Memphis/Gunslinger/Hey! Bo Diddley/Old Smokey/Bo Diddley's Dog/I'm Alright/Mr Custer/Bo's Waltz/What's Buggin' You/Road Runner
This was guitar genius Bo Diddley's final entry on the UK album chart. Beach Party was recorded live in July 1963 at the Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It ended a run of four chart albums which followed his 1963 UK tour. (UK:13)
"A blistering live album, especially in genuine mono and quite simply the finest live rock & roll album of its era, From the opening track (erroneously listed as Memphis and credited to Chuck Berry as composer) to the final note, this is some of the loudest, raunchiest guitar-based rock & roll ever preserved." "I didn't even know Bo was into ballad-land tunes until I heard What's Buggin' You and a great track to boot."
"Check this out all you garage punk fans, proof of what the man delivered live – a rawer kick than just about anyone."
"Diddley’s Beach Party is Bo at his most brazen and caustic. The sound quality lies somewhere below horrible, with vocals and instruments sliding in and out of earshot; even Diddley’s legendary rectangular guitar settles in the murk from time to time."
"What never sinks from centre stage is Bo’s barbed-wire presence. He never ventures from his unshakable boasts - Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger, Hey Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley’s Dog and Bo’s Waltz suggest the relative breadth of his interests."
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