Make Mine Mondo!

by N/A

Overview

Lew Bedell was the best kind of record man: the kind who knew that the business was exploitative at its core, so why not keep things cheap, quick, and sleazy? That's precisely what Bedell did with Dore, the label he could call his own after parting ways with Herb Newman in 1959. On his own, Bedell recorded all manner of teen rockers, fuzz merchants, Hollywood wannabes, and R&B renegades, cutting them swiftly in hopes of a hit but never investing enough money to guarantee that these 45s would hit the charts. For Bedell, hits were a matter of blind luck and rock & roll was an inherently transient form, so why not cut any hungry musician on the make? This intentional disposability is why Make Mine Mondo!, a 28-track compilation of highlights from the Dore vaults, such a gas. Every one of these songs is a desperate attempt to chase some trend, but there's a ton of personality within these generic songs by faceless artists. "Yes, Master!" by the Whips flirts with S&M, the Zanies make zonked-out Halloween rock, Los Corvett spit out a Spanish version of the Stones' "Satisfaction," Spencer's Van Dykes' "I'll Blow My Mind" is frenzied garage-skronk, and even Johnny Z.'s wobbly instrumental "Midnight Beach Party" feels like a transmission piped in from a B-movie. All these cheap thrills were designed for nothing more than the moment, but that's why they're so potent: this is bottled lightning, feeling as exciting and tawdry as when it was recorded back in the '60s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	07/06/2018
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667088527
Rank:	101193

Tracks

1. Gorilla Hunt  - Jim Aguirre  -  Altecs  - Steven D Waltner
2. I'll Blow My Mind  -  Spencer's Van Dykes  - Edward E Spencer  - Eddie Zarate
3. The Mad Scientist  - Dore Jay  - Leila Newman  -  Zanies
4. Satisfiction  - Mick Jagger  -  Los Corvets  - Keith Richards
5. Meet the Bongo Man  - Danny Gould  -  Johnny O.  - Herb Newman
6. Everybody's Movin'  - Lew Bedell  -  Debonairs  - Glenn Troutman
7. The Day Is Hard  - Gary Scott  -  Wrench
8. Grandchus  - Bobby Fry  - Robert Fryberg
9. TNT in a T-Shirt  - Stephen Howard  -  Rebels
10. Camel Walk  -  Allan  - Mike Curb
11. Midnight Star  - H.B. Barnum  -  Brentwoods  - Jeff Cooper  - Warren Joyner
12. Yes, Master!  - Wayne Shanklin  -  Whips
13. Shang-Dang-Doo  - Mackintosh Anderson  -  Cytones  - Johnny Durain
14. My Baby's Barefoot  - Bill Rash  -  Syndicate
15. Boogie Woogie Feeling  - Tony Casanova
16. The Blob  - Burt Bacharach  - Mack David  -  Zanies
17. Rock That Boogie  - Joe Houston  -  Miles  - Jake Porter
18. You'll Understand  - Gary Scott  -  Wrench
19. The Thief  - Stanley House  -  Motion
20. Leave Me Behind  - Dick Garcia  - Tony Ponzo  -  South Hampton Story
21. Midnight Beach Party  - Dave Porrazzo  - Johnny Z
22. She Touched My Soul  - John Winfield Jr
23. Seventh Son  - Willie Dixon  - Bobby Troup
24. Rockin' Round the Mountain  -  Capers  - Hugh Gerstl  -  Traditional
25. It's No Use  -  Basil & the Baroques  - Gene Clark  - Roger McGuinn
26. Love Will Take Away  - Carole Henslee  -  Syndicate
27. Haight (In Haight Ashbury Street)  - B. J. Hunter  -  Opus Five
28. Russian Roulette  - Lou Bideu  - Guy Hemric  - Jerry Styner  -  Zanies

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Los Corvets   Primary Artist
John Winfield Jr   Primary Artist
Johnny Durain   Primary Artist
Debonairs   Primary Artist
Davie Allan & the Arrows   Primary Artist
Bobby Troup   Primary Artist
Johnny O.   Primary Artist
Johnny Z   Primary Artist
The Capers   Primary Artist
Motion   Primary Artist
Zanies   Primary Artist
The Rebels   Primary Artist
Whips   Primary Artist
The Brentwoods   Primary Artist
The Syndicate   Primary Artist
Bobby Fry   Primary Artist
Chuck Miles & the Styles   Primary Artist
The Wrench   Primary Artist
The South Hampton Story   Primary Artist
Basil & the Baroques   Primary Artist
The Cytones   Primary Artist
Tony Casanova   Primary Artist
Spencer's Van Dykes   Primary Artist
The Altecs   Primary Artist
Opus Five   Primary Artist
Eddie Zarate   Vocals

Technical Credits

John Winfield Jr   Composer
Mackintosh Anderson   Arranger
Warren Joyner   Composer
Joe Houston   Composer
Gary Scott   Composer
Mack David   Composer
Gene Clark   Composer
Wayne Shanklin   Composer
Hidle Brown Barnum   Producer,Composer
Stephen Howard   Composer
Burt Bacharach   Composer
Herb Newman   Composer
Keith Richards   Composer
Dick Garcia   Composer
Roger McGuinn   Composer
Mick Jagger   Composer
Mike Curb   Composer
Willie Dixon   Composer
Jeff Cooper   Producer
Jim Aguirre   Producer
Guy Hemric   Composer
Jerry Styner   Composer
Danny Gould   Composer
Jake Porter   Composer
Leila Newman   Composer
Robert Fryberg   Composer
Lou Bideu   Composer
Dore Jay   Composer
Tony Ponzo   Composer
Bill Rash   Composer
Carole Henslee   Composer
Dave Porrazzo   Composer
Edward E Spencer   Composer
Glenn Troutman   Composer
Tony Casanova   Composer
Traditional   Composer
B. J. Hunter   Composer
Lew Bedell   Composer
Rob Finnis   Liner Notes
Hugh Gerstl   Arranger
Stanley House   Composer
Steven D Waltner   Composer
Johnny Durain   Composer