Various Artists - That'll Flat Git It Vol. 40: Rockabilly & Rock 'n' Roll From The Vaults Of MGM - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

-In the 1950s, the major Hollywood film studios established their own record companies, primarily to market the soundtracks from their films on record. -Bear Family Records® dedicates the now already 39th edition in the 'That'll Flat Git It!' series to rockers from the United Artists Records catalog. -Since late 1957, great recordings of rockabilly and rock and roll singers appeared there, many of whom moved on to other companies after one or two singles. -But even later popular names like Al Casey, George Jones or Delbert McClinton recorded for United Artists. -The liner notes in the as usual extensive and illustrated booklet are written by Bill Dahl, the recordings are from the best possible sources and have been carefully edited. One of a new generation of film studio-operated U.S. major labels during the late 1950s along with 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros., United Artists Records concentrated largely on soundtrack albums during it's first few years of operations but tried to cut hit pop singles too, and the company's interest in rock and roll was obvious from the outset near the close of 1957. The latest entry in Bear Family Records® That'll Flat Git It' series surveys UA's fascinating early rock and roll catalog, full of promising singers that only cut one or two splendid singles for the imprint (Chuck Wiley, Ronnie Brent, Warren Miller, Wes Bryan, Hunt Stevens, Brein Fisher, Wendell Smith, The Four J's) before moving on, along with a handful of better-known names (Al Casey, George Jones, Delbert McClinton's Straitjackets) on hand for good measure. Lee Hazlewood and his then-partner Lester Sill produced a handful of late '50s rockers for UA, and there are even tastes of belting Chicago R&B (Joyce Davis' Superman) and atmospheric Gulf Coast swamp pop (Gene Thomas' Sometime) aboard this essential collection. Album Tracks 1. Billy Eldridge with the Fireball

The first of two CDs that feature recordings from Cincinnati's legendary King tag in the successful 'That'll Flat... Git It!' series of rock 'n' roll and rockabilly on Bear Family Records. Launched by Syd Nathan in late 1943, Cincinnati's King Records held a unique place within the postwar record industry it was equally prolific and successful in the rhythm and blues and country and western fields. That placed it in excellent stead when rockabilly broke out during the mid-1950s; young rocking talent abounded in the tri-state area surrounding Cincy (Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana), and King attracted the cream of the crop. King recorded so many rockabilly classics that it took two of Bear Family's 'That'll Flat... Git It!' volumes just to gather the highlights. Volume 1 includes seminal performances by tag mainstays Charlie Feathers, Mac Curtis, and piano-pounding Moon Mullican as well as rip-roaring obscurities by Hank Mizell (Jungle Rock), Dave Dudley (Rock And Roll Nursery Rhyme), Trini Lopez (a pre-fame Rock On), Bruce Channel, Hardrock Gunter, Delbert Barker, Rusty York, and Joe Penny. Boyd Bennett and His Rockets-King's answer to Bill Haley and His Comets-are here too, as are teen rockers Wes Voight and Fuller Todd and country stalwarts Luke McDaniel and Bob Newman. Album Tracks 1. Cecil McNabb Jr. - Clock Tickin' Rhythm 2. Delbert Barker - No Good - Robin Hood 3. Mac Curtis - Say So 4. Donnie White - Your Kind of Lovin' 5. Charlie Feathers - One Hand Loose 6. Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock 7. Ronnie Wade - Annie Don't Work 8. Trini Lopez - Rock on 9. Bob & Lucille - Eeny-Meeny Miney Mo 10. Bob Newman - Haulin' Freight 11. Bill Beach - You're Gonna Like My Baby 12. The Bon-Aires - Stop the World (Guitar Version) 13. Boyd Bennett and His Rockets - You Upset Me Baby 14. Moon Mullican - I'm Mad with You 15. Joe Penny - Bip a Little, Bop a

Album Tracks 1. Billy Brown - Run'em Off 2. Johnny Horton - Ole Slew Foot 3. Bill Craddock - Lulu Lee 4. The Collins Kids - the Cuckoo Rock (Unissued) 5. Little Jimmy Dickens - Salty Boogie 6. Billy Walker - Whirlpool 7. The Tunesmiths - Oh Stop! 8. Rose Maddox - Hey Little Dreamboat 9. Ronnie Self - Flame of Love 10. Carl Perkins - Pop, Let Me Have the Car 11. Link Wray and His Ray Men - Mary Ann 12. Commonwealth Jones - Who's Been Here 13. Werly Fairburn - I'm Jealous (Unissued) 14. Charlie Adams - Black Land Blues 15. Onie Wheeler - Onie's Bop 16. David Frizzell - Tag Along 17. Jim Burgett - the Living Dead 18. Ersel Hickey - Hangin' Around 19. Johnny Bond - All I Can Do Is Cry 20. Johnny Hicks - Pick Up Blues 21. Johnny Horton - I Dont Like I Did 22. Little Jimmy Dickens - Country Ways and City Ideas 23. Jimmy Murphy - I'm Lookin' for a Mustard Patch 24. Jaycee Hill - Crash Out 25. Carl Perkins - Jive After Five 26. Wally Hughes - Bye Bye Baby (Movin' Down the Line)