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Sir Douglas Quintet, Doug Sahm
The Best of
Genres: Pop, Rock, Latin Music

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. She's About a Mover - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Sahm, Doug
2. Beginning of the End - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Duncan, J.O.
3. The Tracker - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Kline, D.
4. You're Out Walking the Streets Tonight - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Sahm, Doug
5. In the Pines - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Leadbelly
6. In the Jailhouse Now - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Rodgers, Jimmie [1]
7. Quarter to Three - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Barge, Gene
8. It's a Man Down There - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Crockett, G.L.
9. The Rains Came - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Meaux, Huey P.
10. Please Just Say So - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Sahm, Doug
11. We'll Take Our Last Walk Tonight - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Sahm, Doug
12. Walking the Streets - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Sahm, Doug
13. Bacon Fat [*] - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Brown, Dorothy
14. Blue Norther [*] - The Sir Douglas Quintet, Allen, N.

CD Details

All Artists: Sir Douglas Quintet, Doug Sahm
Title: The Best of
Members Wishing: 5
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
Release Date: 5/9/2000
Album Type: Original recording reissued
Genres: Pop, Rock, Latin Music
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090771012326

Synopsis

Album Description

The Sir Douglas Quintet -- five kids from San Antonio with an upscale moniker -- scored massive hits with "She's About a Mover" and "The Rains Came" in 1965-'66 by injecting the pumping Tex-Mex sound into the British Invasion. The Best of the Sir Douglas Quintet -- the ultra-rare original album, with two bonus tracks -- features the soulful vocals of Doug Sahm and the signature keyboards of Augie Meyers, and was produced for Tribe Records by Texas studio whiz Huey P. Meaux.

CD Reviews

Sounds of the early 60,s

Keith Cairns | europe | 02/23/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I'm delighted I bought this album, particularly for the first track She's about a mover. This was a new sound to a young Dublin guy and it was great! Track 4 is another gem. The whole album has a simple sound that the kids nowadays might scoff at but the memories of the 60's and early "blues" clubs come flooding back when you play this CD. Good value for money- it's already on my ipod!!"

Five Stars for the Lone Star

Mr. Michael W. Biggs | 10/25/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Doug Sahm was a treasure and the pleasures of his music have been documented extensively so I will not do a lengthy analysis. Most agree that his early period was his best. This is the first SDQ album, (I think), and - because the SDQ 's music in this period is a timeless piece of 'Americana', (I don't like that 'label' but it provides easy shorthand in a quick comment), - it sounds as vital today as it did when I bought my 'BoyHowdy' vinyl lp upon its release. I play it still. Even if you were to buy the complete Mercury recordings box set - an excellent, if expensive, idea - you should buy this. You can stop after Mercury: you will have the best and enough.

(But you might like to check Mott the Hoople's cover of "At the Crossroads".)"