Dead Man's Curve/New Girl In School

Jan & Dean | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 25, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cfive (UK)
• ASIN: B00000082A
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #915,003 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dead Man's Curve

2. Three Window Coupe

3. Bucket T

4. Rockin' Little Rounder

5. B Gas Rickshaw

6. My Mighty GTO

7. The New Girl In School

8. Linda

9. Baron's West L.A.

10. School Days

11. It's Easy As 1,2,3

12. Hey Little Freshman

Editorial Reviews

1996 compilation combines the 1964 album, Dead Man's Curve-New Girl in School with the 1966 album, Popsicle. 25 tracks in all. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars R.I.P. Jan Berry, April 3, 2004

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Man's Curve / New Girl in School (Audio CD)

This isn't two albums on one CD, it's one album with two titles. See, "Dead Man's Curve" and "The New Girl in School" were the a-side and b-side of Jan & Dean's latest single. Liberty Records wasn't sure what side of the single would be the bigger hit, so they titled Jan & Dean's newest album after both songs. (For the record, "Dead Man's Curve" was a #8 hit and "The New Girl in School" reached #37). This is sort of a "concept" album, with the first side being songs about cars and the second side being songs about school. It is a really fun album. Besides the title songs, other standout tracks are "Three Window Coupe", "Bucket T" and "Linda". Here is the complete track listing:

1. Dead Man's Curve
2. Three Window Coupe
3. Bucket T
4. Rockin' Little Roadster
5. B Gas Rickshaw
6. My Mighty G.T.O.
7. The New Girl in School
8. Linda
9. Barons, West L.A.
10. School Days
11. It's As Easy As 1,2,3
12. Hey Little Freshman

A few random notes:
"Dead Man's Curve" previously appeared on the album "Drag City". This is the single version, which is different.
"Three Window Coupe" was later cover by the Rip Chords, who had a #28 hit with it.
"Bucket T" was later covered by Ronny & the Daytonas (who had a #54 hit with it), and The Who.
"B Gas Rickshaw" and "Barons, West L.A." are instrumentals.
"Linda" previously appeared on the album "Jan & Dean Take Linda Surfin'".
Chuck Berry, who wrote "School Days", is of no relation to Jan Berry.
"It's As Easy As 1,2,3" is a duet between Jan Berry and Jill Gibson, and was previously released as a Jill Gibson single.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reissue Of Popular Jan & Dean Album, November 12, 1999

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This review is from: Dead Man's Curve/New Girl In School (Audio CD)

This is a French import re-issue of the original LP with the same title. The front cover is the same as the original LP with the red background and one of the better pictures of Jan & Dean. The original LP was sometimes refereed to as that album with the "car side" and "school side". All songs are in true stereo and sound as good as any J & D re-issue I've heard. There are exactly twelve tracks on this CD. Among Jan & Dean collectors, this is one their more popular and well remembered albums.

Track Listing is as follows: (1)Dead Man's Curve (2) Three Window Coupe (3) Bucket "T" (4) Rockin Little Roadster (5) "B" Gas Rickshaw (6) My Mighty G.T.O. (7) The New Girl In School (8) Linda (9) Barons, West L.A. (10) School Days (11) It's As Easy As 1,2,3 (12) Hey Little Freshman

Note: At the time of this review, there was another CD on Amazon with the exact same title as this one. In the past, a review sent to "one" of these two CD's would also go to the other CD by mistake. If the above picture implies this is a re-issue of two LP's, then this review does not apply. This review only applies to the CD on the Cfive label.

4.0 out of 5 stars I guess I found out for myself that everyone was right., March 16, 2007

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Man's Curve/New Girl In School (Audio CD)

This CD features two Jan & Dean albums.

Dead Man's Curve/The New Girl in School was released in the spring of 1964. It was named after both sides of Jan & Dean's most recent single. "Dead Man's Curve" was a #8 hit and "The New Girl in School" was a #37 hit. It is somewhat of a concept album, with the first side being songs about cars, and the second side featuring songs about school. It is a very good album. Almost all the songs are good. Aside from the hits, I especially like "3 Window Coupe" and "Bucket T".

Popsicle was released in the summer of 1966, after "Popsicle" (which was originally an album track from 1963) became a surprise hit. This was a few months after the infamous car accident that left Jan in a coma. Naturally, this meant that there were no new songs recorded for this album. Every single song on this album had appeared on a previous album. But at least they are good songs, for the most part. Most of the songs are fun tunes about surfing. The album does feature Jan & Dean's notoriously bad version of the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood", but you can't win 'em all. The CD features the bonus track "Fiddle Around", which was the last Jan & Dean single to make the Hot 100 (albeit barely).