After the Back From The Grave series of sixties garage punk compilations, the Teenage Shutdown series, 15 in all, have to be my favorite. These comps have outstanding track selections, no filler, and the sound is very good overall. Some tracks have been previously released on various earlier compilations, but here the sound quality has been greatly improved. I suspect most of you already own all 15 volumes of this outstanding series, but in case you don’t you are SOL because these are out of print. Should you ever come across a used copy, snag it and consider yourself lucky. These were difficult to find, even when they were still in print (at least in my neck of the woods).
Tracks
1. Jump, Jive and Harmonize - Thee Midniters (Whittier)
2. Busy Body - Jolly Green Giants (Redcoat)
3. Slippin’ and Slidin’ - Five Americans (Jetstar)
4. The Alligator - The Us Four (Rising Sons)
5. Set Me Free - The Incrowd (Prism)
6. I Wanna Be Your Love - Cobras (Big Beat)
7. Can’t You See - Count & The Colony (Pa-Go-Go)
8. Move It On Over - Del Shannon (Amy)
9. Get Your Baby - Mark & The Escorts (GNP-Crescendo)
10. It’s Alligator Time - Jimmy Stokely & The Exiles (LTD International)
11. El Monstruo - Los Shains (Odeon Del Peru LP)
12. Monkey Man - Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters (Satellite)
13. Gorilla - The Shandells (Bangar)
14. 83 - Centurys (Renco)
15. (Everybody’s Goin’ To) Rollerland - The Twiliters (Empire)
16. Come On, Come On - The Esquires (Texan/Green Valley)
17. Who Do You Love - The Preachers (Moonglow)
18. Take A Look At Me - Mr. Lucky & The Gamblers (Panorama)
19. Hog (I’m A Hog For You Baby) - The Groupies (Atco)
20. Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby - The Human Beings (Warner Brothers)