Format Details: Jewel Case
Release Date: 29 January 2001
Label: Ace Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 029667178624
Genres: Rock 'N' Roll Rockabilly
Description
When rockabilly hit the charts in 1956 in the shape of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Gene Vincent, the music industry jumped on the bandwagon. And for the handful of hits in the genre, there were thousands of sides cut that didn't make it. For the rockabilly fan of today it's a matter of, thank Goodness! There is so much of it out there to listen to. Two kinds of record companies rushed into record as many hillbilly singers and bands with a penchant for the boogie beat as they could. The independents, like Starday, King and Savoy, tried their hand, while a thousand smaller labels joined the fray-.-and the majors leaped in, although sometimes half-heartedly. The little labels usually recorded primitive rockabilly out of necessity, and consequently usually cut what are now considered classics in the style. At the same time some of the majors did the right thing, almost by chance, and took their signings to Nashville to get the high-gloss treatment from local session-men like Grady Martin, Hank Garland and Buddy Harmon et al., who appear all over this great new collection of Columbia rockabilly. They produced clean and controlled rock'n'roll, but with a great feel with fiery solos. Columbia, although a conservative and established company by the time they recorded in the genre, had a large country music catalogue, and worked at picking up some of the best singers in the hillbilly field, including some big stars of the future. They sometimes encouraged already-signed artists, like Marty Robbins, to try their hand at recording countrified versions of the new music, and so covering Elvis Presley sides for the country market. Some of the label's acts, like Lefty Frizzell, Freddie Hart and Sid & Billy King, were already working in the kind of marriage of hillbilly boogie and rhythm and blues that produced rockabilly. Then there were the artists who had already waxed the hot new hybrid for other labels prior to inking with Columbia, like Werly Fairburn, and the Blond Bomber, Ronnie Dawson. The Collins Kids, Lorrie and Larry, hailed from Oklahoma and moved with their folks to California, where they appeared as the resident rockers on the "Town Hall Party" TV shows in the early 50s. On this collection you'll hear three of the Kids' rockin' sides, a solo effort from Larry, Whistle Bait and the brilliant duelling instrumental Hurricane featuring Larry and Joe Maphis. Guitars are well represented on the collection by Link Wray, from whom we get Rawhide and New Studio Blues, both taken at his familiar threatening Rumble pace. Ronnie Self's reputation among rockabilly fans is set in stone and he deservedly gets a large slice of the pie in this collection with five offerings, including his two wildest rockers, Bop A Lena and You're So Right For Me. Carl Perkins, the man who first put rockabilly in the charts, followed his Sun Records label-mate Johnny Cash, to Columbia in 1958 where his brilliant recordings rocked every bit as much as anything he cut for Sun
Tracklisting
Young Jessie
Wynonie Harris
Willie Hightower
Willie Headen
Wayne Cochran
Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson
Walter Horton
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
