Bird Call!: The Twin City Stomp of the Trashmen (1998)

About this title: Over half of this collector's four-CD box set is previously unissued studio, demo, rehearsal, or live recordings. Nothing is duplicated in this material originally recorded from 1961-1967. The Trashmen are an amazing summary of contradictions when looked at from afar. In pictures, even live ones, they are four clean-cut chaps in suits. Their nationwide 1963 hit "Bird," the 1965 version of which is included here, is a deliriously silly, primitively noisy, and utterly infectious gem. It's like playing a Black Sabbath album and showing pictures of the Bee Gees and trying to get someone to ... read more

Tracks:

1. Cyclon [Andreason/Winslow]
2. Sally Jo [Thaxter/Wahrer]
3. Johnny B. Goode [Berry]
4. Malagueña [#1] [Lecuono]
5. Susie-Q [Hawkins/Lewis]
6. Sweet Little Sixteen [Berry]
7. A Million Reasons [LaPole]
8. Malagueña [#2] [Lecuono]
9. Guitar Boogie [Berry]
10. Surfin' Bird [White/Frazier/Harri]
11. King of the Surf [LaPole]
12. This Should Go on Forever [Jolivette/Miller]
13. Yellow Jacket [Live] [Wilson/Bogle/Edward]
14. Rumble [Live] [Grant/Wray]
15. Let's Go Trippin' [Live] [Monsour]
16. My Woodie [LaPole]
17. Bird Bath [Winslow]
18. Tube City [Wahres]
19. Farmer Louie [Live] [Harris/Terry/Berry]
20. Goofy Foot [Live] [Lively Ones]
21. Church Key [Darnold/Knowles]
22. Raw-Hide [Grant/Wray]
23. Bird Dance Beat [Garrett]
24. A-Bone [LaPole]
25. Stick Shift [Bellinger/Lageman]
26. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky [Jones]
27. Think It Over [LaPole]
28. Be True to Your School [Wilson/Love]
29. Too Young [Dee/Lippman]
30. Greensleeves [Andreason/Reed/Wahr]
31. Wild Cat Loose in Town [LaPole]
32. Green Onions [Jones/Cropper/Stein]
33. Walk, Don't Run [Smith]
34. We Belong Together [Carr/Mitchell/Weiss]
35. True True Lovin' [Kai-Ray]
36. Roll over Beethoven [Berry]
37. Congratulations to Me [LaPole]
38. Hava Nagila [Andreason/Reed/Wahr]
39. Drive-In [Live] [Wilson/Love]
40. Walking the Dog [Live] [Thomas]
41. Break Up [Rich]
42. Bad News [Knowles/Darnold]
43. On the Move [Wahrer/Winslow/Andr]
44. New Generation [Kai-Ray]
45. Whoa Dad! [Bryant/Bryant]
46. Peppermint Man [Willis]
47. Baja [Hazlewood]
48. Long Tall Texan [Strzelecki]
49. Blue Feeling [Live] [Berry]
50. Great Balls of Fire [Live] [Blackwell/Hammer]
51. Lost Angel [LaPole]
52. Bye Bye Johnny [Live] [Berry]
53. Slow Down [Live] [Williams/Meyers]
54. Walkin' My Baby [Mathis/Mathis]
55. Keep Your Hands off My Baby [Goffin/King]
56. Hi-Heel Sneakers [Live] [Higgenbotham]
57. Summertime [Live] [Gershwin/Gershwin]
58. Long Tall Sally [Live] [Penniman]
59. Real Live Doll [Ward]
60. Dancin' With Santa [LaPole]
61. Bird '65 [White/Wilson/Harris]
62. Ubangi Stomp [Underwood]
63. That I Love You [Andreason]
64. Love's Made a Fool of You [Holly/Montgomery]
65. Same Lines [Andreason]
66. Hanging on Me [Charron]
67. Pretty Country Girl [Charron]

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