Various Artists
Classic Rockabilly (Proper)
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Format:  FLAC
Genre:  Rockabilly
    Track Listing:
      Volume 1:
      1.  
      Johnny Carroll - Hot Rock    2:19
      2.  
      Elvis Presley - Good Rockin' Tonight    2:14
      3.  
      Werly Fairburn - Everybody's Rockin'    1:56
      4.  
      Bobby Lord - Everybody's Rockin' But Me    2:11
      5.  
      Warren Smith - Rock N Roll Ruby    2:52
      6.  
      Eddie Bond - Rockin' Daddy    2:02
      7.  
      Jeff Daniels - Daddy-O Rock    2:18
      8.  
      Mac Curtis - Grandaddy's Rockin'    2:03
      9.  
      Skeets Mcdonald - You Oughta See Grandma Rock    2:03
      10.  
      Glenn Reeves - Rockin' Country Style    2:11
      11.  
      Sid King - Good Rockin' Baby    2:31
      12.  
      Billy Lee Riley - Rock With Me Baby    2:14
      13.  
      Roy Orbison - Rockhouse    2:06
      14.  
      Janis Martin - Drugstore Rock N Roll    2:07
      15.  
      Andy Starr - Rockin' Rollin' Stone    2:49
      16.  
      Wayne Mcginnis - Rock, Roll And Rhythm    2:10
      17.  
      Hodges Brothers - I'm Gonna Rock Some Too    2:52
      18.  
      Denver Duke And Jeffrey Null - Rock And Roll Blues    2:42
      19.  
      Jean Chapel - I Won't Be Rockin' Tonight    2:10
      20.  
      Sonee West - Rock-Ola Baby    2:19
      21.  
      Rhythm Jesters - Rock To The Music    2:13
      22.  
      Ruckus Tyler - Rollin' And A-Rockin'    2:30
      23.  
      Red Foley - Rockin' And Reelin'    2:36
      24.  
      Thumper Jones - Rock It    2:14
      25.  
      Sammy Masters - 2 Rock-A-4    2:00
      26.  
      Hoyt Scoggins - Tennessee Rock    2:04
      27.  
      Eddie Jackson - Rock And Roll Baby    2:29
      28.  
      Joe Maphis - Guitar Rock N Roll    2:25
      29.  
      Sonee West - Sweet Rockin' Baby    2:21
      30.  
      Maddox Bros And Rose - The Death Of Rock N Roll    2:10
      Volume 2:
      1.  
      Jimmy Johnson - How About Me Pretty Baby    1:50
      2.  
      Malcolm Yelvington - Rockin' With My Baby    2:31
      3.  
      Johnny Burnette Trio - Oh Baby Babe    2:23
      4.  
      Glenn Barber - Shadow My Baby    2:04
      5.  
      Janis Martin - Let's Elope Baby    2:05
      6.  
      Cal Veale - Don't Cry Baby    2:21
      7.  
      Elvis Presley - My Baby Left Me    2:13
      8.  
      Roy Moss - You're My Big Baby Now    2:23
      9.  
      Sanford Clark - Usta Be My Baby    2:03
      10.  
      Roy Orbison - You're My Baby    2:07
      11.  
      Janis Martin - Barefoot Baby    2:14
      12.  
      Al Coker - Don't Go Baby (Don't Go)    2:06
      13.  
      Dick Lory - Ballroom Baby    2:06
      14.  
      Al Ferrier - No No Baby    2:19
      15.  
      Junior Thompso - Mama's Little Baby    2:21
      16.  
      Pat Cupp - Baby Come Back    3:13
      17.  
      Ray Smith - Gone Baby Gone    2:30
      18.  
      Johnny Tyler - Lie To Me Baby    2:34
      19.  
      Bill Bowen - Don't Shoot Me Baby    2:08
      20.  
      Charlie Feathers - Everybody's Lovin' My Baby    2:13
      21.  
      Justin Tubb - I Gotta Go Get My Baby    2:15
      22.  
      Cleve Warnock - My Baby Is Gone    1:41
      23.  
      Al Ferrier - My Baby Done Gone Away    2:28
      24.  
      Farmer Boys - My Baby Done Left Me    2:38
      25.  
      Charlie Feather - Bottle To The Baby    2:19
      26.  
      Alvis Wayne - Sleep Rock-A-Roll Rock-A-Baby    2:09
      27.  
      Ben Hall - Moo Mana    1:55
      28.  
      Ray Harris - Come On Little Mama    2:16
      29.  
      Jackie Lee Cochran - Hip Shakin' Mama    1:51
      30.  
      Jimmy Stayton - Hot Hot Mama    2:16
      Volume 3:
      1.  
      Joe Montgomery - Cool Cat    1:52
      2.  
      Lew Williams - Cat Talk    2:13
      3.  
      Tommy Scott - Cat Music    2:10
      4.  
      Sonny Burns - Real Cool Cat    2:02
      5.  
      Bill Mack - Cat Just Got Into Town    1:46
      6.  
      Jimmy Murphy - Granpaw's A Cat    2:29
      7.  
      Jimmy Johnson - Cat Daddy    2:17
      8.  
      Jimmy Swan - Country Cattin'    2:22
      9.  
      Jimmy Selph - Tom Catin' Around    2:18
      10.  
      Bill Flagg - Go Cat Go    2:00
      11.  
      Pee Wee King Vocal Dick Lory - Catty Town    2:10
      12.  
      Lynn Pratt - Tom Cat Boogie    2:45
      13.  
      Joe Clay - Ducktail    2:32
      14.  
      Bill Beach - Peg Pants    2:04
      15.  
      Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes    2:15
      16.  
      Lucky Wray - What'cha Say Honey    2:27
      17.  
      Tommy Spurlin - One Eyed Sam    2:32
      18.  
      Sonny Fisher - Pink And Black    1:59
      19.  
      Sammy Masters - Pink Cadillac    2:21
      20.  
      Hal Willis - My Pink Cadillac    1:55
      21.  
      Baker Knight - Bring My Cadillac Back    2:26
      22.  
      Hoyt Stevens - 55 Chevy    3:28
      23.  
      Joe Clay - Sixteen Chicks    1:59
      24.  
      Tommy Spurlin - Hang Loose    2:15
      25.  
      Johnny Carroll - Wild Wild Women    2:02
      26.  
      James Gallagher - Crazy Chicken    2:38
      27.  
      Farmer Boys - Cool Down Mame    2:35
      28.  
      Jimmy Murphy - My Gal Dottie    2:03
      29.  
      Charlie Feathers - Tongue Tied Jill    1:57
      30.  
      Lonnie Barron - Teenage Queen    2:10
      Volume 4:
      1.  
      Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula    2:37
      2.  
      Doug Amerson - Bop Man Bop    1:53
      3.  
      Hal Willis - Bop-A-Dee, Bop-A-Doo    2:20
      4.  
      Autry Inman - Be-Bop Baby    2:14
      5.  
      Vern Pullens - Bop Crazy Baby    1:41
      6.  
      Carl Perkins - Boppin' The Blues    2:50
      7.  
      Onie Wheeler - Onie's Bop    2:31
      8.  
      Eddie Bond - Boppin' Bonnie    2:05
      9.  
      Brad Suggs - Bop Baby Bop    2:16
      10.  
      Sparkle Moore - Rock-A-Bop    2:14
      11.  
      Mack Banks - Be-Boppin' Daddy    2:03
      12.  
      Lew Williams - Bop Bop Ba Doo Bop    2:08
      13.  
      Rhythm Rockers - Fiddle Bop    2:27
      14.  
      Collins Kids - Beetle-Bug-Bop    2:23
      15.  
      Truitt Forse - Chicken Bop    1:58
      16.  
      Simon Crum - Bop Cat Bop    2:25
      17.  
      Earl Epps - Be Bop Blues    2:12
      18.  
      Bill Woods - Bop    1:38
      19.  
      Alvis Wayne - Swing Bop Boogie    2:25
      20.  
      Sid King - Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight    2:08
      21.  
      Sammy Masters - Whop-T-Bop    2:07
      22.  
      Gene Vincent - Blue Jean Bop    2:24
      23.  
      Johnny Burnette Trio - Tear It Up    1:55
      24.  
      Freddie Hart - Dig Boy Dig    2:11
      25.  
      Arkie Bittl - Jitterbug Drag    2:19
      26.  
      Sonny Burgess - We Wanna Boogie    2:26
      27.  
      Webb Pierce - Teenage Boogie    2:17
      28.  
      Jaycee Hill - Romp Stompin' Boogie    2:03
      29.  
      Ray Smith - Singing Boogie    2:26
      30.  
      Tommy Blake - Koolit    2:15
      Proper's four-disc, budget-priced but hardly shoddy box Classic Rockabilly can't quite be called a proper introduction to rockabilly -- there are too many classic singles missing for that. What it can be called is a great second rockabilly box to get (probably after Rhino's crash-course introduction Rockin' Bones, a master's course in cat clothes and rockin' rhythms). Which isn't to say all 120 of these songs are obscure. Many of the best and biggest Sun sides from Elvis, Carl Perkins, and Roy Orbison are here, along with Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" -- songs that are pretty close to very first rockabilly anybody ever hears -- and there is even a decent share of good second-tier rockabilly that isn't exactly uncommon (including cuts from that aforementioned Rhino box). But there is also much more high-quality music that warrants further exploration by rockabilly fans of all stripes. Plus, there is a certain joy to the sequencing -- where all the songs about rockin' are followed by songs with "cat" in the titles, then a bunch of tunes about Cadillacs and bops and boogies, then finally nearly a whole disc of songs with "baby" in the titles -- which helps make this already fun set just a bit more of a gas.