mentor, Fats Waller. Sadly, there is little to report after this; Variety reported that Martha died from cancer on 6th April 1960 in Mount Vernon, New York - where the couple stayed during their long residencies at the Blue Angel cafe - while "spouse" Calvin passed away back at home in Los Angeles a decade later, on 26th December 1970. (By Dave Penny)

trax:
01 Martha Boogie 02 Why Am I 03 The Be-Bop Bounce 04 I'am Fer It 05 Can'y Be Bothered 06 Lovin' Blues 07 It's Time For The Postman Rings 08 The Same Old Boogie 09 Bread And Gravy 10 When I Say Goodbye 11 Sarah, Sarah 12 Cincinnati 13 Ooh-Wee 14 Honey, Honey, Honey 15 Kitchen Blues 16 Trouble Is A Man 17 I Ain't Gettin' Any Younger 18 Would I Love You 19 Get Out Those Old Records 20 Experience 21 How Could Anything So Good, Be Bad 22 You' re The Doctor 23 Player Piano Boogie 24 Marshmallow Moon 25 What Good Am I Without You 26 No Deposit - No Return 27 What's Become Of You
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The Bitch Boys "Behind The Hound Dog Walls" (CDr Demo) 2003

A live, balls-out assault of trad surf!"This CD is from sessions the Bitch Boys did ìas a jokeî as they like to say These are songs they play live but had not otherwise recorded. Very well produced with highly original arrangements. This is such a fine band!" - Phil Dirt
From the foursome who tore the Surf Shop apart with their initial release “In Heat”, comes a live, balls-out assault of trad surf. The melodies are firmly intact, the arrangements are intriguingly done and the energy is just about all modern man can take. The artwork is pro stuff and the music takes no prisoners. This is an effort to present the Bitch Boys as they really are, and they succeed very well. We cannot say enough about the music on this remarkable CD. Every department that the surf fan is interested in is well represented here, and repeated listenings only get more enjoyable. Here’s the catch; there are only 100 (or less) of these on this planet. This is serious tuneage and we recommend it whole-heartedly! from DWM Music

The Bitch Boys:
Robi Biloderic-Mirnic: guitar / Damir Iglicar-Legenda: guitar / Tomaz Urgl-Murgl: bass / Marko Valant-Markan: drums

trax:
1. James Bond Theme 2. The Final Ride 3. Mach I 4. Batman Theme 5. Na Golici & Regiment po cesti gre 6. Wipe Out 7. Chi-Chi 8. Hotbox 9. Bitchula 10. Misirlou 11. Stay Close to Me 12. Walk Donít Run Mr. Eminem 13. Apache 14. Theme from Magnificent 7 15. Nitrus 16. Devojko Mala 17. Knucklehead