East Side Story, Vol. 6 (1999)

About this title: There's something surprising and annoying about this CD, an extraordinary collection of late '50s to late '60s rock & roll and R&B classics in decent sound. The disc covers some bases that are usually overlooked in the typical oldies compilation-Jimmy Clanton's "Just A Dream" is the most familiar song here, and neither he nor it are exactly part of every record collection. The real highlights are titles like Brenton Wood's soft, sweet "I Like The Way You Love Me," Gene Chandler's soaring "I Fooled You This Time, the Gallahads' achingly lyrical "Lonely Guy," Don Julian's slow rocking "Lowrider ... read more

Tracks:

1. I Like the Way You Love Me [Smith]
2. I Fooled You This Time [Lewis/Dixon]
3. Queen of My Heart [Venezuela/Quinones]
4. At Last [Warren/Gordon]
5. Lonely Guy
6. Sweet Dream's [Gibson]
7. Baby, Baby All the Time [Troup]
8. Just a Dream [Clanton/Matassa]
9. Just Because [Price]
10. I'm Leavin' It All Up to You
11. So Dearly
12. Lowrider Girl [Julian]

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