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Robert Gordon With Link Wray/Fresh Fish Special

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This is two great albums in one ,clasic rockabilly at it's best.As an electric bass player this offers great bass work in a rockabilly platform.This is a must for people who are just getting in to this style of music.

This is a really good CD, containing the first two of Robert Gordon's four releases on RCA in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

For those who weren't around at the time, there was a rockabilly revival in the late 1970s. A lot of the bands involved in this scene were pretty forgettable and quickly faded back into well deserved obscurity after releasing an album or two.

Robert Gordon was one of the best vocalists among the 1970s rockabilly revivalists and, with his vocal talent, he did not deserve to fade into obscurity like many of his far less talented compatriots. But unfortunately he did.

The fact that he didn't achieve wider commercial success doesn't take away the fact that his four RCA releases were among the best albums of the rockabilly revival. Gordon had vocal chops on a par with many of the original 1950s rockabilly legends and innovators whose work he covers on the two albums in this CD: people like Gene Vincent (5 Days, 5 Days), Johnny Burnette(Lonesome Train), Billy Lee Riley (Red Hot, Flying Saucer Rock & Roll), Carl Perkins (Boppin' The Blues) and Eddie Cochran (Summertime Blues, 20 Flight Rock).

Unlike many of the 1970s rockabilly revivalists, Robert Gordon kept his interpretations true to the 1950s originals. He even got a legendary 1950s guitarist, Link Wray, to back him on these sessions.

If you like 1950s rockabilly, this CD is worth having. If you like this one, you'll also like the compilation of Robert Gordon's 3rd & 4th RCA releases, Rock Billy Boogie/Bad Boy.

This album is great with the legendary Link Wray who I liked better than Chris Spedding he was a pioneer of that wild guitar sound! Don't get me wrong Chris is a guitar genius, but this CD rocks!