| 1. rock sides produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller . Some arrangements tentatively employ electric guitar and drums , and while these aren't exactly folk-rock, they do show that Donegan had an idea to combine folk material with electric amplification long before folk-rock became a craze in the mid-'60s. There's rather commercial sounding calypso in the covers of Mickey & Sylvia's "Love Is Strange" and "I Wanna Go Home," better known to rock fans as a variation of the folk song adapted by the Beach Boys on their 1966 hit "Sloop John B." There's even a 1965 Dylan cover , as well as the occasional track that sounds good on its own terms, like his 1963 rock-ish full-band cover of the folk favorite "500 Miles Away from Home." This stuff's been reissued so many times over that it's hard to say exactly who might be snared by this attempt to group it under a vague concept, but it's not a bad sampler of some of Donegan's better work, though it shouldn't be picked up in lieu of a greatest-hits or best-of compilation. Note, however, that this version of "Rock Island Line" is not the original mid-'50s hit, but a different 1956 recording that wasn't issued at the time |
| 2. Tracklist: |
| 3. 1.01 - , & His Skiffle Group - Aunt Rhody |
| 4. 1.02 - , & His Skiffle Group - The House of the Rising Sun |
| 5. 1.03 - , & His Skiffle Group - Ain't No More Cane on the Brazos |
| 6. 1.04 - & Chris Barber's Skiffle Group, Chris Barber, 's Skiffle Group - The Midnight Special |
| 7. 1.05 - , & His Skiffle Group - Talking Guitar Blues |
| 8. 1.06 - - Corrine, Corrina |
| 9. 1.07 - - Junko Partner |
| 10. 1.08 - - Sorry But I'm Gonna Have to Pass |
| 11. 1.09 - , & His Skiffle Group - Love Is Strange |
| 12. 1.10 - , & His Skiffle Group - Wabash Cannonball |
| 13. 1.11 - , The Skiffle Group - Stewball |
| 14. 1.12 - , & His Group - 500 Miles Away from Home |
| 15. 1.13 - , & His Skiffle Group - Puttin' On the Style |
| 16. 1.14 - , & His Skiffle Group - Wreck of the Old '97 |
| 17. 1.15 - , & His Group - Ramblin' 'Round |
| 18. 1.16 - , & His Skiffle Group - Lonesome Traveller |
| 19. 1.17 - , & His Skiffle Group - Times Are Getting Hard, Boys |
| 20. 1.18 - , & His Skiffle Group - Nobody Loves Like an Irishman |
| 21. 1.19 - , & His Skiffle Group - Sally Don't You Grieve |
| 22. 1.20 - , & His Group - Michael Row the Boat Ashore |
| 23. 1.21 - , & His Skiffle Group - Rock O' My Soul |
| 24. 1.22 - , & His Skiffle Group - Nobody's Child |
| 25. 1.23 - , Wally Stott Orchestra - I Wanna Go Home |
| 26. 1.24 - , & His Skiffle Group - Have a Drink On Me |
| 27. 1.25 - , & His Skiffle Group - Hard Travellin' |
| 28. 1.26 - , & His Skiffle Group - My Dixie Darling |
| 29. 1.27 - - Farewell |
| 30. 1.28 - - Rock Island Line |
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