- Format: CD
- Label: Ace
- Genre: Rock / Pop
• One of rock'n'roll's great unsung regional heroes, Lindy Blaskey & the Lavells were the biggest and best band in New Mexico during the early to mid-1960s.
• Bobby Fuller may have been king of El Paso, but Lindy ruled the rest of the Southwest, and was a local rock pioneer, running his own label, production company and agency. However it's his band, the Lavells, that are the most fondly remembered, for packing out dancehalls, teenclubs and concert halls the length and breadth of the region with a gutsy, classically Southwestern brand of Fender-fuelled rock'n'roll.
• But far from Albuquerque nostalgia, the tough local hits the Lavells had, such as 'My Baby Done Left Me', 'You Ain't Tuff' and 'Wine Wine Wine' (the latter pre-dating Bobby Fuller's version), have become coveted collectors' items and there has long been demand for a comprehensive collection documenting the combo's recording career, finally satisfied with this rocking anthology.
• "Albuquerque's Finest" not only collects together all the issued 45s by the Lavells, as well as a couple of rare solo outings by Blaskey himself, but also a considerable swathe of previously unavailable material, highlighted by crazy instrumentals like 'Brass Tacks', wild covers like Lindy's take on 'Keep A-Knockin'', and later punky outings such as the outrageous 'Bucky Beaver'. The package is fully illustrated with items from Lindy's bulging scrapbooks, and finally chronicles an important figure in 1960s grass roots rock'n'roll.
Track listing:1. MY BABY DONE LEFT ME
2. WINE WINE WINE
3. (SOMETHING WE'D CHERISH) FOR ETERNITY
4. YOU AIN'T TUFF
5. DON'T TELL
6. PAPA OOM MOW MOW
7. DO YOU LOVE ME (I WISH I KNEW)
8. MEET ME TONIGHT IN MY DREAMS
9. BUCKY BEAVER
10. SWEETS FOR MY SWEET
11. WHAT'S HER NAME
12. GONNA BE FREE
13. SAY IT AGAIN
14. I'LL GET ALONG SOMEHOW
15. POCKETFULL OF DREAMS (FOR YOU)
16. WOULD YOU BELIEVE AKA ANNIE HAD A BABY
17. TELL ME YOU LOVE ME
18. LET IT BE
19. SOUTHERN LOVE (WHATCHA GONNA DO)
20. MOVIN' AWAY
21. KEEP A KNOCKIN'
22. BRASS TACS
