Phil Upchurch – You Can’t Sit Down

• One of the more memorable U.S. Instro hits of 1961 was the irrepressible ‘You Can’t Sit Down (Part 2)’, by the PHILIP UPCHURCH COMBO.
• Although only a moderate-sized chart rider, it became a million-seller.
• At the time of its success, nineteen-year old Upchurch was doubling as the guitarist in Dee Clark’s band, and a session player for Vee Jay Records.
• He went on to carve out a long and distinguished career as a Soul, Jazz and Blues session guitarist, alongside a parallel solo career.
• This compilation deals with his brief sojourn as a R&B /Pop instrumentalist, on the back of his hit single.
• It comprises two LPs, “You Can’t Sit Down Part Two” and “The Big Hit Dances”, plus a couple of contemporaneous singles.
• Much of this material is as rare as unicorns’ manure, and is virtually impossible to find elsewhere on CD.

Track Listing

1. YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN PART 1
2. YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN PART 2
3. OOH POOP ADOO
4. HONEST INJUN
5. PINK LOLLI POP
6. POGO
7. CHA CHA CHA BLUES
8. STRAW HAT
9. RUNNING BEAR
10. NOTHING BUT THE SOUL
11. EVAD
12. ORGAN BOOGIE
13. CHA CHA MARACAS
14. THE HOG
15. THAT'S WHERE IT IS
16. ORGAN GRINDER'S TWIST/SWING
17. THE PERSIAN
18. HERE IT TIS - THE ROACH
19. THE SWIVEL - PART I - SWIVEL & TWIST
20. THE SWIVEL - PART II - SWIVEL & TWIST
21. FLAP JACK - THE MAJESTIC
22. FILL-UP - THE FLY
23. SONIA - THE SWIM
24. STONEWALL - THE CONTINENTAL
25. EDWARD THE III - THE HORSE
26. DARK TOWN STRUTTERS BALL - THE FISH
27. CLEAN IT UP - THE NEW WATUSI
28. DIDDLEY-BO - MAMBO CHA-CHA
BONUS TRACK
29. THE BIM BAM BOOS - CAN'T SIT DOWN