Various - A Rocket In My Pocket

here are a couple of fistfuls of tracks from the wild side of rockabilly. over the years many 50's cuts have been issued under the rockabilly banner that would have been better described as country or hillbilly. these, however, are the real deal: hopped-up, whiskey-fuelled songs of teenage rebellion, sung by untamed rockers who probably never expected their careers to last the week. alongside acknowledged classics of the genre such as 'put your cat clothes on by carl perkins, there are rare rockin' one-offs such as the frantic bass-slapping 'don't be gone long' by bob doss or the remarkable 'wash machine boogie' by the echo valley boys - the world's finest rockin' hymn to the romantic joys of household appliances. the cd covers the whole rockabilly spectrum, with tracks from prime rockin' labels such as sun, starday, meteor and columbia, plus tiny imprints such as lilac. this is an ideal introduction for anyone new to genre, but with enough rare tracks to please the long-term, hardcore rockabilly fan.