Duane Eddy - Twang Thang: Anthology
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Artist: Duane EddyEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1993-05-18
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Moovin' N' Groovin'
- Stalkin'
- Rebel Rouser
- Ramrod
- Cannonball
- The Lonely One
- Detour
- Three-30-Blues
- I Almost Lost My Mind
- Yep!
- Forty Miles Of Bad Road
- Have Love Will Travel
- Quiniela
- Peter Gunn
- Some Kind Of Earthquake
- First Love, First Tears
- Shazam!
- Tiger Love And Turnip Greens
- Trambone
- Route #1
- Because They're Young
- Kommotion
- Pepe
- (Dance With The) Guitar Man
- The Ballad Of Paladin
- Boss Guitar
- Sugar Foot Rag
- The Window Up Above
- Crazy Arms
- One Mint Julep
- Hard Times
- Swanee River Rock
- Buckaroo
- Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar
- Roadhouse Boogie
- Zephyr Cove
- Road Race
- Peter Gunn (Twang Mix)
- The Trembler
- Rockestra Theme
Music reviews of Twang Thang: Anthology
Music Review: Sorry, But Not Enough Echo-o-o-o's
Rating: 4 Stars
Duane Eddy had 28 Top 100 pop singles, counting the 1986 "comeback" mix of Peter Gunn with The Art Of Noise, six R&B and one Country cross-overs, plus one 1977 Country hit - You Are My Sunshine - with vocals by the late, great Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kin Vassy and Duane's wife Deed, a # 69 that May.
So, in a 40-selection "anthology" one would reasonably expect to see all 29, with the other eleven reserved for LP cuts. But no, for some reason the producers [Duane himself and James Austin] decided to give us just 18 legitimate hit singles with 22 spots for LP cuts!
Missing, then, are the bottom-strings, twangy echo sounds of The Quiet Three, the flipside of Forty Miles Of Bad Road and a # 46 Billboard Pop Hot 100 in July 1959; Bonnie Came Back [a solid # 26 Hot 100 early in 1960]; Theme From Dixie with The Anita Kerr Singers and The Jordanaires [# 39 Hot 100 in April 1961]; Ring Of Fire [# 84 Hot 100 in June 1961]; Drivin' Home [# 87 Hot 100 in July 1961]; My Blue Heaven [# 50 in September 1961]; Deep In The Heart Of Texas [# 78 Hot 100 in May 1962]; Lonely Boy, Lonely Guitar [# 82 Hot 100 in May 1963]; Your Baby's Gone Surfin' [# 93 Hot 100 in September 1963] - the last two with Darlene Love and The Blossoms billed as The Rebelettes [as they were on Dance With The Guitar Man and Boss Guitar]; The Son Of Rebel Rouser [# 97 Hot 100 in January 1964] and the above-mentioned 1977 Country hit
I don't know about you, but leaving off 38% of one's hit singles in an alleged anthology is a bit much. At the very least, the Top 40 hits Bonnie Came Back and Theme From Dixie, along with that 1977 Country hit, SHOULD have been included.
Normally, the omissions would have been enough to knock off two stars. But I have to admit that, not only is the sound quality superb, but that 51-page booklet is worth almost half the asking price. Containing a complete discography of the contents, it also features liner notes by Dan Forte [aka Teisco Del Rey] and numerous pictures in colour and b&w, including shots of some of his LP covers, childhood and early career photos, and one in particular with a young group of Rolling Stones. Other stars photographed with Duane include Jimmy Clanton, Dale Hawkins, Jack Scott, Dick Clark, Buck Owens, The Platters, Brenda Lee, Dallas Frazier, and one showing him in action with the masters - Chet Atkins and Les Paul.
Just a few more echo-o-o's and it would have been THE anthology of all anthologies.
Description of Twang Thang: Anthology
All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.All pompadour, cheekbones, and a trademark "twangy" sound that boomed like it was recorded at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, Duane Eddy was rock & roll's first guitar-hero. Beginning with "Moovin' n' Groovin" (1957), the combination of Eddy's hollow-body Gretch, Bigsby vibrato tailpiece, a tremolo unit, and oceans of echo racked up dozens of hits. The best ("Rebel Rouser," "Forty Miles of Bad Road," and "Dance with the Guitar Man") are also typical--Duane twangs a simple melody over some yakkety sax and much excited yelling in the background. As such, his worldwide influence on a generation of guitar-pickers was massive. Eddy returned to the charts in 1986 when the U.K. studio collective, Art of Noise, collaborated with him on an electronic cut-and-paste version of "Peter Gunn" (he'd first recorded the tune 26 years earlier). Incidentally, the 40 songs on this 2 CD set include several previously unreleased mid-'60s blues and early-'80s superstar sessions that are hipper than the hits. Nevertheless, Eddy remains a master of tone, timing, dynamics, and--most importantly--feel and expression, and there's not a single day goes by that some session leader doesn't call for "a Duane Eddy-type" guitar sound. --Don Waller
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