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Various Artists - That'll Flat Git It, Vol.05 - Dot (1959)

Track listing:
  1. Circle Rock Lloyd Copas 2:14
  2. Love Me The Phantom 1:32
  3. Carry On Jimmy C. Newman 2:12
  4. Lonesome For A Letter Sanford Clark 1:50
  5. Big Door Gene Brown 2:27
  6. Skinny Minnie Bob Denton 1:34
  7. Doggonit Jimmy Spellman 1:45
  8. Step It Up And Go Mac Wiseman 1:40
  9. Oh My Baby`s Gone Ray Sharpe 2:08
  10. Rock-Sock The Boogie Pat Flowers 2:01
  11. I`m Low,Low,Low Loy Clingman 1:59
  12. ?? Mickey Gilley 2:09
  13. Pucker Paint Danny Wolfe 2:09
  14. Call Me Shorty Mickey Gilley 2:12
  15. It`s All Over Niki Sullivan 1:43
  16. Boogie Woogie Bill Billy Joe Tucker 2:00
  17. You Heard Me Knocking Billy Adams 2:46
  18. Mary Lou Lew Burdette 1:45
  19. I Like This Kind Of Music Jim Ringo 2:39
  20. Trapped Love Keith Courvale 2:01
  21. Playboy Bob Denton 1:58
  22. Chicken Shack Leroy Van Dyke 1:52
  23. Ballroom Baby Dick Lory 2:03
  24. That`s The Way I Feel Ray Sharpe 1:53
  25. Johnny ,Johnny,Johnny Kay Cee Jones 2:23
  26. It Ain`t Me Ray Campi 2:18
  27. Come On Baby Mickey Gilley 2:47
  28. Put Me Down Matt Lucas 2:29
  29. Let`s Flat Get It Danny Wolfe 1:52
  30. Henriettta Jimmy Dee 2:42
  31. Love Me(Alt) The Phantom 1:28

Notes

That'll Flat Git It!, Vol. 5 mines the Dot Records vaults for rockabilly and rock & roll obscurities, and in so doing significantly overlaps with the Ace Records compilation Dot Rock 'N' Roll from the previous year. The two compilations have 20 tracks in common, but That'll Flat Git It!, Vol. 5 succeeds where Dot Rock 'N' Roll failed by including the Phantom's notorious rockabilly single "Love Me," the master for which is owned by Pat Boone! Also unique to this collection is a rock & roll performance by country star Cowboy Copas (as Lloyd Copas) and a second early rocker by Mickey Gilley. Ray Campi, Sanford Clark, and Leroy Van Dyke are a few of the better-known artists featured on this excellent-sounding and well-annotated collection, made especially for serious collectors of '50s rock & roll.

Rockabilly collectors are a hearty, fanatical breed with little compunction about seeking out rare, rarely heard singles based on legend or label. Not everybody has the time or patience to find original pressings, even if they love the music, so for the average collector, Bear Family's multi-volume That'll Flat Git It! series is the way to dig deep into the rockabilly arcana. The series is divided by label, spotlighting the forgotten sides and smaller hits for labels as well-known as Decca and RCA, along with lesser-known regional labels. This is not everything that was released on a label, of course, but it is a fairly thorough overview of what kinds of rockabilly the label released, and it hits almost all of the high points, at least as far as rockabilly collectors are concerned (and when the label can't fit everything on one disc, it breaks it up in two parts). Like many multi-part series, this is strongest on the earlier volumes, but if you're a dyed-in-the-wool collector, any of these volumes are worthwhile. Some of them are loaded with generic mediocrities, but they all have a couple of dynamite gems, plus they're presented lovingly, with wonderful sound and detailed, well-researched liner notes. This is essentially a collector's series, but it's a collector's series in the best sense — filled with rare gems worth seeking out and presented in a luxurious fashion.