Acrobat Music

West Coast R&B
West Coast R&B

The Marathons & Friends
Styles: R&B
Catalogue Number: ACMCD4024
This CD collects together vocal group recordings mainly in the Doo wop style from a number of groups active on America’s West Coast and recording for the Everest label or labels such as Arvee which were eventually purchased by Everest. The most important groups include The Marathons who enjoyed the huge hit record “Peanut Butter” and recorded many other novelty songs in a style reminiscent of The Coasters, included here is the entire content of their only LP release. The other group who enjoyed national fame are The Olympics who are represented by five tracks that were not originally released. The Robins were affiliated to The Coasters as the detailed booklet notes will explain. This a unique collection of mainly Los Angeles based groups which features tracks by The Robins, The Lexingtons, The Lions and The Danleers making their first legitimate appearance on CD.

1 Peanut Butter The Marathons
2 Talkin' Trash The Marathons
3 Tight Sweater The Marathons
4 C.Percy Mercy Of Scotland Yard The Marathons
5 Chicken Spaceman The Marathons
6 You Bug Me Baby The Marathons
7 High Blood Pressure The Marathons
8 Oink Jones The Marathons
9 Tutti Frutti The Marathons
10 Nothing In The World The Marathons
11 Gee The Marathons
12 Just Like That The Robins
13 Whole Lot Of Imagination The Robins
14 Live Wire Suzie The Robins
15 Oh No The Robins
16 Big Chief Little Puss (alt take) The Olympics
17 Shame Shame Shame The Olympics
18 How Long Will It take The Olympics
19 Bye Bye Baby The Olympics
20 Ain't No Big Thing The Olympics
21 I'm Looking Around The Danleers
22 Foolish The Danleers
23 No One The Lions
24 Chop Chop Hole In The Wall The Boulevards
25 I Found My Baby The Lexingtons
26 When My Baby Went Away The Lexingtons