This Is Comp is back! We're reviving our compilation series with a great one: The Wrecking Crew!, released in 2015 as a soundtrack to the excellent documentary film of the same name. The songs on this comp cover a huge range of genre and quality, but the session musicians are always top-notch. From weird crossover country to Mexican folk to one of the finest pop songs ever recorded, we had a ton of fun with this first batch of songs and we're thrilled to be back.

Cohosts: Ben Marlin, Amanda Rodgers, Sean Rodgers

Songs:

• The Ronettes - Be My Baby
• The Moments - Walk Right In
• Gary Lewis and the Playboys - This Diamond Ring
• Jewel Akens - The Birds and the Bees
• Ritchie Valens - La Bamba
• Shelley Fabares - Johnny Angel

The "Be My Baby" montage:

• Daryl Hall & John Oates - The Last Time
• Bat for Lashes - What's a Girl to Do?
• The Afghan Whigs - Algiers
• The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
• Clinic - I.P.C. Subeditors Dictate Our Youth
• The Magnetic Fields - Candy
• Deerhunter - Vox Humana
• Billy Joel - Say Goodbye to Hollywood
• Camera Obscura - Eighties Fan
• The Barracudas - (I Wish It Could Be) 1965 Again
• Johnny Boy - You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve
• The Clash - The Card Cheat

Links:

The Wrecking Crew! liner notes on Discogs

Lesley Gore on the T.A.M.I. Show