Hot Rods & Custom Classics: Cruisin’ Songs & Highway Hits

Got the need for speed? We got the pink slip, daddy! This four-CD box set collects 87 hard drivin’ rock and R&B hits spanning 1946-1998, plus ultra-cool rarities and soundbites from TV, radio, and vintage drive-in movies. The enhanced packaging contains a deluxe booklet featuring "Kandy-Kolored, Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby" by Thomas Wolfe, the history of California’s custom culture, lists of recommended reading, web sites, car clubs and associations, and tons of rare photos—not to mention a MoonEyes keychain, a Rhino/Moon decal sheet, a pair of fuzzy dice, and a MoonEyes catalog, and a pair of fuzzy dice. In short, a greaser’s delight!

Disc 1

1. New Car Attitude
2. Action Packed - Ronnie Dee
3. Stick Shift - The Duals
4. Hot Rod Man - Tex Rubinowitz
5. Hotrod Gang - Stray Cats
6. Cruisin’ - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
7. Radar Love - Golden Earring
8. Mercury Blues - David Lindley
9. Maybellene - Chuck Berry & His Combo
10. The Ballad Of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum, with orchestra conducted by Jack Marshall
11. Forty Miles Of Bad Road - Duane Eddy (His ‘Twangy’ Guitar & The Rebels)
12. SS 396 - Paul Revere & The Raiders
13. See The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet - Dinah Shore
14. Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys
15. Hot Rod - The Collins Kids
16. Mr. Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy) - Howlin’ Wolf
17. Lost Highway - Hank Williams
18. Highway Patrol - Junior Brown
19. Heavy Traffic Ahead - Bill Monroe
20. Radar - Mr. Bear & His Bearcats
21. Motorhead Baby - Johnny “Guitar” Watson
22. Led Sled - Denny Freeman, featuring Jimmie Vaughan’s 1951 Chevy Fleetline
23. Rev Off - Steve Wertheimer’s 1951 Mercury Custom & Mike Young’s 1960 Chevrolet “Exotica” Impala

Disc 2

1. Rockin’ Down The Highway - The Doobie Brothers
2. Hey Little Cobra - The Rip Chords
3. Hot Rod Queen - Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-Fonics
4. Hot Rod Lincoln - Johnny Bond
5. Hot Rod Race - Ramblin’ Jimmie Dolan
6. Drag Race
7. Draggin’ - Curtis Gordon
8. Dragster - Johnny Fortune
9. Race With The Devil - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
10. Devil In My Car - The B-52’s
11. Ride On Josephine - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
12. Rocket “88” - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
13. Key To The Highway - Little Walter & His Jukes
14. Low Rider - War
15. Whittier Blvd. - Thee Midniters
16. Every Woman I Know - Billy “The Kid” Emerson
17. One Piece At A Time - Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Three
18. Cadillac Assembly Line - Albert King
19. I Want A Lavendar Cadillac - Maurice King & His Wolverines
20. Bring My Cadillac Back - Baker Knight & The Knightmares
21. Pink Cadillac - Sammy Masters & His Rocking Rhythm
22. Transfusion - Nervous Norvus
23. Crawling From The Wreckage - Dave Edmunds
24. Dead Man’s Curve - Jan & Dean
25. 1955 Interview - James Dean

Disc 3

1. Let’s Go For A Ride - The Collegians
2. On The Road Again - Canned Heat
3. Drive South - John Hiatt
4. I Gotta New Car - Big Boy Groves & Band
5. No Money Down - Chuck Berry & His Combo
6. Dear Dad - Dave Edmunds
7. Little Forty Ford - Leon Smith
8. ’41 Ford - The Grand Prix
9. ’64 Ford - Phranc
10. Stolen Car - The Green Hornets
11. Go Lil’ Camaro Go - Ramones
12. Road Runner - Bo Diddley
13. Beep Beep - The Playmates, with Hugo Peretti & His Orchestra
14. Black & White Thunderbird - The Delicates
15. Pink Thunderbird - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
16. ’54 Corvette - The Customs, featuring Gary Usher
17. Sting Ray - The Routers
18. Route 66 Theme - Nelson Riddle
19. Gas Money - Jan & Arnie with Adam Ross Orchestra
20. Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart

Disc 4

1. Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
2. Hopped-Up-Mustang - Arlen Sanders
3. Wild, Wild Mustang - Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
4. 409 - The Quads
5. Automobiles - The Spaniels
6. V-8 Ford Blues - Mose Allison
7. Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
8. G.T.O. - Ronny & The Daytonas
9. Go Go G.T.O. - Carol & Cheryl
10. Bite Bite Barracuda - Buddy Randell & The Knickerbockers
11. Ford V-8 - Honey Boy Allen
12. No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry
13. Four In The Floor - The Shutdowns
14. Big Green Car - Jimmy Carroll
15. Spark Plug - Four Teens
16. Buick 59 - The Medallions
17. Freeway - The Fugitives
18. Two Lane Highway - Pure Prarie League
19. Six Days On The Road - Dave Dudley
20. Wheels - The Flying Burrito Bros.

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