The Original Golden Crest Masters [Import]

Fabulous Wailers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 28, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ace Records UK
• ASIN: B000005Z5H
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,478 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tall Cool One

2. Road Runner

3. Mau-Mau

4. Dirty Robber

5. Wailin'

6. Shanghied

7. Beat Guitar

8. Driftwood

9. Lucille

10. Scratchin'

11. Long Gone

12. High Wall

13. Gunnin' For Peter

14. Why Did It Happen To Me

15. Swing Shift

16. Beat Guitar #2

17. Snake Pit

18. Driftwood #2

19. Dirty Robber

20. Tough Bounce

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Holy Grail of Northwest Rock and Roll, July 5, 1998

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[e-mail] (Seattle, Washington, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Original Golden Crest Masters (Audio CD)

There are probably four or five albums from the first wave of great Northwest rock & roll (1958 - 63) that are both must haves and highly collectible and "The Fabulous Wailers" is at the top of the list. This new import release is like manna from heaven - alternate takes, unissued tracks, and the complete first album - all taken from "newly discovered" masters that sound INCREDIBLE!!! Clean, no hiss, no compression, some of these tracks are even in true stereo for the first time in print!!! Hallelujah!!! My life is now complete (until they put out The Viceroys' "At Granny's Pad" on CD).

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THEY STARTED THE SURF FIRST!!!!, September 30, 1998

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Ken Rogers (Easley, SC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Original Golden Crest Masters (Audio CD)

This is a classic group...The music of The Wailers bring back instant memories of "Drag-Races" and "Hot Rods" and "Surfing"...This ACE cd is a classic. The liner notes tell the whole story of the group that began the beat before the BEACH BOYS and JAN & DEAN...Listen and you can detect where some of the later classics got their inspiration. This is a must buy!!!!

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Original Golden Crest Masters, July 25, 2000

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"walters1221" (University Place, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Original Golden Crest Masters (Audio CD)

Wailers - Wailers - Everywhere! Mid to Late 1960's, growing up in Tacoma and Fircrst WA - The Tacoma Armory - Spanaway Lake Dance Hall - Evergreen Ballroom (long-live the Ballroom!) - The Spanish Castle! The Wailers were (and are!) THE MOST INFLUENTIAL GROUP EVER ON NORTHWEST ROCK! I went to Junior High, High School and College (yes COLLEGE!) with several of the band members and those were GOOD TIMES! Pre-New Age rock? They pre-dated them all! And they are STILL packing them in!