Rockin Bones: 1950s Punk & Rockabilly

Rockin Bones: 1950s Punk & Rockabilly

Rockin Bones: 1950s Punk & Rockabilly
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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-06-27
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Rockin' Bones
  2. Let's Go Baby
  3. Baby Let's Play House
  4. Little Girl
  5. Cat Man
  6. Lobo Jones
  7. Juvenile Delinquent
  8. Froggy Went a Courting
  9. Rattlesnake Daddy
  10. Down on the Farm
  11. Rockin' in the Graveyard
  12. Dancing Doll
  13. Long Blond Hair, Red Rose Lips
  14. Action Packed
  15. Boppin' High School Baby
  16. Believe What You Say
  17. Sunglasses After Dark
  18. Rumble
  19. Down the Line
  20. Pink Cadillac
  21. Black Cadillac
  22. Who's Been Here
  23. I Need a Man
  24. Please Give Me Somthing
  25. Sinners
Music CD 2
  1. Rock Around with Ollie Vee
  2. Lou Lou
  3. Rock Crazy Baby
  4. Love Bug Crawl
  5. Fool I Am
  6. Red Hot
  7. Love Me
  8. She's My Witch
  9. Lordy Hoody
  10. Bloodshot
  11. Trouble
  12. Hot Shot
  13. Long Gone Daddy
  14. Curfew
  15. Put Your Cat Clothes On
  16. Pink and Black
  17. Domino
  18. Jungle Rock
  19. Ubangi Stomp
  20. Chicken Walk
  21. Chicken Rock
  22. Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moe
  23. Shirley Lee
  24. Woman Love
  25. One Night of Sin
Music CD 3
  1. Blue Suede Shoes
  2. Duck Tail
  3. Stack-A-Records
  4. Daddy-O-Rock
  5. Move
  6. Brand New Cadillac
  7. Rumble Rock
  8. Hep Cat
  9. Cast Iron Arm
  10. Switch Blade Sam
  11. Ballin' Keen
  12. Sweet Rockin' Baby
  13. Get Rhythm
  14. Rock Billy Boogie
  15. Crazy Baby
  16. Susie-Q
  17. Worried 'Bout You Baby
  18. I Love My Baby
  19. Come on Little Mama
  20. Whistle Bait
  21. Spin the Bottle
  22. Bertha Lou
  23. Real Gone Daddy
  24. My Pink Cadillac
  25. Draggin'
Music CD 4
  1. Action Packed
  2. Shakin' All Over
  3. Who Do You Love
  4. Summertime Blues
  5. The Way I Walk
  6. Wild Wild Women
  7. Oooh-Eeee
  8. Get Hot or Go Home
  9. Swamp Gal
  10. Miss Pearl
  11. Mercy
  12. Rock Boppin' Baby
  13. Rockin' Daddy
  14. Rock It
  15. Rhythm and Booze
  16. Flyin' Saucers Rock 'N' Roll
  17. Shake Um Up Rock
  18. Red Hot Rockin Blues
  19. Bang Bang
  20. One Hand Loose
  21. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
  22. Fujiyama Mama
  23. I Got a Rocket in My Pocket
  24. Oh Love
  25. School of Rock 'N Roll
  26. Rock-N-Bones

Free Music Notes for Rockin Bones: 1950s Punk & Rockabilly

Free Music Review: A Perfect Primer & Introductory Lesson Into The World Of Primitive 1950's Rock & Roll
Hit: 5 Stars

Here it is kids, the ROCKIN' BONES: 1950's PUNK & ROCKABILLY box set from Rhino, the perfect primer, audio handbook and introductory lesson into the dark and dangerous back alleys of primitive 1950's rock & roll. "Rockin' Bones" is that glorious monophonic soundtrack for an inner city gang war, a high school parking lot rumble or maybe even an occasional back road juke-joint knife fight. Contained in the clever JD (juvenile delinquent) paperback sleeve packaging are one hundred and one (101!) vintage fallout tracks from that primeval atomic fusion of raw rhythm n' blues and electrified country; the real mushroom cloud that birthed modern rock. Now, the term "punk" in the title might be more of a marketing gimmick, meant to garner some of today's modern youth's limited attention, but it does go far in relating the anger, intense personal energy and effort-overcoming-inexperience that was a hallmark of both the 70's punk rock movement and the 50's rockabilly music explosion. The earliest track, ELVIS PRESLEY's single "Baby, Let's Play House" (1955) is bracketed on the other end by RONNIE HAWKINS & THE HAWKS' Bo Diddley romp, "Who Do You Love" (1963), so we have a nice 8 year overview contained in this package.

This collection is very similar to Rhino's 1999 box set "Loud, Fast and Out Of Control," and in fact, 15 songs are repeated here. But where LF&OOC was primarily a rock & roll overview of the mid-to-late 1950's pop music scene, ROCKIN' BONES focuses a bit closer and more deeply on those unsung heroes and obscure innovators who never were able to crack the Billboard Top 40. Thankfully, many talented guitar totin' teens and sex-starved singers had access to early recording technology and were able to commit to quarter inch electronic tape their own local response to Elvis Presley's rise to nationwide infamy. Many of these songs were too crude, others a tad unpolished and most a bit too "rural" for regular radio airplay. Another hurdle facing these would-be stars was that most of them lacked the necessary `do-re-mi' to promote, push and publicize their songs on a nationwide level. But there was always enough luck out there for hundreds (thousands?) of American teens to want to give rock n' roll a shot.

Where to begin? Sure, there are a few obvious cuts here like LINK WRAY's "Rumble," CARL PERKINS "Blue Suede Shoes," EDDIE COCHRAN's "Summertime Blues" and BILLY LEE RILEY's "Flyin' Saucers Rock `N' Roll", but it's not like you're going to hear these on your local "oldies" station anymore, are you? ROCKIN' BONES also contains some mind bogglin' obscure-o-billy gems like FREDDIE & THE HITCH HIKERS "Sinners" (complete with eerie "Scooby-Doo" Theremin effects), RONNIE PEARSON's "Hot Shot" and CORKY (a.k.a "BUCK OWENS"!) JONES frantic alcoholic anthem "Rhythm And Booze". I counted a total of 4.5 female orgasms contained in JOHN & JACKIE's 2 minute & 12 second version of GENE MALTAIS' "Little Girl" (that John must be one hell of a lover!). Deserving artists like RONNIE DAWSON, GENE VINCENT and BOB LUMAN are represented, but it's extremely cool to see/hear rockin' gems from still performing rockabilly legends ART ADAMS ("Dancing Doll" & "Rock Crazy Baby"), PAT CUPP ("Long Gone Daddy"), WANDA JACKSON ("Fujiyama Mama") and GENE SUMMERS ("School Of Rock `N Roll"). A real cool audio bonus are the dozen or so "movie trailer" snippets from classic exploitation movies of the era, interspersed throughout the set -you might even want to peek out from the backseat and see what's playing on the drive-in screen! The pace of this box set never really drags and the cuts are all choice. You're guaranteed to find an old favorite and an undiscovered treasure on each disc.

One of the big reasons I'm so hot on this reissue package is that it's an American born project. So many of the better quality reissue series and more enjoyable 1950's rockabilly compilations of the past 20 years have come from across the Atlantic where classic 1950's style, culture and music never seemed to go out of style or become a greasy joke. Bear Family, Ace Records and a host of other fine labels have kept the rockabilly flame alive for many years, but it's rare that a U.S. company would take the time and effort to put together such a deluxe package of classic rockabilly essentials. You get four (4) long-playing CDs with 25 tracks per, (26 on CD #4!) and a slick paperback book with essays from producer James Austin and modern day rockabilly "guitar god" Deke Dickerson. You also get amazing track-by-track anecdotes from noted music historian and author Colin Escott. I'll be the first rockabilly cat to admit that "looks" always count for something and this box set does look great! The outer sleeve has built-in creases, dings and spine rolls -it looks like it was already crammed into your Levis back pocket a few times! The sound is fantastic. All of the tracks presented here are properly remastered onto CD for the first time -thanks to Dave Schultz & Bill Inglot at DIGIPREP. The wonderful thing about rockabilly music is that it always sounds great - whether it's coming through a cheap transistor radio in 1956 or a custom designed stereo system in 2006. ROCKIN' BONES is highly recommended, even if you already own the original 45 rpm records or hundreds of reissue comps. Give this to that friend or roommate who can't seem to understand what this whole "rockabilly" music & kustom kulture scene is all about -they'll finally get it.

-Del Villarreal

Rockin Bones: 1950s Punk & Rockabilly Poster

The rawest '50s rock retains an irresistible pop culture gravity: indeed, the farther one moves away from it in time, the more compelling--and often intoxicatingly alien--it can seem. Produced with fervent devotion by Rhino roots-rock veteran James Austin and featuring a detailed, track-by-track annotation by rockabilly guru Colin Escott, the 101 tracks on these four discs (fully a third of them making their American CD debut) reinforce that notion at every turn. The oft-dizzy, lust-crazed music here argues that the set's "punk" appellation is but marketing-driven redundancy, even as the range of its rockabilly riches gratifyingly defies the attempts of the set's contributing pundits and musicians (including James Burton, the legendary axeman on many of the tracks, as well as Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Rev. Horton Heat, and The Blasters' Dave Alvin) to define the genre.

The set shrewdly uses expected contributions from Elvis, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, Link Wray, Jerry Lee, the Burnette brothers, and Gene Vincent as but familiar anchor points for a journey that bounces from coast to coast (and the UK, courtesy of Johnny Kidd's great "Shakin' All Over"), fueled by a high-octane brew of folk, country, and R&B on its ever-manic, guitar-driven thrill ride. Underappreciated pioneers like Bob Luman and Wanda Jackson are showcased along the way, as are early efforts by eventual stars in other genres (including Buck "Corky Jones" Owens, George "Thumper" Jones, and Canadian Ronnie Hawkins, later to become the Band). But it's the loopy, reverb and echo-drenched side of one-hit (and no-hit) wonders like Freddie and the Hitchikers' theremin-crazed "Sinners," sex romps like the Caraways' "Ballin' Keen," and John & Jackie's downright heated "Little Girl"--not to mention a virtual parking lot full of Cadillac tributes from Vince Taylor, Sonny Fisher, Larry Dowd, and Joyce Green--that are the true treasures of the set's pop archaeology. --Jerry McCulley

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