COCHRAN WAYNE Bigger the Pompadour... / His Complete 1959-1966 Recordings

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Long before he was anointed as ‘The White Knight of Soul,’ Wayne Cochran made a stack of intriguing but rare early ‘60s 45s for various small Georgia concerns and later considerably larger labels spanning the gamut from hauling rockers to dramatic teen tragedy themes. They’ve occasionally been anthologized over the years, but never as comprehensively as on Bear Family’s ‘The Bigger The Pompadour… - His Complete Recordings From 1959- 1966 (2- CD)’, a 32-track extravaganza tracing Cochran’s recording career from its humble beginnings with The Coo to just before he fully exploded on the national scene with his explosive brand of horn-leavened blue-eyed soul. Naturally, Wayne’s immortal pre-J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers rendition of Last Kiss is here in several incarnations (he wrote it) along with its little-known sequel Last Kiss II. So is the equally foreboding Edge Of The Sea. But Cochran’s output also included plenty of swaggering rock and roll; all of those extreme rarities are on board too, even three extremely obscure instrumentals by his combo, The Rocking Capris. Towards the end of the set, as Wayne and his C.C. Riders blast through Harlem Shuffle, the Mercury version of Get Down With It, and his thundering original Goin’ Back To Miami, the fully developed Cochran emerges, his sky-high white coiffure remaining awe-inspiringly intact as his mighty C.C. Riders horns blast and his melismatic screams pierce the studio air. Cochran was a thoroughly electrifying live act, but this jam-packed collection demonstrates that his often-overlooked recording legacy was scorching too.

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Cochran, Wayne
Bigger the Pompadour...

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1. Wayne Cochran - the Naughty Coo
2. Wayne Cochran - My Little Girl
3. Wayne Cochran - the Coo
4. Wayne Cochran - Last Kiss (Gala Version)
5. Wayne Cochran - Funny Feeling
6. Wayne Cochran - Liza Jane
7. Wayne Cochran - No Return
8. The Rocking Capris - Money
9. The Rocking Capris - Lights Out
10. The Rocking Capris - A-Ok
11. Wayne Cochran - Dreams
12. Wayne Cochran - Linda Lu
13. Wayne Cochran - Cindy Marie (Aire Version)
14. Wayne Cochran - Edge of the Sea (Aire 1230)
15. Wayne Cochran - Last Kiss (Aire 150)
16. Wayne Cochran - Edge of the Sea (Aire 150)
17. Wayne Cochran - Monkey Monkey (You Do It Like This)
18. Wayne Cochran - Little Orphan Annie
19. Wayne Cochran - Last Kiss (King 45-5856)
20. Wayne Cochran - Last Kiss (Galico 105)
21. Wayne Cochran - I Dreamed, I Gambled, I Lost

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1. Wayne Cochran - the Coo (King 5874)
2. Wayne Cochran - Cindy Marie (King 5874)
3. Wayne Cochran - Mr. Lonely
4. Wayne Cochran - Wrong Number Wrong Gal
5. Wayne Cochran - Think
6. Wayne Cochran - You Left the Water Running
7. Wayne Cochran - Harlem Shuffle
8. Wayne Cochran - Somebody Please
9. Wayne Cochran - Get Down With It (Unedited Version)
10. Wayne Cochran - No Rest For the Wicked
11. Wayne Cochran - To Make Me a Man
12. Wayne Cochran - I'm In Trouble
13. Wayne Cochran - Goin' Back To Miami
14. Wayne Cochran - Last Kiss Ii (Boblo)
15. Bobby Lee Smith - I'm Gonna Put You Down
16. Alice Rozier - My Candy Man
17. Richie Kall - Come On Let's Sing
18. Otis Redding - Fat Gal
19. Otis Redding - Shout Bama Lama
20. Buddy Leach - These Arms of Mine
21. Otis Redding - These Arms of Mine