05/18/07 at 05:45 PM

#1

Push Push - Austin Taylor

Footsteps - Steve Lawrence

I Will - Vic Dana

Why Do I Love You So -  Johnny Tillotson

Lullaby Of Love - Frank Gari

Ginnie Bell - Paul Dino

Young Lovers - Paul & Paula

Don't Wanna Think About Paula - Dickey Lee

Suddenly - Nicky DeMatteo

Donna The Prima Donna - Dion Di Mucci

Crazy Eyes For You - Bobby Hamilton

Comin' Down With Love - Mel Gadson

Young And In Love - Dick & Dee Dee

Joanie - Frankie Calen

A House, A Car & A Wedding Ring - Dale Hawkins

Summer's Comin - Kirby St Romain

Sittin In The Balcony - Johnny Dee

Tennessee Waltz - Jerry Fuller

Biology - Danny Valentino

Run Run Run - Ronny Douglas

Tell Him No - Dean & Marc

The Search - Dean Reed

Just Ask Your Heart - Frankie Avalon

Look For A Star - Deane Hawley

I'm Happy - Four Dates

Summer Souvenirs - Karl Hammel Jr

Forget Me Not - The Kalin Twins

05/18/07 at 05:47 PM

#2

Push Push	Austin Taylor
Footsteps	Steve Lawrence          STEREO
I Will	Vic Dana                     STEREO
Why Do I Love You So	Johnny Tillotson          STEREO
Lullaby Of Love	Frank Gari
Ginnie Bell	Paul Dino
Young Lovers	Paul & Paula               STEREO
Don’t Wanna Think About Paula	Dickey Lee
Suddenly	Nicky DeMatteo          STEREO
Donna The Prima Donna	Dion Di Mucci             STEREO
Crazy Eyes For You	Bobby Hamilton
Comin’ Down With Love	Mel Gadson
Young And In Love	Dick & Deedee            STEREO
Joanie	Frankie Calen
A House, A Car And & A Wedding Ring	Dale Hawkins
Summer’s Comin’	Kirby St Romain
Sittin’ In The Balcony	Johnny Dee
Tennessee Waltz	Jerry Fuller
Biology	Danny Valentino
Run, Run, Run	Ronny Douglas
Tell Him No	Dean & Marc
The Search	Dean Reed
Just Ask Your Heart	Frankie Avalon            STEREO
Look For A Star	Deane Hawley
I’m Happy	Four Dates
Summer Souvenirs	Karl Hammel Jr
Forget Me Not	Kalin Twins
Love Or Money	The Blackwells

8 STEREO TRACKS

05/18/07 at 06:20 PM

#5

I'm wondering if Vic Dana's 'I Will' is the same alternate take of that song that ERIC used on their CD. That take featured a completely different ending to the hit version and was also missing the harmony vocal.  When I quizzed Tom Daly about it some years ago, I seem to recall he mentioned the hit version only exists in mono. To my knowledge, the original 45 version has only ever appeared on a Readers Digest various artists compilation

05/19/07 at 10:10 AM

#6

Nice to see a Danny Valentino track but how about his terrific rockin track "Stampede" being put out on a compilation. Did he only ever cut the three 45s for MGM. I can't find anything else be him.

05/19/07 at 10:21 AM

#7

Frank Gari's 'Lullaby Of Love' makes Only 'Princess'  his only top 30 song not yet on CD. Maybe Ace or Eric kind remedy this ?

05/19/07 at 02:37 PM

#10

I can't wait to hear the Nicky DeMatteo song on this cd, and in stereo!!! All I have of it is a scratchy mono disc dub mp3 of it.....luckily I have two copies of his lone Diamond 45 (which Nicky's wife tells me he doesn't even remember recording...).

05/19/07 at 05:01 PM

#12

Henri:  Why don't you put it to Bill Buster for his 'Hard To Find' series?  As far as I know, the Mills original (released on Imperial in the US) is only available on 'The Circus Of Horrors' soundtrack recently reissued by DRG - how many fans are going to buy that issue for one song!

Re Marty's query on Frankie Calen, I don't know what became of him, however IMHO, his 'Joanie' is a pretty forgettable song.  It came out on Spark label, however I'm not sure if it was the same Spark label that Leiber & Stoller started around 1954.

Re the post on Danny Valentino, I suspect the reason they've chosen 'Biology' for this comp is because it charted briefly for him on MGM in 1960.  I like the song, however, I agree with Pete Bryan, his earlier 'Stampede' on MGM, was one fantastic record and it would be a worthy contender for Ace's 'Rockin' From Coast To Coast' series.

05/19/07 at 07:18 PM

#13

In reply to Tony's post... 

1: Ace recently purchased the Dore label.  Deanne Hawley's version of "Look To A Star" is on Dore and it charted just like the many other versions out at the same time.  Since his version is, to my knowledge, not out on a legitimate CD and since labels like to release repertoire they own...connect the dots.  The fact Garry Mills is English is not a selling point to a label like Ace.  They released the Gary Miles version earlier and are now issuing Deane Hawley.  Perhaps if the only version of this song had been by Garry Mills, it probably would have already been issued on Ace. 

2: Re: Frankie Calen -- One man's "forgettable" record is another man's "boy, I wish someone would finally put this out on CD".  It's not a great "artistic" record but is very typical of records from that era.  The Spark Records that released "Joanie" was owned by Peter Paul (talent manager) and it was a short-lived label distributed by London Records.  It had nothing to do with the more successful West Coast Leiber & Stoller label.  Nor did this Peter Paul have anything to do with Mounds or Almond Joy (historical candy reference!)

3: Possibly we are saving Bobby Comstock for another CD.  "YA NEVER KNOW!!!!!!!"

4: Ace has received many requests for "Biology" by Danny Valentino.  And there are a lot of people who really think it is a great single, me included.  This has never been out, not until now, on a legit CD from from an original analog tape source.

Let me just make this point.  People used to complain that record labels were always putting out the same higher charting singles by an act and ignoring the ones that only made it to the bottom 50.  This is certainly a valid comment and I think labels, especially Ace and ERIC, have and continue to be sensitive to that segment of the market that happens to like the less obvious chart hits.  It goes without saying that because a record only charted to #87, that doesn't make it unworthy for inclusion on a CD.  Back in the 50's and 60's, sometimes more than 100 records were issued in a given week.  MOST of them never got played even once on ANY radio station.  So to have made the charts back then even at all, what with all the fierce competition and rampant payola, was certainly an accomplishment. 

Ace has consistently tried to mine the bottom of the Billboard chart and even to dabble in "Bubbling Under" territory to issue those songs that received little notoriety.  This is why you'll find, at least with the new Teenage Crush 5, a lot of songs that were not monster chart hits.  But in this day and age, with the health of the CD business being what it is and the high cost of licensing tracks from the major labels, legit reissue labels have to be very selective in the songs they choose to issue. Labels like to please the fans but understand they may wish to make a small profit while doing so.  
  


 

05/19/07 at 07:48 PM

#15

Unfortunately Garry Mills' version may have to wait until the "LOOK TO A STAR" box set is released by Taragon at Christmas to coincide with the 47th anniversary of the motion picture "Circus Of Horrors."  I'm told that it will include every version of this song that ever charted (all 62 versions) plus some real obscure ones, most notably the little-known polka version by Frankie Yankovic, the R&B duet by Rufus and Carla Thomas and the unreleased "b" side by Victor Lundberg (in first-time stereo thanks to a tape supplied by his son Morty who is now on his 8th tour of duty in Iraq.)  There are also several hundred different Tommy Facenda versions each dedicated to a specific star in the Milky Way galaxy.