Rock 'n' Roll - Rockabilly - Psychobilly chart October 2020
1 : Restless : Ready To Go
Brand new album from Restless, led by guitar wizard Mark Harman, still on top of their game after 40 years at the forefront of Neo-Rockabilly.
2 : Stray Cats : Rocked This Town - From L.A. To London
Brand new live album with 23 tracks recorded during the band’s critically acclaimed 40th Anniversary Tour in 2019 on double vinyl and deluxe CD.
3 : Robert Gordon : Rockabilly For Life
New album from one of the original rockabilly revivalists, with guest musicians including Dave Alvin, Linda Gail Lewis, Dale Watson, Rosie Flores, Chris Spedding and others.
4 : Doug Sahm – Crazy Crazy Feelin'
30 track collection subtitled "The Definitive Early Doug Sahm" presenting his 1950s recordings as a teenage Rock 'n' Roll singer prior to his later success as The Sir Douglas Quintet.
5 : Dylan Kirk & The Killers : Introducing Dylan Kirk & The Killers
An astounding young rocker pumping out first class piano-pounding rock 'n' roll - inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis but with a whole heap of originality and youthful energy.
6 : Ricky Nelson : In The Studio
4CD boxed set which gathers 127 tracks of fascination recording outtakes and alternative versions from one of the most successful artists of the rock 'n' roll era.
7 : Mad Sin : Unbreakable
Germany's foremost psycho/punkabilly Mad Sin are back with member Kofte "The Big Chief" DeVille returning to the fore, and they're going all-in!
8 : Charline Arthur : Burn That Candle
32 tracks fathering the A&B sides of the 16 singles that she cut between 1950 & 1956 for the Bullet, Imperial RCA Victor and Coin Records labels.
9 : Dorsey Burnette : Hey Little One
34 original recordings presenting the very best of Dorsey Burnette - founder-member of the legendary Johnny Burnette Trio, and older brother of Johnny.
10 : Various Artists : Rockin' Blues Party
Superb 3-disc set presenting 60 fantastic tracks of Rockin' Blues from Big Mama Thornton, Bo Diddley, Jackie Brenston, Big Joe Turner, Fats Domino, Champion Jack Dupree, Little Richard, Slim Harpo and many others.
11 : James Burton : Cannonball Rag
35 track collection presenting a snapshot of his early career as a sideman for artists including Dale Hawkins, Bob Luman, Bobby Lee Trammell, Ricky Nelson, Dorsey Burnette and many others.
12 : Jack Rabbit Slim : Best Of Jack Rabbit Slim
The ultimate Jack Rabbit Slim collection! Double disc set presenting 40 of best from one of the most popular rockabilly scene bands of recent years.
13: Chris Berntsen - Life's Game
Superb guitar driven rock 'n' roll from a talented young singer with his own take on songs by Mickey Lee Lane, Dion, Wayne Walker and more. With Darrel Higham on guitar.
14 : The Crests : More Than Just Sixteen Candles
31 track collection which presents the very best of The Crests and Johnny Maestro across five different record labels between 1957-62, and features all their chart hits.
15 : Dion : Blues With Friends
Rock 'n' Roll legend Dion DiMucci presents a collection of Blues duets with artists including Brian Setzer (Stray Cats), Jeff Beck, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) and many others.
16 : Tarheel Slim : Wildcat Tamer
28 track dating from 1950-'62 including his commercial successes with The Larks and The Lovers, along with his classic Blues/Rockabilly double-sider Wildcat Tamer/Number NineTrain.
17 : Roy Orbison : Original Mono Singles As & Bs
CD release gathering the A&B sides of his first 17 singles, released between 1956-62, on Jewel, Sun, RCA Victor and Monument, presenting them in their original glorious mono.
18 : The Rezurex : Skeletons
Brand new studio album from Latin psychobilly stars The Rezurex, featuring guest appearances by guitarist Gary Myrick of Havana 3AM and Nekromatix drummer Rene Delamuerte.
19 : King Cats : Coast To Coast
The long awaited brand new album from one of the British Rock 'n' Roll scene's finest and most popular bands.
20 : Joey Dee & The Starliters : Peppermint Twistin’
29 tracks from their first release as a Doo-Wop group in 1958 on obscure New York label Little Records, through to all of their big Twist hits of the early '60s.
21 : Linda Scott : I’ve Told Every Little Star
2CD set presents all of the releases between 1959-62, from the artist who briefly rivalled Connie Francis and Brenda Lee in popularity.
22 : The Crickets : Bubblegum Bop Ballad & Boogies
Double disc set with three original Crickets albums - "Bubblegum Bop Ballad & Boogies", "Remnants" and "A Long Way From Lubbock", originally released between 1973 and 1975.
23 : Buddy Ace meets Al ‘TNT’ Braggs
26 track collection presenting the early Duke Records recordings from two of the greatest Rhythm & Blues singers to emerge from Texas.
24 : Matt “Guitar” Murphy : In Session 1952-1961 – Memphis to Chicago
28 prime examples of Matt 'Guitar' Murphy in session recorded between 1952 & 1961, recording with Chuck Berry, Memphis Slim, Billy Emerson, Junior Parker and others.
25 : V.A. : Larry's Boys
Larry Parnes discovered and managed Britain's first wave of Rock 'n' Rollers including Tommy Steele, Billy Fury, Marty Wilde, Dickie Pride and Joe Brown, all featured on this 33 track collection.
Formed over 40 years ago, Restless, led by guitar wizard Mark Harman, have been the front runners of neo-rockabilly ever since their first live appearance in 1980.
They are, without doubt, one of the most successful acts of the genre.
This cult status is founded on their talented musicianship and songwriting skills once again demonstrated on the brand new album, which is filled with only new and original songs.
Ready to Go! sees the band return to the quartet line from of 1986-1987 featuring Mark Harman, Ben Cooper on drums, Mick Malone on guitar and Jeff Bayly on bass.
It's another gem and the band are still at the top of their game just as the single Love Like a Bullet, taken from the new album, shows.
Crazy Crazy Feelin' is a fantastic 30 track collection subtitled "The Definitive Early Doug Sahm".
Long before he tasted success with The Sir Douglas Quintet in the mid-'60s, Sahm had been cutting records since the 1955, starting in his early teens.
Very much a child prodigy, proficient on five musical instruments, he released his first record aged 14, billed as Little Doug & The Bandits.
This collection anthologises his early recording career from 1955 to 1962, across half a dozen different labels including Warrior, Harlem and Renner Records.
Many of these sides became popular local jukebox and radio hits, in and around San Antonio and Texas.
Includes collectors items like Crazy Daisy, Why Why Why, Crazy Crazy Feelin', Two Hearts In Love and Little Angel.
This is the most comprehensive collection of Sahm's pre-Sir Doug recordings ever assembled.
Much of this material here is unavailable elsewhere and a dozen of these sides have never previously appeared on CD.
Regarded by many as 'the forgotten woman of Rockabilly', Charline Arthur was very much ahead of her time.
A discovery of the formidable Colonel Tom Parker, a couple of years before he managed Elvis, she was by all contemporaneous accounts a controversial, memorable and hugely popular live performer.
She famously refused to play by the rules and often appeared onstage wearing pants, rather than the chintzy dresses worn by other female Country singers, and she sang sassy, suggestive songs - so much that she was censored onstage at the Grand Ole Opry.
This collection reissues the A&B sides of the sixteen singles that she cut between 1950 and 1956 for the Bullet, Imperial RCA Victor and Coin Records labels, and is almost her entire recorded legacy, including her regional hits Heartbreak Ahead, He Fiddled While I Burned, Waltzing and Someone's Used To Be alongside collectors' items like Soft Hearted Gal, Honey Bun and Burn That Candle.
