The Brian Setzer Orchestra – The Ultimate Collection Vol.1 & Vol. 2 & Ignition!
Format: Vinyl
Label: Surfdog Records / Mascot Label Group
Releasedatum: 24 juli 2020
This live collection spans Setzer’s entire 25 year career, and includes the hits ‘Rock This Town’, ‘Stray Cat Strut’, ‘Rumble In Brighton’, ‘I Won’t Stand In Your Way’, and Grammy Award winning songs such as “Jump Jive An’ Wail” as well as Billboard and UK hit single, ‘Sleepwalk’, and ‘Caravan’.
Brian Setzer ’68 Comeback Special: Ignition was originally released in 2001. Following fronting The Brian Setzer Orchestra in the 1990s, ‘Ignition!’ marks Setzer’s return to purist rockabilly, fronting a trio, named the Brian Setzer ’68 Comeback Special, in homage to 1968 TV Special of Elvis Presley. The album continued his mission to not just preserve rockabilly, but to keep it alive as a fresh form of music. The record also saw an appearance of The Clash’s Joe Strummer on the song ‘Who Would Love This Car But Me.’
Iconic guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and 3-time Grammy award-winner BRIAN SETZER is a “Musician’s Musician” credited with continually taking chances with innovative and daring musical styles.
Setzer is widely credited for taking two forgotten genres, rockabilly and swing, adding his own blend of gunpowder and rockin style, and completely reinventing and single-handedly resurrecting them in the process. Along the way, he has scored chart-topping hits, sold 13 million record and received the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award throughout his decorated career as founder/leader of the Stray Cats, his 19-piece Brian Setzer Orchestra, and as a solo artist.
He is consistently cited as one of the world’s greatest living guitarists, and has a best-selling, extensive line of elite Gretsch signature model guitars bearing his name. SETZER is also, fittingly, in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. BRIAN appeared in the 1987 film, La Bamba, portraying rockabilly pioneer Eddie Cochran. In 2002, BRIAN earned the privilege of being one of the few musicians to be animated in an episode of “The Simpsons.” That same year, SETZER was personally requested to induct Chet Atkins into the 17th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. SETZER had the honor of being invited in 2006 to perform at the White House for the President of the United States. In 2014, SETZER received the distinct honor of being asked by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. to donate a replica of his original 1959 Gretsch 6120 “Stray Cat” guitar, joining an elite collection of iconic treasures at the museum.
Vol. 1 – tracklisting:
01. Intro
02. James Bond Theme (Spies In The Night)
03. Hoodoo Voodoo Doll
04. Good Rockin’ Daddy
05. Your True Love
06. Honky Tonk
07. My Baby Only Cares For Me
08. Brand New Cadillac
09. Sittin’ On It
10. Ghost Radio
11. (Everytime I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone
12. Rumble In Brighton
13. Route 66
14. Rock This Town (Montreal, Canada)
15. As Long As I’m Singin’
Vol. 2 – tracklisting:
01. Hawaii Five-O
02. The Cat’s On A Hot Tin Roof
03. The Dirty Boogie
04. Jumpin’ Off East Java
05. Drive Like Lightning (Crash Like Thunder)
06. Caravan
07 . I Won’t Stand In Your Way
08. Mystery Train
09. Gene & Eddie
10. Sleepwalk
11. Stray Cat Strut
12. Jump, Jive, An’ Wail
13. Pennsylvania 6-5000
14. Gettin’ In The Mood
15. Get me To The Church On Time
16. Rock This Town (Tokyo, Japan)
Ignition! – tracklisting:
01. Ignition
02. 5 Years, 4 Months, 3 Days
03. Hell Bent
04. Hot Rod Girl
05. 8-Track
06. ‘59
07. Rooster Rock
08. Santa Rosa Rita
09. The Legend Of Johnny Kool, Pt. 2
10. Get ‘Em On The Ropes
11. Who Would Love This Car But Me?
12. Blue Café
13. Dreamsville
14. Malaqueña