Format Details: Single Sleeve Vinyl Album
Release Date: 28 July 2017
Label: Ace Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 029667000369
Genres: Folk Alternative
Description
Adeluxe vinyl-onlycollectionofguitar-wielding all-girlbands,drop-dead female frat rock and axe-centricshe-pop. Pressed on 180g tomato red vinyl in heavy-duty sleeve, with a swanky inner bag sportinga fact-filled 3500-word track commentary and an array of rare photos. Pride of place on this gorgeous to behold release goes to a bevy of gen-u-ine all-gal combos. The eye-grabbing front cover features a great shotof Girls Take Over - sisters Cindy, Rinie and Wendy Wilhelmi and their pal Geri Gibson - who open the showwith theirone and only single, a fabulously raw and pounding rendition of Tommy Tucker's 'Hi Heel Sneakers', recorded in "some guy's attic"� in Milwaukee circa 1969. The group She also released a sole 45, yet amassed sufficient shelved recordings to eventually fill an entire CD, including the ominous 'Like A Snake', an early effort taped when they were still known as the Hairem. Mormon sister band the Clingers, on the other hand, boast a sizeable discography, the gem of which is their Kim Fowley-produced version of the Easybeats' 'Gonna Have A Good Time'. Genre faves the Debutantes of Detroit also knocked out a few 45s, of which their version of frat rock staple 'Little Latin Lupe Lu' is a highlight. From much further afield -Sweden, in fact - the Plommons feature with their latter-day cult favourite 'Last Train To Liverpool'. Completing the collection are the jangly 'He's Not There Anymore' by the teenage Chymes from the suburbs of Los Angeles; Karen Verros' much-prized freakbeat bauble 'You Just Gotta Know My Mind'; Kathy Lynn & the Playboys' self-penned rocker 'I Got A Guy'; a version of Gerry & the Pacemakers' 'How Do You Do It' by the short-lived Lady-Bugs, alias the Murmaids with Jackie DeShannon helping out on lead vocals; the Delmonas' Milkshakes-backed update of the Knickerbockers' 'Lies'; a version of the Blues Project's 'Wake Me, Shake Me' by the Wrongh Black Bag, a band fronted by the young Christine Ohlman of later Saturday Night Live fame; and the cod-Merseybeat 'I'd Rather Fight Than Switch' by the Tomboys, a one-off studio group led by beloved session singer Jean Thomas. MICK PATRICK
Tracklisting
Young Jessie
Wynonie Harris
Willie Hightower
Willie Headen
Wayne Cochran
Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson
Walter Horton
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
