Benny Joy - Crash The Rockabilly Party (2011)

Tracklist
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01. Crash The Party
02. Little Red Book
03. Miss Bobby Sox
04. Spin The Bottle
05. Hey High School Baby
06. Steady With Betty
07. Ittie Bittie Everything
08. Rollin' To The Jukebox Rock
09. Kiss Me
10. I'm Gonna Move
11. Button Nose
12. Bundle Of Love
13. In Study Hall
14. Rebel Rock
15. Gossip, Gossip, Gossip
16. I'll Never Have The One I Love
17. Cutie Pie
18. A Dream, A Hope And A Love
19. Come Back
20. Stompin'
21. She Cried For Me
22. Dearest Darling
23. Don't Boo Hoo Mary Lou
24. Hold My Hand
25. Wild Wild Lover
26. Money Money
27. Hey High School Baby
28. Crash The Party
Joy only released three singles in the late 1950s (all here), but a bunch of previously unissued material (some without a full band) from the era was scoured up for various reissues in the late 1970s and early 1980s. With the addition of half a dozen more unissued cuts and three instrumental sides by guitarist Big John Taylor (who played with Joy), Crash the Rockabilly Party has 28 cuts from Joy's early years -- quite a job, given how little Joy managed to get on the market in the 1950s. Certainly the cuts are rather similar-sounding, and Joy could have really done with a higher grade of material if he had wanted to make the big time. At his best, his all-out enthusiasm conquers the generic tunes, as on "Miss Bobby Sox," "Little Red Book," and "Spin the Bottle." At other times, it's apparent he's trying to follow someone's lead; "Ittie Bittie Everything" is sung as if under instructions to imitate Buddy Holly, for instance, while "Kiss Me" emulates Elvis Presley's ballad style, and "Bundle of Love" sounds like a son of Elvis' "I Got Stung."
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