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Title: Rebel Rock - Essential Rockabilly Album (2CD)

Label: Metro Select

Cat No:METRSL024
Format:CD

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It came from the South. The most, primal, pounding, good-time-having sound known to man. ‘Rockabilly’. Johnny Burnette, Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and nearly 50 other boppin’ cats have all invited you to the rockingest party in town. Just one warning. Don’t step on Carl Perkins’ shoes.

The very word ‘rockabilly’ – with its derivation from hillbilly – was originally meant as an insult, but its exponents soon wore the name as a badge of honour. Carl Perkins, King of the Rockabillies himself, called it – “a country man’s song with a black man’s rhythm... I just speeded up some of the slow blues licks.” Sun Studios, Memphis, between 1954 and 1958 was the most famous home of this sound; though of course there are other locations, artists and even some earlier manifestations of the style. But Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Feathers and several other big-hitters all worked under label supremo Sam Phillips. That said, this compilation casts its net wide to bring you rockabilly of the highest pedigree.

Track Listing for Rebel Rock - Essential Rockabilly Album (2CD)
CD1
1. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
2. Johnny Burnette - Lonesome Train
3. Bill Haley And The Saddlemen - Rocket 88
4. Eddie Cochran - Skinny Jim
5. Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula
6. Charlie Feathers - One Hand Loose
7. Johnny Cash - Big River
8. Buddy Holly - Rock Around With Ollie Vee
9. Warren Smith - Rock n Roll Ruby
10. Jimmy Wages - Miss Pearl
11. Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential
12. Don Willis - Boppin' High School Baby
13. Ronnie Self - Bop-A-Lena
14. Roy Orbison - Domino
15. Bill Allen - Please Give Me Something
16. Billy Lee Riley - Flying Saucers Rock n Roll17. Bob Luman - Red Hot
18. Eddie Bond - Boppin' Bonnie
19. Charlie Rich - Right Behind You Baby
20. George Thumper Jones - Rock It
21. Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock
22. Barbara Pittman - I Need A Man
23. Johnny Horton - The Woman I Need
24. Don Woody - Barking Up The Wrong Tree
25. Jody Reynolds - Endless Sleep

CD2
1. Wanda Jackson - Fujiyama Mama
2. The Phantom - Love Me
3. Johnny Carroll - Hot Rock
4. Marvin Rainwater - Hot And Cold
5. Carl Mann - Mona Lisa
6. Ricky Nelson - Believe What You Say
7. Webb Pierce - Teenage Boogie
8. Sid King And The Five Strings - Sag, Drag And Fall
9. Mac Curtis - That Ain't Nothin' But Right
10. Al Ferrier - No No Baby
11. Sonny Burgess - Ain't Got A Thing
12. Skeets MacDonald - Heartbreakin' Mama
13. Buck Griffin - Stutterin' Papa
14. Charlie Bop Trio - Mr Big Feet
15. Jack Scott - Leroy
16. Dale Hawkins - Little Pig
17. Andy Starr - Rockin' Rollin Stone
18. Hayden Thompson - Love Me Baby
19. Sleepy LaBeef - All The Time
20. Sonny Fisher - Rockin' Daddy
21. Ray Harris - Come On Little Mama
22. Miller Sisters - Ten Cats Down
23. Roy Hall And His Jumping Cats - Three Alley Cats
24. Andy Anderson - Johnny Valentine
25. Joe Clay - Don't Mess With My (Duck Tail)

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