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Mitchell Torok
Mexican Joe in the Caribbean
Genres: Country, Pop

Track Listings (29) - Disc #1
1. Nacogdoches County Line - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
2. I'll Get My Lovin' from Someone Else - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
3. Clingin' Heart - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
4. Piney Woods Boogie - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
5. Yearnin' - Mitchell Torok, Bridgforth
6. Someday (When Someone Hurts You) - Mitchell Torok, Licata, Philip
7. Table Hoppin' Blues - Mitchell Torok, Moore, Merle
8. Sober Up - Mitchell Torok, Dillman, Julia
9. Little Hoo-Wee - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
10. Judalina - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
11. Caribbean - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
12. Weep Away - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
13. Caribbean [Alternate Take] - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
14. Hootchy Kootchy Henry (From Hawaii) - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
15. Gigolo - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
16. Edgar the Eager Easter Bunny - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
17. Living on Love - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
18. The Haunting Waterfall - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
19. Dancerette - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
20. The World Keeps Turning Around - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
21. A Peasant's Guitar - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
22. Roulette - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
23. Havana Huddle - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
24. Smooth Talk - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
25. My Silly Old Heart - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
26. Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
27. Too Late Now - Mitchell Torok, Lane, Burton
28. My Kind of Woman - Mitchell Torok, James, Elmore [1]
29. Little Hoo-Wee - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
Track Listings (32) - Disc #2
1. Marching My Blues Away - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
2. Country and Western (That's for Me) - Mitchell Torok, Clayton, Stanley
3. Red Light, Green Light - Mitchell Torok, Weisman, Al
4. No Money Down - Mitchell Torok, Berry, Chuck
5. It'll Be Alright - Mitchell Torok, Duff, Arlie
6. A Woman by Your Side - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
7. I Wish I Was a Little Bit Younger (And Knew What I Know Now) - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
8. Memories of You Haunting Me Night and Day - Mitchell Torok, Jones, Gale
9. When Mexico Gave Up the Rhumba (To Do the Rock and Roll) - Mitchell Torok, Jones, Gale
10. Go Ahead and Be a Fool - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
11. Drink Up and Go Home - Mitchell Torok, Bond, Johnny
12. Take This Heart - Mitchell Torok, Coleman, James P.
13. Pledge of Love - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
14. Another Love from Now - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
15. What's Behind the Strange Door - Mitchell Torok, Davie, Bob
16. You Never Belonged to Me - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
17. Sweet Revenge - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
18. Love Me Like You Mean It - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
19. You Win Again - Mitchell Torok, Williams, Hank [1]
20. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You) - Mitchell Torok, Williams, Hank [1]
21. Love Your Touch (Love You So Much) - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
22. Two Words (True Love) - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
23. You're Tempting Me - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
24. You Can't Keep a Good Man Down - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
25. Honolulu Baby - Mitchell Torok, Rotella, John
26. Filipino Baby - Mitchell Torok, Cox, Billy
27. How Much (Do I Love You) - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
28. Be Kind to Me - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
29. These Things I Hold Dear - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
30. A Date With a Teardrop - Mitchell Torok, Lupton, John
31. All Over Agian, Again - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
32. You Can't Get There from Here - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
Track Listings (27) - Disc #3
1. You Drive, Buddy - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
2. The P.T.A. Rock and Roll - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
3. Here I Come Cruel World - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
4. Teenie Weenie Bikini - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
5. Cryin' Honky Tonk Blues - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
6. Caribbean - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
7. New Guitar - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
8. You Are the One - Mitchell Torok, Carroll, Carroll
9. Especially for You - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
10. Kish Leon - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
11. Johnny's Gone Away to College - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
12. Mexican Joe - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
13. Little Hoo-Wee - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
14. Rig-A-Jig-A-Boom - Mitchell Torok, Marquess, Hal
15. You Are the One - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
16. That's My Desire - Mitchell Torok, Kressa, Helmy
17. Guardian Angel - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
18. A Rose-Covered Garden - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
19. When the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
20. I Want to Know Ev'ryrthing - Mitchell Torok, Bryant, Boudleaux
21. Guardian Angel - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
22. Pink Chiffon - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
23. The Seventeenth Summer - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
24. What You Don't Know (Won't Hurt You) - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
25. Happy Street - Mitchell Torok, Peters
26. Little Boy in Love - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
27. King of Holiday Island - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
Track Listings (23) - Disc #4
1. El Tigre - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
2. Eating My Heart Out - Mitchell Torok,
3. The Commancheros - Mitchell Torok, Franks, Tillman
4. Rio Grande - Mitchell Torok, Warren, T.
5. Fool's Disguise - Mitchell Torok, Couch, O.
6. A Mighty, Mighty Man - Mitchell Torok,
7. For Somebody Who's Supposed to Be Hurtin' - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
8. I'm Not Myself - Mitchell Torok, Redd, Ramona
9. Hawaiian Sunset [Demo Version] - Mitchell Torok, Bennett, Roy
10. Little Secrets [Demo Version] - Mitchell Torok,
11. I Wish [Demo Version] - Mitchell Torok,
12. Timid Soul [Demo Version] - Mitchell Torok,
13. El Tigre [Demo Version] - Mitchell Torok, Torok, Mitchell
14. Summer Romance [Demo Version] - Mitchell Torok,
15. Your Love [Demo Version] - Mitchell Torok,
16. Too Bad [Demo Version] - Mitchell Torok,
17. For Your Precious Love [Demo Version] - Mitchell Torok,
18. The Tree [Demo Version] - Mitchell Torok,
19. What Goes on in Your Heart [Demo Version] - Mitchell Torok,
20. Imagination [Demo Version] - Mitchell Torok,
21. Hidin' the Hurt [Demo Version] - Mitchell Torok,
22. Little Teenage Heart [Demo Version] - Mitchell Torok,
23. Country Music I Gave You the Best Years of My Life [Demo Version] - Mitchell Torok,

CD Details

All Artists: Mitchell Torok
Title: Mexican Joe in the Caribbean
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bear Family
Original Release Date: 1/1/1999
Re-Release Date: 4/12/1996
Album Type: Box set, Import
Genres: Country, Pop
Styles: Bluegrass, Easy Listening
Number of Discs: 4
SwapaCD Credits: 4

CD Reviews

Found him at last!

Peter N. Simmons | Washington State,U.S. | 12/28/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a great box set. If there are any Mitchell Torok fans reading this the four cd,s are a great investment as you cannot find him anywhere else. We gave it to my mother for xmas and she is absolutely thrilled with it as she was a (and still is) a great fan of Mitchells. If you read this Mitchell Great stuff and pleaseE.Mail us"

A Product So Excellent You Simply CAN'T Give It Less Than 5

Peter N. Simmons | 08/17/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Even so, what is it with these multi-disc box sets of artists who had but a handful of hits - or just one - [see Marvin Rainwater and Robin Luke as two more examples], but for whom there are no optional single-disc albums?

In this case, Mitchell Torok burst onto the scene in 1953 for the tiny Abbott label with the Country hit Caribbean [# 1 for two weeks that October and 24 weeks in all on the charts], b/w Weep Away. The following January he had his second Country hit when Hootchy Kootchy Henry (From Hawaii) reached # 9 b/w Gigolo.

All four sides are here, as is his Guyden remake of Caribbean in 1959 which reached # 27 Billboard Pop Hot 100 b/w a new version of Hootchy Kootchy Henry. Two years prior to that he also had a # 25 Billboard Pop Top 100 hit for Decca with Pledge Of Love b/w What's Behind That Strange Door? All are in this set as are Pink Chiffon [# 60 Hot 100 in 1960] and its flipside, What You Don't Know (Won't Hurt You), again for Guyden.

But either Bear could not [or didn't bother trying to?] get his final charted hit - Instant Love [# 73 Country] - which hit the charts in February 1967 b/w I Let The Hurts Put Me In The Driver's Seat on the Reprise label. Seems to me that, in putting together a 107-track 4-CD set for a guy who had but a handful of hits, there might have been just a little more effort in obtaining the rights to include, among the many alternate takes and failed singles, what was, after all, a legitimate hit.

The book/background notes contain a wealth of fascinating information and, as always with a Bear Family product, the sound reproduction is excellent. But come on, folks, can't someone put out a reasonably-priced, single disc, 20 track CD which contains his hits, their B-sides, plus maybe a few LP cuts?"