Rockin' With The Krauts: Real Rock 'N' Roll / Var Rockin' With The Krauts: Real Rock 'N' Roll / Var CD

Crazy-O: Bear Family Records' Rockin' With The Krauts mini-series beats all sales records. Yep, even re-editions of volumes 1 and 2, released shortly before Christmas 2022, sold out before the first fall of snow. So Santa Claus called for a crisis summit, and the production department met to brainstorm for volume 4. And now, Bear Family Records proudly presents another breathtaking compilation of German Rock & Roll from the '50s and early '60s. The balancing act between the Northern Band sound of Conny Quick's Rock Baby Rock, which sounds like Conny singing in the shower to the swing program on his tube radio, and the raw beer cellar sound of the famed Rattles with Shimmy Shimmy, succeeds effortlessly. The compilation delivers unusual gems like the Liverpool Beats' cover of Jimmy Reed's Let's Get Together, a bold copy of the Marcels' Blue Moon, and Kiss Me by Dieter Kersten and his Rockin' Stars. Their garage teen rockabilly is reminiscent of early Johnny Powers. Peter Reese and the Pages deliver a cosmic Silver Surfer sound yet call their instrumental modestly Pages Rhythm. The countryesque Die Farbe der Liebe by jazz virtuoso Paul Kuhn is a late-hour bar shuffle for the Wirtschaftswundermann.

1. Ralf Bendix ; Die Hansen Boys - at the Hop 2. Conny Quick - Rock Baby Rock 3. Harry GLCK - Blue Moon 4. Ted Herold - Ich Brauch' Keinen Ring (Wear My Ring Around Your Neck) 5. The Gisha Brothers - Memphis, Tennessee 6. The Liverpool Beats - Let's Get Together 7. Benny Quick - Ein Girl, So Wie Du (Tough Enough) 8. The Rattles - Shimmy, Shimmy 9. Billy Sanders - Ja, So 'Ne Party (Let's Have a Party) 10. Ronny Twen ; Die Perrys - Hipp Hipp (Rounaround Sue) 11. The Javalins - Caroline (You're So Fine) 12. Peter Kraus - Alle M?dchen Wollen K?ssen 13. Dieter Kersten ; Die Rocking Stars - Kiss Me 14. Peter Reese ; the Pages - Pages Rhythm 15. Hannes WST - Bim Bam 16. Paul Kuhn - Die Farbe Der Liebe (A White Sports Coat and a Pink Carnation) 17. Conny Froboess - Lippenstift Am Jacket (Lipstick on Your Collar) 18. Hannes Patek - Susi-Twist (Where Did You Go Last Night) 19. Harry GLCK - Ich Find' Kein Bett (I Feel So Bad) 20. Les Shouters - Can I Get a Wittness 21. Casey Jones ; the Governors - Bumble Bee 22. The Progressives - Matchbox 23. Tony Sheridan ; the Beat Brothers - Madison Kid 24. The King-Beats - Too Much Language Business (Too Much Monkey Business) 25. Connie Francis - Sch÷ner Fremder Mann (Someone Else's Boy) 26. Paul Kuhn - Midnight 27. John Lamers - Bitte Bleib Bei Mir (Lover Please) 28. The Pralins - High Heel Sneakers 29. The Taifuns - Go, Go 30. Gust Claer ; the Fendermen - Flamingo Twist 31. The Flamingos - Mein Beatle Baby (Roll Over Beethoven) 32. Benny Quick - Constantly