VA - The Rarest Rockabilly Album Ever! Volumes 1 & 2 [2019] (4 x CD's)

RARE ROCKABILLY
Previously posted October 25, 2019

VA - The Rarest Rockabilly Album Ever!  Volumes 1 & 2 [2019] (4 x CD's)

The earliest known form of what has become Rock music, Rockabilly was around as early as 1951, and throughout that decade was a hugely popular genre. The style waned somewhat during the 1960s, but by the late 70s a revival of epic proportions was in evidence. The style has remained enormously influential ever since, and artists as diverse as Stray Cats, The Cramps, Chris Isaak, Reverend Horton Heat and Brian Setzer s Big Band have kept the flag flying commercially for what has become a sub-culture all of its own, with a cult-following equal to those of Punk, Ska and Mod. The ongoing popularity of this enduring style of music has bought with it the customary collector s scene, and although there remains a wealth of obscure 45s from the 1950s just waiting to be discovered by both the aging fan inspired by the form s first wave and the alternative young rocker, the vast majority of these records, largely released on tiny American labels, remain enormously hard to locate and, when discoveries are made, hugely expensive to purchase. This collection brings together fifty such Rockabilly gems, many of which have never before been released on CD. All the tracks are as rare as a nun in a bikini, as sought after as Bin Laden, and will prove a pure delight for every collector in existence. Completed with deluxe packaging and extensive sleevenotes, this set is what every Rockabilly fan has been waiting years to own.

This 2-CD set lives up to it's name, rounding up rockabilly rarities that fetch huge sums on vinyl and, in many cases, have never been on CD. These date from 1956-59: Alley Cat Walter Brown; Solid Rock Jimmie John; So Tired Chavis Brothers; Speed Limit Tommy Lam; Big Door Gene Brown; Hot Rod Baby Rocky Davis; Go Cat Go Bill Flagg; Cool Baby Lee Cole; I Need It Ray McCoy; Big Sandy Bobby Roberts; Annie Mae Bob Dewitt; That Big Old Moon Buddy Burke; Coming Up Mike Wagoner, and more vintage red-hot rockabilly!

Following the success of sister volume 'The Rarest Rockabilly Album Volume 1', comes a second compilation of 50 of the rarest tracks from the genre that is more popular today than it was when the records included here were first released. Indeed it was this lack of success at the time which today makes the original 45s of the cuts which make up this collection so rare, and in most cases have never before been released on CD. This collection of the obscure serves to introduce the enthusiasts everywhere to a world of previously unheard Rockabilly gems. (Amazon)

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Track lists

VA -The Rarest Rockabilly Album in The World-Ever [2010]

CD1

1    Al Epp & The Pharoahs    Breaking My Heart    2:16
2    Walter Brown    Alley Cat    1:51
3    Glen Honeycutt    Rock All Night    2:03
4    Max Alexander & Hank Harral    Little Rome    2:13
5    Jimmy Patton    Yah I'm Movin    2:12
6    Jimmie John    Solid Rock    1:59
7    F Dee Johnson    Be My Baby    1:45
8    Don Woody    Barking Up The Wrong Tree    2:19
9    Chavis Brothers    So Tired    2:01
10    Don Feger    Date On The Corner    2:03
11    Carl Mann    Gonna Rock N Roll Tonight    1:54
12    Jimmy Lloyd    You're Gone Baby    1:59
13    Mike Waggoner    Coming Up    2:11
14    Joey Castle    That Ain't Nothin' But Right    2:32
15    Jay B Loyd    I'll Be Alright    2:37
16    Riley Crabtree    She Loves Me Better    2:00
17    Tommy Lam    Speed Limit    2:12
18    Marvin Rainwater    Hot And Cold    2:10
19    Al Urban    Won't You Yell Me Her Name    2:04
20    Dinky Harris & The Spades    She Left Me Cryin'    1:54
21    Kenny Owens    I Got The Bug    1:57
22    Jimmy Patton    Oakies In The Pokie    2:30
23    Charles Senns    Gee Whiz Liz    2:31
24    Don Willis    Boppin' High School Baby    2:33
25    Glenn Bond    When My Baby Passes By    1:51

CD2

1    Nat Couty    Woodpecker Rock    2:00
2    Gene Brown    Big Door    2:15
3    Elroy Dietzel & the Rhythm Ban    Teenage Ball    1:59
4    Curtis Long    Going Out On The Town    2:15
5    Rocky Davis    Hot Rod Baby    3:00
6    Benny Joy    Little Red Book    2:00
7    Benny Ingram    Jello Sal    2:16
8    Bill Flagg    Go Cat Go    1:54
9    Jim Oertling    Old Moss Back    2:08
10    Johnny Edwards & The Whitecaps    Rock N Roll Saddles    1:51
11    Dennis Volk    You're The One    2:15
12    Lee Cole    Cool Baby    2:14
13    Wally Willette    Pink Elephants    1:51
14    Ric Cartey & The Jivatones    Scratching On My Screen    2:27
15    Luke McDaniel    My Baby Don't Rock    1:58
16    Clyde Owens & The Moonlight Ra    Swing It Little Katy    2:02
17    Ray McCoy    I Need It    1:56
18    Maylon Humphries    Worried About You Baby    2:47
19    Larry Dowd    Blue Swinging Mama    2:02
20    Bobby Roberts    Big Sandy    1:54
21    Wally Hughes    Convertible Car    2:07
22    Bob Dewitt    Annie Mae    2:49
23    Bob Hicks and the Fenders    Rock Baby Rock    1:55
24    Buddy Burke    That Big Old Moon    2:26
25    Bill Allen    Please Give Me Something    2:14


VA - The Rarest Rockabilly Album In The World, Volume 2 [2010]

CD1

1    Ersel Hickey    Going Down The Road    1:50
2    Roxters    So Long    2:11
3    Mike Cushman    Me And My Guitar    2:17
4    Curtis Gordon    Draggin'    1:47
5    Rio Rockers    Mexicali Baby    2:14
6    Larry Donn    Honey Bun    1:58
7    Walter Brown    Jelly Roll Rock    2:14
8    Gene Watson    My Rockin' Baby    2:47
9    Bud Landon    Six Mile Climb    2:31
10    Whitey Pullens    Walk My Way Back Home    2:20
11    Paul Seipp    Little Gray Shack    2:18
12    Chuck Higgins    Too Smart    2:49
13    Jimmy Stewart & The Nighthawks    Rock On The Moon    1:53
14    Ray Vernon    I'm Counting On You    2:08
15    The Rhythm Rockers    Thinkin' Bout You    2:24
16    Jimmy Patton    Love Come Back To Me    1:55
17    Don Feger    Don't Be Mad    2:23
18    Jimmie Piper    Don't Play Around With My Heart    1:48
19    Hollis Champion    Long Gone Lonesome Blues    1:51
20    Tyrone Schmidling    You're Gone But I'm Left    2:01
21    Rex Ellis    Bop Hop Jamboree    1:49
22    Cliff Blakely    I Want To Be With You    2:10
23    Willie Ward    I'm a Madman    2:21
24    Bill Lawrence with The Coins    Hey Baby    2:11
25    Jimmy Wages    Heartbreakin' Love    2:15

CD2

1    Skeets McDonald    You Oughta See Grandma Rock    2:02
2    Deacon & The Rock N Rollers    Rockin' On The Moon    1:45
3    Fat Daddy Holmes    Chicken Rock    1:59
4    Stoltz Brothers    Rock 'n' Roll Riot    1:57
5    Frank Triolo    Ice Cream Baby    1:59
6    Curtis Gordon    Sitting On Top Of The World    1:55
7    Larry Terry    Hep Cat    2:12
8    Hal Payne    Honky Tonk Stomp    2:06
9    Jerry Arnold    High Classed Baby    2:28
10    Rod Willis    The Cat    2:15
11    Jim Murphy & The Accents    I'm Gone Mama    2:06
12    Don Wade    Oh Love    1:50
13    Al Urban    Gonna Be Better Times    2:20
14    Paul Wheatley    I'm Not Movin'    2:10
15    The Chavis Brothers    Love Me Baby    2:25
16    Tom James    Track Down Baby    2:41
17    Pat Cupp    Do Me No Wrong    2:24
18    Billy Pragar    Do It Bop    2:10
19    Jesse Stevens    Mama Mama    1:57
20    Gene Watson    Drummer Boy Rock    2:51
21    Jimmy Ford    Don't Hang Around Me Anymore    3:06
22    Sonny Cole    I Dreamed I Was Elvis    2:19
23    Tommy Bell    Swamp Girl    2:13
24    Joe Clay    Slipping Out & Sneaking In    2:08
25    Joey Michaels    Sixteen Cats    1:52

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