The Best Of Gary U.S. Bonds (1990)

"In the early '60s, nobody made noisier, crazier sounding rock & roll party records than U.S. Bonds, with records rife with massive amounts of echo and good times galore. The crudeness of Frank Guida's production techniques is undeniable; overdub upon overdub are lopped on top of each other until the original band track is buried under a muck of tape hiss and echo, a swirling pool of party noise that is unabated. Why Guida and Bonds were so successful with this formula, milking it for all it was commercially worth, is here to be investigated on this single-disc 18-track collection. The big hits are here: "Quarter to Three," "New Orleans," "School Is In," "School Is Out", "Dear Lady Twist," "Twist Twist Senora," and "Not Me." This is the best overview available though, until somebody does a better retrospective or decides to reissue the original Legrand album." (Cub Koda, Allmusic)