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Various Artists - That'll Flat Git It, Vol.18 - SARG (1959)

Track listing:
  1. Yes, Baby, I'm Scared The Midnighters 2:11
  2. Everybody Rock Jeff Stone 2:04
  3. Strange Kinda Feeling Eddy & The Ah-ha Playboys Dugo 2:52
  4. Rockin' and A-Boppin' Adolph & The Pearl Wrangler Ho 2:39
  5. No Love in You Harmon & The Circle C Band Boa 2:13
  6. My Baby Ain't Around Peck & The Sunset Wranglers To 2:44
  7. Gonna Be Better Times Al Urban 2:20
  8. Won't Tell You Her Name Al Urban 2:02
  9. I Got a Ticket [Demo Version] Dick & The Scores Fagan 2:05
  10. (I Lost My) Little Baby Cecil Moore 2:28
  11. Walkin' Fever Cecil Moore 2:29
  12. When My Baby Passes By Glenn & The Rhythm Kings Bland 1:50
  13. Mean Gene Glenn & The Rhythm Kings Bland 2:37
  14. Now, How You Gonna Act Pee Wee Maples 2:14
  15. Moonshine Cecil & The Kings Of Rhythm Mo 2:07
  16. Little Alice Moods 2:42
  17. Come on over (Baby) The Downbeats 2:06
  18. Charlie Chan Sounds 1:57
  19. Run to Me, Baby The Downbeats 2:00
  20. Oh, Please The Downbeats 2:04
  21. Let Me Have Your Love Moods 2:03
  22. I Gotta Learn Dick & The Scores Fagan 1:46
  23. I Got a Ticket Dick & The Scores Fagan 1:56
  24. I'm Gonna Rock With My Baby To Chet McIntyre 2:16
  25. My Money's Gone Cecil Moore 2:04
  26. I Get the Blues The Midnighters 2:01
  27. Take a Message, Darling The Midnighters 3:15
  28. Long Black Train Jimmy & The Notes Farmer 2:41
  29. Diamond Back Cecil & The Notes Moore 1:39
  30. Rockin' Santa Claus [*] Moods 2:02

Notes

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