Keepers:

Wipe Out
Surfer Joe
Scatter Shield
Murphy the Surfie
Hot Rod High
Point Panic
Waikiki Run
I Wanna Take a Trip to the Islands
Catch a Little Ride With Me
Burnin’ Rubber
Beat ’65
Boss Barracuda
Hiawatha
Big Surge
Karen
Surf Scene

Wipe Out! The Best of the Surfaris

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As an adult I’ve listened to a lot of Jamaican music but it’s hard to “get” music that you didn’t grow up with (for me that would be country, surf, rockabilly, Motown, British Invasion and all of the sub-genres that followed).

Here’s hoping that listening to the roots of a particular style of music (thank goodness “Pioneer” was in the title of this one or I wouldn’t have known) will afford greater appreciation of what came later.

Just for the record, I pretended to be 10 years old while I listened to this… played with baseball cards and read comic books.

What do you know?

Boom! 25 songs, 25 keepers.

Keepers:

Ghana Independence (They Got It)
Mas Charlie (Prisoner Song)
Nebuchadnezzar
Baba Kill Me Goat
Tribute to Collie Smith
West Indian Cricket Test
Aitken’s Boogie
Come Back Jeannie
Mary Lee
Yea Yea Baby
If It’s Money You Need
Low Down Dirty Girl
Railroad Track
Going Back to Kansas City
Judgement Day
Mash Potato Boogie
Bossa Nova Hop
Zion City
Mary Don’t You Weep
Bachelor Life
You Was Up
We Shall Overcome
Green Banana
Looking for My Baby
I Believe

Laurel Aitken: Pioneer of Jamaican Music

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Keepers:

Johnny Winter – Birds Can’t Row Boats
Roy Head & The Great Believers – Easy Lovin’ Girl
Satori – Time Machine
13th Floor Elevators – She Lives In A Time Of Her Own (unissued ver.)
Lunar Madness – The Exorcism
Pearl Divers – She Was The Doctor
Purple Haze – Electrocution
Purple Haze – Getting Harder All The Time
S.J. & The Crossroads – Ooh Poo Pah Doo
Sabana Breeze – Slave
The Iguanas – Leaving You Baby
The Crabs – Chase Yourself
The Heart Beats – Crying Inside
The Reasons Why – Don’t Be That Way

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Keepers:

Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
2,000 Lb. Bee
Saturday Night
Lonely Sea/Lolita
My Own True Love

Vol. 2-El Paso Rock

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For the third year in a row, but no Christmas could be complete without it, right?

Merry Christmas everybody!

Christmas Pantheon:

White Christmas – Darlene Love
Frosty the Snowman – The Ronettes
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – The Crystals
Sleigh Ride – The Ronettes
Marshmallow World – Darlene Love
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – The Crystals
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – The Ronettes
Winter Wonderland – Darlene Love
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers – The Crystals
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Darlene Love
Here Comes Santa Claus – Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans

A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector

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Keepers:

Let’s Talk About Us
Right String Baby But The Wrong Yo Yo
Send for that Girl
The Fool
Please Don’t Touch
Growl
Feelin’
Shakin’ All Over
Restless
Big Blon’ Baby
Weep No More My Baby
Please Don’t bring Me Down
I Can Tell
A Shot of Rhythm and Blues
Some Other Guy
Then I Got Everything
I’ll Never Get Over You
Castin’ My Spell
My Babe
Doctor Feelgood

The Complete Johnny Kidd

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Keepers:

Shakedown
Guess We’ll Fall In Love
Rock House
Unreliable Irresistable Girl
To Make Love Last
Summertime Blues
Angel Face
Bodine
Stringer
Nervous Breakdown
Nancy Jean
Pamela
Keep A Knockin’
You Made Me Cry
Keep On Dancing
You’re In Love
King Of The Beach
Medley (Live) Louie Louie / Farmer John / Jennie Lee (Do The Jerk With Me)

El Paso Rock Vol 1

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Keepers:

Los Lobos-Midnight Shift
Mary Chapin Carpenter & Kevin Montgomery-Wishing
Nanci Griffith & The Crickets-Well… All Right
Steve Earle & Marty Stuart-Crying, Waiting, Hoping
The Tractors-Think It Over

Not Fade Away: Remembering Buddy Holly

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Keepers:

Buddy Knox:

Party Doll
Hula Love
Mary Lou
‘Cause I’m In Love With You
Devil Woman
Rock Your Little Baby To Sleep
Rockabilly Walk [inst]
Swingin’ Daddy
C’mon Baby
The Girl With The Golden Hair
I Think I’m Gonna Kill Myself
Yellow Rose Of Texas

Jimmy Bowen:

I’m Stickin’ With You
Warm Up To Me Baby
I Trusted You
Raggedy Ann
Can She Kiss
Stick With Me

Buddy Knox, Jimmy Bowen And The Rhythm Orchids: The Complete Roulette Recordings

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Keepers:

Warsaw
Leaders Of Men
Autosuggestion
Transmission
She’s Lost Control
Dead Souls
Atmosphere
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Novelty
Komakino
These Days

Substance

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