Flip Doo Wop Vol 1-3 (2013)

Tracklist
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Vol 1
01. Let's Party Awhile - Donald Woods & The Bel-Aires/Vel-Aires
02. I'll Have Memories Of You - Arthur Lee Maye & Group
03. Send Me Flowers - The Six Teens With Ray Johnson Combo
04. This Paradise - Donald Woods & The Bel-Aires/Vel-Aires
05. Mambo Baby To-Nite - Candy Rivers & The Falcons
06. Baby We Two - Rhythm Masters
07. Rock, Rock, Rock (This Dance Is Crazy) - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs
08. I Knew You When - Flippers
09. Patricia - Rhythm Masters
10. This Is Goodbye - The Bel-Aires
11. A Casual Look - The Six Teens
12. Du-Bi-A-Do - The Falcons
13. Death Of An Angel - Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires
14. You Yakity Yak Too Much - Flippers
15. Don't Worry About A Thing - The Sweet Teens
16. Take The Key (And Open Up My Heart) - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs
17. Man From Utopia - Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires
18. You Are The Only One - Candy Rivers & The Falcons
19. My Aching Heart - Flippers
20. White Port And Lemon Juice - The Bel-Aires
21. Stay Mine - The Falcons
22. Forever More - The Sweet Teens

Vol 2
01. Why Don't You Answer - The Maharajahs
02. My Dear - The Cyclones
03. You're The Girl - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs
04. Arrow Of Love - Trudy Williams & The Six Teens
05. Heaven In My Arms - Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires
06. Puddin' Pie - The Lockettes
07. Looking For You - Dukes
08. Tell Me Darling - Arthur Lee Maye & Group
09. I Do Believe - The Maharajahs
10. Where You Been So Long - The Rainiers
11. Groceries, Sir - Dukes
12. Since You've Been Gone - The Dreamers
13. Mighty Joe - Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires
14. Teenage Promise - Trudy Williams & The Six Teens
15. Hey Pretty Girl - Arthur Lee Maye
16. I'll Never Ever Love Again - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs
17. You Don't Want Me - The Lockettes
18. Deposit Your Love (In The Bank Of My Heart) - Richard Owens & The Ivy Leaguers
19. Cause You're Mine Alone - Arthur Lee Maye
20. Do You Love Me - The Cyclones
21. Do Not Forget - The Dreamers
22. Somewhere There's A Rainbow - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs

Vol 3
02. Uncle Sam's Man - The Elgins
03. Oh It's Crazy - The Six Teens
04. Sweet Loretta - The Maharajahs
05. I Love You - Dukes
06. Louie Louie - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs
07. I Ran To You - Lena Calhoun & The Emotions
08. Puppy Love - The King Bees
09. I Cry And Cry Every Night - Jimmie Smith & The Lockettes
10. I'll Try - The Ru-Bee-Els
11. My Very Own - Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires
12. My Walkie Talkie Baby - Flippers
13. Give Me Your Number - The King Bees
14. Been Lookin' Your Way - Lena Calhoun & The Emotions
15. Leap Year Cha Cha - Dukes
16. Beware Of Love - The Ivy Leaguers Feat Richard Owens
17. Oh Shirley - The Maharajahs
18. Have Love Will Travel - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs
19. I Can Tell (I'm Losing Your Love) - Lena Calhoun & The Emotions
20. Casey Cop - The Elgins
21. A Foolish Little Girl - Trudy Williams
22. Stay With Me Always - Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires

Originally released on Max and Lillian Feirtags' Flip Records (hence the title), Flip Doo Wop, Vol. 1 features seminal West Coast doo wop recorded by some of Los Angeles' finest warblers. The label enjoyed an eight-year reign from 1955 to 1963 before ceasing operations. Artists featured are Richard Berry & the Pharaohs, the Six Teens, the Bel-Aires (later Donald Woods & the Velaires), the Rhythm Masters, the Flippers, Candy Rivers & the Falcons, and ex-major-leaguer Arthur Lee Maye, who could sing and hit a baseball. The 22 sides embody many of Flip's finest efforts, including the Six Teens' number 25 pop hit, "A Casual Look," and the Velaires' hurting "Death of an Angel" and "White Port and Lemon Juice," the latter titled after the popular mixed drink of L.A.'s hipsters.

Max and Lillian Feirtag started Flip Records in L.A. in 1955 and released some 60 vintage West Coast doo wop and R&B singles and a handful of various-artists sampler LPs before finally closing the doors in 1963. The Feirtags then steadfastly refused to license any of the Flip material for CD reissue, and only after their deaths was Britain's Ace Records able to purchase the label's catalog. This is the third volume in Ace's reissue campaign for Flip Records, and it includes the label's most famous release, the original version of Richard Berry's "Louie, Louie" from 1957, and yes, you can hear the words clearly, and no, they're not the slightest bit obscene. Berry's "Louie" was never a commercial success, but it did spawn the famous "indecipherable at any speed" 1963 version by the Kingsmen. Also here is Berry's "Have Love, Will Travel," a virtual clone of "Louie, Louie." Other highlights include the Elgins' cinematic "Casey Cop," Donald Woods & the Vel-Aires' odd and loosely jazzy "My Very Own," and the Maharajahs' 1950s funky "Sweet Loretta." It might be a severe overstatement to say that Flip Records changed the course of pop music, but given all the punky garage bands that Berry's "Louie, Louie" eventually wrought, maybe not.

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