Hot and Cold 10" LP (vinyl + CD)

Marvin Rainwater
Hot and Cold 10" LP (vinyl + CD)

Marvin Rainwater was one of the most exciting performers in country music and a revered hero of the European rockabilly revival of the late 1970s and early '80s.
Restless covered Mr. Blues, and The Blue Cats recorded Hot and Cold, whilst Whole Lotta Woman was a regular on rockabilly radio shows and at record hops.
Marvin Rainwater was his own man, with his own voice, and highly versatile.
His incredible vocal range offered a bottom-end baritone for sincere songs, a snarling menace in a rockabilly arrangement, or hit the high-registers to serve as an ersatz-Hank and out-yodel the best of them.
This ten-inch vinyl collection offers some hot rockabilly, hillbilly bop, and Rainwater's very own brand of mid-tempo story songs.
Among Rainwater musts like I Dig You Baby, Hot and Cold and Mr. Blues, the 10" album comes up with lesser known material like Hard Luck Blues and Dance Me Daddy.
This release further underlines his versatility with Baby Baby Don't Go that would have served the Everly Brothers well and sounds like it could have been produced by Lee Hazlewood.
The authentic Rainwater sound is presented in full boom by There's Always A Need for Love, My Brand of Blues and Love Me Baby Like There's No Tomorrow.
Marvin also tips his hat to Johnny Cash with It Wasn't Enough.
The accompanying CD fleshes out all aspects mentioned above and excels with the inclusion of rare stuff like the 1956 Ozark Jubilee radio recording of Mr. Blues, two gems recorded with Link Wray and his Wraymen for Warwick Records, and a must-spin for every rockabilly party – Marvin's version of Gamblin' Man.