Flip Doo Wop Vol.1 & 3

FLIP DOO WOP VOL.1 Levyssä jonkin verran hiusnaarmua, mutta olen kuunnellut sen alusta loppuun häiriöttä. Kansilehtinen ja kannet siistissä kunnossa.

FLIP DOO WOP VOL.3 Kansissa, Kansilehtisessä ja levyssä vähäistä kulumaa.

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FLIP DOO WOP VOL.1

Max Feirtag’s Los Angeles based Flip label started out in early 1955 and had a strong series of singles releases throughout the rest of the 50s. Slowing down in the early 60s and finally petering out in 1965, there were 64 singles releases in all and two much sought-after various artists LPs on the label (that’s if you don’t count that riveting LP – Carl Spitz Teaches You How To Train Your Dog”, but as that was on the K9 Kollege label it doesn’t count anyway!). Famous mostly for A Casual Look by The Six Teens and for the original Louie Louie by Richard Berry, the Flip label output had a high percentage of group records. Indeed about two thirds of the releases were vocal group recordings and most of these were in the doo wop mould. So, now that Ace has acquired the rights to the Flip recording masters, we can start on an in-depth study of Flip’s contribution to vocal group history.

In Flip Doo Wop Volume 1, the early part of the label’s history is covered with booklet notes from Gordon Skadberg and the guys at EarlyBird Records – the team who previously documented the story of the Modern Vocal Groups in six volumes on Ace Records. An early Flip release was by a group first known as the Bel-Aires, then as the Vel-Aires and finally Donald Woods & the Velaires after their baritone lead singer. Their selections include their Death Of An Angel – an agonizing, sobbing death song which was controversial when released, and the apparently philosophically titled Man From Utopia. As Steve Propes and Galen Gart explain in their book (L.A. R&B Vocal Groups 1945-1965) the object of the song was much more mundane than one might have thought – the group was singing about the man from Utopia Cleaners on Holmes and 96th in L.A.! Another early group featured on this compilation is the West Coast Falcons group – not to be confused with their better-known Detroit namesakes.

Unlike many other West Coast independent labels that recorded vocal group sounds, there does not seem to be a great deal of unreleased material in the Flip archives. With regard to unreleased material, Marv Goldberg, Discoveries Magazine’s R&B expert-in-chief has what he calls Goldberg’s Law. It goes something like this – ”Just because it’s been in the vaults for 40 years doesn’t mean it should come out now”. A notable exception to this rule is Arthur Lee Maye in front of, as he often was, an un-named group. They are featured on this CD with I’ll Have Memories Of You, a great ballad which makes it hard to understand why it did not see the light of day at the time of its recording.

Fans of the female group sound should enjoy the Six Teens’ classic A Casual Look and their follow-up Send Me Flowers as well as two tracks by the Sweet Teens. The mixed male/female group the Flippers also has three tracks, including a previously unreleased song.

As far as the Flip label output is concerned, 2002 should see the next two volumes of the Flip Doo Wop survey, as well as a CD devoted to the Six Teens, so there’s plenty more in store.”

1 LET'S PARTY AWHILE

Donald Woods & The Bel-Aires/Vel-Aires

2 I'LL HAVE MEMORIES OF YOU

Arthur Lee Maye & Group

3 SEND ME FLOWERS

The Six Teens With Ray Johnson Combo

4 THIS PARADISE

Donald Woods & The Bel-Aires/Vel-Aires

5 MAMBO BABY TO-NITE

Candy Rivers & The Falcons

6 BABY WE TWO

The Rhythm Masters

7 ROCK, ROCK, ROCK (THIS DANCE IS CRAZY)

Richard Berry & The Pharaohs

8 I KNEW YOU WHEN

The Flippers

9 PATRICIA

The Rhythm Masters

10 THIS IS GOODBYE

The Bel-Aires

11 A CASUAL LOOK

The Six Teens

12 DU-BI-A-DO

The Falcons

13 DEATH OF AN ANGEL

Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires

14 YOU YAKITY YAK TOO MUCH

The Flippers

15 DON'T WORRY ABOUT A THING

The Sweet Teens

16 TAKE THE KEY (AND OPEN UP MY HEART)

Richard Berry & The Pharaohs

17 MAN FROM UTOPIA

Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires

18 YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE

Candy Rivers & The Falcons

19 MY ACHING HEART

The Flippers

20 WHITE PORT AND LEMON JUICE

The Bel-Aires

21 STAY MINE

The Falcons

22 FOREVER MORE

The Sweet Teens

FLIP DOO WOP VOL.3
Ace Records third & final offering of the doo wop sounds of West Coast based Flip Records. This is the first legitimate release of 22 tracks recorded by 13 artists, all but two were mastered from the original master tapes & two were previously unreleased. Artists include the Rainiers, the Elgins, the Six Teens, the Maharajahs, the Dukes & Richard Berry & the Pharaohs. Remastered. 2002.

1 I Won $4000 - The Rainiers
2 Uncle Sam's Man - The Elgins
3 Oh It's Crazy - The Six Teens
4 Sweet Loretta - The Maharajahs
5 I Love You - The Dukes
6 Louie Louie - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs
7 I Ran To You - The Emotions
8 Puppy Love - The King Bees
9 I Cry And Cry Every Night - Jimmie Smith
10 I'll Try - The Ru-Bee-Els
11 My Very Own - Donald Woods
12 My Walkie Talkie Baby - Flippers
13 Give Me Your Number - The King Bees
14 Been Lookin' Your Way - The Emotions
15 Leap Year Cha Cha - The Dukes
16 Beware Of Love - The Ivy Leaguers
17 Oh Shirley - The Maharajahs
18 Have Love, Will Travel - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs
19 I Can Tell (I'm Losing Your Love) - The Emotions
20 Casey Cop - The Elgins
21 A Foolish Little Girl - Trudy Williams
22 Stay With Me Always - Donald

"Louie Louie" was written by an R&B singer named Richard Berry in 1955. With his group The Pharaohs, he was also the first to record the song; it got some airplay in some cities in the Western US when it was released in 1957. Various garage bands heard it and started covering the song until it became a phenomenon with the Kingsmen's 1963 version. While much of the song's notoriety comes from the indecipherable lyrics, in Berry's original version the words are quite clear. The song is about a sailor who spends three days traveling to Jamaica to see his girl.