Surf, Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll, Exotica, Garage Punk Thread - Page 25

Make Them Die Slowly · #**241** 3rd November 2012, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by VicDakin

Love Brothers - Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll

That's excellent.

VicDakin · #**242** 3rd November 2012, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

That's excellent.

Its from a rather nifty comp called Rocket Ship.

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1. Flying Saucers Rock'n Roll - Love Brothers
2. Rock, Rock, Rocket Ship - The Rockers
3. Satelite Rock - The Rebelaires
4. Blast Off - Alden Holloway
5. Rock It On Mars - Terry Dunavan
6. Rock The Universe - Dell Vaughn
7. Knocked Out Joint On Mars - Buck Trail
8. Cape Caneveral - Monte Mead
9. Moon Beat - The Fabulous Imperials
10. Rock On The Moon - Jimmy Stewart
11. Rock It To The Moon - Jackie Gotroe
12. Moon Twist - Billy Nix
13. Rock Old Sputnick - Nelson Young
14. Shooting For The Moon - Carl & Norman
15. Satelite - The Rocks
16. Light My Rockets - Neil Alan
17. Satelite Rock - Jimmy Copeland & The Jayteens
18. Space Dance - Royce Simpson
19. Rockin' On The Moon - Deacon & The Rock & Rollers
20. Got A Rocket In My Pocket - Stan Beaver
21. The Little Moon Men - LEE GEORGE
22. Trip To The Moon - Wesley Reynolds
23. Countdown 4-3-2-1 - Geno Lanzi
24. Rocking On The Moon - Ronnie Sando
25. The Boppin' Martian - Dick Robinson
26. Shake It Over Sputnik - Billy Hogan
27. Rock Moon Rock - Daniel James
28. Man From Mars - Butch Paulson
29. Orbit Twist - Rufus Shoffner
30. Rocket To The Moon - John Wesley Caves
31. Moon Rocketin' - Les Vogt
32. Moon Twist - Chuck Dallis
33. Honey Moon Trip To Mars - Jack Tucker
34. Rockin' Space Girl - Jimmy Grubbs

Make Them Die Slowly · #**243** 3rd November 2012, 06:52 AM

Is it all rockabilly?

VicDakin · #**244** 3rd November 2012, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

Is it all rockabilly?

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all music review
This is a theme compilation -- 34 rock & roll songs dating from the late 1950s and early 1960s, hooked around flying saucers, space ships, satellites, Sputnik and similar subjects, though mostly they're about sex. There are some serious professional musicians represented, such as country-rockabilly veterans Alden Holloway (pictured with a double-necked guitar) and Dell Vaughn, but some of this CD is in a loose, wild rockabilly vein. Gene Vincent's "Spaceship to Mars" would've fit in perfectly, and Terry Dunavan's "Rock It on Mars" even recalls the Vincent number, but there's cooler and more interesting stuff here: the Love Brothers' unissued acetate of "Flying Saucer Rock 'n Roll" is rockabilly punk at its most primitive -- real A-Bones type material; the Rockers' "Rock, Rock, Rocket Ship," which isn't far behind and has a crunchy bass; Holloway's "Blast Off," which has crisp Chet Atkins licks, a cool tenor sax solo and some catchy choruses; Vaughn's "Rock the Universe," which has a real roadhouse band feel to it; Monte Mead's "Cape Canaveral" on the Fortune label, with its crisply arranged country-style guitars and a solid, hard beat; "Moon Beat" by the Fabulous Imperials; and Jimmy Stewart's raw, hard country raunch "Rock on the Moon," stuff that makes Carl Perkins seem almost urban. Buck Trail's "Knocked Out Joint on Mars" gets the equation of sex, space and guitars assembled in the right order, with a good beat; Stewart's "Rock on the Moon" is tighter and has a better dance beat.

Jackie Gotroe's "Rock It to the Moon" strips the formula to its basics, with lyrics that equate girls, moon rockets and blast-offs, with a hot guitar break in the middle and a better melody than the competition -- even it gets outdone for scatology, however, by Stan Beaver's "Got a Rocket in My Pocket." Billy Nix's "Moon Twist" is about as much fun as a twist record done by a guy who obviously prefer rockabilly could possibly be -- Nix melds the two forms beautifully, nice and slow but never sluggishly. Carl & Norman's "Shooting for the Moon" is a different twist, a comical harmony number (with nice piano ornamentation dressing up a basic country band backing) that equates a failed rocket launch with frustrated romantic possibilities. "Light My Rockets" is a more upbeat look at the same scenario by Neil Alan. Gene Lanzi's "Countdown 4-3-2-1" stands out as the only real instrumental here, a tense guitar piece (with Lanzi providing narration every so often). Billy Hogan's "Shake It Over Sputnik" is a silly topical number about southern pride, the Jupiter-C and the space program, and it (and the last numbers) tends to be a little more tuneless than those that precede them -- they're fun, and they fill out the CD, but that's about all.

VicDakin · #**245** 3rd November 2012, 06:59 AM

THE ROCKERS - ROCK, ROCK, ROCKET SHIP

Make Them Die Slowly · #**246** 3rd November 2012, 07:03 AM

Cheers Vic. I've been trying to find out if there is an active garage punk scene in Manchester but no luck however there does appear to be a big rockabilly scene. When Mrs MTDS' broken foot is better we may venture out to have a look.

VicDakin · #**247** 3rd November 2012, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

Cheers Vic. I've been trying to find out if there is an active garage punk scene in Manchester but no luck however there does appear to be a big rockabilly scene. When Mrs MTDS' broken foot is better we may venture out to have a look.

that sounds like a plan stan,let us know how it goes,hope Mrs MTDS foot gets better,Dems did'nt stamp on it did he?