"Imperial Rockabillies" Vol 1 - 1981

Hillbilly rock, rock'n'roll, rockabilly whatever it's called this deft and hard driving blend of country and blues blazed out of the South during the early fifties.
Imperial, generally known as a r'n'b label, had actually pioneered a vast and influential C&W roster since its inception in L.A. during 1947. L.A. had no significant, indigenous C&W community but Imperial's owner, Lew Chudd (or rather his talent scouts) scoured the South to find a host of trend-setting performers in all fields of coutry music including Western swing , cajun and hillbilly boogie. Some - Link Davies, Jimmy Heap, Dewey Groom, Bill Nettles, Dub Dickerson - left Imperial before the rockabilly explosion spread out from Memphis around 1954; while these older pioneers flirted with other labels, Chudd was compelled to look for younger, wilder musicans capable of competing with Presley, Vincent, Holly and the rest... Either way, UA have combed their archives to bring you this superb collection of 16 examples; from the pioneering boogie of Bill Mack to the classic rockabilly of Bob Luman to the riotous r'n'r of Laura Lee Perkins, this anthology features all the variants of country musics' most exiting sub-style. - liner notes
traxfromwax:
1. Red Hot - Bob Luman 2. So Long, Good Luck, Goodbye - Weldon Rogers 3. Play My Boogie - Bill Mack 4. Let's Go Baby - Billy Eldridge 5. Bop Bop Ba Doo Bop - Lew Williams 6. If You Can't Rock Me - The Strikes 7. Everybody Needs A Little Lovin' - Marie Kilgore 8. Please Give Me Something - Bill Allen 9. Hip Shakin' Baby - Roy Brown 10. Warm Love - The Burnette Brothers 11. Don't Wait Up - Laura Lee Perkins 12. Didi Didi - Johnny Garner 13. Centipede - Lew Williams 14. Everybody's Got A Baby But Me - Warren Miller 15. Make With The Lovin' - Dennis Herrold 16. Rockin' By Myself - Sammy Gowans
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