The School of Rock 'n' Roll: Best of Gary U.S. Bonds (1990)

About this title: In the early '60s, nobody made noisier, crazier sounding rock & roll party records than U.S. Bonds, with records rife with massive amounts of echo and good times galore. The crudeness of Frank Guida's production techniques is undeniable; overdub upon overdub are lopped on top of each other until the original band track is buried under a muck of tape hiss and echo, a swirling pool of party noise that is unabated. Why Guida and Bonds were so successful with this formula, milking it for all it was commercially worth, is here to be investigated on this single-disc 18-track collection. The big ... read more

Tracks:

1. New Orleans [Royster/Guida]
2. Take Me Back to New Orleans [Royster/Guida]
3. Quarter to Three [Barge/Bonds/Guida]
4. School Is Out [Bonds/Barge]
5. School Is In [Bonds/Barge]
6. Dear Lady Twist [Guida]
7. Twist, Twist Seņora [Barge/Guida/Royster]
8. Perdido, Pts. 1 & 2
9. Seven Day Weekend [Pomus/Shuman]
10. Soul Food
11. Copycat [Barge/Guida/Royster]
12. I Wanta Holler (But the Town's Too Small) [Guida/Matthews/Roys]
13. Lover's Moon
14. Where Did the Naughty Little Girl Go [Guida/Matthews]
15. No More Homework
16. Havin' So Much Fun [Bonds/Barge]
17. Do the Bumpsie
18. Not Me [Anderson/Guida]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.