As Good as It Gets: Skiffle

Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Gloryland - The Vipers Skiffle Group
2. Get Along Home Cindy - Johnny Duncan
3. Lost John - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
4. Toll the Bell Easy - Les Hobeaux
5. Jesse James - Dickie Bishop, Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
6. Cumberland Gap - The Vipers Skiffle Group
7. Last Train to San Fernando - Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys, The Vipers Skiffle Group
8. California Zephyr - Jimmy Jackson
9. Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey?
10. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O - The Vipers Skiffle Group
See all 31 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2
1. Railroad Steamboat - The Vipers Skiffle Group
2. Bring a Little Water, Sylvie - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
3. Where Could I Go - Chris Barber, Johnny Duncan
4. Shine
5. Pick a Bale of Cotton - The Vipers Skiffle Group
6. Freight Train - Chas McDevitt, Nancy Whiskey
7. Special - Don Lang
8. River Line - Jimmy Jackson
9. Blue Blue Heartache - Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
10. I'm Alabammy Bound - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
See all 30 tracks on this disc

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As Good as It Gets: Skiffle
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    		As Good as It Gets: Skiffle
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Disky
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00004SD35
    Release Date: 2000-11-07

    Tracks:

    1. Gloryland - The Vipers Skiffle Group
    2. Get Along Home Cindy - Johnny Duncan
    3. Lost John - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
    4. Toll the Bell Easy - Les Hobeaux
    5. Jesse James - Dickie Bishop, Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
    6. Cumberland Gap - The Vipers Skiffle Group
    7. Last Train to San Fernando - Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys, The Vipers Skiffle Group
    8. California Zephyr - Jimmy Jackson, Jimmy Jackson
    9. Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey?
    10. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O - The Vipers Skiffle Group
    11. Hey Hey Daddy Blues - Les Hobeaux
    12. I'm Satisified - Chas McDevitt, Nancy Whiskey
    13. Midnight Special - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
    14. Doin' My Time - Chris Barber, Johnny Duncan
    15. Streamline Train - The Vipers Skiffle Group
    16. Footprints in the Snow - Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
    17. Runnin' Wild
    18. Canine Stomp
    19. Mama Don't Allow - Les Hobeaux
    20. Railroad Bill - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
    21. I Shall Not Be Moved - Jimmy Jackson, Jimmy Jackson
    22. Whistling Rufus
    23. Ain't You Glad - The Vipers Skiffle Group
    24. Oh Mary Don't You Weep - Les Hobeaux
    25. Rockabilly Baby - Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
    26. Stackalee - Dickie Bishop, Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
    27. 10,000 Years Ago - The Vipers Skiffle Group
    28. That's All There Is
    29. Bearcat Crawl - Chris Barber, Ottilie Patterson
    30. Green Back Dollar - Chas McDevitt, Nancy Whiskey
    31. Stormin' the Barn

    Tracks:

    1. Railroad Steamboat - The Vipers Skiffle Group
    2. Bring a Little Water, Sylvie - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
    3. Where Could I Go - Chris Barber, Johnny Duncan
    4. Shine
    5. Pick a Bale of Cotton - The Vipers Skiffle Group
    6. Freight Train - Chas McDevitt, Nancy Whiskey
    7. Special - Don Lang
    8. River Line - Jimmy Jackson, Jimmy Jackson
    9. Blue Blue Heartache - Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
    10. I'm Alabammy Bound - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
    11. Wild About My Lovin' - The Levee Breakers
    12. Hey Lily Lily Lo - The Vipers Skiffle Group
    13. Sugartime
    14. Poor Howard - Chas McDevitt, Nancy Whiskey
    15. Number 69, 3, 30 - Johnny Parker
    16. Lonely Road - Jimmy Jackson, Jimmy Jackson
    17. Maggie May - The Vipers Skiffle Group
    18. Babe I'm Leaving You - The Levee Breakers
    19. I Never Knew
    20. Ella Speed - Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
    21. I Know the Lord Laid His Hands on Me - The Vipers Skiffle Group
    22. Jet Black Blues - Blind Willie Dunn
    23. Tiger Rag
    24. Itching for My Baby - Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
    25. It Takes a Worried Man - The Vipers Skiffle Group
    26. Lowland Blues - Chris Barber's Jazz Band, Johnny Duncan, Ottilie Patterson
    27. Blue Blood Blues - Blind Willie Dunn
    28. This Little Light of Mine - Jimmy Jackson, Jimmy Jackson
    29. Homing Bird - The Vipers Skiffle Group
    30. Ramschakle Daddy - Don Lang
    Just About As Good As It Gets: the Original Skiffle Recordings 1953 - 1956
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      		Just About As Good As It Gets: the Original Skiffle Recordings 1953 - 1956
      Lonnie Donegan
      Manufacturer: Smith & Co
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
      Pop RockPop 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.
      As Good as It Gets: Skiffle, Vol. 2
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		As Good as It Gets: Skiffle, Vol. 2
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: Disky Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
        InternationalInternational | Imports | Stores | Music
        RockRock | Imports | Stores | Music
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        1. As Good as It Gets: Skiffle
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        ASIN: B00005IA78
        Release Date: 2001-03-20

        Tracks:

        1. I Saw The Light
        2. Badman Stack-O-Lee
        3. Stewball
        4. I Heard The Bluebirds Sing
        5. Sizzling Hot
        6. Stormin' The Barn No. 2
        7. Stealin' Stealin'
        8. Pay Me My Money Down
        9. Good Morning Blues
        10. Pay Me My Money Down
        11. Yonder Comes A Sucker
        12. When The Sun Goes Down
        13. B.B's Blues
        14. Dynamo
        15. Fisherman's Blues
        16. Gypsy Davy
        17. Easy Rider
        18. Hard Travellin'
        19. Mr Freddy Blues
        20. Roving Gambler
        21. Sporting Life
        22. Press On
        23. When The Morning Glories Wake Up In The Morning
        24. This Land Is Your Land
        25. Ol' Riley
        26. Goin' Home
        27. Swing Down Sweet Chariot
        28. Swing Down Sweet Chariot
        29. Roll The Cotton Down
        30. Kansas City Speccial
        31. Worried Man Blues
        32. Old Joe Clark
        33. My Old Man
        34. Out Of Business
        35. Free Wheeling Baby
        36. Jingle Bells
        37. Going To Germany
        38. Roll Em Pete
        39. New Burying Ground
        40. Hold That Thing
        41. Across The Bridge
        42. Midnight Train
        43. Precious Memories
        44. Two Ships
        45. This Train
        46. Harmonica Blues
        47. Freight Train Blues
        48. John B Sails
        49. Face Int He Rain
        50. Reckon I'll Go Too
        51. Dead Or Alive
        52. Jim Dandy
        53. Johnny's Blue Yodel
        54. The Fox's Tail
        55. We Shall Walk Through The Valley
        56. Shorty George
        57. Pick A Bale Of Cotton
        58. Streamline Train
        59. I Shall Not Be Moved
        60. I Know The Lord Laid His Hands On Me
        As Good as It Gets: Skiffle
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • Excellent primer on short-lived British phenomenon.
        		 As Good as It Gets: Skiffle
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: As Good As It Gets
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
        Traditional FolkTraditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
        Traditional Jazz GeneralTraditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music
        FolkFolk | Imports | Stores | Music
        ASIN: B0000508HY
        Release Date: 2000-09-12

        Tracks:

        1. Gloryland - The Vipers Skiffle Group
        2. Get Along Home Cindy - Johnny Duncan
        3. Lost John - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
        4. Toll the Bell Easy - Les Hobeaux
        5. Jesse James - Dickie Bishop, Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
        6. Cumberland Gap - The Vipers Skiffle Group
        7. Last Train to San Fernando - Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys, The Vipers Skiffle Group
        8. California Zephyr - Jimmy Jackson, Jimmy Jackson
        9. Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey?
        10. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O - The Vipers Skiffle Group
        11. Hey Hey Daddy Blues - Les Hobeaux
        12. I'm Satisified - Chas McDevitt, Nancy Whiskey
        13. Midnight Special - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
        14. Doin' My Time - Chris Barber, Johnny Duncan
        15. Streamline Train - The Vipers Skiffle Group
        16. Footprints in the Snow - Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
        17. Runnin' Wild
        18. Canine Stomp
        19. Mama Don't Allow - Les Hobeaux
        20. Railroad Bill - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
        21. I Shall Not Be Moved - Jimmy Jackson, Jimmy Jackson
        22. Whistling Rufus
        23. Ain't You Glad - The Vipers Skiffle Group
        24. Oh Mary Don't You Weep - Les Hobeaux
        25. Rockabilly Baby - Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
        26. Stackalee - Dickie Bishop, Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
        27. 10,000 Years Ago - The Vipers Skiffle Group
        28. That's All There Is
        29. Bearcat Crawl - Chris Barber, Ottilie Patterson
        30. Green Back Dollar - Chas McDevitt, Nancy Whiskey
        31. Stormin' the Barn

        Tracks:

        1. Railroad Steamboat - The Vipers Skiffle Group
        2. Bring a Little Water, Sylvie - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
        3. Where Could I Go - Chris Barber, Johnny Duncan
        4. Shine
        5. Pick a Bale of Cotton - The Vipers Skiffle Group
        6. Freight Train - Chas McDevitt, Nancy Whiskey
        7. Special - Don Lang
        8. River Line - Jimmy Jackson, Jimmy Jackson
        9. Blue Blue Heartache - Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
        10. I'm Alabammy Bound - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
        11. Wild About My Lovin' - The Levee Breakers
        12. Hey Lily Lily Lo - The Vipers Skiffle Group
        13. Sugartime
        14. Poor Howard - Chas McDevitt, Nancy Whiskey
        15. Number 69, 3, 30 - Johnny Parker
        16. Lonely Road - Jimmy Jackson, Jimmy Jackson
        17. Maggie May - The Vipers Skiffle Group
        18. Babe I'm Leaving You - The Levee Breakers
        19. I Never Knew
        20. Ella Speed - Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
        21. I Know the Lord Laid His Hands on Me - The Vipers Skiffle Group
        22. Jet Black Blues - Blind Willie Dunn
        23. Tiger Rag
        24. Itching for My Baby - Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
        25. It Takes a Worried Man - The Vipers Skiffle Group
        26. Lowland Blues - Chris Barber's Jazz Band, Johnny Duncan, Ottilie Patterson
        27. Blue Blood Blues - Blind Willie Dunn
        28. This Little Light of Mine - Jimmy Jackson, Jimmy Jackson
        29. Homing Bird - The Vipers Skiffle Group
        30. Ramschakle Daddy - Don Lang

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars Excellent primer on short-lived British phenomenon........2001-10-05

        Few in the U.S. will remember skiffle as a musical style as it blossomed and thrived in the United Kingdom. Even so, a few of the artifacts from this three or four year fad hit the charts in a big way in the States, notably "Rock Island Line" by Lonnie Donegan, "Freight Train" by Chas McDevitt Group and the execrable "He's Got the Whole World In His Hands" by the prepubescent Laurie London.

        This excellent and inexpensive two disc set goes a long way toward rehabilitating the image of skiffle from some half-baked British take on American folk to something more committed and interesting. In retrospect, it should not be surprising that the British approached this antiquated American folk with the same intensity as they later approached r & b and blues.

        The Lonnie Donegan numbers included here are some of the more interesting and less obvious choices. No less than thirteen tracks by the superb George Martin-produced Vipers are included. Not a single one is filler. The remarkable ex-pat American Johnny Duncan is also well represented. Two great cuts from pianist Johnny Parker (whose piano in 1956's "Bad Penny Blues" was the inspiration for the piano in the Beatles' "Lady Madonna")are featured from his brief skiffle phase. In all, there are 61 mostly well-chosen tracks. The misfits? Certainly the nine tracks by the Original Barnstormers Spasm Band which sound like what the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band were lampooning in their early days, but with so many great recordings here who can complain?

        Sound quality is excellent. It is truly amazing what engineers with good ears were able to accomplish back in the days of single track recording.

        Because of those few early hits that crossed the pond, skiffle may have played a pivotal role in setting the foundations for the late 50s/early 60s folk/hootenany boom in this country that gave us so many musical giants. But whether that occurred or not, skiffle certainly is what inspired young kids like Paul MacCartney and John Lennon to take up the guitar. I recommend this great economy anthology for any collection.

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