Teenage Dirtbag UK

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Exclusive UK single for their smash hit single 'Teenage Dirtbag' includes 4 tracks in all 2 of which are unavailable on the now deleted Aussie version, 'Mr. Brown (With Club Audience) & the enhanced video track to 'Teenage Dirtbag'. Also included here is the non-lp track 'Never Write A Song' and the explicit album version of 'Teenage Dirtbag'. 2000 release. Slimline jewel case.

Tracks:

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 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
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

Album Description

It's been two and a half years since the release of the fourth volume in its series of teenage angst-ridden pop and teen ballads.

Now comes volume five, the last in the top-selling range, carefully compiled by the team that brings you the "Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll" series.

Previously we have mixed hits with more hard-to-find gems, but this final volume concentrates on the rarer stuff and includes some extremely collectable sides with plenty of tracks appearing on CD for the first time.

The sound quality is superb and the whole package is enhanced with a lavishly illustrated colour booklet, containing some entertaining and highly-informative notes by the ubiquitous Mr. Rob Finnis.

Album Description

It's been two and a half years since the release of the fourth volume in its series of teenage angst-ridden pop and teen ballads.Now comes volume five, the last in the top-selling range, carefully compiled by the team that brings you the "Golden Age" series. Previously we have mixed hits with more hard-to-find gems, but this final volume concentrates on the rarer stuff and includes some extremely collectable sides with plenty of tracks appearing on CD for the first time. ACE 2007

Album Details

28 Great Teen Hits Taken from Billboard's Hot 100 Chart During the Golden Age of Rock N Roll. Includes Many Rarities Available on CD for the First Time, Together with a Fabulous, Picture-packed Booklet Telling the Stores Behind the Sounds. Includes Tracks by Austin Taylor, Steve Lawrence, Paul and Paula, Dickey Lee, Frankie Avalon, Jerry Fuller, and Many More.

Average customer rating:

It is not done better than this
Great Mix of Oldies!
Cream of the Crop
A Well Chosen (And Generous) Anthology

Teenage Crush, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Ace Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
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Teen Time - The Young Years of Rock & Roll, Volume 3: A Very Special Love

ASIN: B00000I02A
Release Date: 2004-12-27

Tracks:

Sittin' in the Balcony - Eddie Cochran
Comes Softly to Me - The Fleetwoods
Donna - Ritchie Valens
Fortune teller - Bobby Curtola
Venus in Blue Jeans - Jimmy Clanton
Endlessly - Brook Benton
A Teenager's Romance - Ricky Nelson
I've Come of Age - Billy Storm
Robbin' the Cradle - Tony Bellus
Sandy - Larry Hall
For Your Love - Ed Townsend
You're Sixteen - Johnny Burnette
I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos
Dear One - Larry Finnegan
The Three Bells - The Browns
Funny Hoe Time Slips Away - Jimmy Elledge
Honeycomb - Jimmie Rodgers
A Rose and a Baby Ruth - George Hamilton IV
The End of the World - Skeeter Davis
Look for a Star - Garry Miles
Letter From Sherry - Dale Ward
Venus - Frankie Avalon
Let Me Belong to You - Brian Hyland
Dream Lover - Bobby Darin
Since I Met You Baby - Ivory Joe Hunter
Sixteen Reasons - Connie Stevens
So This Is Love - The Castells
The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith

Product Description

1. Sittin' In The Balcony - Eddie Cochran
2. Come Softly To Me - The Fleetwoods
3. Donna - Ritchie Valens
4. Fortune Teller - Bobby Curtola
5. Venus In Blue Jeans - Jimmy Clanton
6. Endlessly - Brook Benton
7. Teenager's Romance, A - Ricky Nelson
8. I've Come Of Age - Billy Storm
9. Robbin' The Cradle - Tony Bellus
10. Sandy - Larry Hall
11. For Your Love - Ed Townsend
12. You're Sixteen - Johnny Burnette
13. I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos
14. Dear One - Larry Finnegan
15. Three Bells, The - The Browns
16. Funny How Time Slips Away - Jimmy Elledge
17. Honeycomb - Jimmie Rodgers
18. Rose And A Baby Ruth, A - Geroge Hamilton IV
19. End Of The World, The - Skeeter Davis
20. Look For A Star - Gary Miles
21. Letter From Sherry - Dale Ward
22. Venus - Frankie Avalon
23. Let Me Belong To You - Brian Hyland
24. Dream Lover - Bobby Darin
25. Since I Met You Baby - Ivory Joe Hunter
26. Sixteen Reasons - Connie Stevens
27. So This Is Love - The Castells
28. Theme, The - Percy Faith (from "A Summer Place")

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

It is not done better than this.......2005-01-15

I am a enthousiastic collector, and have almost all the Time Life rock n roll stuff, as well as Eric Records cds of this era. Although they are essential to any 50s 60s collection, nothing can top ACE series.
I could comment like this on all the 50s remasters of this fabulous record label, not only these issues, but especially the Golden Age of American Rock n roll. I can not add anything to the positive reviews than simply summing up my personal view:
28 tracks per cd, and sometimes 30! (Time life is also excellent, but you get 15 per cd!)
excellent booklets with background info (not surpassed by any label).
not the same old songs over again, but many rare and still excellent tracks!
last but not least amazing sound quality.
So although you might have some songs there on other collections, it is for above mentioned points alone worth it to always have an ACE copy as well.

Great Mix of Oldies!.......2003-04-10

This is a great CD for anyone who loves oldies! Even though I'm young..., I prefer oldies to modern music, and this album is great! Since no single artist has two songs on it, you never get bored of the style of music. Also, it alternates between male and female voices. Before I got this CD I hardly knew of any of the songs, but now I know and love them all!

Cream of the Crop.......2001-11-24

This second installment in Ace Records' "Teenage Crush" series continues to prove their unequalled status in bringing classic American rock and roll to the CD medium. Packed with 28 tracks from the golden age of American pop, this CD has five number ones, 18 top-20 hits, four that made it into the top-40 and one, Bobby Curtola's "Fortune Teller" that was just out of the top-40 (41) on the charts. While mining the top-40, the repertoire here does not just regurgitate the same old stuff found on so many other oldies compilations in the market. While there're lots of familiar tunes here to hum along to, you won't find tracks like Billy Storm's "I've Come Of Age", Larry Hall's "Sandy" or Gary Miles' "Look For A Star" in many, if any, other comp CDs, especially with the sound quality presented here. As has come to be expected, Ace has secured better sources for many of these tracks and sound quality is the best encountered so far for virtually all of these tunes. Many of the tracks appear in true stereo (6,12,13,15,16,19,22-24,26-28) with the remainder in clean mono. Completing the package is a 16-page booklet with many pics, promo shots and detailed backround notes on the artists represented on the disc. Another outstanding effort by Ace - it just isn't done any better than this.

A Well Chosen (And Generous) Anthology.......2001-01-06

Over the past decade England's ACE label has become one of the recording industry's leading rerelease giants. In fact, in my book they've outdistanced Rhino Records, who I long considered the standard bearer for reissues. Both labels do a superb job of tracking down the best source tapes available. However, where Rhino generally puts about twenty tracks (or less) on a disk and includes a booklet with only six or eight pages, ACE packs 28 songs onto the disk and includes a 20-page booklet loaded with photos and artist information on every song.

In addition to such No. 1 hits as "Come Softly to Me," "The Three Bells," "Honeycomb," "Venus" and "The Theme from 'A Summer Place,'" you also get seldom anthologized hits like Brook Benton's "Endlessly," Larry Finnegan's "Dear One," Jimmy Elledge's "Funny How Time Slips Away" and Gary Miles' "Look for a Star."

Tracks:

Suspicion - Terry Stafford
Talk to Me, Talk to Me - Little Willie John
String Along - Fabian
Heart - Kenny Chandler
Rumors - Johnny Crawford
Girl of My Best Friend - Ral Donner
Corrina, Corrina - Ray Peterson
Sheila - Tommy Roe
Angela Jones - Johnny Ferguson
Makin' Love - Floyd Robinson
After School - Randy Starr
Here Comes Summer - Jerry Keller
Raindrops - Dee Clark
I Wish That We Were Married - Ronnie & the Hi-Lites
Midnight Mary - Joey Powers
Little Band of Gold - James Gilreath
Mission Bell - Donnie Brooks
Pretty Baby - Gino & Gina
Primrose Lane - The Jewels, Jerry Wallace
Pledge of Love - Ken Copeland
Lonely for You - Gary Stites
Baby Blue - The Echoes
Turn Around, Look at Me - Glen Campbell
Honest I Do - The Innocents
If I Had a Girl - Rod Lauren
Count Every Star - Donnie & the Dreamers
Over the Rainbow - The Demensions
I Can't Say Goodbye - Fireflies

Product Description

1. Suspicion - Terry Stafford
2. Talk To Me, Talk To Me - Little Willie John
3. String Along - Fabian
4. Heart - Kenny Chandler
5. Rumors - Johnny Crawford
6. Girl Of My Best Friend - Ral Donner
7. Corrine, Corrina - Ray Peterson
8. Sheila - Tommy Roe
9. Angela Jones - Johnny Ferguson
10. Makin' Love - Floyd Robinson
11. After School - Randy Starr
12. Here Comes Summer - Jerry Keller
13. Raindrops - Dee Clark
14. I Wish That We Were Married - Ronnie and the Hi-Lites
15. Midnight Mary - Joey Powers
16. Little Band Of Gold - James Gilreath
17. Mission Bell - Donnie Brooks
18. Pretty Baby - Gino & Gina
19. Primrose Lane - Jerry Wallace with the Jewels
20. Pledge Of Love - Ken Copeland
21. Lonely For You - Gary Stites
22. Baby Blue - The Echoes
23. Turn Around, Look At Me - Glen Campbell
24. Honest I Do - The Innocents
25. If I Had A Girl - Rod Lauren
26. Count Every Star - Donnie & The Dreamers
27. Over The Rainbow - The Demensions
28. I Can't Say Goodbye - The Fireflies

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Good addition to the Teenage Crush series.......2007-07-26

Just another good mixture of oldies from ACE. I bought this mainly for Primrose Lane by Jerry Wallace, but don't think it sounds like the original I remember. So this one disappointed me a little, but it's still close enough to the original to be enjoyable. Also, I haven't yet seen that song on any other oldies CD collection. Also, the sound quality on this one is excellent, and typical of all ACE CD's.

Teenage Crush, Vol. 3.......2007-05-29

I got this for Girl of My Best Friend, but there wasn't much else that I liked that I didn't already have.

Teenage Crush Vol. 3.......2007-01-04

Like the first two compilations, this volume of oldies, contains some wonderful memorable songs from the era of good old rock and roll. I had not heard some of them since they were popular, heard on the radion stations, available in the 45 RPM mode.

Superb!!!.......2006-02-28

It's unbelievable how these old recordings can be remastered
so well. I collect records since I was a kid in the late 50's
and early 60's and for the first time, thanks to ACE records,
45 years later I can hear all the instruments used on a "top
hit" like Dee Clark's "Raindrops". I own this single since
it was released(1961)in monoraul but after hearing it on this Teenage Crush compilation I've heard five different musical
instruments I didn't even know they were there. This happens
with most of the songs some of which can be considered as
real treasures. Another surprise to listen to was this guy
Ral Donner. I almost fainted cause I thought Elvis had come
back. I own most of all edited Elvis Presley music and never
thought there was such an incredible impersonator who just
sounds like him. I just ordered this guy's CD at Amazon as
well as the rest of the Teenage Crush compilation. Not only
does it bring back memories but sounding as if it were recorded
yesterday with all the modern today's equipments. Once again
thanks to ACE records. It really deserves 6 stars!

It is not done better than this.......2005-01-15

Average customer rating:

great ballads
Teenage Crush
Packed with memories!
Teenage Crush
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Teenage Crush
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Ace Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000009KC
Release Date: 2004-12-27

Tracks:

Sea Of Love - Phil Phillips & The Twilights
You Don't Know What You've Got - Ral Donner
What In The World's Come Over You - Jack Scott
How Time Flies - Jerry Wallace
Born Too Late - The Poni-Tails
Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson
Sweet Dreams - Don Gibson
It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty
Bobby Sox To Stockings - Frankie Avalon
Sealed With A Kiss - Brian Hyland
Pretty Blue Eyes - Steve Lawrence
The Diary - Neil Sedaka
Devil Or Angel - Bobby Vee
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Mel Carter
Close To Cathy - Mike Clifford
The Way You Look Tonight - The Lettermen
Tragedy - The Fleetwoods
My Heart Is An Open Book - Carl Dobkins Jr
My Special Angel - Bobby Helms
It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards
Love Me Warm And Tender - Paul Anka
Teen Angel - Mark Dinning
Chances Are - Johnny Mathis
Guess Who - Jesse Belvin
Take Good Care Of Her - Adam Wade
Teenage Crush - Tommy Sands
Cry Me A River - Julie London
I Understand - The G-Clefs

Product Description

1. Sea Of Love - Phil Phillips/The Twilights
2. You Don't Know What You've Got - Ral Donner
3. What In The World's Come Over You - Jack Scott
4. How The Time Flies - Jerry Wallace
5. Born Too Late - The Poni-Tails
6. Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson
7. Sweet Dreams - Don Gibson
8. It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty
9. Bobby Sox To Stockings - Frankie Avalon
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11. Pretty Blue Eyes - Steve Lawrence
12. Diary, The - Neil Sedaka
13. Devil Or Angel - Bobby Vee
14. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Mel Carter
15. Close To Cathy - Mike Clifford
16. Way You Look Tonight, The - The Lettermen
17. Tragedy - The Fleetwoods
18. My Heart Is An Open Book - Carl Dobkins, Jr.
19. My Special Angel - Bobby Helms/Anita Kerr Singers
20. It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards
21. Love Me Warm And Tender - Paul Anka
22. Teen Angel - Mark Dinning
23. Chances Are - Johnny Mathis
24. Guess Who - Jesse Belvin
25. Take Good Care Of Her - Adam Wade
26. Teenage Crush - Tommy Sands
27. Cry Me A River - Julie London
28. I Understand - The G-Clefs

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Customer Reviews:

great ballads.......2007-05-04

Wonderful ballads from the past, it's great to hear them again in this fine and well done collection, no complaints at all about this cd, worth every penny.Will be very happy with this collection.

Teenage Crush.......2006-11-05

These are songs that I (and most other baby boomers) listened to and loved while growing up. Of course, each song has a certain preference to each individual and while we all may have gotten tired of a certain song because it was played over and over back then, today each has a special memory (at least for me), especially "It's All In The Game." I was 11, at my first dance and terrified to ask a certain girl to dance. But when I did, Tommy Edwards' voice seemed to make it all OK. My nerves disappeared and I requested that song several more times that evening, or course dancing with that same special girl each time.

Packed with memories!.......2006-08-08

This album brings back so many memories! It has a whopping twenty eight songs on it and there are only a few that I don't recognize. I love singing along...Sealed with a Kiss...Devil or Angel...Hold Me,Thrill Me, Kiss Me...every song is a winner! Even if you're a teen now, you'll enjoy the simple lyrics and great melodies!

Teenage Crush.......2006-07-22

This cd contains oldies I haven't heard in years. I'm glad I found it, as it brings back memories.

Notice to Bpimp fans.......2004-03-23

Hey quit sayin' that you find the Bpimp reviews helpful. The best reviews from our Memphis man are the ones where only 1 out of 15 customers find the review helpful. I always vote no.

Tracks:

If There's A Heaven Above
A Private Future
The Dog-End Of A Day Gone By
The Game
Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven
Haunted When The Minutes Drag
Saudade
Ball Of Confusion (12in UK Mix)
Inside The Outside
If There's A Heaven Above (12in UK Mix)
God And Mr. Smith
Haunted When The Minutes Drag (USA Mix)
If There's A Heaven Above (Canada Mix)

Album Details

Reissue of this Classic Album Entirely Remastered. Featured on this Version Are all the Single Mixes, Bonus Tracks, Expanded Liner Notes and an all New Photo Cover.

Customer Reviews:

Heavenly.......2006-08-10

Sweet god, what a great record. The music and the way it was recorded in the studio is just AMAZING. Love and Rockets here give us one of the most solid records I've heard from the 1980's. The songs are fresh sounding solid rock (injected with a sense of grandeur and not a trace of sugar coated fakeness - yet it has huge mainstream appeal they play L&R on the radio a lot), you could tell it was a new direction for Daniel Ash & Co. Just a fantastic record from the 80's amazing blend of rock, synthesizer, drums and good lyrics! Take a dash of Beatles, throw in some Jesus & Mary Chain, some Bluesy Rock, Dylan and finally a nice thick layer of gothic roots - then you have Love and Rockets.

"Live a life you love, use the God you trust and don't take it all too seriously."

This is the repackaged edition - the whole album is remixed and sounds perfect also the album art is different. Included is a little booklet about the band's origin.

better than best.......2006-07-10

this albumn has been compared to abbey road. that's generous, but not excedingly. it is my favorite record from the 80's. highly recommend purchasing this issue. has singles and mixes and stuff. good great better than best.

The Classic L&R release. Done right.......2006-02-28

When this record first arrived, I was hooked. I was already a big Tones On Tail fan and the Ball Of Confusion 12" had me ready for the LP. I thought I knew what to expect. Boy, was I mistaken. This album far exceeds any expectation I could have ever had. A true 80's psychedelic masterpiece. The only problem? The CD reissues never were the same version as the album. Several different mixes on different releases, always diluting the stew. Until now. Here it is the original mix, in the original running order AND all of the various mixes (well, most of them due to time constraints) and B-sides too!
As Jack Kirby once said:"Don't ask, just buy!"

7th DREAM a triumph - trippy, pretty, intensely gorgeous!.......2004-04-29

Someone in the Love and Rockets camp has a habit of fine-tuning their albums and adding new songs after the initial album release date. This is cheating, but no matter. I've fine tuned my own version of what the album should sound like. At least this current release has the original line-up of songs, followed by the bonus material. The following is MY running order for the album:

"If There's A Heaven Above" - "Throw the world off your shoulders tonight Mr. Smith . . ." This joyously hopeful song dives right into the main themes of the album, namely - youth, the mystery of religion, the nature of human existence and the progression of time. *****

"A Private Future" - Starts off as a pretty, idyllic song that progresses into a more ominous exploration of religious beliefs. Culminates in the line "Live the life you love/ Use a god you trust/ And don't take it all too seriously" which instantly brings their sermonizing back down to earth. ****

("Snuff out the ") -- "Dog-end Of A Day Gone By" - A steady rock workout drenched in omnipresent guitars, organ and rumbling drums. ****

"The Game" - This one sounds like being caught in some Twilight Zone timewarp. Ticks along at a deliberate pace like a clock that intensifies as the song progresses. ****1/2

"Inside The Outside" - This one's a cool rocker. Dominated by drums that tumble all over the place and tortured single-note shreds of fury on guitar. ****

"God And Mr. Smith" - a wigged-out remix of "If There's A Heaven Above" sans words. Strange Middle Eastern vocal distortions and other effects swirl around to trippy effect. *****

"Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven" - The word "hypnotic" gets thrown around a lot, but this song definitely qualifies for that description. Like entering an alternate reality. Intense - especially at one particular point in the middle! *****

"Haunted When The Minutes Drag" - Also hypnotic and intense, but in a much different way. This is a great guitar-driven song featuring more of the terrific electronic percussion found all over this album. *****

"Saudade" - gorgeous acoustic guitar displaying an expert combination of picking and strumming (an L&R trademark) as a spacey drum gently knocks away. Builds to a gentle yet sweeping climax. A beauty! *****

To me "Ball Of Confusion" belongs on < > where it originally appeared (in album form at least) and I prefer the extended version because it's awesome and worth hearing as much of it as possible. I haven't heard all the other mixes included on this CD, so I'll probably break down and get it at some point.

Great Debut? by a Great Band.......2004-02-13

Well it isn't really a debut, it's just the first one under the L&R name. The sound on this album didn't change that much from Tones on Tail or Bauhaus.

Anyway this really is a great album with lots of good stuff. "Dog End of a Day Gone By", "If There's a Heaven Above" and "God and Mr. Smith" are all excellent downbeat pop songs. "The Game" is more dark and strange, feeling like it could have come straight from a Bauhaus session; you can hear this song's main hook sampled on Snog's "Reigning Terror". "Saudade" is a wonderful instrumental piece. "Private Future" is excellent as well.

There is a slight issue though... the album is very slow overall. With the exception of the up-tempo "Inside the Outisde" the entire CD runs at about the same pace. (Note: "Ball of Confusion" is faster too, but it wasn't on this album originally and I don't know why it's here now - it was released with "Express"). I love the album but I think this lack of differentiation hurts the way the album is remembered and maybe even is part of the reason this band's legacy is not a powerful as it deserves to be. My guess is that had these great songs been sprinkled in throughout the L&R collection, placed side-by-side with the upbeat, catchy songs that not only would these songs be more remembered but the band as well. Hey, maybe that's why they threw "Ball of Confusion" in - still not appropriate to revise history like that.

Love and Rockets ought to be in the pantheon of great 80's/alternative/post-punk (pick your cliche) bands with the likes of The Cure, The Smiths or whomever. For some reason they are overlooked a bit.

Teenage Crush, Vol. 4
Average customer rating:

A good addition to the Teenage Crush series

Loaded with goodies

Clean Cut Pop

Collector's sensation

Teenage Crush, Vol. 4
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Ace Records UK
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Hard To Find 45s on CD, Volume 7: More 60's Classics

Hard To Find 45s On CD, Volume 2: 1961-1964

ASIN: B0002QPSV8
Release Date: 2004-09-06

Tracks:

I Saw Linda Yesterday - Dickey Lee
Just Young - Andy Rose
Little Boy Blue - Huelyn Duvall
Love Letters in the Sand - Pat Boone
Queen of the Hop - Bobby Darin
Never Be Anyone Else But You - Rick Nelson, Rick Nelson
I'll Remember Carol - Tommy Boyce
Dreamin' - Johnny Burnette
Blue Velvet - The Statues
Why Don't They Understand - George Hamilton IV
Why - Frankie Avalon
Torture - Kris Jensen
Treasure of Love - Clyde McPhatter
Teenager Feels It Too - Denny Reed
She's Neat - The Rock-Its, , Dale Wright
Take Good Care of My Baby - Bobby Vee
Three Stars - Tommy Dee, Teen Tones
Goodbye Cruel World - James Darren
Stop and Think It Over - Dale & Grace
I'm Not a Fool Anymore - T.K. Hulin
Heart Breaker - Dean Christie
Two Faces Have I - Lou Christie
When I Fall in Love - The Lettermen
Angry - Frank Pizani
Wonder of You - Ray Peterson
Mr. Blue - The Fleetwoods
So Young - Nitecaps, Clyde Stacy
Young Ideas - Chico Holiday

Product Description

1. Dickey Lee - I Saw Linda Yesterday
2. Andy Rose - Just Young
3. Huelyn Duvall - Little Boy Blue
4. Pat Boone - Love Letters In The Sand
5. Bobby Darin - Queen Of The Hop
6. Ricky Nelson - Never Be Anyone Else But You
7. Tommy Boyce - I'll Remember Carol
8. Johnny Burnette - Dreamin'
9. The Statues - Blue Velvet
10. George Hamilton IV - Why Don't They Understand
11. Frankie Avalon - Why
12. Kris Jensen - Torture
13. Clyde McPhatter - Treasure Of Love
14. Denny Reed - A Teenager Feels It Too
15. Dale Wright with the Rock-Its - She's Neat
16. Bobby Vee - Take Good Care Of My Baby
17. Tommy Dee with the Teen Tones - Three Stars
18. James Darren - Goodbye Cruel World
19. Dale & Grace - Stop And Think It Over
20. T K Hulin - I'm Not A Fool Anymore
21. Dean Christie - Heart Breaker
22. Lou Christie - Two Faces Have I
23. The Lettermen - When I Fall In Love
24. Frank Pizani - Angry
25. Ray Peterson - The Wonder Of You
26. The Fleetwoods - Mr Blue
27. Clyde Stacy & the Nitecaps - So Young
28. Chico Holiday - Young Ideas

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

A good addition to the Teenage Crush series.......2007-07-26

Just another very good mix of great and good oldies on this one. I like the whole Teenage Crush series. If you want a great overview of the early days of rock and roll hits, Teenage Crush will give you just that. Buy this one, and them all. You won't be disappointed.

Loaded with goodies.......2006-08-21

Have listened to this one about 8 times in just 2 weeks. Lots of memories from songs I never hear on oldies radio. A few songs I (possibly) never heard and grew to love them quickly. Excellent purchase for nostalgia freaks and lovers of oldies and innocent times.

Clean Cut Pop.......2004-12-21

Broven, Finnis and Churchill at ACE do it again with Volume Four. This is another classic collection of Pop Rockers and Teen Ballads from the Golden Age Of Rock'n Roll. As with every ACE compilation quality is always the best. This collection contains some rare gems such as; "Three Stars" by Tommy Dee and The Teen Tones (from the original master tape). "She's Neat" By Dale Wright, "Just Young" by Andy Rose. Almost every selection on this disc is a bonafied hit. When you hear "The Wonder Of You" by Ray Peterson, you would think it was recorded yesterday. The re-mastering is impeccable. I hear things that I never knew were there. This collection gets my highest marks for sound quality.
Thanks ACE!

Collector's sensation.......2004-11-15

Seven years after its debut, Ace's Teenage Crush compilation series unveils volume four. Previous volumes in the series have focused more on higher-charting, more well-known "clean-cut" teen tunes from the late 50's and 60's. But here, in something of a nod to Ace's now retired "Golden Age of American Rock and Roll" series, collectors of the genre are stunned with a wealth of never-before-on-CD tunes of the era. The obligatory top hits are represented here by the likes of Pat Boone's "Love Letters In The Sand", Frankie Avalon's "Why" and "Take Good Care Of My Baby" from Bobby Vee. The bigger treasure whetting the collector's appetite however is a massive collection of CD debuts with such tracks as "Just Young" from Andy Rose, "I'm Not A Fool Anymore" by T.K. Hulin, Frank Pizani's "Angry" and "Young Ideas" from Chico Holiday. And the goodies don't stop with these CD dubuts as several of the big chart hits included are hard- if not impossible-to-find gems such as Dale and Grace's follow-up hit "Stop And Think It Over" and Kris Jensen's "Torture". No surprise too is Ace's dedication to production excellence evidenced in the sound quality and 20-page liner notes booklet packed with pics, illustrations and backround on the artists and tracks included. Known for its outstanding reissues, Ace lives up to its reputation and then some with this newest and most welcome edition to its reissues of classic-era American rock and roll tunes. Absolute top-of-the-line stuff.

D.I.Y.: Teenage Kicks: UK Pop I (1976-79)

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Best Single Disc UK Late 70's Rock Pop Compilation
Because it's a comp of UK artists...
This CD does it itself.....

D.I.Y.: Teenage Kicks: UK Pop I (1976-79)
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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D.I.Y.: Come Out And Play - American Power Pop (1975-78)
D.I.Y.: The Blank Generation - The New York Scene (1975-78)

ASIN: B000008F4M
Release Date: 1993-01-19

Tracks:

So It Goes - Nick Lowe
Do Anything You Wanna Do - Eddie & the Hot Rods
Marie Provost - Nick Lowe
Whole Wide World - Wreckless Eric
Dancing the Night Away - Motors
2-4-6-8 Motorway - Tom Robinson Band
Television Generation - Kursaal Flyers
Take Me, I'm Yours - Squeeze
Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones
This Is Pop? - XTC
Brickfield Nights - The Boys
Airport - Motors
Jilted John - Jilted John
Top of the Pops - The Rezillos
Ghosts of Princes in Towers - The Rich Kids
Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
Look Back in Love (Not in Anger) - The Yachts
Girl I Know (Precis of a Friend) - The Pleasers
Into the Valley - The Skids

Customer Reviews:

Best Single Disc UK Late 70's Rock Pop Compilation.......2007-05-26

This is really a joy to listen to. So many classic tracks on this compilation. Somewhere between Punk's inspiration and pop's dance ability there were many wondrous pop/rock classics written in the late 70's and a lot of them are here, including the best Pub-Rock/Punk anthem ever from 'Eddie & the Hot Rod's' with "Do Anything you wanna do", the most singalongable song from 77' with 'Tom Robinson Band's' "2-4-6-8 Motorway", the yobbish almost punk stylings of the 'Skids' 'Into the Valley' which kicks off with one of the best opening bass lines in punk/pop history to the completely incomprehensible but insanely singalongable chorus line, the bubbly frantic fun of the 'Rezillo's' "Top of the Pops", the unbelievably wonderful 'Undertones' "Teenage Kicks" (John Peel's favorite record) which is probably worth the price of admission all on it's own, the sexy pulsating punk/pop of 'XTC's' "This is Pop" and the first signs of the huge talents to come from the team of Difford/Tilbrook with the 'Squeeze's' "Take me I'm yours".

Hey I could single out every single track here. This was a time when the '45' was king and that little 7" piece of vinyl had a special place in all our hearts. A truly magical time in the post-punk era showing the best of what the U.K. had to offer. You can't go wrong with this compilation.

Because it's a comp of UK artists..........2005-07-09

...that'd be the reason there's no Paul Collins.

This CD does it itself............2004-04-29

No words can describe my love for this compliation....it's been a weekly listening staple of mine for many years.

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A Very Good Album
OK I'll be the first to review this

A Catholic Education
Teenage Fanclub
Manufacturer: Fire UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Bandwagonesque
Thirteen

ASIN: B000060K9R
Release Date: 2002-08-13

Tracks:

Heavy Metal
Everything Flows
Catholic Education
Too Involved
Don't Need a Drum
Critical Mass
Heavy Metal II
Catholic Education 2
Eternal Light
Every Picture I Paint
Everybody's Fool

Album Description

Their debut from 1990, a roughly recorded album for sure, the overall effect is Revolver played with the speakers buggered, at very high volume, but tunes like 'Everyyhing Flows', which does with a joyful surge and 'Eternal Light' remain amongst their best. 2002 reissue in a slipcase.

Customer Reviews:

A Very Good Album.......2006-10-13

I really like this album. But then again I really like the band. I think this was the second album I bought of theirs after Bandwagonesque and I was not disappointed. Therefore I agree with M. Haverstock's observation that since this album depicts the band as a "work in progress" it's not representative of their more recent stuff. However, this album is as good as it is unique.

It will take you awhile to get to know this album, but aren't all good records like that? These songs are not pop songs like their later stuff. These songs have a kind of dark, droning, layered feel to them laid-down by great strumming dirty guitars. The songs also tend to be long and almost impressionistic (but not lacking in structure). They also have the Fanclub's trademark good melodies.

The songs are minimally produced which really lets the feel come through. Whenever I put this album on it's not to hear one track but to let the whole thing run through, sometime twice. This album is probably not for everyone, but it's definately worth a try for Fanclub fans.

OK I'll be the first to review this.......2003-08-26

Not a great album, but you it definetly laid the ground work for the future. Sounds to me like they were hanging out with Pavement while they made the record. Definetly a late 80's/early 90's feel. Critical Mass is an underrated song, I'm sure most only know Everything Flows, but there are a few other great songs on here. I'm glad it was re-issued as I lost my original copy. I would say if you own several Teenage Fanclub albums but not this you owe it to yourself to pick it up just to see the bands progression. For firstimers, I would probably stay away from it for now and start with Bandwagoneque or Grand Prix.

A Teenage Opera (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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I like it!
A yarn too well spun
Childlike Psychedelia Circa 1968

A Teenage Opera (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Mark Wirtz
Manufacturer: Rpm Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Excerpts From...Group & Sessions 1965-1974
The Fantastic Story of Mark Wirtz and the Teenage Opera
Tomorrow

ASIN: B000006YZZ
Release Date: 1997-03-05

Tracks:

Theme from a Teenage Opera
Festival of Kings
Grocer Jack [Excerpt from a Teenage Opera]
Paranoiac Woodcutter, No. 1 [#]
Mr. Rainbow
Glory's Theme (All Aboard!) [#]
On a Saturday
Possum's Dance
Auntie Mary's Dress Shop
Love & Occasional Rain
Grocer Jack (Reprise) [#]
Sam
Farewell to a Broken Doll
(He's Our Dear Old) Weatherman
Shy Boy
Grocer's Jack Dream [#]
Barefoot & Tiptoe
Kinckerbocker Glory
Dream, Dream, Dream
Colonel Brown
Cellophane Mary-Jane
Paranoiac Woodcutter, No. 2 [#]
Theme from a Teenage Opera [End Titles]

Album Description

One of the legendary 'lost' projects of the 60's still talked about in 'whatever happened to' circles comes to life! Begun in 1966, with musicians including Steve Howe & Keith West, two singles were released, 'Grocer Jack' & 'Sam' before EMI cancelled the project. Wirtz used up his musical ideas & a number of teenage opera characters on a variety of singles by different bands or by himself under pseudonyms released over the next two years. By using these plus other un-issued tracks the opera was faithfully reconstructed with Wirtz's full cooperation & the packaging includes a 'possible' storyline'.

Customer Reviews:

I like it!.......2007-04-25

When I played this CD I was pleasantly surprised.
I actually liked it; making allowences that it sounds like 1967 --some pop psychadelia (with some unfortunate lyrics of that genre).
However the songs are pretty catchy and I like the vocals by Keith West.
I also enjoyed the instrumentals: most have very unique, creative gooves and melodies.
This is really not "THE" Teenage Opera --only some songs are from that original concept. I thought the music had a taste of Small Faces, some Ray Davies, Burt Bacharach, and Brian Wilson (in fact, this recording sort of plays like a very British "Smile".)

A yarn too well spun.......2003-04-12

Contrary to public perception, this is NOT The Teenage Opera.
RPM, with my co-operation and support, merely created an illusionary "What If...?" scenario - a compilation of tracks, including the only three genuine T.O. tracks ever recorded ("EFTO," Sam" and "Weatherman,") that were produced during the general time vicinity of the "Grocer Jack" release. Aiding and abetting the illusion was Phil Smee's fictitious cover and inlay art, so brilliantly conceived and executed, movie-poster-style, that it further fueled the imaginary "sound track" deception.

Those who are genuine Teenage Opera fans, take heart. 30 years after the release of "Excerpt From A Teenage Opera," I finally revised, updated and produced a genuine, COMPLETE version of the work, faithful to the original vision and spirit, entitled "The Teenage Opera - TEMPO." General release of this work is projected for the fall of 2003.

Mark Wirtz

Childlike Psychedelia Circa 1968.......2001-10-31

I bought this for the song "Grocer Jack" and I expected that to be my favorite track, but I was wrong. There's an amazing song called "(He's Our Dear Old) Weatherman"! That one is worth the price of the CD. Another highlight is a pop version of the Tomorrow song "Hallucinations". (It's called "Mr. Rainbow".)And there are remixes of a few other songs of theirs, plus a different band doing "Shy Boy".

The disc contains some tasteful easy-listening instrumental music. The opening number stands out. Some tunes sound like they were designed for little children to listen to.

Tracks:

Beginnings - Intro: Yours Sincerely - Jan Panter
Beginnings - Intro: Tell Me - Mrcus Tro
Phil Spector Period: When Your Heart Is Broken - Russ Loader
Phil Spector Period: Count The Stars - Russ Loader
Phil Spector Period: Lying Awake - Dany Chandelle
Own Identity, True Opera Seeds Are Sewn: Even The Bravest Cry - Tony Crane
Own Identity, True Opera Seeds Are Sewn: I'm Waiting For The Day - Peanut
Go Go On The Side: Watermelon Man - Mark Wirtz Orchestra
Go Go On The Side: A Touch Of Velvet A Sting Of Brass - The Mood Mosaic
Go Go On The Side: Bond St PM - The Mood Mosaic
Go Go On The Side: So Bad - Steve Howe
Go Go On The Side: You Never Can Stay In One Place - Steve Howe
Back On 'Opera' Track: I Didn't Love Him Anyway - Peanut
The Opera - Movies On Record: The Theme From A Teenage Opera - The Mood Mosaic
The Opera - Movies On Record: Exceprt from 'A Teenage Opera' - Keith West
The Opera - Movies On Record: Sam - Keith West
The Opera - Movies On Record: (He's Our Dear Old) Weatherman (from 'A Teenage Opera') - Mark Wirtz
In Suspended Animation: Love Will Always Find A Way - Mark Wirtz
In Suspended Animation: The Sad Story Of Simon The Bugle - Mark Wirtz