Name: The Early Singles
Brand: Ace (Label)
SKU: 160466
Price: 11.87 GBP
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The Early Singles

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Album: The Early Singles
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Tequila
2)	Train to Nowhere
3)	Rancho Rock, El
4)	Midnighter
5)	Chariot Rock
6)	Subway
7)	Turnpike
8)	Rockin' Mary
9)	Gone Train
10)	Beatnik
11)	Caramba
12)	Moonlight Bay
13)	Night Train
14)	Rattler, The
15)	Sky High
16)	Double Eagle Rock
17)	Too Much Tequila
18)	Twenty-Thousand Leagues
19)	Red Eye
20)	Little Matador, The
21)	Alley Cat
22)	Coconut Drive
23)	Tough Train
24)	Face, The
25)	Hokey Pokey
26)	Jumping Bean
27)	Sombrero
28)	Shoddy Shoddy, The
29)	Cantina
30)	Panic Button

Album: The Early Singles
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Tequila
2)	Train to Nowhere
3)	Rancho Rock, El
4)	Midnighter
5)	Chariot Rock
6)	Subway
7)	Turnpike
8)	Rockin' Mary
9)	Gone Train
10)	Beatnik
11)	Caramba
12)	Moonlight Bay
13)	Night Train
14)	Rattler, The
15)	Sky High
16)	Double Eagle Rock
17)	Too Much Tequila
18)	Twenty-Thousand Leagues
19)	Red Eye
20)	Little Matador, The
21)	Alley Cat
22)	Coconut Drive
23)	Tough Train
24)	Face, The
25)	Hokey Pokey
26)	Jumping Bean
27)	Sombrero
28)	Shoddy Shoddy, The
29)	Cantina
30)	Panic Button

Performer Notes

Subtitled "30 Great A & B Sides," and that's exactly what it offers, accumulating all the tracks from their first 15 singles from 1958-61. (Believe it or not, it isn't their whole discography; the group kept recording for another four years.) It in effect functions as a greatest-hits collection that probably contains more than almost anyone wants at once, including "Tequila, " "Too Much Tequila, " and derivative variations of the "Tequila" style that were occasionally pretty entertaining, like "Jumping Bean, " "Twenty Thousand Leagues, " and "Panic Button." ~ Richie Unterberger

Professional Reviews

Q (9/96, p.128) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...The Champs shot out `Tequila' in five minutes and one take...the other 29 instrumentals also keep standards high....hard-bitten sax, twangy guitar, rolling piano, ringing snare, handclaps and occasional vocal interjections..."