Stray Cats Ball (2004)

Product Summary Label: Cleopatra Records UPC: 00741157138726 Release Date: 7/13/2004 Buy.com Sku: 61009938 Item#: MGWKSG Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Stray Cat Strut - The Stray Cats (Acoustic Version) ~ Various Artists 2. Make A Circuit With Me - The Polecats ~ Various Artists 3. That's All Right, Mama - Elvis Presley (Elvis Presley Vs. 13 Cats remix) ~ Various Artists 4. Jungle Man, Robot Girl - 13 Cats ~ Various Artists 5. Swing Cat Stomp - Danny B. Harvey/Lee Rocker/Slim Jim Phantom (Bill Haley Vs. The Swing Cats remix) ~ Various Artists 6. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley ~ Various Artists 7. Summertime Blues - The Stray Cats ~ Various Artists 8. Good Rocking Tonight - Lemmy/Johnny Ramone/Danny B. Harvey/Slim Jim Phantom ~ Various Artists 9. Oh Boy - The Stray Cats (Acoustic Version) ~ Various Artists 10. Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - Marilyn Monroe (Feline Frisky remix) ~ Various Artists 11. St. James Infirmary - Danny B. Harvey/Jeff "Skunk" Baxter/Lee Rocker/Slim Jim Phantom ~ Various Artists 12. 13 Cats - 13 Cats ~ Various Artists 13. Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent (Gene Vincent Vs. 13 Cats remix) ~ Various Artists 14. Make That Move - The Rockats ~ Various Artists 15. Worried Man Blues - Woody Guthrie (Danny And Woody Rumble remix) ~ Various Artists 16. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard (Little Richard Vs. The Siwng Cats remix) ~ Various Artists 17. Viva Las Vegas - Johnny Ramone (Instumental) ~ Various Artists 18. God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday (Chilled Cat remix) ~ Various Artists 19. Rock This Town - The Stray Cats (live) ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Longtime rockabilly fans are going to cringe at the silly remixes included on Stray Cats Ball, but revivalist fans should appreciate the Polecats and Rockats tracks featured here. The acoustic Stray Cats cuts come from a casual session from the young, hungry band but they're a barely listenable, sonic mess. ~ David Jeffries That tattooed rockabilly gal in the poodle skirt at the hair salon, who you've had a wicked crush on, is going to conceal her laughter until you leave when you bring her a copy of Stray Cats Ball. The reason she won't laugh right in your face is that's there are original Polecats and Rockats tracks here, and she just might wonder what the Polecats/Stray Cats supergroup -- 13 Cats -- sounded like (pretty tame judging from the tracks here). The acoustic Stray Cats tracks are a sonic mess, barely listenable but young and hungry performance-wise. The version of "Good Rockin' Tonight" comes from the other Polecats/Stray Cats supergroup, the Swing Cats, a name that's dropped in favor of the individual player's names. Lemmy's gruff and sloppy vocals on "Good Rockin' Tonight" are the only other moment worth checking out, since the remixes are even more misguided and silly than you'd think. ("Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" with jungle noises! Come on!) This is the second -- sometimes third or fourth -- time the Cleopatra label has released these recordings, but the first time on their new Rock-A-Billy imprint. Grab your Brill Cream, Lucky Strikes, and run. ~ David Jeffries   Technical Info Release Date : 07/13/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 1387 Label : Rock-A-Billy Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00741157138726    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray