Showing posts with label Peter Case. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peter Case. Show all posts

Peter Case Pick

Over the last several days or so, I've made a pick for The Nerves family and separately for Paul Collin's Beat. Now it's the turn for Peter Case. Frankly, I love some of his stuff and don't care as much about some of the other stuff. He was amazing with The Plimsouls. I included several songs (including a different version of one song). I included one track of each of the Breakaways and the Nerves. I tried to get songs he wrote. The other good ones I put in the previous picks. The rest is his solo work. And, for me, some of it is hit and miss. I tried to get a little something from across the whole output of his, though. So if you are into some of that I am not as into it, you still get it. Most is pretty good though. Judge for yourself. I can make a Case for the Plimsouls being the peak of his best stuff. I'm willing to have you change my mind.

Peter Case Pick

01 The Breakaways - One Way Ticket
02 Peter Case - Banks Of The River
03 Peter Case - On The Way Downtown
04 Dave Alvin & Peter Case - Monday Morning Blues
05 Peter Case - Steel Strings
06 Peter Case - Bumble Bee
07 Peter Case - Pelican Bay
08 Peter Case - Have You Ever Been In Trouble
09 Peter Case - Charlie James
10 Peter Case - Beyond The Blues
11 Peter Case - Gone
12 Peter Case - Entella Hotel
13 Peter Case - Old Blue Car
14 Peter Case - Every 24 Hours
15 Peter Case - Blind Luck
16 Plimsouls - Oldest Story in the World
17 Plimsouls - Zero Hour (Original Version)
18 Plimsouls - Now
19 Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away
20 Peter Case - Coulda Shoulda Woulda
21 The Nerves - When You Find Out
22 Plimsouls - Everywhere at Once

Beat The Case Of The Nerves

The fancy title is because I was looking at some Erle Stanley Gardner books as I was coming up with it. He wrote all the Perry Mason books (and as AA Fair wrote my favorite detective novels with Bertha Cool and Donald Lam). All his Perry Mason books are titled "The Case of the ..." and when the main protaganists of the band The Nerves end up being The Beat and Peter Case, it just made sense in my head. Really it's The Nerves Family Pick. Nerves became the Breakaways which turned into solo stuff for Jack Lee, The Beat (later Paul Collins Beat) and The Plimsouls which led to Peter Case solo. These guys are semi famous. Their songs ended up in Caddyshack, and Valley Girls as well as covers by Blondie that went ballistic. I liked most all of it. I have saved a few tracks to be used only in solo picks, so don't despair if your favorites aren't there yet. But these are my very favorites of each. I know it's Halloween, but I decided to send you to another site (Groovy Library) for some great Halloween tracks instead of posting some myself. George did a great job with Halloween this year!

Beat The Case Of The Nerves

01 The Nerves - Hanging On The Telephone
02 The Nerves - Give Me Some Time
03 The Nerves - When You Find Out
04 The Breakaways - One Way Ticket
05 The Breakaways - Walking Out On Love
06 Jack Lee - It's Hot Outside
07 The Beat - Let Me Into Your Life
08 The Beat - Working Too Hard
09 Plimsouls - Now
10 Plimsouls - Zero Hour
11 The Beat - There She Goes
12 Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away
13 The Beat - Rock N Roll Girl
14 Plimsouls - Everywhere at Once
15 Peter Case - Steel Strings
16 Paul Collins' Beat - Dreaming
17 Peter Case - Banks Of The River
18 Peter Case - On The Way Downtown
19 Peter Case - Beyond The Blues
20 Peter Case - Gone
21 Peter Case - Entella Hotel
22 Peter Case - Every 24 Hours
23 Paul Collins - I Need My Rock N'roll
24 Plimsouls - Playing With Jack
25 Paul Collins Beat - I Still Want You
26 Peter Case - Coulda Shoulda Woulda