"Chicken Rock" - Rockin' Around The Mountain

Excellent and intriguing collection of mostly unissued tracks (at least that's what it claims!) of rockabilly and rock' n' roll. Highlight is four cuts by Carl Perkins, supposedly from an acetate featuring him doing four Sun era songs - "Movie Magg/ Turn Around/ Put Your Cat Clothes On/ Look At The Moon". Are these Sun outtakes? Lot's of other good cuts too particularly from The Kingbeats, Jimmy Evans, Red Hadley (a great version of Piano Red's "She Knows How To Rock Me"), John Kline & Eddie Bond (his "Cotton Patch Hop" is mistitled "Patchuko Hop"). There are a couple of excellent instrumentals from The Gentry Brothers. Some nice photos in booklet but no notes - I'd love to know the story behind these sides. (FS) rootsandrhythm

trax:
1. Make It Like Rock'n'Roll - Neville Hawks & The Hawks 2. Morse Code - Neville Hawks & The Hawks 3. I Got A Baby - Neville Hawks & The Hawks 4. Swanky - The Gentry Brothers 5. I've Been A Bad Bad Boy - The Kingbeats 6. I'll Tell My Mama On You - The Kingbeats 7. I've Been A Bad Bad Boy - The Kingbeats 8. What Am I Gonna Do - Jimmy Evans 9. I Hate To Say Goodbye - Jimmy Evans 10. Pink Cadillac - Jimmy Evans 11. She Knows How To Rock Me - Red Hadley 12. She Won't Let Me Down - Curtis Little 13. Rock-A-Billy Baby - John Kline 14. Live Your Life With Care - Wayne Busby 15. Fallin' Star - Johnny Powers 16. The Bigger They Are - Johnny Powers 17. She Wears My Goin' Steady Ring - Dickey Lee 18. Rock'n'Roll Mama - Tommy Tucker w/Bill Black's Combo 19. Little More Lovin' - Tommy Tucker w/Bill Black's Combo 20. Rock'n'Roll Rhythm - Wayne McGinnis 21. Movie Magg - Carl Perkins 22. Turn Around - Carl Perkins 23. Put Your Cat Clothes On - Carl Perkins 24. Look At The Moon - Carl Perkins 25. I'm A Wise Old Cat - Thomas Mitchell 26. Swooney - The Gentry Brothers 27. Patchako Hop - Eddie Bond 28. It's Me Baby - Malcolm Yelvington 29. Rockin' Round The Mountain - The Mountain Ramblers Featuring Bobby Bare
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