Fabulous Flips, Vol. 3

by N/A

Overview

It's true that sometimes in rock's early days, songs originally designated as the B-side turned out to be the hits -- some quite memorable, at that. That doesn't necessarily mean that the B-sides were as a rule competitive with the plug sides. Here we have 26 B-sides to hits from the late '50s and early '60s, including tracks by Dion & the Belmonts, Fats Domino, Johnny Burnette, Larry Williams, and one-shots like the Shields and the Silhouettes. Besides Benny Spellman's "Fortune Teller" and maybe the Showmen's "Country Fool" (supposedly adapted by High Numbers, later to become the Who, for the B-side of their only single, although the similarity is casual), you'd be hard pressed to call much of this first-rate stuff. The selections by Ray Sharpe, Eugene Church, and a few others aren't bad, but it's more like a nearly random journey through generic early rock & roll than an exhumation of lost treasures. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	03/25/1997
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667164528
Rank:	123024

Tracks

1. I Can't Go On (Rosalie)  - Dave Bartholomew  -  Dion & The Belmonts  - Fats Domino
2. Wail  -  Royaltones
3. Dirty Robber  - Kent Morrill  -  Wailers
4. Fortune Teller  - Naomi Neville  - Benny Spellman
5. Am I Asking Too Much  -  String-A-Longs
6. I Am Lonely  - R. Lewis  -  Silhouettes
7. That's the Way It's Gonna Be  - George Motola  - Hal Winn
8. Red Sails in the Sunset  - Jimmy Kennedy  - Ray Sharpe  - Hugh Williams
9. Smoke from Your Cigarette  -  Belmonts  - Harold Johnson
10. Getting Dizzy  -  Elegants
11. Stay Awhile  -  Clovers  - Jerry Leiber  - Mike Stoller
12. Mr. Dillon  -  Delacardos
13. Before I Grow Too Old  - Dave Bartholomew  - Fats Domino  - Robert Guidry  -  Haley
14. Rockin' Shoes  -  Ames Brothers
15. Come My Little Baby  -  Chantels
16. Goddess of Angels  -  Falcons
17. Cincinnati Fireball  - Johnny Burnette  - J. Leslie McFarland
18. Big Fat Woman  - Bobby Freeman
19. Ooh la La  - Frankie Avalon
20. The Waddle  -  Slades
21. High School Dance  - Sonny Bono  - Larry Williams
22. I Ain't Goin' for That  - Eugene Church
23. Country Fool  -  Showmen
24. Beverly Jean  - Tommy Boyce  - Curtis Lee
25. Saccharin Sally  -  Tu Tones
26. Down at the Beach  -  Pentagons

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Delacardos   Primary Artist
Larry Williams   Primary Artist
Frankie Avalon   Primary Artist
Johnny Burnette   Primary Artist
Dion & the Belmonts   Primary Artist
Tu-Tones   Primary Artist
Ray Sharpe   Primary Artist
The String-A-Longs   Primary Artist
The Wailers   Primary Artist
The Pentagons   Primary Artist
The Royaltones   Primary Artist
The Showmen   Primary Artist
The Silhouettes   Primary Artist
The Slades   Primary Artist
The Falcons   Primary Artist
Curtis Lee   Primary Artist
Eugene Church   Primary Artist
The Belmonts   Primary Artist
Benny Spellman   Primary Artist
The Ames Brothers   Primary Artist
Bobby Freeman   Primary Artist
Bill Haley & His Comets   Primary Artist
The Chantels   Primary Artist
The Clovers   Primary Artist
The Elegants   Primary Artist
Rob Finnis   Sequencing
Jon Broven   Sequencing

Technical Credits

The Delacardos   Performer
The Elegants   Performer
Frankie Avalon   Performer
Johnny Burnette   Performer
Dion & the Belmonts   Performer
Rob Finnis   Liner Note Adaptation
Hugh Williams   Composer
Naomi Neville   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Ray Sharpe   Performer
Mike Stoller   Composer
The Pentagons   Performer
The Royaltones   Performer
The Silhouettes   Performer
The Slades   Performer
Duncan Cowell   Post Producer
Dave Bartholomew   Composer
Tommy Boyce   Composer
Hal Winn   Composer
J. Leslie McFarland   Composer
Curtis Lee   Performer
Eugene Church   Composer,Performer
Robert Guidry   Composer
Brian Burrows   Package Design
R. Lewis   Composer
Harold Johnson   Composer
George Motola   Composer
Trevor Churchill   Research
The Belmonts   Performer
Jimmy Kennedy   Composer
Sonny Bono   Composer
Benny Spellman   Performer
The Ames Brothers   Performer
Bobby Freeman   Composer,Performer
The Chantels   Performer
The Clovers   Performer
Kent Morrill   Composer
Fats Domino   Composer