Various Artists - We Did 'em First - 33 Obscure, Lost & Forgotten Originals

JASMINE RECORDS

£10.49

Cat. no: JASCD1054
Format: CD
Barcode: 604988105421
Release Date: 30th April 2021
Genre: Rock & Roll

Collecting records can be an ongoing voyage of discovery, particularly when you find out that a record you love is not the original version.

Buy this compilation, and find out who cut the original versions of million-selling numbers like ‘His Latest Flame’, ‘Take Good Care Of My Baby’, ‘All Shook Up’, ‘He’ll Have To Go’, ‘Johnny Angel’, ‘Release Me’, ‘Twist And Shout’, ‘Go Away Little Girl’, ‘Detroit City’, ‘He’s A Rebel’, ‘Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On’, ‘Rave On’, and many more.

Featured artists herein range from big name artists like Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, Del Shannon, Bobby Vee, Dion, Joan Baez, Johnnie Ray, Roger Miller, Wanda Jackson, Ral Donner, etc., to downright unknown/obscure names like Gil Hamilton, David Hill, Eddie Miller, Georgia Lee, Chase Webster, Georgie Shaw, Bruce Bruno and Yvonne Fair. Many of these lesser known tracks have never previously appeared on CD.

Tracks: Cliff Richard & The Shadows - I Gotta Know (Elvis Presley) / Johnnie Ray - Endlessly (Brook Benton) / Del Shannon - His Latest Flame (Elvis Presley) / Bobby Vee - Go Away Little Girl (Steve Lawrence; Mark Wynter) / Dion - Take Good Care Of My Baby (Bobby Vee) / Gil Hamilton - Tell Him [Tell Her] (The Exciters) / Chase Webster - Moody River (Pat Boone) / David Hill - I’m All Shook Up (Elvis Presley) / Elvis Presley - Danny [Lonely Blue Boy] Conway Twitty, Marty Wilde) / Charlie Blackwell - Girl Of My Best Friend (Elvis Presley; Ral Donner) / Ral Donner - Half Heaven Half Heartache (Gene Pitney) / Billy Grammer - I Wanna Go Home [Detroit City] (Bobby Bare, Tom Jones) / Anita Carter - (Love’s) Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash) / Billy Brown - He’ll Have To Go (Jim Reeves) / Roger Miller - Fair Swiss Maiden [The Swiss Maid] (Del Shannon) / Vikki Carr - He’s A Rebel (The Crystals) / Georgia Lee - Johnny Angel (Shelley Fabares) / Wanda Jackson - Silver Threads And Golden Needles (The Springfields) / Christine Kittrell - I’m A Woman (Peggy Lee) / Big Maybelle - Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (Jerry Lee Lewis) / Joan Baez - What Have They Done To The Rain (The Searchers) / Eddie Miller - Release Me (Ray Price; Esther Phillips; Engelbert Humperdinck) / Georgie Shaw - Honeycomb (Jimmie Rodgers) / The Eagles - Tryin’ To Get To You (Elvis Presley) / Sonny West - Rave On (Buddy Holly & The Crickets) / Bruce Bruno - Venus In Blue Jeans (Jimmy Clanton; Mark Wynter) / Wayne Cochran - Last Kiss (J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers) / Marvin Rainwater - The Pale Faced Indian [Indian Reservation] (Don Fardon; Paul Revere & The Raiders) / The Top Notes - Twist & Shout (The Isley Brothers; The Beatles) / Don Covay & The Goodtimers - Pony Time (Chubby Checker) / Wilbert Harrison - Let’s Stick Together [Let’s Work Together] (Canned Heat; Bryan Ferry) / Marie Knight - Come Tomorrow (Manfred Mann) / Yvonne Fair - I Found You [I Got You] (James Brown)