AVID Rock N Roll continues with its Five Classic Albums plus series with a re-mastered 2CD Various Artists set complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details
“Johnny Burnette: Johnny Burnette And The Rock N Roll Trio”; “Buddy Knox: Buddy Knox”; “Ronnie Hawkins: Ronnie Hawkins”; “Ray Smith: Travellin’ With Ray” & “Carl Man: Like Mann” plus five bonus tracks.
AVID are rightly proud of our extensive catalogue of Classic music released over the last 20 years or so. We have covered most genres on our musical journey, from classical to nostalgia and easy listening, blues to R N B, folk to country and the world of dance bands, swing bands and of course jazz. We’ve even been involved in Films, Shows, Childrens tunes and Sound Effects! And yet there are still some areas of music, some genres that we haven’t quite reached yet. So for this release we are featuring a musical genre that sits somewhere between country, rock n roll and maybe a little pop, ROCKABILLY! Not many of the great rockabilly artists got to make albums back in the heyday of rockabilly. It was primarily a singles driven movement. However the five classic artists featured here all were lucky enough to make an album, some even made more and went on to have pretty good careers after the music had moved on. Of our featured rockabilly artists, arguably the most famous was Johnny Burnette (brother of Dorsey), who indeed did go on to make quite a few albums before tragically dying in a boating accident at 30 years of age in 1964. Ronnie Hawkins was another singer to have a lengthy career and in fact is still active today at the age of 85! Hawkins of course, later became better known as the leader who found and nurtured the guys who would become the legendary rock outfit The Band, famed as Bob Dylan’s backing band in the mid sixties and in their own right as one of the best and most influential American bands ever. Rounding off our classic album set we feature lone albums by Carl Mann and Buddy Knox and a taste of the great Ray Smith who would also go on to have a lengthy musical career. We hope you enjoy our first journey into the exciting world of Rockabilly , and we haven’t even touched on Jack Scott yet!
Check out:- Marty Wilde (AMSC1334); Adam Faith (AMSC1323); Bill Haley & His Comets (AMSC1338); Buddy Holly (AMSC1217), Roy Orbison (AMSC1232), Elvis Presley (AMSC931, 1257 & 1299), Gene Vincent (AMSC1314), Duane Eddy (AMSC1370), Little Richard (AMSC1286); Five Classic Rock n Roll Albums (AMSC1331)
CD1
1-12: ‘Johnny Burnette: Johnny Burnette and The Rock N Roll Trio’
1. Honey Hush
2. Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)
3. Sweet Love On My Mind
4. Rock Billy Boogie
5. Lonesome Tears In My Eyes
6. All By Myself
7. The Train Kept A-Rollin’
8. I Just Found Out
9. Your Baby Blue Eyes
10. Chains Of Love
11. I Love You So
12. Drinking Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee, Drinking Wine
13-23: ‘Buddy Knox: Buddy Knox’
13. Party Doll
14. Don’t Make Me Cry
15. Rock House
16. Rock-A-Billy Walk
17. Devil Woman
18. Rock Your Little Baby To Sleep
19. Hula Love
20. Mary Lou
21. Maybelline
22. ‘Cause I’m In Love
23. Rock Around The Clock
24-35: ‘Ronnie Hawkins: Ronnie Hawkins’
24. Forty Days
25. Odessa
26. Wild Little Willy
27. Ruby Baby
28. Horace
29. Mary Lou
30. Need Your Lovin’ (Oh So Bad)
31. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
32. One Of These Days
33. Oh Sugar
34. What’ Cha Gonna Do (When The Creek Runs Dry)
35. My Gal Is Red Hot
CD2
1-12: ‘Ray Smith: Travellin’ With Ray’
1. Rockin’ Little Angel
2. Rebound
3. Baby Just Because
4. Put Your Arms Around Me Honey
5. Speak Low
6. Makes Me Feel Good
7. One Wonderful Love
8. Blonde Hair Blue Eyes
9. I’ll Be Comin’ Home
10. Little Miss Blue
11. Maria Elena
12. That’s All Right
13-24: ‘Carl Mann: Like Mann’
13. South Of The Border
14. Wayward Wind
15. Walkin’ And Thinkin’
16. Mona Lisa
17. I Can’t Forget You
18. If I Ever Needed You
19. I Ain’t Got No Home
20. I’m Bluer Than Anyone Can Be
21. Island Of Love
22. Pretend
23. Baby I Don’t Care
24. I’m Coming Home
25. Johnny Burnette Trio: Tear It Up (Bonus Track)
26. Buddy Knox with The Rhythm Orchids: C’Mon Baby (Bonus Track)
27. Ronnie Hawkins: I Feel Good (Bonus Track)
28. Ray Smith: You Made A Hit (Bonus Track)
29. Carl Mann & The Kool Kats: Gonna Rock And Roll Tonight (Bonus Track)
