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Get Hot or Go Home: Vintage RCA Rockabilly, '56-'59 is an expertly assembled double-disc collection of rare rockabilly from the RCA vaults. After Elvis Presley became a star, RCA decided to sign a number of new acts to their label, as well as revamp some older country artists to fit the new rockabilly sound. It didn't matter that they bought out Elvis' contract from Sun: they didn't want to risk missing the next Elvis, so they signed anyone they could find. Of course, none of the artists on Get Hot or Go Home (including an early Roy Orbison) could have followed Presley's footsteps: they were either too hillbilly (Pee Wee King, Homer & Jethro, Tommy Blake) or too slick to cut it. That doesn't mean that the compilation makes for bad listening; in fact, the unevenness of the material makes the set all the more appealing, because the failures are nearly as entertaining as the successful cuts. Out of all the artists on Get Hot or Go Home, only Joe Clay sounds as if he should have had a full-fledged career, but the also-rans, one-hit wonders, and the country guys trying to go rockabilly are all fascinating and frequently fun. It's a great purchase for avid rockabilly and country fans.
CONDITION:NEW
TRACK LISTING
1. Duck Tail - Joe Clay
2. Sixteen Chicks - Joe Clay
3. Doggone It - Joe Clay
4. Goodbye Goodbye - Joe Clay
5. Slipping Out And Sneaking In - Joe Clay
6. Get On The Right Track - Joe Clay
7. You Look That Good To Me - Joe Clay
8. Cracker Jack - Joe Clay
9. Did You Mean Jelly Bean - Joe Clay
10. Ooh-eee - Ric Cartey
11. Heart Throb - Ric Cartey
12. I Wancha To Know - Ric Cartey
13. Let Me Tell You About Love - Ric Cartey
14. Born To Love One Woman - Ric Cartey
15. Mellow Down Easy - Ric Cartey
16. My Babe - Ric Cartey
17. Two Tone Shoes - Homer & Jethro
18. Catty Town - Pee Wee King
19. Sugar Sweet - David Houston
20. Honky Tonk Mind - Tommy Blake & The Rhythm Rebels
21. All Night Long - Tommy Blake & The Rhythm Rebels
22. Now Stop - Martha Carson
23. Love Me To Pieces - Janis Martin
24. Two Long Years - Janis Martin
25. All Right Baby - Janis Martin
26. Chicken House - Dave Rich
27. Teen Billy Baby - The Sprouts
28. Don't Bug Me Baby - Milton Allen
29. Let's Get Goin' - Morgan Twins
30. Rainbow Doll - Jimmy Dell
31. It Ain't Right - Gordon Terry
32. Almost Eighteen - Roy Orbison
33. Little Boy Blue - Hoyt Johnson
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