Side A:
01) Crazy Over You - The Calvanes
02) Always And Always - The Meadowlarks
03) Let Me Give You Money - The Pipes
04) I Still Remember - The Romancers
05) I Ain't Gonna Cry No More - The Penguins
06) Edna - The Medallions
Side B:
01) Guided Missiles - The Cuff Links
02) Double Dealing Baby - The Souvenirs
03) Don't Take Your Love From Me - The Calvanes
04) Back Home Again - The Birds
05) Boogie Woogie Teenage - The Meadowlarks
06) Untrue - The Meadowlarks
Thanks to our regular contributor Marv for this second instalment of reconstituted Dootone vocal group albums. This LP was originally issued in April 1957 on Dooto (the Dootone name having been altered in early 1957 due to a court case). It was also reissued on the Dooto subsidiary Authentic label.
Remember a couple of posts ago I said I would just get the music up and forego the investigations into the background details? Oops - looks like I got carried away when preparing this post, so you get the usual heap o' arcane info.
There's just something about this 1950's Los Angeles R&B into Rock 'n' Roll sound that goes straight to the gut. Perhaps someone more articulate than I can explain it in the comments. Maybe it's the slightly fly by night feel of the records on these small labels like Dootone, Combo, the John Dolphin stable of labels, and many even more obscure outfits. The vocal groups and the sax instros, I love it all. Now I'm gonna cruise on over to Dolphin's Of Hollywood to grab me some 45s and maybe Huggy Boy is broadcasting from the store window. Or am I too late?
Release Details:
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Ace CDCHD 579
The Calvanes - Crazy Over You / Don't Take Your Love From Me - Dootone 371 - August 1955
Don Julian And The Meadowlarks - Always And Always / I Got Tore Up - Dootone 367 - June 1955
Don Julian And The Meadowlarks - I Am A Believer / Boogie Woogie Teenage - Dootone 405 - October 1956
Don Julian And The Meadowlarks - Untrue - first released on this LP.
The Pipes - Be Fair / Let Me Give You Money - Dootone 388 - March 1956
The Romancers - I Still Remember / House Cat - Dootone 381 - January 1956
The Penguins - I Ain't Gonna Cry No More on Dootone EP "Rhythm and Blues Vocal Group Series Album #1" - Dootone EP-101 - June 1955
The Pipes - Be Fair / Let Me Give You Money - Dootone 388 - March 1956
The Romancers - I Still Remember / House Cat - Dootone 381 - January 1956
The Penguins - I Ain't Gonna Cry No More on Dootone EP "Rhythm and Blues Vocal Group Series Album #1" - Dootone EP-101 - June 1955
The Medallions - Speedin' / Edna - Dootone 364 - June 1955
The Cuff Links - Guided Missiles / My Heart - Dootone 409 - December 1956
The Cuff Links - Guided Missiles / My Heart - Dootone 409 - December 1956
The Souvenirs - Double Dealing Baby - first released on this LP
Willie Headen And The Five Birds - Back Home Again / I Wanna Know - Authentic 703 - July 1956 (also released on Dooto 703) Reviewed in The Cash Box, 7th July, 1956
Info from 45cat.com, The Cash Box, and Marv Goldberg's site.
Willie Headen And The Five Birds - Back Home Again / I Wanna Know - Authentic 703 - July 1956 (also released on Dooto 703) Reviewed in The Cash Box, 7th July, 1956
Info from 45cat.com, The Cash Box, and Marv Goldberg's site.
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Thanks Marv!
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5 comments:
Many thanks for this BW (and Marv) I appreciate getting copies of these rare tracks.
Had a good listen to this last night. Stand out tracks for me were:
The Souvenirs - Double Dealing Baby
The Meadowlarks - Boogie Woogie Teenage.
Both nice bouncy R&B and have been moved onto my favorites list for future listens in the car. Thanks again for sharing.
Has to be a chevy, or a even a pink cadillac! Tail fins mandatory for this music.
BW
Thanks very much BW & Marv. Excellent album !
Thank you both for this. A much more obscure set of songs than the companion volume. I had most of these too, but I had to check first!
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