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• A veritable torrent of essential dime-worrying jukebox 45s from Lux and Ivy of The Cramps’ overheated jukebox with freckled fish, wolves and a dab of the ole Uranium blues.
• 50 sub three-minute epics from twangy instrumentals to hopped-up novelty tunes, insane rockabilly tirades to RnB scorchers, new dance trends and swaggering rock ‘n’ rollers to aching melancholy laments – all undercut with an inevitable streak of madness and everyday irreverence.
• Featuring a cavalcade of no-hit wonders bemoaning ill-advised beards, car club etiquette, broken school romances, Martian invasions, overweight feathered friends, purring kittens, lonely travellers, relationship-inducing mental cruelty and all points between.
• Add to that some life affirming anthems aided by Lee Hazelwood, Kim Fowley, the unheralded Don Cole, latter day soul legend Bobby Freeman, Louis Jordan and Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson plus a teenage love letter to Elvis from The Threeteens who also hold forth on algebra.
• Remastered from the original sound sources with sleevenotes by MOJO magazine’s Dave Henderson.
Tracklist
DISC ONE:
1. THE MASH – Bud Spudd and the Sprouts
2. WALK GINNY WALK – Lenny Johnson
3. SINBAD – Bobby Freeman
4. PURR, KITTY, PURR – Sid King and the Five Strings
5. NO TIME – The Titans
6. 500 POUND CANARY – Jules Blattner and the Teen Tones
7. MENTAL CRUELTY – Larry And Dixie Davis
8. A LITTLE MORE WINE, MY DEAR – The Hawks
9. BODACIOUS – The US Rockets
10. WEIRD BEARD – Cindy Malone
11. THAT GOATEE’S GOT TO GO – Dick Summer (with Bill Coe and the Escorts)
12. CHARLIE AND THE BANK JOB – Al Katraz and the Breakouts
13. HI’FI’ BABY – Teddy “Mr Bear” McRae & his Orchestra
14. BIG BAD WOLF – Kim Garri and the Rhythm Rockers
15. HEAP BIG SMOKE (BUT NO FIRE) – Arthur Godfrey
16. NAMELESS – Bob Strauss (with Donald George Orchestra and Chorus)
17. HEARTBEAT – The Daywains
18. DEAR 53310761 – The Threeteens
19. I DREAMED I WAS ELVIS – Sonny Cole and the Rhythm Roamers
20. LOVE BLOOD HOUND – KC Mojo Watson
21. LIKE KEYED – Jack B Nimble And The Quicks
22. THAT CHICK’S TOO YOUNG TO FRY – Louis Jordan
23. DEATH OF AN ANGEL – Donald Woods and the Vel-Aires
24. LIE DETECTOR MACHINE – Don Cole
25. TWILIGHT ZONE – Gary Smith
DISC TWO:
1. TIME MACHINE – The Gamblers
2. LITTLE BITTY GIRL – The Memories
3. LONELY TRAVELLIN’ – Lonesome Lee
4. PRETTY PLEASE – The Kinglets featuring Leroy Thomas
5. X+Y=Z – The Threeteens
6. YOU BETTER DIG IT – Bill Johnson and the Four Steps Of Rhythm
7. SHE CAN ROCK – Little Ike with the Jimmy Beck Orchestra
8. THE LITTLE MARTIAN – Jan Amber
9. THE LAST MEAL – Hurricane Harry
10. CRUISIN’ CENTRAL – Faron Warmer
11. 59 VOLVO – Vernon Green and the Medallions
12. THE STORM – Dough Harden
13. TAKE ALL OF ME – Billy Kent and the Andantes
14. MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT – The Crenshaws
15. THE BEAR – Billy Kent and the Andantes
16. PEACH FUZZ – Bob Taylor
17. SQUAD CAR – Don Cole
18. NIGHT BEAT – Al Casey
19. HELLO SCHOOLTEACHER! – The 4 After 5s
20. WOLF CALL – Mark Anthony
21. MY MEMORIES OF YOU – The 4 After 5s
22. (THOSE OLD) URANIUM BLUES – Loy Clingman
23. AIN’T NO FRECKLES ON MY FISH – Bob Wilson and the Easy Dealers
24. ZINDY LOU – The Mariners
25. GERONIMO – The Renegades