Rocket Ship (1997)

About this title: This is a theme compilation -- 34 rock & roll songs dating from the late 1950s and early 1960s, hooked around flying saucers, space ships, satellites, Sputnik and similar subjects, though mostly they're about sex. There are some serious professional musicians represented, such as country-rockabilly veterans Alden Holloway (pictured with a double-necked guitar) and Dell Vaughn, but some of this CD is in a loose, wild rockabilly vein. Gene Vincent's "Spaceship to Mars" would've fit in perfectly, and Terry Dunavan's "Rock It on Mars" even recalls the Vincent number, but there's cooler and more ... read more

Tracks:

1. Flying Saucers Rock'n Roll [Riley/Scott]
2. Rock, Rock, Rocket Ship [Boyd]
3. Satelite Rock [Keith/Bassett]
4. Blast Off [Holloway/Thomas]
5. Rock It on Mars [Dunavan]
6. Rock the Universe [Vaughn]
7. Knocked Out Joint on Mars [Trail]
8. Cape Caneveral [Moon]
9. Moon Beat [Griffin/McGiffin]
10. Rock on the Moon [Stewart]
11. Rock It on the Moon [Gotroe]
12. Moon Twist [Rehberg/Hall/Dallis]
13. Rock Old Sputnick [Young]
14. Shooting for the Moon [Rowe/McMillan/Cox]
15. Satelite [Boling]
16. Light My Rockets [Giil]
17. Satelite Rock [Keith/Bassett]
18. Space Dance [Simpson]
19. Rockin' on the Moon [Gilliland]
20. Got a Rocket in My Pocket [Beaver/Massey]
21. The Little Moon Men [Robinson]
22. Trip to the Moon [Burden]
23. Countdown 4-3-2-1 [Lanzi]
24. Rocking on the Moon [Calabrese/Sando]
25. The Boppin' Martian [Cyrils]
26. Shake It Over Sputnik [Hogan]
27. Rock Moon Rock [Dreher/James]
28. Man from Mars [Paulson]
29. Orbit Twist [Shoffner]
30. Rocket to the Moon [Caves]
31. Moon Rocketin' [Kloop]
32. Moon Twist [Rehberg/Hall/Dallis]
33. Honey Moon Trip to Mars [Miller]
34. Rockin' Space Girl [Grubbs]

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