Description:

Skate Now / Shing-A-Ling", produced between 1966 and 1967, is a masterpiece of the danceable and vital side of the early Courtney. It is a masterpiece overflowing with the energy of the time, and is filled with songs that are based on the popular dance trends of the time, such as skate, shingaling, and boogaloo, and that you just have to dance to. The CD also includes the bonus tracks "I Watched You Slowly Slip Away" and "Ill Cry If I Want To," both from Phillips, as well as the frenzied dance tune "Hateful" from Orpheum Riverside's other label, "Popside" (sampled by DJ Shadow The album also includes "Hey Joyce" and "Im Mad About You," two frenzied dance tunes (sampled by DJ Shadow and others) from Orpheum Riverside's other Popside label. The powerful charm of young Lou Courtney is condensed here. ～Excerpt from the commentary by Kazunori Harada

Tracklisting:

1.SKATE NOW
2.I'VE GOT JUST THE THING
3.THE MAN IS LONELY
4.ANOTHER'N LIKE THE OTHER'N

ME AND YOU (DOIN' THE BOOGALOO)
6.DO THE THING (PARTS I & II)
7.PSYCHEDELIC SHING-A-LING
8.I NEED YOU NOW
9.I CAN ALWAYS TELL
10.I DON'T WANNA LEAVE YOU
11.I WATCHED YOU SLOWLY SLIP AWAY (ボーナストラック)
12.I'LL CRY IF I WANT TO (ボーナストラック)
13.HEY JOYCE (ボーナストラック)
14.I'M MAD ABOUT YOU (ボーナストラック)