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Various Artists - Red Hot Rockabilly - Part 3

Track listing:
  1. Waitin´ In School - Ricky Nelson 2:02
  2. All Night Long - Bob Luman 1:40
  3. Baby I´m Sorry - The Strikes 2:37
  4. Cat Talk - Lew Williams 2:11
  5. Ride Jesse Ride - Merle Kilgore 1:53
  6. Be My Love Tonight - Roy Brown 1:45
  7. Diggin´ `n´ Datin´ - Gene Henslee 2:25
  8. Lies - Lee Ross 1:50
  9. Willa Mae - Al Casey 1:53
  10. There Goes My Baby - Ricky Nelson 2:13
  11. My Honey - Johnny & Dorsey Burnette 1:59
  12. Hula Love - Buddy Knox 2:20
  13. Blue Suede Shoes - Eddie Cochran 1:49
  14. It´s Late - Dorsey Burnette 1:52
  15. Lover Boy - Wally Lewis 2:23
  16. Love In Be Bop Time - Nick Venet 1:59
  17. Long Black Hearse - Cliff Gleaves 1:37
  18. Gone Ape Man - Lew Williams 1:59
  19. My Poor Heart - The Strikes 2:38
  20. Chew Tobacco Rag - Billy Briggs 2:41
  21. Something I Said - Lew Williams 1:50
  22. Buddy - Jackie Dee 1:52
  23. Dirty Dog - Dick Banks 2:07
  24. Get Off My Back - Jay Blue 1:39
  25. Speed Crazy - Slick Slavin 1:51
  26. Kiss Me - Johnny Burnette 2:17
  27. Whenever You´re Ready - Bob Luman 2:02
  28. Only Teenagers Allowed - Jackie Walker 1:45
  29. Chew Tobacco Rag No_ 2 - Billy Briggs 2:43
  30. That´s The Way I Feel - Johnny Burnette 1:45
  31. Come On Baby - Laura Lee Perkins 2:00

Notes

Disky's Red Hot Rockabilly, Pt. 3 does have its share of rockabilly gems, but this is hardly a collection of raw, backwoods, wild-ass rockabilly -- the kind that fuels Bear Family's tremendous That'll Flat Git It series, for instance. This has a few solid rockabilly hits -- most notably Ricky Nelson's peerless "Waitin' in School," but also covers of big songs by major stars: Eddie Cochran's version of "Blue Suede Shoes," Johnny Burnette tackling "Kiss Me," plus lesser sides from Buddy Knox and a whole bunch of Bob Luman (which may suit some listeners' tastes, including mine, but not many). Essentially, this winds up as a bunch of country boogie and pop-abilly, not a lot of storming rockabilly, and while this isn't a bad thing, it would be more acceptable if there were better songs here. Most are just average, and while there may be items of interest to collectors, it winds up for a kind of blah listen.