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In 2023 Ace Records released the album “28 Little Bangers From Richard Hawley’s Jukebox” where the acclaimed Sheffield musician, singer and songwriter compiled together some of his favourite records. These were instrumentals and vocals records that he had collected over the years and found musically addictive. The album received fantastic reviews and allowed his extensive fanbase to discover and enjoy tracks like Ronny Kae’s ‘Swinging Drums’ and King Curtis’ ‘Hot-Rod’ that were on the juke box in his home.
Now, three years later, Richard has lifted the lid, taken those 7” out and replaced them with another favoured selection. Once again, this second version of “Little Bangers” is full of cracking records such as Chet Atkins ‘Boo Boo Stick Beat’, Frank Minion’s ‘Watermelon’, Johnny Todd’s ‘Pink Cadillac’, Sunshine Theatre’s ‘Mountain’, Jet Harris’ ‘Man From Nowhere’, Tracy Rogers ‘Baby’ and the Ventures ‘Fuzzy And Wild’.
As with the first album there are 28 tracks spread across two albums or shoehorned onto one CD. The extensive liner notes see Richard discussing each and every track and what the record or artist meant to him. As he states himself in the introduction, “the record you hold in your hand is the result of a lifetime obsession.”
Listen for yourself and you will discover that this was time well spent.
Tracklist
1. THE LAST RACE - JACK NITZSCHE
2. TRASH - DUANE EDDY & THE REBELS
3. BOO BOO STICK BEAT - CHET ATKINS
4. COMANCHE - LINK WRAY & THE WRAYMEN
5. JUNGLE FEVER - DICK DALE & THE DEL-TONES
6. MUMBLIN' GUITAR - BO DIDDLEY
7. PUT THE BLAME ON ME - ELVIS PRESLEY WITH THE JORDANAIRES
8. BABY I GO FOR YOU - THE BLUE RONDOS
9. PARCHMENT FARM - BILLY LEE RILEY
10. I'M NOT YOUR STEPPING STONE - THE FLIES
11. MOUNTAIN - SUNSHINE THEATRE
12. GOTTA FIND A NEW LOVE - THE YO YO'S
13. MAN FROM NOWHERE - JET HARRIS
14. WATERMELON - FRANK MINION
15. I'M OUT - THE SURF RIDERS
16. FUZZY AND WILD - THE VENTURES
17. BABY - TRACY ROGERS
18. MAIL TRAIN - BILLY JOE TUCKER
19. THE DAY THE WORLD TURNED BLUE - GENE VINCENT
20. LISTEN TO THE DRUMS - RICHARD CAITON GNP
21. TRACKS TO YOUR MIND - THE SOUNDS OF LANE
22. MY BABY - THE GIRLS
23. I'M A NOTHING - THE MAGIC PLANTS
24. LITTLE JOE - THE SOUNDS
25. PINK CADILLAC - JOHNNY TODD
26. FAST FREIGHT - ARVEE ALLENS
27. SLEEPY HOLLOW - THE LAST WORD
28. CYCLE-DELIC - THE ARROWS FEATURING DAVIE ALLAN