[2015-09-25] VA "Go Cat Go! The Essential Rockabilly Collection" 4CD box set (Salvo/Union Square UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Aug 06, 2015 2:25 pm

Description
When rockabilly emerged from the American South in the mid-1950s it was a shot heard 'round the world, born of a marriage of country & western and the proto-rock of early r&b.

Primitive and wild, and characterised by slap bass, yelping vocals and thrashing rhythm, rockabilly has retained a loyal world-wide fan base over 50 years after it first offended adults and delighted teenagers looking for thrills.

The 100 tracks on this 4 CD essential collection include the crème de la crème of rockabilly classics by artists such as Link Wray, Charlie Feathers, Jerry Lee Lewis and Gene Vincent, as well as more obscure rocking gems which are much sought after by aficionados.

Includes an extensive essay about rockabilly by Max Décharné, author of A Rocket In My Pocket.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Honey Hush - The Johnny Burnette Trio
2. Be Bop A Lula - Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps
3. Get Rhythm - Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two
4. One Hand Loose - Charlie Feathers With Jody And Jerry
5. Rock Around With Ollie Vee - Buddy Holly
6. Gone, Gone, Gone - Carl Perkins
7. Rockin' Bones - Ronnie Dawson 'The Blond Bomber'
8. Believe What You Say - Ricky Nelson
9. Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison And The Teen Kings
10. Hop, Skip & Jump - The Collins Kids (Larry And Lorrie)
11. Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll - Billy Riley And The Little Green Men
12. Duck Tail - Joe Clay
13. Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis And His Pumping Piano
14. Bop-A-Lena - Ronnie Self
15. Claudette - The Everly Brothers
16. We Wanna Boogie - Sonny Burgess
17. Ubangi Stomp - Warren Smith
18. Rumble - Link Wray And His Ray Men
19. If I Had Me A Woman - Mac Curtis
20. Lonely Weekends - Charlie Rich And The Gene Lowery Chorus
21. Jungle Rock - Hank Mizell
22. School Of Rock 'n' Roll - Gene Summers And His Rebels
23. Woo Hoo - Rock-A-Teens
24. Cut Across Shorty - Eddie Cochran
25. Mule Skinner Blues - The Fendermen

[CD2]
1. Fujiyama Mama - Wanda Jackson
2. Rocket In My Pocket - Jimmy Lloyd
3. My Boy Elvis - Janis Martin
4. Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie - Eddie Cochran
5. Mercy - Lorrie And Larry Collins
6. Wild Little Willie - Ronnie Hawkins
7. Rock-A-Bop - Sparkle Moore With Dan Belloc And His Orchestra
8. Pink Thunderbird - Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps
9. Don't Wait Up - Laura Lee Perkins
10. Party Doll - Buddy Knox With The Orchids
11. Sentimental Fool - Barbara Pittman
12. Honky Tonk Man - Johnny Horton
13. This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' - Ruth Brown
14. Wild, Wild Women - Johnny Carroll And His Hot Rocks
15. Will You, Willyum - Janis Martin
16. Lazy Lu - Darwin Nelson And The Blaze
17. Rock Your Baby - Wanda Jackson
18. Tongue-Tied Jill - Charlie Feathers With Jody And Jerry
19. Eeney-Meeny-Miney-Moe - Bob And Lucille
20. Rockin' Little Angel - Ray Smith
21. Let's Jump The Broomstick - Brenda Lee
22. Love My Baby - Hayden Thompson
23. Hello Baby - Charline Arthur And The Knights
24. Mona Lisa - Carl Mann
25. Black Cadillac - Joyce Green

[CD3]
1. The Way I Walk - Jack Scott With The Chantones Vocal Group
2. Go! Go! Go! - Roy Orbison And The Teen Kings
3. Susie-Q - Dale Hawkins
4. Down On The Farm - Al Downing With The Poe Kats
5. Red Cadillac And A Black Mustache - Bob Luman
6. Hurricane - Joe Maphis And Larry Collins
7. Bertha Lou - Dorsey Burnette
8. Whistle Bait - Lorrie And Larry Collins
9. Rock Boppin' Baby - Edwin Bruce
10. Love Me - The Phantom
11. All By Myself - Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio
12. I Dig You Baby - Tommy Blake
13. Honey Don't - Carl Perkins
14. Everybody's Movin' - Glen Glenn
15. Move On Down The Line - Jerry Lee Lewis And His Pumping Piano
16. Sunglasses After Dark - Dwight Pullen
17. Bip Bop Boom - Mickey Hawks With Moon Mullins And His Night Raiders
18. Chick-A-Lou - Johnny Mann And The Tornados
19. Hot Rod Lincoln - Charlie Ryan And The Timberline Riders
20. The Signifying Monkey - Smokey Joe With The Clyde Leoppard Band
21. Let's Get Wild - Rudi "Tutti" Grayzell
22. Endless Sleep - Jody Reynolds
23. Ten Long Fingers - Groove Joe Poovey
24. Baby Please Don't Go - Billy Riley And The Little Green Men
25. Who Slapped John? - Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps

[CD4]
1. Hep Cat - Larry Terry
2. Worried About You Baby - Maylon Humphries
3. Pink & Black - Sonny Fisher
4. Waitin' In School - Ricky Nelson
5. Come On Little Mama - Ray Harris
6. White Lightning - George Jones
7. Flip Out - Billy Brown
8. Red Hot - Billy Riley
9. Action Packed - Johnny Dollar
10. Real Gone Daddy - Jim Flaherty's Caravan (Vocal by Howie Stange)
11. Teenage Party - Bobbie & Boobie
12. Leroy - Jack Scott
13. Sag, Drag & Fall - Sid King & The Five Strings
14. Crazy Baby - The Rockin' Rs
15. Spin The Bottle - Benny Joy
16. Do Me No Wrong - Patt Cupp And The Flying Saucers
17. Slip, Slip Slippin' In - Eddie Bond And His Stompers
18. Don't Be Gone Long - Bob Doss
19. Black Slacks - Joe Bennett And The Sparkletones
20. Three Alley Cats - Roy Hall
21. Hey Baby - Bill Lawrence With The Cousins
22. Snatch It And Grab It - Freddie Hart
23. Bop-A-Dee Bop-A-Do - Hal Willis
24. Jitterbop Baby - Hal Harris
25. Tear It Up - Johnny Burnette And The Rock 'n' Roll Trio

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B012HOEODU/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B012HOEODU/?tag=imwan-21

Robert Meagher · 30 Sep 2006

Awesome collection - I have 75 - 80% of titles or more but I had to go for it.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

What a killer set! If I see resellers discounting this I'm in!

Rick A.

[2015-09-25] VA "Go Cat Go! The Essential Rockabilly Collection" 4CD box set (Salvo/Union Square UK)

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