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Think of Bear Family's 2014 ATOMIC PLATTERS SINGLE WARHEAD EDITION as a musical Manhattan Project on a budget. On one jam packed disc you get 32 of the wildest, most radioactive Cold War tracks ever recorded by artists like Wanda Jackson, Bill Haley and His Comets and the Louvin' Brothers. From Country and Rockabilly to Pop and Blues and Rock, it is all here. This collection also features several vintage public service announcements by Bomb-savvy stars Johnny Cash, Connie Francis and Groucho Marx! And to top things off like a mushroom cloud, this set has five bonus tracks not heard on the original ATOMIC PLATTERS box set! With exhaustive liner notes in a full color booklet by Cold War historian Bill Geerhart, this collection is your ultimate tactical warhead of atomic music! Album Tracks 1. Conelrad Radio Alert 'Real Thing' - Keine Knstlerinformation / Wben Am, Buffalo, NY 2. Fallout Shelter - Peters, Peter Scott 3. Atomic Cocktail - Gaillard, Slim Quartette 4. You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb - Simmons, Fay 5. Atomic Power - Buchanan Brothers, the 6. Old Man Atom - Hinton, Sam 7. Atom Bomb Baby - Five Stars, the 8. Satellite Baby - Stanley, Skip 9. Fujiyama Mama - Jackson, Wanda 10. Civil Defense Spot Be Prepared Today, for Survival Tomorrow - Francis, Connie 11. Radioactive Mama - Allman, Sheldon 12. Thirteen Women (And Only One Man in Town) - Haley, Bill & His Comets 13. Fallout Shelter - Chambers, Billy 14. When They Drop the Atomic Bomb - Doll, Jackie & His Pickled Peppers 15. Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb - Blanchard, Lowell & the Valley Trio 16. Civil Defense Spot Help Ourselves - Cash, Johnny 17. When the Atom Bomb Fell - Karl & Harty 18. Fifty Megatons - Russell, Sonny 19. Great Atomic Power - Louvin Brothers, the 20. Sputniks and Mutniks - Anderson, Ray & the Homefolks 21. The Hydrogen Bo
