-The wolf, intelligent pack animal or lone hunter, main character in classic fairy tales and polarizing character, has long since found its way into the realm of pop culture.
-Bear Family Records® has put together a wide selection of styles, sounds and artists on the subject of the wolf on this exciting CD album.
-Informative liner notes, an illustrated booklet and careful mastering round off this project.

The wolf has captivated the human imagination since the very beginning. No surprise, as it has accompanied us from the beginning, watching, tracking and threatening us - it was our main competitor in the food chain, and we learned a lot by observing its hunting techniques. Our ancestors recognized the opportunities that domestication offered to help us hunt - and protect us from wolves. The wolf plays a central role in major religions and mythologies around the world. Its social order is similar to that of Homo Sapiens.
Bear Family offers a range of songs that deal with the wolf or use the wolf as an image/metaphor. A wide selection of styles and artists are presented here, ranging from beat pioneer and jazz eccentric Harry 'The Hipster' Gibson to Elvis Presley - the King of Rock and Roll, to legendary blues icon Howlin' Wolf and obscure cult heroes such as Bunker Hill, Leon Payne and Ray Harris. It's all here - from blues to northern band sound, from hillbilly to R'n'R.
The album shows how artists use the wolf to portray their supposedly special qualities or habits, to boast about their sexual prowess, to create a menacing image of themselves or to portray the loner - the outcast of society. Listen with fascination as these exciting mini-myths by 20th century artists invoke the wolf in the same way our ancestors did when they used Carnis Lupus as a demon, scourge, totem, spirit guide, companion of the gods or foster mother of empires.

Track Listing

• Freddie Bell and The Bell Boys - The Big Bad Wolf
• Round Robin - I'm The Wolf Man
• Frankie Stein and His Ghouls - Weerdo The Wolf
• Mark Anthony - Wolf Call
• Howlin' Wolf - The Wolf Is At Your Door
• Skipper Ryle - Wolf Gal
• The Maddox Brothers and Rose - Stop Whistlin' Wolf
• Leon Payne - I'm A Lone Wolf
• The Anderson Sisters - The Wolf Hop
• Billy Strickland - Hillbilly Wolf
• Piney Brown - You Bring Out The Wolf In Me
• Amos Milburn - Wolf On The River
• The Four Mints - Wolf
• Tennessee Slim - I'm An Old Wolf
• Ray Harris - Lonely Wolf
• Elvis Presley - Wolf Call
• Clinton O'Neal & The Country Drifters - Big Bad Wolf
• Henry Thome - Wolf Bait
• The Idols - The Prowler
• Bunker Hill - Red Ridin' Hood And The Wolf
• Ace Harris and His Orchestra - Baby, Maybe You're The Wolf
• Kid Thomas - The Wolf Pack
• Hot Shot Love - Wolf Call Boogie
• Lord Dent and His Invaders - Wolf Call
• The San Diego Misfits - Big Bad Wolf
• Sam The Sham & The Pharaos - Lil' Red Riding Hood
• Brian Diamond and The Cutters - Big Bad Wolf
• Sammy Salvo - Wolf Boy
• Billy Wallace - Wolf Call
• Jack Butler - An Old Wolf Whistle
• The Ghouls - Weird Wolf
• Harry Gibson 'The Hipster' - The Wolf Song

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Pop/Rock

Run Time: 79:00 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 02/07/25

UPC: 4000127177629