The Fabulous Wailers at the Castle (1962)

About this title: The Wailers had coalesced from a crude instrumental combo with hits like "Tall Cool One" into a storming rock'n'soul outfit by the early 1960s, and the Spanish Castle in the DMZ between Seattle and Tacoma was their home turf. Modeling themselves somewhat on the scale of a small-change soul revue, they sported instrumental workouts from the band built around Mike Burk's propulsive and exciting drumming ("Shivers," "Sac O'Woe") and Rich Dangel's bluesy guitar playing ("San-Ho-Zay"), along with the triple threat of vocal turns from piano/organ pounder Kent Morrill (a nice reprise of "Dirty ... read more

Tracks:

1. Wailers House Party [Dangel/Ormsby/Morri]
2. Dirty Robber [Morrill/Greek/Dange]
3. San-Ho-Zay [King/Thompson]
4. Rosalie [Roberts]
5. Since You Been Gone [Roberts]
6. Shivers [Dangel/Ormsby/Morri]
7. Sack O' Woe [Adderley]
8. Tall Cool One [Dangel/Greek/Morril]
9. You've Had Your Chance [Morrill]
10. Limbo Twist [Dangel/Ormsby/Morri]
11. All I Could Do Was Cry [Davis]
12. I Idolize You [Turner]
13. Zig Zag [Dangel/Ormsby/Morri]
14. Soul-Long [Dangel]
15. Mary Ann [Charles]
16. Louie, Louie [Berry]

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