Shivering With Cold - the Jo'burg Years

Long before he evolved into Britain's most successful record producer, in the mid-1960s, Mickie Most was a wannabe Brit Pop star. However, after failing to make it in the UK he went to Johannesburg, where he instead became South Africa's first rock & roll star Between 1959 and 1962 he recorded a dozen or so singles, a couple of EPs and a trio of LPs, which were all huge sellers. Virtually everything he and his backing group The Playboys recorded was a cover of a US or UK R&R hit, all of which was self-produced. This compilation presents a 36 track snapshot of Mickie's South African adventures, including his local hit versions of 'Johnny B Goode', 'Think It Over', '"D" In Love', 'That's What You Do To Me' and 'Sweet Little Sixteen'. A legendary body of work, this material has hitherto been impossible to find in the UK.

Tracks: Sea Cruise / Apron Strings / You Gotta Learn Your Rhythm & Blues / Shivering With Cold / Johnny B Goode / Think It Over / I Dig You Baby / "D" In Love / That's What You Do To Me / Paralyzed / Corrine Corrina / Iim In Love Again / Willie & The Hand Jive / You've Got Love / Peggy Sue / Rip It Up / What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For / Great Balls Of Fire / Sweet Little Sixteen / I Shall Not Be Moved / Bony Moronie / Reelin' And A- Rockin' / Tom Dooley / Shake, Rattle & Roll / Rave On / Greenback Dollar / Down By The Riverside / Heartbeat / Apache / Guitar Boogie Shuffle / The Twist / Whole Lotta Twistin' Goin' On / Move It / Blue Moon / Cumberland Gap / Green Corn