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"THE PRESTON YEARS is dominated by material from the first and shortest-lived lineup of the Dancehall Racketeers. Part of the reason for this is that Graeme Thomas, the genius behind the Preston Records phenomenon, was the bass player during that short epoch of the band's existence. Graeme liked to turn every practice session into a reording date, which is just as well for posterity's sake in this instance. None of these tracks were ever issued until the first lineup had split, and then only 500 copies of a four track, vinyl EP were pressed up and sold, mainly to habitues of Hound Dogs Bop Shop. So it seemed like a good idea to issue just abut everything we recorded of that first band. In its various forms, the Dancehall Racketeers survived as a full-time road-band for a further seven years after that first lineup, and made many more recordings at the makeshift studio set up in a bedroom of Graeme's parent's home in James St. Preston..............."
Rick Dempster, 2006
TRACK LISTING:
1. C Jam Blues (1983) - mp3 sample
2. Rocket 88 (1981)
3. Allons A Lafayette (1985)
4. My Little Grass Shack In Kealekakuha Hawaii (1981) - mp3 sample
5. Rompin and Stompin All Night Long (1981)
6. Freight Train Boogie (1983)
7. Honey Babe Blues (1997)
8. Real Rock Drive (1981)
9. Hillbilly Swing (1981) - mp3 sample
10. Sure Thing (1985)
11. Good Rockin' Tonight (1983)
12. Snow Deer (1983)
13. Louisiana Dirty Rice (1997)
14. Right or Wrong (1981)
15. A Touch of Boogie (1981)v
16. Dig the Boogie (1981)
17. Hi-Flyer Stomp (1981)
18. Tired of Rockin' (1983)
19. Deep Elm Blues (1985)
20. Honeysuckle Rose (1981)
21. Rocket 88 (1981)
22. Jumping at the Woodside (1981)
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