Teen Beat, Vol. 5

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Overview

The fifth and final installment of Ace's series of early rock instrumental compilations is one of the best Teen Beat volumes, in large part because about half of these are acknowledged classic hits. Booker T. & the MG's' "Green Onions," Sandy Nelson's "Let There Be Drums," the Pyramids' "Penetration," Link Wray's "Raw-Hide," the Routers' "Let's Go (Pony)," Jack Nitzsche's "The Lonely Surfer," Bill Doggett's "Honky Tonk," the Mar-Keys' "Last Night," Paul Revere & the Raiders' "Like Long Hair": they're all dynamite tunes, and even if they might not be that hard to find on other reissues, it's good to have them all in one place. The 30-track disc is filled out by lesser hits that haven't made it into oldies radio formats, although all but a couple at least entered the charts. Some of them, frankly, are highly derivative and forgettable, even if they actually did quite well. What, then, are the relative rarities here to keep an eye on? There's "Week End" by the Kingsmen, not the "Louie Louie" folks but an entire different outfit comprised of Bill Haley's Comets playing under a different name. New Orleans pianist legend James Booker almost made the Top Forty in 1960 with the highly atypical (for him) "Gonzo," with its organ and flute. Ray Bryant Combo's big band-cum-rock "The Madison Time (Part 1)" was used in the soundtrack of John Waters' Hairspray. Phil Spector did the rare , non-charting Duane Eddy-like tune "Bumbershoot" in 1959, under the pseudonym Phil Harvey. There's even a leap back to the pre-rock era with Arthur Smith's "Guitar Boogie," a 1948 hit that pointed the way to the hillbilly-boogie fusion that would lay a major foundation for rock'n'roll, and was redone as a fully rock'n'roll hit in 1959 by the Virtues (as "Guitar Boogie Shuffle"). ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	08/15/2000
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667176620
Rank:	116657

Tracks

1. Let's Go (Pony)  - Larry Duncan  - Robert Duncan  -  Routers
2. Let There Be Drums  - Sandy Nelson  - Richard Podolor
3. Point Panic  - Bob Berryhill  - Pat Connolly  - Jim Fuller  - Jim Pash  -  Surfaris  - Ron Wilson
4. The Lonely Surfer  - Marty Cooper  - Jack Nitzsche
5. Green Onions  -  Booker T. & the MG's  - Steve Cropper  - Al Jr. Jackson  - Booker T. Jones  - Lewie Steinberg
6. Slow Walk  - Sil Austin  - Irv Siders
7. Bumbershoot  - Phil Harvey
8. Percolator  - Lou Bideau  - Louis Bideu  -  Billy Joe & the Checkmates  - Ernie Freeman
9. No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)  - Granville Burland  -  T-Bones
10. Quiet Village  - Les Baxter  - Martin Denny
11. Dumplin's  - Doc Bagby  - Irving Nahan
12. 7-11  -  Gone All Stars  - Buddy Lucas  - Perez Prado
13. Week End  - Franny Beecher  -  Kingsmen  - Rudy Pompilli  - Billy Williamson
14. Surfer's Stomp  - Michael Gordon  - Joe Saraceno  -  Mar-kets
15. Werewolf  -  Frantics  - Gary Hodge  - Terry Wadsworth
16. Like Long Hair  - Paul Revere  -  Revere
17. Gonzo  - James Booker  - Deadric Malone
18. Yakety Sax  - Boots Randolph  - James Rich
19. Raw-Hide  - Mark Grant  - Milt Grant  - Link Wray
20. The Madison Time, Pt. 1  - Ray Bryant  -  Bryant  - Eddie Morrison
21. Jupiter  -  Pat & the Satellites
22. Boss  - Mike Kelishes  - John Kirkland  - George Lloyd  - Wayne Matteson  -  Rumblers  - Jack Wenzel
23. Last Night  - Charles "Packy" Axton  -  Mar-Keys  - Chips Moman  - Floyd Newman  - Leroy Smith
24. Night Theme  - Wayne Cogswell  - Ray Peterson  -  Mark II
25. Penetration  - Steve Leonard  -  Pyramids
26. Leap Frog  - Chuck Alaimo  - Leo Corday  - Joe Garland
27. Night Hop  - Jimmie Haskell  -  Jimmy & the Nighthoppers
28. Guitar Boogie  - Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
29. Honky Tonk, Pt. 1  - Bill Doggett  - Clifford Scott  - Shep Sheperd
30. Honky Tonk, Pt. 2  - Bill Doggett  - Clifford Scott  - Shep Sheperd

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Mark II   Primary Artist
Jimmy & the Nighthoppers   Primary Artist
The Mar-kets   Primary Artist
Sandy Nelson   Primary Artist
Martin Denny   Primary Artist
Phil Harvey   Primary Artist
Ray Bryant Combo   Primary Artist
The Rumblers   Primary Artist
The Routers   Primary Artist
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith   Primary Artist
Buddy Lucas   Primary Artist
Paul Revere & the Raiders   Primary Artist
Bill Doggett   Primary Artist
Gone All Stars   Primary Artist
Chuck Alaimo Quartet   Primary Artist
Booker T. & the MG's   Primary Artist
Sil Austin   Primary Artist
The Mar-Keys   Primary Artist
The Frantics   Primary Artist
The Kingsmen   Primary Artist
Pat & the Satellites   Primary Artist
Doc Bagby   Primary Artist
The Surfaris   Primary Artist
The T-Bones   Primary Artist
Pyramids   Primary Artist
Billy Joe & The Checkmates   Primary Artist
Jack Nitzsche   Primary Artist
Boots Randolph   Primary Artist
James Booker   Primary Artist
Link Wray   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Leroy Smith   Composer
Terry Wadsworth   Composer
Pat Connolly   Composer
Michael Gordon   Composer
Mark Grant   Composer
Billy Williamson   Composer
Irving Nahan   Composer
Jack Nitzsche   Composer,Performer
Boots Randolph   Composer,Performer
Larry Duncan   Composer
James Booker   Performer
Clifford Scott   Composer
Joe Saraceno   Composer
Charles "Packy" Axton   Composer
Eddie Morrison   Composer
Lou Bideau   Composer
James Rich   Composer
Floyd Newman   Composer
Deadric Malone   Composer
Link Wray   Composer,Performer
Leo Corday   Composer
Les Baxter   Composer
Jimmie Haskell   Composer
Sandy Nelson   Composer,Performer
Perez Prado   Composer
Martin Denny   Performer
Phil Harvey   Performer
Jim Pash   Composer
Richard Podolor   Composer
Ray Bryant Combo   Performer
Ray Peterson   Composer
Milt Grant   Composer
The Rumblers   Performer
The Routers   Performer
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith   Composer
Al Jackson, Jr.   Composer
Duncan Cowell   Mastering
Buddy Lucas   Performer
Gary Hodge   Composer
Paul Revere & the Raiders   Performer
Steve Cropper   Composer
Steve Leonard   Composer
Bill Doggett   Composer,Performer
Gone All Stars   Performer
Booker T. & the MG's   Performer
Booker T. Jones   Composer
Trevor Churchill   Research
Paul Revere   Composer
Sil Austin   Composer,Performer
The Mar-Keys   Performer
The Frantics   Performer
Billy Joe & The Checkmates   Performer
The Kingsmen   Performer
Chips Moman   Composer
Joe Garland   Composer
Pat & the Satellites   Performer
Doc Bagby   Composer,Performer
Ernie Freeman   Composer
Lewie Steinberg   Composer
Ron Wilson   Composer
Marty Cooper   Composer
Ray Bryant   Composer
The Surfaris   Performer
Granville Burland   Composer
Wayne Cogswell   Composer
George Lloyd   Composer
Franny Beecher   Composer
Irv Siders   Composer
Mike Kelishes   Composer
Louis Bideu   Composer
Shep Sheperd   Composer
Jack Wenzel   Composer
The T-Bones   Performer
Bob Berryhill   Composer
Jim Fuller   Composer
John Kirkland   Composer
Rudy Pompilli   Composer
Wayne Matteson   Composer
Pyramids   Performer
Robert Duncan   Composer