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Various Artists - Classic Rockabilly (Proper)

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. Hot Rock Johnny Carroll 2:19
  2. Good Rockin' Tonight Elvis Presley 2:14
  3. Everybody's Rockin' Werly Fairburn 1:56
  4. Everybody's Rockin' But Me Bobby Lord 2:11
  5. Rock N Roll Ruby Warren Smith 2:52
  6. Rockin' Daddy Eddie Bond 2:02
  7. Daddy-O Rock Jeff Daniels 2:18
  8. Grandaddy's Rockin' Mac Curtis 2:03
  9. You Oughta See Grandma Rock Skeets Mcdonald 2:03
  10. Rockin' Country Style Glenn Reeves 2:11
  11. Good Rockin' Baby Sid King 2:31
  12. Rock With Me Baby Billy Lee Riley 2:14
  13. Rockhouse Roy Orbison 2:06
  14. Drugstore Rock N Roll Janis Martin 2:07
  15. Rockin' Rollin' Stone Andy Starr 2:49
  16. Rock, Roll And Rhythm Wayne Mcginnis 2:10
  17. I'm Gonna Rock Some Too Hodges Brothers 2:52
  18. Rock And Roll Blues Denver Duke And Jeffrey Null 2:42
  19. I Won't Be Rockin' Tonight Jean Chapel 2:10
  20. Rock-Ola Baby Sonee West 2:19
  21. Rock To The Music Rhythm Jesters 2:13
  22. Rollin' And A-Rockin' Ruckus Tyler 2:30
  23. Rockin' And Reelin' Red Foley 2:36
  24. Rock It Thumper Jones 2:14
  25. 2 Rock-A-4 Sammy Masters 2:00
  26. Tennessee Rock Hoyt Scoggins 2:04
  27. Rock And Roll Baby Eddie Jackson 2:29
  28. Guitar Rock N Roll Joe Maphis 2:25
  29. Sweet Rockin' Baby Sonee West 2:21
  30. The Death Of Rock N Roll Maddox Bros And Rose 2:10
Volume 2
  1. How About Me Pretty Baby Jimmy Johnson 1:50
  2. Rockin' With My Baby Malcolm Yelvington 2:31
  3. Oh Baby Babe Johnny Burnette Trio 2:23
  4. Shadow My Baby Glenn Barber 2:04
  5. Let's Elope Baby Janis Martin 2:05
  6. Don't Cry Baby Cal Veale 2:21
  7. My Baby Left Me Elvis Presley 2:13
  8. You're My Big Baby Now Roy Moss 2:23
  9. Usta Be My Baby Sanford Clark 2:03
  10. You're My Baby Roy Orbison 2:07
  11. Barefoot Baby Janis Martin 2:14
  12. Don't Go Baby (Don't Go) Al Coker 2:06
  13. Ballroom Baby Dick Lory 2:06
  14. No No Baby Al Ferrier 2:19
  15. Mama's Little Baby Junior Thompso 2:21
  16. Baby Come Back Pat Cupp 3:13
  17. Gone Baby Gone Ray Smith 2:30
  18. Lie To Me Baby Johnny Tyler 2:34
  19. Don't Shoot Me Baby Bill Bowen 2:08
  20. Everybody's Lovin' My Baby Charlie Feathers 2:13
  21. I Gotta Go Get My Baby Justin Tubb 2:15
  22. My Baby Is Gone Cleve Warnock 1:41
  23. My Baby Done Gone Away Al Ferrier 2:28
  24. My Baby Done Left Me Farmer Boys 2:38
  25. Bottle To The Baby Charlie Feather 2:19
  26. Sleep Rock-A-Roll Rock-A-Baby Alvis Wayne 2:09
  27. Moo Mana Ben Hall 1:55
  28. Come On Little Mama Ray Harris 2:16
  29. Hip Shakin' Mama Jackie Lee Cochran 1:51
  30. Hot Hot Mama Jimmy Stayton 2:16
Volume 3
  1. Cool Cat Joe Montgomery 1:52
  2. Cat Talk Lew Williams 2:13
  3. Cat Music Tommy Scott 2:10
  4. Real Cool Cat Sonny Burns 2:02
  5. Cat Just Got Into Town Bill Mack 1:46
  6. Granpaw's A Cat Jimmy Murphy 2:29
  7. Cat Daddy Jimmy Johnson 2:17
  8. Country Cattin' Jimmy Swan 2:22
  9. Tom Catin' Around Jimmy Selph 2:18
  10. Go Cat Go Bill Flagg 2:00
  11. Catty Town Pee Wee King Vocal Dick Lory 2:10
  12. Tom Cat Boogie Lynn Pratt 2:45
  13. Ducktail Joe Clay 2:32
  14. Peg Pants Bill Beach 2:04
  15. Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins 2:15
  16. What'cha Say Honey Lucky Wray 2:27
  17. One Eyed Sam Tommy Spurlin 2:32
  18. Pink And Black Sonny Fisher 1:59
  19. Pink Cadillac Sammy Masters 2:21
  20. My Pink Cadillac Hal Willis 1:55
  21. Bring My Cadillac Back Baker Knight 2:26
  22. 55 Chevy Hoyt Stevens 3:28
  23. Sixteen Chicks Joe Clay 1:59
  24. Hang Loose Tommy Spurlin 2:15
  25. Wild Wild Women Johnny Carroll 2:02
  26. Crazy Chicken James Gallagher 2:38
  27. Cool Down Mame Farmer Boys 2:35
  28. My Gal Dottie Jimmy Murphy 2:03
  29. Tongue Tied Jill Charlie Feathers 1:57
  30. Teenage Queen Lonnie Barron 2:10
Volume 4
  1. Be-Bop-A-Lula Gene Vincent 2:37
  2. Bop Man Bop Doug Amerson 1:53
  3. Bop-A-Dee, Bop-A-Doo Hal Willis 2:20
  4. Be-Bop Baby Autry Inman 2:14
  5. Bop Crazy Baby Vern Pullens 1:41
  6. Boppin' The Blues Carl Perkins 2:50
  7. Onie's Bop Onie Wheeler 2:31
  8. Boppin' Bonnie Eddie Bond 2:05
  9. Bop Baby Bop Brad Suggs 2:16
  10. Rock-A-Bop Sparkle Moore 2:14
  11. Be-Boppin' Daddy Mack Banks 2:03
  12. Bop Bop Ba Doo Bop Lew Williams 2:08
  13. Fiddle Bop Rhythm Rockers 2:27
  14. Beetle-Bug-Bop Collins Kids 2:23
  15. Chicken Bop Truitt Forse 1:58
  16. Bop Cat Bop Simon Crum 2:25
  17. Be Bop Blues Earl Epps 2:12
  18. Bop Bill Woods 1:38
  19. Swing Bop Boogie Alvis Wayne 2:25
  20. Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight Sid King 2:08
  21. Whop-T-Bop Sammy Masters 2:07
  22. Blue Jean Bop Gene Vincent 2:24
  23. Tear It Up Johnny Burnette Trio 1:55
  24. Dig Boy Dig Freddie Hart 2:11
  25. Jitterbug Drag Arkie Bittl 2:19
  26. We Wanna Boogie Sonny Burgess 2:26
  27. Teenage Boogie Webb Pierce 2:17
  28. Romp Stompin' Boogie Jaycee Hill 2:03
  29. Singing Boogie Ray Smith 2:26
  30. Koolit Tommy Blake 2:15

Notes

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.