VA - Chess Rockabillies (1988) FLAC

Although
Chess Records' reputation firmly rests on their monumental achievements
in the blues and rhythm & blues field (and rightly so), the label
also recorded -- or leased from other labels -- a fair amount of
high-quality rockabilly music. Much of this interest came from Chuck
Berry's success in the pop market with "Maybellene," and was followed by
the leasing of Dale Hawkins' hit "Susie Q." This 19-track collection
gathers up many of the singles that Chess issued during that flurry of
activity, with the addition of a couple of unissued sides. "Sugaree" by
Rusty York was originally cut for Note and appears here off the stereo
master, a surprising audio development for a rock & roll record from
1959. Not many African-Americans were willing to adapt to the new
shakin' music, but those that did usually came up with fine results, and
West Coast bluesman Johnny Fuller's "All Night Long," and G.L.
Crockett's "Look Out Mabel," featuring Earl Hooker on guitar, are prime
examples of the form. Later Nashville session stalwart Hargus "Pig"
Robbins clocks in with two tracks of piano-pumping rock & roll, as
does Russell Bridges (later to reincarnate as Leon Russell) with a very
Jerry Lee-like "All Right." Fans of guitar-driven Southern-style
rockabilly will positively revel in the inclusion of Bobby Sisco's "Tall
Dark Handsome Man" with its fine guitar solos, Billy Barrix's rewriting
of "Baby Let's Play House," with his "Cool Off Baby," and "Love Me" by
Jimmy Lee and Wayne Walker, the duo that gave the label its first hit in
the country field. Other notable tracks include "Roses Are Blooming" by
Bob Silva & the Silva-Tones, and Memphis rockabilly man Gene
Simmons' bluesy "The Shape You Left Me In."

Tracks:

01. Bobby Sisco - Tall Dark Handsome Man
02. Dale Hawkins - Susie Q
03. Billy Barrix - Cool Off Baby
04. Larry Diamond - True Love
05. Rusty York - Sweet Talk
06. Mel Robbins - Save It
07. Lou Josie - Why Did You Leave
08. Bobby Dean - Just Go Wild Over Rock & Roll
09. Silvatones - Roses Are Blooming
10. Rod Bernard - Pardon Mr Gordon
11. Rusty York - Sugaree
12. Jet Tones - Jet Tone Boogie
13. Del Saint & The Devils - Rock Yea
14. Bobby Sisco - Go Go Go
15. Lou Josie - Vacation's Over
16. Mel Robbins - Are You With Me
17. Johhny Fuller - All Night Long
18. Eddie Fontaine - Nothing Shaking (But The Leaves On The Tress)
19. Jimmy Lee & Wayne Walker - Love Me
20. G.L. Crockett - Look Out Mabel

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