3-CD box (LP-size) with 36-page book, 64 tracks. Playing time approx. 157 mns

As a group, Wally Whyton and the Vipers were the premier British performers of the Skiffle era. Their distinctive style was the very essence of the musical craze which swept Britain for a brief period around 1957, making them the standard to which many young, would-be-Skifflers aspired.

This 3-CD box-set includes every record commercially issued on Parlophone by The Vipers Skiffle Group or just as The Vipers. It also includes previously unissued Parlophone masters, including the first recordings in 1958 to feature Jet Harris and Hank Marvin in the pre-Drifters/Shadows days. Of both historic and musical importance is the addition of the complete output issued under the pseudonym The Original Soho Skiffle Group which featured Vipers? members Wally Whyton and Johnny Martyn. Additionally, the set includes the solo Parlophone recordings of Wally Whyton from 1959/60 (which includes the rare Sharkey Todd and The Monsters single), and the final, resuscitated vipers? four titles which appeared on Pye in 1960. A LP-sized book with a biography, discography, and many rare pictures is included.

Track Listing

• Ain't You Glad
• Pick A Bale Of Cotton
• It Takes A Worried Man To Sing A Worried Song
• Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O
• 10,000 Years Ago
• Hey Liley, Liley Lo
• Jim Dandy
• The Cumberland Gap
• Maggie May
• Sam Hall
• Kevin Barry
• Charlie Is My Darling
• My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
• I Know Where I'm Going
• The Derby Ram
• Liverpool Blues
• The Ash Grove
• She Was Poor But She Was Honest
• Wild Colonial Boy
• Spinning Wheel
• Three Lovely Lasses
• Greensleeves
• Clementine
• Darlin'
• Streamline Train
• Railroad Steamboat
• This Land Is Your Land
• Poor Lazarus
• The Glory Land
• Precious Memories
• Pay Me My Money Down
• I Know The Lord Laid His Hands On Me
• Easy Rider (See See Rider Blues)
• Wanderin'
• Old Joe Clark
• Homing Bird
• If I Had A Hammer
• I Saw The Light
• John B. Sails
• All Shook Up/Last Train To San Fernando
• Putting On The Style/Wandering Eyes
• [Medley (Skiffle Party, 1):
• Comin' Round The Mountain
• On Top Of Old Smokey
• Rock Island Line]
• [Medley (Skiffle Party, 2):
• Wabash Cannonball
• Gimme Crack Corn
• Skip To My Lou]
• Baby Why'
• No Other Baby
• Make Ready For Love
• Nothing Will Ever Change (My Love For You)
• Banks Of The Ohio
• Trouble In Mind
• Worried Man Blues
• Experimental (instrumental)
• Summertime Blues
• Cool Gool
• The Horror Show
• Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
• It's All Over Now
• All Over This World
• Got Me A Girl
• It's A Rat Race
• Marriage Of Convenience
• 95% Of Me Loves You
• You're Going To Be Caught

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Pop/Rock

Run Time: 157 mins

Release Date: 01/02/07

UPC: 4000127159540