Eddie Cochran on CD & DVD

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More of Eddie Cochran's United Kingdom CD's
UK CD I ~  UK CD II ~  UK CD III ~  Portrait of A Legend ~ Guitar Picker ~ Live Performances / I'm Ready ~ Rockstar Records
 
 
 
Castle Music CMXBX 1452 - 2007
Guitar Picker
Rare Recordings 1954-1960
2 CD digipack with 30 page booklet packed with memorabilia and linernotes by Stuart Coleman - This is a great release!!
 
 

"Compiled in conjunction with Cochran authority, long-timefan and founder of Rockstar Records Tony Barrett, this comprehensive 2-CD set draws upon recordings from the mid-50s’ Cochran Brothers era and session material from Cochran’s tenure with LA-based indie label Crest. From his relatively obscure beginnings on the West Coast Country circuit, this gem-laden package charts the artist’s journey as a writer, arranger, player and performer, right up to and beyond his departure for Liberty Records and the international stardom that followed."

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CD 1
  • Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
  • She Done Give Her Heart To Me
  • Eddie Cochran & Carl West - Remington Ride (Instrumental)
  • Bob Denton - That’s All Right Mama
  • Candy Kisses
  • Hearts Of Stone
  • Eddie Cochran & Chuck Foreman - Rockin’ It (Instrumental)
  • The Cochran Brothers - Mr. Fiddle
  • The Cochran Brothers - Two Blue Singin’ Stars
  • The Cochran Brothers - Guilty Conscience
  • The Cochran Brothers - Your Tomorrows Never Come
  • Eddie Cochran & Chuck Foreman - Two Of A Kind (Instrumental)
  • The Cochran Brothers - Latch On
  • Yesterday’s Heartbreak
  • Jerry Capehart - Heart Of A Fool
  • My Love To Remember
  • Pink-Peg Slacks
  • Nice ’N’ Easy (Instrumental)
  • The Cochran Brothers - Fool’s Paradise
  • The Cochran Brothers - Open The Door
  • The Cochran Brothers - Tired And Sleepy
  • The Cochran Brothers - Slow Down
  • Hank Cochran - I’m Ready
  • Mighty Mean
  • Dark Lonely Street
 
CD 2
  • Skinny Jim
  • Jerry Capehart - Latch On
  • Half Loved
  • Bo Davis - Let’s Coast Awhile
  • Guitar Blues (Instrumental)
  • Cruisin’ The Drive-In
  • Ray Stanley - Kiss And Make Up
  • Jack Lewis - I.O.U.
  • Bob Luman - Guitar Picker (Demo)
  • One Minute To One
  • Bob Denton - Pretty Little Devil
  • Derry Weaver - Itty Bitty Betty
  • Nervous Breakdown
  • Song Of New Orleans (Instrumental)
  • The Four Dots - Hide And Go Seek
  • Don’t Bye, Bye Baby Me
  • Jelly Bean
  • Guybo (Instrumental)
  • Excerpt From Freeman Hover's Interview (Part 1) with Eddie Cochran
  • Sittin’ In The Balcony (Live)
  • Excerpt From Freeman Hover's Interview With Eddie Cochran (Part 2), Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison & Connie ‘Guybo’ Smith
  • Sweet Little Sixteen (from ITV’s Boy Meets Girls, Broadcast 27 February 1960)
  • Eddie Cochran & Gene Vincent - White Lightnin’ (from ITV’s Boy Meets Girls, Broadcast 27 February 1960)
  • Hallelujah! I Love Her So (from BBC Radio’s Saturday Club, 5 March 1960)
  • Milk Cow Blues (Instrumental) (from BBC Radio’s Saturday Club, 12 March 1960)
 
This review of the Castle Music digipack 2-CD package 'Guitar Picker' is written by Phil Davies.
 
What a stellar release, does exactly what it says on the tin, Rare Recordings 54-60, a perfect addition to the EMI 4cd set. Even if the sainted Bear Family eventually get around to a definitive box set this 2cd digi pack from Castle is nigh perfect. It has had excellent reviews in both Now Dig This and mainstream UK mag Mojo. Over the decades we have been most fortunate to benefit from the dogged and dedicated research by Rockstar’s Tony Barrett and this set compiled by the Duke of Rockstar hisself  and Castle’s Sam Szczepanski is a stunning tribute to the young geetar slinger from Albert Lea.
 
The marvellous packaging itself is reason enough for purchasing, the cover artwork has that great colour outdoor shot of the be-denimed Gretsch god and the title is most apt. What I’d give to be at that Luman/Cochran session.Love that pick of Ed n Shar flipping thru the lp racks at Wallichs Music Store, odds on it’s a Ray Charles album.
 
It’s almost a best of Rockstar (yes we could all pick slightly different tracks but the playing order is great) there are 50 tracks, 48 musical and two interviews with a hidden bonus live cut of C`mon Everybody from Boy Meets Girls at the end. The photos/label shots etc are really well chosen and this large digi double cd size gives better justice to one of the most photogenic of them all rather than those cramped single cd booklets which make one pine for London/Liberty/Rockstar lps.
 
The musical content shows all the different aspects of the multi talented Californian “Citizen Gretsch”, session man, country and proto rockabilly duo, studio experimenter, instrumentalist, fame seeking teenager, established million seller, consummate live performer, wonderful tv star and articulate interviewee. All in great sound quality or historically interesting enough to warrant inclusion. Personally I would have loved a live track from the Rockstar Town Hall party video or the stunning Whole Lotta Shaking cut with Little Richard’s road band and using Johnny Meeks Fender, from the Australian radio show (available where else but exclusively on a Rockstar cd) but all in all this is a stunning 5 star release, we’ve come a long way from rumoured tracks  feature din articles in Mick Miriams and Pete Morgan’s ground breaking fanzines through to the wonderful reality of regular Rockstar cds. 
 
The waters in the Cochran well will run dry eventually but Tony B has given us one hell of a rocket ride along the way. The icing on the cake has to be the lavishly and luxuriously illustrated 34 page booklet annotated in superlative style by the ever reliable Stu Colman, absolutely spot on, informative and educational to read.
 
Favourite tracks? Easy just press the ole shuffle button, never fails.
 
Thanks to all concerned with this project on behalf of Cochran fans across the world, I hope it garners the sales it deserves. I’ve probably worn out my copy from endless repeat play. Stuff yer downloads a package like this is always most welcome, the reissue of the year, any year, sod the Brit Awards this really is something` else.
 
I’m writing to my local congressman (and yes I’m old enough to vote) demanding that Sir Anthony of Rockstar gets to boogie down that Dark Lonely Street to Rockingham Palace man like now –wouldn’t be a Rockstar release without DLS would it??
 
Phil Davies
July 2007-07-06
 
Phil Davies would appreciate any feedback on his reviews. You can contact Phil via: philip.davies87@ntlworld.com.
 
 
 
More of Eddie Cochran's United Kingdom CD's
UK CD I ~  UK CD II ~  UK CD III ~  Portrait of A Legend ~ Guitar Picker ~ Live Performances / I'm Ready ~ Rockstar Records
Updates ~ US CD ~ UK CD ~ France CD ~ Japan CD ~ Session Man ~ Tributes ~ Bootlegs ~ DVD
Page updated 2 May 2007

Antoon van Olderen - Amsterdam

Remember Eddie Cochran since 25 June 2003