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Various Artists - Sin Alley Part One (Crypt Cd-Sin12)

Track listing:
  1. Big Sandy - Bobby Roberts 1:58
  2. Homicide - Myron Less & The Caddies 2:14
  3. She's My Baby Doll - Terry Clements & The Tune Tones 2:00
  4. Skippy Is A Sissy - Roy Gaines 2:19
  5. I Don't Like Him - Dave Travis & The Premiers 2:03
  6. Showdown - Tony Casanova 2:12
  7. Froggy - Danny Dell & The Trends 2:43
  8. Chicken Little - Pico Pete 1:51
  9. Juicy Fruit - Rudy Green 2:16
  10. Going My Way - Bob Vidone & The Rhythm Rockers 2:26
  11. Tv Mama - The Frantics Four 2:46
  12. Blue Moon Baby - Dave Diddle Day 2:48
  13. Crazy Date - The Crazy Teens 3:20
  14. Rock And Roll Guitar - Johnny Knight 2:09
  15. Jeanie - Eddie Smalling's Rolling Aces 2:18
  16. City Billy - Jefferson County 2:17
  17. Rhythm And Booze - Corky Jones 2:07
  18. Bongo Beatin' Beatnik - Joe Hall & The Corvettes 2:17
  19. Teenie Weenie Man - Danny Wheeler 2:33
  20. Wild Hog Hop - Bennie Hess 2:33
  21. Pepper Hot Baby - Phil Gray & The Go Boys 2:04
  22. Booze Party - Three Aces & A Joker 2:22
  23. Wild Wild Party - Darryl Vincent 2:27
  24. Ain't Going Home - Telli Mills 2:11
  25. Let Me Play Wit' Yo' Poodle - Johnny Buckett 2:36
  26. Sinners - Freddie & The Hitch-Hikers 2:37
  27. Down By The Old Mill Stream - The Frantics Four 2:45
  28. Bluest Boy In Town - Phil Gray 2:14
  29. Slip, Slip, Slippin' In - Lou Millet 2:16
  30. Bald Headed Baby - Buddy Sharpe & The Shakers 2:23

Notes

re Sin Alley LP volume 1:

One of the first compilations to apply the Pebbles mentality to '50s rock, presenting 18 rare non-hits that were too raw in production and execution to reach a large audience. Most of this is rockabilly, although there's some R&B and straight instrumental rock as well. It's kind of monochrome-toned taken all at once, but it's a good, often funny, smattering of early rock & roll at its most untamed, with uncouth vocals and wild sax and guitar breaks galore. Since no A&R execs were listening anyway, some of the performers felt free to let loose with some pretty over-the-top lyrics, such as Myron Lee's "Homicide," and Gradie O'Neal's "The Turkeyneck Stretch," Roy Gaines' "Skippy Is A Sissy," and the Frantic Four's "T.V. Mama," the last of which has some of the most outlandish rock vocals of all time.~ (Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com)