Release Date: 05 May 2023
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 604988089226
Genres: Country Rockabilly
Description
Although Billy Strange is perhaps best remembered as an integral member of The Wrecking Crew, his name synonymous with men like Phil Spector and Brian Wilson, there was more to him than his guitar-for-hire heroics of the 60s and 70s. An established recording artist in his own right, with a discography which stretched back to the early 1950s, he was also a highly regarded Country singer with a distinctive baritone voice and a bona-fidé Rockabilly legend, an inductee into the "Rockabilly Hall Of Fame".
This compilation traces Billy's story from his early Hillbilly and Honky-Tonk recordings, through to his emergence in the early 60s in The Wrecking Crew.
Disc One comprises virtually all his singles between 1952-62.
Disc Two features a number of sessionman/sideman appearances, alongside a killer 45rpm issued under a pseudonym, and a pair of almost unfeasibly rare and collectable LPs, included herein in their entirety.
Tracklisting
The Mighty Sparrow
Skip James
Ricky Valance
Ethel Waters
Gene & Eunice
Harold Burrage
Bill Carlisle & The Carlisles
Alberta Slim
The Glad Rags
Henry & The Bleeders
Johnny Carroll & His Hot Rocks
Grady Martin
Graveyard Johnnys
Jack Rabbit Slim
Reverend Horton Heat
Vince Maloy
