Artist: Various Artists, Jerry Cole Title: Compilation Year Of Release: 2009-2012 Label: Ace Records Genre: Rock'n'Roll, Surf Quality: FLAC (tracks+scans) Albums: 2006 - Hot Rod Twangin' 2010 - Guitars A Go Go Volume 2 2012 - Psychedelic Guitars Tracklist: 2006 - Hot Rod Twangin': The 1960s Crown Recordings 01. Hip Hugger - Jerry Cole 02. Pealin' Out - Jerry Kole & the Strokers 03. Mustang - The Stingers 04. Mambo Boogie - Billy Boyd 05. Twin Scramblers - The Scramblers 06. Boss Hair - Jerry Cole 07. Ventures Venture - Jerry Cole 08. Super Charged - The Hot Rodders 09. Ticket To Ride (issued as 'Sunset Strip') - Jerry Cole & the Stingers 10. Shuffle Boogie - Billy Boyd 11. The Pursuit - Jerry Kole & the Strokers 12. Soul Twist (issued as 'Hey Little Girl') - Jerry Cole & the Stingers 13. Bad Rubber - The Blasters 14. Night Rock - Billy Boyd 15. Twelve A Go Go - Jerry Cole 16. Cops And Rodders - The Winners 17. Mojo - The Stingers 18. Diggin' The Blues - Billy Boyd 19. George Played - Jerry Cole 20. Long Gone - The Blasters 21. Duck Walk - Billy Boyd 22. The Green Monster - Jerry Kole & the Strokers 23. Around The Oval - The Scramblers 24. Along Came Mary - The Winners 2010 - Guitars A Go Go Volume 2 01. Jerry Cole - Curfew 2:38 02. Jerry Cole & The Stingers - Milk And HoneyMilk And Honey 3:31 03. Jerry Cole - Really Got It Bad 3:02 04. Jerry Cole & The Stingers - Groovy Night 3:14 05. The Stingers - Great Scott 2:14 06. Jerry Cole - Sloppin' 2:30 07. Jerry Cole & The Stingers - No More Hanky Panky 2:40 08. Jerry Cole - The Tower Of London 2:38 09. Jerry Cole & The Stingers - Yeah, Yeah, Yeah 3:23 10. The Stingers - Movin' On 2:18 11. Jerry Cole & The Stingers - Paperback Lover 2:28 12. The Stingers - Dang Thing 1:49 13. Jerry Cole - Teen Age Fair 2:05 14. The Stingers - Ripple Blues 2:22 15. Jerry Cole & The Stingers - Hold On 2:29 16. The Stingers - Coming On 1:32 17. The Stingers - Unchained Soul 2:09 18. Jerry Cole & The Stingers - Barefoot Baby 3:04 19. The Stingers - One For The Money 1:55 20. The Stingers - 007 Rides Again 1:58 21. The Hot Rodders - The Creamer 3:58 22. The Hot Rodders - Wild Willys 2:33 23. The Hot Rodders - Drag Shoot 3:11 24. The Hot Rodders - The Screamer 2:54 2012 - Psychedelic Guitars 01. Projection Company - Our Man Hendrix 3:07 02. The Generation Gap - Hard Times 2:43 03. T. Swift & the Electric Bag - What's Your Bag? 2:09 04. Stone Canyon Rock Group - Wild Times 2:14 05. Projection Company - Kimeaa 2:47 06. The Generation Gap - Fool's Luck 3:16 07. Projection Company - Tune Out of Place 2:23 08. The Generation Gap - High on Love 3:58 09. T. Swift & the Electric Bag - Free Form in 6 2:08 10. Projection Company - Boil the Kettle 3:05 11. The Generation Gap - Strange Shadows 2:51 12. T. Swift & the Electric Bag - Are You Experienced 4:35 13. T. Swift & the Electric Bag - The Strut 2:26 14. T. Swift & the Electric Bag - Expo in Sound 4:33 15. Stone Canyon Rock Group - I Love You, I Do 2:50 16. Projection Company - Gimme Some Lovin' 2:31 17. T. Swift & the Electric Bag - Red Eyes 2:55 18. The Generation Gap - Woman of Mine 3:06 19. Stone Canyon Rock Group - I Can't Stand It 2:22 20. T. Swift & the Electric Bag - The Letter 2:27 21. T. Swift & the Electric Bag - The Stinger 2:32 22. The Generation Gap - Lisa 3:03 23. Projection Company - What Else 2:15 24. Stone Canyon Rock Group - MacArthur Park 6:08 Jerry Cole is an excellent guitarist. Just the list in the liner notes of several dozen stars on whose records he played -- including Frank Sinatra, the Beach Boys, the Byrds, Phil Spector, Aretha Franklin, and Elvis Presley for starters -- is a testament to that. Being a good guitarist and making good records are different things, however. And while Cole did make a lot of records on which he was the featured artist, many of them were quite run-of-the-mill instrumentals. They form the main diet on this 24-track collection of sides he played on for budget LPs on the Crown label in 1960-1966 that were attributed to numerous different artists, including not just Jerry Cole, but also Jerry Kole, the Stingers, Billy Boyd, the Scramblers, the Hot Rodders, the Winners, and even the Blasters (no, not the Blasters with the Alvin brothers). While Cole's playing is accomplished and spirited, it hardly pierces the arrow of the heart in the fevered, imaginative way that axemen Link Wray and Lonnie Mack could on many of their instrumental discs from the same time. That's not to say that everything here is as instantly dispensable as those budget Crown LPs were no doubt thought of by the label itself. Cole sometimes manages a tough, burning bluesy tone, "The Green Monster" being an outstanding example, though that track (as well as some others) is kicked along by some gimmicky burning-rubber hot rod sound effects. And, as the title promises, there's twang aplenty, though a leaner, suaver, and bluesier sort than Duane Eddy's. He also gets into some relatively early fuzz workouts on numbers like the Stingers' "Mustang," which has something of a Davie Allan feel. You hunger, however, for a little more along the lines of the Bo Diddley-styled "Mojo," where it seems like he's stretching for something more adventurous, particularly when he dives into unexpectedly lowdown distorted fuzz. Much of the rest of this comp is coasting in the songwriting department (which was usually Cole's department), as formidable a testament as the disc is to his versatile skills