Retro Rockers Vols.1 & 2 - various artists (A TJR Compilation)

 

These compilations are a mix of tracks I have collected from YouTube (of which I have a few). They are mostly contemporary artists playing their own original rock and roll and rockabilly tunes and a few classic artists playing covers as well. The common thread is that they are ALL killer tracks (in my opinion). Enjoy these HOT rockers!

Retro Rockers Vol.1:

1 Angel Eyes - The Obscuritones 

2 Back Home - Carolina & Her Rhythm Rockets 

3 Beltane Fire - Billy Ruffians & The Blue Cats 

4 Betty Lou - The Cadillac Kings  

5 Bourbon In Your Eyes - Devil Doll 

6 Burning Love - Darrel Higham 

7 Bye Bye Bye - NSYNC Cover - Postmodern Jukebox ft. Tara Louise 

8 Come On Pretty Baby (BOPFLIX sessions) - Emma & The Ragmen 

9 Dirty Baby - Danny Rockabilly and His Clan 

10 Drinkin' Gasoline - The Baboons 

11 Go Big Beat - The Megatons 

12 He's A Wolf (BOPFLIX sessions) - Tornado Beat! 

13 Hey, Ho Rock and Roll - The Cellmates 

14 High Class Baby - Darrel Higham 

15 Hipshakin' - Fanny Mae & The Dynamite Believers 

16 Hobo Blues (Live @ Bristol Rhythm & Roots) - Old Line Skiffle Combo 

17 Ice Cold - Darrel Higham 

18 I'm Lost About You - Sonny and His Wild Cows 

19 Jack Of Diamonds (Live @Rhythm and Roots in Bristol) - Old Line Skiffle Combo 

20 Jiggle Wiggle Walkin' Baby - Ed Cavin & The Blue Kings 

21 Knee High & Risin (bopflix sessions) - The Hi-Jivers  

22 Ledley Zeppelin - Gang Band Rockabilly 

23 Linda - The Starfires 

24 Rockabilly Boogie - Darrel Higham & The Enforcers 

25 New Orleans (live) - Jeff Beck & Gary U.S.Bonds 

Retro Rockers Vol.1

Retro Rockers Vol.2:

1 Hey Pretty Baby - Darrel Higham 

2 Jackson (feat. Sparky from Demented Are Go) - The Hillbilly Moon Explosion 

3 Lovin' You - Lil'Camille & The Rattletones 

4 Matchbox (Studio Version) - The Mavericks 

5 My Love For Evermore - The Hillbilly Moon Explosion  (ft. Sparky from Demented Are Go)  

6 Pass That Bottle - The Devil's Daughters 

7 Plastic Fish (Live @ Rhythm & Roots) - Old Line Skiffle Combo 

8 Right Amount Of Wrong - Imelda May & Darrel Higham 

9 Rockabilly Boogie_ - The Obscuritones 

10 Rockabilly Feeling - The Cellmates 

11 Rockabilly Legacy feat. JF Dérec - The Spunyboys 

12 Rockabilly Rhythm - Tom Stormy Trio feat Rhythm Sophie 

13 Rocket To the Moon - Moonlight Howlers 

14 Rockhouse - Darrel Higham 

15 Shake, Rattle & Roll - Jeff Beck, Brian Setzer, Darrel Higham 

16 Slow Down - Lil'Camille & The Rattletones 

17 Soulful Dress - The Hawkmen 

18 Speedy Race - The Cellmates 

19 Sweet Baby of Mine - Tammi Savoy and Chris Casello Combo 

20 They Call Me The Breeze - Raul Malo 

21 This Train (Rhythm Riot festival) BOPFLIX sessions - Alan Power & The Aftershocks 

22 Train Kept A Rollin' [live session] - Imelda May 

23 Turn Around And Go - Darrel Higham 

24 Tutti Frutti - Keep a Rockin'! 

25 You Never Can Tell - Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings 

Retro Rockers Vol.2

Classic 60's USA Vol.1 - various artists (A TJR Compilation)

 

The 60's were one of the most exciting decades in terms of music. The new artists and sounds that emerged from this era created the blueprint for what came in the decades following.

For this compilation I've collected some of the popular artists and hits from the USA incorporating pop, rock, soul, folk, easy listening and instrumental. If you're already a fan of 60's music you will enjoy the nostalgic trip, and if you're not so familiar then enjoy the adventure of discovering these classics.

1 A Taste Of Honey - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 

2 How Does That Grab You, Darlin' - Nancy Sinatra 

3 I Got You Babe (feat. Cher) - Sonny & Cher 

4 In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett 

5 Last Train To Clarksville - The Monkees 

6 Monday, Monday - The Mamas And The Papas 

7 Respect - Aretha Franklin 

8 Solitary Man [Mono] - Neil Diamond 

9 Stuck On You - Elvis Presley 

10 Summer In The City - The Lovin' Spoonful 

11 The Girls in Paris (with Suzi Jane Hokum) - Lee Hazlewood 

12 The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel 

13 Try A Little Kindness - Glen Campbell 

14 Up, Up and Away - The Fifth Dimension 

15 Wouldn't It Be Nice [Stereo Mix] - The Beach Boys 

16 Ain't That Love - Jackie DeShannon 

17 Alone - Rick Nelson 

18 Daydream - The Lovin' Spoonful 

19 Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's 

20 (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 

21 Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) - Roy Orbison 

22 California Dreamin' - The Mamas And The Papas 

23 Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel 

24 (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone - The Monkees 

25 Darling, I Hum Our Song - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 

26 Kentucky Woman [Mono] - Neil Diamond 

27 Sloop John B [Stereo Mix] - The Beach Boys 

28 Spanish Flea - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 

29 Suzanne On A Sunday Morning - Rick Nelson 

30 These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra 

31 When You Walk In The Room - Jackie DeShannon 

32 Witchita Lineman - Glen Campbell 

33 Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis Presley 

34 Blue Angel - Roy Orbison 

35 Darling Be Home Soon - The Lovin' Spoonful 

36 Do Right Woman - Do Right Man - Aretha Franklin 

37 Jellybread - Booker T. & The MG's 

38 Learn How To Fly (Digitally Remastered 1997) - The Fifth Dimension 

39 Come Home Baby - Wilson Pickett 

40 So Long, Babe - Lee Hazlewood 

Classic 60's USA Vol.1

Rock and Roll Rarities Vol.1 (A TJR Original Compilation)

 

This is the first of a series of compilations from my own collection. These tracks are alternate versions, different takes or covers of hits by other artists. Some may vary only slightly than the popular version but are still worth a listen. Others are the less popular or not well known tracks from the classic rock and roll artists. The common connection is that they all ROCK!

Rock and Roll Rarities Vol.1:

1 (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock (with count-in) - Bill Haley and His Comets

2 Rock & Roll Music (unreleased version) - Chuck Berry

3 Shake, Rattle And Roll (take 8) - Elvis Presley

4 Blueberry Hill (Original Key) - Fats Domino

5 Long Tall Sally (The Thing) - Little Richard

6 Lonely Weekends - Wanda Jackson

7 Hey, Doll Baby [Demo] - The Everly Brothers

8 Midnight Shift (unissued) - Buddy Holly

9 Jelly Bean - Eddie Cochran

10 Blue Suede Shoes (alt. 2) - Carl Perkins

11 Be-Bop-A-Lula (take 12) - Gene Vincent

12 Bigelow 6-200 (alt) - Brenda Lee

13 Honky Tonk - The Champs

14 Be-Bop Baby (album version) - Ricky Nelson

15 Suzi-Q (alternate version) - Dale Hawkins

16 White Ligtnin' - Big Bopper

17 Shake Baby Shake (2) - Johnny O'Keefe

18 Sixteen Tons - Bo Diddley

19 Dance With Me Honey (Rock With Me Baby No.2) - Billy Lee Riley

20 Ooby Dooby - Janis Martin

21 Mean Little Mama (Alt) - Roy Orbison

22 Hound Dog - Freddie Bell & The Bellboys

23 Little School Girl - Larry Williams

24 Runaway [Stereo] [Different Take Version] - Del Shannon

25 Rumble - Duane Eddy

Rock and Roll Rarities Vol.1

Voodoo Blues - The Devil Within - various artists compilation

 

1-1 Screamin' Jay Hawkins– I Put A Spell On You

1-2 Howlin' Wolf– Evil (Is Going On)

1-3 Sonny Boy Williamson– I Been Dealing With The Devil

1-4 Champion Jack Dupree– Bad Blood

1-5 John Lee Hooker– Burnin' Hell

1-6 Jimmy Reed– I Know It's A Sin

1-7 Robert Johnson– Me And The Devil Blues

1-8 Washboard Sam– She Belongs To The Devil

1-9 Otis Spann– Must Have Been The Devil

1-10 Elmore James– Sinful Woman

1-11 Skip James– Devil Go My Woman

1-12 Casey Bill Weldon– I've Been Tricked

1-13 Josh White– Black And Evil Blues

1-14 John Brim– Drinking Woman

1-15 Johnny "Guitar" Watson*– Gettin' Drunk

1-16 Doctor Clayton– Root Doctor

1-17 Bessie Smith– Sinful Blues

1-18 Memphis Minnie– Hoodoo Lady

1-19 T-Bone Walker– Evil Hearted Woman

1-20 Sister Rosetta Tharpe– The Devil Has Thrown Him Down

2-1 Otis Spann– I'd Rather Be The Devil

2-2 Champion Jack Dupree– Evil Woman

2-3 Robert Johnson– Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)

2-4 Screamin' Jay Hawkins– Little Demon

2-5 Sonny Boy Williamson– Hoodoo Hoodoo

2-6 J.D. Short*– Snake Doctor Blues

2-7 Lightnin' Hopkins– Black Cat Bone

2-8 Louis Jordan– Somebody Done Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man

2-9 Howlin' Wolf– I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)

2-10 Bobby Leecan* & Robert Cooksey– Black Cat Bone Blues

2-11 Champion Jack Dupree– Nasty Boogie

2-12 Josh White– Evil Hearted Man

2-13 Curley Weaver– Two Faced Woman

2-14 Bessie Smith– Blue Spirit Blues

2-15 Johnnie Temple*– Hoodoo Women

2-16 Ma Rainey– Louisiana Hoo Doo Blues

2-17 Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup*– Street Walking Woman

2-18 T-Bone Walker– Street Walking Woman

2-19 Sonny Boy Williamson – Your Funeral And My Trial

2-20 John Lee Hooker– Graveyard Blues

Voodoo Blues - The Devil Within

The Beatles - The Instrumental Mixes Vols.3 & 4

 

Continuing with my series of Beatles instrumental mixes, these are volumes 3 and 4 with tracks from their middle to later period. Some very interesting tracks here that are stand alone without the vocals and almost totally new versions. To me these highlight the creative musicianship and production qualities of the Beatles in the studio and why they are still revered today.

Full credit to the creative people on YouTube who produced these mixes.

Vol.3

1 It Won't Be Long (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

2 Another Girl (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

3 Think For Yourself (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

4 I Need You (Instrumental Mix & Backing Vocals) - The Beatles 

5 I'll Cry Instead (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

6 It's Only Love (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

7 Things We Said Today (Instrumental & Paul's Second Vocal Line) - The Beatles 

8 You Won't See Me (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

9 Girl (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

10 Paperback Writer (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

11 You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

12 Good Day Sunshine (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

13 Yellow Submarine (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

14 Across The Universe (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

The Instrumental Mixes Vol.3

Vol.4

1 Magical Mystery Tour (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

2 Hello, Goodbye (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

3 Your Mother Should Know (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

4 She's Leaving Home (Take 1 Instrumental) - The Beatles 

5 Nowhere Man (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

6 Old Brown Shoe (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

7 I'm So Tired (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

8 Sexy Sadie (Backing Vocals, Drums And Guitar) - The Beatles 

9 The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

10 The Ballad Of John And Yoko (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

11 Revolution (Instrumental) - The Beatles 

12 Something (Take 39 Instrumental Strings Only) - The Beatles 

13 Mean Mr. Mustard (Instrumental Mix) - The Beatles 

14 Don't Let Me Down (Instrumental) - The Beatles 

15 Get Back (Instrumental) - The Beatles 

16 Hey Jude (Instrumental) - The Beatles 

The Instrumental Mixes Vol.4

Jerry Lee Lewis – Sun Essentials - 4 disc set

 

Disc 1 - Rockin' Rollin' Country Boy

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 2:52

Great Balls Of Fire 1:52

High School Confidential 2:28

Be Bop A Lula 2:25

Good Golly, Miss Molly (Alt Take) 2:10

Down The Line 2:12

Lovin' Up A Storm 1:51

Wild One 1:50

Ooby Dooby 1:56

End Of The Road 1:47

Pumping Piano Rock 2:03

All Night Long 2:02

Let The Good Times Roll 2:12

Put Me Down 2:08

Don't Be Cruel 1:58

I'm Feeling Sorry 2:39

Home 1:57

The Wild Side Of Love 2:46

When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again 2:32

I Love You Because 3:01

Born To Lose 2:38

I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl I Love) 2:13

Jambalaya (On The Bayou) 1:58

Lovesick Blues 2:08

Crazy Heart 2:46

You Win Again 2:54

Cold, Cold Heart 3:05

I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) 2:51

Your Cheatin' Heart 1:44

Settin' The Woods On Fire (Undubbed Version) 2:25

Long Gone Lonesome Blues 2:01

(Walk That) Lonesome Valley 2:17

Disc 2 - The Country Boy Rocks On

Big Blon' Baby 1:40

Rock 'N' Roll Ruby 1:56

Pink Pedal Pushers 2:06

Breathless 2:42

I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry 2:35

Ubangi Stomp 1:45

Friday Night 1:41

I'll Be Me 2:43

Milk Shake Mademoiselle 2:11

Baby, Baby, Bye Bye 1:56

Break Up 2:18

Just Who Is To Blame 2:33

Charming Billy (Billy Boy) 2:17

It Won't Happen With Me 2:57

Bonnie B 2:19

Livin' Lovin' Wreck 2:03

Your Lovin' Ways 2:37

Crazy Arms 2:43

I'll Make It All Up To You (Alt Take) 2:44

Let's Talk About Us 2:06

It Hurt Me So 2:38

As Long As I Live 2:24

How's My Ex Treating You? 2:34

I Can't Seem To Say Goodbye 2:32

Shame On You 2:08

I'll Sail My Ship Alone 2:07

Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You) 2:43

Set My Mind At Ease 2:01

Seasons Of My Heart 3:00

It All Depends (On Who Will Buy The Wine) 2:58

Slippn' Around 2:51

Night Train To Memphis 2:08

Disc 3 - Hillbilly Blues

Big Legged Woman 2:28

Rockin' With Red 1:58

Sixty Minute Man 1:50

So Long, I'm Gone 2:09

I've Been Twistin' 3:17

Teenage Letter 2:18

Mean Woman Blues 2:27

Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee 2:37

Keep You Hands Off It (Birthday Cake) 2:14

Money 2:38

Sick And Tired 2:43

Hound Dog 2:06

Cool Cool Ways (Sexy Ways) 2:30

Hello, Hello, Baby 3:25

I Know What It Means 2:41

It'll Be Me (LP Version) 2:15

Hillbilly Music 2:09

Turn Around 2:51

Love's Made Me A Fool Of Me 2:45

I Forgot To Remember To Forget 2:28

Fools Like Me 2:53

I Can't Trust Me 2:14

I'm The Guilty One 2:10

Memory Of You 2:11

Don't Drop It 1:49

Hand Me Down My Walking Cane 2:21

Crawdad Song 1:51

Crazy Arms (Remake) 2:35

Ramblin' Rose 3:20

Rockin' The Boat Of Love 2:41

Whole Lotta Twistin' Goin' On 3:18

Disc 4 - Something Old, Something Blue

What'd I Say 2:25

Honey Hush 2:07

Tomorrow Night 2:59

Carryin' On (Sexy Ways) 2:02

Good Rockin' Tonight 2:44

Come What May 2:05

Hello Josephine 1:45

Little Queenie 2:26

Johnny B. Goode 1:56

Hang Up My Rock 'N' Roll Shoes 2:37

Sweet Little Sixteen 2:57

Matchbox (Alt Take) 1:51

C.C. Rider 2:28

Lewis Boogie 2:02

The Ballad Of Billy Joe 2:57

My Pretty Quadroon 2:56

Hong Kong Blues (Down In Old Hong Kong) 2:28

That Lucky Old Sun 3:12

Goodnight Irene (Undubbed Master) 2:57

Will The Circle Be Unbroken 2:25

The Great Speckled Bird 1:44

John Henry 2:34

Frankie And Johnny 2:35

You're The Only Star InMy Blue Heaven 1:52

Waiting Foe A Train (All Around The Watertank) 1:43

Old Pal Of Yesterday 2:34

Mexicali Rose (Slow Version) 1:55

Deep Elem Blues 2:45

You Are My Sunshine 2:13

The Marines' Hymn (From The Halls Of Montezuma) 2:22

That's My Desire 1:14

Just A Little Talk With Jesus 3:11

Carry Me Back To Old Virginia 2:30

Jerry Lee Lewis – Sun Essentials

Immediate Mod Box Set - various artists 3 disc compilation

 

1-01 Small Faces– Talk To You

1-02 Sonny Burke Outfit– All You

1-03 P.P. Arnold– Everything's Gonna Be Alright

1-04 Jimmy Scott – Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da Story Doh (Part II)

1-05 Chris Farlowe– Treat Her Good

1-06 Les Fleur De Lys– So Come On

1-07 Rod Stewart & P.P. Arnold– Come Home Baby

1-08 Mockingbirds– Skit Skat

1-09 Goldie – Headlines

1-10 Golden Apples Of The Sun– The Monkey Time

1-11 Twinkle – Micky

1-12 Nicky Scott – Big City

1-13 Van Lenton– You Don't Care

1-14 Chris Farlowe– The Fool

1-15 P.P. Arnold– Speak To Me

1-16 Owen Gray & Maximum Breed– Sitting In The Park

1-17 Mort Shuman– Monday Monday

2-01 John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers– I'm Your Witchdoctor

2-02 The Poets – Baby Don't You Do It

2-03 Apostolic Intervention– Madame Garcia

2-04 Chris Farlowe– Think

2-05 Mockingbirds– You Stole My Love

2-06 Joey Vine– The Out Of Towner

2-07 P.P. Arnold– If You See What I Mean

2-08 Small Faces– I Feel Much Better

2-09 Tony McPhee– You Don't Love Me

2-10 Chris Farlowe– Everyone Makes A Mistake

2-11 John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers– On Top Of The World

2-12 Amen Corner– Hey! Hey! Girl

2-13 Twice As Much– Step Out Of Line

2-14 Chris Farlowe– Don't Just Look At Me

2-15 The Poets – Some Things I Can't Forget

2-16 Cyril Davis & His R&B All Stars*– Someday Baby

3-01 Les Fleur De Lys– Circles

3-02 Australian Playboys – Sad

3-03 Billy Nicholls– London Social Degree

3-04 Small Faces– Don't Burst My Bubble

3-05 P.P. Arnold– If You Think You're Groovy

3-06 Chris Farlowe– My Way Of Giving

3-07 Apostolic Intervention– (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me

3-08 Murray Head– She Was Perfection

3-09 Chris Farlowe– Moanin' (Sitar Version)

3-10 Outer Limits*– Sweet Freedom

3-11 Small Faces– Tin Soldier

3-12 Excelsior Spring– It

3-13 Small Faces– Green Circles

3-14 Billy Nicholls– Girl From New York

3-15 Amen Corner– Evil Man's Gonna Win

3-16 P.P. Arnold– Angel Of The Morning

3-17 Gregory Phillips – That's The One

Immediate Mod Box Set

Del Shannon - Home And Away ~ The Complete Recordings 1960-1970

 

Charles Weedon Westover (December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990), known professionally as Del Shannon, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his 1961 number-one Billboard hit "Runaway", which was covered later by various major artists, including Elvis Presley and the Traveling Wilburys....wikipedia

Shannon was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2005.

Big Top Recordings

1-1 The Search (mono)

1-2 I'll Always Love You (mono)

1-3 Runaway (mono)

1-4 Jody

1-5 Hats Off To Larry

1-6 Don't Gild The Lily, Lily

1-7 I Wake Up Crying

1-8 Wide Wide World

1-9 Misery

1-10 Daydreams

1-11 His Latest Flame

1-12 The Prom

1-13 Lies

1-14 He Doesn't Care

1-15 So Long Baby

1-16 The Answer To Everything

1-17 Hey Little Girl

1-18 I Don't Care Anymore

1-19 Ginny In The Mirror

1-20 I Won't Be There

1-21 You Never Talk About Me

1-22 Cry myself to sleep

1-23 I'm Gonna Move On

1-24 The Swiss Maid

1-25 Dream Baby

1-26 She Things I Still Care

1-27 Runaround Sue

1-28 The Search

1-29 I'll Always Love You

1-30 The Search (stereo)

1-31 I'll Always Love You (stereo)

1-32 Runaway (stereo: different take)

1-33 Hey Little Girl (stereo: w/o overdubs)

Big Top Recordings/Berlee/Amy Recordings

2-1 Little Town Flirt

2-2 The Wamboo

2-3 Two Kinds Of Teardrops

2-4 Kelly

2-5 Two Silhouettes

2-6 My Wild One

2-7 Happiness

2-8 Hey Baby

2-9 Go Away Little Girl

2-10 From Me Too You

2-11 Sue's Gotta Be Mine

2-12 Now She's Gone

2-13 That's The Way Love Is

2-14 Time Of The Day

2-15 Torture (version No. 1)

2-16 Nothin'

2-17 Froggy

2-18 Pursuit

2-19 Mary Jane

2-20 Stains On My Letter

2-21 I'll Be Lonely Tomorrow

2-22 I Can't Fool Around Anymore

2-23 Handy Man

2-24 Give Her Lots Of Lovin'

2-25 Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)

2-26 Memphis

2-27 Ruby Baby

2-28 Crying

2-29 World Without Love

2-30 Twist And Shout

2-31 Torture (version No.2) (instrumental)

Amy Recordings

3-1 Do You Wanna Dance (mono)

3-2 This Is All I Have To Give

3-3 Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun)

3-4 Broken Promises

3-5 Stranger In Town

3-6 Over You

3-7 Your Cheatin' Heart

3-8 Kaw-Liga

3-9 I Can't Help It

3-10 Honky Tonk Blues

3-11 I Heard That Lonesome Whistle

3-12 You Win Again

3-13 Ramblin' Man

3-14 Hey Good Lookin'

3-15 Long Gone Lonesome Blues

3-16 Weary Blues

3-17 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

3-18 Cold Cold Heart

3-19 Wrong Day, Wrong Way

3-20 Table Reserved For The Blues

3-21 Pardon Me I Guess I'm In The Way

3-22 Queen Of The Honky Tonks

3-23 Break Up

3-24 Why Don't You Tell Him

3-25 She Cried

3-26 Needles And Pins

3-27 Do You Wanna Dance (stereo)

Amy Recordings/Liberty Recordings

4-1 I Go To Pieces

4-2 I'm Gonna Be Strong

4-3 Rag Doll

4-4 Running Scared

4-5 Move It On Over

4-6 She Still Remembers Tony

4-7 I Can't Believe My Ears

4-8 I Wish I Wasn't Me Tonight

4-9 The Big Hurt

4-10 I've Got It Bad (aka Never Thought I Could)

4-11 Show Me

4-12 For A Little While

4-13 Hey! Little Star

4-14 When You Walk In The Room

4-15 Oh, Pretty Woman

4-16 Everybody Loves A Clown

4-17 It's Too Late

4-18 Where The Action Is

4-19 Lightning Strikes

4-20 The Cheater

4-21 Kicks

4-22 Under My Thumb

4-23 She Was Mine

4-24 Show Me

4-25 Under My Thumb

Liberty Recordings

5-1 Red Rubber Ball

5-2 Pied Piper

5-3 Sunny

5-4 Time Won't Let Me

5-5 What Makes You Run

5-6 I Can't Be True

5-7 Summer In The City

5-8 Where Were You When I Needed You

5-9 The Joker Went Wild

5-10 She

5-11 Stand Up

5-12 The House Where Nobody Lives

5-13 It's My Feeling

5-14 Mind Over Matter

5-15 Silently

5-16 Cut And Come Again

5-17 My Love Has Gone

5-18 Led Along

5-19 Life Is But Nothing

5-20 Easy To Say

5-21 Friendly With You

5-22 He Cheated

5-23 Runaway '67

5-24 Thinkin' It Over

5-25 The Letter

5-26 River Cool

5-27 Colour Flashing Hair

5-28 Conquer

Liberty Recordings/ABC-Dunhill Recordings 

6-1 New Orleans (Mardi Gras)

6-2 Be My Friend

6-3 Silver Birch

6-4 I Think I Love

6-5 Gemini

6-6 Runnin' On Back

6-7 Been So Long

6-8 Magical Music Box

6-9 Something To Write Home About

6-10 Raindrops

6-11 You Don't Love Me

6-12 Leavin' You Behind

6-13 Never Be The Same

6-14 Comin Back To Me

6-15 Sweet Mary Lou

6-16 Colorado Rain

6-17 How Can I Tell You?

6-18 Southern Part Of Town

6-19 She's Got Soul

6-20 Sister Isabelle

6-21 Good Love

6-22 Sun Don't Shine (Drip Drop)

6-23 Anita (I'm Walking On Fire)

6-24 Reason To Believe

6-25 She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye

6-26 He Cheated (overdubbed)

6-27 Raindrops (with sound effects)

Demo Recordings/Pepsi Recordings

7-1 Little Oscar

7-2 Living In Misery

7-3 Angel Of Love

7-4 Could Be, Can't Tell, Don't Know

7-5 What's The Use (In Trying)

7-6 This Feeling Called Love

7-7 Everything I Have Is Yours (This Is All I Have To Give)

7-8 Happiness

7-9 She's Your Girl

7-10 One More Time

7-11 Face Of An Angel

7-12 Johnny's Got The Blues

7-13 I Fell In Love With You

7-14 Condemned To Die (version No. 1)

7-15 I Guess I'll Never Really Know

7-16 A Girl Of My Own

7-17 Time Marches On

7-18 Daydreams

7-19 Wishing On A Star (Counting Stars At Night)

7-20 Honey Bee (version No. 1)

7-21 Lies

7-22 He Doesn't Care

7-23 The Prom

7-24 Honey Bee (version No. 2)

7-25 Condemned To Die (version No. 2)

7-26 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You

7-27 Runaway

7-28 Jody

7-29 One Kiss (You're Not Mine Anymore)

7-30 Pepsi Commercial No.1

7-31 Pepsi Commercial No.2

7-32 Pepsi Commercial No.3

7-33 Pepsi Commercial No.4

Demo Recordings

8-1 The Things She Said

8-2 I Can't Let You Go

8-3 Just You

8-4 If She Were My Girl

8-5 For A Little While

8-6 This Feeling Called Love

8-7 It's Funny

8-8 She

8-9 Where Is She

8-10 I've Got Eyes For You

8-11 Did I See What I Think I Saw

8-12 Makin's Of A Heartache

8-13 I'm Going Through It Too

8-14 Table Reserved For The Blues

8-15 Pardon Me (I Guess I'm In The Way)

8-16 Pardon Me

8-17 The Jury

8-18 Deep In The Valley

8-19 I Never Caught Her Name

8-20 Thunder And Lightning

8-21 The Wedding (There Goes Billy)

8-22 Rest Your Mind

8-23 Lorrayne

Del Shannon - Home and Away

Link Wray – Guitar Preacher (The Polydor Years)

 

If all you know of Link Wray is Rumble, you missed out on his mid career recordings of roots music. Link and his brothers grew up dirt poor so this is not the polite roots music of suburban kids studying roots music at an upscale college....this is real and raw. The four albums these tracks come from are out of print and can fetch a good price on the collectors market. 

The rock and roll music on this compilation of songs is excellent. Link Wray was a rock and roll pioneer who inspired many other musicians with his great music. I highly recommend this compilation to fans of Link and to anyone who has not heard much of his music. There are lots of surprises here and the tunes are very well recorded and feature such Bay Area legends and icons as Commander Cody and Jerry Garcia. If you like Link Wray's stuff you will want to have this collection as it does a great job of covering this period of his career. 

This 2CD collection is also hard to find and is a must for Link Wray and guitar music fans alike.

Disc One

1-1 La De Da 4:01

1-2 Take Me Home Jesus 3:18

1-3 Juke Box Mama 4:26

1-4 Rise And Fall Of Jimmy Stokes 4:00

1-5 Fallin' Rain 3:43

1-6 Fire And Brimstone 4:18

1-7 Ice People 3:03

1-8 God Out West 3:52

1-9 Crowbar 4:45

1-10 Black River Swamp 3:56

1-11 Tail Dragger 4:30

1-12 Hobo Man 3:51

1-13 I'm So Glad, I'm So Proud 6:52

1-14 Georgia Pines 3:54

1-15 Water Boy 9:40

1-16 Alabama Electric Circus 3:57

1-17 Take My Hand (Precious Lord) 3:35

Disc Two

2-1 Walkin' In The Arizona Sun 2:51

2-2 Scorpio Woman 3:44

2-3 All Because Of A Woman 3:18

2-4 On The Run 5:42

2-5 Days Before Custer 4:01

2-6 Be What You Want To 5:56

2-7 All Cried Out 3:48

2-8 Tucson, Arizona 4:14

2-9 River Bend 2:38

2-10 You Walked By 3:16

2-11 Walk Easy, Walk Slow 5:19

2-12 Morning 2:01

2-13 It Was A Bad Scene 3:32

2-14 Good Time Joe 3:59

2-15 Walkin' Bulldog 3:09

2-16 I Got To Ramble 4:39

2-17 Backwoods Preacher Man 4:00

2-18 She's That Kind Of Woman 4:02

2-19 Super 88 3:28

2-20 Rumble 2:35

Disc One

Tracks 1 to 11 taken from the album "Link Wray", released May 1971.

Tracks 12 to 17 taken from the album "Beans And Fatback", previously unreleased in the US.

Disc Two

Tracks 1 to 5 taken from the album "Mordicai Jones", released 1971.

Tracks 6 to 12 taken from the album "Be What You Want To", released 1973.

Tracks 13 to 20 taken from the album "The Link Wray Rumble", released 1974.

Link Wray – Guitar Preacher