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That'll Flat Git It!, Vol. 12

Various Artists
1 disc

1. Red Hot - Bob Luman
2. So Long, Good Luck, Goodbye - Weldon Rogers
3. Play My Boogie - Bill Mack
4. Let's Go Baby - Billy Eldridge
5. Bop Bop Ba Doo Bop - Lew Williams
6. Please Give Me Something - Bill Allen
7. Hip Shakin' Baby - Roy Brown
8. Make With the Lovin' - Dennis Herrold
9. If You Can't Rock Me - The Strikes
10. Centipede - Lew Williams
11. Don't Wait Up - Laura Lee Perkins
12. Didi Didi - Johnny Garner
13. Everybody's Got a Baby But Me - Warren Miller
14. Warm Love
15. Abracadabra - Lew Williams
16. Rockin' - The Strikes
17. Hip Hip Baby - Dennis Herrold
18. Sweet Baby Doll - Johnny Burnette
19. Loretta - Al Jones
20. Cat Talk - Lew Williams
21. Hey Baby - Bill Lawrence
22. I Don't Want to Cry Over You - The Strikes
23. All Night Long - Bob Luman
24. Kiss Me Sweet - Johnny Garner
25. Gone Ape Man - Lew Williams
26. You Arouse My Curiosity - Dennis Herrold
27. Dirty Dog - Dick Banks
28. Baby I'm Sorry - The Strikes
29. Something I Said - Lew Williams
30. Rockin' by Myself - Sammy Gowans
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Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): BCD16102
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This 30-track rockabilly compilation focuses on lesser-known 1950s/'60s acts in the Imperial Records stable, and includes tunes such as "Let's Go Baby," "Centipede," "Loretta," and "You Arouse My Curiosity."
This entry in Bear Family's single-disc label retrospectives delving into various companies' rockabilly treasures lands this times at the doorstep of Imperial Records, which also houses the few stray masters that showed up on the United Artists and Liberty labels back in the 1950s. The lineup is as top drawer as you could ask for; Bob Luman with a young James Burton on lead guitar ("Red Hot," "All Night Long"), Weldon Rogers ("So Long, Good Luck and Goodbye"), Billy Eldridge ("Let's Go Baby"), Dennis Herrold ("Hip Hip Baby" and the mind-destroying "Make With the Lovin'"), the Burnette Brothers with Joe Maphis on lead guitar ("Warm Love"), the Strikes ("If You Can't Rock Me," "Rockin'," "Baby I'm Sorry," "I Don't Want to Cry Over You"), Sammy Gowans ("Rockin' By Myself") and the hillbilly boogie of Lew Williams and Bill Mack make for some of the best titles the music has to offer. After you assemble a nice collection of essential Sun, Elvis and Johnny Burnette sides, this should be your very next stop. ~ Cub Koda