Monday, January 15, 2007

Let's All Turn On




Recently reissued with three bonus tracks and the original Australian cover art: The Hoodoo Gurus' debut Stoneage Romeos (not Stoneage Romeo, as emusic has it listed). The leadoff track "(Let's All) Turn On" has to be one of the best album starters ever. I once made a mix tape consisting of that song followed by all the songs mentioned in the lyrics.

SIDE ONE:

  1. (Let's All) Turn On - The Hoodoo Gurus
  2. Shake Some Action - The Flamin' Groovies
  3. Psychotic Reaction - The Count Five
  4. Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
  5. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals
  6. Pushin' Too Hard - The Seeds
  7. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones
  8. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
  9. Stop Stop Stop - The Hollies
  10. At The Hop - Danny & the Juniors
  11. Bluejean Bop - Gene Vincent
  12. Get Off My Cloud - The Rolling Stones
  13. Get Off the Phone - Johnny Thunders
  14. Twist & Shout - The Isley Brothers
  15. Ride A White Swan - T. Rex
  16. Get it On (Bang a Gong) - T. Rex
SIDE TWO:

  1. Born To Lose - Johnny Thunders
  2. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
  3. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
  4. I Want You Back - The Hoodoo Gurus
  5. What I Like About You - The Romantics
  6. Waiting for The Man - Velvet Underground
  7. Can The Can - Suzi Quatro
  8. I Want To Hold Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
  9. Wolly Bully - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
  10. When You Walk in The Room - The Searchers
  11. Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
  12. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
  13. Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
  14. Talk, Talk - The Music Machine
  15. Money, Honey - Elvis Presley
  16. Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
  17. Short Shorts - The Royal Teens
A bunch of other Hoodoo Gurus albums (all but the two Elektra ones) have been added to emusic as well. The last sentence in the AMG review of Stoneage Romeos says it best

... if you don't like the Hoodoo Gurus, I suspect you don't like rock & roll very much.

3 comments:

Janet ID said...

What a great mix tape. Can I get a copy (on cassette of course)?

Steve said...

Sure, if I can find the original. I didn't think cassettes were still relevant in this day and age.

Janet ID said...

But a CD, or worse, MP3 files, would be anachronistic!