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NORTON 260 BOBBY FULLER - EL PASO ROCK VOL. 2 More Early Recordings Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On*/ 2000 Lb. Bee* /Fool Of Love/Linda Lu/Shanghai'd*/Wine Wine Wine/Baby I Don't Care*/Not Fade Away/ Miserlou*/It's Love Come What May*/Donna/Lonely Sea*/Lolita*/Saturday Night/I Can't Live Without Your Love/Things We Said Today*/Night Train*/A Boy In Love/Peggy Sue*/Pamela*/Take My Word/Pipeline*/Birthday Cake (Keep Your Hands Off Of It)*/ My Own True Love (*=live) OH, YES! It's here! The explosive second volume of early El Paso recordings on the great revered Rock n' Roll King of the Southwest! Incl. giant selection of never before issued live mayhem from Texas teen clubs, shopping centers, bowling alleys circa 1962-64 plus insane home recordings! From savage instrumentals to Buddy Hollyesque ballads to suds-soaked surf attacks to burly crowd pleasers, the legend lives on! All in illustrious master tape quality! Giant 28-page bio booklet includes never seen photos, detailed interviews with original band members, friends & fans, plus scrapbook gems, handwritten lyrics, etc! A flat-out total monster bash! CD $12
NORTON 261 THE DEL-TINOS MEET THE HESITATIONS- GO! GO! GO! TO SURFIN' SCHOOL THE DEL-TINO'S Go! Go! Go!/Ramrod/Happy Happy Birthday Baby*/Cheatin'/Pa Pa Ooh Mau Mau/Nightlife/I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore/Ramblin'On My Mind/Hey Joe/I Got My Mojo Workin'/ My Babe/Do It If You Wanna*/Messin'With The Kid*/Wintertime Blues*/Go! Go! Go! alternate take* THE HESITATIONS Surfin'School/Just Teasin'/Wild Little Willie/ Remember/Beep Beep (The Roadrunner)/Baby Jean*/Trust In Me*/Believe What You Say*/What'd I Say Wild n'frantic Southern Michigan teenage instro raunch & stormin'vocal shakedowns '63-66!! Includes four rare 45's plus scads of outtakes, lost demos and home recordings from Cub Koda's insanely great & zitty first band the Del-Tino's plus their local idols, the mega-legendary Hesitations! Features the first ever appearance of the unissued "Surfin'School" later recorded by King Uszniewicz!! Total suds-soaked teen angst Trashmen-perped calamity! Turn it UP! Plenty pix and poop! Stoked notes by Cub himself! (*= CD only cuts) LP $9/CD $12
NORTON 262 QUESTION MARK & THE MYSTERIANS - DO YOU FEEL IT BABY? Do You Feel It/Smokes/Make You Mine/Can't Get Enough Of You Baby/ I Need Somebody/ Do Something To Me/ Why Me/Got To/Girl (You Captivate Me)/Ten O'Clock/Don't Tease Me/Love Me Baby (Cherry July)/Midnight Hour/96 Tears/I'll Be Back/"8" Teen/Ain't It A Shame/Don't Break This Heart Of Mine/ Upside The original Michigan garage kings of "96 Tears" fame are back, baby, and louder than ever! Norton presents this scalding new Mysterians album, which comes at you live & wild from their rampacked headliner at the Cavestomp '97 at NYC's Coney Island High! Chicago Tribune declares them one of the top 3 live acts of '97! TV Guide gushed for a half page about Mysterians mania! LA Times went ape over their West Coast swing! Blowing minds everywhere, this captures the "best live band alive" at their most insanelystompin' excellent best! Unquestionably THE BEST LIVE ALBUM EVER!! Original legendary superb band! 2LP set $14/CD $12

"Three decades after the band's original heyday, Question Mark & the Mysterians still sound like hopped up, insatiable teenagers!" —New York Times
MORE QUESTION MARK!!!
NORTON 263 THE UNTAMED YOUTH - YOUTH RUNS WILD! Haunted Castle Party/I Couldn't Care Less/Charlena/Mace Has Got A Hot Rod Dart/They Call It Beer/F-olding Money/Lightnin' Louie/Girl Happy/Full Blown 426 Hemi/I've Been Wrong Before/Red Line/Where Did Kono Go?/Dance Sammy Dance/Iron Cross Missouri's finest serve up their latest greatest most livest set to date! Dig all the Untamed Youth LP's, CD's and seven inchers on Norton and many fine labels worldwide! CD $12

MORE UNTAMED YOUTH!!

NORTON 264 THE HENTCHMEN -- MOTORVATIN' Studio: Polish Lady/Life Story/ Rat Bones/Take Me Back To The Arcade/Poor Sherilee/Naked Sister/ West Side Brat/Elektra/(Cryin' Just Like) Otis Live: Two Tone Belair/Half Step Away/Every Girl I See/Yesterday's Trash/Leaving The Highlands/Hot Rod Millie/Take A Good Look/So Many Girls Detroit's most frantic rock n' roll trio return with their 4th Norton longplayer! Chuck Berry inspired garage stuff is split fare of over the top studio & flat out mental live recordings, showin' the H-men at their garage bash wildest! LP $9/CD $12

"The torchbearers of the new generation!" —Phoenix

NORTON 265 BIG STAR - NOBODY CAN DANCE STUDIO REHEARSALS: Don't Lie To Me/Back Of A Car/O My Soul/Mod Lang/ She's A Mover/September Gurls/In The Street/You Get What You Deserve LIVE RECORDINGS: Baby Strange/Mod Lang/You Get What You Deserve/The Letter/ September Gurls/Way Out West/O My Soul (CD only) Norton Records is delighted to announce the release of NOBODY CAN DANCE, a monstrous collection of never before issued 1974 tracks from BIG STAR, the Memphis legends whose celebrated Ardent LP's NO. 1 RECORD (1972) and RADIO CITY (1973) permanently installed them deep in the hearts of rock n' rollers worldwide! This Norton CD presents stunning studio rehearsals together with pounding long lost tapes of the band-- Alex Chilton, John Lightman and Jody Stephens-- live n' wild one warm spring Sunday at the Overton Park Shell in their hometown! Despite the stage announcement that "NOBODY CAN DANCE", we insist that you all ignore that command and instead proceed with stompin'! The guys gave Norton the green light to present the fans with these lost gems, which show Big Star off in all their snarly splendor! This never before issued material includes Alex Chilton original stunners September Gurls and In The Street plus an insane rare live performance of THE LETTER-- all in brilliant high fidelity Nortophonic Loud Sound, of course! Norton said OH YES! BIG STAR said HECK YEAH! Now you all say YIPPEE and crank it up! CD only $12

"This is the tightest and most authentic document of this wonderful band. No better live document of this band's original incarnation exists or ever will be unearthed." —The Rocket

"The most exciting reissue of the decade... one of the strongest pieces of music I've heard in 25 years." —Goldmine

NORTON 266 REAL KIDS - BETTER BE GOOD All Kindsa Girls/Common At Noon/Solid Gold/Better Be Good/Just Like Darts/Roberta/ Reggae Reggae/Taxi Boys/ She/Up Is Up/Now You Know/ She Come Alive CD adds My Way/She's Alright/Do The Boob/My Baby's Book/Rave On/All Kindsa Girls Dig their ramchargin' debut single on the French Sponge label, featuring a wildly different version of All Kindsa Girls! Plus all different alternate takes from debut Red Star album and their '79 Bomp demos! Not for completists only, this stuff drills & chills! LP $9/CD $12

"Catchy, hook filled melodies and trashy high-velocity guitar subterfuge... The Year's Best!" —Tucson Weekly

"The monster their discography has always needed, almost like a super-revved show by the MC5 at their most Berry reverent. It's hard to imagine pure rock n' roll sounding much better than it does here." —Forced Exposure

NORTON 267 THE REAL KIDS - NO PLACE FAST Can't Talk To That Girl/No Place Fast/Senseless/ It's Been Real/ Everyday Is Saturday/Small Town/Outta Place/What She Don't Know/Everybody's Girl/ Happens All The Time CD adds Problems and She. Phenomenal net of massive John Felice originals! Loads of stupendous rare sides -- ALL FROM MASTER TAPES! Absolutely essential chapter in the still-unfolding Real Kids compendium! LP $9/CD$12

"Stellar.. one of the finest pop-oriented garage bands to emerge from the East Coast. The Real Kids were the real deal." —Rhythm & Views
NORTON 268 GINO WASHINGTON - OUT OF THIS WORLD Out Of This World/Gino Is A Coward/Around The Town/Baby Be Mine/I'm Coming Home/Romeo/Now You're Lonely/Come Monkey With Me/Puppet On A String/Do The Frog/What Can A Man Do/Do You Have That Soul/Like My Baby/I'll Be Around/I'm A Coward Direct from the Norton hopper comes one insane & fabulous soul stomp monster! That of course is the first-evah long play collection on the Out of This World man hisself, Mr. G-I-N-O W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N!! Get ready to romp with the stirrin' sixties workouts of this Detroit soul legend! Our collection gathers all of Gino's amazing early singles plus unissued masters including killers Out Of This World/Gino Is A Coward/Romeo/Come Monkey With Me/Do The Frog/I'm A Coward and plenty mo'! Fans of Nathaniel Mayer are gonna have their gourds split by the almighty Gino! TRULY OUT OF THIS WORLD! Tonsa notes, photos, interviews! Get it on CD or foot long vinyl LP! Both feature Nortophonic Loud Sound abundance! Dig why soul stompers worldwide gather round the GINO sound! LP $9/ CD $12

"Reissue Of The Year!" —Real Blues
NORTON 269 THE CHURCH KEYS - WORK WITH IT!!! Work With It/Church Key Stomp/ Who Drank My Beer/Baby Baby/ Bro-ther Was You Prayin'?/Overboard/ Cryin' Ruth/Ale Up/Ramona/ Eldorado/Pig Tails Plaid Skirt/Cyclon/You Can Think What You Want/ Chicken Baby Chicken/ Hoodoo Say The toast of New York's Lower East Side entertainment set serves up their debut longplay with an invite to TURN IT UP & WORK WITH IT! You've romped to their debut Norton 45 Viva Viva Rock And Roll, now dig a session's worth of lusty gems! See why R&B kingpin Andre Williams says, "I have seen a lot of rock groups and by far the Church Keys got it going on...one of my favorite groups!"LP $9/ CD $12

"Never has the Chuck Berry motif been so successfully manhandled, mauled and generally thug-thumped into submission." —Magnet
NORTON 270 LONG JOHN HUNTER - OOH WEE PRETTY BABY! El Paso Rock/ Ride With Me Baby/Border Town Blues/Flippin' Fingers/ Midnight Stroll/Hey Mrs. Jones/Shuffle Out/School Girl/ So Long/The Scratch/Betty Lou/Strange Feeling/Grandma/I Wanna Love You/Old Red/Stop What You're Doin'/Ole Rattler/Slash/Come On/I Don't Care/Betty Lou (alt) Oh, yes, finally in Nortophonic Loud Sound, the original Yucca masters come to life with enough stomp blues wail to set ya pants afire! The real deal gittar man who started the whole El Paso Rock deal rollin' is now on Norton with his early greasy SW grinders! Get thee ready to salivate aplenty! Catch Long John in action on tour & holler for all his Yucca/Norton wildies! He's sure to oblige!LP $9/CD $12

"Best Historical Blues Release Of The Year." - Living Blues
NORTON 271 VARIOUS ARTISTS - WOLF CALL! Lord Dent and his Invaders Wolf Call/Kact-Ties Were-Wolf /Gino Hand Clappin' Time/Baby Sticks and the King-Tones Pigmy /Senators Loretta /Paul and the Four-Most Tight Spot /Mad Plaids Blood Rar/ Precisions Cleopatra /Augie Rios Linda Lou /Wailers Tall Cool One /Hitch-Hikers Dog Fight /Cyclones Take Off/Wigs Chicken Switch/Bandidos Bandido/Mask Man and the Agents Roaches/ Japanese Beatles The Beatle Song (Japanese Style) /Mando and the Chili Peppers Congo Mombo/Donny Lee Moore I'm Buggin' Out Little Baby CD adds: Wailers Snake Pit (unissued)/ Kact-Ties Let Your Love Light Shine /Paul and the Four-Most Cut Out /Wade Curtiss and the Rhythm Rockers Rompin' (unissued) /Prince Jesse Sarah Lee /Lord Dent and his Invaders The Greaser Howlin' 1957-64 insane rarities culled from the vaults of Golden Crest, the fabled East Coast wax domain that spawned the likes of the Fabulous Wailers, Mando & the Chili Peppers, Mask Man & the Agents and loads more raunchy, greasy, slobberin' clobberers! Mammoth full-out Nortophonic loud sound abundance roars forth with an astonishing barrage of foot stompin', brain sprainin' teentown tantrums guar-anteed to take your house party from zero to sixty-nine in two seconds flat! Rare photos, extensive liner notes, lotsa cuts presented for the first time on CD! Label oddities abound on Golden Crest: insanely rare picture sleeves (the Four Bars, Donny Lee Moore and four different promo only Wailers jackets to name but a few), limited edition EP's (ever see the Mando and the Chili Peppers four tracker or the bizarre Wailers /Three Graces split platter?) and of course, the variety of boldly regal label designs-all presented for your drooling pleasure on this luxe package. Rock n' roll, instrumentals, rockabilly, doo-wop, soul floor shakers, hairy squallers a-plenty! Sure to elevate your status in all sudsy circles! LP $9/CD $12

"A rock n' roll platter of the first order!" - Time Out
NORTON 272 THE RIVIERAS - CALIFORNIA SUN: BEST OF THE RIVIERAS California Sun/Danny Boy/Little Donna/Let's Have A Party/Rockin' Robin/H.B. Goosestep/Keep A Knockin'/Played On/Whole Lotta Shakin'/Rip It Up/Let's Go To Hawaii/Lakeview Lane/Bug Juice/Comin' Back Home/ Church Key Part 2/California Sun '65 CD adds Twist & Shout/Church Key/Killer Joe/Battle Line/Tossin' And Turnin'/Fortune Teller/ Finally! Here come the Rivieras with one of the most highly anticipated reissues of all time for fans of surf, hot rod, instrumental and garage sounds! Norton collects the very best of this revered midwest teen combo from rare album tracks and singles and even unissued mayhem! Boss package features rare graphics, extensive notes and interviews, featuring scrapbook photos, memorabilia from band members! Included also is their excruciatingly scarce pre-California Sun single Played On, reissued here for the first time ever! But then again, this is the first time authorized reissue collection on the Rivieras, period!! Sure fire killer greases the wheels for one heck of a Party as the Rivieras rip it up one more time in superb Nortophonic loud sound abundance! Pick up the fantastic 1964 followup album Norton 278 STOMP WITH THE RIVIERAS on LP and CD too! And see 45 section for insane '64 killers Surfin' Fun/Lookin' For Someone To Love LP $9/CD $12

"The Rivieras... 60's garage band rock'n'roll at its absolute finest. File under essential!" —Discoveries
NORTON 273 LINK CROMWELL & THE ZOO - CRAZY LIKE A FOX Crazy Like A Fox/Zoo Theme/Out Of Sight/I'm Crying/Tell Me/Just Like Me/Mojo Workout/She's Not There/I'm Mad/Gross Man/Green Onions/Crazy Like A Fox/Oh Carol/Little Latin Lupe Lu/Shock Me Lenny Kaye is a legend! From his early days as a rock writer/tastemaker to his landmark NUGGETS compilations of sixties garage band recordings to his current status as founding member/guitar god with the Patti Smith Group to his work as producer for the likes of Suzanne Vega and Soul Asylum, Lenny Kaye rolls on as the coolest rock n' roll cat on the planet! Now, Lenny has unearthed a treasure trove of 1966 live recordings of his own garage band, the Zoo, for which Lenny, a/k/a the energetic LINK CROMWELL, made noise and snarled as the quintessential sixties punk frontman! This set features his 1966 Hollywood label single Crazy Like A Fox/Shock Me plus a cool dozen never issued live tracks! The ultimate sixties garage band live set from the ultimate sixties garage band chronicler/ historian/ enthusiast/ perpetrator! (See also 45-092!) CD only $12

"A great trip back into the local/regional world circa '66!" —Mohair Sweets
NORTON 274 DOUG SAHM - SAN ANTONIO ROCK: THE HARLEM RECORDINGS 1957-1961 Crazy Daisy/If You Ever Need Me/Sapphire/Just A Moment/Whirlaway/Why Why Why/Slow Down/Baby Tell Me/Crazy Daisy/Can't Believe You Wanna Leave/More And More/Sapphire/Just A Moment/Rock Tick Tock/I Feel Like Rockin'/Sapphire (demo version)/Pretty Pat/Sweetmeats By the time the Sir Douglas Quintet tore up the charts in 1965 with She's About A Mover, main mover Doug Sahm-- the late, great Doug Sahm-- had already logged a ten year career on the lively bandstands of San Antonio, Texas. SAN ANTONIO ROCK represents Sahm's first rock n' roll recordings, culled from the vaults of the local Harlem, Warrior and Satin labels, and includes the 1960 local hit Why Why Why. This long awaited pre-Quintet definitive 1957-61 roundup (featuring all of Doug's early 45's and demos, as well as rare sides with Sahm as a sideman) represents an overlooked and vital chapter in the truly illustrious career of one of the key figures in Texas music. Lush packaging features indepth interviews, bio info, photos, session data.(See also 45-089!) LP $9/ CD $12

"Album Of The Week!" —New York Times
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