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Lost and Found Rhythms!The only shortage of Better Look Behind You is its shortness. You keep enjoying it more and more and then suddenly it is over. Otherwise every song is full of gently rocking mood and brings forth the sensation of classical rhythm and blues atmosphere. And if you are homesick for the psychedelic sixties of the last century you won’t be disappointed. - Babe_N_CoThe Thanes:
Bass Guitar – Denis Boyle / Drums – Ian Binns / Guitar [Lead], Vocals, Harmonica – Lenny Helsing / Organ, Vocals – Bruce Lyall

trax:
01 can't stop thinking about her 02 wonder if 03 baby come back 04 l.s.d. 05 i'll rest 06 i wanna hear you say yeah 07 lost or found 08 don't let her dark your door

Great collection of classic 50's rockabilly. (Includes info on each track in the liner notes.)trax:
1. clock tickin' rhythm - Cecil McNabb Jr. 2. confusin'!! - Lee McBride 3. got the bull by the horns - Hugh Barrett & The Victors 4. run run mabel - Everett Carpenter 5. we gonna bop stop rock - Ray Vict & His Bop Rockers 6. i've gotta find someone - Tiny Tim & His Tornadoes 7. i got a hole in my pocket - Little Jimmy Dickens 8. heading for the high school hop - Curtis Johnson & The Windbreakers 9. you drive me crazy - Ray Scott & The Demens 10. tall dark and handsome man - Bobby Sisco 11. don't push don't shove - The Echo Valley Boys w/Bill Browning 12. crocodile hop - Dale Thomas & The Bandera Boys 13. it's all your fault - Farris Wilder 14. hot lips baby - Herbie Duncan 15. rockin' country fever - The Morris Brothers (Wiley & Zeke) 16. i'm counting on you - Ray Vernon 17. rockin' in my sweet baby's arms - Pete Peters & The Rhythm Makers 18. i want you back baby - Mason Dixon 19. whoo! i mean whee! - Hardrock Gunter & The Rhythm Rockers 20. playmates - Darrell Felts & The Confederates 21. cool cat - Joe Montgomery 22. rock crazy baby - Art Adams & The Rhythm Knights 23. worried about you baby - Dale Hawkins 24. too wet to plow - Bob Center 25. crazy mixed up blues - Jimmy Boyd
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The Dells are one of the finest and longest-lived R&B vocal groups in history, and what's most amazing is that they've done it with nearly all the same members - they haven't changed personnel since 1960. They were one of the very few doo wop outfits to successfully update their sound, finding their strongest commercial niche in the late '60s and '70s as a smooth soul harmony group. The Dells were formed in 1953 in southern suburbs of Chicago, specifically the town of Harvey, IL, where all the members attended high school together.Cadet Records was where the Dells' career really started to take off. In 1967, the label assigned producer Bobby Miller and arranger Charles Stepney to handle the group, and they began to exploit the striking contrast between Junior's earthy baritone and Carter's luminous falsetto, adding lush orchestrations and plenty of horn charts. The Dells' first album under the Miller-Stepney aegis, There Is, was a smashing success, spawning no less than four hit singles including an expanded remake of "Stay in My Corner" that topped the R&B charts and went Top Ten pop. Suddenly the group was bigger than they'd ever been; their follow-up album, 1968's Always Together, spun off another four singles. 1969's Love Is Blue gave them another R&B number one and pop Top Ten with a remake of their '50s classic "Oh What a Nite." Miller moved on to other projects in early 1970, and Stepney became the Dells' producer on the following year's Freedom Means, which featured the hit ballad "The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind)." After a Dionne Warwick repertory album in 1972, Cadet hired Don Davis as the group's new producer, which paid immediate dividends in the form of the Dells' first certified million-selling single, 1973's "Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation." After a few more hits with Davis, the Dells left Cadet in favor of Mercury in 1975. (Steve Huey, Allmusic)

trax:
01 Oh What A Night 02 Wear It On Our Face 03 Love Is So Simple 04 I Can Sing A Rainbow / Love Is Blue 05 O-O I Love You 06 There Is 07 Nadine 08 The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind) 09 Run For Cover 10 Stay In My Corner 11 Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation 12 Always Together 13 Open Up My Heart 14 I Miss You 15 Since I Found You 16 My Pretending Days Are Over 17 Learning To Love You Was Easy 18 I Wish It Was Me You Loved
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Rare garage rock revival 1987 UK 14-track LP by the kings of the scene back in their day.The Thanes have been plying their trade since 1986 in the semi-obscurity befitting an Edinburgh act that never moved to London. When I finally got to see them at the second Las Vegas Grind they knocked me out, so it's neat to have so much of their history in one place. Here are fine selections demonstrating that ebullient or moody, fuzzy or precise, Lenny Helsing's band can always be counted on to take the basic garage conventions and turn them into something personal and exciting."

The Thanes:
Bass, Vocals – Alan McLean / Drums, Vocals – Calvin Burt / Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica – Lenny Helsing / Organ, Guitar, Vocals – Bruce Lyall

trax:
01 keep you out 02 kicks and chicks 03 you'll be blue 04 won't you c'mon girl 05 days go slowly by 06 when i love you 07 she was mine 08 girls 09 buzz buzz yeh yeh 10 cold as ice 11 when have all the good times gone 12 before i go 13 all gone now 14 some kinda fun

Great collection of classic 50's rockabilly. (Includes info on each track in the liner notes.)trax:
1. Four Tired Car - Rudy Preston 2. Gonna Learn To Rock - Doyle Madden 3. So Long - The Roxsters 4. Where The Rio De Rosa Flows - Jimmy Lloyd 5. I'm In Love - Frans & The Never Mind Band 6. Juke Box Pearl - Pete Nantz 7. Goin' Down That Road - Ersel Hickey 8. She Loves Me Better - Riley Crabtree 9. Honey Won't You Listen - Roy Wayne 10. Rock, Baby, Rock - Bob Hicks 11. Shopping Around - Wayne (Red) Cobb 12. You'll Come Runnin' Home To Me - Ralph Collier 13. Hey Baby - Bill Lawrence 14. Don't Play Around (With My Heart) - Jimmie Piper 15. Blues Of A Broken Heart - Harold Shutters 16. Go Cat, Go - Bill Flagg 17. Tell Me Baby - Billy Smith 18. Pretty Little Thing - Doug Bragg 19. Spinning My Wheels - Chuck Brooks 20. Hey Baby - Harley Gabbard 21. Race For Time - Jerry Arnold 22. Honey, You Talk Too Much - Orville Fox 23. How Can You Be Mean To Me - Dale Vaughn 24. Lucky Day - Ray Pate & The Rhythm Rockets 25. No Help Wanted - The Carlisles
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Jimmy Forrest had a tremendous hit in 1951 with "Night Train," a simple blues riff he lifted from Duke Ellington's "Happy Go Lucky Local." Although the tenorman was not able to duplicate that song's appeal with any other recording, he was a popular performer in the R&B circuit throughout the 1950s. Virtually all of his records from the era (originally made for the United label) are on this CD reissue, including five selections not previously released. The tough-toned Forrest was not really a screamer or a honker, and the 17 numbers on the set should be of interest both to early R&B and jazz collectors. Recorded in Chicago, Forrest fronts a rhythm section that includes either Charles Fox or Bunky Parker on piano and sometimes trumpeter Chauncey Locke or trombonist Bert Dabney. The music is very enjoyable and highly recommended. (Scott Yanow, Allmusic)

trax:
01 Night Train 02 Calling Dr. Jazz 03 Sophisticated Lady 04 Swingin' And Rockin' 05 Bolo Blues 06 Mister Goodbeat 07 Flight 3-D 08 Hey Mrs. Jones 09 My Buddy 10 Song Of The Wanderer 11 Blue Groove 12 Big Dip 13 Begin The Beguine 14 There Will Never Be Another You 15 Coach 13 16 Dig Those Feet 17 Mrs. Jones' Daughter
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Another piece of quality from our Scottish favorites in 1988 on DDT! Maybe not as good as their previous efforts but still stands as a good Thanes recording. - The Wicked Thingtrax:
01 hey girl (look what you've done) 02 wish you'd stayed away 03 i'll find out 04 touch 05 i won't cry 06 i am alone 07 what can i do

Great collection of classic 50's rockabilly. (Includes info on each track in the liner notes.)trax:
1. leroy - The Rebel Rousers 2. breaking my heart - Al Epp & The Pharoahs 3. so tired - The Chavis Brothers 4. draggin' - Curtis Gordon 5. my car's faster than your car - Don Agee 6. ducktail cat - Dan Virva 7. blues stop knockin' - Al Ferrier & His Boppin' Billies 8. rock 'n' roll saddles - Johnny Edwards & The Whitecaps 9. swing it little katy - Clide Owens & The Moonlight Ramblers 10. honey talk - Ralph Hodges & The Hodges Brothers Band 11. that big ole moon - Buddy Burke & The Canadian Meteors 12. rock on the moon - Jimmy Stewart & The Nighthawks 13. do you dig me little mama - Tommy Scott & His Ramblers 14. wore to a frazzel - The Lamie Brothers & The Swing Kings 15. love me - The Phantom (Jerry Lott) 16. bop hop jamboree - Rex Ellis 17. something special - Don Duncan 18. missed the workhouse - Bill Watkins 19. everybody's tryin' - Jerry Ross 20. sinful woman - The Echo Valley Boys w/Bill Browning 21. track down baby - Tom James 22. honky tonkin' rhythm - Bobby Sisco 23. rubber legs - Gene Smith 24. oh love - Don Wade 25. love me baby - The Five Chavis Brothers
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Earlier vocal group classics by the venerable Windy City R&B vocal group, this showcases their impeccable harmony on the gorgeous title track and similar fare. ~ Bill Dahl, AllmusicA fine chronological CD of the Dells' Vee-Jay recordings, from their 1955 debut "Tell the World" to 1964's immortal "Stay in My Corner" -- with liner notes by Robert Prueter, the godfather of Chicago's soul scene. The original Dells recorded the bulk of these tracks with Johnny Funches; exaggerated falsetto Johnny Carter replaced Funches in 1959. Their recording debut (as the El Rays) was 1954's "Darling I Know," which didn't make the 25 tracks -- nor did a few early-'60s releases on Argo Records when they broke from Vee-Jay for a spell. Singularly, and occasionally together, tenor Verne Allison and baritone Michael McGill wrote most of the material, with blustery baritone lead Marvin Junior chipping in a few tunes as well. All the Dells wrote songs but rarely together. These are the Chicago area recordings from whence the Dells' legend spread. ~ Andrew Hamilton, AllmusicThe Dells:
Marvin Junior, Chuck Barksdale, Mickey McGill, Verne Allison, Johnny Funches (vocals)

trax:
01 Oh What A Night 02 Time Makes You Change 03 Tell The World 04 Dreams Of Contentment 05 Movin' On 06 Darling I Know 07 Jo-Jo 08 Why Do You Have To Go 09 I Can't Help Myself 10 Now I Pray 11 Dance, Dance, Dance 12 Distant Love 13 Pains In My Heart 14 Baby Open Up Your Heart 15 Wedding Day 16 I'm Calling 17 My Dreams 18 Zing, Zing, Zing 19 I Wanna Go Home 20 She's Just An Angel 21 Springer 22 Q-Bop-She-Bop 23 Dry Your Eyes 24 You're Still In My Heart 25 Baby Doo 26 My Best Girl 27 Restless Days 28 Stay In My Corner
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Great collection of classic 50's rockabilly. (Includes info on each track in the liner notes.)trax:
1. Be My Baby - F. Dee Johnson 2. Bumble Rumble - Sid Silver 3. Heartbeat - The Dawins 4. Speed Limit - Tommy Lam 5. Hot And Cold - Marvin Rainwater 6. Rock & Roll Ruby - Warren Smith 7. Crawdad Song - Bill Haney & The Dixie Buddies 8. A Date At 8 - Ray King 9. Jello Sal - Benny Ingram 10. Shorty The Barber - Lou Millet 11. Cat Talk - Lew Williams 12. Rock-Ola Ruby - Sonny West 13. You're Undecided - The Johnny Burnette Trio 14. It's My Life - Vern Pullens 15. Cat Just Got In Town - Bill Mack 16. Diddilly Diddlly Babe - The Four Lovers 17. Rockin' On The Moon - Deacon & The Rock 'n' Rollers 18. Whenever You're Ready - Bob Luman 19. Six Foot Down - Gene Ski & The Troubadours 20. The Wildwood Rock - The Willwood Trio 21. Hey Worm - Little Jimmy Dickens 22. Salty Boogie - Little Jimmy Dickens 23. I Got The Bug - Kenny Owen 24. Eenie Meenie Minie Mo - Hoyt Johnson & The Four Recorders 25. Long Black Train - The Stewart Brothers
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There is a lot of Soul, Blues, R&B, and vocal group music from this Chicago label here. It really isn't a doo-wop collection, however.trax:
1. listen - The Impressions 2. oh baby come dance with me - The Dialtones 3. summer's coming in - The Epics 4. please tell me - The Fleetones 5. cut you loose - The Boomerangs 6. from out of this world - The Majestics 7. save your love - James Mack 8. i found me a lover - The Lovelites 9. ruby had gone - The Dialtones 10. twist it baby - Jimmy Lee Robinson 11. your lover man - The Fleetones 12. one love have i - Bobby Davis 13. telling lies - The Boomerangs 14. you better stop it - The Lovelites 15. rowdy mae - The Epics 16. you didn't learn that in school - The Majestics 17. she's a problem - Bobby Davis 18. times is hard - Jimmy Lee Robinson 19. stolen honey - James Mack 20. shorty's got to go - The Impressions
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Diggin' deeper again for more rare and uncompiled UK sixties beat. Read all about this great comp here:

ROOTS AND TRACES: SPURENSICHERUNGtrax:
1. Too Many People (EOS,67) - The Mountain Men 2. Little Man In A Little Box (Fontana,66) - Barry Fantoni 3. Flames (Direction,67) - Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera 4. You Can't Do That (Embassy,64) - The Jaybirds 5. 'Deed And 'Deed I Do (EP "Dem Bones...", Columbia,65) - Gary Farr & The T-Bones 6. I've Got A Message To You (Italian-only LP "Volume 2", ARC,67) - The Rokes 7. Hey Little Girl (Grampian,64) - The Nomads 8. Guess Things Happen That Way (Parlophone,65) - Earl Royce & The Olympics 9. Sometimes They Say (Decca,64) - The Mighty Avengers 10. Dream (unreleased acetate,67) - The Noel Redding Experience 11. Hog Tied (Polydor,68) - Mike Stevens & The Shevells 12. Farmer's Daughter (Columbia,66) - The Summer Set 13. She (Columbia,65) - Tony Rivers & The Castaways 14. Sometimes You Stumbled (Select,66, Swedish-only 7") - Steve Croall 15. Got To Find A Way (Mercury,66) - The Profile 16. She'll Never Be You (United Artists,64) - A Band Of Angels 17. I Don't Believe It (only on Canadian LP "Don't Make Me Over", Capitol,66) - The Swinging Blue Jeans 18. Alright Baby (Decca,64) - The Quotations 19. I've Never Been So Much In Love (RCA,66) - The Kirkbys 20. Like Nobody Else (Decca,66) - Los Bravos 21. I Just Can't Go To Sleep (UK-Warner Brothers,65) - Formula 1 22. Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye (Philips,64) - Danny Adams & The Challengers 23. Little Bit Of Lovin' (Columbia,66) - The Shell 24. Poor, Poor Plan (Decca,64) - The Brooks 25. I'm Gonna Tell Everybody (LP "Meet The Saxons", Ace Of Clubs,63) - The Saxons 26. Beachcomber (Decca,63) - Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds 27. The First One (Decca,63) - The Rikki Allen Trio 28. Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day (Parlophone,67) - The Legends 29. My Honey Bunny (Storz,65, German-only 7") - The Mad Classix 30. Bo Diddley (unreleased 68) - Fleetwood Mac 31. Don't Play That Song (You Lied) (Mercury,64) - Kris Ryan & The Questions 32. Baby It's Too Late Now (CBS,65) - David Bowie & The Konrads 33. I Don't Want You (International, 66, Italian-only 7") - The Ingoes
Compiled by The Lolly Pope
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