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Homer & Jethro Assault The Rock & Roll Era

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As we can expect from Bear Family this release is well documented and illustrated. Of course we are always missing some favorites, for me these are Oh, Babe and Mr. Sandman, to name two. The quality of the mastering is overall very good. Still there are some minuses. For instance, the track The Battle Of Kookamonga is not stereo as listed, it is in perfect stereo on BMG's American Dream - Best of the 50's Volume 2. Also the track No Hair Sam is in poor shape and can be heard in perfect three track condition on BMG Special Products Homer & Jethro 36 All-time Greatest Hits.

Since my last review, BF has re-released the CD with the stereo version of The Batlle Of Kookamonga and a drop-out free No Hair Sam.

The CD is subliem!

For those of us who like the deranged music of Weird Al, these guys will probably trip your trigger too! I grew up listening to my parents' old Homer and jethro albums, and got the biggest kick out of them. Listening to them now on CD, instead of scratchy old vinyl, is a Godsend. For the longest time I'd been hoping for some Homer and Jethro CD releases, and finding their albums is getting harder.

Some of their material might be considered a bit dated, and younger listeners might not get some of their jokes, but for the most part, they're still hilarious. This compilation is not typical of their standard songs, which were more country, but one listen to 'She loves You', and 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' showed they could cross-over to rock just as well. H&J could take hit records, and totally murder them, in the same vein as Weird Al, only they did it first. Never are they silly, but always funny.

Homer and Jethro(The Stan and Ollie of Country music)give us their very funny versions of Elvis Presley,Hank Williams,The Beatles,Hank Snow,Marty Robbins,Danny and The Juniors,Johnny Horton,Don Gibson,etc Hits.

My personal favorite is when the boys decide to go to El Paso(What would Marty Robbins say?)They dont really have a good a time,They ask the female singer,Where have you been all my life?She sneers,Most of it I wasnt born.(Poor Guys.LOL)

Still this is a very funny collection.

Bear Family is Tops.

i was hoping that there was a better selection of homer and jethro murdering the hits on this disc. quality was good.

If you're old enough I am sure you would have heard some of these spoofs and parodies ! Took me back to my childhood, pre-TV days ( well here in the backblocks of Aussie anyway !!) Witty, and catchy, and now I and my wife know where some of the oldest one-liners I often sprout were stolen from ! Different, tongue-in-cheek stuff ! oh & BTW I learnt a few new one-liners !! Neddy Seagoon would have been amused.

Homer and Jethro's material is becoming dated but they are still clever and funny. Their send ups of hit songs will still appeal to those who remember the originals and Jethro's brilliance with the mnadolin is still breathtaking.

It would be nice if the rest of their catalogue were to be re-released. The same songs keep appearing over and over on the collections that have been released.