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Stray Cats - The Best Of
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01. Stray Cat Strut [0:03:17.13]
02. Rock This Town [0:02:40.27]
03. Rebels Rule [0:03:28.05]
04. Built For Speed [0:02:55.58]
05. Little Miss Prissy [0:03:02.45]
06. Too Hip Gotta Go [0:02:35.70]
07. My One Desire [0:02:58.02]
08. I Won't Stand In Your Way [0:03:30.40]
09. C'mon Everybody (Live) [0:03:54.60]
10. Fishnet Stockings [0:02:27.10]
11. Runaway Boys [0:03:01.05]
12. (She's) Sexy And 17 [0:03:15.05]
13. Baby Blue Eyes [0:02:49.73]
14. Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie [0:02:21.00]
15. You Don't Believe Me [0:02:58.07]
16. Ubangi Stomp [0:03:14.20]
17. Double Talkin' Baby [0:03:05.15]
18. Storm The Embassy [0:04:08.08]
19. Rumble In Brighton [0:03:15.25]
20. Gonna Ball [0:03:16.20]
Please note that this edition includes the exact same track listing as the 1991
Back to the Alley: Best of the Stray Cats, therefore I've enclosed both sets of
covers.
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Biography by Steve Huey
The key group of the early-'80s rockabilly revival, the Stray Cats scored
several big hits on both sides of the Atlantic thanks to a striking visual style
tailor-made for the early days of MTV, as well as genuine musical chops that
evoked the best players of rockabilly's original heyday. The Stray Cats were
formed by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer in the Long Island town of Massapequa,
NY, in 1979. At first, Setzer played rockabilly covers in a band called the Tom
Cats with his drumming brother Gary and bassist Bob Beecher; however, Setzer
soon abandoned that group to join up with newly rechristened school friends Lee
Rocker (born Leon Drucker) and Slim Jim Phantom (born James McDonnell). However,
their retro '50s look and sound didn't go over well around Long Island, and in
the summer of 1980 the group headed to England, where a rockabilly revival
movement was just beginning to emerge.
After one of their gigs in London, the Stray Cats met producer Dave Edmunds,
well known as a roots rock enthusiast for his work with Rockpile and as a solo
artist. Edmunds offered to work with the group, and they entered the studio to
record their self-titled debut album, released in England in 1981 on Arista.
They were popular right out of the box, scoring three straight hits that year
with "Runaway Boys," "Rock This Town," and "Stray Cat Strut." The follow-up,
Gonna Ball, wasn't as well received, and stung by the negative reviews, the
Stray Cats decided to return to the States and make a go of it. They signed with
EMI America and in 1982 released their U.S. debut, Built for Speed, which
compiled the highlights from their two British LPs. Helped by extensive airplay
on MTV at the height of the anything-goes new wave era, "Rock This Town" and
"Stray Cat Strut" both hit the American Top Ten, over a year after their British
chart peaks. As a result, Built for Speed was a left-field smash, and the Stray
Cats were seen as avatars of retro style. Their second American album, Rant n'
Rave With the Stray Cats, appeared in 1983 and produced another Top Ten hit in
"(She's) Sexy + 17," as well as a minor Top 40 entry in the doo wop-styled
ballad "I Won't Stand in Your Way."
Personality conflicts began to emerge in the ways the individual members handled
their newfound success; Phantom married actress (and former Rod Stewart
paramour) Britt Ekland, while Setzer made guest appearances with stars like Bob
Dylan and Stevie Nicks and became the concert guitarist for Robert Plant's
Honeydrippers side project. In late 1984, Setzer broke up the band amid much bad
blood. Rocker and Phantom immediately teamed up with guitarist Earl Slick and
recorded an album as Phantom, Rocker & Slick, while Setzer waited a couple of
years before releasing his roots rock solo debut, The Knife Feels Like Justice.
By 1986, fences had apparently been mended enough for the Stray Cats to
reconvene in Los Angeles and record the covers-heavy Rock Therapy, which didn't
sell that well. The trio returned to their respective post-Stray Cats projects,
which both released albums that performed disappointingly. In 1989, they
reunited once again for the album Blast Off, which was accompanied by a tour
with Stevie Ray Vaughan. No longer with EMI, the Cats entered the studio with
Nile Rodgers for the lackluster Let's Go Faster, issued by Liberation in 1990.
1992's Dave Edmunds-produced Choo Choo Hot Fish also attracted little attention,
and after another covers album, Original Cool, the group called it quits again.
They have since reunited periodically for live performances. Setzer, of course,
went on to spearhead the '90s swing revival with his Brian Setzer Orchestra,
which performed classic big band swing and jump blues tunes, as well as Setzer
originals.
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