The fifth CD dedicated to the Columbia label in the much-loved 'That'll Flat Git It!‘ Rockabilly CD-series on Bear Family Records®.
Classic rockers by the Collins Kids, Johnny Horton or Carl Perkins are joined by lesser-known recordings featuring Dick Lory, Larry Hart or Dick Glasser and rock favorites by country stars such as The Maddox Bros. & Rose oder Carl Butler.
Carefully remastered '50s classics!
Detailed liner notes, discographical information, illustrations and photos in the four-colored booklet.
The bottomless vaults of Columbia Records have contributed spectacularly to our ‘That’ll Flat…Git It!’ series. This latest deep dive into Columbia’s voluminous rockabilly and rock and roll archive uncovers another 30 savage sides (a handful pulled from its Epic and OKeh sister labels), including revered classics from Johnny Horton (Lover’s Rock, The Wild One), The Collins Kids (The Rockaway Rock, Heartbeat), Marty Robbins (Long Tall Sally), Carl Perkins (Pointed Toe Shoes), and Link Wray (Raw-Hide as well as a rare vocal turn on Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby). But there are plenty of lesser-known gems aboard this viciously rocking disc too - Dick Lory’s Wild-Blooded Woman, Larry Hart’s A-Looka - A Looka, Dick Glasser’s Crazy Alligator, and Bernie Nee’s Lend Me Your Comb (the same charmer Carl Perkins cut for Sun) just for starters.
Charlie Adams, Johnny Bond, Little Jimmy Dickens, Lefty Frizzell, The Maddox Brothers and Rose, and Carl Butler illustrate the indelible impact that country music had on the fast-developing rockabilly idiom during the mid-‘50s (Mel Tillis and Bill Phillips were about to embrace country stardom), while Commonwealth Jones (actually Ronnie Dawson), Bobby Lord, and Rick Tucker and The Picks (their Patty Baby was a product of Norman Petty ’s Clovis, N.M. facility) represent the younger generation.
Under the savvy stewardship of A&R chief Don Law, Columbia’s massive country catalog contained plenty of vicious rockabilly. Like its storied predecessors, this Columbia compilation really delivers the goods! Perhaps New York-based old school mainstay Columbia couldn’t quite claim the cachet of Sun Records, but without question its huge rockabilly battalion boasted the same level of star power!
01. Raw-Hide - Link Wray and The Wraymen
02. Do, Do, Do - Commonwealth Jones
03. What A Night - Lee Emerson
04. Lend Me Your Comb - Bernie Nee
05. The Wild One - Johnny Horton
06. Stinky Pass The Hat Around - Little Jimmy Dickens
07. Let Me Love You - The Maddox Brothers & Rose
08. Cattin' Around - Charlie Adams
09. Case Of The Blues - Mel Tillis
10. What Do I Care - Johnny Cash
11. Baby I'm Ready - The Tunesmiths
12. A-Looka-A-Looka - Larry Hart
13. From An Angel To A Devil - Lefty Frizzell
14. There's A Change In Me - Bill Phillips
15. Pointed Toe Shoes - Carl Perkins
16. Party Pooper - Bobby Lord
17. Crazy Alligator - Dick Glasser
18. The Rockaway Rock - The Collins Kids
19. The Little Rock And Roll - Johnny Bond
20. Patty Baby - Rick Tucker & The Picks
21. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby - Link Wray and The Wraymen
22. Lover's Rock - Johnny Horton
23. Hook, Line And Sinker - Gordon Terry
24. Baby I'm A-Waitin' - Carl Butler
25. Wild-Blooded Woman - Dick Lory
26. Sugar Diet - Charlie Adams
27. Lay It On The Line - Johnny Bond
28. Heartbeat - The Collins Kids
29. Long Tall Sally - Marty Robbins
30. Let's Take The Long Way Home - Johnny Horton
