Eis Am Stiel Teil 1+2 - Original Soundtrack stands as a sprawling, double-disc, and nostalgia-drenched archive that marks the definitive audio companion to one of European cinema's most famous cult comedy franchises. Released in 1987 by the premier German imprint Ariola, this beautifully curated double-album brings together the foundational mid-century rock & roll, doo-wop, and pop-rock standards that scored the first two chapters of the legendary series. Spanning over an hour and twenty-six minutes of pristine high-fidelity audio, the 35-track landscape operates with a joyous, fast-paced kinetic energy. CD1 fires through explosive, culture-shaping anthems like Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock and Little Richard's Tutti Frutti, balancing them with the heart-wrenching teen pop of Paul Anka and the breezy Italian flair of Domenico Modugno. CD2 moves fluidly into the late-50s and early-60s golden era, shifting from the driving piano-fury of Jerry Lee Lewis and Del Shannon's soaring Runaway to the gorgeous, atmospheric guitar instrumentals of Santo & Johnny's Sleepwalk and The Champs' Tequila. This pristine digital restoration remains an indispensable, time-tested monument for serious retro collectors and vintage pop purists worldwide.

Del Shannon's second and third albums appear (after a fashion) together on this BGO reissue. Actually, what BGO has re-created is the song lineup of the U.K. version of the Little Town Flirt album, which is a plus, as it contains several songs - including "Runaway" - that were repeated from earlier releases on the U.S. version. In either configuration, Little Town Flirt was one of the better rock & roll LPs of its period and holds up well. Shannon and his producers probably thought they were playing it safe by loading the record up with a fair number of covers, including "Dream Baby" and "Runaround Sue"; they never dreamt that one of his other covers from early 1963, of the Beatles' "From Me to You," would have put him for a moment on the cutting edge of music in England (where the record wasn't issued until later) as well as in front of the leading edge by almost a year in America…

In 1998, BGO released Del Shannon Sings Hank Williams/One Thousand Six-Hundred Sixty-One Seconds of Del Shannon, combining his last two albums for the Amy label on one CD. The two are rather different records conceptually; one devoted to the work of a single composer, while the other shows Shannon covering many of the hits of the day in its own style, as well as presenting his version of an original - "I Go to Pieces," which was a hit in the hands of Peter & Gordon - is linked to Shannon's version by some of the backing musicians he uses, as well as the chronology, and the CD also constitutes a pretty strong display of Shannon's range as a performer and recording artist, encompassing everyone from Hank Williams to the Four Seasons with astonishing consistency.