Two Hundred Pounds of Swingin' Hound - s/t

Name: 200 lbs. of Swingin' Hound
Album: s/t
Year: 1995
Style: Rockabilly
Similar Bands: Stray Cats
"One-Word" Review: Country Pub Raw Swing Band.
Based Out Of: Philadelphia, PA
Label: Apple-Z Productions,

Cover, Back

CD, Sleeve Back

200 lbs. of Swinging Hound (1995)

1. When Your Baby's Got the Blues 3:45
2. Nearly Perfect 4:23
3. 30 Lovesick Days 5:47
4. Rock 'n' Roll Party 2:56
5. Hot Lips! 4:03
6. The Cold Bed Blues 2:48
7. Single Again 3:34
8. Lies 4:33
9. Lifetime Guarantee 5:32
10. I'm A' Gonna Get Ya 2:43

Album Rating (1-10): 5.5

Members & Other Bands:

• Ace Filipini - Vox (Reach Around Rodeo Clowns, Kingpins)
• Joe Gallo - Guitars
• Wally Wollet - Drums, Backing Vox, Piano
• Trey LaRue - Standup Bass
• Mike Lampe - Standup Bass (Steve Guyger)
• Bob Williams - Engineer
• Rick Stranix - Logos, Art Direction (Apple-Z Graphix)
• Ken Hinchey - Cover Photo

Unknown-ness: Never heard of this band. When I bought the record, my mind was infected with the late 90's swing movement, and i thought this might have been right in that swing/rockabilly sweet spot, but i don't actually ever remember listening to the album. I reckon this is a small pub band version of the rockabilly-big band sound.

Album Review: Straight up swing & rockabilly, predating the revival of the late 90's. A couple of the songs rock out a little more, but it leans toward the country vibe at it's heart. It seems like it is pretty good for what it is. "Lies" has a slightly more aggressive punk tone to it.

Not much out there on this band based out of the Philly area, just based on their phone and mailing address contacts. "Hot Lips" appears on a compilation of Ace Filipini songs that's on Spotify (Songs That Made Him Infamous) , but is not playable.

Stand Out Track: Lies

Links:

Discogs - wrong name

amazon

Reverb Nation - Ace

Soundcloud - Ace