Roy Orbison wasn't among the great rockabilly cats, as his voice was a little too rich and his performances a little too mannered to truly rock with abandon. Nevertheless, he did cut a pair of terrific rockabilly singles for Sun with "Ooby Dooby" and "Domino." He never quite reached those heights again while on Sun, as Bear Family's single-disc collection The Sun Years 1956-58 illustrates. Containing every track he recorded for the label, including alternate takes and undubbed mixes, the collection suffers from too much similar-sounding material.

Although he shared the same rockabilly roots as Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison went on to pioneer an entirely different brand of country/pop-based rock & roll in the early '60s. What he lacked in charisma and photogenic looks, Orbison made up for in spades with his quavering operatic voice and melodramatic narratives of unrequited love and yearning. In the process, he established rock & roll archetypes of the underdog and the hopelessly romantic loser…

Ace spent a good chunk of 2013 boppin', bouncin', and rockin' on the bayou, and their autumn release, Boppin' by the Bayou: More Dynamite, is one of the liveliest of their excavations of the vaults of Louisiana music moguls Eddie Shuler, Charles "Dago" Redlich, J.D. Miller, and Carol Rachou. Once again, this is hardly reliant on recognizable names. There is the New Orleans giant Bobby Charles, rocking & rolling with the previously unreleased "Teenagers," but that's about it. The rest of this is jumping New Orleans R&B and rock & roll recorded during the late '50s and early '60s but sitting unreleased until this 2013 collection.

He had the high pomaded hair, almost like straight up with a little wave. He had all kinds of wild sunglasses, wild clothes, baggy pants. He used to like to play that plink-plink type of sound, the real high keys more than anything else. When you'd say you were going to see Esquerita there would be a lot of people who would want to go, because they knew they were in for a show. The parking lot at the old 'Safari Room' used to be packed, boy." It woulda sewed us Rock'n'Roll fans well if that raw energy Delle talked about made itself well on vinyl again, but from Esquerita's first post-Capitol side, 'Green Door' on Minit, the results were alarmingly tame. Despite the \/oola's outwardly wild, almost insane personality, his ‘60s records belie the true Esquerita craziness.

The enormously successful Dreamboats & Petticoats series returns, following on from the previous three #1 Gold-certified albums. The year’s edition, Silver Linings, is a huge 100-track collection of the very best of early rock ‘n’ roll, pop, Merseybeat and soul from the swinging heyday of 1950s-60s. The four-disc set includes the likes of Jeff Beck, Roy Orbison, The Beach Boys, Manfred Mann, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Cat Stevens, Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich, Marty Wilde, Ricky Nelson, Helen Shapiro, The McCoys, Chuck Berry, Dusty Springfield, The Drifters and many, many more!

Live archive release from the Rock/New Wave supergroup featuring Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds along with Billy Bremner and Terry Williams. Recorded live in 1980, this 16 track set finds the bad playing songs from their Seconds Of Pleasure album along with choice tracks from Edmunds' and Lowe's solo catalog and more.

Amnesty International commemorates its 50th anniversary with the release of an album featuring the cream of the world’s music talent covering Bob Dylan songs, with contributions from a huge variety of artists including Adele, Patti Smith, Pete Townshend, Ke$ha, The Gaslight Anthem, Sting, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Sinéad O’Connor, Kris Kristofferson, Bad Religion, Marianne Faithfull, My Chemical Romance, Bryan Ferry, Pete Seeger and many more. Entitled Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan the album features 73 tracks on four CDs.

Another quality Time-Life music collection with 500 originals from the period 1955-1964, the so called "Rock'n'Roll Era". In addition of this wonderful classics' parade, you will acquire a R'n'R encyclopedia, since each CD comes with an extensive description and historical data, in a 6 page booklet, scanned at 600 dpi. Enjoy excellent music and artwork.

Another quality Time-Life music collection with 500 originals from the period 1955-1964, the so called "Rock'n'Roll Era". In addition of this wonderful classics' parade, you will acquire a R'n'R encyclopedia, since each CD comes with an extensive description and historical data, in a 6 page booklet, scanned at 600 dpi. Enjoy excellent music and artwork.

10CD box set containing 200 original recordings of extremely rare rock and roll songs, you're unlikely to find in any other collection. Featuring Gene Vincent, Boyd Bennett & His Rockers, The Threeteens, Jimmy Isle, Sonny Williams, Gene La Marr and others.

Since its inception in 2013, the Fast Hands Band has morphed from a blues trio into one of West Michigan’s best live music outfits focused on getting audiences out of their seats and onto the dance floor. Pulling inspiration from the greats of blues, rock, jazz, funk and soul, these talented musicians have a genre-bending attitude which they bring to every rendition of well-known classics and more obscure deep tracks. The group is passionate about honoring bygone eras while bringing a fresh and exciting sound to timeless grooves and heart wrenching ballads.

The Obscuritones unveil their third album 'Don't Stop Her!', the latest slice of 100% original rockabilly, country, rock n roll swinging, rawkusness! Join these London Hooligans on the road to staying sane in the modern world with road blocks of heart breaks, breakdowns, bike accidents, and the relentless race to have it all! With a female-fronted twist and foot-stomping rhythm, 'Don't Stop Her!' features 12 brand new songs that spin with the relentless spirit of the city they call home.

The first record with the new team of Greg/Leo/Hector/Sugar has been lovingly crafted (recorded essentially live in the studio) with our pal John Smerek at Rust Belt. This is the record to remind you why you like twisted American roots crapabilly in the first place!

4-CD Set with almost all Billboard Top 100 Charts of the week of December 22, 1962. an addition to Acrobate's popular America's Greatest Hits series and a companion to our previous top 100 and Hot 100 collections! Celebrate the groundbreaking international event in 1962 with the launch of the first Telstar telecommunications satellite and the worldwide number 1 hit of the Tornadoes it inspired. A fascinating musical snapshot from this period that will appeal to the many collectors of our Top 100 and America's Greatest Hits series.

Rick Nelson achieved his first comeback in the spring of 1961 with the double-sided hit "Travelin' Man"/"Hello Mary Lou," and he made it last into 1962 by tapping "Travelin' Man" songwriter Jerry Fuller for the further hits "A Wonder Like You" and "Young World." Nelson did not hold recording sessions for LPs per se, but rather assembled his albums from a series of sessions. In a sense, this meant that a disc like Album Seven by Rick tended to consist of tracks that hadn't already been chosen as singles, presumably because they were deemed weaker than the ones that were picked.