Good Lie

A compilation that spotlights weird, wild and wonderful women in a wigged-out collection of stone rockers and the occasional walk on the strange side. It features all Fraternity Records bombshell Sparkle Moore's rockin' together on one CD, including alternate takes. Plus alternate unreleased sides by Jeani Mack & Billie Jo Spears, with obscure sides by Janice Morgan & others.

Released the same year as Varese's The Best of Joe Stampley, Razor & Tie's Good Ol' Boy: His Greatest Hits compliments the other label's collection. Where Varese's 18-track disc focuses on Stampley's early-'70s recordings for Dot/ABC, this concentrates on his late-'70s/early-'80s work for Epic. The two discs share a mere four tracks the Dot singles "If You Touch Me (You've Got to Love Me)," "All These Things," and "Soul Song" and the Epic-era Moe Bandy duet "Just Good Ol' Boys" so they have considerably different feels, and ironically enough, the album covers do not offer a clear indication of which era is covered where, since the Varese features a contemporary photo and it's all old material, while Razor & Tie boasts an older photo and new recordings.