Cash Warren

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead - Music From the Miramax Motion Picture
$17.99
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead - Music From The Miramax Motion Picture // 1. Jockey Full of Bourbon - Tom Waits 2. Mile High - Morphine 3. On The Way Out - Freedy Johnston 4. Born Under A Bad Sign - Neville Brothers with Buddy Guy 5. The Thrill Is Gone - Dishwalla 6. Bittersweet - Big Head Todd And The Monsters 7. Get Out Of Denver - Blues Traveler 8. This Is My Life - Ape Hangers 9. She's A Superstar - Buddy Guy 10. Take Out Some Insurance On My Baby - Jimmy Reed 11. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash 12. You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You - Dean Martin 13. Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead - Warren Zevon

Mars Needs Women
$14.95
The Mars Needs Women plot line builds a lightning quick romance between Mars man Dop, Tommy Kirk and Earth woman Dr. Bowen, Yvonne Craig. A background premise of a 100-1 boy to girl lopsided birth ratio catastrophe (except for the girls of course) occurring back on Mars explains why there are 5 Martians on Earth and also gives the movie its name. There is abduction of potential childbearing women, a man hunt, or Martian hunt depending on how you look at it, outrage over the Martian designs to steel off with Earth women, etc., etc...

It's just too damn serious. I wasn't expecting that at all.

With a Title like "Mars Needs Women", ca-maaannn! Lighten up. I was expecting to see something like 40 or 50 horney Martian guys chasing after 1960s type sexy Earth chicks, accompanied by the quintessential garbage head or two buffooning around and adding to the laughs. Instead I get Yvonne Craig, a righteous dish herself, giving a not too shabby early 1960s lecture on the intricacies of DNA structure. She was also the cutest thing in the movie. Bubbles Cash wasn't too bad either.

I had a friend who used to say about movies "If its stupid and its meant to be stupid, I can live with that. But if its stupid and its meant to be serious, I want to blow it up with a bazooka." That's how Mars Needs Women impresses me. Nonetheless, watch it. You owe yourself the experience.

That'll Flat Git It!, Vol. 17 { Various Artists }
$27.97
(Actual rating would be 3 and a half stars) Bear Family's 17th entry in this series, this is a mostly well chosen compilation of unreleased, alternate, and unknown Sun recordings. Several of the offerings on here are anonymous demos that were found in the Sun records vaults, others are demo recordings sent in to Sun in hopes of cutting an actual rating, and the rest are either unreleased demos by Sun artists or alternate versions of Sun singles. You get 34 songs and a great booklet with super liner notes. The majority of the songs are pretty good, with a handfull of real gems. I'm especially partial to Ray Harris' propulsive version of "Greenback Dollar", Alton and Jimmy's "No More Cryin the Blues", the Charlie Rich demos, both Jerry Arnold tunes("Little Boy Blue" touches on the softer soft of rockabilly, and wouldn't be out of place on a Buddy Holly album, and "High Class Baby" though it suffers from muddy sound is worth ressurecting), Onie Wheeler's "That's All", the Johnny Cash alternate of "Big River" (practically a different song than the released version), "Jungle Queen" by Fred Prentiss, and Sonny Burgess' "Find My Baby For Me" with great backing vocals by Roy Orbison. Remember though that some of these songs are anonymous contributions or were just stuck back in the vaults because they just didn't quite have "it." The John Tolleson demos are a case in point; did Bear Family really need to put three of his songs on this cd? One would be more than enough. Really, they are generic in every way, and I hit the skip button every time one of them cues up. His vocal stylings on "Rocky Road Blues" are particularly egregious. Yeah, this guy defintely should have remained in the vault, though he apparently did make records for other companies. Mind boggling.By and large though, this cd is a winner. If you are just getting interested in rockabilly, this might not be the best place to start, but long time fans will enjoy this one.

Das Booted
$1.99