 | Combo! by Henry Mancini
Buy used from: $11.96 Very Swinging set from the ever-brilliant Mr. Mancini. This disc really gives off that populuxe 50's vibe. You know swivel chairs and finned cars!! Very cool stuff!!
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 | The "Chirping" Crickets by Buddy Holly
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.88 Buddy Holly's first with bonus cuts and superb sound!! A landmark album loaded with choice material. Very exciting!!
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 | Ricky Nelson - 25 Greatest Hits by Ricky Nelson
Buy new: $10.98 / Used from: $2.98 Good Ricky collection. Blues, rockabilly and pop. The start of a brilliant career!!
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 | Don't You Want a Man Like Me by Billy Wright
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $40.69 Great bluesy stuff in the vein of Little Richard's slower material and Esquerita. Billy Wright was an influence on both!
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 | Sun Records 50th Anniversary Box by Various Artists
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $17.89 Essential. 'Nuff said!
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 | The Four Freshmen - Capitol Collectors Series by The Four Freshmen
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.50 Gorgeous harmonies from the Freshmen. This is the best overall collection of their 50's work! Huge influence on Brian wilson and gang!
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 | Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar by Johnny Cash
Buy used from: $13.67 Johnny Cash and his landmark Sun LP! Loaded with hits and a great cover. Luther Perkins is amazing - whatta sound!!
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 | The Flamingos For Collectors Only by The Flamingos
Buy new: $25.97 / Used from: $14.94 The Carey Brothers out of Chicago laid down the most ethereal harmony around. Spooky at times, but always top shelf!!
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 | The Exciting Sounds of Martin Denny: Exotica/Exotica, Vol. I & II by Martin Denny
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $6.89 The admission of Hawaii jump started the "exotica" craze. Martin Denny was the master. All of his stuff is great!! Check out Arthur Lyman as well!
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 | Best of the Dubs by The Dubs
Buy new: $14.97 / Used from: $5.57 More lovely harmony from the great Richard Blandon and the Dubs. Don't Ask Me To Be Lonely was huge on Fat daddy's show in Baltimore. Perfect R&B vocal magic!!
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 | The Very Best of Little Willie John by Little Willie John
Buy new: $16.97 / Used from: $9.88 Wow!! What a great singer. Just ask James Brown. This brilliant man died way too young. Everybody covered his material from The Beatles and Peggy Lee to The Blasters and The Cramps. Universal Appeal!!
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 | Essential Sun Collection by Carl Perkins
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $9.99 Carl Perkins = Pure rock and roll. let's all get Dixie Fried.
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 | The Chess Box by Bo Diddley
Buy used from: $24.99 Bo Diddley! One of the most unique sounds in american music. These Chess sides are the stuff of which legends are made.
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 | The Very Best of the Swallows by The Swallows
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $36.71 Baltimore, Maryland laid claim to a number of great R&B vocal groups including the Orioles and Cardinals. Here's another fine bunch of "birds" - Eddie Rich and The Swallows. Consistently great!!
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 | The Big D Jamboree Live! Volumes 1 & 2
Buy new: $30.98 / Used from: $6.64 Yeah! Live recordings from Dallas Texas' Big D Jamboree. This is amazing stuff!! Country, Boogie, Rockabilly, etc. Travel back in time (and leave Marty Stuart here!)!
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 | When I Leave These Prison Walls by The Larks
Buy used from: $3.39 North Carolina vocal harmony gems!!
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 | The Definitive Collection 1955-1962 by George Jones
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $7.00 The Ole Possum on Starday and Mercury! As good as it gets!
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 | Hellooo Baby!: The Best of the Big Bopper, 1954-1959 by The Big Bopper
Buy new: $8.96 / Used from: $3.31 Beaumont, Texas radio disc jockey J.P. Richardson rocks out!! That booming voice just had to come from an AM jock! Sadly passed on with Buddy and Ritchie. R.I.P.
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 | Stone Age Woo by Nervous Norvus
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $39.36 Wacked out pop oddities from Nervous Norvus. Cool stuff!!
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 | Louisiana Hayride, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.99 Great collection of live material broadcast on KWKH out of Shreveport. There is a whole series of these discs. Can you believe radio was once this great??
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 | Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits by Hank Williams
Buy new: $23.98 / Used from: $11.95 Good place to start. However, I recommend saving your pennies and buying the box-set!!!!!
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 | Starday Dixie Rockabilly, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $9.99 Starday Records out of Texas put out some of the most amazing Country and Rockabilly! Rudy "Tootie" Grayzell and Groovey Joe Poovey on the same disc! Get it!!
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 | Johnny Otis Show: Vintage 1950's Broadcasts from Los Angeles by Johnny Otis
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $12.50 What a gem this is! J.O. live on the radio complete with interviews and ads. Wonderful trip back to South Central L.A.'s first class R&B scene!!
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 | The Doo Wop Box by Various Artists
Buy new: $62.99 / Used from: $39.95 Has all the hits!
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 | The Beat Generation by Various Artists
Buy used from: $46.90 Very cool (and funny) tribute to the sometimes brilliant and sometimes laughably pretentious "beat" scene.
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