Best Of Rockabilly 2CD

Various • Best Of Rockabilly 2CD

Two-CD collection bringing together 29 classic Rockabilly and Rock ’n’ Roll recordings from some of the biggest names and most exciting characters of the 1950s scene. With Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Eddie Cochran, Roy Orbison, Charlie Feathers, Billy Lee Riley, Sonny Burgess, Janis Martin and many more, this is a wide-ranging set packed with genuine Rockabilly favourites.

Disc One gets things moving with Elvis Presley's Good Rockin' Tonight, followed by Gene Vincent's Be Bop A Lula and Carl Perkins' immortal Blue Suede Shoes. Janis Martin's Drugstore Rock'n'Roll, Charlie Feathers' Everybody's Lovin' My Baby, Roy Orbison's Ooby Dooby and Johnny Cash's Get Rhythm are joined by wild Rockabilly sides from Sammy Gowans, Billy Lee Riley, Johnny Carroll, Hal Harris, Dale Hawkins, Andy Starr, Sonny Burgess and Johnny Todd.

Disc Two continues with Johnny Cash's I Walk The Line and Elvis's That's All Right, alongside Charlie Feathers' Wild Wild Party, Sonny Fisher's Rockin' Daddy and Roy Orbison's You're My Baby. Eddie Cochran makes two appearances with Skinny Jim and Twenty Flight Rock, while Sonny West, Sonny Burgess, Carl Smith, Marty Robbins and Billy Lee Riley add further essential sounds from the early Rock ’n’ Roll era.

From the raw energy of Billy Lee Riley and Sonny Burgess to the enduring classics of Elvis, Cash, Perkins and Cochran, Best Of Rockabilly provides an excellent 29-track introduction to the sound, style and spirit of 1950s Rockabilly and Rock ’n’ Roll.