Blast Off: Felsted Records Story / Various

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Felsted Records was a Decca subsidiary label named after the village in Essex where Sir Edward Lewis, the head of Britain's Decca Records lived, and in 1958 it was employed to release US-recorded material in the UK. So from Essex to America, enjoy this slice of varied output from the likes of The Flares, The Spacemen and The Crystals. CD1 1. Blast Off ~ The Spacemen 2. Be My Baby ~ David Orrell 3. Foot Stomping ~ The Flares 4. Once In A Lifetime ~ The Cordials 5. Flirty Gertie ~ The Jiv-A-Tones 6. Oh My Darling ~ Frank & Jack & The Nightwinds 7. Koffee Shop Rock ~ Mickey Michaels 8. Guardian Angel ~ The Camerons 9. Spotnick ~ The Spotnicks 10. You d Be Surprised ~ Kathy Linden 11. I Been Crying ~ The Five Fleets 12. Hey Hey Pretty Baby ~ The Admiral Tones 13. I-I-I Love You ~ Andy Anderson 14. Makin Whoopee ~ Charlie Gracie 15. Who Would Have Thought It ~ The Deltairs 16. Johnny On His Strings ~ Electric Johnny & His Skyrockets 17. Where The Blue Of The Night ~ Tommy Mara 18. You re My Dream ~ The Castaleers 19. Oh Joe! ~ E McGriff 20. Singing Waters ~ The Truetones 21. Chicken Hop ~ The Roosters 22. Secret Love ~ Jimmy Ricks 23. The Great Duane ~ Ritchie Hart 24. Rona Baby ~ Myron Lee 25. Make It Up ~ The Trojans CD2 1. Blue Skies ~ The Biscaines 2. Jump And Bump ~ The Flares 3. Summer Is Thru ~ Chuck Harper 4. Left Behind ~ LaVerne Stovall 5. Looking For A Fool ~ Johnny Angel & The Halos 6. The Mohawk ~ D.C. Washington 7. Johnny Valentine ~ Andy Anderson 8. Old Spinning Wheel ~ The Spotnicks 9. Fire Engine Baby ~ The Jiv-A-Tones 10. (My) Hi Fi Baby ~ Castaleers 11. Goodbye, Charlie Brown ~ Nobles C. Darby 12. Angel Of Love ~ The Echoes 13. High Noon ~ Salt N Pepper 14. Mary Ellen ~ The Crystals 15. Slight Case Of Love ~ The Five Fleets 16. If It Didn t Hurt So Much ~ Jimmy Ricks 17. W-Wow ~ Charlie Gracie 18. Black Eyes Rock ~ Electric Johnny & His Skyrockets 19. Come Go With Me ~ The Majors 20. Need You So ~ The Casualteens 21. Asia Minor ~ Kokomo 22. Oh! Johnny, Oh! Johnny Oh! ~ Kathy Linden 23. Ambush ~ The Parisians 24. Soda Pop ~ Vince Maloy 25. Recess ~ The Altecs