Hotter Than A Pistol CD

Mike Pedicin
Hotter Than A Pistol CD

Saxman Mike Pedicin from Philadelphia was one of the pioneers of House Rock, the musical hybrid which incorporated Swing, R&B and Hillbilly into an exciting new danceable format in the immediate pre-Rock 'n' Roll era.
Operating largely in and around Philadelphia and New Jersey, his biggest local rival was Bill Haley, who of course went on to become a worldwide star.
Nonetheless, during the 1950s Pedicin and his boys recorded a memorable body of work, and even dented the US Top 100 a couple of times with The Large Large House and Shake A Hand, while sides like One Potato Two Potato, Hotter Than A Pistol and Burnt Toast and Black Coffee are big collectors' items.
This collection presents the very best of Mike Redicin's rockin', rollin and jivin' sides recorded between 1952 and 1962 for some half-dozen or so labels.
This is the first time that this body of work has been thus anthologised.
Several of these sides are unfeasibly rare - notably his early '50s releases, some of which have never previously appeared on CD.