Browse by Label: RUMBLE RECORDS

Artist:	HAWKINS, DALE
Title:	Oh! Suzy-Q
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011001LP

"A true legend in his own way, the Louisiana born and bred Dale Hawkins is mostly known to the world for his all-time rockabilly classic 'Suzie Q', as made famous by Creedence Clearwater Revival in their successfully revived, million-seller 1968 version. One of the very few white artists on the legendary Chess label, although often overlooked, Dale Hawkins's contributions are as valid as any of rock 'n' roll's founding fathers, and his 1958 Oh! Suzy-Q debut is one of the best hidden rockabilly treasures of the fifties."

Artist:	HAWKINS, SCREAMIN' JAY
Title:	At Home With Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011002LP

"By far one of the most outrageous performers of the early years of rock, prone to emerging from coffins on stage, with a flaming skull named Henry as his constant companion, Screamin' Jay was an insanely theatrical figure long before it was even remotely acceptable. His 1958 debut, At Home, featuring his legendary 'I Put A Spell On You,' along with surreal hits like 'Hong Kong,' 'Take Me Back To The Boot And Saddle,' or his wild-ass reinventions of old standards like 'I Love Paris' and 'Deep Purple' is a carefully arranged yet gritty, Ray Charles-gone-crazy styled, full band rhythm and blues masterpiece, filled with enough howls and groans to send chills down your spine."

Artist:	WRAY & THE WRAYMEN, LINK
Title:	Link Wray & The Wraymen
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011003LP

"Collecting both sides of his first three epic singles along with half a dozen other numbers, Link Wray's all-instrumental 1959 debut album introduces to the world the power chord, the basis of modern rock guitar-playing without which punk rock or heavy metal would never have existed. Such classics as 'Rumble' (featured in the film Pulp Fiction), his astonishing version of Duane Eddy's classic 'Raw Hide,' 'Dixie Doodle,' or 'Comanche' were about to influence fifty years of rock and roll to come."

Artist:	WILLIAMS, LARRY
Title:	Here's Larry Williams
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011004LP

"Born in New Orleans and raised in California, Larry Williams is from the hard-driving school of R&B, whose fellow classmates included Little Richard and Robert Parker. He was a good-looking, piano-pounding, singer-songwriter - a rough, rowdy Rock & Roller who wrote and recorded some of the best songs of the '50s. A seriously underrated artist, his influence reached far beyond his low chart tally. John Lennon was a big Williams fan and The Beatles covered no less than three of his prime cuts on their earlier albums. This high quality vinyl reissue is a mandatory, all killer-no filler, addition to the wild-action section of any respectable DJ's flycase."

Artist:	MITCHUM, ROBERT
Title:	Calypso - Is Like So...
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011005LP

"While filming in Trinidad in 1957, Robert Mitchum soaked up local music talent like Lord Melody and Mighty Sparrow, resulting in this amazing experiment of pure Caribbean calypso in which the number one icon of Hollywood coolness insists on imitating the broken English of many of the original calypso artists (this is 'dis' and 'the' is often dropped), while singing a bunch of traditional Caribbean songs (complete with the requisite steel drums, congas and backing horns) along with a few Elvis-styled rockers. Includes 2 rockabilly bonus tracks the artist recorded in 1958."

Artist:	HAWKINS, SCREAMIN' JAY
Title:	The Singles 1954-1957
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011006LP

"A comprehensive collection of the early, pre-debut LP, singles from one of the most controversial frontmen of early rock and roll. With his classically-trained bass-baritone singing voice, Hawkins conjured up ghoulish images both on stage and on his records. Hawkins, evoking voodoo images and using bone-rattling sound effects, simultaneously entertained and bewildered rock'n'roll fans. Featuring his all-time classic 'I Put A Spell On You' along with 15 hard to find classics from his Okeh Records days."

Artist:	PERKINS, CARL
Title:	Whole Lotta Shakin'
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011007LP

"The all-time rockabilly legend Carl Perkins was born into humble beginnings and spent his early years picking cotton and playing electric guitar in a band with his brothers. Signed to Sun Records by Sam Phillips in 1954, he didn't get the big one till he recorded 'Blue Suede Shoes' in 1956. After a fairly slow start, the song with the tremendous beat and novel words about the blue suede shoes started moving and became a million seller. When Johnny Cash left Sun to go to Columbia in 1958, Carl followed him over and recorded Whole Lotta Shakin' in June of that year, reinterpreting most of the Sun Records singles hits that made him the Rock And Roll of Fame elected star he later became."

Artist:	LEWIS, JERRY LEE
Title:	Jerry Lee Lewis
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011008LP

"1958 was a tumultuous year for blonde-tresses rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis. Recording for Sam Phillips' legendary Sun Records in Memphis, the pumping piano man was riding high off two monster hits and began the year with another one. And he recorded this debut LP for Sun, an eponymous affair combining recent triumphs (his debut 'Crazy Arms' and latest smash 'High School Confidential'), a hot version of Jack Clement's 'It'll Be Me' that was different from the single version, and romping covers of Warren Smith's 'Ubangi Stomp,' Carl Perkins' 'Matchbox,' and Elvis' 'Don't Be Cruel.' Probably one of the most important rock and roll records ever!"

Artist:	DAWSON, RONNIE
Title:	Rockin Bones - The Legendary Masters
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011009LP

"There were hundreds of talented rockabilly singers in the '50s, but it'd be really hard not to recognize at first listen the high-pitched voice (back then it was actually difficult for radio listeners to tell if he was a man or a woman) and the pre-teen rock 'n' bop anger that typecast 'The Blonde Bomber' as Ronnie Dawson was often referred to. He was actually in his teens when he got to write what is probably the best obscure rockabilly treasure of all time, that legendary 'Rockin' Bones' hit, where Ronnie declares his wish to be buried with a stack of '45s and a phonograph. This collection features 24 singles and rare tracks (including many previously unreleased on vinyl!), spanning from 1957 to 1960: a must for any early rock and roll collector."

Artist:	WILLIS, CHUCK
Title:	King Of The Stroll
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011010LP

"Though well known to his fans as the 'Sheik of the Blues', thanks to his gigantic private collection of colorful turbans he used on stage, by the end of 1957 the Atlanta-born Chuck Willis found himself crowned with yet another title: The King of the Stroll. When the new dance step, the Stroll, began sweeping the US, his Betty And Dupree 45 had just been released, making it immediately clear that the groovy, slow tempo type of music to which the Stroll was danced went perfectly with the type of music Chuck Willis was releasing for Okeh Records, such as his irresistible update of 'C.C. Rider', a classic folk blues performed by Ma Rainey in Atlanta before Willis was even born, along with a plethora of R&B top sellers. These Okeh singles were later collected by Atlantic on this 1958 LP, The King Of The Stroll."

Artist:	COASTERS, THE
Title:	The Coasters
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011011LP

"Like most of the early-era R&B LPs, the Coasters' first album is more of an all-killer no-filler singles compilation than a proper debut. Covering four years and two distinct lineups, including a good portion of the period when the group was known as 'the Robins', and including thirteen songs supplied by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (probably the most legendary team of composers of the whole rock and roll era!), The Coasters is one of the most fun and entertaining R&B vocal harmony records of its time, from one of the few bands in rock history to successfully straddle the thin line between music and comedy."

Artist:	COASTERS, THE
Title:	One By One
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011012LP

"The Coasters' 1960 'meet-the-band' LP wherein the singers are presented not as a group but as individual soloists, represented a complete departure from what the Coasters rose to fame for. If the previous material was marked musically by its rock and roll teen-age based orientation and a by a deeply satirical approach to the lyrics, this album is notable for his musical maturity instead, with swingin', jazz-inspired arrangements brought by a full complement of musicians and an expensive production, resulting in a Coasters' album that appealed not only to the youthful fan-base, but to adults of a more cultivated and advanced musical taste."

Artist:	DARIN, BOBBY
Title:	Bobby Darin
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011013LP

"Often compared to Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin, Bobby was one of the greatest American singers. Born in the Bronx to a poor, working class family at the height of the great depression, Darin's career took off in 1958 when he wrote and recorded 'Splish Splash,' as a result of a bet with radio DJ Murray 'The K' Kaufman, who bet Darin that he could not write a song that started out with the words, 'splish splash, I was takin' a bath', as suggested by Kaufman's mother. Though he later became an actor, a comedian and even a political folk singer of indisputable value, his 1958 debut remains an unprecedented classic in the history of rock and roll."

Artist:	TEENAGERS FEAT. FRANKIE LYMON, THE
Title:	The Teenagers
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011014LP

"New York doo-wop group centered around the talent of its 13-year-old frontman and lead singer Frankie Lymon, the Teenagers exerted an enormous influence on the early rock and roll and doo-wop scene, and hits such as 'I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent' or 'Why Do Fools Fall in Love?' clearly provided initial inspiration to Berry Gordy to model his entire Motown production approach. Though they only existed as a group for a brief 18-month period, they've been mentioned as source of inspiration by the likes of Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson and Michael Jackson over the years. Their self-titled first album originally issued on Gee, remained in print longer than any other album from the 1950s, thanks in part to one of the most distinctive looking album covers of its period."

Artist:	BELAFONTE, HARRY
Title:	Calypso
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011015LP

"Originally released in 1956, Belafonte's third album was the first full-length gramophone LPs to sell over one million copies, topping the charts for thirty-one weeks on the strength of hits like 'Jamaica Farewell' and the immortal 'Banana Boat (Day-O)'. Mostly consisting of music written by the Trinidadian songwriter Lord Burgess, Calypso had an incredible impact on popular music of the '50s and '60s, bringing Caribbean rhythms to a wider audience and making Belafonte one of the most successful Caribbean-American pop stars in history. An absolute landmark in '50s American pop culture."

Artist:	DIDDLEY, BO
Title:	Bo Diddley
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011016LP

"The full-length debut by the man known as the originator of rock and roll should need no introduction. Though never a top seller on par with his Chess Records rival Chuck Berry, Bo produced a catalog of classics to compete with all but a handful of the best early rockers, pushing rock and roll to its funkiest ever. The Bo Diddley beat--that 'bomp, ba-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp' to which the pop-garage 1965 hit 'I Want Candy' by the Strangeloves owes everything--is one of rock and roll's bedrock rhythms, showing up in the work of Buddy Holly, the Velvet Underground, and the Rolling Stones to name but a few. An all time classic that stretched back as far as Africa for its roots, and looked as far into the future as rap, while still remaining a milestone in the transition from blues to early rock and roll."

Artist:	DION & THE BELMONTS
Title:	Presenting Dion & The Belmonts
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011018LP

"The seminal first album from Dion & The Belmonts, the epitome of Italian American doo-wop by a group of teenagers who got their start singing on street corners of the Bronx. Revealing a musical soul that transcended the limitations of teen pop (and foreshadowed group leader Dion Di Mucci's future solo career) with immortal rock and roll hits like 'I Wonder Why' or 'Teenager in Love', still among some of the best examples of white vocal R&B to come out of New York in the '50s."

Artist:	STEVENS, APRIL
Title:	Teach Me Tiger!
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011019LP

"One of the sexiest voices of the '50s, April Stevens' hit 'Teach Me Tiger' (often erroneously accredited to Marilyn Monroe) caused a minor uproar due to his sexual suggestiveness when it first came out on the Imperial label in 1959, and consequently did not receive airplay on many radio stations, reaching only no. 86 in the Billboard charts even though his fan-base had been ever-growing since her first big seller 'I'm In Love Again' came out on RCA Victor in 1951. Described as the 'girl with the pin-up voice,' or 'the intimate miss with the musical kiss,' this is her one and only, full-length album, in which, backed by famous arranger and composer Henry Rene, April introduces a new frontier in sexy-singing. As one of her many fan letters would explain: 'Other vocalists sing, but you actually talk to a guy and boy, the things you say!'"

Artist:	AITKEN, LAUREL
Title:	Calypso Rock & Roll: Early Mento Recordings
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011020LP

"Unmissable singles collection documenting the early days of the man the world will always remember as the 'Godfather of Ska'. Born in Cuba in 1927 but raised in Jamaica, Laurel Aitken played an important role in the growth of the 'Mento' music (indigenous Jamaican folk-based music, blending elements of European melody and African rhythm) phenomenon, while the Jamaican music industry was taking its first, hesitant steps back in 1958. Including such classics as the 'Day-O'-influenced 'Mass Charlie' or the pivotal 'Calypso Rock 'n' Roll', this is a must-have for anyone willing to know more on the origins of rocksteady and ska."

Artist:	AITKEN, LAUREL
Title:	Boogie In My Bones: Early Steps Of The Godfather Of Ska
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011021LP

"More of the R&B and early Mento singles by the Godfather of Jamaican ska. Chronicling his last twelve months before leaving the island in 1960, this collection includes his collaborations with legendary Jamaican producers such as Chris Blackwell and Duke Reid, confirming his calypso leanings, but also anticipating that pronounced guitar offbeat heralding the approach of ska. Over the course of many years the man became a legend for mods, punks, skinheads and 2Tone fans all over the world, but his roots are here in his late '50s and early '60s production."

Artist:	SHIRELLES
Title:	Tonight's The Night
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011022LP

"Formed in Passaic, New Jersey in 1958, the Shirelles were four high school friends who went from their school's talent show to hitting national charts in just a few months. Defining the so-called 'girl group' sound with their blend of Doo Wop, R&B and smooth uptown soul music, the Shirelles were the first major all-female group of the whole rock era, and their success was unprecedented and paved the way to legions of imitators. Tonight's The Night, the Shirelles first album, originally released on Scepter in 1961, features an incredible succession of hits such as the title track, 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow', 'Boys' (later made into a standard via a cover by the Beatles), or 'Dedicated To The One I Love'."

Artist:	JOHNSON, MARV
Title:	Marvelous Marv Johnson
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011024LP

"Detroit gifted singer, songwriter and pianist Marv Johnson was a seminal figure in the early history of Motown Records. Responsible for more than a handful of hits between 1959 and 1960, he enjoyed no less than nine records in the top 100 as well as two songs on the top ten chart, after being chosen by the record producer Berry Gordy as the first artist to be released on his fledging record label TAMLA, in which Marv kept recording and working on sales and promotion until the late '70s. Often overlooked compared to the other great R&B stars of those years, Johnson's rich legacy includes dozens of brilliant soulful songs, like the immortal chart-smasher 'You Got What It Takes' and the classic 'Come To Me'."

Artist:	MCPHATTER & THE DRIFTERS, CLYDE
Title:	Clyde Mcphatter & The Drifters
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011026LP

"Originally issued in 1958 on Atlantic, the Drifters' debut album, as was customary at the time, was mostly an aggregate of all-killer chart-toppers, some by McPhatter as a solo act, some by the group he led, that had been released over several previous years. A prime exponent of gospel-to-pop crossover, McPhatter brought the church onto the rock and roll bandstand, making his Drifters one of the preeminent male vocal groups of the whole doo-wop era."

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