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Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 2, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram UK
• ASIN: B0000256GZ
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #123,797 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wooly Bully

2. Ju Ju Hand

3. Ring Dang Doo

4. Red Hot

5. Lil' Red Riding Hood

6. Hair On My Chinny Chin Chin

7. How Do You Catch A Girl -

8. Oh That's Good , No That`S Bad

9. Struttin'

10. I'm Not A Lover Anymore

11. Leave My Kitten Alone

12. Wanted Dead Or Alive

13. You Can't Turn Me Off

14. Cockfight

15. Let It Eat

16. Big City Lights

17. Groovin'

Editorial Reviews

Excellent mid priced collection from the flamboyant Texas rockers whose "Wooly Bully" (actually an ode to Sam's cat) is a basic staple of any good party. Also includes their other major hit "Lil Red Riding Hood" and 15 other classic recordings.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not bad compilation, February 15, 2002

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GIL RAMIREZ (SUN VALLEY,CA.USA.PLANET EARTH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

Sound of this is moderate to ok,But lil red riding hood sounds like a record vynl,you could hear the crackling if you listen closely.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big City Lights, December 2, 2004

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Eclectic Revisited "Charlie" (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

Yeah, I know. Billboard says "Wooly Bully" was the #1 song of 1965. And dear Mom sent me a few records (45s) including "Little Red Riding Hood" (thanks Mom) when I was a GI in Germany. But although I just liked everything the group did, I got a special feeling from sitting in a gasthaus swilling good German beer (chilled for us Amerikaners) and often hearing "Big City Lights" on the jukebox. The sound could be better (No master tapes? Recorded off the 45s?) but if I look to another compilation, will I find "Big City Lights"? Won't risk it. As for "Sam", he had a bad jones for narcotics and when he beat the habit became a Memphis street preacher to thank God for saving him and resisted all efforts to be lured back into the business at which he, perhaps only half-jokingly, called himself a "sham".

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Non-Brit. Rock'n'roll Mayhem!, July 12, 2004

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jason gilmour (Toronto, Ontario) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

Yikes!I know AM radio can make a great song sound weak by playing the s#@t out of a hit record but, Little Red Riding Hood is really a great rock'n'roll tune! I'd go as far as to say Litte Red Riding Hood is even kind of cool in a sinister way. Sam the Sham and his turban-wearing rockers rampaged all over the charts with hits like Wooly Bully and Little Red Riding Hood while the British invasion was in full swing. This is fun, crazy and pure american rock'n'roll in the garage rock and frat tradition. Gee, these guys even drove around in a hearse! How cool is that?