Louie, Louie and More Golden Classics (1991)

When the Kingsmen's deconstructed, ragged, and hardly recognizable version of Richard Berry's "Louie, Louie" hit the radio airwaves in 1963, it started off a delightful thread of three-chord garage stompers that has reverberated ever since. With indecipherable (at any speed, according to the FBI) lyrics and a crude, in-your-face rhythm, "Louie, Louie" was a perfect example of what not to do in a recording studio, and yet it remains one of the greatest releases in the whole history of rock & roll. This set includes that ... Read More

When the Kingsmen's deconstructed, ragged, and hardly recognizable version of Richard Berry's "Louie, Louie" hit the radio airwaves in 1963, it started off a delightful thread of three-chord garage stompers that has reverberated ever since. With indecipherable (at any speed, according to the FBI) lyrics and a crude, in-your-face rhythm, "Louie, Louie" was a perfect example of what not to do in a recording studio, and yet it remains one of the greatest releases in the whole history of rock & roll. This set includes that milestone single and 11 others by the Kingsmen originally released by Wand Records in 1963 and 1964, most of them following along in the same three-chord template, including the ferocious "Killer Joe," "The Jolly Green Giant," and others. There are longer, more developed collections of the Kingsmen on the market, but this one does the essential job, and truthfully, you really only need "Louie, Louie" to understand this band. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi Read Less

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