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On each of these Buffalo Bop anthologies, there's usually at least one song that should be plucked out and featured on a rockabilly best-of. In this case, there are two: Jimmy Witter's "If You Love My Woman" (evidently co-written by Witter and the rest of his band, which sounds like an outtake from Elvis Presley's first RCA sessions and issued, appropriately enough, on Elvis Records), and "Roll On, Big Mama," by G. Self, which has a sound all of its own. It also oozes lust and shows off a frantic beat.
At the other end of the spectrum is the lightweight "Slippery Sal" by Bobby Dadino, whose singing is a little too squeaky-clean to make this more than a novelty number. In between those extremes are a couple dozen semi-precious gems. Tony Casanovas two Dore sides open this 30-song epic, which is uneven but enjoyable. As with a lot of these records, the playing, especially the guitars, are more impressive than the sub-Elvis/Gene Vincent singing. Paul Wheatley's "I'm Not Movin'" moves well enough, but his verses all run two beats too long, which makes his rockabilly efforts just off-kilter enough not to hit. Billy Match isn't much of a singer, based on "I Want My Baby," but his band has a raw, roadhouse-type sound, although they'd be a little more convincing without the backing vocals. Johnny Stark's "Rockin' Billy" has a similar problem: backing vocals that are too classy for its beat. Guido D'Amico's "Jimmy Boy" on Quality had no such contradictions, a number that manages to be smooth and raw, hot and supple, with chiming piano and raunchy guitar coupling the best components of early Elvis and Chuck Berry with Jerry Lee Lewis at once.
(Bruce Eder, All Music Guide)
Titel: Juvenile Jungle
Label: Dee-Jay
Stil: Rockabilly: 50's
Typ: CD
Preis: 19.- CHF
Songs:
TONY CASANOVA: Showdown
TONY CASANOVA: Boogie Woogie Feeling
AL SWEATT: Let's Paint The Town Red
JEFF DANIELS: Switch Blade Sam
ANDY STARR: Just A Walkin'
HERBIE DUNCAN: Escape
PAUL WHEATLEY: I'm Not Movin'
RONNIE ALLEN: Juvenile Delinquent
RAY SMITH: Gone Baby Gone
AL SWEATT: I Hate myself,
WALLY WILLETTE: Eenie Meenie
JIMMY WITTER: If You Love My Woman
BOBBY DADINO: Slippery Sal
CURT JENSEN: Just For You
RAY SMITH: Swinging Boogie
REX HALE: Down At Big Mama's House
HERBIE DUNCAN: Hot Lips Baby
BILLY MATCH: I Want My Baby
JOHNNY STARK: Rockin' Billy
GUIDO D'AMICO: Jimmy Boy
WALT BENTON: Do It Again
POLK BROS: Going To The Hop
ROYAL NOTES: Come-To-My-House-Rock
PETE & JIMMY: So Wild
WALLY BLACK: Rock And Roll Mama
REX HALE: Darn Dem Bones
G. SELF: Roll On, Big Mama
HERBIE SMITH: So Wild Over You
CHUCK BARR: Susie Or Mary Lou
DERRELL FELTS: Playmates
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