Images: Dr. Alderete.

Rockabilly is the purest of all rock’n'roll genres. That is because it never went anywhere. It is preserved in perfect isolation within an indistinct time period.

- Peter Guralnick.

1. Gene Vincent – Cat Man
   Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps (1957)
2. Thee Oh Sees – Tidal Wave
   Tidal Wave 7″ (Woodsist, 2009)
3. Joe Bennett And The Sparkletones – Black Slacks
   Black Slacks (ABC, 1957)
4. Wooden Shjips – For So Long
   Dos (Holy Mountain, 2009)
5. The Doors – Peace Frog
   Morrison Hotel (1970)
6. Jacuzzi Boys – Island Avenue
   Island Avenue 7″ (Carrera, 2008)
7. The Cramps – Goo Goo Muck
   Psychedelic Jungle (IRS, 1981)
   
8. Japanese Motors – Single Fins & Safety Pins
   Japanese Motors (Vice, 20008)

Back by popular demand! This second volume sprinkled with two of my favorite rockabilly songs: ‘Cat Man’ is a thing of beauty, so smutty sounding and ahead of its time, one of those rockabilly songs that makes you understand why parents got worried. Black Slacks has bass all over the place, a feature mostly absent in rockabilly where bass was mostly relegated to the background and voice and guitar took the lead, it’s a really fun song to strut to, but then, what rockabilly song isn’t? The rest of the compilation has the same sort of sundazed feel of the first volume. I specially recommend the Jacuzzi Boys and Thee Oh Sees. Brilliant singles.
Hope you enjoy, third volume coming soon!

Previously: Tropical Daze.