EDDIE COCHRAN USA 7” singles Discography -

EDDIE COCHRAN - USA 7” singles Discography
with Bear Family “Somethin’ Else” 2009 8CD Box Set track references
(e.g. 1/10 is Disc 1 Track 10 and so on)

COCHRAN BROTHERS
[Eddie and Hank Cochran – not related nor brothers]
1. Mr. Fiddle b/w Two Blue Sing Stars
(Ekko 1003, June 1955)
[A is 1/8 – B is 1/9]

2. Guilty Conscience b/w Your Tomorrow Never Comes
(Ekko 1005, July 1955)
[A is 1/10 – B is 1/11]

3. Tired And Sleepy b/w Fool’s Paradise
(Ekko 3001, May 1956)
[A is 1/18 – B is 1/19]

EDDIE COCHRAN
4. Skinny Jim b/w Half Loved
(Crest 1026, July 1956)
[A is 2/1 – B is 2/2]
(Note: there is another overdubbed version of the A “Skinny Jim” on the 1962 UK LP “Cherished Memories” on Liberty LBY 1109 and there are 4 takes of the B-side “Half Loved” too – all are on this Bear Family Box)

5. Sittin’ In The Balcony b/w Dark Lonely Street
(Liberty F-55056, February 1957)
[A is 2/7 - B is 1/31]

6. Mean When I’m Mad b/w One Kiss [with the Johnnie Mann Singers]
(Liberty F-55070, May 1957)
[A is 2/8 – B is 2/9]
(Note: this is the only Cochran US single issued in a picture sleeve during his lifetime; it’s extremely rare and commands $1000+)

7. Drive In Show b/w Am I Blue [with the Johnny Mann Orchestra & Chorus]
(Liberty F-55087, July 1957)
[A is 2/12 – B is 2/10]

8. Twenty Flight Rock b/w Cradle Baby [with Johnny Mann Orchestra & Chorus]
(Liberty F-55112, November 1957)
[A is 2/18 – B is 2/11]
(A-side is Version 2; Version 1 is on his July 1958 debut British LP “Singin’ To My Baby”, London HA-U 2093 and also UK 7” single HL-U 8386 – it’s 1/28)

9. Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie b/w Pocketful Of Hearts
(Liberty F-55123, January 1958)
[A is 2/26 – B is 2/24]
(Note: the A is in MONO, but there is another take without the guitar overdub on the box in STEREO – it’s 5/7)

10. Pretty Girl b/w Teresa
(Liberty F-55138, May 1958)
[A is 2/25 – B is 2/28]
(Note: A is an exclusive mix to the USA; there is a different version on the UK 7” single London HL-G 9464 – it’s 4/6. The box set also contains a 2-track Stereo version of the song on 5/5 with a further 3-track Stereo version with overdubs on 5/13)

11. Summertime Blues b/w Love Again
(Liberty F-55144, July 1958)
[A is 2/30 – B is 2/33]
(Note: the British ‘A’ on London HL-U 8702 is a different mix to the US version – it’s 4/1)

12. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
(Liberty F-55166, October 1958)
[A is 3/6 – B is 3/5]
(Note: the A is known as the “Speeded Up” version, but there’s also a STEREO version with guitar overdub and running at the correct speed on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 – it’s 4/2)

13. Teenage Heaven b/w I Remember
(Liberty F-55177, February 1959)
[A is 3/8 – B is 3/9]

14. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
(Liberty F-55203, July 1959)
[A is 3/17 – B is 3/18]

15. Hallelujah, I Love Her So b/w Little Angel
(Liberty F-55217, November 1959)
[A is on 3/26 – B is on 3/25]
(Note: A is a Ray Charles cover and the spelling of it doesn’t use an exclamation mark as his original did at the end of the word Hallelujah, but a comma. There’s two further versions of “Hallelujah…” – an echoed version with strings which first appeared on the UK’s 1980 4LP box set “20th Anniversary Album” on United Artists ECSP 20 (4/10) and a STEREO version on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 (5/10).
There are 10 versions of the B-side “Little Angel” – the master (3/25) is an overdubbed version of Take 10. The other versions are Take 1, 3, 5, 6 9 and 2 further version of 10 – all are on this box. Also worthy of note is that another version of Take 10 of “Little Angel” (5/11) is exclusive to the Bear Family set – it’s a different STEREO cut to the one that appeared on the Rockstar LP of 1984 (5/9))

16. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
(Liberty F-55242, March 1960)
[A is on 3/32 – B is on 3/33]
(Note: the A-side is Version 2 in Mono - a Version 1 in MONO and Version 2 in STEREO both appeared on the UK’s 1980 4LP box set “20th Anniversary Album” on United Artists ECSP 20 – they’re on this box as 3/16 and 5/2 respectively.

The B-side master for “Cut Across Shorty” is a ‘speeded-up’ version of Take 21 – however, the ‘correct speed’ version of Take 21 also appeared on the UK’s 1980 2LP set “20th Anniversary Album”, while a STEREO version of the take appeared on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 - they’re also on this box as 4/9 and 5/3)

17. Lonely b/w Sweetie Pie
(Liberty F-55278, August 1960)
[A is on 2/32 – B is on 2/23]
(Note: there is a second version of the A-side with overdubs available on the 1962 USA LP “Never To Be Forgotten” on Liberty LRP 3220 – it’s 4/22)

18. Weekend b/w Lonely
(Liberty F-55389, December 1961)
[A is 3/14 – B is on 2/32]
(Note: there is a STEREO version of “Weekend” on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 – it’s 5/12. “Lonely” is as per the A entry for number 17)

There were many re-issues throughout the rest of the Sixties and onwards in the USA, but they were more of what went before. It should be noted though that this was NOT the case in the UK, where new and previously unreleased Cochran material was issued by both EMI and the ROCKSTAR label (specializing in both Cochran and Gene Vincent). The Rockstar label put out 7” EP’s also – many are referenced in the BF box. See my separate UK 7” singles discography post…









For info purposes…

EDDIE COCHRAN - UK 7” SINGLES Discography
With reference to where the tracks can be located on the Bear Family 2009 8CD Box Set
“Somethin’ Else – The Ultimate Collection”

Note:
(a) London 78’s and 45’s (1 to 13)
Most UK 78’s credited their catalogue numbers without a prefix (HLU 8386), but the 7”s prefixed the catalogue numbers with 45-. Most discographies have since dropped the 45- prefix, but for accuracy purposes I’ve reinstated the prefix for this discography (it’s what’s on the actual records themselves).

(b) Catalogue number spacing
Also some catalogue numbers on the UK 7” singles separated the lettering before the number – some didn’t – for accuracy, I’ve reflected what was on the actual singles themselves – e.g. 45-HLU 8386 and 45-HL-U 8880.

1. 20 Flight Rock b/w Dark Lonely Street
London 45-HLU 8386 (April 1957)
[A is 1/28 - B is 1/31]
(Note: the original UK 78” and 7” both credit the A as “20 Flight Rock” – it’s spelt “Twenty Flight Rock” on the US issue and subsequent British reissues)

2. Sittin’ In The Balcony b/w Completely Sweet
London 45-HL-U 8433 (June 1957)
[A is on 2/7 – B is on 1/29]
(Note: B is Version 1, Version 2 is on the British LP “Singin’ To My Baby”)

3. Summertime Blues b/w Love Again
London 45-HL-U 8702 (September 1958)
[A is on 4/1 - B is on 2/33]
(Note: the A “Summertime Blues” is a different mix to the US version and exclusive to the UK single – the US version has reverb and fading at the end, the UK version is without reverb and has an ending. The B is the same for both UK and US singles, but there is a different overdubbed vocal version on the 1962 USA LP “Never To Be Forgotten” on Liberty LRP 3220)

4. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
London 45-HL-U 8792 (January 1959)
[A is on 3/6 – B is on 3/5]

5. Teenage Heaven b/w I Remember
London 45-HLU 8880 (June 1959)
[A is 3/8 – B is on 3/9]

6. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
London 45-HL-U 8944 (September 1959)
[A is on 3/17 – B is on 3/18]

7. Hallelujah, I Love Her So b/w Little Angel
London 45-HLW 9022 (January 1960)
[A is on 3/26 – B is on 3/25]

8. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
London 45-HLG 9115 (May 1960)
[A is on 3/32 – B is on 3/33]

9. Sweetie Pie b/w Lonely
London 45-HL-G 9196 (September 1960)
[A is on 2/23 – B is on 2/32]
(Same Takes, but the A & B are reversed to the USA issue on Liberty F-55278)

10. Weekend b/w Cherished Memories
London 45-HLG 9362 (June 1961)
[A is on 3/14 – B is on 3/34]
(Note: both A & B-side takes were exclusive to this UK release; the US versions for Liberty F-55389 are 3/14 and 2/32)

11. Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie b/w Pocketful Of Hearts
London 45-HL-G 9460 (November 1961)
[A is on 2/26 – B is on 2/24]
(Note: the A is in MONO, but there is another take without the guitar overdub on the box in STEREO – it’s 5/7)

12. Pretty Girl b/w Teresa
London 45-HLG 9464 (November 1961)
[A is 4/6 - B is 2/28]
(Note: the A is an exclusive mix to the UK release; there is a different version on the USA 7” single on Liberty F-55138 – it’s 2/25)

13. Undying Love b/w Stockin’s ‘N’ Shoes
London 45-HLG 9467 (November 1961)
[A is on 2/14 – B is on 2/19]

14. Never b/w Think Of Me
Liberty LIB 10049 (October 1962)
[A is on 2/22 – B is on 3/15]

15. My Way b/w Rock ‘N’ Roll Blues
Liberty LIB 10088 (April 1963)
[A is on 3/10 – B is on 3/11]

16. Drive In Show b/w I Almost Lost My Mind
Liberty LIB 10108 (August 1963)
[A is on 2/12 – B is on 4/20]

17. Skinny Jim b/w Nervous Breakdown
Liberty LIB 10151 (April 1964)
[A is on 2/1 – B is on 3/3]

18. C’mon Everybody b/w Summertime Blues
Liberty LIB 10233 (April 1966)
[A is on 3/6 – B is on 4/1]
(Note: see 3 for Notes on “Summertime Blues”)

19. Three Stars b/w Somethin’ Else
Liberty LIB 10249 (December 1966)
[A is on 3/13 – B is on 3/17]
(A is exclusive to the UK single)

20. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Eddie’s Blues
Liberty LIB 10276 (May 1967)
[A is on 3/32 – B is on 3/20]

21. Summertime Blues b/w Let’s Get Together
Liberty LBF 15071 (June 1968)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 3/4]
(Note: see 3 for Notes on “Summertime Blues”)

22. Somethin Else b/w Milk Cow Blues
Liberty LBF 15109 (1968)
[A is on 3/17 – B is on 3/21]

23. C’mon Everybody b/w Mean When I’m Mad
Liberty LBF 15366 (June 1970)
[A is on 3/6 – B is on 2/8]

24. Somethin’ Else b/w Three Steps To Heaven
United Artists UP 35361 (April 1972)
[A is on 3/17 – B is on 3/32]

25. Summertime Blues b/w Cotton Picker
United Artists UP 35408 (July 1972)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 2/6]
(B is on the United Artists 2LP set UAS 9959 “Legendary Masters No.4”)

26. Summertime Blues b/w C’mon Everybody
United Artists UP 35796 (March 1975)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 3/6]
(Note: see 3 for Notes on “Summertime Blues”)

27. C’mon Everybody b/w Milk Cow Blues
United Artists UP 36121 (June 1976)
[A is 3/6 – B is on 3/21]

28. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
United Artists Silver Spotlight Series UP 603 (June 1979)
[A is 3/6 – B is 3/5]

29. Think Of Me b/w Pretty Girl
United Artists FREE 12 (1979)
[This single wasn’t released as a stand-alone issue – it came in a picture sleeve free with the LP “The Eddie Cochran Singles Album” from 1979 on UAK 30244. It’s included here for completeness]
[A is on 3/15 – B is on 4/6]

30. What I’d Say b/w Milk Cow Blues
Rockstar RSR-SP 3001 (1979)
[A is not on the box set – the Take used for B is unknown]

31. Skinny Jim b/w Half Loved
Rockstar RSR-SP 3002 (1979)
[Neither is referenced in the box set]

32. Twenty Flight Rock b/w Teenage Cutie
United Artists UP 618 (March 1980)
[A is on 1/28 – B is on 2/29]

33. I Want Elvis For Christmas b/w The Tender Age
Rockstar RSR-SP 3004 (1980)
(Both sides are by HOLLY TWINS featuring EDDIE COCHRAN)
[A is on 7/12 – B is on not on the Box]

34. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
United Artists Silver Spotlight Series UP 36520 (October 1980)
[Reissue of 8]

35. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
United Artists Silver Spotlight Series UP 36521 (October 1980)
[Reissue of 6]

36. Summertime Blues b/w Twenty Flight Rock
Liberty Golden 45’s G45 19 (May 1984)
[A is on 4/1 – B is on 1/28]

37. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
Liberty UP 603 (1984 Reissue of 28 – Box set track places are the same)

38. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
Liberty EDDIE 501 (Feb 1988)
[As per 28 and 37]

39. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
Liberty EDDIE 502 (April 1988)
[As per 35]

40. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
Liberty UP 36520 (1988)
[Another reissue of 8 and 34]

EDDIE COCHRAN USA 7” singles Discography - referencing the Bear Family “Somethin’ Else” 2009 8CD Box Set.

EDDIE COCHRAN USA 7” singles Discography
with Bear Family “Somethin’ Else” 2009 8CD Box Set track references
(e.g. 1/10 is Disc 1 Track 10 and so on)

COCHRAN BROTHERS
[Eddie and Hank Cochran – not related nor brothers]
1. Mr. Fiddle b/w Two Blue Sing Stars
(Ekko 1003, June 1955)
[A is 1/8 – B is 1/9]

2. Guilty Conscience b/w Your Tomorrow Never Comes
(Ekko 1005, July 1955)
[A is 1/10 – B is 1/11]

3. Tired And Sleepy b/w Fool’s Paradise
(Ekko 3001, May 1956)
[A is 1/18 – B is 1/19]

EDDIE COCHRAN
4. Skinny Jim b/w Half Loved
(Crest 1026, July 1956)
[A is 2/1 – B is 2/2]
(Note: there is another overdubbed version of the A “Skinny Jim” on the 1962 UK LP “Cherished Memories” on Liberty LBY 1109 and there are 4 takes of the B-side “Half Loved” too – all are on this Bear Family Box)

5. Sittin’ In The Balcony b/w Dark Lonely Street
(Liberty F-55056, February 1957)
[A is 2/7 - B is 1/31]

6. Mean When I’m Mad b/w One Kiss
[with the Johnnie Mann Singers]
(Liberty F-55070, May 1957)
[A is 2/8 – B is 2/9]
(Note: this is the only Cochran US single issued in a picture sleeve during his lifetime; it’s extremely rare and commands $1000+)

7. Drive In Show b/w Am I Blue
[with the Johnny Mann Orchestra & Chorus]
(Liberty F-55087, July 1957)
[A is 2/12 – B is 2/10]

8. Twenty Flight Rock b/w Cradle Baby
[with Johnny Mann Orchestra & Chorus]
(Liberty F-55112, November 1957)
[A is 2/18 – B is 2/11]
(A-side is Version 2; Version 1 is on his July 1958 debut British LP “Singin’ To My Baby”, London HA-U 2093 and also UK 7” single HL-U 8386 – it’s 1/28)

9. Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie b/w Pocketful Of Hearts
(Liberty F-55123, January 1958)
[A is 2/26 – B is 2/24]
(Note: the A is in MONO, but there is another take without the guitar overdub on the box in STEREO – it’s 5/7)

10. Pretty Girl b/w Teresa
(Liberty F-55138, May 1958)
[A is 2/25 – B is 2/28]
(Note: A is an exclusive mix to the USA; there is a different version on the UK 7” single London HL-G 9464 – it’s 4/6. The box set also contains a 2-track Stereo version of the song on 5/5 with a further 3-track Stereo version with overdubs on 5/13)

11. Summertime Blues b/w Love Again
(Liberty F-55144, July 1958)
[A is 2/30 – B is 2/33]
(Note: the British ‘A’ on London HL-U 8702 is a different mix to the US version – it’s 4/1)

12. C’mon Everybody b/w Don’t Ever Let Me Go
(Liberty F-55166, October 1958)
[A is 3/6 – B is 3/5]
(Note: the A is known as the “Speeded Up” version, but there’s also a STEREO version with guitar overdub and running at the correct speed on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 – it’s 4/2)

13. Teenage Heaven b/w I Remember
(Liberty F-55177, February 1959)
[A is 3/8 – B is 3/9]

14. Somethin’ Else b/w Boll Weevil Song
(Liberty F-55203, July 1959)
[A is 3/17 – B is 3/18]

15. Hallelujah, I Love Her So b/w Little Angel
(Liberty F-55217, November 1959)
[A is on 3/26 – B is on 3/25]
(Note: A is a Ray Charles cover and the spelling of it doesn’t use an exclamation mark as his original did at the end of the word Hallelujah, but a comma. There’s two further versions of “Hallelujah…” – an echoed version with strings which first appeared on the UK’s 1980 4LP box set “20th Anniversary Album” on United Artists ECSP 20 (4/10) and a STEREO version on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 (5/10).
There are 10 versions of the B-side “Little Angel” – the master (3/25) is an overdubbed version of Take 10. The other versions are Take 1, 3, 5, 6 9 and 2 further version of 10 – all are on this box. Also worthy of note is that another version of Take 10 of “Little Angel” (5/11) is exclusive to the Bear Family set – it’s a different STEREO cut to the one that appeared on the Rockstar LP of 1984 (5/9))

16. Three Steps To Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty
(Liberty F-55242, March 1960)
[A is on 3/32 – B is on 3/33]
(Note: the A-side is Version 2 in Mono - a Version 1 in MONO and Version 2 in STEREO both appeared on the UK’s 1980 4LP box set “20th Anniversary Album” on United Artists ECSP 20 – they’re on this box as 3/16 and 5/2 respectively.

The B-side master for “Cut Across Shorty” is a ‘speeded-up’ version of Take 21 – however, the ‘correct speed’ version of Take 21 also appeared on the UK’s 1980 2LP set “20th Anniversary Album”, while a STEREO version of the take appeared on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 - they’re also on this box as 4/9 and 5/3)

17. Lonely b/w Sweetie Pie
(Liberty F-55278, August 1960)
[A is on 2/32 – B is on 2/23]
(Note: there is a second version of the A-side with overdubs available on the 1962 USA LP “Never To Be Forgotten” on Liberty LRP 3220 – it’s 4/22)

18. Weekend b/w Lonely
(Liberty F-55389, December 1961)
[A is 3/14 – B is on 2/32]
(Note: there is a STEREO version of “Weekend” on the UK-only 1984 LP “Portrait Of A Legend” on Rockstar RSR LP 1008 – it’s 5/12. “Lonely” is as per the A entry for number 17)

NOTES: There were many re-issues throughout the rest of the Sixties and onwards in the USA, but they were more of what went before. It should be noted though that this was NOT the case in the UK where new and unreleased Cochran material was issued by both EMI and the ROCKSTAR label (specializing in both Cochran and Gene Vincent). These are covered in a separate posting following this - see UK 7” singles discography…

GENE VINCENT UK LP DISCOGRAPHY from 1956 to 1971 (with reference to the BEAR FAMILY 8CD Box Set “The Road Is Rocky”).

The following UK LP discography references the Track Placing on the 2005 Bear Family 8CD Box set “The Road Is Rocky – The Complete Studio Masters 1956-1971”
(i.e. 1/15 after the song title is Disc 1/Track 15).

His first 5 albums are credited to GENE VINCENT and his BLUE CAPS – after that it’s GENE VINCENT solo albums

1. “Bluejean Bop!”
November 1956 – UK Debut LP on Capitol Records T 764, MONO Only
Side 1:
1. Bluejean Bop [1/15]
2. Jezebel [1/5]
3. Ain't She Sweet [1/11]
4. Jumps, Giggles and Shouts [1/14]
5. Who Slapped John [1/13]
6. Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine) [1/8]

Side 2:
1. Up A Lazy River [1/10]
2. Bop Street [1/17]
3. I Flipped [1/11]
4. Waltz Of The Wind 1/9]
5. Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back [1/20]
6. Peg O' My Heart [1/7]

2. “Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps”
August 1957, UK LP on Capitol Records T 811, MONO Only
Side 1:
1. Red Blue Jeans And A Pony Tail [2/7]
2. Unchained Melody [1/27]
3. Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me [1/26]
4. You Told A Fib [1/19]
5. Cruisin' [2/4]
6. You Better Believe [2/6]

Side 2:
1. Double Talkin' Baby [1/25]
2. Blues Stay Away From Me [1/22]
3. Cat Man [1/24]
4. I Sure Miss You [1/4]
5. Pink Thunderbird [2/2]
6. Pretty, Pretty Baby [2/3]

3. “Gene Vincent Rocks! And The Blue Caps Roll”
December 1957 – UK LP on Capitol Records T 970, MONO Only
Side 1:
1. Frankie and Johnnie [2/29]
2. In My Dreams [2/9]
3. You'll Never Walk Alone [2/20]
4. Brand New Beat [2/28]
5. By The Light Of The Silvery Moon [2/18]
6. Flea Brain [2/27]

Side 2:
1. Rollin' Danny [2/13]
2. Your Cheatin' Heart [2/22]
3. You Belong To Me [3/1]
4. Time Will Bring You Everything [2/14]
5. Should I Ever Love Again [2/26]
6. It’s No Lie [2/25]

4. “A Gene Vincent Record Date”
September 1958, UK LP on Capitol Records T 1059, MONO Only
Side 1:
1. Five Feet Of Lovin' [3/13]
2. The Wayward Wind [3/18]
3. Somebody Help Me [3/12]
4. Keep It A Secret [3/2]
5. Hey, Good Lookin' [3/15]
6. Git It [3/5]

Side 2:
1. Teenage Partner [3/7]
2. Peace Of Mind [3/8]
3. Look What You Gone And Done To Me [3/14]
4. Summertime [3/16]
5. I Can't Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You) [3/17]
6. I Love You [3/6]

5. “Sounds Like Gene Vincent”
October 1959, UK LP on Capitol Records T 1207, MONO Only
Side 1:
1. My Baby Don't Allow [4/17]
2. I Can't Believe You Want To Leave [4/4]
3. I Might Have Known [4/15]
4. In Love Again [4/1]
5. Ready Teddy [4/19]
6. You Are The One For Me [3/27]

Side 2:
1. I Got To Get To You Yet [4/5]
2. Vincent's Blues [4/20]
3. Maybe [3/28]
4. Now Is The Hour [3/19]
5. My Heart [4/6]
6. Maybelline [4/10]

6. “Crazy Times!”
May 1960, UK LP on Capitol Records T 1342 (MONO)
May 1960, UK LP on Capitol Records ST 1342 (STEREO)
Side 1:
1. Crazy Times [4/26 Mono - 5/6 Stereo]
2. She She Little Sheila [4/23 Mono - 5/3 Stereo]
3. Darlene [4/24 Mono (Version 1) - 5/4 Stereo (Version 2)]
4. Everybody's Got A Date But Me [4/33 Mono - 5/13 Stereo]
5. Why Don't You People Learn How To Drive [4/25 Mono - 5/5 Stereo]
6. Greenback Dollar [4/27 Mono - 5/7 Stereo]

Side 2:
1. Big Fat Saturday Night [4/28 Mono - 5/8 Stereo]
2. Mitchiko From Tokyo [4/34 Mono - 5/14 Stereo]
3. Hot Dollar [4/30 Mono - 5/10 Stereo]
4. Accentuate The Positive [4/22 Mono - 5/2 Stereo]
5. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain [4/32 Mono - 5/12 Stereo]
6. Pretty Pearly [4/21 Mono - 5/1 Stereo]

7. “The Crazy Beat Of Gene Vincent”
August 1963, UK LP on Capitol Records T 20453 (STEREO and MONO)
Side 1:
1. Crazy Beat [5/17 Stereo]
2. Important Words [4/16 Mono]
3. It’s Been Nice [5/19 Stereo]
4. Lonesome Boy [3/26 Mono]
5. Good Lovin’ [5/21 Stereo]
6. I’m Gonna Catch Me A Rat [5/18 Stereo]

Side 2:
1. Rip It Up [4/9 Mono]
2. High Blood Pressure [4/11 Mono]
3. That’s The Trouble With Love [5/20 Stereo]
4. Weeping Willow [5/16 Mono]
5. Teardrops [5/23 Stereo]
6. Gone, Gone, Gone [4/14 Mono]

8. “Shakin’ Up A Storm” [as GENE VINCENT and THE SHOUTS]
October 1964, UK LP on Columbia Records 33SX 1646 (MONO Only)
Side 1:
1. Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey [6/22]
2. Lavender Blue [6/14]
3. Private Detective [6/17 Stereo]
4. Shimmy Shammy Shingle [6/18]
5. Someday (You’ll Want Me To Want You) [6/24]
6. Another Saturday Night [6/23]
7. Slippin’ And Slidin’ [6/16]

Side 2:
1. Long Tall Sally [6/19]
2. Send Me Some Lovin’ [6/21]
3. Love, Love, Love [6/13]
4. Good Golly Miss Molly [6/20]
5. Baby Blue [6/25]
6. Susie Q [6/26 – mistakenly printed as 6/25]
7. You Are My Sunshine [6/15]

9. “Gene Vincent”
September 1967, UK LP on London HA-H 8333 (MONO Only)
[Notes: These recordings were made for Gene Autry’s Challenge label in the USA, but were never issued as an album there. Three USA 7” singles were released on Challenge 59337, 59347 and 59565, but they all failed to do any sales business and Vincent was dropped from the label. There is a CD called “Ain’t That Too Much – The Complete Challenge Sessions” on Hollowbody HC 12004 from 1994 (a Sundazed label), which is referenced in the Bear Family discography because it has SIX STEREO TAKES on it. These STEREO alternate versions appear on the 2nd Bear Family Gene Vincent Box Set, “The Outtakes”, a 6CD set from 2007]

Side 1:
1. Hurtin’ For You Baby [7/7]
2. I’m A Lonesome Fugitive [7/10]
3. Born To Be A Rolling Stone [7/6]
4. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo [7/8]
5. Poor Man’s Prison [7/9]
6. Words And Music [7/11]

Side 2:
1. Bird Doggin’ [7/1]
2. I’ve Got My Eyes On You [7/4]
3. Love Is A Bird [7/5]
4. Ain’t That Too Much [7/2]
5. Lonely Street [7/3]
6. Am I That Easy To Forget [7/12]

10. “Best Of Gene Vincent”
October 1967, UK LP on Capitol Records T 20957 (MONO Only)
[Capitol Rainbow Label Design on Original Issues]
[Note: both of the following “Best Of” UK LPs gathered up large numbers of Vincent’s UK singles on Capitol because they were originally NON-ALBUM tracks on both A & B; these issues mark their first appearance on UK albums. The second volume was issued in both Mono and Stereo - the Mono issue was quickly deleted after release with the Stereo version on ST 21144 kept on EMI’s catalogue for a few years more. The STEREO mixes are not on this box set, but are on the 2nd one “The Outtakes” from 2007.]

Side 1:
1. Say Mama [4/2]
2. Lotta Lovin' [2/12]
3. Wear My Ring [2/11]
4. Gonna Back Up Baby [1/12]
5. Rocky Road Blues [3/11]
6. Important Words [2/5]
7. I Got A Baby [2/21]
8. Bluejean Bop [1/15]

Side 2:
1. Woman Love [1/3]
2. Pistol Packin' Mama [5/15]
3. Little Lover [3/10]
4. Right Here On Earth [4/31]
5. Wild Cat [4/29]
6. Unchained Melody [1/27]
7. My Heart [4/6]
8. Be-Bop-A-Lula [1/2]

11. “Best Of Gene Vincent Vol.2”
February 1969, UK LP on Capitol Records T 21144 (MONO)
February 1969, UK LP on Capitol Records T 21144 ST 21144 (STEREO)
[Original issues have a Rainbow Label design]

Side 1:
1. B-I-Bickey-Bi Bo Bo Go [2/1 Mono]
2. Frankie And Johnny [2/29 Mono]
3. The Night Is So Lonely [4/7 Mono]
4. Git It [3/5 Mono]
5. Yes, I Love You Baby [3/3 Mono]
6. Walkin’ Home From School [2/24 Mono]
7. I Got It [2/10 Mono]
8. Crazy Legs [1/6 Mono]

Side 2:
1. I’m Going Home (To See My Baby) [5/25 Mono]
2. Five Days, Five Days [2/8 Mono]
3. True To You [2/15 Mono]
4. Right Now [2/19 Mono]
5. Well, I Knocked Bim Bam [1/18 Mono]
6. Over The Rainbow [4/18 Mono]
7. Race With The Devil [1/1 Mono]
8. Be-Bop-A-Lula [1/2]

12. “I’m Back And I’m Proud”
January 1970, UK STEREO LP on Dandelion S 63754 [Distributed by CBS in the UK]
(USA LP of the same name was on Dandelion D9-102. Among the musicians featured were Denis “Mars Bonfire” McCrohan of Steppenwolf and Skip Battin of The Byrds; the album of mostly cover versions was produced by the legendary Kim Fowley)
Side 1:
1. Rockin' Robin [7/23]
2. In The Pines [7/15]
3. Be Bop A Lula ’69 [7/26]
4. Rainbow At Midnight 7/20]
5. Black Letter [7/19]
6. White Lightnin’ [7/16]

Side 2.
1. Sexy Ways [7/25]
2. Ruby Baby [7/24]
3. Lotta Lovin' [7/17]
4. Circle Never Broken [7/18]
5. Scarlet Ribbons [7/22]

13. “If Only You Could See Me Today”
1971, UK STEREO LP on Kama Sutra 2316 009
(The US LP was issued as “Gene Vincent” on Kama Sutra KSBS 2019 in July 1970; “Sunshine” and “Geese” were issued as a 7” single in the USA on K 514 in the same month; Chris Darrow plays Fiddle on “Danse Colinda”)
Side 1:
1. Slow Times Comin' [8/3]
2. Sunshine [8/1]
3. I Need Woman's Love [8/2]
4. Danse Colinda [8/4]
5. Geese [8/5]

Side 2:
1. 500 Miles (Away From Home) [8/6]
2. Listen To The Music [8/7]
3. If Only You Could See Me Today [8/8]
4. A Million Shades Of Blue [8/9]
5. Tush Hog [8/10]

14. “The Day The World Turned Blue”
1971, UK STEREO LP on Kama Sutra 2316 005 (STEREO)
(The USA LP (same title) was issued on Kama Sutra KSBS 2027 in November 1970)
Side 1:
1. How I Love Them Old Songs [8/11]
2. High On Life [8/12]
3. North Carolina Line [8/15]
4. You Can Make It If You Try [8/13]
5. Our Souls [8/16]
6. Looking Back [8/21]

Side 2:
1. The Day The World Turned Blue [8/19]
2. Boppin' The Blues [8/18]
3. There Is Something On Your Mind [8/14]
4. Oh Lonesome Me [8/17]
5. The Woman Is Black [8/20]

15. “Battle Of The Bands Volume 1”
(1971, B&C Records BCM 103)
(A Various Artists compilation that features 2 Gene Vincent and The Houseshakers tracks)
1. Say Mama ’71 [8/22, Mono]
2. I’m Movin’ On [8/23, Mono]

16. “The King Of Fools”
June 1974 LP on EMI’s budget label Regal Starline SRS 5177
(Some of this LP’s tracks are referenced in the Bear Family discography (not all) because they mark their first appearance on LP in STEREO. The album also contains several single only releases like “Humpity Dumpity” (MONO) and “Temptation Baby” (STEREO) which I’ve noted below)

Side 1:
1. The King Of Fools [6/3, Stereo]
2. Where Have You Been All My Life [6/8, Stereo]
3. A Love ‘Em And Leave ‘Em Kinda Guy [6/12, Mono]
4. The Beginning Of The End [6/9, Mono]
5. La Den Da Den Da Da [6/10, Mono]
6. Spaceship To Mars (from the film “It’s Trad, Dad!”) [6/1, Mono]

Side 2:
1. Be-Bop-A-Lula [1/2, Mono]
2. You’re Still In My Heart [6/4, Stereo]
3. Held For Questioning [6/5, Stereo]
4. There I Go Again (Whoops I’m Dreaming) [6/2, Mono]
5. Humpity Dumpity [6/11, Mono]
6. Temptation Baby (from the film “Live It Up”) [6/7, Stereo]

Born 11 February 1935 in Norfolk, Virginia, Vincent Eugene Craddock died from liver failure on 12 October 1971 in the Emergency Room of a California hospital, aged only 36 - years of chronic alcoholism having finally done for him.

This wonderful and properly respectful 8CD Bear Family box set finally does him and his musical legacy justice – and in spades.

PS: Outakes, sudio chatter and rare Stereo versions are available on the companion volume to this box, the 2007 Bear Family 6CD mini box set "The Outtakes"
PPS: see also the UK 7” singles list - posted separately

GENE VINCENT UK 7” single DISCOGRAPHY from 1956 to 1971 (with reference to the BEAR FAMILY 8CD Box Set “The Road Is Rocky”).

The following UK single discography references the 2005 Bear Family 8CD Box set “The Road Is Rocky – The Complete Studio Masters 1956-1971”.

Although the 134-page hardback book that accompanies this sumptuous box set is extensive, it misses out on a few basic things. There are no LP nor 7" single discographies for the UK or USA - nor is there any list as to where to find these tracks on the 8CDs (should you wish to import them into your computer as such). This list is by way of providing both the track references for the box - and a decent UK discography (the UK LP discography is posted separately).

NOTES on the ENTRIES:
The bracketed numbers after the A and B song titles denote where to find the master track on the box set – for example 1/15 is Disc 1/Track 15.

Numbers 1 to 9 were issued on both 78” and 7” single in the UK as was 16. Numbers 10 to 15 and 17 onwards were issued on 7” single only. On that point - catalogue numbers for the 10” 78”s were CL and for the 7” 45’s were 45-CL. A lot of discographies simply exclude the ‘45’ prefix, but it was there on the originals to differentiate between the 78 and 45, so I’ve reinstated them for accuracy (they’re on the actual records themselves). Pictured below is the 78" of "Be-Bop-A-Lula" with "Woman Love" on the B.



All singles are MONO unless otherwise stated and the release dates/catalogue numbers are checked against EMI/Capitol/Columbia/CBS-Dandelion paperwork for accuracy.

1. A: Be-Bop-A-Lula [1/2] B: Woman Love [1/3]
(January 1956, Capitol 45-CL 14599)
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release)

2. A: Race With The Devil [1/1] B: Gonna Back Up Baby [1/12]
(August 1956, Capitol 45-CL 14628)
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release)

3. A: Bluejean Bop [1/15] B: Who Slapped John [1/13]
(October 1956, Capitol 45-CL 14637)
(Both tracks were on his debut UK LP “Bluejean Bop!”)

4. A: Jumps, Giggles And Shouts [1/14] B: Wedding Bells [1/8]
(January 1957, Capitol 45-CL 14681)
(Both tracks were on his debut UK LP “Bluejean Bop!”)

5. A: Crazy Legs [1/6] B: Important Words [2/5]
(March 1957, Capitol 45-CL 14693)
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release)

6. A: B-I-Bickey-Bi Bo Bo Go [2/1] B: Five Days, Five Days [2/8]
(May 1957, Capitol 45-CL 14722)
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release)

7. A: Lotta Lovin’ [2/12] B: Wear My Ring [2/11]
(September 1957, Capitol 45-CL 14763)
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release)

8. A: Dance To The Bop [2/17] B: I Got It [2/10]
(November 1957, Capitol 45-CL 14808)
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release)

9. A: I Got A Baby [2/21] B: Walkin’ Home From School [2/24]
(February 1958, Capitol 45-CL 14830)
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release)

10. A: Baby Blue [2/23] B: True To You [2/15]
(April 1958, Capitol 45-CL 14868)
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release)

11. A: Rocky Road Blues [3/11] B: Yes, I Love You Baby [3/3]
(August 1958, Capitol CL 14908)
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release)

12. A: Git It [3/5] B: Little Lover [3/10]
(October 1958, Capitol 45-CL 14935)
(A-side is off his 4th UK LP “A Gene Vincent Record Date” and features EDDIE COCHRAN on Bass Vocals; B-side was a non-album track at the time of release)

13. A: Say Mama [4/2] B: Be Bop Boogie Boy [4/3]
(January 1959, Capitol 45-CL 14974)
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release)

14. A: Who’s Pushin’ Your Swing [4/12] B: Over The Rainbow [4/18]
(March 1959, Capitol 45-CL 15000)
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release)

15. A: Summertime [3//16] B: Frankie And Johnny [2/29]
(June 1959, Capitol 45-CL 15035)
(A-side is off his 4th UK LP “A Gene Vincent Record Date”; B-side is off his 3rd UK LP “Gene Vincent Rocks! And The Blue Caps Roll”)

16. A: Right Now [2/19] B: The Night Is So Lonely [4/7]
(August 1959, Capitol 45-CL 15053)
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release)

17. A: Wild Cat [] B: Right Here On Earth []
(December 1959, Capitol 45-CL 15099)
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release)

18. A: My Heart [4/6] B: I’ve Got To Get To You Yet [4/5]
(February 1960, Capitol 45-CL 15115)
(Both tracks were from his 5th UK LP “Sounds Like Gene Vincent”)

19. A: Pistol Packin’ Mama [5/15] B: Weeping Willow [5/16]
(May 1960, Capitol 45-CL 15136) Gene Vincent with The Beat Boys
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release’ “Weeping Willow” turned up on his 7th UK LP “The Crazy Beat Of Gene Vincent”)

20. A: Anna Annabelle [4/13] B: Accentuate The Positive [4/22]
(November 1960, Capitol 45-CL 15169)
(A-side was non-album at the time of issue; B-side is off the MONO version of his 6th UK LP “Crazy Times!)

21. A: Maybe [3/28] B: Jezebel [1/5]
(January 1961, Capitol 45-CL 15179)
(Re-issue of two old tracks; A-side is on his 5th UK LP “Sounds Like Gene Vincent”; B-side is on his debut album “Bluejean Bop!”)

22. A: If You Want My Lovin’ [5/24] B: Mister Loneliness [5/22]
(February 1961, Capitol 45-CL 15181)
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release)

23. A: She She Little Sheila [4/23] B: Hot Dollar [4/30]
(May 1961, Capitol 45-CL 15202)
Both tracks are on his 6th UK LP “Crazy Times!”)

24. A: I’m Going Home (To See My Baby) [5/25] B: Love Of A Man [5/26]
(August 1961, Capitol 45-CL 15215) Gene Vincent with Sounds Incorporated
(Both tracks were non-album in the UK at the time of release)

25. A: Brand New Beat [2/28] B: Unchained Melody [1/27]
(November 1961, Capitol 45-CL 15231]
(Both tracks are re-issued oldies; the A-side is off his 3rd UK LP “Gene Vincent Rocks! And The Blue Caps Roll”; the B-side is off his 2nd UK LP “Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps”)

26. A: Lucky Star [5/28] B: Baby Don’t Believe Him [5/27]
(March 1962, Capitol CL 15243)
(Both tracks are with the Dave Burgess Band; both were non-album at the time of release)

27. A: King Of Fools [6/3] B: Be-Bop-A-Lula ’62 [6/6]
(August 1962, Capitol CL 15264) with The Charles Blackwell Orchestra
(Both tracks were non-album at the time of release and are in STEREO)

28. A: Held For Questioning [6/5] B: You’re Still In My Heart [6/4]
(February 1963, Capitol CL 15290) with The Charles Blackwell Orchestra
(Both tracks were non-album at the time of release and are in STEREO; both turned up on an LP in June 1974 called “The King Of Fools” on EMI’s budget label Regal Starline SRS 5177)

29. A: Crazy Beat [5/17] B: High Blood Pressure [4/11]
(July 1963, Capitol CL 15307)
(A is STEREO, B is MONO, both tracks are on “Crazy Beat!” LP)

30. A: Temptation Baby [6/7] B: Where Have You Been All My Life [6/8]
(November 1963, Columbia DB 7174)
(Both tracks were non-album at the time of release and are in STEREO)

31. A: Humpity Dumpity [6/11] B: A Love ‘Em And Leave ‘Em Kinda Guy [6/12]
(April 1964, Columbia DB 7218)
(Both tracks were non-album at the time of release and are in MONO)

32. A: La-Den-Da-Den-Da-Da [6/10] B: The Beginning Of The End [6/9]
(July 1964, Columbia DB 7293)
(Both tracks were non-album at the time of release and are in MONO)

33. A: Private Detective [6/17] B: You Are My Sunshine [6/15]
(September 1964, Columbia DB 7343)
(Both tracks were off his “Shakin’ Up A Storm” LP from October 1964; the A-side of the 7” single and the album track were both in MONO, but the box set offers only the STEREO take (6/17); the B-side (6/15) is in MONO)

34. A: Bird Doggin’ [7/1] B: Ain’t That Too Much [7/2]
(September 1966, London HLH 10079)
(Both tracks were issued in advance of the “Gene Vincent” LP from September 1967 on London HA-H 8333 – both tracks are on that LP in MONO. There is a STEREO version only of “Ain’t That Too Much” on the 2007 Bear Family 6CD Box Set “The Outtakes”)

35. A: Lonely Street [7/3] B: I’ve Got My Eyes On You [7/4]
(December 1966, London HLH 10099)
(Both tracks were issued in advance of the “Gene Vincent” LP from September 1967 on London HA-H 8333 – both tracks are on that LP in MONO)

36. A: Be-Bop -A-Lula [1/2] B: Say Mama [4/2]
(1968, Capitol CL 15546)
(Reissue of his 1st UK 7” single from January 1956 on the A with his 13th 7” single from January 1959 on the B – both are in MONO)

37. Be Bop A Lula ’69 [7/26] B: Ruby Baby [7/24]
(October 1969, Dandelion S 4596)
[Mistakenly credited in the discography as S 4996]
(Both tracks are off his “I’m Back And I’m Proud” album for John Peel’s Dandelion label (Dandelion S 63754); both tracks are in STEREO)

38. A: White Lightning [7/16] B: Scarlet Ribbons [7/22]
(May 1970, Dandelion S 4974)
(Both tracks are off his “I’m Back And I’m Proud” album for John Peel’s Dandelion label (Dandelion S 63754) – both tracks are in STEREO)

39. A: The Day The World Turned Blue [8/19] B: High On Life [8/12]
(April 1971, Kama Sutra 2013 018)
[Note: Both the album and this 7" single were issued in the USA in NOVEMBER 1970 on Kama Sutra - the 7" on KA 518 and the LP on KSBS 2027]
(Both tracks are off his “The Day The World Turned Blue” LP on Kama Sutra 2316 005 – both tracks are in STEREO)

40. Story Of The Rockers [7/14] B: Pickin’ Poppies [7/13]
(1973, Spark SRL 1091)

(The above UK release is represented in the Bear Family box set by both of its American equivalents - Playground P 100 (1968) and Forever FR 6001 (1969). The Bear Family box has included all 4 sides because they’re all different mixes.

The same tracks are on both sides of the American 45’s with the box references being 7/14 and 7/13 for Playground P 100 and 7/28 and 7/27 for Forever FR 6001.

However, it should be noted that the Bear Family discography mistakenly credits “Pickin’ Poppies” on Forever FR 6001 as 7/14 (should read 7/27) and “Story Of The Rockers” on Playground P 100 as 7/28 (should read 7/14)).

Final Notes on UK singles:
The Bear Family box set is subtitled “Studio” masters 1956-1971 - however, for info purposes and with regard to singles, there are live recordings Gene Vincent did with the rock group Kansas Hook for “The Johnny Walker Show” on Radio 1 (UK). They were taped 1 October 1971 (a short 11 days before he died) and three from the five were issued on a 45 in the UK on the BBC label as BEEB 001 in late 1974 - Roll Over Beethoven, Say Mama and Be-Bop-A-Lula. And in 1987, John Peel’s Strange Fruit/Nighttracks label issued a 12” single called “The Last Session” (SFNT 001) which included a fourth track from the live session “Distant Drums”. They are not, however, included in this box - nor are they referenced in the discography.


PS: SEE ALSO - UK LP DISCOGRAPHY (separate blog)

FIFTY ALBUMS You Don't Own And Should

- ONE A YEAR from 1959 to 2009 -

1. “Rockin’ The Blues” - JOE TURNER
(June 1959 UK MONO LP on London HA-E 2173)
(December 1958 USA MONO LP on Atlantic 8023]
Side 1: We're Gonna Jump For Joy/Teen Age Letter/Love Roller Coaster/Lipstick Powder And Paint/Morning Noon And Night/I Need A Girl/Red Sails In The Sunset
Side 2: Blues In The Night/After Awhile/World Of Trouble/Trouble In Mind/TV Mama/You Know I Love You/Still In Love

OK! So I've cheated a tad here. The eagle-eyed among you will have noticed that "Rockin' The Blues" actually came out in the States in 1958 first and the British issue on London then followed later in 1959. But I had to find a way of getting the joy of Big Joe Turner into this list somehow...

Listed at £120 in the Rare Record Price Guide of 2010, good luck trying to actually find a UK vinyl original - it's desirable among collectors and as rare as a conscience in a Labour Party Expenses Committee Meeting. Made up of rockers on Side 1 with bluesy ballads on Side 2, it's almost perfect as an example of truly great Fifties Rhythm 'n' Blues. Of the 14 tracks on the original LP - many compilations will include up to as many as 10 - that's how good they are.

You can pick up Warners Brothers "The Platinum Collection" on CD for less than £4 or $8 to get the bulk of the tracks, but better still is the 1999 Collectables Label CD out of the USA (Collectables COL-CD-6419) which couples 2 classic LPs of his on 1CD. You get the full 28 tracks of his 1957 "Rock And Roll" album on Atlantic 8005 (aka "Joe Turner") and this LP "Rockin' The Blues" from 1958. That way you get the full run of both LPs as intended - foot-tapping R'n'B bliss of a Grade-A kind.

Big Joe Turner is held in huge affection by collectors all over the world and the tracks on this criminally forgotten LP will tell you why. I only have to see his smiling face and I go to mush. A great place to start your 50-year journey...

2. “Elvis Is Back” - ELVIS PRESLEY
(June 1960 UK STEREO LP on RCA SF 5060)
(May 1960 USA STEREO LP on RCA Victor LSP-2231)
Side 1: Make Me Know It/Fever/The Girl Of My Best Friend/I Will Be Home Again/Dirty, Dirty Feeling/Thrill Of Your Love
Side 2: Soldier Boy/Such A Night/It Feels So Right/The Girl Next Door (Went A Walking)/Like A Baby/Reconsider Baby

[The 1999 Remastered CD has 18 tracks, 6 more than the original album - 3 singles and their B-sides and they're uniformly superb. The CD is stereo and the sound quality on the killer double blues finishers "Like A Baby" and "Reconsider Baby" is stunning - truly beautiful and allows you to 'hear' the great musicianship and Presley's fresh and now matured voice. But if you can afford it - go to the 2006 2CD "Follow That Dream" version with all the studio outtakes, chatter, 7" single full colour packaging - it's truly a thing of beauty - one of the great reissues of the last few years.]

3. “Lonely And Blue” – ROY ORBISON [Sings]
(June 1961 UK MONO LP on London HA-U 2342)
(December 1960 USA MONO LP on Monument M-4002)
Side 1: Only The Lonely (Know How I Feel)/Bye Bye Love/Cry/Blue Avenue/I Can’t Stop Loving You/Come Back To Me (My Love)
Side 2: Blue Angel/Raindrops/(I’d Be) A Legend In My Time/I’m Hurtin’/Twenty-Two Days/I’ll Say It’s My Fault

4. “Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music” - RAY CHARLES
(July 1962 UK STEREO LP on HMV CSD 1451)
(April 1962 USA STEREO LP on ABC-Paramount S-410)
Side 1: Bye Bye Love/You Don't Know Me/Half As Much/I Love You So Much It Hurts/Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)/Born To Lose
Side 2: Worried Mind/It Makes No Difference Now/You Win Again/Careless Love/I Can't Stop Loving You/Hey, Good Lookin'

5. “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” – BOB DYLAN
(November 1963 UK STEREO LP on CBS Records S BPG 62193)
(September 1963 USA STEREO LP on Columbia CS-8786)
Side 1: Blowin’ In The Wind/Girl From The North Country/Masters Of War/Down The Highway/Bob Dylan’s Blues/A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
Side 2: Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right/Bob Dylan’s Dream/Oxford Town/Talkin’ World War III Blues/Corrina, Corrina/Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance/I Shall Be Free

6. “Ain’t That Good News” – SAM COOKE
(1964 UK STEREO LP on RCA SF 7635)
(March 1964 USA on RCA Victor LSP-2899)
Side 1: Ain't That Good News/Meet Me At Mary's Place/Good Times/Rome Wasn't Built In A Day/Another Saturday Night/Tennessee Waltz
Side 2: A Change Is Gonna Come/Falling In Love/Home/Sittin' In The Sun/No Second Time/The Riddle Song

7. “Bleecker & MacDougal – FRED NEIL
(August 1965 USA STEREO LP on Elektra EKS 7293)
[Pictured above is the Sundazed 180 Grams Vinyl Reissue]
Side 1: Bleecker & MacDougal/Blues On The Ceiling/Sweet Mama/Little Bit Of Rain/Country Boy/Other Side To This Life/Mississippi Train
Side 2: Travelin' Shoes/The Water Is Wide/Yonder Comes The Blues/Candy Man/Handful Of Gimme/Gone Again

8. “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme” – SIMON and GARFUNKEL
(October 1966 USA STEREO LP on Columbia CS-9363)
Side 1: Scarborough Fair/Canticle [Run as 1 Track]/Patterns/Cloudy/Homeward Bound/The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine/The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)
Side 2: The Dangling Conversation/Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall/A Simple Desultory Remark (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission)/For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her/A Poem On The Underground Wall/7 O’Clock News/Silent Night [2 tracks as 1]

9. “I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You” – ARETHA FRANKLIN
(1967 UK STEREO LP on Atlantic 588 066)
(April 1967 USA STEREO LP on Atlantic SD-8139)
Side 1: Respect/Drown in My Own Tears/I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)/Soul Serenade/Don't Let Me Lose This Dream/Baby, Baby, Baby
Side 2: Dr. Feelgood/Good Times/Do Right Woman - Do Right Man/Save Me/A Change Is Gonna Come

10. “The Circle Game” – TOM RUSH
(April 1968 USA STEREO LP on Elektra EKS 74018)
(1968 UK Mono (EKL 4018)/Stereo (EKS 74018) Lp on Elektra)
Side 1: Tin Angel/Something In The Way She Moves/Urge For Going/Sunshine Sunshine
Side 2: Shadow Dream Song/The Circle Game/So Long/Rockport Sunday/No Regrets/(Coda) [Ends side but not credited on the sleeve]

11. “Tighten Up Volume 2” – VARIOUS ARTISTS
(November 1969 UK MONO LP on Trojan Records TTL 7)
Side 1:
1. Long Shot Kick De Bucket - The Pioneers
2. John Jones - Rudy Mills
3. Fire Corner - King Stitt
4. Wreck A Buddy - The Soul Sisters
5. Reggae In Your Jeggae – Dandy [Dandy Livingstone]
6. Fattie Fattie - Clancy Eccles
Side 2:
1. Return Of Django - The Upsetters
2. Sufferer - The Kingstonians
3. Moonlight Lover - Joya Landis
4. Come Into My Parlour - The Bleechers
5. Them A Laugh And A Kiki – Soulmates
6. Live Injection - The Upsetters

[The 2009 2CD DELUXE EDITION of the Reggae classic "Tighten Up Vol.2" offers the full 12-track album above, plus it's 12 B-sides as extras on CD 1 (all 12 songs were issued as 7" singles in the UK); while a second CD offers 26 singles from the 1969 period as bonuses. See blogger and Amazon for a separate review for this superb 2CD set.]

12. “Eric Burdon Declares “War”” - ERIC BURDON and WAR
(May 1970 USA LP on MGM Records SE-4663)
(September 1970 UK LP on Polydor 2310 041)
Side 1:
The Vision Of Rassan: A) Dedication B) Roll On Kirk
[2 Tracks as 1 – 7:43 minutes]
Tobacco Road: A) Tobacco Road B) I Have A Dream C) Tobacco Road
[3 Tracks as 1 – 13:21 minutes]
Side 2: Spill The Wine
Blues For Memphis Slim: A) Birth B) Mother Earth C) Mr. Charlie D) Danish Pastry E) Mother Earth [5 Tracks as 1 – 13:20 minutes]
You’re No Stranger


13. “A Nod's As Good As A Wink…To A Blind Horse” – FACES
(November 1971 UK LP on Warner Brothers K 56006)
(November 1971 USA LP on Warner Brothers BS-2574)
[Note: USA title is “A Nod Is As…”/see UK and USA art above]
Side 1: Miss Judy’s Farm/You’re So Rude/Love Lives Here/Last Orders Please/Stay With Me
Side 2: Debris/Memphis/Too Bad/That’s All I Need

[the CD reissue by Rhino uses the US artwork and spelling - the original album on both sides of the pond also came with an enormous fold out poster [a collage of hundreds of polaroid snaps of the band] which unfortunately isn't reproduced in the booklet]

14. “Manassas” – STEPHEN STILLS and MANASSAS
(May 1972 UK 2LP set on Atlantic K 60021)
(April 1972 USA 2LP set on Atlanic SD2-903)
Side 1 (called "The Raven"): Song Of Love/Rock & Roll Crazies - Cuban Bluegrass (2 songs as 1)/Jet Set (Sigh)/Anyway/Both Of Us (Bound To Lose)
Side 2 (called "The Wilderness"): Fallen Eagle/Jesus Gave Love Away For Free/Colorado/So Begins The Task/Hide It So Deep/Don't Look At My Shadow
Side 3 (called "Consider"): It Doesn't Matter/Johnny's Garden/Bound To Fall/How Far/Move Around/The Love Gangster
Side 4 (called "Rock & Roll Is Here To Stay"): What To Do/Right Now/The Treasure (Take One)/Blues Man [Dedicated To Jimi Hendrix, Al Wilson and Duane Allman]

(The actual albums run the Sides differently - Record 1 has Side 1 and 4, Record 2 has Sides 2 and 3)

15. “Extension Of A Man” – DONNY HATHAWAY
(July 1973 UK LP on Atlantic K 40487)
Side 1: I Love The Lord ; He Heard Me Cry (Parts I & II)/Someday We'll All Be Free/Flying Easy/Valdez In The Country/I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
Side 2: Come Little Children/Love, Love, Love/The Slums/Magdalena/I Know It's You

{"Someday We'll All Be Free" is an Edward Howard song]
["I Love You More..." is a Blood, Sweat & Tears cover version written by Al Kooper]
["Magdalena" is a Danny O'Keefe cover version]
["Love, Love, Love" is a J.R. Bailey song]
["I Know It's You" is a Leon Ware song]

16. “So What” – JOE WALSH
(December 1974 UK LP on ABC Records ABCL 5055)
Side 1: Welcome To The Club/Falling Down/Pavanne/Time Out/All Night Laundry Mat Blues
Side 2: Turn To Stone/Help Me Thru The Night/County Fair/Song For Emma

["Falling Down" is a Don Henley song not on any Eagles or solo album]
["Pavanne" is a synth version of a classical piece by Ravel]
["Turn To Stone" originally appeared on his debut solo LP "Barnstorm" in 1972, but in a rougher and longer form; this shorter more polished version is different and is usually the one chosen for 'Best Of' compilations]

17. “The Bothy Band” – THE BOTHY BAND [aka The Bothy Band 1975]
(1975 UK LP on Polydor Super 2383 379)
Side 1:
1. The Kesh Jig/Give Us A Drink Of Water/The Flower Of The Flock/Famous Ballymote
2. The Green Groves Of Erin/The Flowers Of Red Hill
3. Do You Love An Apple
4. Julia Delaney
5. Patsy Geary's Coleman's Cross
6. Is Trua Nach Bhfuil Me In Eirinn
7. The Navvy On The Line/The Rainy Day
Side 2:
1. The Tar Road To Sligo/Paddy Clancy's
2. Martin Wynn's/The Longford Tinker
3. Pretty Peg/Craig's Pipes
4. Hector The Hero/The Laird Of Drumblaire (Strathspey And Reel)
5. The Traveller/The Humours Of Lissadel
6. The Butterfly
7. The Salamanca/The Banshee/The Sailor's Bonnet

[many of the tracks [1 on Side 1, 7 on Side 2] are jigs and reels segued into 1 song]

One of the most satisfying and brilliant of Irish folk LPs. Great reels, lovely ballads, devoid of any militant shit - it's an absolute peach from start to finish. Put a lot of pride back into 'real' Irish music. The CD came out on Mulligan in the 1980s (LUN CD 002) and is hard to get (as is the original LP), but so worth seeking out. Whenever we have people around for drinkies or a party - out comes this disc and they all love it. THE BOTHY BAND. The balls.

18. “Hejira” – JONI MITCHELL
(November 1976 UK LP on Asylum K 53053)
Side 1: Coyote/Amelia/Furry Sings The Blues/A Strange Boy/Hejira
Side 2: Song For Sharon/Black Crow/Blue Motel Room/Refuge Of The Roads

19. “Marquee Moon” – TELEVISION
(March 1977 UK LP on Elektra K 52046)
Side 1: See No Evil/Venu/Friction/Marquee Moon
Side 2: Elevation/Guiding Light/Prove It/Torn Curtain

20. “Rainbow Seeker” - JOE SAMPLE
(February 1978 UK LP on ABC Records ABCL 5245)
(February 1978 USA LP on ABC Records AA-1050)
Side 1: Rainbow Seeker/In All My Wildest Dreams/There Are Many Stops Along The Way/Melodies Of Love
Side 2: Fly With Wings Of Love/As Long As It Lasts/Islands In The Rain/Together We'll Find A Way

21. “5” – J.J. CALE
(August 1979 UK LP on Shelter/Island ISA 5018)
Side 1: Thirteen Days/Boilin' Pot/I'll Make Love To You Anytime/Don't Cry Sister/Too Much For Me/Sensitive Kind
Side 2: Friday/Lou-Easy-Ann/Let's Go To Tahiti/Katy Kool Lady/Fate Of A Fool/Mona

[CD error has a track called "Out Of Style" mistakenly replacing "Katy Kool Lady";
"Katy Kool Lady" is still unavailable on CD anywhere despite reissue]

22. “Catholic Boy” – THE JIM CARROLL BAND
(October 1980 UK LP on CBS Records CBS 84901)
(October 1980 USA LP on Atco SD 38-132)
Side 1: Wicked Gravity/Three Sisters/Day And Night/Nothing Is True/People Who Died
Side 2: City Drops Into The Night/Crow/It's Too Late/I Want The Angel/Catholic Boy

23. “Pirates” – RICKIE LEE JONES
(July 1981 UK LP on Warner Brothers K 56816)
(July 1981 USA LP on Warner Brothers BS-3432)
Side 1: We Belong Together/Living It Up/Skeletons/Woody And Dutch On The Slow Train To Peking
Side 2: Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)/A Lucky Guy/Traces Of The Western Slopes/The Returns

24. “All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes” – PETE TOWNSHEND
(June 1982 on Atco K 50889)
(July 1982 on Atco SD 38-149)
Side 1: Stop Hurting People/The Sea Refuses No River/Prelude/Face Dances Part Two/Exquisitely Bored/Communication
Side 2: Stardom In Acton/Uniforms (Corp D'Espirit)/North Country Girl/Somebody Saved Me/Slit Skirts

[Reissued on a CD remaster in 2006 on SPV with 3 bonus tracks in a digipak]

25. “Hearts & Bones” – PAUL SIMON
(November 1983 UK LP on Warner Brothers 923 942-1)
(November 1983 USA LP Warner Brothers 23942)
Side 1: Allergies/Hearts And Bones/When Numbers Get Serious/Think Too Much (b)/Song About The Moon
Side 2: Think Too Much (a)/Train In The Distance/Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War/Cars Are Cars/The Late Great Johnny Ace

26. "Learning To Crawl" - THE PRETENDERS
(January 1984 UK LP on Real/Warner Brothers WX 2)
(January 1984 USA LP on Sire 23980)

Side 1: Middle Of The Road/Back On The Chain Gang/Time The Avenger/Watching The Clothese/Show Me
Side 2: My City Was Gone/Thumbelina/Thin Line Between Love And Hate/I Hurt You/2000 Miles

27. “Steve McQueen” – PREFAB SPROUT
(June 1985 UK LP on Kitchenware KWLP 3)
Side 1: Faron Young/Bonny/Appetite/When Love Breaks Down/Goodbye Lucille #1/Hallelujah
Side 2: Moving The River/Horsin' Around/Desire As/Blueberry Pies/When The Angels

28. “The Colour Of Spring” – TALK TALK
(February 1986 UK LP on EMI EMC 3506)
Side 1: Happiness Is Easy/I Don't Believe In You/Life's What You Make It/April 5th
Side 2: Living In Another World/Give It Up/Chameleon Day/Time It's Time

29. “Dumb Poet” – IMMACULATE FOOLS [lead vocals/songwriter Kevin Weatherill]
(1987 UK LP on A&M AMA 5151)
Side 1: Never Give Less Than Anything/Tragic Comedy/One Minute/Dumb Poet/So Much Here
Side 2: Wish You Were Here/Don't Drive The Hope From My Heart/Pretty Prize Now/Stay Away
("She Fools Everyone" is a CD-only bonus track on A&M CDA 5151 [Track 8])

30. “Strange Kind Of Love” – LOVE and MONEY
(October 1988 UK LP on Fontana SFLP 7)
[Full Digital Recording, Produced by GARY KATZ of STEELY DAN Fame]
Side 1: Halleluiah Man/Shape Of Things To Come/Strange Kind Of Love/Axis Of Love/Jocelyn Square
Side 2: Walk The Last Mile/Razorsedge/Inflammable/Up Escalator/Avalanche
("Scapegoat" is a CD-only bonus track on Fontana 836 498-2 [Track 11])

31. “Hats” – THE BLUE NILE [feat PAUL BUCHANAN]
(October 1989 UK LP on Linn Records LKH 2)
Side 1: Over The Hillside/The Downtown Lights/Let's Go Out Tonight
Side 2: Headlights On The Parade/From A Late Night Train/Seven A.M./Saturday Night

32. “Aion” – DEAD CAN DANCE
(July 1990 UK LP on 4AD Records CAD 0007)
Side 1: The Arrival And The Reunion/Saltarello/Mephisto/The Song Of The Sybil/Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To The Book/As The Bell Rings The Maypole Spins
Side 2: The End Of Words/Black Sun/Wilderness/The Promised Womb/The Garden Of Zephirus/Radharc

33. “Cooltide” – JOHN MARTYN
(November 1991 UK LP/CD on Permanent PERMLP 4/PERMCD 4)
9 Track CD: Hole In The Rain/Annie Says/Jack The Lad/Number Nine/The Cure/Same Difference/Father Time/Call Me/Cooltide

[Reissued in 2008 as a CD remaster with 4 bonus tracks on One World Records]

34. “The Missing Years” – JOHN PRINE
(September 1991 USA CD on Oh Boy Records OBR-009CD)
(July 1992 UK CD on This Way Up Records 512 774-2)
14 Track CD:
Picture Show/All The Best/The Sins Of Memphisto/Everybody Wants To Feel Like You/It's A Big Old Goofy World/I Want To Be With You Always/Daddy's Little Pumpkin/Take A Look At My Heart/Great Rain/Way Back Then/Unlonely/You Got Gold/Everything Is Cool/Jesus The Missing Years

35. “Bang!” – WORLD PARTY
(April 1993 UK LP/CD on Ensign Records CHENLP/CDCHEN 33)
(April 1993 USA CD on Ensign 21991)
11 Track CD: Kingdom Come/Is It Like Today?/What Is Love All About?/And God Said.../ Give It All Away/Sooner Or Later/Hollywood/Radio Days/Rescue Me/Sunshine/All I Gave

["And God Said..." is only 27 seconds - a link between tracks]

[Reissued as a CD remaster by Seaview Records in 2006]

36. “Do Right Man” – DAN PENN
(June 1994 CD on Sire/Warner Brothers/Blue Horizon 9362-45519-2)
10 Track CD: The Dark End Of The Street/Cry Like A Man/It Tears Me Up/You Left The Water Running/Do Right Woman Do Right Man/Memphis Women And Chicken/Zero Willpower/He'll Take Care Of You/I'm Your Puppet/Where There's A Will (There's A Way)

37. “Stripped” (Live) – THE ROLLING STONES
(November 1995 UK CD on Virgin CDV 2801 [2LP set V 2801])
14 Track CD: Street Fighting Man/Like A Rolling Stone/Not Fade Away/Shine A Light/The Spider And The Fly/I'm Free/Wild Horses/Let It Bleed/Dead Flowers/Slipping Away/Angie/Love In Vain/Sweet Virginia/Little Baby

[the 2LP vinyl version of this 'live' in the studio album is quite rare]

38. “Peace Beyond Passion” – ME’SHELL NDEGEOCELLO
(July 1996 CD on Maverick 9362 46033-2 [No LP Version])
12 Track CD: The Womb/The Way/Deuteronomy: Niggerman/Ecclesiastes: Free My Heart/Leviticus: Faggot/Mary Magdalene/God Shiva/Who Is He And What Is He To You/Stay/Bittersweet/A Tear And A Smile/Make Me Wanna Holler

["Who Is He..." is a Bill Withers cover; "Make Me..." is a Marvin Gaye cover]

39. “Strangers Almanac” – WHISKEYTOWN
[feat [David] Ryan Adams and Caitlin Cary]
(July 1997 CD on Mood Food/Outpost OPRD-30005)
13 Track CD: Inn Town/Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight/Yesterday's News/16 Days/Everything I Do/Houses On The Hill/Turn Around/Dancing With The Women At The Bar/Waiting To Derail/Avenues/Losering/Somebody Remembers The Rose/Not Home Anymore

[Reissued and remastered as a superb 2CD DELUXE EDITION in 2008 - see seperate Blogger and Amazon review]

40. “Timepeace” – TERRY CALLIER
(1998 USA CD on Talkin' Loud 539 249-2)
12 Track CD: Ride Suite Ride (Intro)/Lazarus Man/Keep Your Heart Right/Java Sparrow/People Get Ready - Brotherly Love/Love Theme From Spartacus/No More Blues/Timepeace/Following Your Footprints/C'est La Vie/Coyote Moon/AKA New York Al/Traitor To The Race

["People Get Ready" clip at the beginning of "Brotherly Love" is a cover version of The Impressions hit written by Curtis Mayfield]
["Following Your Footprints" features sax by Pharoah Sanders]

41. “Mule Variations” – TOM WAITS
(April 1999 UK CD on Anti/Epitaph 6547-2)
16 Track CD:
Big In Japan/Lowside Of The Road/Hold On/Get Behind The Mule/House Where Nobody Lives/Cold Water/Pony/What's He Building?/Black Market Baby/Eyeball Kid/Picture In A Frame/Chocolate Jesus/Georgia Lee/Filipino Box Spring Hog/Take It With Me/Come On Up To The House

42. “Inside Job” – DON HENLEY
(May 2000 CD on Warner Brothers 9362-47083-2)
13 Track CD:
Nobody Else In The World/Taking You Home/For My Wedding/Everything Is Different Now/Workin' It/Goodbye To A River/Inside Job/They're Not Here, They're Not Coming/Damn, It Rose/Miss Ghost/The Genie/Annabel/My Thanksgiving

43. “Gold” – RYAN ADAMS
(September 2001 CD on Lost Highway 088 170 256-2)
16 Track CD:
New York, New York/Firecracker/Answering Bell/La Cienega Just Smiled/The Rescue Blues/Somehow, Someday/When The Stars Go Blue/Nobody Girl/Sylvia Plath/Enemy Fire/Gonna Make You Love Me/Wild Flowers/Harder Now That It's Over/Touch, Feel & Lose/Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues/Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd.

[Is was issued in Europe on Lost Highway 170 252-2 as a ltd edition 2CD set; the bonus CD had 5 extra tracks - Rosalie Come And Go/The Fools We Are As Men/Sweet Black Magic/The Bar Is A Beautiful Place/Cannonball Days]

44. “Wishing Well” – RICHIE HAVENS
(June 2002 USA CD on Stormy Forest SFS-2021)
10 Track CD: The Well/Handouts In The Rain/Love Is Alive/You'll Never Know/Slow Down/On The Road To Calvary/Stardust And Passion/Paradise/Alone Together/On The Turning Away

45. “The Randy Newman Songbook Vol.1” – RANDY NEWMAN
(2003 CD on Nonesuch 7559-79689-2)
18 Track CD:
It's Lonely At The Top/God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)/Louisiana 1927/Let Me Go/Rednecks/Avalon/Living Without You/I Think It's Going To Rain Today/You Can Leave Your Hat On/It's Money That I Love/Marie/When She Loved Me/Sail Away/The World Isn't Fair/Political Science/The Great Nations of Europe/In Germany Before The War/Ragtime

Like Elvis Costello, Randy Newman has often been viewed as one of the great smartarses of rock - and in some respects - this has put people off him and his music. He may be sharp, acidic, witty - his songs chronicling the weak ways of man and beast - but does his music touch you - have human frailty in it? Well here it does.

What we have on "Songbook" is accessible Newman - tracks from his entire career (rock and soundtracks) stripped down to just him and a piano. The effect is startling - peeling away the flashy guitar and sax solos, the perfectly pitched harmony vocals, the clever but overbearing orchestration - and you're left with only the bare melody and words - or in some cases - just the melody (Toy Story 2's "When She Loved Me"). The results are stunning. At 63 - his voice is even more powerfully evocative - and of course - the depth of the songs comes shining through like never before.

It's hard to take it all in - in one sitting - it is - but it's also hard not to be hugely impressed. Here is a great American songwriter - as relevant and as fearless as ever - just in a 'unplugged' kind of way.

46. “Beautiful Dreamer – The Songs Of Robert Foster (1826-1864)”
– VARIOUS ARTISTS
(August 2004 USA CD Compilation on Emergent)
1. Beautiful Dreamer - Raul Malo [Lead Vocalist The Mavericks]
2. Slumber My Darling - Yo-Yo Ma/Mark O'Connor/Edgar Meyer/James Taylor/Alison Krauss
3. Don't Bet Money On The Shanghai - BR5-49
4. Nelly Was A Lady - Alvin Youngblood Hart
5. No One To Love - Judith Edelman
6. Camptown Races - Duhks
7. My Old Kentucky Home Goodnight - John Prine
8. Autumn Waltz - Henry Kaiser
9. In The Eye Abides The Heart - Beth Nielsen Chapman
10. Old Folks At Home - David Ball
11. Oh Susanna - Michelle Shocked & Pete Anderson
12. Willie We Have Missed You - Grey De Lisle
13. Hard Time Come Again No More - Mavis Staples
14. Gentle Annie - Ollabelle
15. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair - Roger McGuinn [of The Byrds]
16. Ah May The Red Rose Live Always - Suzy Bogguss
17. Holiday Schottisch - Will Barrow
18. Comrades Fill No Glass For Me - Ron Sexsmith

47. “Takk…” – SIGUR ROS
(August 2005 UK CD on EMI 337 252 2 5 [Book Packaging])
11 Track CD:
Takk.../Glósóli/Hoppípolla/Með Blóðnasir/Sé Lest/Saeglópur/Mílanó/Gong/Andvari/Svo Hljótt/Heysátan

[Track 4 "Hoppipolla" is the theme music to the BBC's "Planet Earth" TV Series]

48. “Black Water” - KRIS DREVER
(October 2006 CD)
12 Track CD:
Steel and Stone (Black Water)/Braw Sailin' On The Sea/Patrick Spence/Beads And Feathers/Green Grows The Laurel/Honk Toot (Honk Toot/The Happy Aunt/Betty Beardmore-Medley)/Harvest Gypsies/Fause Fause/Poor Mans Son/Rodney's Glory (Air/Rodney's Glory/Jim Donoghue's - Medley)/Navigator/Farewell To Fuineray

Kris Drever used to be with a folk group called FINE FRIDAY; "Black Water" is his debut solo album on the private label Reveal. It's a deeply Scottish folk affair, beautifully produced and featuring stunning complimentary vocal work from EDDI READER, KATE RUSBY and RODDY WOOMBLE of IDLEWILD. It also features JOHN McCUSKER on Fiddle [Album's Producer], DONALD SHAW on Harmonium and IAN CARR on Guitar. It transcends folk and his deep resonant vocals are a joy to listen to - steeped in Irish, English and Scottish traditional music. Drever's vocals are similar in depth to ANDREW MURRAY of DE DANNAN (check out his wonderful "Hell Or High Water" CD from 2005). "Black Water" is a beautiful album that gets better and warmer with every listen - and it went criminally unnoticed outside of folk circles. Check it out.

49. “Aman Iman: Water Is Life” - TINARIWEN
(February 2007 CD on Independiente)
12 Track CD:
Cler Achel/Mano Dayak/Matadjem Yinmixan/Ahimana/63/Toumast/Imidiwan Winakalin/Awad Idjen/Ikyadar Dim/Tamatant Tilay/Assouf/Izarar Ténéré

Sensational chugging mixture of Sahara Desert tribal rhythms with guitar rock and wailing women in the background - sort of Santana meets the Middle East. Every time I play a track off this CD in the shop it brings eager customers to the counter. An exciting new hybrid for World Music and utterly infectious.

50. “Hurricane” – GRACE JONES
(November 2008 CD on Wall Of Sound)
9 Track CD:
This Is/Williams Blood/Corporate Cannibal/I'm Crying (Mother's Tears)/Well Well Well/Hurricane/Love You To Life/Sunset Sunrise/Devil In My Life

An extraordinarily good return to form for Grace - stunning single in "William's Blood" - sounds like "Slave To The Rhythm", "Nightclubbing" and "Inside Story" were only made yesterday. Again - every time we play this - the punters love it. The whole album is good.

51. “Hill Of Thieves” – CARA DILLON
(January 2009 CD on Charcoal)
11 Track CD:
The Hill Of Thieves/Johnny, Lovely Johnny/The Parting Glass/Spencer The Rover/False, False/Jimmy Mó Mhíle Stór/She Moved Through The Fair/P Stands For Paddy (Lament For Johnny)/The Verdant Braes Of Skreen/The Lass Of Glenshee/Fil, Fil A Run Ó

Beautiful voice (she's from Dungiven in County Derry, Northern Ireland) married with gorgeous production, expert song choice and top musicianship gives you a contender for Folk Album of the Year already. Such a pretty and lovely listen - check out her version of "Spencer The Rover" with duet vocals from Seth Lakeman - sweet as a nut...