The Drugstore's Rockin', Volume 4 [Import]

Janis Martin (Performer), Barry De Vorzon (Performer), Bobby Edwards (Performer), Bobby Louis (Performer), Johnny Rose (Performer), Earl Sinks (Performer), Leroy Van Dyke (Performer), Nick Greene (Performer), Bonnie Guitar (Performer), The Crickets (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: B0000CAPTA
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #505,260 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll

2. Lindy Lou

3. Don't Pretend

4. Love at First Sight

5. Linda Lea

6. Shake 'Em Up (And Let 'Em Roll)

7. Walk On By

8. Later for You Baby

9. Johnny Vagabond

10. April Avenue

11. Bim Bam

12. Countin' All the Raindrops [#]

13. Mama's Little Baby (Loves Rock 'n' Roll)

14. From a Jack to a King

15. Uh Huh, Oh Yeah

16. This Weird Sensation

17. If You Let Me

18. Two Voices, Two Shadows, Two Faces

19. Can I Count on Your Love

20. Magic Star

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

After years of putting out exemplary reissues of classic country, rockabilly, and roots rock material, Germany's Bear Family has tiptoed into the uncharted waters of teen-centric pop/rock of the 1950s and '60s with the The Drugstore's Rockin' series, and Vol. 4 proves that the label is treating these rare sides with the care and enthusiasm that is Bear Family's hallmark. These cuts cover all the bases: rockabilly-lite (Janis Martin's swingin' "Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll"), stepped-up country ("Don't Pretend" by Bobby Edwards and Earl Sinks' "Shake 'Em Up and Let 'Em Roll"), romantic melodrama ("Love at First Sight" by Bobby Louis and "Penny Moved Away" by Barry de Vorzon), moody narratives ("April Avenue" by the post-Buddy Holly Crickets and "Johnny Vagabond" by the memorably named Bonnie Guitar), jazzy dance tunes (Sam Butera's "Bim Bam"), and lots, lots more. While some of these cuts have a high treacle quotient, there's a lot of fine picking to be heard (often featuring some high-powered behind-the-scenes session men), and even the weakest artists on board (bottom of the class would probably be a pre-Dobie Gillis Dwayne Hickman) are miles ahead of the Fabian/Frankie Avalon axis of prefab teen idols. Colin Escott's heroically researched liner notes offer up all the information you could hope for on these artists, and the tunes show that even the square kids knew how to have a pretty good time before drugs, fuzz boxes, and the Beatles turned everything upside down. Big fun, both ironic and otherwise. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Customer Reviews

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0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BLAST FROM THE PAST, June 8, 2007

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This review is from: Drugstores Rockin 4 (Audio CD)

This item meant alot to me because songs number 13 and 20 are sung by my father "Kenny Loran"