[2021-04-16] Lonnie Donegan And His Skiffle Group "Gold" budget 3CD set (Crimson UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2021 1:36 am

Description
Crimson presents Lonnie Donegan ‘Gold’, the only Lonnie Donegan compilation you’ll ever need. Lonnie Donegan was a British skiffle singer songwriter, often referred to as the “King of Skiffle”.

During his career he achieved 31 UK top 30 singles including three number one hits.

Donegan’s music has influenced numerous pop and rock musicians, including the Beatles, the Who, Mark Knopfler , and Chas & Dave. This new essential compilation features 60 tracks across 3 CDs.

CD 1 opens one of Donegan’s best known recordings and his first single ‘Rock Island Line’. The song shot into the UK top ten and marked the beginning of the UK skiffle craze. Other hit singles on this CD include ‘Lost John’, ‘Don’t You Rock Me Daddy O’ and ‘Cumberland Gap’.

CD 2 features more of Lonnie Donegan’s hit singles including the number one ‘Gamblin’ Man’, ‘The Grand Coulee Dam’ and ‘Tom Dooley’.

CD 3 rounds off the set with more hits such as the number one single ‘My Old Man’s A Dustman’, ‘Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On The Bedpost Overnight?)’, and ‘Michael, Row The Boat’.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Rock Island Line
2. Midnight Special
3. Wabash Cannonball
4. When The Sun Goes Down
5. Stewball
6. Lost John
7. Don't You Rock Me Daddy O
8. Railroad Bill
9. Stackalee
10. Frankie And Johnny
11. Wreck Of The Old ‘97
12. How Long, How Long Blues
13. The Ballad Of Jesse James
14. Bring A Little Water, Sylvie
15. Dead Or Alive
16. I'm Alabammy Bound
17. I Shall Not Be Moved
18. Love Is Strange
19. Nobody's Child
20. Cumberland Gap

[CD2]
1. Puttin’ On The Style
2. Gamblin' Man
3. My Dixie Darling
4. Tom Dooley
5. The Grand Coulee Dam
6. Sally Don’t You Grieve
7. Jack O'Diamonds
8. Betty, Betty, Betty
9. Whoa Buck (Whoa Back, Buck)
10. I'm Just A Rollin’ Stone
11. Times Are Getting Hard, Boys
12. Nobody Loves Like An Irishman
13. Ol' Riley
14. Gloryland
15. Ham And Eggs
16. Rock O' My Soul
17. Lonesome Traveller
18. Talking Guitar Blues
19. Lonnie's Skiffle Party Part One
20. Lonnie's Skiffle Party Part Two

[CD3]
1. My Old Man's A Dustman
2. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On The Bedpost Overnight?)
3. The Battle Of New Orleans
4. I Wanna Go Home
5. Fort Worth Jail
6. The House Of The Rising Sun
7. Sal's Got a Sugar Lip
8. Darling Corey
9. Chesapeake Bay
10. San Miguel
11. Aunt Rhody (The Old Grey Goose)
12. Lively!
13. Lorelei
14. Have A Drink On Me
15. Lumbered
16. Virgin Mary
17. Pick A Bale Of Cotton
18. The Comancheros
19. Michael, Row The Boat
20. The Party's Over

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Y1MR71V/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08Y1MR71V/?tag=imwan-21

SOCMusic · 25 Oct 2006

Looking forward to seeing what's on this one!

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Mar 13, 2021 12:21 pm

86mets brought us the tracklist, and I've moved it up into the first post.

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:37 pm

Here's the official trailer for this release:

[2021-04-16] Lonnie Donegan And His Skiffle Group "Gold" budget 3CD set (Crimson UK)

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