As you may be aware its been said... "the fact that no Cameo- Parkway material has been released on CD by Abkco is one of the longest-running mysteries of the CD era"
Well seems that things are changing with a release in May in USA of a 4 boxed set entitled Cameo Parkway 1957-1967
Producer Jody Klein said on the Ice web magazine that "This catalog "has a diffuse artist roster. Some recordings were made for Cameo, and a great many were licensed from other small labels, so the whole process of locating sources was extremely difficult. It required a lot of man- and woman-hours."
"Later this year we'll follow the box with individual artist reissues on Bobby Rydell, the Orlons, the Dovells, Dee Dee Sharp, ? and the Mysterians, and the Tymes. These will have 25 tracks or so apiece. We can't mention any specifics, but we do have plans for digging further into the archives. This label was rich enough that the product should continue to flow, now that the faucet is open."
As you may be aware its been said... "the fact that no Cameo- Parkway material has been released on CD by Abkco is one of the longest-running mysteries of the CD era"
Well seems that things are changing with a release in May in USA of a 4 boxed set entitled Cameo Parkway 1957-1967
Producer Jody Klein said on the Ice web magazine that "This catalog "has a diffuse artist roster. Some recordings were made for Cameo, and a great many were licensed from other small labels, so the whole process of locating sources was extremely difficult. It required a lot of man- and woman-hours."
"Later this year we'll follow the box with individual artist reissues on Bobby Rydell, the Orlons, the Dovells, Dee Dee Sharp, ? and the Mysterians, and the Tymes. These will have 25 tracks or so apiece. We can't mention any specifics, but we do have plans for digging further into the archives. This label was rich enough that the product should continue to flow, now that the faucet is open."
Can read the full article here
https://www.icemagazine.com/stories/217/cameo.shtm
The listing is below, ishould be interesting to see what future releases come out.
Tracks of Disc 1:
1. Butterfly ~ Charlie Gracie
2. Fabulous ~ Charlie Gracie
3. Race For Time ~ Jerry Arnold & The Rhythm Captains
4. Sing Sing Sing ~ Bernie Lowe Orchestra
5. You're The Greatest ~ Billy Scott
6. Over The Weekend ~ The Playboys
7. Night Time ~ Pete Antell
8. Memory Lane ~ The Hippies (Formerly The Tams)
9. Silhouettes ~ The Rays
10. Daddy Cool ~ The Rays
11. Back To School Again ~ Timmie Rogers
12. The Class ~ Chubby Checker
13. Bad Motorcycle ~ The Storey Sisters
14. Shake A Hand ~ Mike Pedicin Quintet
15. Dinner With Drac Part 1 ~ John Zacherle
16. Mexican Hat Rock ~ The Applejacks
17. Nine More Miles ~ Georgie Young and The Rockin' Bocs
18. Birds And Bees ~ The Temptations
19. Two Weeks With Pay ~ Georgie Young and The Rockin' Bocs
20. Rocka-Conga ~ The Applejacks
21. Kissin' Time ~ Bobby Rydell
22. We Got Love ~ Bobby Rydell
23. The Twist ~ Chubby Checker
24. Wild One ~ Bobby Rydell
25. Swingin' School ~ Bobby Rydell
26. Pony Time ~ Chubby Checker
27. Teach Me To Twist ~ Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydell
28. Let's Twist Again ~ Chubby Checker
29. Bristol Stomp ~ The Dovells
30. The Wah Watusi ~ The Orlons
31. Merry Christmas ~ The Cameos
Tracks of Disc 2:
1. Slow Twistin' ~ Chubby Checker (with Dee Dee Sharp)
2. Mashed Potato Time ~ Dee Dee Sharp
3. Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes) ~ Dee Dee Sharp
4. Don't Hang Up ~ The Orlons
5. Ride ~ Dee Dee Sharp
6. Do The New Continental ~ The Dovells
7. The Popeye Waddle ~ Don Covay
8. Limbo Rock ~ Chubby Checker
9. The Cha Cha Cha ~ Bobby Rydell
10. Volare ~ Bobby Rydell
11. Sweet Georgia Brown ~ The Carroll Brothers
12. Back To School One More Time ~ Jerry Blavat & The Yon Teenagers
13. (I'm The Girl From) Wolverton Mountain ~ Jo Ann Campbell
14. Rowdy ~ Clint Eastwood
15. Forget Him ~ Bobby Rydell
16. Mother Please! ~ Jo Ann Campbell
17. Come On And Dance With Me ~ Billy Abbott and The Jewels
18. Groovy Baby ~ Billy Abbott and The Jewels
19. The Jam Part 1 ~ Bobby Gregg and His Friends
20. You Can't Sit Down ~ The Dovells
21. South Street ~ The Orlons
22. Everybody South Street ~ The Taffys
23. Do The Bird ~ Dee Dee Sharp
24. Not Me ~ The Orlons
25. Cross Fire! ~ The Orlons
26. (Everybody Do) The Swim ~ The Marlins
27. The 81 ~ Candy and The Kisses
28. Daydreamin' Of You ~ The Dreamers
29. The Boy With The Beatle Hair ~ The Swans
30. Jingle Bell Rock ~ Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydell
Tracks of Disc 3:
1. So Much In Love ~ The Tymes
2. Wonderful! Wonderful! ~ The Tymes
3. I'll Be True ~ Johnny Maestro
4. When We Get Married ~ The Dreamlovers
5. Somewhere ~ The Tymes
6. Hey Good Lookin' ~ Billy Abbott And The Jewels
7. Just One Chance ~ The Sparkletones
8. You'll Never Walk Alone ~ Patti Labelle And The Blue Belles
9. Danny Boy ~ Patti Labelle And The Blue Belles
10. Cast Your Fate To The Wind ~ Sounds Orchestral
11. It Only Took A Minute ~ Joe Brown And The Bruvvers
12. Long Tall Sally ~ The Kinks
13. Boys ~ Peter Best
14. You Still Want Me ~ The Kinks
15. Funny How Love Can Be ~ The Ivy League
16. Tossing & Turning ~ The Ivy League
17. She's Fallen In Love With The Monster Man ~ Screamin' Lord Sutch & The Savages
18. Wild Thing ~ Senator Bobby
19. Little White House ~ Len Barry
20. Fool, Fool, Fool ~ Joey And The Flips
21. Girl From New York City ~ The GTOs
22. Society Girl ~ The Rag Dolls
23. Soldier Baby Of Mine ~ Candy And The Kisses
24. S.O.S. (Heart In Distress) ~ Christine Cooper
25. Because Of My Heart ~ Frankie Beverly And The Butlers
26. Heartaches Away My Boy ~ Christine Cooper
27. Got To Run ~ Vickie Baines
28. My Boy ~ The Stylettes
29. White Christmas (3 O'Clock Weather Report) ~ Bobby The Poet
Tracks of Disc 4:
1. Angel Of The Morning ~ Evie Sands
2. The Love Of A Boy ~ Evie Sands
3. This Can't Be True ~ Eddie Holman
4. World Of Fantasy ~ The Five Stairsteps
5. Come Back ~ The Five Stairsteps
6. Am I A Loser ~ Eddie Holman
7. Danger! She's A Stranger ~ The Five Stairsteps
8. Meet Me In Church ~ Bobby Marchan
9. You've Been Untrue ~ The Delfonics
10. Get A Hold Of Yourself ~ The Persians
11. He Don't Really Love You ~ The Delfonics
12. The Sweetest Thing This Side Of Heaven ~ Chris Bartley
13. The Grass Will Sing For You ~ Lonnie Youngblood
14. I (Who Have Nothing) ~ Terry Knight and The Pack
15. Beg, Borrow And Steal ~ Ohio Express
16. 96 Tears ~ ? & The Mysterians
17. I Need Somebody ~ ? & The Mysterians
18. East Side Story ~ Bob Seger
19. Can't Get Enough Of You, Baby ~ ? & The Mysterians
20. Respect ~ The Rationals
21. Shake Your Tambourine ~ Bobby Marchan
22. Let The Good Times Roll & Feel So Good ~ Bunny Sigler
23. Heavy Music Part 1 ~ Bob Seger and The Last Heard
24. Lovey Dovey / You're So Fine ~ Bunny Sigler
25. Sock It To Me Santa ~ Bob Seger and The Last Heard