"Rock and Roll Country Style" - Boppin' Hillbilly Series (Collector CD)

Collector Records is run by obsessive Dutch collector Cees Klop (R.I.P.) who started issuing LPs of rare 50s rockabilly, rock 'n' roll and hillbilly in the 70s on his White Label.After nearly two hundred LP releases (!) he switched to compact disc in 1991reissuing some of the previously reissued material as well as a whole heap of newly unearthed material. In addition to reissuing rare 45s he has tracked down artists, record labels and recording studios resulting in releases which include alternate takes, unissued songs, demos and home recordings. Some of the releases have a regional or thematic slant but most are just miscellaneous collections. Sound quality is decent considering the origin of some of the material and the packaging is pleasing in a down home way with slim booklets with photos and label shots and occasional notes. Some of the material is of marginal musical value but almost every release has some really excellent material and the real enthusiast will want 'em all. (Roots & Rhythm)

trax:
1. I'm Telling You - Jess Willard 2. Two Toned Love - Elva Carter & Pat Kingery & The Kentuckians 3. Orange Blossom Special - Don Ford 4. Empty Bottles and Cigarette Butts - Pappy Tipton, Ralph Leguire, Bobby Thompson & Mountain Rhythm Boys 5. Bill Collectors Blues - Hank The Drifter 6. New Style of Lovin' - Steve La Rue & His Saddle Mountain Boys 7. Mountain Boy - Verlin Speeks 8. Honky Tonk Mama - Billy Reed 9. Somebody Stole My Love - Freddie Byrd & The California Play Boys 10. Worry, Worry, Worry - Harry Snyder & The Buttermilk Drinkers 11. I Bowed My Head and Cried - Charlie Parker 12. I'll Never Tell - Mary Jane Johnson 13. Ranger Boogie - Lefty King & His Rangers 14. I Wanna Make Love - Autry Inman 15. Don't Make a Fool Out of Me - Tommy Vaughn & His Wonder Valley Boys 16. Gotta Travel On - Rose & Cal Maddox & The Jack Wayne Band 17. Rock and Roll Country Style - The Logan Valley Boys With Harley & Aubrey 18. Weary Walkin' Blues - Howard W. Brady With The Phil Ellis Orch. 19. Shape Up or Ship Out - Rod Morris 20. Volcano - Pat Kingery & His Kentuckians 21. Bitter Feelings - Larry Lee Phillipson & The Westerneers 22. Tip Toes - Boots Faye 23. What Makes Me Hang Around - Black Jack Wayne with Rose & Cal Maddox 24. Cry Baby Cry - Shelby Cooper & The Dixie Mountaineers 25. If I'm Easy to Love - The Begley Sisters 26. I Need Her Love - Andy Morris with The Woods Playboys 27. My Heart's Huntin' a New Home - The Country Cousins 28. Don't Say We're Thru - Fiddlin' Sisk & The Tennesee Sweethearts 29. Prince Charming - Peggy Upton 30. Hat With a Bow On the Back - Dale Berry & His Blue Bonnets
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