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The sounds of
,
and other early rock & rollers runs all through this group of 30 songs, none necessarily original sounding, but pretty much all played and sung hard and well.
(
) co-opt
's sound in a shimmering guitar figure, while
's
cuts across
and
's sound with
-style lyrics.
by
'
is a beautifully scatological piece of rock & roll that never could have gotten airplay, but doubtless elicited lots of knowing looks from their audience.
meets hillbilly rock on
. And
doesn't leave too much to the imagination -- being practically a teen-music answer to
-- the piano break is a little winky, but its heart (and other organs) is definitely in the right place (and positions). This is a delightfully rough and raunchy collection of singles, many of which weren't going to get heard on the radio, regardless of how good they were. ~ Bruce Eder