Credits:

Thee Midniters

Description:

The top black-eyed soul band from East L.A. presents a rock side for garage fans and a soul side for low-rider fans in this definitive 2-CD set! While white hot-rodders competed with each other for speed, Chicanos cruised the streets of Whittier Avenue on weekends in their luxuriously modified used cars from the 1930s and 1940s, asking the girls they met out on dates. By 1964, however, many white teens (40% of East Los Angeles) and Chicano teens (60%) had become obsessed with the Beatles and Rolling Stones, and Whittier Street was filled with Beatles haircuts, slim pants, and Beetle boots. Stores selling cutting-edge fashions, such as sweaters, opened one after another.The Gee Midnighters emerged from the ranks, and under Little Willie G, who has been called Chicano's best vocalist, the Gee Midnighters quickly rose to the top of the East Los Angeles scene, pounding white surfers and English-crazed teens with their strong R&B and rock numbers and melting ballads for black and Chicano cruising teens. The band quickly rose to become one of the top bands in East Los Angeles with their ballads. The album is divided into two discs, disc one with rock numbers for garage fans and disc two with soul numbers for lowrider fans. This album is divided into two discs, one with rock numbers for garage fans and the other with soul numbers for lowrider fans. ～From the commentary by Masuko Jimmy

Tracklisting:

ROCK SIDE (DISC 1)
01. LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES (PART1)
02. LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES (STUDIO)
03. WHITTIER BLVD.
04. EMPTY HEART
05. JOHNNY B. GOODE
06. MONEY
07. LOVE SPECIAL DELIVERY
08. GOOD LOVIN'
09. GLORIA
10. I FOUND A PEANUT
11. EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY
12. THEE MIDNITE FEELING
13. NEVER KNEW I HAD IT SO BAD
14. DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS - GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY
15. WELCOME HOME DARING
16. DRAGON-FLY
17. DOWN WHITTIER BLVD.
18. JUMP. JIVE. AND HARMONIZE
19. LOOKING OUT A WINDOW
20. BREAKFAST IN THE GRASS
21. CHICANO POWER

SOUL SIDE (DISC 2)
01. SAD GIRL
02. TO BE WITH YOU
03. COME BACK BABY
04. GIVING UP ON LOVE
05. I NEED SOME ONE
06. THAT'S ALL
07. BROTHER WHERE ARE YOU
08. WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN
09. LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND
10. DON'T GO AWAY
11. ARE YOU ANGRY
12. LOVE MAKES ME DO FOOLISH THINGS
13. IT'LL NEVER BE OVER FOR ME
14. CHEATIN' WOMAN
15. COULD IT BE
16. THEE WALKING SONG
17. DREAMING CASUALLY
18. MAKING ENDS MEET
19. CHILE CON SOUL
20. THE TOWN I LIVE IN