Doo Wop-The other end of the goldmine
kala
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A friendly old neigbor who was cleaning out her basement gave me a box of old doo wop 45s because she knows i am a wax collectro.I am slowly going thru it trying to pull the ones I want to sample,sell and dispense of.I am a fool for good vocal harmony in almost any genre,and I am suprised how much I am getting into this stuff.Most of my doo wop knowledge is limited to the obvious hits and cousin brucey's show when cbs 101.1 was still on the air,and also zappa's parodies.Since the tri state area was THE mecca for this music there are a lot of small local labels from the area in this box.Anyone else dig on this,as I rarely see it discussed here.
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That said, Relic Records had an umpteen-volume series called The Golden Groups (with each installment focusing on a specific label). I've been buying a lot of those lately - Relic went out of business some time ago, and their back stock is still being sold off cheap - and there's quite a few goodies on those elpees. So between these albums, seeing a few of these groups at a '50s rock festival in Green Bay, WI two months ago (Five Keys, Penguins, Bobbettes, etc.), and doing some late-night doo-wopping myself with some friends, Big Sandy, Vicky Tafoya, and some drunk Swedes I'd never met before in the lobby of the casino where the festival was...yeah, I been digging that sound myself.
Shig came with the realness.
where does one find/listen to this realness mix?
but more importantly, DOO WOP MOTELS R.I.P.[/b] im pretty sure they were all demolished a couple years ago.
re: the doo wop hotels RIP
http://www.doowopusa.org/pop-doowopmotels.html
and i forgot i just uploaded this mix. its more uptempo oldies, i'll upload the doo wops later next week.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qbmmqy
http://www.doowopshoobop.com/
A few of these titles are "of questionable origin", probably no more legal than any of thise Brainfreeze Breaks and Rihanna instrumental albums. If you don't believe me, head here:
http://www.doowopshoobop.com/varlabel.html
My favorite song is "I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance" by The Solitares.