Name: Teen Beat, Volume 4: Another 30 Great Rockin' Instrumentals
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SKU: 160575
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Teen Beat, Volume 4

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Album: Teen Beat, Volume 4: Another 30 Great Rockin' Instrumentals
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Brontosaurus Stomp	More Info...	0:02
2)	Bust Out	More Info...	0:02
3)	Image Pt 1	More Info...	0:02
4)	Image Pt 2	More Info...	0:02
5)	Peter Gunn	More Info...	0:02
6)	Chicken Pickin'	More Info...	0:02
7)	Rinky Dink	More Info...	0:03
8)	Raunchy	More Info...	0:02
9)	Shimmy, Shimmy Walk (Part 1)	More Info...	0:02
10)	Shimmy, Shimmy Walk Pt 2	More Info...	0:02
11)	Scratchy	More Info...	0:02
12)	Tuff	More Info...	0:02
13)	Side Winder	More Info...	0:02
14)	Nite Rock	More Info...	0:02
15)	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	More Info...	0:02
16)	Honky Tonk*	More Info...	0:03
17)	Church Key	More Info...	0:02
18)	Green Monkey	More Info...	0:02
19)	Wiggle Tail Pt. 2	More Info...	0:02
20)	Asia Minor*	More Info...	0:02
21)	Bullwinkle Pt II	More Info...	0:02
22)	Unitar Rock	More Info...	0:02
23)	Sandstorm	More Info...	0:02
24)	Trollin'	More Info...	0:02
25)	The Lonely Dragster*	More Info...	0:03
26)	Drums A-go-go	More Info...	0:02
27)	Take Ten	More Info...	0:02
28)	Astronauts	More Info...	0:02
29)	Smokie (Part 1)	More Info...	0:02
30)	Smokie (Part 2)	More Info...	0:02

Album: Teen Beat, Volume 4: Another 30 Great Rockin' Instrumentals
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Brontosaurus Stomp	More Info...	0:02
2)	Bust Out	More Info...	0:02
3)	Image Pt 1	More Info...	0:02
4)	Image Pt 2	More Info...	0:02
5)	Peter Gunn	More Info...	0:02
6)	Chicken Pickin'	More Info...	0:02
7)	Rinky Dink	More Info...	0:03
8)	Raunchy	More Info...	0:02
9)	Shimmy, Shimmy Walk (Part 1)	More Info...	0:02
10)	Shimmy, Shimmy Walk Pt 2	More Info...	0:02
11)	Scratchy	More Info...	0:02
12)	Tuff	More Info...	0:02
13)	Side Winder	More Info...	0:02
14)	Nite Rock	More Info...	0:02
15)	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	More Info...	0:02
16)	Honky Tonk*	More Info...	0:03
17)	Church Key	More Info...	0:02
18)	Green Monkey	More Info...	0:02
19)	Wiggle Tail Pt. 2	More Info...	0:02
20)	Asia Minor*	More Info...	0:02
21)	Bullwinkle Pt II	More Info...	0:02
22)	Unitar Rock	More Info...	0:02
23)	Sandstorm	More Info...	0:02
24)	Trollin'	More Info...	0:02
25)	The Lonely Dragster*	More Info...	0:03
26)	Drums A-go-go	More Info...	0:02
27)	Take Ten	More Info...	0:02
28)	Astronauts	More Info...	0:02
29)	Smokie (Part 1)	More Info...	0:02
30)	Smokie (Part 2)	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

In some ways this series actually gets more interesting with the fourth volume, possibly because the need to fill up so much space (another 30 tracks worth) with instrumental rock oldies meant that more unusual items had to be excavated. There are a few big hits (Bill Justis' "Raunchy," Bill Black's "Smokie"), yet most of these are singles that didn't even make it into the Top 100; over half missed the listings altogether. Not all of these are rock, either; Hank Levine's "Image" is a lost exotica single, Moe Koffman's "The Swingin' Shepherd Blues" is light jazz, and Kokomo's "Asia Minor" is classical boogie. While some of the selections are only average, there are some good nuggets here, like the Megatons' scorching variation of "You Don't Love Me" ("Shimmy, Shimmy Walk"), Travis Wammack's innovative guitar work on "Scratchy" (which has a snatch of backwards vocals that was way ahead of its time for 1964), the Centurians' moody surf instro "Bullwinkle Pt. II" (used in the Pulp Fiction soundtrack), and Lonnie Mack's "Chicken Pickin'." There's also the peculiar belly-dance rock of the Hollywood Persuaders' "Drums-a-Go-Go," which was created by a pre-Mothers Frank Zappa with Paul Buff. ~ Richie Unterberger