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El Primitivo - American Rock 'N' Roll & Rockabilly (1993)
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Length:  52:41
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Mel Robbins - Save It    2:05
      2.  
      		 Wally Jeffrey - Oh Yeah    2:19
      3.  
      		 Chuck Wiley - I Wanna Dance All Night    1:13
      4.  
      		 Chuck Wiley - It's Love    1:57
      5.  
      		 Cliff Nash and the Rockaways - Bandstand    2:05
      6.  
      		 Chuck Wiley - Times Is Tough    2:42
      7.  
      		 Mel Robbins - Are You With Me    2:09
      8.  
      		 Curtis Hobock - I Wanna Shake It    2:43
      9.  
      		 The Embers - The Thump    2:16
      10.  
      		 Jimmy Hurt and the Del Rios - I Love You Dearly    2:29
      11.  
      		 Herbie Smith - Baby Moon    2:22
      12.  
      		 Houston Turner and the Dixielanders - Best Dressed Beggar In Town    2:20
      13.  
      		 Chuck Wiley - Door To Door    2:15
      14.  
      		 The Imps - Uh Oh    2:10
      15.  
      		 The Embers - I Walked All Night    2:20
      16.  
      		 Cliff Nash - Explosion    1:57
      17.  
      		 Chuck Howard - Out Of Gas    2:04
      18.  
      		 Cliff Nash and the Rockaways - Tell Me Baby    2:05
      19.  
      		 Chuck Wiley - Why Worry About Me    1:39
      20.  
      		 Cliff Nash and the Rockaways - Bandstand (alt version)    1:56
      21.  
      		 The Imps - That'll Get It    2:14
      22.  
      		 Cliff Nash - No Time For Sister    2:20
      23.  
      		 Chuck Wiley - I Love You So Much    2:30
      24.  
      		 Cliff Nash - Jenny Lou    2:21
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      Various Artists

      El Primitivo American Rock 'N' Roll & Rockabilly


      Release year: 1993
      Label: ACE
      Catalog #: CDCHD 473


      AMG review by Ritchie Unterberger:

      24 rockabilly tracks recorded in Nashville between 1956 and 1964 under the direction of Murray Nash, who ran the small Do-Ra-Me label. The title doesn't lie. This is raw, and rare; about half of the selections weren't even issued until this CD compilation. Mel Robbins is the most recognizable name here, as some of tracks were picked up for distribution by Chess, although you'd have a hard time finding anyone familiar with his work other than diehard rockabilly collectors. Mick Farren's liner notes give the impression that you're about to hear a rockabilly Gong Show of sorts, but although the performances are more on the level of inspired amateurism than old Gene Vincent sides, it's rather enjoyable, rarely crossing into ineptitude. You shouldn't get these Elvis-Eddie Cochran-Carl Perkins-et al. derivations unless rockabilly's your main dish, but not everything has to be classic to be good clean fun. That's what's on tap here, offering infectious enthusiasm (if not much originality) and occasional bursts of memorability (as in the Imps' instrumental "Uh Oh," with fuzzy chords reminiscent of vintage Link Wray).

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      01. Mel Robbins - Save It
      02. Wally Jeffrey - Oh Yeah
      03. Chuck Wiley - I Wanna Dance All Night
      04. Chuck Wiley - It's Love
      05. Cliff Nash and the Rockaways - Bandstand
      06. Chuck Wiley - Times Is Tough
      07. Mel Robbins - Are You With Me
      08. Curtis Hobock - I Wanna Shake It
      09. The Embers - The Thump
      10. Jimmy Hurt and the Del Rios - I Love You Dearly
      11. Herbie Smith - Baby Moon
      12. Houston Turner and the Dixielanders - Best Dressed Beggar In Town
      13. Chuck Wiley - Door To Door
      14. The Imps - Uh Oh
      15. The Embers - I Walked All Night
      16. Cliff Nash - Explosion
      17. Chuck Howard - Out Of Gas
      18. Cliff Nash and the Rockaways - Tell Me Baby
      19. Chuck Wiley - Why Worry About Me
      20. Cliff Nash and the Rockaways - Bandstand (alt version)
      21. The Imps - That'll Get It
      22. Cliff Nash - No Time For Sister
      23. Chuck Wiley - I Love You So Much
      24. Cliff Nash - Jenny Lou
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