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FESS PARKER
Great American Heroes
BCD 16113-AH

Fess Parker was an actor, but he also recorded the original version of The Ballad Of Davy Crockett and that got him in the Top Five in 1955. Fess was playing Davy Crockett in the TV series at the time, and went on to play Daniel Boone. In between his acting assignments, he made records. This CD is a re-issue of his RCA Victor album ‘Great American Heroes’ recorded in 1964. In them, Fess celebrates all kinds of American heroes from George Washington to the famous explorers Lewis & Clark. History was never this much fun in school! Included is a 48-page booklet.

Daniel Boone- Little Nathan- Jim Bowie- Abraham Lincoln (The Tall American)- George Washington- Patrick Henry (The Patriot)- Ballad Of Davy Crockett- Andrew Jackson (Old Hickory)- Ben Franklin- Lewis And Clark- Johnny Clem- Ole Kit Carson

MIKE PEDICIN
Jive Medicin
BCD 15738-AH

Mambo Rock - I Want to Hug You, Kiss You, Squezze You - D-E-V-I-L - Rock-A-Bye (version 1) - I'm Hip - The Large, Large House (version 1) - Jackpot - Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum - The Hot Barcarolle - You Gotta Go - When The Cats Come Marching In - The Banjo Rock - The Large, Large House (version 2) - Rock-A-Bye (version 2) - Hotter Than A Pistol - Teen Age Fairy Tales - The Beat - Save Us, Preacher Davis - Close All the Doors - TD's Boogie - The Hucklebuck - Calypso Rock - Hi'Yo Silver - Tiger Rag - Ain't That A Shame - Crazy Ball - You Gotta Go! - When The Cats Come Marching In - I Want You to Be My Baby - Night Train/Sweet Georgia Brown - Rock-A-Bye - Hotter Than A Pistol

RAY PETERSON
Tell Laura I Love Her
CD Digipac with 44-page booklet
BCD 15880 AR

 The late Ray Peterson was the ultimate voice of teenage longing and heartbreak. During his early '60s peak, the four and a half octave range, the dramatic flair, and the naked empathy were all unique. Re-mastered for the first time on CD, all of Peterson’s highest charted recordings for RCA and Dunes including his smash hit Tell Laura I Love Her, the Baker Knight penned The Wonder Of You (a hit later for Elvis Presley) and the Phil Spector produced Corinna Corinna are here. "It was a real thrill hearing 'Tell Laura I Love Her' as sung by Ray, with such heart, like it happened to him, or Tommy was his brother," marvels songwriter Jeff Barry. "Ray was an artist who sang the words - he let his innate talent take care of the notes."

 Peterson’s story, along with newly discovered information, is told by entertainer/essayist Johnny Vallis in a remarkably informative booklet that boasts both a detailed discography and a generous selection of photos. Jam packed with 31 stellar recordings, many fan favorites are re-released for the first time, all with the famous Bear Family sound. More than just a hits collection; this superior package provides a fitting retrospective to an often overlooked talent.

Corrina, Corrina - Fever - The Wonder Of You - Tell Laura I Love Her - I'm Tired - Shirley Purly - Is It Wrong - Come And Get It (remake) - Teenage Heartache - Promises - Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams) - We're Old Enough To Cry - What Do You Want To Make Eyes At Me For - You Thrill Me - Doggonit - I Forgot What It Was Like - Wedding Day - Missing You - My Blue Angel - Give Us Your Blessings - I'm Gone - Sweet Little Kathy - Patricia - I'm Not Jimmy - You Didn't Care - Answer Me, My Love - I Could Have Loved You So Well - Be My Girl - Till Then - Suddenly - Richer Than I

PIANO RED A.K.A. DR.FEELGOOD
The Doctor’s In!
4-CD Boxset & Book
BCD 15685-DI

CD-1: Jumpin' The Boogie - Rockin' With Red - Let's Have A Good Time Tonight - Red's Boogie - Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo - My Gal Jo - Baby, What's Wrong - Well, Well Baby - Just Right Bounce - Diggin' The Boogie - Layin' The Boogie - Bouncin' With Red - It Makes No Difference Now - Hey Good Lookin' - Count The Days I'm Gone - My Boogie - The Sales Tax Boogie - Voo Doopee Doo - Daybreak - She Walks Right In - I'm Gonna Tell Everybody - I'm Gonna Rock Some More - She's Dynamite - Everybody's Boogie - Your Mouth's Got A Hole In It - Right And Ready - Taxi, Taxi, 6963 - Decatur Street Boogie - Sober - She Knocks Me Out - Going Away Baby - Chitlin' Hop
CD-2: Decatur Street Blues - I Ain't Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes - Big Rock Joe From Kokomo - Pay It No Mind - Jump Man Jump - Do She Love Me - She Knocks Me Out - Peachtree Parade - Red's Blues - Six O'Clock Bounce - Jumpin' With Daddy - Gordy's Rock - Real Good Thing - Goodbye (& THE FOUR STUDENTS) - Please Tell Me Baby - You Were Mine For Awhile - Sweetest Little Something (Ol' Man River) - Since I Fell For You - Woo-EE - Rock, Baby - Teach Me To Forget - Wild Fire - Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - South - Coo Cha - Dixie Roll - Boston Scored - One Glimpse Of Heaven - Blues Blues - Work With It - Eighter From Decatur - Please Come Back Home - Comin' On
CD-3: Ain't Nobody's Fool (& BERTHA COLBERT) - Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo - Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Umph-Umph-Umph - Got You On My Mind - It's Time To Boogie - That's My Desire - Teen-Age Bounce - Pay It No Mind - Hey Good Lookin' - I Ain't Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes - Rockin' With Red - Get Up Mare (with dubbed handclaps) - 1, 2, 3 - My Baby - Rock And Roll Boogie - Nighttime - So Worried - Blues, Blues - (studio chatter) - Boogie Re-Bop - This Old World - I Feel Good - Talk To Me (METER-TONES, voc: CURTIS SMITH) - Believe In Me (METER-TONES,voc: CURTIS SMITH) - Guitar Walk - I've Been Rockin' - Rockin' With Red - So Shook Up (voc: CURTIS SMITH)
CD-4: Doctor Feel-Good - Mister Moonlight - The Swabble - Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo - I'll Be Home One Day - Sea Breeze - I Ain't Gonna Be A Lowdown Dog No More - Don't Let Me Catch You Wrong - What's Up Doc - I'll Give Anything - Love Is Amazing - Bald-Headed Lena - I Feel Good - It's A Sin To Tell A Lie - The Same Old Things Keep Happening - Let's Have A Good Time Tonight - My Gal Jo - Blang Dong - I Don't Mind - I'm Gonna Rock Some More - The Doctor's Boogie - Let The House Rock On - Doctor Of Love - It's A Sin To Tell A Lie - Good Guys - Goodbye (I Can't Forget) - Don't Tell Me No Dirty - Where Did You Go

GENE PITNEY
Hits And Misses
BCD 15724-AH

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa - Town Without Pity - Hello Mary Lou - Today's Teardrops - Sure Fire Bet - Donna Means Heartbreak - If I Didn't Have A Dime - (I Wanna) Love My Life Away - Every Breath I Take - Mecca - True Love Never Runs Smooth - Teardrop By Teardrop - Dream For Sale - Half Heaven, Half Heartache - Only Love Can Break A Heart - Bleibe bei mir (Town Without Pity) (german) - I'll Find You - Cradle Of My Arms - Please Come Back, Baby - I'm Going Back To My Love (& JAMIE & JANE): Classical Rock And Roll - Snuggle Up Baby - Strolling (Through The Park) - Faithful Our Love - Make Believe Lover (demo)

PEREZ PRADO
Mambo Mania / Havana 3 a.m.
BCD 15462-AH

Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White - Ballin' The Jack - Tomcat Mambo - April In Portugal - Mambo A La Kenton - The High And The Mighty - Marilyn Monroe Mambo - St. Louis Blues Mambo - Skokiaan - Mambo A La Billy May - Mambo De Chattanooga - Mambo En Sax - La Comparsa - Desconfianza - La Faraona - Besame Mucho - The Freeway Mambo - Granada - Almendra - Bacoa - Peanut Vendor - Baia - Historia De Un Amor - Mosaico Cubano

PEREZ PRADO
Voodoo Suite / Exotic Suite
BCD 15463-AH

The Voodoo Suite (& Shorty ROGERS) - St. James Infirmary - In The Mood - I Can't Get Started - Jumping At The Woodside - Stomping At The Savoy - Music Makers - Exotic Suite Of The Americas - Midnight In Jamaica - Mama Yo Quiero - Son Of A Gun - Jacqueline And Caroline - El Relicario - I Could Have Danced All Night

PRISONAIRES
Just Walkin’ In The Rain
BCD 15523-AH

Just Walkin' In the Rain/Baby Please - Dreaming Of You - That Chick's Too Young To Fry - Just Walkin' In The Rain - Baby Please - Softly And Tenderly - My God Is Real - A Prisoner's Prayer - No More Tears - I Know - No More Tears - If I Were King - I Wish - Don't Say Tomorrow - No More Tears - What'll You Do Next - There Is Love In You - What'll You Do Next - Two Strangers - What About Frank Clement - Friends Call Me A Fool - Lucille, I Want You - Surleen - All Alone And Lonely - Rockin' Horse

ORVAL PROPHET
The Travellin’ Kind
BCD 16376 -AH

They called him ‘The Canadian Ploughboy’ and that’s precisely what he was. In fact, his unwillingness to leave the family farm in eastern Ontario, Canada adversely affected his chances of making it in the highly competitive world of early Fifties country music. There’s no doubt that Orval had the talent. He was signed to Decca, Nashville in 1951 and recorded several singles for the label including one that became a big Canadian hit, Judgement Day Express. The sound was modelled closely on Hank Snow, but Orval made the records uniquely his own. In 1957, Orval returned to Nashville to record two sessions as ‘Johnny Six’. His recording of Mademoiselle also became a big Canadian hit, and a local hit in the USA, but once again Orval retreated back to eastern Ontario to become a local legend ... and nothing more. This set gathers all of Orval’s 1950s recordings. The sound on the early songs is tight, rocking Fifties country very much in the Hank Snow tradition. The’˜Johnny Six recordings are more countrypolitan, but still definitely country. You might not have heard of him before, so be prepared for how good he is! 

The Travellin’ Kind - Don’t Trade Your Love For Gold - The Judgment Day Express - Another Day - I’m Going To Birmingham - Forget Me Not - Molly Darling - Tears On Her Bridal Bouquet - Crown Of Thorns - I’m Gonna Sink Your Boat - Wild Fire - Goodbye Katie, Bar The Door - Tired Little Mother - My Heart’s On The Borderline - With God’s Hand In Mine - Beautiful Bells; As Johnny Six: Tennesseean Rollin’ Rollin’ Home - Mademoiselle (My Used To Be) - Half A Heart - Town Of Memories - Forgotten Dreams - Over In That Happy Land

The Prowlers with Les Vogt
BCD 16669 AH

Formed in Vancouver, Canada in 1955, the Fraserview Drifters performed songs by Hank Snow, Frankie Laine, Homer & Jethro, etc., but with the arrival of rock and roll, they abruptly changed direction. Now influenced by Elvis Presley, they changed their name to suit their new style. Now they became The Prowlers, after a popular radio program in Vancouver (a dee-jay named Jack Cullen had a show called the Owl Prowl). The band played with Gene Vincent, Bill Haley, Earl Bostic and Ivory Joe Hunter, and were one of Canada's earliest rock 'n' roll bands. They were playing rock 'n' roll as early as April 1956. The CD also contains all the solo recordings by the Prowlers' lead singer, Les Vogt. In Vancouver, Les had a number 1 song with The Blamers. It knocked Elvis's It's Now Or Never out of the top spot back in 1960. Later, it was released in the US on Apt Records, and achieved some local success on the west coast. For rock 'n' roll fans, this is an undiscovered gem. Raw, exciting first generation rock 'n' roll by someone you've probably never heard of. There are still sweet surprises after all these years!

The Prowlers: Rock Me Baby - Most Of All - Get A Move On - I'm Feeling Sorry - Don't Be Cruel - Shake, Rattle And Roll - Rip It Up - When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again - Happy Whistler - Pretty Eyed Baby - Ivory Tower - Money Honey - Mystery Train - Blue Suede Shoes - Rock Me Baby (alternate take) - Most Of All (alternate take) - Hula Love (with Irene Butler) - Goody Goody (with Irene Butler) Les Vogt: The Blamers - Moon Rocketin' - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) - Teenager's Dream - Preacher Boy - River Flowin' Home - My Blue Heaven - Pennies From Heaven - Here Comes The Rain - Just Say Goodnight

TITO PUENTE
Night Beat / Mucho Puente, Plus
BCD 15686-AH

Live A Little - The Late, Late Scene - Midnight Lament - Night Hawk - Malibu Beat - Mambo Beat - Night Ritual - The Floozie - Poor Butterfly - Lullaby Of The Leaves - Duerme - Poor Butterfly - Lullaby Of The Leaves - Noche De Ronda - Duerme - Ecstacy - Tea For Two - Son De La Loma - Tito's Guajira - Almendra - La Ola Marina - Un Poquito De Tu Amor - What A Difference A Day Made - Night Beat (Mono) - Emerald Beach (Mono) - Carioca (Mono)

TITO PUENTE
Top Percussion / Dance Mania
BCD 15687-AH

Elequana - Bragada - Obatala Yeza - Alaumba Chemache - Oguere Madeo - Obaricosu - Four By Two, Part 1 - Conga Alegre - Ti Mon Bo - Mon-Ti - Hot Timbales - El Cayuco - Complication - Mambo Gozon - Saca Tu Mujer - Liego Mijan - Agua Limpia Todo - Cuando Te Vea - Mi Chiquita Quiere Bembe - 3-D Mambo - Varsity Drag - Hong Kong Mambo - Estoy Siempre Junto A Ti

LEROY PULLINS
I'm A Nut
BCD 16625-AH

Many years ago, Bear Family issued an LP of Leroy Pullins' Kapp recordings. Long out-of-print, that LP created a steady demand for his recordings on CD. To date, nothing has been released on CD, not even his 1966 pop and country smash hit I'm A Nut. Now Bear Family rectifies that situation, reissuing that original LP plus every other recording they could find by Pullins, including previously unissued sides. The success of Roger Miller in the mid-1960s led others to work in his style, but no one except Pullins really managed it. The same offbeat humor, the same undercurrent of darkness and weirdness and social commentary. A minor classic.

I'm A Nut - I Love You Drops - The Taterville Women's Auxilliary Sewing Circle - I've Got A Sore In My Heart - Billy Roy And Jackson Sam - I've Been Everywhere - Knee Deep - I'm Killing Myself - Okeefenokee - What's His Name - S Tree Towers - Out In The Smokehouse Takin' A Bath - The Interstate Is Coming Through My Outhouse - Tears, Tears, Tears - Gypsy Rose And I Don't Give A Curse - The Wall Around Your Heart - Testing 1, 2, 3 - I-Done-You-Wrong Song - Swimming At The Bottom Of The Pool - Blinded By Love - Yellow - The Worst Was Wonderful - Oriental Girl - Meter Maid - Tickled Pink - I Ain't The Worryin' Kind - World (What Have I Done)