In 1986 the first of a series of compilations entitled "Born Bad" introduced listeners to a number of bands that greatly influenced the rockabilly and psychobilly bands in the decades that followed. Perhaps the most important band to emerge was The Cramps, a band that I have featured here on DM many times in the past. The Cramps helped to usher in a new wave of rockabilly acts across the world, and inadvertently created a new genre in the process. They combined the sound and style of the early country, rockabilly and garage rock acts of the '50s and '60s with the newly emerging punk rock attitude and style of the late '70s. Their unique approach was labeled as "Psychobilly", and thus a genre was born.
The Born Bad series collects together the original music that inspired bands such as The Cramps. The six original volumes contain 84 tracks, with each volume in the series containing 14 tracks. The first volume is often listed as "Volume One: Songs The Cramps Taught Us", not to be confused with the bootleg release of the same name, which can be found here: http://digitalmeltd0wn.blogspot.com/2007/12/various-artists-songs-cramps-taught-us.html A sticker was included on the vinyl release of the first volume that read "Songs The Cramps Taught Us", although it would not be included on any of the volumes that followed. For those of you who are interested in listening to the early rockabilly, country, rock 'n' roll and garage rock acts of the '50s and '60s that inspired The Cramps, it gets no better than this compilation. Those of you who are familiar with The Cramps will recognize these songs, as the band sought to pay tribute to the artists that inspired them by performing their own cover versions to many of the songs contained in the Born Bad series.
The Born Bad series has proven to be one of the most popular posts on the blog. This is actually the third incarnation of the series that I have posted. Each time I have re-posted it I have attempted to improve the download being presented in terms of quality and features. Once again I have replaced the previous version with one consisting of MP3 files of a higher quality bitrate. Perhaps one day I'll get lucky enough to obtain a version of this in either FLAC or 320kbps MP3. I have exhausted all possibilities while searching for higher quality versions, but I have yet to find anything better than 192kbps. I have also included the liner notes for each individual volume, and managed to track down a number of images other than the front album covers.
Decades after the first volume was released someone decided to create two bootleg volumes to expand on the original six, and I will be posting those two volumes (Volumes 7 & 8) next. Due to the fact that they are bootleg releases, and not officially affiliated with the original six volumes, I decided to dedicate a separate post to those volumes. You can find Born Bad Volumes 7 & 8 posted here: http://digitalmeltd0wn.blogspot.com/2010/11/born-bad-volumes-7-8.html
Label: Born Bad
Genres: Garage Rock, Rockabilly, Proto-Punk
Bitrate: 192kbps
Format: MP3
Tracklist:
1. The Bostweeds - Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
2. Ronnie Cook - Goo Goo Muck
3. Link Wray - Fat Back
4. Dwight Pullen - Sunglasses After Dark
5. Glenn Glenn - Everybody's Movin'
6. Roy Orbison - Domino
7. The Sonics - Strychnine
8. The Groupies - Primitive
9. Ronnie Dawson - Rockin' Bones
10. The Third Bardo - I'm Five Years Ahead of My TIme
11. Warren Smith - Uranium Rock
12. Mel Robbins - Save It
13. The Novas - The Crusher
14. Wanda Jackson - Funnel of Love
Label: Born Bad
Genres: Garage Rock, Rockabilly, Proto-Punk
Bitrate: 192kbps
Format: MP3
Tracklist:
1. The Phantom - Love Me
2. Jimmy Loyd - Rocket In My Pocket
3. Tommy James & The Shondells - Hanky Panky
4. Paul Revere & the Raiders - Hungry
5. Kasenetz-Katz Super Circus - Quick Joey Small
6. Charlie Feathers - I Can't Hardly Stand It
7. Jimmy Stewart - Rock On The Moon
8. Hasil Adkins - She Said
9. Dale Hawkins - Tornado
10. Little Willie John - Fever
11. Jackie Lee Cochran - Sweet Georgia Lee Brown
12. Dave 'diddle' Day - Blue Moon Baby
13. Jody Reynolds - Fire of Love
14. Ricky Nelson - Lonesome Town
Label: Born Bad
Genres: Garage Rock, Rockabilly, Proto-Punk
Bitrate: 192kbps
Format: MP3
Tracklist:
1. Kip Tyler & His Flips - Jungle Hop
2. The Busters - Bust Out
3. Jett Powers - Go, Girl, Go
4. The Riptides - Machine Gun
5. The Rivingtons - Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow
6. The Rivingtons - The Bird's The Word
7. The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird
8. Andre Williams & His New Group - Bacon Fat
9. Andre Williams - Jail Bait
10. The Frantics - Werewolf
11. Del Raney's Umbrella's - Can Your Hossie Do The Dog
12. Jack Scott - The Way I Walk
13. Andy Starr - Give Me A Woman
14. Herbie Duncan - Hot Lips Baby
Label: Born Bad
Genres: Garage Rock, Rockabilly, Proto-Punk
Bitrate: 192kbps
Tracklist:
1. Buddy Love - Heartbreak Hotel
2. The Shades - Strollin' After Dark
3. Spark Plugs - Chicken
4. Nat Couty and the Braves - Woodpecker Rock
5. Ward Darby & the Raves - Safari
6. Shortly Long - Devil With The Blue Dress On
7. The Red Crayola - Hurricane Fighter Blues
8. The Standells - Barracuda
9. Richard Berry and the Pharoahs - Louie Louie
10. The Tune Rockers - Green Mosquito
11. Duane Eddy & the Rebels - Girl on Death Row
12. The Rumblers - Boss
13. Bill Allen & the Backbeats - Please Give Me Something
14. Alfred E. Neuman - It's A Gas
Label: Born Bad
Genres: Garage Rock, Rockabilly, Proto-Punk
Bitrate: 192kbps
Format: MP3
Tracklist:
1. Kai Ray - I Want Some of That
2. The Instrumentals - Chop Suey Rock
3. The Raindrops - Hanky Panky
4. Jerry Warren & the Tremblers - Rompin'
5. Carl Perkins - Her Love Rubbed Off
6. The Readymen - Shortnin' Bread
7. The Joker - What Is A Fisterris
8. The Fendermen - Mule Skinner Blues
9. Three Aces & A Joker - Booze Party
10. Lonnie Allen - You'll Never Change Me
11. Macy Skipper - Bop Pills
12. Mac Rebennack - Storm Warning
13. Freddy & the Hitchhikers - Sinners
14. Charlie Feathers - It's Just That Song
Label: Born Bad
Genres: Garage Rock, Rockabilly, Proto-Punk
Bitrate: 192kbps
Format: MP3
Tracklist:
1. Dean Carter - Jailhouse Rock
2. Lee Dresser & The Krazy Kats - Beat Out My Love
3. The Ventures - The Fourth Dimension
4. J.J. Jackson & the Jackaels - Oo-Ma-Liddi
5. The Sonics - He's Waitin'
6. The Wailers - Dirty Robber
7. Carol Connors & The Cycles - Yum Yum Yamaha
8. The Flower Children - Mini-Skirt Blues
9. The Sparkles - Hipsville 29 B.C. (I Need Your Help)
10. Jim Lowe - Green Door
11. Mel Smith & The Night Riders - Pretty Plaid Skirt (and Long Black Sox)
12. The Runabouts - When I Get The Blues (The Strangeness In Me)
13. Tommy Jim Beam & the Four Fifths - Golden Boy
14. Ric Cartey - Oo Eee
The Born Bad series collects together the original music that inspired bands such as The Cramps. The six original volumes contain 84 tracks, with each volume in the series containing 14 tracks. The first volume is often listed as "Volume One: Songs The Cramps Taught Us", not to be confused with the bootleg release of the same name, which can be found here: http://digitalmeltd0wn.blogspot.com/2007/12/various-artists-songs-cramps-taught-us.html A sticker was included on the vinyl release of the first volume that read "Songs The Cramps Taught Us", although it would not be included on any of the volumes that followed. For those of you who are interested in listening to the early rockabilly, country, rock 'n' roll and garage rock acts of the '50s and '60s that inspired The Cramps, it gets no better than this compilation. Those of you who are familiar with The Cramps will recognize these songs, as the band sought to pay tribute to the artists that inspired them by performing their own cover versions to many of the songs contained in the Born Bad series.
The Born Bad series has proven to be one of the most popular posts on the blog. This is actually the third incarnation of the series that I have posted. Each time I have re-posted it I have attempted to improve the download being presented in terms of quality and features. Once again I have replaced the previous version with one consisting of MP3 files of a higher quality bitrate. Perhaps one day I'll get lucky enough to obtain a version of this in either FLAC or 320kbps MP3. I have exhausted all possibilities while searching for higher quality versions, but I have yet to find anything better than 192kbps. I have also included the liner notes for each individual volume, and managed to track down a number of images other than the front album covers.
Decades after the first volume was released someone decided to create two bootleg volumes to expand on the original six, and I will be posting those two volumes (Volumes 7 & 8) next. Due to the fact that they are bootleg releases, and not officially affiliated with the original six volumes, I decided to dedicate a separate post to those volumes. You can find Born Bad Volumes 7 & 8 posted here: http://digitalmeltd0wn.blogspot.com/2010/11/born-bad-volumes-7-8.html
Born Bad Volume 1
Label: Born Bad
Genres: Garage Rock, Rockabilly, Proto-Punk
Bitrate: 192kbps
Format: MP3
Tracklist:
1. The Bostweeds - Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
2. Ronnie Cook - Goo Goo Muck
3. Link Wray - Fat Back
4. Dwight Pullen - Sunglasses After Dark
5. Glenn Glenn - Everybody's Movin'
6. Roy Orbison - Domino
7. The Sonics - Strychnine
8. The Groupies - Primitive
9. Ronnie Dawson - Rockin' Bones
10. The Third Bardo - I'm Five Years Ahead of My TIme
11. Warren Smith - Uranium Rock
12. Mel Robbins - Save It
13. The Novas - The Crusher
14. Wanda Jackson - Funnel of Love
Born Bad Volume 2
Label: Born Bad
Genres: Garage Rock, Rockabilly, Proto-Punk
Bitrate: 192kbps
Format: MP3
Tracklist:
1. The Phantom - Love Me
2. Jimmy Loyd - Rocket In My Pocket
3. Tommy James & The Shondells - Hanky Panky
4. Paul Revere & the Raiders - Hungry
5. Kasenetz-Katz Super Circus - Quick Joey Small
6. Charlie Feathers - I Can't Hardly Stand It
7. Jimmy Stewart - Rock On The Moon
8. Hasil Adkins - She Said
9. Dale Hawkins - Tornado
10. Little Willie John - Fever
11. Jackie Lee Cochran - Sweet Georgia Lee Brown
12. Dave 'diddle' Day - Blue Moon Baby
13. Jody Reynolds - Fire of Love
14. Ricky Nelson - Lonesome Town
Born Bad Volume 3
Label: Born Bad
Genres: Garage Rock, Rockabilly, Proto-Punk
Bitrate: 192kbps
Format: MP3
Tracklist:
1. Kip Tyler & His Flips - Jungle Hop
2. The Busters - Bust Out
3. Jett Powers - Go, Girl, Go
4. The Riptides - Machine Gun
5. The Rivingtons - Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow
6. The Rivingtons - The Bird's The Word
7. The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird
8. Andre Williams & His New Group - Bacon Fat
9. Andre Williams - Jail Bait
10. The Frantics - Werewolf
11. Del Raney's Umbrella's - Can Your Hossie Do The Dog
12. Jack Scott - The Way I Walk
13. Andy Starr - Give Me A Woman
14. Herbie Duncan - Hot Lips Baby
Born Bad Volume 4
Label: Born Bad
Genres: Garage Rock, Rockabilly, Proto-Punk
Bitrate: 192kbps
Tracklist:
1. Buddy Love - Heartbreak Hotel
2. The Shades - Strollin' After Dark
3. Spark Plugs - Chicken
4. Nat Couty and the Braves - Woodpecker Rock
5. Ward Darby & the Raves - Safari
6. Shortly Long - Devil With The Blue Dress On
7. The Red Crayola - Hurricane Fighter Blues
8. The Standells - Barracuda
9. Richard Berry and the Pharoahs - Louie Louie
10. The Tune Rockers - Green Mosquito
11. Duane Eddy & the Rebels - Girl on Death Row
12. The Rumblers - Boss
13. Bill Allen & the Backbeats - Please Give Me Something
14. Alfred E. Neuman - It's A Gas
Born Bad Volume 5
Label: Born Bad
Genres: Garage Rock, Rockabilly, Proto-Punk
Bitrate: 192kbps
Format: MP3
Tracklist:
1. Kai Ray - I Want Some of That
2. The Instrumentals - Chop Suey Rock
3. The Raindrops - Hanky Panky
4. Jerry Warren & the Tremblers - Rompin'
5. Carl Perkins - Her Love Rubbed Off
6. The Readymen - Shortnin' Bread
7. The Joker - What Is A Fisterris
8. The Fendermen - Mule Skinner Blues
9. Three Aces & A Joker - Booze Party
10. Lonnie Allen - You'll Never Change Me
11. Macy Skipper - Bop Pills
12. Mac Rebennack - Storm Warning
13. Freddy & the Hitchhikers - Sinners
14. Charlie Feathers - It's Just That Song
Born Bad Volume 6
Label: Born Bad
Genres: Garage Rock, Rockabilly, Proto-Punk
Bitrate: 192kbps
Format: MP3
Tracklist:
1. Dean Carter - Jailhouse Rock
2. Lee Dresser & The Krazy Kats - Beat Out My Love
3. The Ventures - The Fourth Dimension
4. J.J. Jackson & the Jackaels - Oo-Ma-Liddi
5. The Sonics - He's Waitin'
6. The Wailers - Dirty Robber
7. Carol Connors & The Cycles - Yum Yum Yamaha
8. The Flower Children - Mini-Skirt Blues
9. The Sparkles - Hipsville 29 B.C. (I Need Your Help)
10. Jim Lowe - Green Door
11. Mel Smith & The Night Riders - Pretty Plaid Skirt (and Long Black Sox)
12. The Runabouts - When I Get The Blues (The Strangeness In Me)
13. Tommy Jim Beam & the Four Fifths - Golden Boy
14. Ric Cartey - Oo Eee
JUst got vol4 and so far so good.Its great to have all this obscure proto-cramps tunes gathered togeteher.Thanks!
ReplyDeletePS:To the fuckers posting about viagra and such:We don't want/need your crap around here,thank you!
I LOVE your site! Been dowloading like crazy the past couple of days, mostly stuff I already have but haven't ripped yet. Thanks for all the great stuff, these comps are great!!
ReplyDeleteYou're a legend. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteGreat series Zer0 - HANX mate :)
ReplyDeleteThanx for this great serie
ReplyDeleteThanks for shareing! Do you by any chance also have Volume 7 & 8?
ReplyDeleteI don't have volumes 7 & 8. From what I understand those volumes didn't come until later, and initially only 1-6 were released. I'll see what I can do about finding volumes 7 and 8 and getting them posted here.
ReplyDeletethe tag on green fuz didnt have an artist. Anybody know who it is??
ReplyDeletegreat series.
Yeah, I think Vol. 7&8 were released 8 to 10 Years after the original Volumes. Thanks again for ripping! I hadn't listened to these albums in ages.
ReplyDeleteGreen Fuz is by none other than the Green Fuz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Fuz
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for sharing this great series!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a great collection to post! Thanks big time!
ReplyDeletegreat comps, really enjoyed hearing these versions,
ReplyDeletethanks.
There's a torrent for the first 4 albums with far better sound quality. These downloads are roughly 64 kbps, the torrentfiles are about 224 kbps. But thanks for volume 5 and 6!
ReplyDeletehttp://btjunkie.org/search?q=VA-Born-Bad-Vol-1-4-kl
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Thanks for the torrent link. Sometimes I completely forget about the quality of the audio on the material that I upload. I use DFX audio enhancer and it makes everything sound so good that there's not much of a difference between low bitrate audio as long as the original recording was decent. I'll try to grab the first four volumes and reup them. Unfortunately there's only one seeder now and they aren't online, so I might not have any luck with that.
ReplyDeleteRe: "Volume 3 includes the trio of songs based around the Surfin' Bird phenomenon, including Mama Oom Mow Mow and The Bird's The Word by the Rivingtons and Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen."
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I enjoy about these compilation albums is the ability to do miny research projects for the artists. Some are easily accessible (Roy Orbison, Ricky Nelson, Tommy James) but the others are hard to find, eccentric types. I have hours of fine exploring the artists who plague me with these earbugs.
As far as the Bird, if you ever here the other side of that Rivingtons record, "Papa Oom Mow Mow," I think it's another link to the "Surfin' Bird" story. It sounds closer to the Trashmen rendition than "Mama..." does.
Thanks for posting these. As far as I'm concerned, these should be manditory and passed out to anyone interested in 20th century pop music.
Is it possible to re up the vol 2 - 6 as they have been deleted due to inactivity.
ReplyDeleteRhod
Anonymous: I'll re-up volumes 2-6 as soon as I finish uploading all of the Sixties Archives volumes. I'm really suprised that the links are down due to inactivity. The Born Bad series generated quite a bit of interest at the time it was posted. I supposed that's what happens after it has been buried down so far.
ReplyDeleteyabadabadoo folks,
ReplyDeletehere's volume 1-8 plus the 'bootlegs' 7+8: http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3968704/Born_Bad_-_Complete_Collection_(6_volumes___2_bootlegs)
thanks for putting the focus on this series and posting it
Thanks so much for posting these and the Sixties Archives series - really great stuff.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Found your blog doing a search for Jim Lowe's Green Door - a classic track! Thanks for sharing, this whole set looks pretty good, looking forward to checking them all out!
ReplyDeleteLater,
Ralph
thanks for sharing this ....
ReplyDeletethanks for uploading this compilation and thanks for everyone else for the extra links. :D
ReplyDeleteTrack 8 from volume five seems to be missing...has this been a problem for anyone else?
ReplyDeleteNice one! I bought volumes 1 & 2 on vinyl upon their release but I never knew the series continued, certainly not as far as 8!
ReplyDeleteHey these links dont work for me any way you could contact me and we could share or just send me some Born Bad?
ReplyDeleteGracias por estos maravillosos Born Bad 1-6!!!
ReplyDeleteThanx for this wonderful Born Bad series!!
Saludos desde Argentina.
The link for downloading "Born Bad, Vol. 4" seems to be broken. The page that it sent me to doesn't even use a western alphabet.
ReplyDeleteThanks much for the great music!
Given the current unavailability of this series, i love being able to grab the volumes I do not have on LP (sigh, remember them).
ReplyDeleteBut what I would REALLY appreciate is someone ripping the series as high-quality MP3 or OGG files. Or even better, ripping it as FLAC files. And if the resultant mass of files is large, making it available seperately by volume, so we could choose which volumes to download.
Thanks for these. Can you please re-up volume 4? Mass mirror says the file doesn't exist for some reason. The rest of them downloaded fine.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this amazing series (as well as "songs" bellow, but that I already knew)! I can't understand people complaining about the bitrate__ if one wants quality, go buy it. Of course I prefer a 320kb than a 66kb, but what the hell, this is about sharing and discovering new stuff...
ReplyDeleteHey, I can't download vol. 3 and 4, can you re-up them, please? Thanks in advance!
ReplyDeleteI'm 'looking for some Johnny Jett POWERS!! N0..ZER) could you possibly "assist" me in my Quest??
ReplyDelete"GREAT job Here! THANKS!!"
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ReplyDelete'THINK' ALL The *links* for these "BORN BAD"'S are 'broken'/down..
ReplyDelete@Andy Rampage: I hope you can appreciate my honesty, but it may be a while before I reupload these. Right now my focus is on the Halloween Countdown, but I will reupload this as soon as October is over. Perhaps someone will be kind enough to reupload it in the meantime. I barely have enough free time at the moment to get my posts up for the Halloween Countdown, otherwise I wouldn't mind taking care of it now. I hope you understand. Take care.
ReplyDeleteZer0 My HERO!!
ReplyDeleteSo SORRY mate..i didn't EVEN take into account that you were already preoccupied with: "The Halloween countdown"!!
My attitude was, as always with my requests here, that YOU will: "GET around to them.. when YOU (can) GET-around to them..
didnt MEAN to come-across as any kind Of: "RUSH-JOB".. even though i have been 'ON' a REAL 'CRAMPS TEAR' lately!!
wheneve YOU Can mate.. will BE MORE than pleasingly acceptable!!
Cheers
@Andy Rampage: I was trying to reupload these for you today, but I encountered a bit of a problem. Right before I was about to add the files from Vol. 1 to the rar archive I happened to notice that the bitrate for these files was only 64kbps, which seems unusually low. I wouldn't normally even bother posting something of such low quality, which leads me to believe that perhaps the files I uploaded for this post were accidently deleted? I'm trying to find and download the volumes in higher quality for you, but so far the best I've managed to come up with is 128kbps.
ReplyDeleteI know there is slim chance of anyone who has already downloaded this returning to view the comments of this post, but if any of you happen to see this could you please tell me what the bitrate of the files you downloaded is? Andy, I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but I will try to resolve the problem as soon as possible.
C'est juste énorme !!!
ReplyDeleteIt's a great pleasure !
Thanks you very much
Hi buddy. Was just trying to download all the born bad volumes but all the links are expired. Do you plan on having them available again?
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this site!
Thanks mate!
ReplyDeleteRe Born Bad vol 6 - the artwork lists "R.Lewis Band doing Get Off The Road" but the download has "Ric Cartey doing Oo Ee Baby". Is there some reason for this? Is it a mistake ?
ReplyDeleteto dmblackwell,
ReplyDeleteGood catch after all this time. The ric Cartey song "Oo Ee Baby" is really the first track from Born Bad Vol. 7.
Here is a link & Decryption code to the R. Lewis tune...
MEGA link -
https://mega.co.nz/#!2NUmmD5a
decryption code -
ZuKYHXv2j4r187YIzIHubTB1nDUEMhPOnR-XUfdFN0o