Red Elvises / 30 Greatest Hits
Album: 30 Greatest Hits   Collection:General
Artist:Red Elvises   Added:Mar 2009
Label:Shooba-Doobah Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2009-05-24 Pull Date: 2009-07-26
Week Ending: Jul 12 Jul 5 Jun 28 Jun 21 Jun 14 Jun 7 May 31
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 2 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Jul 09, 2010: Leland Lives!
200 Lb Of Pure Love
4. Jul 09, 2009: Happy Hour
Winter Reggae
2. Sep 03, 2009: Happy Hour
Gypsy Heart
5. Jul 03, 2009: Connecting Dots
I Wanna See You Bellydance
3. Aug 27, 2009: Happy Hour
Strip Joint Is Closed
6. Jun 27, 2009: Deep Fried & Sanctified
Boogie On The Beach

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2009-05-26
Rock/Surf/Rockabilly/Reggae by Santa Monica based Russian American band. Bit parts in and performed the soundtrack for Six String Samurai. The Elvis portion came from their hero and the Red came from their homeland the former Soviet Union. All tracks are very good.
FCCs CD #1
***1: 5:05 fast percussion intro (almost Brazilian batucada) then mid east sound then cool rock with male vocals
2: 3:57 male opera vocal then mid tempo rock, very cool big full sound
3: 4:37 mid tempo, flamenco/gypsy guitar work, pounding drum kit
4: 3:48 old fashion Rock & roll GREAT LYRICS "I got a condom in my pocket" "we will rock this joint till we sound like Pink Floyd"
5: 3:14 fast string plucking, male vocal, horns " I am a rocket man"
6: 3:31 slower to mid male vocal, GREAT LYRICS, whistling, cool chorus
7: 2:49 fast, cool vocal sound ( like through a megaphone), surf/Link Wray sound
8: 3:43 fast sound, mid vocals big sound nice brass, great guitars,( to me a U2 sound )
FCC****9: 4:39 great dance number, cool lyrics about Venice CA. FCC @1:11 + 2:06 + 3:35 + 3:53 "talking bullshit on the phone" & scat style vocals
10: 5:03 slower to mid male vocal, cool chorus
11: 4:04 pounding rhythm, brass, male vocal
12: 3:52 cool Reggae
***13: 4:32 fast pounding Disco number, female chorus "Everybody disco, like boys in San Francisco!"
***14: 3:11 mid to faster "a Kegga beer and potato chips"
15: 2:42 slow, French accordion, slow male vocal D  Farrell   05/2009

FCCs CD #2
***1: 4:08 mid tempo, male vocal, big rock number, soulful sax
2: 3:53 mid tempo, male vocal, softer, Surf sound
***3: 3:40 mid to faster, surf sound
4: 3:32 slower song about Siberia, cool chorus, surf sound
***5: 2:17 fast pounding Rockabilly" Jerry's got a squeeze box"
6: 3:25 slower to mid love song to Harriett, cool chorus harmonizing
FCC ***7: 4:18 fast "Sad Cowboy Song" nice drum solo, FCC @0:38 "bullshit"
FCC ***8: 3:43 slow to mid crying in your beer vocal FCC @ 4:10 "Fucking loud", big deep speaker rattling Bass
9: 3:43 mid to fast pounding Rockabilly " My Darling Lorraine" cool lyrics
***10: 4:18 Tom Waits style vocal, "Tom Waits on the juke box" soulful sax, great picking
***11: 4:01 surf sound
FCC***12: 4:23 FCC @ 0:49 "Fuck" mid tempo crying in your beer vocal very cool sound, lyrics
FCC ***13: 3:52 rock FCC @1:00,1:07, 1:56, 2:03, 3:20 3:22, 3:34 to the end, multiple "where the fuck are you"
***14: 3:46 mid tempo vocal Tango
15: 4:59 slow to mid vocal D  Farrell   05/2009

Track Listing
1. I Wanna See You Bellydance   16. Hanky Panky Kind Of Love
2. Closet Disco Dancer   17. Don't Stop The Dance
3. Gypsy Heart   18. 200 Flying Girls
4. Love Rocket   19. Siberia
5. Rocketman   20. Jerry's Got A Squeeze Box
6. Sex In Paradise   21. Harriett
7. Boogie On The Beach   22. Sad Cowboy Song
8. Million Miles   23. My Love Is Killing Me
9. Venice Usa   24. My Darling Lorraine
10. All I Wanna Do   25. Strip Joint Is Closed
11. 200 Lb Of Pure Love   26. Ticket To Japan
12. Winter Reggae   27. I'm Not That Kind Of Guy
13. Everybody Disco   28. Juliet
14. Kegga Beer   29. Tango
15. Memoirs Of A Phuket Geisha   30. Good Guys