A Rocket in My Pocket: Soundtrack to The Hipster's Guide to Rockabilly Music [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 7, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ace (U.K.)
• ASIN: B003RDZ8C2
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,833 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. SHE'S THE ONE THAT'S GOT IT - Allen Page

2. JELLO SAL - Benny Ingram

3. DON'T BE GONE LONG - Bob Doss

4. PUT YOUR CAT CLOTHES ON - Carl Perkins

5. GET WITH IT - Charlie Feathers with Jody & Jerry

6. HOW CAN YOU BE MEAN TO ME - Dale Vaughn

7. SNAKE EYED MAMA - Don Cole

8. WASH MACHINE BOOGIE - Echo Valley Boys (w/Bill Browning)

9. MYSTERY TRAIN - Elvis Presley

10. EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO BE BABY - Freddie Franks

11. THE RAGING SEA - Gene Maltais

12. JITTERBOP BABY - Hal Harris

13. ROCKIN' IN THE GRAVEYARD - Jackie Morningstar

14. I CAN'T FIND THE DOORKNOB - Jimmy & Johnny

15. BIG GREEN CAR - Jimmy Carroll aka Billy Carroll

16. I GOT A ROCKET IN MY POCKET - Jimmy Lloyd

17. TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN' - Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio

18. BOPPIN' HIGH SCHOOL BABY - Don Willis

19. MAMA'S LITTLE BABY - Junior Thompson with the Meteors

20. SAVE IT - Mel Robbins

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Here are a couple of fistfuls of tracks from the wild side of rockabilly. Over the years many 50s cuts have been issued under the rockabilly banner that would have been better described as country or hillbilly. These, however, are the real deal: hopped-up, whiskey-fuelled songs of teenage rebellion, sung by untamed rockers who probably never expected their careers to last the week.

Alongside acknowledged classics of the genre such as Put Your Cat Clothes On by Carl Perkins, there are rare rockin' one-offs such as the frantic bass-slapping Don't Be Gone Long by Bob Doss or the remarkable Wash Machine Boogie by the Echo Valley Boys - the world's finest rockin' hymn to the romantic joys of household appliances.

The CD covers the whole rockabilly spectrum, with tracks from prime rockin' labels such as Sun, Starday, Meteor and Columbia, plus tiny imprints such as Lilac.

Tied-in with this release is the publication of a 300-page book, also called A Rocket In My Pocket - the Hipster's Guide To Rockabilly by Max Décharné (Serpent's Tail UK), the first comprehensive history of the entire rockabilly genre to appear for twenty years. Max has compiled the Ace CD to complement the book, and has also written the sleevenotes.

This is the first time on CD for some of these tracks, many of them favorites at rockin' clubs around the world. The CD's title comes from Jimmy Lloyd's 1958 classic I Got A Rocket In My Pocket, included here alongside frantic movers such as The Raging Sea by Gene Maltais or the gutbucket hill-country sounds of Rocky Bill Ford's Mad Dog In Town. There's also a track from the cat who started it all, Elvis Presley - whose Mystery Train inspired a whole regiment of young musicians to find a cheap studio and get down and wail. He's on the cover of both our CD and the book, too.

An ideal introduction for anyone new to genre, but with enough rare tracks to please the long-term, hardcore rockabilly fan.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great early Rock n Roll collection!, December 3, 2010

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Sonja Paris "Sonja Paris" (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Rocket in My Pocket: Soundtrack to The Hipster's Guide to Rockabilly Music (Audio CD)

If you like the 50's and LOVE Rock 'n Roll, this is a MUST have. A great music collection.

Sonja Paris
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