Wanda Jackson, Queen Of Rockabilly, 2000

Born October 20, 1937) Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist who had success in the mid-1950s and 60s as one of the first popular female rockabilly singers and a pioneering rock and roll artist^. She is known to many as the Queen (or First Lady) of Rockabilly.

Jackson mixed country music with fast-moving rockabilly, often recording them on opposite sides of a record.

As rockabilly declined in popularity in the mid-1960s, she moved to a successful career in mainstream country music with a string of hits between 1966 and 1973, including "Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine", "A Woman Lives for Love" and "Fancy Satin Pillows".

She has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity among the rockabilly revival in Europe, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an Early Influence in 2009

Source: Wikipedia:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Jackson 

This album was Recorded between 1956 and 1963. Includes liner notes by Rob Finnis and digitally remastered by Duncan Cowell (Sound Mastering Limited). 

Wanda was the first country and rock n roll singer to teach me a woman could growl! I would say Jackson's music is the epitome of rockabilly, with heavy, twangy guitars, a good, solid base and some serious drum shuffling. With such a great gritty voice and superb skill, it's surprising this album was released in 2000.

Enjoy! 

Tracklisting:

01. Baby Loves Him
02. Mean Mean Man
03. Fujiyama Mama
04. Cool Love
05. Honey Bop
06. I Gotta Know
07. Let's Have A Party
08. Money Honey
09. Long Tall Sally
10. Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad
11. Searchin'
12. Savin' My Love
13. Kansas City
14. Hard Headed Woman
15. Tunnel of Love
16. My Baby Left Me
17. Sticks And Stones
18. Who Shot Sam?
19. There's A Party Goin' On
20. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
21. You Don't Know Baby
22. Tongue Tied
23. Riot In Cell Block #9
24. Slippin' And Slidin'
25. Fallin'
26. Rip It Up
27. Rock Your Baby
28. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
29. Honey Don't


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The Cramps , Discography, 1980 - 2003

... like this! - oh baby I see you in my frigidaire - yeah baby I see you in my frigidaire - behind the mayonnaise, way in the back - I'm gonna see you tonight for a midnight snack - but though it's cold you won't get old - 'cause you're well preserved in my frigidaire - yahhhhhhh.... ("TV Set") 

In the spring of 1976, The Cramps began to fester in a NYC apartment. Without fresh air or natural light, the group developed its uniquely mutant strain of rock’n’roll aided only by the sickly blue rays of late night TV. While the jackhammer rhythms of punk were proliferating in NYC, The Cramps dove into the deepest recesses of the rock’n’roll psyche for the most primal of all rhythmic impulses -- rockabilly -- the sound of southern culture falling apart in a blaze of shudders and hiccups. As late night sci-fi reruns colored the room, The Cramps also picked and chose amongst the psychotic debris of previous rock eras - instrumental rock, surf, psychedelia, and sixties punk. And then they added the junkiest element of all -- themselves.

1979 saw The Cramps opening for The Clash in New York and undertaking a second tour of the West Coast. Their gig at Keystone, Palo Alto, CA, being broadcast live by KFAT. Around this time the band came to the attention of Miles Copeland III who signed them to his IRS/Illegal label. He set The Cramps up with a British tour with The Police and in June gave their Vengeance singles a release as the Gravest Hits EP (UK Indie Chart #41, 2 wks). In July they went back to Sam Phillips' studio in Memphis with Alex Chilton to begin work on their first album, Songs The Lord Taught Us, which was not released in March 1980 (UK Indie Chart #18, 18 wks), much to the band's displeasure, and included covers of Jimmy Stewart & His Nighthawks' Rock On The Moon, The Sonics' Strychnine and Little Willie John's signature number,Fever, which was released as a single in June 1980 (UK Indie Chart #12, 9 wks).

This 1980 debut long player by the crystallized Lux Interior-Poison Ivy-Bryan Gregory-Nick Knox lineup was again recorded by Alex Chilton, this time at the Sam C. Philips Recording Studio in Memphis, in what has long since become legend material, in no small amount due to the historical/astrological coordinates at work, the Chilton/Cramps team up itself, inept studio hands being kicked out of the recording booth, Bryan Gregory´s "abrupt departure" before touring this album, take your pick.

Here we see the band having a larger go at, let´s say, scribbling down songs instead of grave robbing them from rock´n´roll´s pet cemetery - although "Tear it Up" (Billy Burnette), "Strychnine", (The Sonics), "Fever" (Eddie Cooley/John Davenport) and the very much "Psychotic Reaction" (Count Five) sound alike intro for "I´m Cramped" keep one foot firmly stomped on poverty row rock history for perspective.

A wonderfully rough edged studio noise trickery/fuzz/echo sprinkled affair that is a primordial part of what the eminent status this band holds is based on.

With this band it would be pretty minute to try and single out one album before any other for the new listener, except maybe the comps., so if you come across this in any form this should come as no disappointment for the discerning ghoul out there.

Text:   C-60 Low Noise : http://c-60lownoise.blogspot.com/2007/11/cramps-songs-lord-taught-us-1980.html



Tracklisting:
    1. "T.V. Set" - 3:12
   2. "Rock On The Moon"  - 1:53
   3. "Garbageman" - 3:37
   4. "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" - 3:03
   5. "Sunglasses After Dark"  - 3:47
   6. "The Mad Daddy" - 3:48
   7. "Mystery Plane" - 2:43
   8. "Zombie Dance" - 1:55
   9. "What's Behind the Mask?" - 2:05
  10. "Strychnine"  - 2:24
  11. "I'm Cramped"  - 2:37
  12. "Tear It Up"  - 2:32
  13. "Fever"  - 4:17
  14. "I Was a Teenage Werewolf (With False Start)" [Original Mix] - 4:48
  15. "Mystery Plane" [Original Mix] - 2:39
  16. "Twist and Shout" - 2:32
  17. "I'm Cramped" [Original Mix] - 2:37
  18. "The Mad Daddy" [Original Mix] - 3:15


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The Cramps, Look Mom No Head!, 1991

The Cramps were an American punk rock band, formed in 1976 and active until 2009. The band split after the death of lead singer Lux Interior. Their line-up rotated much over their existence, with the husband and wife duo of Interior and lead guitarist Poison Ivy the only permanent members. Guitarist Bryan Gregory and drummer Pam Ballam completed the first complete lineup in April 1976.

They were part of the early CBGB Punk Rock Movement that had emerged in New York. The Cramps are noted as influencing a number of musical styles: not only are they one of the first garage punk bands but also the first known band to blend punk rock with rockabilly, The Cramps are widely recognized as one of the prime innovators of psychobilly, and they inspired many of the early goth bands.

Their music is mostly in rockabilly form, played at varying tempos, with a very minimal drumkit. An integral part of the early Cramps sound is dual guitars, without a bassist. The content of their songs and image is humor, and retro horror/sci-fi b-movie.

Their sound was heavily influenced by early rockabilly, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll like Link Wray and Hasil Adkins, 1960s surf music acts such as The Ventures and Dick Dale, 1960s garage rock artists like The Standells, The Gants, The Trashmen, The Green Fuz and The Sonics, as well as the post-glam/early punk scene from which they emerged. They also were influenced to a degree by The Ramones and Screamin' Jay Hawkins, who was an influence for their style of theatrical horror-blues.

In turn, The Cramps have influenced countless subsequent bands in the garage, punk and rockabilly revival subgenres, and helped create the psychobilly genre. "Psychobilly" was a term coined by The Cramps, although Lux Interior maintained that the term did not describe their own style.

Here is one of my favourite albums on vinyl. Unfortunately here's the digital version. However I do own one copy on vinyl too, which makes for greater listening pleasure.

Tracklisting:
01 - Dames, Booze, Chains And Boots
02 - Two Headed Sex Change
03 - Blow Up Your Mind
04 - Hardworkin' Man
05 - Miniskirt Blues
06 - Alligator Stomp
07 - I Wanna Get In Your Pants
08 - Bend Over, I'll Drive
09 - Don't Get Funny With Me
10 - Eyeball In My Martini
11 - Hipsville 29 B.C.
12 - The Strangeness In Me

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