Lil'Cholo's Cali Boy Memories Vol. 3

OK Ladies & Gentlemen,

On this one, well, it's very similar to Vol. 2. I was originally gonna make Vol. 2 a 2 Disc Special using these songs for Disc 2 but decided to just go ahead and put them on their own comp.

Anyhow, on here you will find two songs which in my honest opinion should be a part of everyone's favorites when it comes to oldies. Those two would be Track #6 "Duke of Earl" by Gene Chandler and Track #9 "Angel Baby" by Rosie & The Originals. Now you tell me, what guy doesn't love cruising while listening to Duke of Earl? That song makes you feel like you're the shiznit. If you know any Spanish at all, I'd say this is like the American version of Vicente Fernandez' "El Rey" and who doesn't like Rosie and that beautiful voice telling you, you're her Angel Baby? I really never knew what Rosie looked like till one day I cam across one of her albums on another site. Dayom, she's one hot mamma jamma. Oh well, like I said, it's my opinion but you have to admit those have to be on the top of your list somehwere.

OK, now moving on back to the comp, I ended this one the way I ended Vol. 2, with a live version of a great song. This time, it is Betty Wright singing "Tonight is The Night". This song also has to be up there on my lists of all time greats. I love how she's telling the story of this song and how she messes with the crowd, etc...As to when she gets down to actually sining the song itself, all I can say is WOW! This song talks about something we have all probably gone through and if you've heard it, you know what I'm talking about, if you haven't, you're in for a special treat.

I started this comp off with the flip side of Patti Drew's 45 "Tell Him" which happens to be "Working on a Groovy Thing". Both of these songs are on the top of my faves with "Tell Him" being a bit higher on my list. Don't know what other songs she put out back in her day but "Working on a Groovy Thing" and "Tell Him" are an awesome duo.

The rest of the songs are probably pretty well known, a couple Brenton Wood songs, a couple more Billy Stewart, and a couple more of Mary Wells. Mixed in you will find The McCoys "Hang on Sloopy" which was a crowd favorite back in the day and then we have Lynda Jones' "Hypnotized". I don't know why but I always thought it was sung by a young guy. Boy was I wrong. LOL! We also have Barabara Lynn's "You'll Lose a Good Thing" and if you have a wife like mine, that song is pretty much right on target.

Last but not least, I have to mention The Orlon's "Mr Twenty One". Who here didn't play that song on their 21st B'day or wish they had? Makes it seem like it was composed just for you on your 21st B'day, doesn't it? Ahhh, if I could only be 21 again. Anyhow, I couldn't get a good copy for this one but I have to take this time to give Roxio some props. Y'see, this song sounded as if I were listening to it right off an old record player. Well, I have Roxio Creator 2009 and it has a sound editor program which allowed me to clean up the song by removing the hiss and little cracks and all I had to do was click on a button and it did it all by itself. I also used RC2009's Track Editing software to tag all the songs, add the cover, etc... I've been using Roxio for years now and I use it to burn all my CD's. It's truly top of the line once you get to know it. Anyhow, major props to this software. I highly recommend it.

Well, this might be my last comp for a while cause the crew already put out all the good stuff. LOL! But seriously, I really don't have the knowledge of the music that these guys do and what I do have are mostly my own favorites. Alot of these have already come out in a few comps so I really don't want to keep putting up comps with what will probably be the same music over and over. I was actually gonna wait to put this one out but decided what the heck, it's ready so might as well get it over with. I might do another Tejano Oldies and maybe a couple with the 70's-80's theme but as far as oldies go, I might have one more at most. We'll see. Oh, and feel free to ask for my assistance on anything you need, If I can help you, I will. I have some great graphic programs as well as that Roxio program so if you need help on a cover, drop me an email.

Enjoy!

~Lil'Cholo

Tracklist:

01 Patti Drew - Working on a Groovy Thing

02 Brenton Wood - Baby You Got It

03 Mary Wells - The One Who Really Loves You

04 Billy Stewart - Cross My Heart

05 Barbara Lynn - You'll Lose A Good Thing

06 Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl

07 Brenda & the Tabulations - Dry Your Eyes

08 McCoys - Hang On Sloopy

09 Rosie And The Originals - Angel Baby

10 The Orlons - Mr Twenty One

11 Mary Wells - My Guy

12 Brenton Wood - Gimme Little Sign

13 Linda Jones - Hypnotized

14 Billy Stewart - Summertime

15 Betty Wright - Tonight Is The Night

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Lil'Cholo's Cali Boy Memories Vol. 2

OK folks, here it is...

The much anticipated and long awaited, Lil'Cholo's Cali Boy Memories Vol. 2.

I have to apologize to the crew for taking so long on this one but as I explained to some of them, I'm very busy during football season. What can I say, I love my football plus I have a daughter, a senior in High School and that alone is alot to deal with. She's a smart one and I have to keep up with her and her future. She's got alot to deal with, getting everything ready for college, taking tests, etc...My head is spinning just trying to keep up with her, taking her here and there. Aye, ya, yaye!

Anyhow, In this comp you will find a few of my all time favorite oldies and of course, like in my first comp, they are from my younger days while living in Cali. In those days, cruising to Avocado Lake on Sundays was a weekly event. When not cruising to the Lake, we'd go to Kearney Park just outside of Fresno. Both were the place to be back in the day. We would be Q'ing it up, getting together with the famili and friends, etc... At the Lake it was fishing, playing baseball with whoever gathered around, swimming, or cruising with the homies. At Kearney Park, it was more of the same without any fishing or swimming as there was no lake there. This comp is dedicated to those days where Sundays were the day everybody couldn't wait to arrive.

Those days were cool because you didn't need to go to a car show to see all the beautiful ramflas hopping it and scraping it while cruising around the scene, not to mention the firme hynas all the homies had at their sides, we'd hope they took their carnalitas with them, if y'know what I mean. All the bombitas and trokitas with their two-tone paint jobs were a site to see as well plus the wonderful murals on some of them, the graphics, etc...

Ahhhh, the memories! Anyhow, on this comp you will find some long lost rolas that I had to bring back to the onda here at TVD. One song I fell in love with the very first time I heard it was Patti Drew's "Tell Him". The voice, the emotion, the words, hijole, it just got to you. Another long lost song which I just came across a few months ago by accident was Sun's "I Had a Choice". I had completely forgotten about this song. Boy, was I glad I found it, as soon as I played it, the words were all just there in the back of my mind as if it were back in the days when I would sing along to this song. I was truly amazed at how I never forgot the words of this song. I put this one first to get you in the mood for the rest of the comp. I truly hope you all enjoy this one. One song that is never forgotten but I have grown to enjoy more and more the more I listen to it is Sly, Slick, & Wicked's "Confessin' A Feeling(Live)". I've burned some comps for myself in the past and usually have this one first but decided I'd save the best one for last on this comp. Of course, a few of the songs are well known but they are some of my favs so I had to add them on here as well.

As for the cover on this one and how big the difference is between this one and Vol. 1, well, I started noticing the TVD crew's latest work and became sort of jealous of all their awesome covers and decided I would try to outdo(more like keep up with) my homies on this one. I know it's gonna be hard because some of these guys work hard at what they do and have been doing it for awhile now but I gave it my best, hope you enjoy it as much as you do the songs. The graphics also deal more with the theme of the comp as well. Heck, I think I gave the Eastside Story covers a run for their money. LOL!

Oh well, I hope everyone enjoys this one and be on the lookout for Vol. 3 which will be coming out pretty soon, it will be very similar to this one as far as the theme goes. Bobby, please keep away from this one, it's for the homies that aren't gonna try to make a profit off of it. Feel free to enjoy it like everyone else if you want but keep it off eBay. This one will be without any password protection so first come first serve. I'd also like to welcome DustyRose to the crew. Glad to have you aboard and awesome first comp!


~Lil'Cholo

TRACKLIST:
01 Sun - I Had A Choice
02 Patti Drew - Tell Him
03 Brenton Wood - Catch You on the Rebound
04 Barbara Lewis - Hello Stranger
05 Thee Midniters - Sad Girl
06 Mary Wells - Two Lovers
07 Billy Stewart - I Do Love You
08 Barbara Lewis - Baby I'm Yours
09 Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces - Searching For My Love
10 The Vanguards - Somebody Please
11 Brenton Wood - Me and You
12 Mary Wells - You Beat Me To The Punch
13 Billy Stewart - Sitting In The Park
14 The Originals - Baby, I'm for Real
15 Sly, Slick, & Wicked - Confessin' A Feeling

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Oldies... Tejano Style

OK Ladies and Gentlemen, here we have a true G Side Records original. Never done before, here I offer you another Lil'Cholo Production, Oldies... Tejano Style, a comp like no other and it's being offered here first on Tomorrow's Velvet Dreamz.

The title of this comp is called "Oldies... Tejano Style" for a reason and that's because all the songs on this comp are performed strictly by Tejano artists. Some of these songs are remakes and you will be familiar with, while others are originals from the artists themselves and this could be the first time you ever hear these songs.

You will find that the song "La Bamba" is entered twice on this comp andthat's because I didn't want to leave the late Selena out of this comp.She has a beautiful voice and she would have been huge right now in the musicindustry in both the Tejano and Pop/R&B charts. She was killed tragicallyso unfortunately she is gone but her memories and her music will live on forever.

Some of you might know some of these artists, the late Freddy Fender, maybe? Anyhow, these are all well known artists here in Tejas and some are know around the world.Some of the remakes sound mighty good with a touch of Spanish mixed in, one(Jimmy Edwards of Latin Breed - I Turn You On ) sounds like the Godfather of Soul himself. I have handpicked each song for this comp so you know they are worth listening to. LOL!

ANYWAY,

As you all know, someone has been downloading and then selling music from this site on eBay ILLEGALLY so this will be mostly a G Side Records Familia Exclusive with a few exceptions. Familia will have the link and password emailed to them directly. Others will need to email me for the password with the condition that they/you will acknowledge that this comp nor any of the singles within the comp are for sale, NO EXCEPTIONS. If you would like the password, please leave a comment asking for the password and leaving the email addy where you would like the password sent to. The zip file will contain images without the watermarks on them.

As always, the music on this site is purely for your personal enjoyment and not intended to be sold by anyone.

Thank You

~Lil'Cholo

Track Listing/Back Cover:

1. La Mafia - Just A Dream
2. Jay Perez - Suavecito
3. Freddy Fender - Before the Next Teardrop Falls
4. Latin Breed - If You Need Me
5. Selena - La Bamba
6. La Mafia - Oh Girl
7. Jay Perez - Me & Mrs. Jones
8. Freddy Fender - Donna
9. Latin Breed - Memories
10. La Mafia - Try Me
11. Jay Perez - Always & Forever
12. Freddy Fender - Wasted Days & Wasted Nights
13. Latin Breed - I Turn You On
14. David Lee Garza- La Bamba
15. Liberty Band - Oldies Medley

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Lil'Cholo's Cali Boy Memories

OK folks, here it is as promised, a compilation of music from the 70's to early 80's in callaboration with G Side Records and with some help from G Man himself whom I'd also like to send a big shout out to for asking me to a member of this site. Thanz alot G Man!

These are songs I listened to while I was growing up as a teen in Cali(thus the title), these are still some of my favorites today, some 30 plus years later. What can I say, they don't make them like they used to so I keep enjoying these til this day and will continue to do so para siempre. Around here in Tejas, coming across someone that listens to the same type of music(oldies) that I do is rare so I usually end up cruising solo and enjoying them all by myself....better that way, if ya know what I mean, nobody telling you to change the radio, etc...

OK folks, wash and wax up the "Ranfla", pick up your Ruca(this part is strongly recommended), and get ready to cruise and listen to what I think will be one of the best cruising CD's you will ever come across...or atleast I hope so.

Anyhow, in ending my little story, I'd like to Thank G Man for his help and everybody from Tomorrow's Velvet Dreamz and The Keeper of Lost Dreamz for all the wonderful work they do in helping to keep our "Dreamz" alive.

Hope everyone enjoys these rolas as much as I did and still do. It's hard for me to pick a favorite from all of these but if I had to choose it would be Track #7, a rare gem that seems to be forgotten(not by me) with time, it's a 1970 Duet by Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. titled "You Don't Have To Be A Star", Ahhh, the memories...hopefully these songs will rekindle some of yours as well.

~Mike From Tejas...aka...Lil'Cholo

PS. I know I said it would be between 16-18 songs but can you blame me for making it more? LOL!

Anyhow, please don't be shy in leaving me some feedback via the comments link. If you like this CD, maybe I can work on putting together another. Your ideas are very much welcome.

Track List:

01 - Smokey Robinson - Cruisin'

02 - Dr. Hook - Sharing The Night Together

03 - Toby Beau - My Angel Baby

04 - Ray, Goodman, & Brown - Special Lady

05 - Kenny Nolan - I Like Dreaming

06 - Red Bone - Come And Get Your Love

07 - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - You Don't Have to be a Star (To be In My Show)

08 - Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio - Jack And Jill

09 - The OJays - She Used To Be My Girl

10 - Robert John - Sad Eyes

11 - Player - Baby Come Back

12 - Blue Magic - Sideshow

13 - Walter Egan - Magnet and Steel

14 - The Moments - I Found Love On A Two Way Street

15 - The Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye

16 - The Temptations - Just My Imagination

17 - Peaches & Herb - Reunited

18 - Stylistics - Break Up To Make Up

19 - Dr. Hook - When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman

20 - Smokey Robinson - Being With You

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