Compilations
Over the years many compilations have been issued. Most of them are not very interesting from a collectors point of view. However some are worth mentioning because of tracks which are hard or sometimes impossible to find.
I will try to list here all the compilations I can possibly find. If you know of anymore please don't hesitate to mail the_Anchorman and it will be added here.
The compilations will be added according to the release date.
 
19xx Rocker's Rule!
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Head | None | CD | none | unknown | unknown | Yes |
 
1990 Back To The Alley
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Arista | 260 963 | CD | 4 007192 609635 | 1990 | U.K. | Yes |
Arista | 210 963 | 12 inch vinyl | 4 007192 109630 | 1990 | U.K. | No |
 
1993 Platinum Pussy Live In New York 1984
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Dr Gig | DGCD 020 | CD | 5450146100204 | 1993 | Belgium | Yes |
 
1993 Unplugged and More
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
PBL | PBL 003 | CD | none | 1993 | Italy | Yes |
PBL | PBL 003 | 12 inch vinyl | none | 1993 | Italy | Yes |
Acoustic Studio Session from 17 June 1992 (BBC Studios) 1 Stray Cat Strut 2 Lust 'N' Love 3 Mystery Train 4 Summertime Blues 5 Oh Boy 6 My Heart Is A Liar Leidsekade Live 14 June 1992 (KRO studios Hilversum, Holland) 7 Mystery Train 8 Roll On 9 Runaway Boys 10 Lust 'N' Love 11 Something Else Studio tracks 12 Gonna Be Your Rock (the bonus track for the Japanese edition of Let's Go Faster) 13 Let's Go Faster (Alternate Take) 14 Two Of A Kind (the B-side from the Gina single) 15 King Of Love (From the Dave Edmunds Closer To The Flame album Dave does the vocals.) Pictures are from the CD version. The Acoustic Studio Sessions were recorded on June 17th, 1992 at BBC studios. Nice about this release is that it also contains My Heart Is A Liar. Unfortunately this song ends with Brian Setzer losing his voice. The first 5 songs are available on many other releases. Please see Eventology for more information about this session. Click a pic to make it big. |
 
1994: Stray Cats and Brian Setzer
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
InsideOut | TOCP-8169 | CD | 4 988006 692763 | 27 April 1994 | Japan | Yes |
Stray Cats From the 1989 Blast Off album 1 Blast Off 3 Gene and Eddie 4 Bring It Back Again 5 Nine Lives From the 1990 Let's Go Faster album 6 Town Without Pity 7 Shotgun Baby 8 Give It To Me 9 Let's Go Faster From the 1992 Choo Choo Hot Fish album 10 Elvis On Velvet 11 Cry Baby 12 Cross Of Love 13 Mystery Train From the 1993 Original Cool album 14 I Fought The Law 15 Can't Help Falling In Love 16 Flying Saucers Rock and Roll From the 1986 Rock Therapy album 17 Rock Therapy 18 Race With The Devil 19 Broken Man Brian Setzer 20 The Knife Feels Like Justice 21 Rockability 22 Rebelene A compilation Click a pic to make it big. |
 
1994: Downtown
This is a box set released in Japan only. It consisted of 3 vinyl albums, a vinyl single, a book with photo's and lyrics and a sticker.
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Arista | BVJA-2801-3 | 3 X 12" LP + 7" single | 4988017305904 | 24 August 1994 | Japan | Yes |
 
1994 Cruisin' Round Sixteen Candles
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Cruisin' Records | CD-CR 813912 | CD | 8324948139120 | 1994 | Italy | Yes |
1. Sixteen Candles (From the soundtrack Sixteen Candles) 2. Be-Bop-A-Lula (Unplugged 1982) 3. Sweet Love On My Mind (live 12 March 1981 Newcastle) 4. Pretty, Pretty Baby 5. Something Else (live 12 March 1981 Newcastle) 6. Rip It Up 7. Baby, What You Want Me To Do 8. Summertime Blues (From the soundtrack La Bamba where Brian played Eddie Cochran) 9. Race With The Devil 10. Rock Around With Ollie Vee 11. Peggy Sue 12. Oh Boy 13. Two Of A Kind (B-side from the Gina CD-single) 14. Rockability (From Brian's solo album Live Nude Guitars) 15. Important Words 16. The Race Is On (From the Dave Edmunds and the Stray Cats single) 17. Cross That Bridge (b-side from You Don't Believe Me) 18. Lucky Charm (Ooh Wee Suzy) (From the She's Sexy And 17 12-inch and double single) 19. Lookin' Out My Back Door (b-side from Rebels Rule) 20. Tear It Up (Live Lorelei (Rockpalast) 20 August 1983) 21. Cruisin' (From the She's Sexy And 17 12-inch and double single) 22. Can't Hurry Love (b-side from Rock This Town) 23. Lookin' Better Every Beer (From the She's Sexy And 17 12-inch and double single) 24. Something's Wrong With My Radio (Live at Stadtpark Open Air 30 June 1989. Hamburg, Germany) In 2008 this CD was re-released as a double CD as Sixteen Candles with some extra tracks. Click a pic to make it big. |
 
1997 Runaway Boys
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Recall 2CD | SMD CD 182 | 2 X CD | 636551418225 | 1997 | UK | Yes |
Disc 1 From the Choo Choo Hot Fish album 1 Elvis on Velvet 2 Cry Baby 3 Please Don't Touch 4 Sleepwalk 5 Lust 'n' Love 6 Beautiful Blues 7 Cross Of Love 8 My Heart Is A Liar 9 Mystery Train From the From the Original Cool album 10 Somethin' Else 11 Twenty Flight Rock 12 I Fought The Law 13 Lonesome Tears 14 Your True Love 15 Bluejean Bop 16 Can't Help Falling In Love 17 Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll 18 Stood Up Disc 2 1. Blast Off *) 2. Runaway Boys *) 3. Straycat Strut *) 4. Rock This Town *) 5. Sexy and 17 *) 6. Built For Speed **) 7. Look at that Cadillac **) 8. The Race is On **) 9. Bring it Back 10. Something's Wrong With My Radio 11. Double Talking Baby *) 12. Let's Go Faster 13. Too Hip Gotta Go 14. Rumble in Brighton *) 15. Gene and Eddie ***) 16. Elvis On Velvet ***) 17. Cry Baby ***) 18. Gina *) Live Ritz, New York City 18 October 1988 **) Live at the Lorelei 20 August 1983 ***) Live Ashbury Park Beach, New Jersey 23 May 1992 Click a pic to make it big. |
 
2000 Hollywood Strut: The Unreleased Cuts
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Cleopatra | CLP 0937-2 | CD | 741157093728 | 2000 | USA | Yes |
Acoustic Studio Sessions 1992 (mislabeled as Acoustic Studio Session 1990*) 1 Stray Cat Strut 2 Lust 'N' Love (misspelled as We N' Love) 3 Mystery Train 4 Summertime Blues 5 Oh Boy Live At The Roxy 1981 (3 September 1981) 6 Double Talkin' Baby 7 Rumble In Brighton 8 Baby What You Want Me To Do 9 Rev it Up and Go 10 Beautiful Delilah (misspelled as Beautiful Delight) 11 Stray Cat Strut 12 Rock Around With Ollie Vee 13 Fishnet Stockings (misspelled as Fishnet Stockers) 14 Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie 15 Rock This Town This release has been released under various names by Cleopatra Records and other companies. *) The Acoustic Studio Sessions are from June 17th, 1992. They were recorded at BBC Studios. These recordings are actually very nice. However there was one more song, but please see Eventology and scroll 17 June 1992. Click a pic to make it big. |
 
2001 Hollywood Strut
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Raucous Records | RAUCD087 | CD | 5021449188727 | 2001 | UK | Yes |
Acoustic Studio Sessions 1992Mislabeled as Acoustic Studio Sessions 1990 *) 1 Stray Cat Strut 2 Lust 'N' Love 3 Mystery Train 4 Summertime Blues 5 Oh Boy Live At The Roxy 1981 (3 September 1981) 6 Double Talkin' Baby 7 Rumble In Brighton 8 Baby What You Want Me To Do 9 Rev it Up and Go 10 Beautiful Delilah 11 Stray Cat Strut 12 Rock Around With Ollie Vee 13 Fishnet Stockings 14 Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie 15 Rock This Town The same release as 2000 Hollywood Strut: The Unreleased Cut but released by Raucous Records *) The Acoustic Studio Sessions are from June 17th, 1992. They were recorded at BBC Studios. These recordings are actually very nice. However there was one more song, but please see Eventology and scroll 17 June 1992. Click a pic to make it big. |
 
2001 Hollywood Strut (Unreleased Cuts)
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Brilliant | BT 33070 | CD | 690978330706 | 2001 | Germany | Yes |
Acoustic Studio Sessions 1992 Mislabeled as Acoustic Studio Sessions 1990 *) 1 Stray Cat Strut 2 Lust 'N' Love (misspelled as We N' Love) 3 Mystery Train 4 Summertime Blues 5 Oh Boy Live At The Roxy 1981 (3 September 1981) 6 Double Talkin' Baby 7 Rumble In Brighton 8 Baby What You Want Me To Do 9 Rev it Up and Go 10 Beautiful Delilah 11 Stray Cat Strut 12 Rock Around With Ollie Vee 13 Fishnet Stockings (misspelled as Fishnet Stockers) 14 Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie 15 Rock This Town The same release as 2000 Hollywood Strut: The Unreleased Cut but released by Brilliant. *) The Acoustic Studio Sessions are from June 17th, 1992. They were recorded at BBC Studios. These recordings are actually very nice. However there was one more song, but please see Eventology and scroll 17 June 1992. Click a pic to make it big. |
 
2001 Rock This Town
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Elap Music | 50485282 | CD | 5706238308455 | 2001 | Denmark | Yes |
Acoustic Studio Sessions 1992 (Mislabeled as In The Studio 1990 *) 1 Stray Cat Strut 2 Lust 'N' Love (misspelled as We N' Love) 3 Mystery Train 4 Summertime Blues 5 Oh Boy Live At The Roxy 1981 (3 September 1981) 6 Double Talkin' Baby 7 Rumble In Brighton 8 Baby What You Want Me To Do 9 Rev it Up and Go 10 Beautiful Delilah 11 Stray Cat Strut 12 Rock Around With Ollie Vee 13 Fishnet Stockings 14 Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie 15 Rock This Town The same release as 2000 Hollywood Strut: The Unreleased Cut but released by Elap Music. *) The Acoustic Studio Sessions are from June 17th, 1992. They were recorded at BBC Studios. These recordings are actually very nice. However there was one more song, but please see Eventology and scroll to 17 June 1992. Click a pic to make it big. |
 
2003 Live And In Studio
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Legacy Entertainment | ATP169 | CD | 6 25282 11692 0 | 2003 | Canada | No |
Acoustic Studio Sessions 1992 Mislabeled as Acoustic Studio Session 1990 *) 1 Stray Cat Strut 2 Mystery Train 3 Summertime Blues 4 Oh Boy Live At The Roxy 1981 (3 September 1981) 5 Double Talkin' Baby 6 Rumble In Brighton 7 Rev it Up and Go 8 Beautiful Delilah 9 Rock Around With Ollie Vee 10Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie 11 Rock This Town Nothin' new on this release. If you buy the 2000 Hollywood Strut: The Unreleased Cuts CD you'd have the same tracks plus a few more. *) The Acoustic Studio Sessions are from June 17th, 1992. They were recorded at BBC Studios. These recordings are actually very nice. However there was one more song, but please see Eventology and scroll 17 June 1992. Click a pic to make it big. |
 
2004 Rock This Town
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Going For A Song | GFS637 | CD | 5 033107 163724 | 2004 | U.K. | Yes |
1 Double Talkin' Baby 2 Baby What You Want Me To Do? 3 Rev It Up & Go 4 Stray Cat Strut 5 Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie 6 Rock This Town 7 Lust 'n' Love (Mistitled as We 'N Love) 8 Mystery Train 9 Summertime Blues 10 Oh Boy Indicates: Live At The Roxy 1981 (3 September 1981) Indicates: Acoustic Studio Session (17 June 1992) Nothin' new on this release. If you buy the 2000 Hollywood Strut: The Unreleased Cuts CD you'd have the same tracks plus a few more. *) The Acoustic Studio Sessions are from June 17th, 1992. They were recorded at BBC Studios. These recordings are actually very nice. However there was one more song, but please see Eventology and scroll 17 June 1992. Click a pic to make it big. |
 
2007 Rare Tracks
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Cleopatra | CLP 2048 | 12 inch vinyl | 7 41157 20481 0 | 2007 | USA | Yes |
Cleopatra | CLP 2048 | 12 inch vinyl Pink Marble | 7 41157 20481 0 | 2007 | USA | Yes |
Acoustic Studio Sessions 1992 Mislabeled as Acoustic Studio Session 1990 A1 Stray Cat Strut A2 Lust 'N' Love A3 Mystery Train A4 Summertime Blues A5 Oh Boy Live At The Roxy 1981 (3 September 1981) B1 Double Talkin' Baby B2 Rumble In Brighton B3 Baby What You Want Me To Do B4 Fishnet Stockings B5 Rock This Town The pink marble version comes with a black Stray Cats patch. Nothin' new on this release. If you buy the 2000 Hollywood Strut: The Unreleased Cuts CD you'd have the same tracks plus a few more. The Acoustic Studio Sessions are from June 17th, 1992. They were recorded at BBC Studios. These recordings are actually very nice. However there was one more song, but please see Eventology and scroll to 17 June 1992. Click a pic to make it big. |
 
2007 Live and Unreleased Cuts
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Laserlight | 32 543 | CD | 4006408325437 | 2007 | Germany | No |
Live At The Roxy 1981 (3 September 1981) 1 Double Talkin' Baby 2 Rumble In Brighton 3 Baby What You Want Me To Do 4 Rev it Up and Go 5 Beautiful Delilah 6 Stray Cat Strut 7 Rock Around With Ollie Vee 8 Fishnet Stockings (misspelled as Fishnet Stockers) 9 Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie 10 Rock This Town Acoustic Studio Sessions 1992 Mislabeled as Acoustic Studio Session 1990 *) 11 Stray Cat Strut 12 Lust 'N' Love (misspelled as We N' Love) 13 Mystery Train 14 Summertime Blues 15 Oh Boy The same release as 2000 Hollywood Strut: The Unreleased Cut but released by Laserlight and they changed the order, but they kept the spelling errors. *) The Acoustic Studio Sessions are from June 17th, 1992. They were recorded at BBC Studios. These recordings are actually very nice. However there was one more song, but please see Eventology and scroll 17 June 1992. Click a pic to make it big. |
 
2007 Live and Rare
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Forever Gold | FG461 | CD | 8 717423 048183 | 2007 | the Netherlands | No |
Acoustic Studio Sessions 1992 Mislabeled as Acoustic Studio Session 1990 *) 1 Stray Cat Strut 2 Lust 'N' Love (misspelled as We N' Love) 3 Mystery Train 4 Summertime Blues 5 Oh Boy Live At The Roxy 1981 (3 September 1981) 6 Double Talkin' Baby 7 Rumble In Brighton 8 Baby What You Want Me To Do 9 Rev it Up and Go 10 Beautiful Delilah 11 Stray Cat Strut 12 Rock Around With Ollie Vee 13 Fishnet Stockings 14 Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie 15 Rock This Town The same release as 2000 Hollywood Strut: The Unreleased Cut but released by Forever Gold. *) The Acoustic Studio Sessions are from June 17th, 1992. They were recorded at BBC Studios. These recordings are actually very nice. However there was one more song, but please see Eventology and scroll 17 June 1992. Click a pic to make it big. |
 
2007 Premium Cuts
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Pony Canyon | MYCP-30424 | CD | 4524135304247 | 2007 | Japan | Yes |
Live At The Roxy 1981 (3 September 1981) 1 Double Talkin' Baby 2 Rumble In Brighton 3 Baby What You Want Me To Do 4 Rev it Up and Go 5 Beautiful Delilah 6 Stray Cat Strut 7 Rock Around With Ollie Vee 8 Fishnet Stockings 9 Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie 10 Rock This Town Acoustic Studio Sessions 1992 Mislabeled as Acoustic Studio Session 1990 *) 11 Stray Cat Strut 12 Lust 'N' Love (misspelled as We N' Love) 13 Mystery Train 14 Summertime Blues 15 Oh Boy The same release as 2000 Hollywood Strut: The Unreleased Cut but released by Forever Gold. *) The Acoustic Studio Sessions are from June 17th, 1992. They were recorded at BBC Studios. These recordings are actually very nice. However there was one more song, but please see Eventology and scroll to 17 June 1992. Click a pic to make it big. |
 
2008 Sixteen Candles
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Cruisin' Records | CR2008-01 | 2 X CD | none | 2008 | Italy | Yes |
A re-release of the 1994 Cruisin'Round Sixteen Candles CD. This time as a double CD with some extra tracks. Disc one
1. Sixteen Candles (From the soundtrack Sixteen Candles)
2. Be-Bop-A-Lula (Unplugged 1982) 3. Sweet Love On My Mind (live 12 March 1981 Newcastle) 4. Pretty, Pretty Baby 5. Something Else (live 12 March 1981 Newcastle) 6. Rip It Up 7. Baby, What You Want Me To Do 8. Summertime Blues (From the soundtrack La Bamba where Brian played Eddie Cochran) 9. Race With The Devil 10. Rock Around With Ollie Vee 11. Peggy Sue 12. Oh Boy 13. Two Of A Kind (B-side from the Gina CD-single) 14. Rockability (From Brian's solo album Live Nude Guitars) 15. Important Words Bonus tracks: Live at Montreux Festival 10 July 1981 16. Drink That Botlle Down 17. Rock This Town 18. Runaway Boys 19. Be Bop A Lula Disc two
1. The Race Is On (From the Dave Edmunds and the Stray Cats single)
2. Cross That Bridge (b-side from You Don't Believe Me) 3. Lucky Charm (Ooh Wee Suzy) (From the She's Sexy And 17 12-inch and double single) 4. Lookin' Out My Back Door (b-side from Rebels Rule) 5. Drink That Bottle Down (Live 12 March 1981 Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle, England 6. Tear It Up (Live Lorelei (Rockpalast) 20 August 1983) 7. Cruisin' (From the She's Sexy And 17 12-inch and double single) 8. Can't Hurry Love (b-side from Rock This Town) 9. Something's Wrong With My Radio (Live at Stadtpark Open Air 30 June 1989. Hamburg, Germany) 10. Lookin' Better Every Beer (From the She's Sexy And 17 12-inch and double single) Bonus tracks: 11. Double Talkin' Baby 12. Rumble In Brighton 13. Blast Off 14. Runaway Boys 15. Rockabilly Rules Okay 16. Nine Lives 17. Gina 18. Sexy and 17 19. Built For Speed Click a pic to make it big. |
 
2012 Rockabilly Strut
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Cleopatra | CLP 8204 | 12 Inch Vinyl Picture Disc | 741157820416 | 2012 | USA | Yes |
Acoustic Studio Sessions 1992 Mislabeled as Acoustic Studio Sessions 1990 *) A1 Stray Cat Strut A2 Lust 'N' Love A3 Mystery Train A4 Summertime Blues A5 Oh Boy Live At The Roxy 1981 B1 Double Talkin' Baby B2 Rumble In Brighton B3 Baby What You Want Me To Do B4 Fishnet Stockings B5 Rock This Town Nothin' new on this release. If you buy the 2000 Hollywood Strut: The Unreleased Cuts CD you'd have the same tracks plus a few more. But it is a very nice picture disc. *) The Acoustic Studio Sessions are from June 17th, 1992. They were recorded at BBC Studios. These recordings are actually very nice. However there was one more song, but please see Eventology and scroll 17 June 1992. The picture disc is housed in a clear plastic cover with a paper inlay Limited edition. Click a pic to make it big. |
 
2012 Live & Cult
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Silver Star | SIS 1186-2 | CD | 090204644933 | 2012 | Germany | Yes |
1 Baby What You Want Me To Do 2 Beautiful Deliah 3 Double Talkin' Baby 4 Fishnet Stockings 5 Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie 6 Lust 'n' Love 7 Mystery Train 8 Oh Boy 9 Rev It Up And Go 10 Rock Around With Ollie Vee 11 Rock This Town 12 Rumble In Brighton 13 Stray Cat Strut 14 Stray Cat Strut 15 Summertime Blues Nothin' new on this release. The same as 2000 Hollywood Strut: The Unreleased Cuts CD, plus numerous other compilations listed here. Annoying about this compilations is that they mixed up the songs from the two shows this is compiled from. Indicates: Live At The Roxy 1981 (3 September 1981) Indicates: Acoustic Studio Session (17 June 1992). They were recorded at BBC Studios. These recordings are actually very nice. However there was one more song, but please see Eventology and scroll 17 June 1992. Click a pic to make it big. |
 
2013 Ultimate Rarities
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Modern Syndrome Records | MS 001 | CD | none | 2013 | UK | Yes |
 
2017 On The Box The TV Broadcast Collection
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
Zip City | ZCCD055 | CD | 823564692623 | 2017 | unknown | Yes |
 
2017 The Broadcast Archive
This is a 3 CD box set. The CD's are individually packed in a jewel case and collectively in a cardboard box.
It is basically the three following CD's:
The Toronto Strut (The Classic Canadian Broadcast)
2017 On The Box The TV Broadcast Collection
Blue Summer In The Garden State (The Classic New Jersey Broadcast)
But be aware. A lot of the boxes are compiled wrong and contain a CD called Undergroud Rockabilly. So please check it before you buy it. I had it myself and I also saw some complaints about it on Amazon.
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
The Broadcast Archive | BSCD6046 | 3 X CD | 823564692029 | 2017 | unknown | Yes |
 
2019 Runaway Boys! The Anthology (CD)
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
BMG | BMGCAT383DCD | 2X CD | 4050538497748 | 2019 | U.K. | Yes |
 
2019 Runaway Boys! The Anthology (vinyl)
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
BMG | BMGCAT383DLP | 2X 12inch vinyl | 40505388497717 | 2019 | U.K. | Yes |
 
2019 Runaway Boys! The Anthology (box set)
Label | Number | Type | Bar Code | Year | Country | IAC |
BMG | BMGCAT383DLP | 2X 12inch vinyl | 40505388497717 | 2019 | U.K. | Yes |