50's Rockabilly / R'n'R
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Chuck Rio - Margarita – More Than A Girl’s Name (10``LP)
€20,00Quick ViewThe name Danny Flores might not ring a bell, but what about his alias Chuck Rio?
Chuck Rio’s name is etched in golden capitol letters in the Rock & Roll Olympus thanks to his mega-hit ”TEQUILA”, when he was member of The Champs, But Danny’s legacu is much broader, being a member of other bands like The Persuaders, with whom he recorded a fantastic instrumental LP, or even under his own name. -
Various - That’ll Flat Git It! Vol. 43 – Rockabilly & Country Bop From The Vaults Of Allstar Records (CD)
€18,00Quick View1-CD (Digipak) with 36-page booklet, 35 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min.
The now 43rd installment in the popular rockabilly CD series with detailed label portraits on Bear Family Records® is dedicated to the Texas label Allstar Records.
On Allstar itself and its two subsidiaries, Kool and Nu-Craft, great country and rockabilly recordings by well-known and rather obscure musicians have appeared.A fascinating mix of country songs and hard-hitting rockabilly by musicians like Johnny Bush, Eddie Noack, Rocky Williams and Wiley Barkdull a.o.
In the extensive illustrated booklet, music historian Bill Dahl tells the story of the Houston-based label founded by Dan Mechura in detail, providing brief biographies and discographical details of each artist and recording.
Re-mastered recordings from the best accessible sources.Dan Mechura’s Houston-based Allstar Records had a different business plan from the lion’s share of his country and rockabilly competitors. For a fee, Mechura and his cohorts would accept lyrics from amateur songwriters through the mail and fashion them into completed songs, recording the final product with a surprisingly impressive roster of singers and sidemen.
By no means was everything Allstar and its Kool and Nu-Craft subsidiary labels done that way, but a fair amount was – resulting in some intriguing listening.
Bear Family takes an in-depth look at Allstar’s obscure output on this edition of ‘That’ll Flat Git It!,’ uncovering some splendid obscurities by surprisingly well-known names.
Johnny Bush’s first two singles came out on Allstar in 1958, and there are memorable entries by veteran country vocalists Link Davis, Eddie Noack, Lawton Williams, Earl Aycock, and Smilin’ Jerry Jericho.
Adrian Roland’s Imitation Of Love beat the odds to become a national country hit in 1960, while Johnny Watson (not the famed blues guitarist), Bobby Clanton and The Citations, Jerry Matthews, Tommy Graham, and Mechura himself (as Daniel James with Rock Moon Rock) supply tough rockabilly, Rocky Williams tears through Rock Cinderella, and Wiley Barkdull’s insane guitar instrumental Tiger By The Tail rocks harder than anything coming out of Houston in 1964!
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Various - Where Rock ’n’ Roll Was Born: Celebrating 100 Years of Sam Phillips (2LP) (LP)
€60,00Quick ViewWhere Rock ’n’ Roll Was Born: Celebrating 100 Years of Sam Phillips[2 LP] Determination and passion drove Sam Phillips to create Sun Records and change music forever, and Sun is celebrating his 100th birthday with a 2-LP anthology of songs he brought to life. The gatefold features archival photos and liners from Grammy-winning writer Robert Gordon about Phillips’ legendary legacy. Known as ”The Man Who Invented Rock ’n’ Roll,” tracks from artists like Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis remind listeners what the Big Bang of rock and roll sounded like in 1950s Memphis.
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Reynolds Jody - The Endless Sleep Man 1958-1962 (CD)
€13,00Quick ViewJODY REYNOLDS is no doubt destined to be erroneously remembered as a ’One Hit Wonder’ for his very first record, the million-selling ’Endless Sleep’.
Once heard, never forgotten, its spooky, reverb-laden vocals and Al Casey’s rumbling guitar lent dramatic tension to the disc, bestowing instant ’killer’ status on it.
However, his follow up, the similarly-crafted ’Fire Of Love’ (which would later be revived, memorably, by both the MC5 and Gun Club), also dented the US Top 100.
Reynolds went on to record a powerful, wholly underrated body of work, which even includes a couple of Instro 45s, with his backing group The Storms, featuring him on lead guitar.
This compilation is an attempt to anthologise all his releases between 1958-62, across seven different labels.
Included herein are a number of sides which are serious collectors’ rarities, impossible to find elsewhere on CD.
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Wheeler Onie - Onie`s Bop (Käytetty CD)
€25,00Quick ViewAnother of the hidden gems of the Bear Family catalogue! Onie sounded like no one. He played harmonica and sang some of the most moving, gutwrenching country music you´ll ever hear. Recording first for Okeh/Columbia and then for Sun between 1953 and 1957, he didn´t score any hits but cut 31 classics including Mother Prays Loud In Her Sleep, Jump Right Out Of This Jukebox, Booger Gonna Getcha, Run ´em Off and No I Don´t Guess I Will. Don´t pass this one by.
