Download: “Lux and Ivy’s Favorites”

Available as twelve ZIP compilations of anywhere from 27 to 31 mp3s each, “Lux and Ivy’s Favorites” is an attempt to track down and make available for free all of the songs mentioned/recommended in various interviews with husband-and-wife duo, Lux Interior and Poison Ivy, of the legendary punk-rockabilly band, The Cramps. You can download the first eleven compilations via the links on the WFMU site, and you can download the twelfth compilation, “The Lux Interior Memorial Edition,” here. To give you some idea of what’s available, I’ve copied and pasted the names of the artists and songs included in each compilation below:

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01 – sheriff and the revels – shombolar
02 – sid king and the five strings – let er rip
03 – ersal hickey – bluebirds over the mountain
04 – ersal hickey – hangin around
05 – ronnie dawson – action packed
06 – ronnie self – date bait
07 – vern pullens – bop crazy baby
08 – donald woods and the belairs – death of an angel
09 – gene maltais – crazy baby
10 – billy ward and his dominoes – the bells
11 – bob mcfadden – the mummy
12 – forbidden five – rfd rangoon
13 – forbidden five – enchanted farm
14 – medallions – behind the door
15 – nervous norvous – transfusion
16 – clovers – crawlin
17 – pengiuns – earth angel
18 – blenders – don’t fuck around with love
19 – sparkle moore – skull and crossbones
20 – versatones – bila
21 – versatones – tight skirt tight sweater
22 – tornnados – telstar
23 – treniers – poon tang
24 – clovers – rotten cocksuckers ball
25 – collins kids – whistle bait
26 – the chips – rubber biscuits
27 – jan and arnie – jennie lee

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01 – 13th floor elevators – you’re gonna miss me
02 – ric cartey – young love
03 – slim harpo – strange love
04 – the champs – train to nowhere
05 – cozy cole – topsy part one and two
06 – zacherle – dinner with dracula
07 – randey alvey – green fuzz
08 – jackie morningstar – rockin in the graveyard
09 – john buck and his blazers – forbidden city
10 – marvin rainwater – hot and cold
11 – blues rockers – calling all cows
12 – five blobs – the blob
13 – ric cartey – oo eee
14 – june wilkinson and mamie van doren – bikini with no top on top
15 – wayne williams – red hot mama
16 – bosstones – mope-itty moope
17 – kieth corvale – trapped love
18 – storey sisters – bad motorcycle
19 – lightnin slim – its mighty crazy
20 – mcfadden and dor – noisy village
21 – crescents – pink dominoes
22 – marketettes – out of limits
23 – chimes – zindy lou
24 – crystals – the screw
25 – invectas – the hump
26 – earl hagen and the new interns – new interns watusi
27 – billy ward and the dominoes – jennie lee

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01 – pretty things – Come See Me
02 – On the Go – The Leather Boy
03 – Roy Brown – Butcher Pete – Part 1
04 – Roy Brown – Butcher Pete Part 2
05 – The Carnations – Scorpion
06 – Uh Oh – The Imps
07 – Doctor Ross – The Boogie Disease
08 – howlin’ wolf – smokestack lightnin’
09 – Polka Dot Slim – A Thing You Gotta Face
10 – ventures – the rat
11 – Mohammed Rafi aka ted lyons and his cubs – Jaan Pehechaan Ho
12 – Bo Diddley – 05 – Congo
13 – Anton LaVey – 01 – Satan Takes a Holiday (instrumental)
14 – the symbols – Do the Zombie
15 – Stampede – The Scarlets
16 – Danny Dell & The Trends – Froggy
17 – Johnny Kidd & The Pirates – Shakin’ All Over
18 – Kinks – You Really Got Me
19 – The Strangers – Caterpillar Crawl
20 – Rubber Room – Porter Waggoner
21 – robert mitchum – ballad of thunder road [ ]
22 – Duane Eddy – Ramrod
23 – Dick Penner – Cindy Lou
24 – Ideals – Go Go Gorilla
25 – Jack Nitzsche – The Lonely Surfer
26 – Johnny Burnette Trio – Rockbilly Boogie – 13 – honey hush
27 – Mickey & Sylvia – No Good Lover
29 – Bo Diddley – 02 – I’m A Man
30 – johnny fortune – Dragster
31 – the gee cees – Buzzsaw Twist

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01 – Gene Summers – Taboo
02 – Roland Janes – Guitarville
03 – The Citations – Moon Race
04 – Electro-Tones – Ghost Train
05 – hank davis – woman train
06 – Jack Nitzsche – Rumble (1963)
07 – Stingrays – Surfers Mood
08 – Charlie Feathers – in the pines
09 – Ric cartey – My babe
10 – reverend charles jackson – wrapped up and tangled up in jesus
11 – Les Baxter – Lust
12 – satan’s sadists ost – the chase is on
13 – Jan Davis – The Time Funnel
15 – Clyde Stacey – Hoy Hoy
14 – Atlantics – War Of The Worlds
16 – Electric Prunes – Dr. Do Good
17 – The Five Jones Boys – Mr. Ghost Goes To Town
18 – Jackie & The Starlighters – Valerie
19 – Musical linn twins – Rockin’ out the blues
20 – Hugh Barrett & The Victors – Fungus Among us
21 – Cannibal & the Headhunters – Zulu King
21 – Charlie Feathers – She Set Me Free
22 – Portuguese Joe – Teenage Riot
23 – Gene Maltais – Gang War
24 – The Musical Linn Twins – Indian Rock
25 – Jimmy Rogers – Mule Skinner Blues
26 – ron thompson – switchblade
27 – legendary stardust cowboy – paralyzed
28 – VernonGreen&ThePhantoms-SweetBreeze
29 – davie allan & the arrows – theme from the unknown
30 – Iggy Pop and the Stooges – 1970

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01. Swamp Rats – Louie Louie
02. The Trashmen – Bird ’65
03. Wray, Link & The Raymen – The Fuzz
04. Peanuts Wilson – Cast Iron Arm
05. Bo Diddley – The Story Of Bo Diddley
06. Homer Denison Jr. – Chickie Run
07. Curley Griffin – Got Rockin’ On My Mind
08. The Isley Brothers – Nobody But Me
09. Ron Haydock & The Boppers – 99 Chicks
10. bill carter – baby brother
11. Andre Williams – Andre Williams is Moving
12. The Quotations – Imagination
13. Carl Perkins – Let The Jukebox Deep Playing
14. The Sparkles – Oh Girls, Girls
15. Julie London – Yummy, Yummy, Yummy
16. The Lifeguards – Everybody Out’ta The Pool
17. Ken Nordine – Strollin’ Spooks
18. ken nordine – fliberty jib
19. Ramones – Beat On The Brat
20. Betty McQuaid – Toungue Tied
21. Ronnie Ray’s Playboys – The Vulture
22. The Revels – Midnight Stroll
23. Ray Anthony – Dragnet
24. Link Wray – Genocide
25. Don Charles Presents The Singing Dogs – Oh! Susanna
26. Deadly Ones – Monster Surfing Time
27. edwin bruce – sweet woman
28. Ted Weems & Elmo Tanner – Heartaches
29. Vito & The Salutations – Unchained melodies
30.jack eely and the courtmen – Louie Louie ’66

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01. Earl Wade – I Dig Rock’n’Roll
02. Ran-Dells – Martian Hop
03. the saxons – camel walk
04. the nitecats – jungle
05. Charlie Gracie – Guitar Boogie
06.The Flamingos – I Only Have Eyes For You
07. Kenny Owen – I Got The Bug
08. The Phantom – Whisper Your Love
09. Moses Longpiece – Slide Her Under the Door
10. Ray Harris – Come on Little Mama
11. The Cables – Choo choo
12. The Charades – Flamingo
13. ronnie isle – wicked
14. Andre Williams With The Gino Parks Quartet – Pass The Biscuits Please
15. Gene Lamarr – That Crazy Little House On The Hill
16. I’m A Hog For You-The Innocents
17. Thee Midniters – Jump Jive And Harmonize
18. Bob Taylor & The Counts – Thunder
19. mad magazine – (She Got A) Nose Job
20. The Five Sharps – stormy weather
21. Booker T & the MG’s – Green Onions
22. Jack Nitzsche – The Last Race
23. Elvis Presley – Milkcow Blues Boogie
24. The Fleetwoods – Unchained Melody
25. mad magazine – When My Pimples Turned To Dimples
26. Grace Tennessee & The American Spirits – Pow Wow
27. Phil & the Frantics – Say That You Will
28. pasquale & the lunar-tiks – moon madness
29. arthur lyman – Taboo

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01. Marvin & Johnny – Vip Vop
02. Fender Bender – The Original Starfires
03. Ronnie Kae – drums fell off the cliff
04. Young Jessie – Lonesome Desert (With The Flairs)
05. Andre Williams And The Don Juans – Pulling Time
06. Joe Clay – Did You Mean Jelly Bean
07. t-rex – Rip Off
08. The Champs – Night Owl
09. Betty McQuade – Blue Train
10. sparkle moore – Tiger
11. Stan Freberg – John and Marsha
12. The Dial Tones – Boss
13. the vocaleers – cootie snap
14. the tokens – Bwanina (Pretty Girl)
15. Mississippi Mud Mashers – Moonglow 1935
16. john and jackie – Little Girl
17. Falcons – Now That Its Over
18. Mr Undertaker – Here Lies Love
19. Andre Williams – The Greasy Chicken
20. Roky Erickson – Red Temple Prayer (two headed dog)
21. Kay Martin – Swamp Girl
22. The Grey Stokes – The Legend Of Tarzan
23. mac rebennack – storm warning (long version)
24. charlie feathers _ that certain female
25. Ronnie Self – Bop-A-Lena
26. Jaynettes – Sally go ’round the Roses
27. the sensational nightingales – Standing in the Judgment
28. stan_freberg – st_george_and_the_dragonet

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01. R. STRAUSS_ Also sprach Zarathustra – Fanfare
02. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put A Spell On You
03. Love – My Flash On You [Mono]
04. american teens – shake shake baby
05. The gamblers – lsd-25
06. Rick McGuire – Space Craze
07. lee chandler and the blue rhythms – tree top
08. The Strikes – If You Can’t Rock Me
09. buddy miller – teen twist
10. the tides-midnight limbo
11. homer dennison jr. – march slav boogie
12. chaino – The Pigmy Song (Tikky Tikky Boom)
13. Johnnie Honeycutt – Blue Song Of Love
14. kitty and sheeny lanier – do the whip
15. The Dirtbombs – Can’t Stop Thinking About It
16. Betty Smith & The Rhythmmasters – Yeah Baby
17. Rudy Thacker & The Stringbusters – Black Train
18. stacy bengal & his six outfielders – I Come To Demolish Cleveland
19. The Gamblers – Moon Dawg!
20. Jack Constanzo – Catwalk
21. The Viscounts – Harlem Nocturn
22. billy lee riley – flying saucers rock ‘n’ roll
23. David Seville – Witch Doctor
24. Freddie Cannon – Palisades Park
25. Kay Martin – The Heel
26. Sheb Wooley- The Purple People Eater
27. Theme from 2000 Maniacs
28. the phantoms – night beat
29. mad mike and the maniacs – The Hunch
30. sparkle moore – Flower of My Heart

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01. Jess Franco – Sex And Mystic Of M.Sade (edit)
02. the kinks – till the end of the day
03. The Vi-Kings – Desert Boots
04. Jimmy McConville – Scorpion
05. Bo Diddley – Mona (I Need You Baby)
06. wendell smith – nashville tennessee
07. The Crystals – He’s A Rebel
08. t-rex -baby strange
09. all women are bad trailer
10. the fabulous wailers – dirty robber
11. charlie gracie – butterfly
12. Chuck Ranado And The Electronaires – My Baby’s Gone
13. Lonnie Johnson – Tomorrow Night
14. Flamin’ Groovies-Teenage Head
15. Howlin’ Wolf – The Red Rooster
16. Dantes – 80-96
17. Chantays – Pipeline
18. gene gray – surfers mood
19. the deadly ones – surfin dockside
20. Gary & Larry – Garlic Bread
21. The Shangri-Las – out in the streets
22. The Tempests – Rockin’ Rochester U.S.A
23. Spike Jones – Chloe
24. Vampires’ Sound Incorporation – The Lions and the Cucumber
25.The Duals – Wait Up Baby
26. roger & the tempests – bad bad way
27. Marvelettes – Going to the Chapel of Love
28. little jimmy scott – Unchained Melody

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01. bob and jerry – ghost satellite
02. fat daddy holmes – where yo is
03. don covay – switchen’ in the kitchen
04. Bob Lee – Wanted For Questioning
05. Tielman Brothers – Marabunta
06. the grass-hoppers – twin beat
07. the jet streams – who me-
08. dicky doo & the don’ts – flip top box
09. Sidney Jo Lewis – Boppin’ To Grandfather’s Clock
10. Albert Elias – King Kong
11. the charts – ooba gooba
12. the mogambos – Bi-Aza-Ku-Sasa
13. El-Capris – Safari
14. Wildmen – King Of The Jungle
15.The Enchanters – Cafe Bohemian
16. Ganim’s Asia Minors – Daddy Lolo
17. The Peels – Fun
18. Bernie Turner & The Armorettes-Ching Ching Wong
19. The Highlights – Ah So!
20. Dicky Doo & The Don’ts – Nee Nee Na Na Na Na
21. The Duals – Stick Shift
22. johnny parker – tv commercial
23. Jimmy Lloyd – You’re gone baby
24. paul peek – olds-mo-william
25. Lee Ross – The Mummy’s Bracelet
26. Ivan – Real Wild Child
27. The Impacs – Kool It
28. Senor Soul – The Mouse
29. Senor Soul – Soul Sermon
30. the peeks – juanita banana
31. Ganimian & His Orientals – My Funny Valentine

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01. jay jay imus and freddy ford – the boogala
02. saxie russel – el monkey
03. Merced Blue Notes – Do The Pig
04. the revels – Intoxica
05. The Premiers – Firewater
06. The Cherokees-Uprising
07. The Chiefs – Apache
08. Arondies – Class Of ’69
09. Dragon Walk – The Noblemen
10. dynamos – woh! woh! yea! yea!
11. the Caps-Red Headed Flea
12. the corvettes – pick up
13. The Bangers – Baby Let Me Bang Your Box
14. screamin’ jay hawkins – moanin’
15. Mr. Clean – Mr. Clean
16. brook bond food – red rose tea
17. Noblemen – Dirty Robber
18. dicky doo & the don’ts – wild party
19. Sentinals – The Bee
20. jan davis – Watusi Zombie
21. bobby williams – tarzan
22. the pygmies – don’t monkey with tarzan
23. the individuals – Jungle Superman
24. the revels – it’s party time
25. silvertones – get it!
26. The Hong Kongs-Surfin’ In The China Sea
27. the torkays-karate
28. the fortune tellers – song of the nairobi trio
29. the trashmen – Bird Dance Beat
30. Revels – Dead Man’s Stroll
31. Dickie Goodman – The Touchables In Brooklyn
32. the myrogens – the dancing katydids
33. dynamos – manhunt

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01. The Ravens – A Simple Prayer
02. Jimmie haskell and his orchestra – blast off!
03. terry corin and her boyfriends – sick! sick! sick!
04. buddy starr and the starliners – hold it
05. the curios – chicken back part two
06. Dee Jays – Blackeyed Woman
07. jimmy hanna – leaving here
08. The Frantics – (do the) Jacknife
09. The Peridots – Hully Gully All Night Long
10. jivin jean – up up and away
11. baskerville hounds – space rock part 2
12. jimmie haskell and his orchestra – astrosonic
13. message from outer space and Jan Davis – Destination Love
14. Sebastien – Nobody Can Do The Dog Like I Do
15. The Singing Dogs – Hot Dog Boogie
16. Social Outcasts – mad
17. jim wolfe and the t-towners – innersanctum
18. Larry Collins – T-Bone
19. the Monterays – turtle
20. Louis Jordan – Louisville Lodge Meeting
21. Ray Burden – A Hot-Rodders Dream
22. Ronnie Dawson – jump and run
23. andy griffith – silhouettes
24. Ronnie Kae – let there be drums
25. manny corchado – pow wow aka the mosquitos – the fly
26. Willie Joe & His Unitar – Unitar Rock
27. Jimmie haskell and his orchestra – rockin in the orbit
28. Little Jimmy Scott – Day by Day
29. dick hyman & mary mayo – for all we know

That’s a LOT of great music for free, my friends, so don’t you dare complain about the sound quality (which is just fine, thank you very much)!