ALBUM REVIEW

MURRAY THE K'S HOLIDAY REVUE -
Live At The Brooklyn Fox, December 1964 -
(Mag Mid CD #MM 069)

England's TKO Magnum Music released this CD in 2001, and we can only say "It's about time!"

This package gives us over 72 minutes of Murray Kaufman's December 1964 live show at the fabled Brooklyn Fox Theatre. Murray was the "easy listening" jock who became the "Murray the K" persona, Alan Freed's successor on WINS in New York, and kept up his tradition of live holiday Rock & Roll shows at major theatre venues.

While the show took place a bit late in the Rock & Roll era, it still features plenty of top artists and has just about the same "feel" as the Freed shows. So this is your chance to "be there" if you weren't around at the time, or to re-live the experience if you were. We must add that the sound quality is exceptional for a "live" album.

The printed track listing is a bit confusing, because some artist names are either missing or wrongly placed. We have corrected these problems in the listing below.

Find it...buy it...re-live it !!!!!

Track listing:

1. Introduction - unidentifeid announcer (he's NOT Murray)
2. He's So Fine - Chiffons
3. Denise - Randy & the Rainbows
4. My Boyfriend's Back - Angels
5. Linda - Jan & Dean
6. Surf City - Jan & Dean
7. So Much In Love - Tymes
8. Introduction and humor from Murray the K
9. Be My Baby - Ronettes
10. She Cried - Jay & the Americans
11. Town Without Pity - Gene Pitney
12. Shop Around - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
13. You Can't Sit Down - Dovells
14. Walk On By - Dionne Warwicke
15. Reach Out For Me - Dionne Warwicke
16. Hang On Sloopy - Vibrations
17. Thou Shalt Not Steal - Dick & DeeDee
18. Leader Of The Pack - Shangri-Las
19. Since I Don't Have You - Chuck Jackson
20. Any Day Now - Chuck Jackson
21. Stand By Me - Ben E. King
22. Under The Boardwalk - Drifters
23. Saturday Night At The Movies - Drifters
24. Baby It's You - Shirelles
25. Boys - Shirelles
26. Mama Said - Shirelles
27. Tonight's The Night - Shirelles

Copyright � 2003 - Doo Wop Gino

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