COUNTRY,
BLUEGRASS & OLD-TIMEY
Hillbilly Boogie & Rockin' Country
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 2867 |
Movin' On |
● CD $17.98 |
Great collection of hillbilly boogie, uptempo country and
bluesy country by some fine but obscure artists from the 40s and early 50s
including Ford Lewis with Joe Bean & His San Antonians, Enez Blenek
& The Texas Tornados, Harmie Smith, Texas Slim Owenby, Henry Ford,
Tiny Adams & His Western Serenaders, Deon Lay, Ray Smith, Art Gunn
& His Arizona Playboys, Wally Fowler, Drifting Johnny Smith with Bill
Moses & The Rhythm Rangers, Cousin Wilbur & Blindie Brooks (a
great version of the Delmores' Blues Stay Away From Me
), Lee & Terry Edmond with The Country Folks and more. Excellent sound
and informative booklet with notes and photos.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 2870 |
Rock & Roll - Country Style |
● CD $17.98 |
The latest in Collector's "Boppin' Hillbilly Series" is
pretty much mainstream honky tonk country from the 50s with only a few that
fall into the "boppin" or rock 'n' roll category. Still there is some fine
and rare stuff here featuring 30 tracks from Jess Willard, Don Ford, Hank
The Drifters (with the always timely Bill Collectors Blues), Verlin
Speeks, Freddie Byrd & The California Playboys, Charlie Parker (no not that
one!), Lefty King & His Rangers, Autry Inman (a previously unissued track),
Rose & Cal Maddox, Howard W. Brady, Pat Kingery & His Kentuckians, Boots
Faye, Shelby Cooper & The Dixie Mountaineers, Andy Morris, Fiddlin' Sisk &
The Tennessee Sweethearts, Dale Berry & His Blue Bonnets. Includes 8 page
booklet with notes by Boppin' Billy Mafia (I think this might be a
pseudonym), photos and label shots.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Collector 2871 |
Streamline Boppin' |
● CD $17.98 |
A fine and hot collection of up-tempo country, country
boogie and some Western swing from the 40s and early 50s. It includes three
excellent rare sides by the old timey duo The Buchnan Brothers plus tracks
from Billy Hix & His Georgia Stompers, The Buckeye Boys, Smilin' Eddie
Varnardo, Jimmy Snow & the Rocky Mountain Playboys, Eddi Miller & His
Oklahomans, Martha Lou Garches (the outrageous Peeping Tom - "You may
call him a peeping Tom/ I Call him a Man"!), Preston Ward, Fairley Holden,
Bobby Cook & Buddy Nelson, etc. Good sound and booklet includes nots and
photos.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Proper BOX 50 |
Hillbilly Boogie |
● CD $26.98 |
Four CD set with 100 tracks of up tempo
country from the 40s and early 50s. Includes well known names like Spade
Cooley, The Delmore Brothers, Hank Snow, Merle Travis and others as well as
obscure artists like Jimmie O'Neal & The Colorado Hillbillies, Rocky Rauch &
His Western Serenaders, The Maston Music Makers, Walt McCoy & His Western
Wonders, The Village Boys, Big Jeff & The Radio Playboys, Hubert Friar & The
Hillbilly Hicks, Butterball Paige and many others.
THE ARMSTRONG TWINS: Mandolin Boogie/ CHARLINE ARTHUR: I've Got The Boogie
Blues/ CHET ATKINS: Boogie Man Boogie/ JOHNNY BARFIELD: Boogie Woogie/ Doin'
The Boogie Woogie/ BIG JEFF & THE RADIO PLAYBOYS: Juke Box Boogie/ JOHNNY
BOND & HIS RED RIVER VALLEY BOYS: Mean Mama Boogie/ JIM BOYD: Waxachachie
Boogie Woogie Dishwasher Boy/ BRAD BRADY (OWEN BRADLEY & HIS TENNESSEANS):
Zeb's Mountain Boogie/ BILLY BRIGGS: Alarm Clock Boogie/ North Pole Boogie/
Pretty Baby Boogie/ JIMMY BRYANT: Boogie Barn Dance/ PETE BURKE TRIO:
Kentucky Waltz Boogie/ FREDDIE BURNS & HIS RANCH BOYS: Juke Box Boogie/
HARRY CHOATES: Louisiana Boogie/ SPADE COOLEY: Three Way Boogie/ COWBOY
COPAS: Hangman Boogie/ JEAN DAVIDSON: Fort Worth Boogie/ THE DELMORE
BROTHERS: Boogie Woogie Baby/ Hillbilly Boogie/ Mobile Boogie/ Peach Tree
Street Boogie/ AL DEXTER & HIS TROOPERS: New Broom Boogie/ BUSTER DOSS & HIS
ARKANSAS PLAYBOYS: Playboy Boogie/ TOMMY DURDEN & THE WESTERNAIRES: Hula
Boogie/ JEFF DURHAM & HIS RHYTHM PLAYBOYS: Tennessee Boogie/ DICK DYSON &
HIS BLUE BONNET BOYS: Hal Billy Boogie/ TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD: Smokey
Mountain Boogie/ The Shotgun Boogie/ TILLMAN FRANKS & HIS RAINBOW BOYS
(FARON YOUNG V: Hot Rod Shotgun Boogie #2/ TILLMAN FRANKS(WEBB PIERCE VCL):
Hayride Boogie/ HUBERT FRIAR & HILLYBILLY HICKS: Joe's Mandolin Boogie/
LONNIE GLOSSON: Pan American Boogie/ ART GUNN & HIS ARIZONA PLAYBOYS: Boogie
Woogie Blues/ Cornbread Boogie/ HARDROCK GUNTER: Boogie Woogie On A Saturday
Night/ Dixieland Boogie/ Hesitation Boogie/ JACK GUTHRIE & HIS OKLAHOMANS:
Oakie Boogie/ BILL HALEY & THE SADDLEMEN: Green Tree Boogie/ Sundown Boogie/
ROY HALL & HIS COHUTTA MOUNTAIN BOYS (FRANK: Dirty Boogie/ ROY HALL & HIS
COHUTTA MOUNTAIN BOYS: Mule Boogie/ HANK HARRAL & HIS PALOMINO: Cowhands
Dream Band Boogie/ CHARLIE HARRIS WITH R.D.HENDON'S WESTERN JAMBORE: No
Shoes Boogie/ HAWKSHAW HAWKINS: Doghouse Boogie/ BENNIE HESS & HIS NATION
PLAYBOYS: Bennie Hess Boogie/ ROY HOGSED: Snake Dance Boogie/ WES HOLLY:
Shufflin' Shoes Boogie/ BILLY HUGHES' BUCCAROOS: Out Of Town Boogie/ JERRY
IRBY & HIS TEXAS RANCHERS: Hillbilly Boogie/ JERRY IRBY WITH HIS TEXAS
RANCHERS: Super Boogie Woogie/ JESSE JAMES: Jesse James Boogie/ Piano Pete's
Boogie/ TOMMY KIZZIAH & HIS WEST COAST RAMBLERS: Long Tom Boogie/ BILL MACK:
Crazy Baby Boogie/ THE MADDOX BROS & ROSE: George's Playhouse Boogie/ MASTON
MUSIC MAKERS: Slick Chick Boogie/ WALT MCCOY & HIS WESTERN WONDERS: Cowboy
Boogie/ Richey Boogie/ THE MILO TWINS: Baby Buggie Boogie/ Downtown Boogie/
VANCE MORRIS & HIS ALABAMA PLAYBOYS: Crazy About The Boogie/ MUSTARD &
GRAVY: Be Bop Boogie/ BILL NETTLES & HIS DIXIE BLUE BOYS: Hadacol Boogie/
JIMMIE O'NEAL & THE COLORADO HILLBILLIES: Streamliner Boogie/ GENE O'QUINN:
Texas Boogie/ JACK PADGETT THE TEXAS WRANGLERS: Boogie Woogie Gal/
BUTTERBALL PAIGE: I'm Too Old To Boogie Anymore/ RED PLEASANT & THE SOUTHERN
SERENADERS: Mississippi Boogie/ RIP RAMSEY & HIS TEXAS WANDERERS: Rip Ramsey
Boogie/ WAYNE RANEY: Catfish Boogie/ Jack & Jill Boogie/ Lost John Boogie/
Real Hot Boogie/ Del Rio Boogie/ CURLEY RASH & HIS SOUTH TEXAS PLAYBOYS:
Humble Road Boogie/ ROCKY RAUCH & HIS WESTERN SERENADERS: Colorado Boogie/
THE RHYTHM BOYS: Porky's Boogie Woogie On Strings/ COUSIN DEEMS SANDERS &
HIS GOATHERDERS WITH WALT MCCO: Goatburger Boogie/ ARTHUR SMITH'S HOT
QUINTET: Banjo Boogie/ Guitar Boogie/ ARTHUR SMITH'S SENSATIONAL TRIO:
Country Boogie/ HANK SNOW: Rhumba Boogie/ EARL SONGER & HIS ROCKY ROAD
RAMBLERS: Mother-in-Law Boogie/ TEXAS BILL STRENGTH: Paper Boy Boogie/ MERLE
TRAVIS: Crazy Boogie/ Merle's Boogie Woogie/ ZEB TURNER: Boogie Woogie Lou/
Tennessee Boogie/ Travelling Boogie/ THE TURNER BROS (RED & LIGE): Boog-Boog
Boogie/ T.TEXAS TYLER: T.Texas Boogie/ JOHNNY TYLER & THE RIDERS OF THE RIO
GRANDE: Freight Train Boogie/ Old MacDonald Boogie/ THE VILLAGE BOYS: Boogie
Woogie In the Village/ DON WHITNEY: G.I. Boogie/ Red Hot Boogie/ CURLEY
WILLIAMS & HIS GEORGIA PEACH PICKERS: Georgia Boogie
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