THOMAS WAYNE - famously, the younger brother of Johnny Cash’s guitarist, Luther Perkins - was only eighteen years of age when he recorded the million-selling ‘Tragedy’, a worldwide hit in 1958. Although destined never to have another major success, he cut the original version of Chips Moman’s ‘This Time’, and he co-wrote and recorded the original of ‘Girl Next Door Went A-Walking’. All are included on this compilation, which comprises all of Wayne’s known recordings between 1958-62 across five different record labels. The three bonus tracks feature Elvis Presley’s cover of ‘Girl Next Door Went A-Walking’, plus The Fleetwoods and Troy Shondell’s million-selling revivals of ‘Tragedy’ and ‘This Time’, respectively. This is the first-ever Thomas Wayne compilation and around half these sides are new to CD; apart from ‘Tragedy’, few of his early 45s have ever been reissued in any format, and are nowadays major collectors’ artefacts.
- 1. You're the One That Done It
- 2. This Time
- 3. Tragedy
- 4. Saturday Date
- 5. Eternally
- 6. Scandalizing My Name
- 7. Just Beyond
- 8. Gonna Be Waitin'
- 9. Guilty of Love
- 10. Pancho Villa
- 11. Because of You
- 12. Girl Next Door
- 13. Tragedy (the New Version)
- 14. No More, No More
- 15. I've Got It Made
- 16. The Quiet Look
- 17. Tragedy (Third Version)
- 18. Stop the River
- 19. Eighth Wonder of the World
- 20. Elvis Presley - Girl Next Door Went A-Walking
- 21. The Fleetwoods - Tragedy
- 22. Troy Shondell - This Time