Release Date: 23 February 2024
Label: Bear Family (Code 7)
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4000127176776
Genres: Rock 'N' Roll  Rock 'N' Roll  
Release Date: 23 February 2024
Label: Bear Family (Code 7)
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4000127176776
Genres: Rock 'N' Roll  Rock 'N' Roll  
Description
The 45th edition in the popular series on Bear Family Records explores the rockabilly and R'n'R catalog of Imperial Records, a genre-busting LA label. Among the popular rock stars on Imperial were Ricky Nelson, The Burnette Brothers, Merle Kilgore, Lew Williams, Laura Lee Perkins, Dennis Herrold, Jackie Walker and Bob Luman.
Lesser known but musically by no means less important names round off the project.
Extensive liner notes by Chicago music historian Bill Dahl and remastered recordings from the best possible sources provide additional listening pleasure - non-stop rocking!
Lew Chudd's Los Angeles-based Imperial Records had the roots music field covered like a blanket during the '50s: country, rockabilly, R&B (especially of the New Orleans variety), and several more sub-genres distinguished its catalog in great abundance. Bear Family's 'That'll Flat Git It Vol. 45' is devoted to a deep dive into Imperial's vast archives, digging up 36 gems by some of the label's top names. Three rockers by Imperial's favorite teen idol Ricky Nelson are aboard, as are classics by The Burnette Brothers, Merle Kilgore, Lew Williams, Laura Lee Perkins, Dennis Herrold, Jackie Walker, and Bob Luman. But this series is known for its super-obscurities, so there are plenty of those on offer by Tommy Lomonte, The Leen Teens, Jay Blue, Sonny Anderson, Slick Slavin, and The Catalinas, just for starters. Freddy Fender in his formative years and New Orleans jump blues shouter Roy Brown are here too, and there's a flat-out slab of romping Crescent City R&B by the fiery Gloria Jean Pitts. This set is a non-stop rocking delight!
Tracklisting
Dorsey Burnette
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Bob Wills
Various Artists
Roy Brown
Randy Starr
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various
Various
Various
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