Lonnie Donegan [Import]

Product Description:
UK reissue featuring one of Britain's biggest and most influential artists of the late 50's to early 60's. Remastered with 14 bonus tracks. 'Whoa Buck (Whoa Back, Buck)', 'THe Grand Coulee Dam', 'Ham 'N' Eggs', 'Nobody Loves Like An Irishman', 'Hard Travellin' (version 1,2,3) (not originally issued)''Shorty George' (not originally issued), 'Baby Don't You Know That's Love' (not originally issued), 'Bewildered (So Bewildered)', 'It's No Secret', 'Kevin Barry', 'My Lagan Love', 'My Son Was Killed In Dublin (The Dying Rebel)' (not originally issued). 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Lonnie Donegan,Lonnie Donegan,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: egos checked, exuberance only Dr. Jazz says If you don't love this, you don't love Jesus! Skiffle Me Back To Alabama a new convert Skiffle 101

The Skiffle Sessions: Live in Belfast 1998 Van Morrison , Lonnie Donegan , and Chris Barber Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Live Albums | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Live Albums | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Adult Contemporary | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tell Me Something: The Songs Of Mose Allison You Win Again Live at the Grand Opera House - Belfast A Period of Transition How Long Has This Been Going On ASIN: B00003NH9P Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

1. It Takes A Worried Man
2. Lost John
3. Goin' Home
4. Good Morning Blues
5. Outskirts Of Town
6. Don't You Rock Me Daddio
7. Alabamy Bound
8. Midnight Special
9. Dead Or Alive
10. Frankie & Johnny
11. Goodnight Irene
12. Railroad Bill
13. Muleskinner's Blues
14. The Ballad Of Jesse James
15. I Wanna Go Home

Amazon.com

Van Morrison often comes across as brusque and gloomy, which is hardly a bad thing. Indeed, one would be hard-pressed to come up with a more dire album than Morrison's masterwork, Astral Weeks. The brooding Belfast bard tends to lighten up, however, when he's in the company of musical forerunners and peers, as evidenced by 1994's A Night in San Francisco (with John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells, and Jimmy Witherspoon) and '96's Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison (featuring Allison, Georgie Fame, and Ben Sidran). Here he reaches back to his skiffle youth, bringing aboard Lonnie Donegan (to skiffle what James Brown is to funk), trad-jazz bandleader Chris Barber, and Dr. John for a performance of '50s favorites. Skiffle, which was a brief craze in those pre-Beatles days, is a resolutely upbeat mating of jazz, blues, and folk, so you find Donegan and Morrison bellowing the lyrically downcast likes of "Frankie & Johnny," "Goodnight Irene," and "It Takes a Worried Man" as if they didn't have a care in the world. The result is an album that some would consider forgettable... if they could only shake those catchy tunes that keep running through their minds. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

egos checked, exuberance only.......2003-09-01

The quintessential geezer album, Van `The Man' Morrison moonlights alongside Lonnie `Chewing Gum On the Bedpost' Donegan and brontosaurean trad-jazz trombonist Chris Barber on this revival set of retro-Limey chicken-picken folk songs. Recorded in Ireland last year, the proceedings are appropriately exuberant; Donegan's antiquated nasal bleating is a fitting adjunct to Morrison's squalling bluff and bluster on cranky old folk/blues tunes like Goodnight Irene, Outskirts Of Town, Frankie and Johnny, and Muleskinner Blues. While Morrison and Donegan honk and holler the simple traditionals like ropy old farmyard geese, the raw energy of the big ... six-piece backing band (Dr. John tickles the ivories on Good Morning Blues and Goin' Home) carries the load, injecting the right amount of steely twang and jangle to make these skiffly old dustballs chug down the track regardless of whose ego is bouncing by.

Dr. Jazz says If you don't love this, you don't love Jesus!.......2002-05-05

Naysayers be damned! This recording is an eternal document to the music that is universal and timeless. What a treasure!

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Skiffle Me Back To Alabama.......2002-04-30

Whenever I want great (eg. amazon five-star) truck-drivin' music, the first place I search is amazon "truck-drivin". Of course, this was my connection with Van Morrison's Skiffle Sessions. You wonder why?. Well, here's why: I don't own a truck, but I do own a Van. When I entered "Van Drivin Music", amazon returned The Skiffle Sessions. I've got to admit, it's the finest 53 minutes of van drivin music I can remember. I loved it and I bought it. Every time I hear the Ballad of Jesse James, it reminds me a little bit more of Jesse's birthdate. It really gets to me. Tom

a new convert.......2002-04-06

I have never before owned a Van Morrison recording. I am a long time devotee of blues, folk and bluegrass and never have I experienced all three on one recording. If you can sit perfectly still while listening to this gem, you'd best call your doctor. For me this is kind of like discovering a new author and then reading everything he or she has published. I tried to read my e-mail in the office this morning but couldn't concentrate on it until all 15 tracks had played. I've never heard of skiffle but I love it.

Skiffle 101.......2002-01-27

I bought this CD because I buy every CD that Van Morrison releases. I have to admit that I was oblivious as to who Lonnie Donegan & Chris Barber were and what exactly "skiffling" was. I was quickly impressed with this CD (Van doesn't even appear right away). It's just good, clean, toe tappin', knee stompin' fun. Clearly, Van was enjoying getting back to his roots with a couple of masters of skiffle.

I'm still not sure I'd know a skiffler if I bumped into one in a well-lit alley, but I can vouch for this CD being worthy of purchasing for any devoted Van fan.

Average customer rating: Rockin' Lonnie Donegan Lonnie Donnegan Anthology They've done him proud Three entertaining discs of Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle music

Rock Island Line Lonnie Donegan Manufacturer: Castle ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: As Good as It Gets: Skiffle King of Skiffle Skiffle King: 50th Anniversary Edition As Good as It Gets: Skiffle, Vol. 2 Memory Almost Full [Deluxe Limited Edition] ASIN: B00006F2XR Release Date: 2002-10-07

Tracks:

1. Rock Island Line
2. John Henry
3. Diggin My Potatoes
4. Bury My Body
5. Lost John
6. Stewball
7. Bring A Little Water Sylvie
8. Dead Or Alive
9. Dont You Rock Me Daddy O
10. Im Alabammy Bound
11. Cumberland Gap
12. Love Is Strange
13. Gamblin Man
14. Puttin On The Style
15. My Dixie Darling
16. Im Just A Rollin Stone
17. Jack O Diamonds
18. Ham N Eggs
19. The Grand Coolie Dam
20. Nobody Loves Like An Irishman
21. Sally Dont You Grieve
22. Betty Betty Betty
23. Lonesome Traveler
24. Times Are Getting Hard Boys
25. Lonnies Skiffle Party (Part 1)
26. Lonnies Skiffle Party (Part 2)
27. Tom Dooley
28. Rock O My Soul
29. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour
30. Aunt Rhody (The Old Grey Goose)
31. Fort Worth Jail
32. Whoa Buck (Whoa Back Buck)
33. Battle Of New Orleans
34. Darling Corey
35. Kevin Barry
36. My Laggin Love
37. Sals Got A Sugar Lip
38. Chesapeake Bay
39. San Miguel
40. Talking Guitar Blues
41. My Old Mans A Dustman
42. The Golden Vanity
43. I Wanna Go Home (The Wreck Of The John B)
44. Jimmy Brown The Newsboy
45. Lorelei
46. In All My Wildest Dreams
47. Lively
48. Black Cat (Cross My Path Today)
49. Virgin Mary
50. Beyond The Sunset
51. (Bury Me) Beneath The Willow
52. Leave My Woman Alone
53. Have A Drink On Me
54. Seven Daffodils (Seven Golden Daffodils)
55. Michael Row The Boat
56. Lumbered
57. The Comancheros
58. Ramblin Round
59. The Partys Over
60. Over The Rainbow
61. Ill Never Fall In Love Again
62. Keep On The Sunny Side
63. Pick A Bale Of Cotton
64. Steal Away
65. The Market Song (With Max Miller)
66. Tit Bits (With Max Miller)
67. Losing By A Hair
68. Trumpet Sounds
69. It Was A Very Good Year
70. Rise Up
71. Lemon Tree
72. Ive Gotta Gal So Fine
73. 500 Miles Away From Home
74. This Train
75. Beans In My Ears
76. Its A Long Road To Travel
77. Fishermans Luck
78. Theres A Big Wheel
79. Get Out Of My Life
80. Wont You Tell Me
81. Louisiana Man
82. Bound For Zion
83. World Cup Willie
84. Where In The World Are We Going
85. Auntie Maggies Remedy
86. (Ah) My Sweet Marie

Album Description

Full Title - Rock Island Line - The Singles Anthology 1955-1967. The first comprehensive singles anthology for the UK musical pioneer. 86 tracks across three CDs (slimline) in a slipcase box, many appearing on CD for the first time. All Lonnie's A & B-sides between 1955-67, including his very first hit 'Rock Island Line'. The first time his Decca & Pye recordings have been compiled in the same package. More than 30 UK hits, including three UK #1s. Castle. 2002.

Album Details

All Lonnie's a and B Sides Between 1955-67, Including his Very First Hit "Rock Island Line". 86 Tracks Across Three CDs in a Slipcase Box, Many Appearing on CD for the First Time.

Customer Reviews:

Rockin' Lonnie Donegan.......2007-02-07

This is a fantastic album, all the hits and many, many more. Lonnie's music crosses so many bridges and has influenced so many others. If you enjoy music you'll love this set. An excellent addition to any Rock-A-Billy fans collection. Just Great songs, by a great artisit!

The Mean Eyed Cat
KNON Radio 89.3
Dallas, Texas

Lonnie Donnegan Anthology.......2006-08-20

Could not believe how many tracks I remembered from this three disc Donnegan-fest. All the old favouries plus this some surprising treatments (eg It was a Very Good Year)from this energetic, talented and highly likeable performer.

They've done him proud.......2006-05-07

This is an extraordinary collection, showing the full range of Lonnie's work. The insert notes unfold into a poster with notes on every track, which is an excellent idea. Lonnie's influence on the British music scene is hard to overestimate. He inspired the generation that produced the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, et al. After Lonnie, every young man wanted to be in a group. I was 7 years old when Rock Island Line was released, and I was immediately recruited into my brother's skiffle group, where I banged an upturned cookie tin and scraped a washboard. Throughout Britain, thousands of kids were doing the same. It was a cultural phenomenon that would later blossom into the British Invasion. Be thankful that the latter did not include my banging and scraping. According to Paul McCartney, Lonnie 'was the man'.

What happened was this: Various American folk music traditions - New Orleans jazz, Bluegrass, Blues, Gospel - made their way to Europe in the decades preceding and following World War II. Traditional jazz became extremely popular in Britain. Chris Barber's Jazz Band was perhaps the best. If you are a jazz fan and have not heard them, you should. They are spectacularly good. Lonnie was a member of the band, playing banjo and guitar. He became aware of another tradition, called skiffle. This had originated as 'rent party' music in the southern US, and comprised jazzed-up versions of folk and blues played on improvised instruments. Lonnie played skiffle during intervals at Barber concerts, and found an audience.

After the chart success, on both sides of the Atlantic, of his first single, Rock Island Line, Lonnie and his group gradually separated (on good terms) from the Barber band. They were major stars in Britain until the 60s brought Elvis clones like Adam Faith and then finally the supergroups that Lonnie himself had inspired (Mick Jagger once sang with the Chris Barber band). Sadly, Lonnie never accepted that his time had passed. He released records in whatever style was currently popular and continued touring right up to his death in 2002. Fans see this either as a marvelous testament to his versatility and staying power, or as a sad refusal to accept that his star had faded. In this collection, you can hear his later ballads, like The Party's Over and I'll Never Fall in Love Again. They are remarkably good, as are his ventures into other genres. But there is a sense of desperation about it all.

The early skiffle on this album, a blend of trad jazz and folk, is great. Among the later tracks there are some historical curiosities, like the double track featuring the comedian Max Miller, in which he and Lonnie trade gags. I'm not sure how much that will mean to an American audience (the joke about the 'rubber' will be especially mysterious) but Miller was hugely popular and recordings of him are rare, so to a British listener, this track is pure gold. Another rarity is Kevin Barry, which was released only in Ireland. It was too politically sensitive for a British release, being a pro-Republican song.

You have probably gathered by now that this collection is indispensable to anyone interested in the development of 20th century popular music. The many comedic songs will be largely incomprehensible to American audiences (how many will know that 'daisy roots' is Cockney rhyming slang for 'boots'?) but the rest will touch listeners on both sides of the pond. Don't be wary of an upstart Scot tackling American roots music. He does it full justice. Listen to his version of Leadbelly's Whoa Buck and be amazed.

Three entertaining discs of Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle music.......2005-03-17

My introduction to Lonnie Donegan was a pair of folk songs, "500 Miles Away From Home" and "Farewell (Fare Thee Well," so when I found out that he was considered the definitive practioner of Skiffle music in the U.K. That mixture of jazz and country blues originally developed in the U.S. in the 1930s was the type of music that John, Paul and George were weaned on when the future Beatles first picked up their guitars. In the 1950s it was Donegan's recording of "Rock Island Line" which defined the Skiffle revival and explains why that song gives this 1985 3-CD collection of his singles its title and a testament to the fact that in the 1950s before rock & roll took over the world Lonnie Donegan was having as big of an impact on the youth of Britain as Elvis and Bill Haley would have in the U.S.

Donegan was born Anthony James Donegan in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of a classical violinist and when he started playing guitar was fascinated by American blues, which he listened to at the American Embassy in London. He formed the Tony Donegan Jazz Band in 1952 but while playing with blues/jazz guitar legend Lonnie Johnson the announcer told the audience it was "Tony Johnson" on guitar and "Lonnie Donegan" on banjo, and the name stuck. When Donegan recorded a Skiffle album, "Rock Island Line" became a hit because of its infectious rhythm, staying on the charts for 22 weeks, selling three million copies. Playing Skiffle music was pretty easy: all you needed was a guitar or banjo, and washboard for the rhythm section.

This collection brings together 86 tracks recorded by Donegan between 1955 and 1967, which actually makes it the second largest CD collection of his songs (1993's "More Than Pye in the Sky" offers eight CDs, so it is pretty much everything Donegan every recorded). Listening to it makes me think that my introduction to Donegan as a folk singer is pretty much on target, since Skiffle lends itself to lively performances of such traditional songs as "John Henry," "Stewball," "Lonesome Traveler," "Tom Dooley," "Darling Corey," and "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore." Donegan also does songs by Woody Guthrie (e.g., "Gamblin' Man") and the Weavers (e.g., "I Wanna Go Home [The Wreck of the John B.]"). But then you will also find a Ray Charles song here ("Leave My Woman Alone"), so the man will definitely exceed your expectations. The same holds true for "The Party's Over," where he take a turn at being a crooner to show he was more than the "King of Skiffle."

As you listen to these three discs I think you will find that you will end up liking the unfamiliar songs more than Donegan's covers of well-known songs such as "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Lemon Tree." But there is something to be said for hearing him do "Over the Rainbow" and "It Was a Very Good Year." Donegan did a few original songs, most notably "Dead or Alive," "Ham 'n Eggs," and "Nobody Loves Us Like an Irishman," which speak to the charm and humor he could bring to singing a song. In a lot of ways he reminds me of Buddy Holly in terms of the energy and enthusiasm he brings to just about every song, although "My Laggan Love" proves that Donegan could sit down with just a guitar to play and sing a plaintive love song to nice effect (so it seems strange when you hear a horn section as he launches into "Chesapeake Bay"). Granted, there are those of you who will be three tracks into these songs and have heard enough of Lonnie Donegan and Skiffle music to last you the rest of your days, but more likely you will get hooked on the sound and his engaging performance as you get to the point where you can explain why all of these songs do not sound alike.

Average customer rating: Brings back the memories! Almost Complete Collection

King of Skiffle Lonnie Donegan Manufacturer: Castle Pulse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Scotland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rock Island Line Talking Guitar Blues: The Very Best of Lonnie Donegan As Good as It Gets: Skiffle The Rock N' Roll Era: 1960 [Time Life] Searchers - Greatest: 20 Fabulous Hits of the 60's ASIN: B00005Y48H Release Date: 2002-03-04

Tracks:

1. Rock Island Line
2. Jack O Diamonds
3. Tom Dooley
4. Putting On The Style
5. I'm Alabammy Bound
6. Wabash Cannonball
7. Wreck Of The Old 97
8. Battle Of New Orleans
9. Bring A Little Water Sylvie
10. Nobody Loves Like An Irishman
11. Michael Row The Boat Ashore
12. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On The Bedpost Ov
13. My Old Man's A Dustman
14. Cumberland Gap
15. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O
16. Grand Coulee Dam
17. Have A Drink On Me
18. Gamblin Man
19. Nobody's Child

Album Details

Repackaged Reissue of this 19 Track Collection. Donegan was a Major Influence on the Late Fifties British Skiffle Music Scene. His 'rock Island Line' was a Favorite of Lennon and Mccartney's in their Early Songwriting Days. George Harrison and the Travelling Wilbury's Later Covered 'nobody's Child'.

Customer Reviews:

Brings back the memories!.......2005-10-22

This is a fun CD, with a lot of great old songs from 1955-1961. Most of the material has a bluegrass-rockabilly feel to it, and will bring a grin to your face and get your feet tapping. Recording quality is a bit uneven from song to song. Overall, I'd rate this CD at 4.5 stars; I'm giving it 5 because the only other reviewer gave it 4 and I wanted to bring the averagre score up to 4.5.

Almost Complete Collection.......2004-05-13

Whether you are a fan, or not even familiar with the music of Lonnie Donegan, or Skiffle in general, this is a great introductory album. Unfortunately only available as an import, this will probably remain a "speciality" item which is a real shame. My only complaint would be that this repackaged collection of 19 of his best known hits, can get a little repetitious as many of the songs are similar in length and chord arrangements, but the strangely upbeat folk / blues / pop overtones rapidly become infectious. Those thinking of taking a chance on ordering should know that even with 19 tracks on board, running time is not that long, as most of the tunes are 3 minutes or less (as was the way back then I presume). However, if you want to hear some of the music that helped inspire the Beatles, as well as a host of other great British bands (arguably)you will enjoy this collection. I gave it 4 stars which is a little generous, but you will fiend that virtually every top 20 hit he had is on here, although I know there were many other recordings of concert and session material. Overall worth the money though, take a chance - you may enjoy it!

Average customer rating:

Your Hit Parade - The '50s Pop Revival Eddie Fisher , Mario Lanza , Les Paul and Mary Ford , Patti Page , Nat King Cole , Vaughn Monroe , Weavers , Perry Como , Kingston Trio , and Marty Robbins Manufacturer: Time-Life ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000JFCS6K

Product Description

This entry in the Time-Life series has 24 tracks: (1) Heart - Eddie Fisher; (2) The Longest Walk - Jaye P. Morgan; (3) Domino - Tony Martin; (4) Smoke Rings - Les Paul and Mary Ford; (5) Somebody Stole My Gal - Johnnie Ray; (6) Night Lights - Nat King Cole; (7) Vanessa - Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra; (8) Anna; (9) They Were Doin' the Mambo; (10) Wimoweh - The Weavers; (11) Be Anything (But Be Mine) - Eddy Howard and His Orchestra; (12) You Alone - Perry Como; (13) Don't Let Go - Roy Hamilton; (14) A Worried Man - The Kingston Trio; (15) Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now - Patience and Prudence; (16) A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation) - Marty Robbins; (17) An Affair to Remember - Vic Damone; (18) Rock Island Line - The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group; (19) Mama Look at Bubu - Harry Belafonte; (20) Beautiful Brown Eyes - Rosemary Clooney; (21) Don't - Elvis Presley; (22) Who Needs You - The Four Lads; (23) Come What May - Patti Page; (24) Because You're Mine - Mario Lanza.

Average customer rating: Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann Good show, Lonnie!

Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann Lonnie Donegan , and Leinemann Manufacturer: Jasmine Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000IGMG Release Date: 1999-02-26

Tracks:

1. Casey's Last Ride
2. Bottle Of Wine
3. Dixie Darling
4. Frankie And Johnny
5. Tops At Loving You
6. Gloryland
7. Leinemann's Potatoes
8. Me And Bobby McGee
9. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour
10. Becky Deen
11. Jack O'Diamonds

Tracks:

1. Country Roads
2. Rock Island Line
3. Keep On The Sunny Side
4. Dixie Lily
5. Louisiana Man
6. Dead Or Alive
7. Midnight Special
8. Mule Skinner Blues
9. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
10. Lost John
11. Have A Drink On Me
12. Dublin O'Shea

Album Details

Two LPs the Legendary Skiffle Master Recorded in the 1970s with the German Band Leinemann Reissued on Double CD Set.

Customer Reviews:

Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann.......2001-06-13

Just awful, would have been glad to sell it back but it was so bad I "tossed it"!

Good show, Lonnie!.......1999-05-01

I listened to a little bit of the CD. This is a good album. I think that Lonnie's version of "Bottle of Wine" is fairly monsterous, though. Otherwise, a great album. I recommend it to the Lonnie fans out there.

Average customer rating:

Putting on the Style Lonnie Donegan Manufacturer: Sanctuary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000083Y34 Release Date: 2003-03-04

Album Description

25 hits by the late-great grandfather of UK pop & legendary king of skiffle who inspired a generation of musicians including Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Van Morrison, Brian May, & Hank Marvin. This definitive collection includes such hits as the great 'Rock Island Line', 'Cumberland Gap' & 'Gamblin' Man' to name a few, and a 12 page booklet with photos & liner notes in Slipcase. Sanctuary. 2003.

Average customer rating:

Just About As Good As It Gets: the Original Skiffle Recordings 1953 - 1956 Lonnie Donegan Manufacturer: Smith & Co ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000LRYA1C Release Date: 2007-01-22

Tracks:

1. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O
2. Wreck Of The Old '97
3. Lost John
4. Rock Island Line (1954 Version)
5. Midnight Special (1955 Version)
6. Railroad Bill
7. I'm Alabamy Bound
8. Worried Man Blues (Ft Dickie Bishop)
9. Wabash Cannonball
10. Diggin' My Potatoes
11. When The Sun Goes Down
12. John Henry
13. Jesse James (Ft Dickie Bishop)
14. Stewball
15. I'm A Rambling Man
16. I Shall Not Be Moved
17. Bring A Little Water Sylvie
18. Ol' Riley
19. Stackalee (Ft Dickie Bishop)
20. How Long Blues
21. Dead Or Alive
22. Frankie & Johnny
23. New Burying Ground
24. Nobody's Child (1956 Version)
25. Bury My Body
26. Rock Island Line (1956 Version)
27. On A Monday
28. Midnight Special (Different 1955 Version)
29. When I Move To The Sky (Ft Ottilie Patterson)
30. On A Christmas Day
31. Spanish Blues
32. Take My Hand Precious Lord
33. Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad (Featuring Dickie Bishop)
34. John Henry (Different Version)
35. Lost John (Different Version)
36. In The Evening, When The Sun Goes Down
37. Railroad Bill (Different Version)
38. Wabash Cannonball
39. St. Philip Street Breakdown
40. Leavin' Blues
41. New Burying Ground
42. Midnight Special (1954 Version Ft Ken Colyer)
43. Harmonica Blues
44. Passing Stranger
45. Nobody's Child (1955 Version)
46. Take My Hand Precious Lord
47. Hard Time Blues (1953 Version)
48. You Don't Know My Mind (1953 Version)
49. Midnight Special (1953 Version Ft Ken Colyer)
50. Nobody's Child (1953 Version)

Album Description

Subtitles - The Original Skiffle Recordings 1953-1956. Smith & Co. 2007.

Average customer rating: Knee Slappin' Fifties Fun

Skiffle King: 50th Anniversary Edition Lonnie Donegan Manufacturer: Castle Pulse ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Scotland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rock Island Line 25 All-Time Greatest Bubblegum Hits: The Ultimate Bubblegum Collection The Reminder ASIN: B000EMSU9M Release Date: 2006-05-08

Tracks:

1. Cumberland Gap
2. Wabash Cannonball
3. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O
4. Ham 'n' Eggs
5. Grand Coulee Dam
6. Jimmy Brown the Newsboy
7. My Dixie Darling
8. Talking Guitar Blues
9. Betty, Betty, Betty
10. Lonesome Traveller
11. I Wanna Go Home
12. Darling Corey
13. Fort Worth Jail
14. Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)
15. Dead or Alive
16. Frankie and Johnny
17. Lorelei
18. Puttin' on the Style

Tracks:

1. Gamblin' Man
2. I'm Alabammy Bound
3. Lost John
4. San Miguel
5. Sorry But I'm Gonna Have to Pass
6. Tom Dooley
7. Ella Speed
8. Battle of New Orleans
9. Wreck of the Old '97
10. Bring a Little Water, Sylvie
11. Railroad Bill
12. John Hardy
13. Jack O'Diamonds
14. Glory
15. Sally Don't You Grieve
16. Aunt Rhody (The Old Grey Goose)
17. Sal's Got a Sugar Lip
18. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On the Bedpost Overnight)

Tracks:

1. My Old Man's a Dustman
2. Lonnie's Skiffle Party: Little Liza Jane/Puttin' on the Style/Camptown
3. On a Monday
4. Pick a Bale of Cotton
5. Party's Over
6. Take This Hammer
7. Stewball
8. Lively!
9. Light from the Lighthouse
10. Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
11. Have a Drink on Me
12. Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord
13. Comancheros
14. Seven Daffodils
15. Lumbered
16. Mule Skinner Blues
17. Lonnie's Skiffle Party, Pt. 2: So Long/On Top of Old Smokey/Down ...
18. Rock Island Line

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Triple CD Collection that Commemorates and Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Emergence of Skiffle Music, the Predominant Pop Style of the Late 1950's and Early '60's. Includes all of the Late Skiffle King's Single Hits on the Pye Label plus Many Other Important Tracks. Donegan was a Major Influence on the Beatles in their Early Years in Liverpool as Well as the Springfields, the Seekers, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits, Even Abba as Well as Countless Musicians.

Customer Reviews:

Knee Slappin' Fifties Fun.......2006-11-19

I wanted to hear a song I heard a couple of years before I was married called, "Bring me a little water Sylvie." I was so surprised when up popped this CD set of 3 with the song on it!

It's noisy, but a lot of fun ~ especially Sylvie CD #2, but if you've lived long and full of years, as I have, you'll probably recognize many of the tunes on the three CDs. If not, you're in for a surprisingly good time! I remember "jitterbugging" to the incessantly vigorous drum beat.

It made me miss my father-in-law, who's passed on ~ he would have been doing a falsetto to it, and either "playing the spoons" or playing a washboard; he was the classic "knee-slapper," and an excellent dancer! This album brought back some happy old memories!

Average customer rating: SONG LIST

Rock & Roll The Legendary Years 1954-1957 Bill Haley and His Comets , Elvis Presley , Buddy Holly , The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group , Bill Doggett , Fats Domino , Dale Hawkins , Gene Vincent , The Penguins , and James Brown and the Famous Flames Manufacturer: Universal Music/Time-Life Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items: Rock & Roll The Legendary Years 1957-1959 ASIN: B000EK9S7C

Product Description

Time-Life Music/Universal Music presents Rock and Roll Legendary Years 1954-1957 on a 2-disc set with 18 tracks on each disc.

Customer Reviews:

SONG LIST.......2007-03-16

Disc One:

1. (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock ~ Bill Haley And His Comets
2. Hound Dog ~ Elvis Presley
3. Maybellene ~ Chuck Berry
4. Bo Diddley ~ Bo Diddley
5. That'll Be The Day ~ Buddy Holly And The Crickets
6. Jailhouse Rock ~ Elvis Presley
7. Rock Island Line ~ Lonnie Donegan
8. Earth Angel ~ The Penguins
9. Sincerely ~ The Moonglows
10. The Great Pretender ~ The Platters
11. In The Still Of The Night ~ The Five Satins
12. Come Go With Me ~ The Dell-Vikings
13. Little Darlin' ~ The Diamonds
14. Love Is Strange ~ Mickey And Sylvia
15. At The Hop ~ Danny And The Juniors
16. Peggy Sue ~ Buddy Holly
17. Susie-Q ~ Dale Hawkins
18. Ready Teddy ~ Elvis Presley

Disc Two:

1. Tutti Frutti ~ Little Richard
2. Ain't That A Shame ~ Fats Domino
3. Shake, Rattle And Roll ~ Joe Turner
4. I've Got A Woman ~ Ray Charles
5. The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry) ~ Etta James
6. Please, Please, Please ~ James Brown And The Famous Flames
7. Be Bop A Lula ~ Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps
8. Blue Suede Shoes ~ Carl Perkins
9. I Walk The Line ~ Johnny Cash
10. Blueberry Hill ~ Fats Domino
11. Sh-Boom ~ The Chords
12. Why Do Fools Fall In Love ~ Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers
13. Jim Dandy ~ LaVern Baker
14. Long Tall Sally ~ Little Richard
15. Honky Tonk (Parts 1 And 2) ~ Bill Doggett
16. I'm In Love Again ~ Fats Domino
17. Let The Good Times Roll ~ Shirley And Lee
18. See You Later, Alligator ~ Bill Haley

Average customer rating:

More Than "Pye in the Sky" Lonnie Donegan Manufacturer: Bear Family ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000282UF Release Date: 1993-08-16

Tracks:

1. Rock Island Line
2. John Henry
3. Nobody's Child
4. Wabash Cannonball
5. Hard Time Blues
6. Nobody's Child
7. You Don't Know My Mind
8. Midnight Special
9. Precious Lord, Lead Me On
10. Passing Stranger
11. On a Christams Day
12. Take My Hand, Precious Lord
13. Midnight Special
14. When the Sun Goes Down
15. New Burying Ground
16. Worried Man Blues
17. Harmonica Blues
18. Ballad of Jesse James
19. Ol' Riley
20. Railroad Bill
21. Lost John
22. Stewball
23. Stackalee
24. Bring a Little Water, Sylvie
25. Dead or Alive

Tracks:

1. Frankie and Johnny
2. How Long, How Long Blues
3. Wabash Cannonball
4. I'm a Ramblin' Man
5. I'm Alabammy Bound
6. Wreck of the Old '97
7. Nobody's Child
8. I Shall Not Be Moved
9. Rock Island Line
10. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O
11. Cumberland Gap
12. Love Is Strange
13. Theme from Film 'Light Fingers
14. Gamblin' Man [Soundtrack]
15. Gamblin' Man
16. Puttin' on the Style
17. My Dixie Darling
18. I'm Just a Rolling Stone
19. Jack O'Diamonds
20. Grand Coulee Dam
21. Hard Travelin'
22. Ham 'N' Eggs
23. Nobody Loves Like an Irishman
24. Sally Don't You Grieve

Tracks:

1. Ain't You Glad You Got Religion
2. Lonesome Traveller
3. Light from the Lighthouse
4. I've Got Rocks in My Bed
5. I've Got Rocks in My Bed
6. Long Summer Day
7. Sunshine of His Love
8. Times Are Getting Hard Boys
9. Ain't No More Cane on the Brazos
10. Lazy John
11. Betty, Betty, Betty
12. Whoa Buck (Whoa Back, Buck)
13. Shorty George
14. Hard Travelin'
15. Baby Don't You Know That's Love
16. Lonnie With Alan Freeman
17. Lonnie's Skiffle Party, Pt. 1
18. Lonnie's Skiffle Party, Pt. 2
19. Darling Corey
20. Bewildered (So Bewildered)
21. It Is No Secret
22. Hard Travelin'
23. My Lagan Love
24. Rock O' My Soul
25. Aunt Rhody (The Old Grey Goose)
26. Tom Dooley

Tracks:

1. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour On the Bedpost Overnight
2. Kevin Barry
3. My Only Son Was Killed in Dublin (The Dying Rebel)
4. Chesapeake Bay
5. Ace in the Hole
6. Fort Worth Jail
7. Battle of New Orleans
8. Sal's Got a Sugarlip
9. Just a Closer Walk With Thee
10. Ice Cream
11. Fancy Talking Tinker
12. Gloryland
13. Gold Rush Is Over
14. House of the Rising Sun
15. Miss Otis Regrets
16. Take This Hammer
17. San Miguel
18. Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy
19. John Hardy
20. John Hardy [Alternate Take]
21. Mr. Froggy
22. You Pass Me By
23. Talking Guitar Blues [US Version]
24. Talking Guitar Blues [British Version]
25. Golden Vanity
26. My Old Man's a Dustman

Tracks:

1. I Wanna Go Home [Edit]
2. I Wanna Go Home
3. Take This Hammer
4. Corrine, Corrina
5. In All My Wildest Dreams
6. Beyond the Sunset
7. Nobody Understands Me
8. Junco Partner (Junko Partner)
9. Lorelei
10. Wreck of the John B
11. Sorry, But I'm Gonna Have to Pass
12. Lively
13. Black Cat (Crosed My Path Today)
14. Banana Split for My Baby
15. Leave My Woman Alone
16. Bury Me Beneath the Willow
17. Beyond the Sunset
18. When I Was Young
19. Virgin Mary
20. Just A-Wearying for You
21. Ramblin' Round
22. Have a Drink on Me
23. Seven Daffodils (Seven Golden Daffodils)
24. Keep on the Sunny Side
25. Tiger Rag
26. Michael, Row the Boat Ashore [Mono Version]
27. Lumbered
28. Michael, Row the Boat Ashore [Stereo]
29. Red Berets

Tracks:

1. Comancheros
2. Party's Over
3. Over the Rainbow
4. I'll Never Fall in Love Again
5. It Was a Very Good Year
6. I'll Never Smile Again
7. I'll Never Fall in Love Again
8. His Eye Is on the Sparrow
9. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
10. Steal Away
11. Good News! Chariots A' Comin'
12. Born in Bethlehem
13. Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho
14. New Burying Ground
15. No Hiding Place
16. Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord
17. Sing Hallelujah
18. This Train
19. We Shall Walk Through the Valley
20. Keep on the Sunny Side
21. Pick a Bale of Cotton
22. Market Song
23. Tit-Bits
24. Losing by a Hair
25. Trumpet Sounds
26. Rise Up
27. I've Gotta Girl So Fine
28. It's a Long Road to Travel

Tracks:

1. Lemon Tree
2. 500 Miles Away from Home
3. Cajun Joe (The Bully of the Bayou)
4. Fisherman's Luck
5. Louisiana Man
6. Interstate Forty
7. Bad News
8. There's a Big Wheel
9. Diamonds of Dew
10. Nothing to Gain
11. Lovey Told Me Goodbye
12. Beans in My Ears
13. Get Out of My Life
14. Blistered
15. Bound for Zion
16. Where in This World Are We Going
17. Doctor's Daughter
18. Reverend Mr. Black
19. Farewell (Fare Thee Well)
20. Wedding Bells
21. Won't You Tell Me
22. My Sweet Marie
23. After Taxes
24. I'm Gonna Be a Bachelor
25. She Was T-Bone Talking Woman
26. World Cup Willie
27. Ding Ding
28. Leaving Blues
29. Auntie Maggie's Remedy

Tracks:

1. Over in the New Burying Ground
2. Leavin' Blues
3. Bury My Body
4. Diggin' My Potatoes
5. When I Move to the Sky
6. On a Monday
7. In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)
8. Midnight Special
9. Railroad Bill
10. I'm Alabammy Bound
11. Cumberland Gap
12. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O
13. Bring a Little Water, Sylvie
14. On a Monday
15. Old Hannah (Go Down Old Hannah)
16. Mule Skinner Blues
17. Precious Memories
18. Brother Moses Smote the Water
19. Ella Speed
20. Glory [False Start]
21. Black Gir
22. Glory

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3. Melodies/Improvisations
4. Melodies / Improvisations
5. Meoan Vit Naerkast Joroini
6. Merlin's Leap: Once Upon a Fingerstyle Guitar
7. Morning Branches
8. Morning in the Mountains
9. Music From The Rascal Yard
10. My Life is My Sun Dance

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