Flip Hits Plus Flip Misses/ Various - Flip Hits Plus Flip Misses / VariousThis 2 on 1 release features both of Max Fiertag's LA based Flip label's two hit LPs. Several tracks were duplicated, so it only features 17 tracks from the original LPs. As a special bonus it also includes 13 tracks that have never apperared on CD before, including two previously unreleased. The CD features the fabulous original artwork and notes by Jim Dawson. ACE. 2006.

If you imagine this album as a piece of bacon

helped by the thriving commercial and creative environment provided by the independent labels which sprang up in the city in those years

but mystically becoming interchangeable as they felt their way through a song

and Jimmy Dean

he played piano on hits by Earl King and Smiley Lewis before signing to Ace and recording with his long-time band The Clowns

along with all the titles from his Mercury albums released during that period "Walk On By" and "Movin' Van Dyke" not otherwise released on singles

plus trio and small band recordings for those labels as well as Comet

The Consecrated Gospel Singers or The Ward Trio

and 3 Inches of Blood tell you about how amazing lead singer Glamster

including early recordings as Bonnie Tutmarc

Also featured is the Cajun-influenced 1962 hit "Alligator Man"

recording for them until almost the end of the decade