THE ROCKIN' RACE JAMBOREE (23rd Edition) - THE ROCKIN' RACE'S BIG BALL

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1. Fats Domino (Shu Rah)   2. Freddie Canon (Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It)   3. Jack Huddle (Starlight)   4. Al Terry (Passin' The Blues Around)   5. Vancie Flowers (Six Days A Waitin')   6. Bill Carlise (Dumb Bunny)   7. Pete & Ernie (The Hunch)   8. Jackie Dee (Buddy)   9. Nolan Strong (Mind Over Matter)   10. Lee Diamond (Hattie Malatti)   11. Johnny Otis (Willie Did The Cha Cha)   12. Gabriel And The Angels (Chumba!)   13. Sam "The Sham" & The Pharaons (Ain't gonna move)   14. Joey Weltz (Hey Rattlesnake)   15. David Box (Little Lonely Summer Girl)   16. The Keytones (La-Do-Da-Da)   17. Sandy Nelson (Chop Chop)   18. Buddy Ace (Baby Please Don't Go)   19. Clifton Chenier (My Soul)   20. Little Richard (Poor Boy Paul)   21. Carl Perkins (Pink Pedal Pushers)   22. Rusty & Dough (So Lovely)   23. Jay B. Loyd (I'm So Lonely)   24. Wanda Jackson (Better Leave My Baby Alone)   25. Chet Atkins (Hot Mocking Bird)

Sleazy Records / SRCD34-48

With the poster of the February 2018 edition of the Rockin' Race Jamboree festival just made public, it seems to me the right time to write down a review about this cd that Sleazy Records has released celebrating Rockin' Race's 23rd edition, held in February 2017. The cd is a compilation made by Deejay Francho and it has been made as a kind of session as they use to be in most Rockin' weekenders and, by the way, all 25 cuts included come from original 7" (with really good sound quality) from the 50's and early 60's.

Among the songs included we have some of everything as a good Rockin' dance party should be: boppers, jivers and strollers... And of course all of them coming from many different Rock'n'Roll friendly styles: straight Rock'n'Roll, Rockabilly, Rhythm'n'Blues, instro Rock'n'Roll and so on.

It has to be highlighted that Deejay Francho has picked up songs from some of the big names, such as Fats Domino, Wanda Jackson, Little Richard, Carl Perkins or Sam "The Sham" And The Pharaons among others; but he has also included other artists not so obvious, such as Jack Huddle, Nolan Strong or Jay B. Loyd, to name just a few.

A good compilation, made with gusto and that will be a nice souvenir for those, lucky them, that attended Rockin' Race's 23rd edition in February 2017. On the other hand, for those of us who couldn't be there, it will help to listen to some of the fun we missed... and to start planning how to manage to be there for 2018 edition.

Just a few more lines to ask you to keep the cd playing when the last listed song ends... as there is a little more fun still.