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Released and unreleased tracks from the Saxony Record Company, the doo-wop and rock and roll independent label of Cincinnati.
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- 1 Whenever I Get Lonely - Rollie Willis & The Contenders
- 2 Tears Come Tumbling - The Teardrops
- 3 I Gotta Go - The Ditalians
- 4 Tonight I'm Gonna Fall in Love Again - The Teardrops
- 5 Sharin' Sharon - Fred Martin and The Matadors
- 6 Lonely Star - Fred Martin and The Matadors
- 7 Philly Dog New Breed - The Ditalians
- 8 You Won't Be There - The Teardrops
- 9 There Must be a Way - Cabarets / Matadors
- 10 Times Is Tough - Cabarets / Matadors
- 11 In All My Importance - Tommy Lysaght
- 12 I'm Gonna Steal Your Boyfriend - The Teardrops
- 13 Call Me and I'll Be Happy - The Teardrops
- 14 Voice of the Lonely People - Teddy Boys
- 15 Jamie - JT Sears
- 16 King of the Soapbox - Teddy Boys
- 17 Break-a-Way - Gerri Diamond
- 18 To Love in Vain - The Twi-Lighters
- 19 The Beginning of Love - The Twi-Lighters
- 20 Bubblegummer - The Teardrops
- 21 I Will Love You Dear Forever - The Teardrops
- 22 I Love You - The Teardrops
- 23 Times is Tough - Tommy Liss & The Matadors
- 24 Just in Make Believe - Tommy Liss & The Matadors
- 25 Little Baby - The Twi-Lighters
- 26 That's the Way - The Twi-Lighters
- 27 The Prayer - The Twi-Lighters
- 28 Printer's Alley (Before Midnight) - Tom Dooley
- 29 Printer's Alley (After Midnight - Tom Dooley
- 30 That's the Way - Rollie Willis & The Contenders
- 31 Wolf Gal - Skipper Ryle
- 32 The Puddy-Tat Song - Skipper Ryle
- 33 Egyptland - The Ditalians
- 34 That's Why I'll Get By - The Teardrops
- 35 Walking Down Main Street - The Teardrops
- 36 Here Comes Loneliness (Alt. Version) - The Teardrops
- 37 To Love in Vain - Rollie Willis
- 38 The Prayer - Rollie Willis
- 39 That's the Way (Alt. Version) - Rollie Willis
- 40 Run to You - Steve Greenberg
- 41 Rolling Stone - Tin Men
- 42 Walking Down Main Street - JT Sears & The Roebux
- 43 Breaking Point - JT Sears & The Roebux
- 44 Where is the Boy Tonight - The Charmaines
- 45 Whenever I get Lonely - The Charmaines
- 46 Where is the Boy Tonight (Alt. Version) - The Charmaines
- 47 Bud's Blues - Bud Reneau & The Matadors
- 48 Heart of Freedom - Frank Moe
- 49 Tender Touch - Gerri Diamond
- 50 I'm Breaking the Law - Gerri Diamond
- 51 Black Orchid - Tom Dooley
- 52 Everybody Calls Me Sad - Sir Richard
- 53 Here I Stand - Sir Richard
- 54 Here Comes Loneliness - The Teardrops
- 55 My Funny Valentine - Tommy Lysaght
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Wow! Talk about keeping a finger on the pulse of Rock and R&B during the 1960s! Saxony Records producer George "Bud" Reneau and songwriter Paul Trefzger were on a fantastic voyage through their favorite musical genres, picking up every superb hook they could, and delivering each new tune in a unique package all its own.
The Saxony recordings here were made between the years of 1961 and 1967. All material is vintage Saxony - no updates, re-recordings or "in the style of" here.
IT STARTED WITH A ROCK AND ROLL PARTY, 1960:
It was Thanksgiving 1960 and Paul was planning a rock and roll party in his grandmother's basement. But Paul needed a band.
"I knew Rollie Willis, Tom Dooley and Dave Listerman, because I had been working with them on some songs I had written, just making demos with my reel-to-reel. I had asked Tom to play piano behind Rollie, and Tom brought in Dave. I knew Tom and Dave were in The Matadors, so I asked if they would play the party for free beer. They checked with the band leader and it was a go."
"The band sounded great and I met Bud Reneau, the Matadors' leader that night. Bud looked like a teen idol, and when we talked we discovered we both liked all the same songs. AND we both had the same dream of recording our own songs and having our own label."
"After the party ended, we kept talking about our plan until we made it real."
To Saxony, Bud brought The Matadors with Tommy Lysaght singing, songwriter Frank Moe, and the Twi-Lighters, a group Bud had an eye on producing. Paul brought in Rollie Willis of the Charms, and the tape recordings he had made with Tom Dooley and Dave Listerman.
After Bud and Paul became partners, they pitched a few releases to Harry Carlson's Fraternity Records. But the Fraternity releases only got them itching to start their own label.
"It was the joy we got from recording the Twi-Lighters, coupled with my disappointment from my hands-off attendance at another producer's session for a song I had written, that made us want to make our own label happen. With session money supplied by Joe Sheets for the first two Saxony releases, we were off and running."