Stereophonic 61 Classics From the Cramps Crazy Collection

This whacked-out series continues to amaze, with a freaky selection of truly twisted numbers, with plenty of novelty songs mixed with surf, rockabilly, doo-wop, garage and various permutations of all of the above.

The set opens with the oddly named "Cast Iron Arm" before moving onto Ray Harris' "Come On Little Mama", which the Cramps covered/stole, more rockabilly with "That Crazy Little House on the Hill", not one but two oddballs both named "Tiger", some fab instros, rockin' novelty numbers, Andre Williams looking to get someone to "Pass the Biscuits Please", some jokey - and serious - C&W, the 50's warning song, "Chickie Run", a raucous take on "Froggy Went A'Courtin'", the demented "Slide Her Under the Door", the FLamingos' truly lovely "Only Have Eyes For You" coupled with other doo-wop classics, more hoppin' rockabilly in "I Got the Bug", hip, sultry swing in "Midnight Stroll", Johnny Burnette's rockingly lascivious "Eager Beaver Baby", Edwin Bruce's "Sweet Woman", another tune Lux and Ivy "borrowed from, and Bill Ward doing a maniacal take on Jan and Dean's "Jennie Lee".

By Disc 2, there goofy semi-instros like "Jungle" next to the surfy "The Vulture", "Thunder", and even the Ventures "Ya Ya Wobble" (is that where Jah Wobble got his name?!) to pure doo-wop like the Fleetwoods acappella "Unchained Melody" and "Nite Owl"by the Champs, as well as "Imagination" by the Quotations, to rarities like the Clovers "Rotten Cocksuckers Ball" (truly phenomenal!), more Andre Williams, road-ravin' rockabilly like Ronnie Dawson's "Action Packed" and the Storey Sisters' "Bad Motorcycle", Ric Cartey's rollickin' take on "My Babe", Betty McQuade's Wanda Jackson-ish "Tongue Tied", exotica from Les Baxter and Arthur Lyman and even the Legendary Stardust Cowboy's unhinged "Paralyzed", mixed in with untold others.

More nutty-as-a-fruitcake- fun! Dig it!