your most preciated Stray Cats & Brian Setzer treasures

Hello folks,
some of us have recently been posting on the Off Topic section about our fav 50s both songs and artists.
Now, it's time to translate it into Stray Cats & Setzer terms so, that it's time to get to know a few things about our likings:

1- Fav Stray Cats album & song
2- Fav Brian Setzer album & song (68CBS, BSO, solo projects...)
and 3- if you are a collector, which item is the gem in your collection?? Here I mean, the rarest item, the one which has a very important sentimental value, ect. This can actually be anything: guitar pick, album, tee...

Shall I begin?? Well, I shall!

1- Blast Off / I Won't Stand In Your Way
2- Live Nude Guitars / Back Streets Of Tokyo
and 3- my most preciated item as far as I can recall right now is a couple of Slim Jim Phantom gloves, dating from May 1989, together with the Stray Cats Japanese LP Box. I have quite a few unique pieces, but these two are the most remarkable and oustanding gems.

Now, it's your turn folks!

cool topic

1. First album / Stray cat strut.

2. Ignition / Cant pic only one ..

3. Rock this town cassingle never played or a perfect signed promo photo from Choo, choo hot fish tour.

Most sentimental valey is a clipbook given to me by a friend, Close to ererything written about Stray cats in Sweden and Finland (1980-1990) is in this Clipbook. Another one is the painting in my avatar giving to me by a friend.

Highest valey most be my Gretsch 6120 hot rod.

Today, I would say

- 1 . Choo Choo Hot Fish / Stray Cat Strut

- 2 . Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy / Hell Bent

- 3 . My ticket from Amiens Jazz festival (1995) signed by Le Setz' himself while we were talking together.

1. Gonna Ball / Rebesl rule
2. Live Nude Guitar/ Rosie in the middle
3. Meet Setzer at the fan club in Paris (92) & signed my ticket from Elysée Montmartre

4 pink Brian Setzer Orquestra guitar picks, used by the man himself, at the Christmas Tour in Atlantic City, 2000

One of every single night, handed by Brian to me from the stage.

Dec 29th, 2000 - BSO show
Dec 30th, 2000 - BSO show
Dec 31st, 2000 - BSO show
Jan 1st, 2001 - 68 Comeback Special (free show at the Casino Bar)


I got one pick each single night. I was shocked!!!!! a dream!!!!

who else was there???

sidelake bob wrote:

Highest valey most be my Gretsch 6120 hot rod ( candy red )

Very nice your new avatar! it is nice at home!

1 - Stray Cats, Wild Saxaphone (One of his best guitar solo's)
2 - Radiation Ranch - Chains around your heart (his best song)
3 - Signed concert ticket

OK, it's my turn

1.- Choo Choo Hot Fish / Rock This Town
2.- 13 / '59
3.- This shirt worn & signed by Jim!

yeeeh, many different opinions !!
that was what I was looking for.
I'm glad to see that each and everyone have different tastes when it comes to Setzer.

Thanks folks!

self titled lp / baby blue eyes

vavoom / caravan

no collectibles but i do have a gretsch sslvo

My most precious Cat momentos are :

I saw the Cats play at the Ritz in New York back in 1992 ,waited outside afterwards and got thier autographs and got to speak to Jim for a few seconds who recognized my Irish accent. Some time later I went to see the Cats play in New Jersey and after the show waited outside again. As Jim exited the building he saw me and said "Hey ,Irish Guy". I got to talk to him for around 30 minutes about all kinds of things ,the different rockers he was friends with like Duff from Guns n Roses etc. He also commented on U2s success and said, "Can you believe those guys used to open for us". Thats why I used IrishGuy as my name on this site previously.

When the Cats played on Asbury park beach, also in 1992 ,Brian was wearing a WNEW baseball cap which he threw into the crowd and I caught it. I still have it.

They did a record signing in Tower Records on West 4th street( I think its gone now), I got to speak to Brian briefly and had my photo taken with all 3 Cats.

In March 1989 , I saw the Cats play 2 shows in London( Kentish Town) and my cousin and I were heading for the tubestation to go home afterwards .We saw a limo passing and Jim and Brit Ekland were in the back. We shouted out to them ,the car pulled over and Jim rolled down his window ,shook our hand and said Hello.

Also at one of those 89 London shows,I bumped into Robert Plant and got his autograph and I was jumping around during Blast Off and knocked over a guy who sang in a band popular at that time called Sigue Sigue Sputnick.

At the Shepards Bush show in 2004 ,Robert Plant was sitting about 9 or 10 seats away fro me.

I grew up on a farm in the "aresehole" of Ireland when the Cats first appeared on Top of The Pops in November 1980. I had just turned 16 and was totally hooked instantly. That first feeling has never left me. Back then I never thought I'd get to see them in the flesh. I have seen them quiet a few times though and each time was magic.

As for my favourite records , some are better than others but everyone has a gem. However since Stray Cats 1 and Gonna Ball were the first 2 records I ever owned , they are my most prized posessions. I remember seeing Stray 1 for the first time in a store and just didnt have the money to buy it ,it was heartbreaking . It was about 5 months later that I finally got it on cassette as we didnt have a record player. Then when Gonna Ball came out ,I could only get it on vinyl ,not on cassette and since none of my friends had a record player ,I didnt get to play for about 2 months. Now that was torture.

Vincent Blackshadow wrote:

We saw a limo passing and Jim and Brit Ekland were in the back.

You made me search for some pics of them, and look what I found:



Just copy and paste if you don´t see it.


Ain´t that a cool shot????

Fav album Blast Off,just shading Stray Cats for it's blatant Rockabilly attitude.
Fav song errr ROCK THIS TOWN,the best song in the world!
Setzer solo Rockin' By Myself.A masterclass in guitar playing.If studio album,then Ignition.
Song? Today I'll go for Who Would Love This Car But Me but there are too many.
Mementos? Well,it's the BSO ticket Brian signed for me backstage at Shepherds Bush in 1999 along with a signed pic Slim Jim sent me (via Faith) after I had been ill and the photos of myself with Jim and Lee also.
I have the Rock This Town cassette single too and a couple of the (unopened) remastered Japanese Stray Cats albums.Built For Speed is one.
Regards
Steve

Hey Rockabilly guy... that´s a nice tattoo.... now you only need Slim Jim to have the set complete!!!!

Thanks David,
it's the usual story lack of time and money....or is that the other way round?
But,yeah,one day Jim will be there to complete the trio.

Are you still taxi driving?
I bought a Mercedes Vito last year and am concentrating on airport transport now,got my own website-it's going well.
Regards
Steve

www.airporttransfersderby.com

rockabilly guy wrote:

Are you still taxi driving?

This will help to answer:





*by the way...over here in Europe the Rebel Flag doesn´t necessarily have the same meaning as in America. This topic has been discussed before. Just remember when the Nashvillians toured Europe and in the logo used for the poster Setzer was wearing a rebel flag bandana around his neck. Here when you see a rebel flag people don´t think of racist issues, we consider it a symbol of R´n´R.





Back to the topic... another of my treasures is the Stray Cats 45" Shaped Single:

This single is one of my treasure too

great pic of Jim and Britt - she looked quite fit then !!

She is kissing his shark tattoo - i have a copy of it, doesn`t seem to have the same affect on women when i`m around !!

Dave

1- Stray Cats 1981 - Lust'n Love (hard just to go for one song)
2- Live Nude Guitars - Rockability
3- Brians Gold & Platin US adwards for Built For Speed & La Bamba (Ebay many years ago)

Rasmussen wrote:

Brians Gold & Platin US adwards for Built For Speed & La Bamba (Ebay many years ago)

no kiddin', hard to believe he got rid of these. But that's how it goes I guess, things come and go...

Vincent Blackshadow wrote:

At the Shepards Bush show in 2004 ,Robert Plant was sitting about 9 or 10 seats away fro me.

waouhhhh lucky man... me, for a Lou Reed show at the Casino de Paris in 92, Jean Jacques Goldman sat next to me!

frenchlmp wrote:

waouhhhh lucky man... me, for a Lou Reed show at the Casino de Paris in 92, Jean Jacques Goldman sat next to me! [/quote]

Got a great story about the Stray Cats in 83 at the Lyceum Ballroom. Had too much to drink right now, will tell the story tomorrow if anyone is interested.

Heck yea we want to hear (read) the story! I do anyway!
You should go ahead and post it now.