"ROLLIN' ROCK GOT THE SOCK" Vol. 1

In the early 1970s, Ronny Weiser's Rollin' Rock label was the only safe haven for displaced '50s rockabillies, anticipating what later became a full-scale revival. Recording artists still with plenty of gas left in the tank, Weiser cut 'em in his living room in more than spartan circumstances. This 20-track opening salvo in an ongoing series features the best of these early recordings. This features the first "new" (at the time) recordings of artists like Ray Campi ("Rockabilly Music"), Jackie Lee Cochran ("That Gal's Wicked"), Mac Curtis ("Crazy Crazy Lovin'"), Gene Vincent ("The Rose of Love") and Charlie Feathers ("That Certain Female"). There are also sides from artists who were spearheading the rockabilly revival on the West Coast in those dark times with entries from Johnny Legend ("Soakin' the Bone"), Ronnie Mack ("Hey Pretty Girl") and teenaged Jimmie Lee Maslon ("Salacious Rockabilly Cat") making this a well-rounded package that gives a sense of the time when rockabilly was first coming back up for air in the landscape of shag haircuts and big amps. (Cub Koda, Allmusic)

trax:
1. Rockabilly Music - Ray Campi & His Rockabilly Rebels 2. The South Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnny Legend & His Rockabilly Bastards 3. That Ain't Nothin' But Right - Mac Curtis 4. That Certian Female - Charlie Feathers 5. The Rose Of Love - Gene Vincent 6. Salacious Rockabilly Cat - Jimmie Lee Mason 7. The Turning Tide - Ravenna & The Magnetics 8. That Gal's Wicked - Jackie Lee Cochran 9. The Last To Get The News - Colonel Jim Silvers 10. People In Texas Love To Dance - Johnny Carroll 11. Just Be Friends - Ezra Charles 12. Crazy, Crazy Lovin' - Mac Curtis 13. Tuff Knocks And Hard Rocks - Tony Conn 14. Hey Pretty Girl - Ronnie Mack And The Black Slacks 15. Soakin' The Bone - Johnny Legend & His Rockabilly Bastards 16. They Oughta Call You Miss Heartbreak - Jackie Lee Cochran 17. The Haunt You Baby Rock - Jimmy Lee Mason 18. Ain't It Strange - Colonel Jim Silvers 19. Goin' Back To Boston Town - Tony Conn 20. Rollin' Rock Rock - Mac Curtis & Ray Campi
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