The Collins Kids - Hop, Skip and Jump [Box]

Artist:

Collins Kids (The)

UPC:

790051155377

Description:

The Collins Kids: Larry Collins, Lorrie Collins (vocals, guitar).
Additional personnel: Joe Maphis (guitar).
Reissue producer: Richard Weize.
This collection consists of tracks originally released on Columbia Records between 1955-1962. Also included is a 20-page 12" x 12" booklet.
The Collins Kids were a brother-and-sister act that got real good real young and made it out of their native Oklahoma, settling out in California, where they landed a radio/TV hookup with Tex Ritter`s Town Hall Party out of Compton. Older sister Lorrie handled the teenage-sensuality department with nylons rustling against cowgirl fringe, while little brother Larry was a hot-as-a-firecracker bundle of energy, bopping all over the place while laying down excitable, twangy guitar breaks learned first-hand from another Town Hall Party regular, the King of the double-neck Mosrite, Joe Maphis. With all that in mind, what we have here is another excellent CD box set from Bear Family, two discs with a booklet in an album-size format. Everything`s here, from the great early sides like "Beetle Bug Bop," "The Cuckoo Rock," "I`m in My Teens," and "The Rockaway Rock" to the rockabilly classics "Just Because," "Hoy Hoy," "Mercy," "Sweet Talk," and "Party," through the Maphis/Collins guitar instrumentals to Larry and Lorrie`s solo sides from the end of the trail. Joe Maphis` great guitar is sprayed all over the place and the master-tape transfer is as clear as you expect stuff out of the Columbia vaults produced by Don Law to be. A booklet crammed full of great live photos and excellent liners by Colin Escott rounds out the package. ~ Cub Koda

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Go Away Don`t Bother Me
2. Rock and Roll Polka
3. Move a Little Closer
4. My First Love
5. Hush Money
6. I Wish
7. Cuckoo Rock, The
8. Beetle-Bug-Bop
9. I`m in My Teens
10. Rockaway Rock, The
11. They`re Still in Love
12. Make Him Behave
13. Hop, Skip and Jump
14. Shortnin` Bread Rock
15. Just Because
16. Hoy Hoy
17. Hot Rod
18. Heartbeat
19. Mama Worries
20. Party
21. Walking the Floor Over You
22. Missouri Waltz
23. You Are My Sunshine
24. Soda Poppin` Around (Version 1)
25. Young Heart
26. Ain`t You Ever
27. What`cha Gonna Do Now
28. Waitin` and Watchin`
29. Home of the Blues

DISC 2:

1. Lonesome Road, The
2. Early American - (TRUE instrumental)
3. Rockin` Gypsy, The - (TRUE instrumental)
4. Bye, Bye - (TRUE instrumental)
5. Hurricane - (TRUE instrumental)
6. Mercy
7. Rock Boppin` Baby
8. Whistle Bait
9. Sweet Talk
10. Soda Poppin` Around (Version 2) - (alternate take)
11. Spur of the Moment - (TRUE instrumental)
12. Rebel, Johnny Yuma, The - (TRUE instrumental)
13. There`ll Be Some Changes Made - (duet)
14. Fire Ball Mail, The - (TRUE instrumental)
15. T-Bone - (TRUE instrumental)
16. What About Tomorrow
17. Get Along Home Cindy
18. You`ve Been Gone Too Long
19. One Step Down
20. There Stands the One
21. Wild and Wicked Love
22. Hey Mama Boom-a-Lacka
23. More Than a Friend
24. Pied Piper Poodle, The
25. Blues in the Night
26. Another Man Done Gone
27. Sugar Plum
28. Kinda Like Love
29. Are You Certain?
30. That`s Your Affair

Album Information

Release Date:

09/05/1994

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Rockabilly

Label:

Bear Family Records (Germany)

Catalog Number:

15537

Original Release Year:

1991

# of Discs:

2

SPARS Coding:

AAD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mixed

Runtime:

68 : 43

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