That'll Flat Git It!, Vol. 2: Rockabilly From The Decca Vaults

Product Description:
50's and 60's Rockabilly Collection from the Vaults of the Decca Label. Includes Deluxe Booklet with Extensive Liner Notes. Includes Johnny Carroll Hot Rock, Wild Wild Women, Roy Hall Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On, Diggin' the Boogie, Don Woody You're Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Make Like Rock and Roll, Webb Pierce Teenage Boogie, Eddie Fontaine Cool it Baby, Peanuts Wilson Cast Iron Arm...plus Johnny Carroll, Chavis Brothers, Johnny Bell, Terry Noland, Billy Harlan, Autry Inman, Etc...a Total of 30 Tracks. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Hot Rock - Johnny Carroll
You're Barking Up The Wrong Tree - Don Woody
Be Bop Baby - Autry Inman
Sweet Love On My Mind - Jimmy & Johnny
Wild Wild Women - Johnny Carroll
Bird Dog - Don Woody
Diggin' The Boogie - Roy Hall
Teenage Boogie - Webb Pierce
Mama Don't You Think I Know - Jackie Lee Cochran
Crazy, Crazy Lovin' - Johnny Carroll
Ten Little Women - Terry Noland
Lorraine - Buddy Covelle
Off-Beat Boogie - Roy Hall
Way Out There - Chuck & Bill
Tryin' To Get To You - Johnny Carroll
I Wanna Bop - Billy Harlan
Flip Flop And Fly - Johnny Bell
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Roy Hall
Make Like A Rock And Roll - Don Woody
Corinne, Corinna - Johnny Carroll
See You Later Alligator - Roy Hall
Ruby Pearl - Jackie Lee Cochran
It Would Be A Doggone Lie - Autry Inman
Baby, Don't Leave Me - Five Chavis Brothers
Rock 'N' Roll Ruby - Johnny Cochran
Three Alley Cats - Roy Hall
Teenage Love Is Misery - Jerry Kennedy
Cool It Baby - Eddie Fontaine
Cast Iron Arm - Peanuts Wilson
Crazy Baby - Gene Maltais

Product Description

1. Hot Rock - Johnny Carroll
2. Wild Wild Women - Johnny Carroll
3. Crazy, Crazy Lovin' - Johnny Carroll
4. Tryin' To Get To You - Johnny Carroll
5. Corrine, Corrina - Johnny Carroll
6. Rock 'N' Roll Ruby - Johnny Carroll
7. Flip Flop And Fly - Johnny Bell
8. Baby, Don't Leave Me - Five Chavis Brothers
9. Way Out There - Chuck & Bill
10. Ruby Pearl - Jackie Lee Cochran
11. Mamy Don't You Think I Know - Jackie Lee Cochran
12. Lorraine - Buddy Covelle
13. Cool It Baby - Eddie Fontaine
14. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Roy Hall
15. Off-Beat Boogie - Roy Hall
16. See You Later Alligator - Roy Hall
17. Three Alley Cats - Roy Hall
18. Diggin' The Boogie - Roy Hall
19. I Wanna Bop - Billy Harlan
20. It Would Be A Doggone Lie - Autry Inman
21. Be Bop Baby - Autry Inman
22. Sweet Love On My Mind - Jimmy & Johnny
23. Teenage Boogie - Webb Pierce
24. Crazy Baby - Gene Maltais
25. Ten Little Women - Terry Noland
26. Teenage Love Is Misery - Jerry Kennedy
27. Cast Iron Arm - Peanuts Wilson
28. You're Barking Up The Wrong Tree - Don Woody
29. Bird Dog - Don Woody
30. Make Like A Rock And Roll - Don Woody

Format: VHS

Customer Reviews:

Hot Rockabilly!.......2005-07-11

This compilation is one of the hottest from this series. It represents Decca'a hottest rockabilly. The rockiest performer here it is of course Johnny Carroll, whose Hot Rock, Wild Wild Women, Crazy Crazy Lovin', Corrine Corrina and Trying To Get To You are already rockabilly classics. Sweet Love On My Mind is another rockabilly classic mostly known by Johnny Burnette And His Rock 'n' Roll Trio here performed by Jimmy And Johnny.
Eddie Fontaine is known by his hit Nothin' Shakin' (covered by The Beatles). Here you can hear a hot rocker Cool It Baby. Ten Little Women of Terry Noland is a song that The Blue Cats before they were named The Blue Cats covered. Roy Hall is another legendary rockabilly or maybe more boogie woogie piano player, here featured with five numbers (Diggin' The Boogie, Off-Beat Boogie, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, Bill Haley's See You Later Alligator and Three Alley Cats). Don Woody is another treasure and is known only to really die hard rockabilly fans.
You gotta have this

killer stuff.......2003-11-25

You can't really go wrong with any of the collections in this series. But Vol. 2 stands out. It's just killer track after killer track. Perhaps we can thank Grady Martin for it. He was the bandleader and lead guitarist on most of these sessions, which were recorded for Decca during the brief period when all the record labels were trying to cash in on the rockabilly craze.

Essential for any fan of Rockabilly............2002-04-16

Drop this platter in the disc player and you're sure to wear out your boppin shoes. This CD features one of Rockabilly's wildest ever, Johnny Carroll. What can I say about Johnny? Frantic, nervous, surely kept the girls on the edge of their seats (if not tearin his threads off). The CD also contains a whole slew of other Decca gems re-issued in all their original glory. The lyrics are typical rockabilly fare. In other words if you are looking for meaningful social commentary, you're in the wrong bloody place. Don Woody? "Barking up the Wrong Tree" and "Bird Dog" are a couple of the best boppers around! ARF ARF!!!!

Matt "DJ Mattfink" Strickland

Rare original rockabilly sides.......2002-03-06

Given the meteoric rise and short original lifespan of Rockabilly, one might be tempted to consider it a passing fancy. But given the deep roots it shared in both hillbilly and rhythm 'n' blues, and the lasting impact it would have on rock 'n' roll, the explosion of sound in the mid-to-late-50s is seen to be a whole more than an industry-fueled fad. Bear Family's seemingly endless "That's Flat... Git It" series chronicles the scads of lesser known artists and rare sides that were the ice berg of music holding up the tip that appeared on the charts via Elvis, Carl Perkins and others.

Volume 2 focuses on sides waxed for Decca in the U.S. The label's country A&R chief, Paul Cohen, ran both country roster artists and new finds through a single or two, cutting them loose if they didn't hit (and losing Buddy Holly in the process!). Most of the sessions were arranged and produced by legendary studio guitarist Grady Martin (whose acoustic lead was famously featured on Marty Robbins' "El Paso"), and recorded in Owen Bradley's studio, with Bradley often playing piano.

Bear Family selected thirty tracks (all in glorious mono) previously anthologized on a four-volume UK anthology, and added Bill Millar's exquisitely detailed notes and discographical information. The highlights are numerous, including Don Woody's hiccuping (and barking) "You're Barking Up the Wrong Tree" (how could the Cramps not have covered this?!), and Autry Inman's jivey "Be Bop Baby" (not to be confused with Ricky Nelson's like-named song). Jimmy & Johnny's "Sweet Love On My Mind" paved the way for latter-day revivalists like Dave & Deke, and The Five Chavis Brothers "Baby, Don't Leave Me" seem to presage the Kingsmen and other 1960s Northwest powerhouses.

Throughout, the guitars ring with the authority and bravado that moved Rockabilly past its roots. The comfort with which both fingerpicking and electric flatpicking fit the genre is an indication of its two musical roots. Though not the wildest side on this set, country legend Webb Pierce's "Teenage Boogie" shows how short a leap it was from hard-driving country-boogie to rockabilly. Roy Hall's tracks are reminiscent of Bill Haley & The Comets, including a looser R&B-influenced cover of "See You Later Alligator," and an early version of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" that takes it down-low, rather than barn-burning.

Child prodigy guitarist Jerry Kennedy, who'd go on to a successful career as a record industry executive, shows himself to be a fine rockabilly vocalist on "Teenage Love is Misery," and Roy Orbison's original rhythm guitarist, Peanuts Wilson, cut the truly peculiar "Cast Iron Arm," penned by Orbison and producer Norman Petty.

Those looking for an introduction to rockabilly might want to start with the hits (that is, not this series of compilations), but anyone looking to explore the breadth and depth of the sound will find this a terrific anthology.

Decca version.......2002-03-02

Each release of the That'll Flat Git Series focuses on a particular label. This release it's Decca, who had some pretty good talent. Johnny Carroll and Roy Hall have the strongest cuts, but Don Woody tested my patience each time a song of his came up (they're filled with painfully bad puns). Many of these songs have a Sun Records flavor to them, especially the Carroll tracks. I think my favorite is the Five Chavis Brothers "Baby Don't Leave Me." Most of the songs have a strong-country feel to them.

In case you don't know, the Bear Family goes all out with liner notes and audio quality. This isn't close to being one of my favorites of the series, but I still like it. Grade: B.

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