The Drugstore's Rockin', Volume 2 [Import]

Janis Martin (Performer), Curtis Lee (Performer), Milton Allen (Performer), John D. Loudermilk (Performer), Jim Edwards (Performer), Melvin Endsley (Performer), Chuck and Bill (Performer), Ric Cartey (Performer), Floyd Robinson (Performer), Hoyt Johnson (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B0000665CE
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #343,127 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Drugstore Rock N Roll - Janis Martin

2. Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee

3. Its Simply Grand - Milton Allen

4. Language Of Love - John D Loudermilk

5. Your Love Is A Good Love - Jim Edwards

6. Keep A Lovin Me Baby - Melvin Endsley

7. I Wanna Move A Little Closer - Chuck And Bill (The Kentuckia

8. Young Love - Ric Cartey

9. Out Of Gas - Floyd Robinson

10. My Special Girl - Hoyt Johnson

11. This Love - Bobby Lile

12. Everythings Just Right For You And Me - Unidentified

13. Lets Make Up - Sonny James

14. Uh Uh Honey - Lane Brothers

15. I Need Lovin - Jackie Dee

16. Circle Rock - Dorsey Burnette

17. Teen Age Angel - Leon Ashley

18. Everybodys Wrong - Tommy Tucker

19. The Edge Of Town - Jack Clement

20. Oh Julie - Sammy Salvo

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Rarely reissued classics like Pretty Little Angel Eyes Curtis Lee; Language of Love John D. Loudermilk, and Oh Julie Sammy Salvo plus impossible-to-find gems like Ric Cartey's original version of Young Love ; Jackie DeShannon's previously unissued I Need Lovin'; Circle Rock Dorsey Burnette; Teen Age Angel Leon Ashley; Love and Kisses Janis Martin, and more!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for the mainstream early rock fan, February 18, 2003

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Zub "Zubenelgenubi" (Forks Twp., PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Drugstore's Rockin', Volume 2 (Audio CD)

This piece from Bear Family Records of Germany, the Mercedes of reissue companies, offers another gathering of mostly obscure early rock- and rockabilly-style tunes from the late 50's and early 60's. Hit-wise, the only entries here are the top-10 "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" from Curtis Lee and two lesser hits - Sammy Salvo's "Oh Julie", whose effort was overshadowed by the Crescendos' version and "Language Of Love" by John D. Loudermilk, the prolific writer of many country and pop tunes.

Several of the tracks here are failed singles by some artists who had considerable success with other tunes such as Sonny James, Jackie Dee (a/k/a Jackie DeShannon), Jack Scott and Dorsey Burnette. The remaining songs here are true obscurities going as far as one that remains unidentified. Among the historically interesting if musically sorry tunes here is Ric Cartey's almost painful-to-listen-to version of "Young Love", the tune taken to monster status by both Tab Hunter and Sonny James (who is represented here by one of his unsuccessful recordings). While a few of the sides included here deserve their failed hit status, there are lots of "should've-been hits" here such as the so-called female Elvis Janis Martin's "Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll", a tune that quintessentially illustrates the sound of early teenage rock tunes of the era.

Production-wise, this piece typifies the Bear Family top-of-the-line approach with its tri-fold digipak including a massive 44-page liner notes booklet with incredibly detailed backround on the included artists. Sound quality is amazingly good considering the obscurity of many of these recordings with several of the tracks (4,5,9,10,18,19 and 23) appearing in stereo, the remainder in mono.

While not geared to the casual oldies listener, this piece is of interest to the collector for its rarely reissued hits and for the hard-core collector searching for obscurities not found elsewhere all done in excellent quality not seen in most other such products.

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice collection, October 19, 2010

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Aj Watson (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Drugstore's Rockin', Volume 2 (Audio CD)

Unlike the previous reviewer who seems to prefer his CDs to be more geared to hits, this is a great collection from Bear Family which spotlights lesser known artists and songs. The sound quality is excellent and the thick booklet amazing. My only gripe with the set - Why did Bear Family use an unissued take of Floyd Robinson's 1961 RCA release 'Out Of Gas'?? The released version is clearly superior to this one.
That criticism aside, go for it...and give some thought also to purchasing the companion volumes!