Teen Angel is a German bootleg CD that collects two of
Mark Dinning's early '60s LPs (
Teen Angel and
Wanderin') and six bonus tracks on one CD. The disc was mastered from vinyl and sounds like it, but there is no legal
Mark Dinning collection readily available (if at all). Only two of
Dinning's four hits are among the 29 tracks ("Teen Angel" of course, and "The Lovin' Touch"), but the remainder is pleasant folk-pop comparable to Jimmie Rodgers (of "Honeycomb" fame). The eclectic material, from "Danny Boy" to Western classic "The Streets of Laredo" to Hank Williams Sr.'s "Ramblin' Man," keeps the precious pop approach from becoming too cloying, and a couple of the bonus tracks actually rock a little.