Cat. No. BCD 17294: LAURA LEE PERKINS ~ DON'T WAIT UP. BEAR FAMILY BCD 17294. (IMPORT).
IT’S EXTRAORDINARY HOW TWO IMPERIAL RECORDS SINGLES FROM 1958 BY LAURA LEE PERKINS (NEE FAYE PERKINS), AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR- OLD JUST OUT OF WEST VIRGINIA, HAVE HELD A REALLY LASTING APPEAL FOR ROCK’N’ROLL RECORD COLLECTORS. HER DISCS NEVER WERE, NOR THREATENED TO BE, SERIOUS HIT RECORDS AT THE TIME. LAURA LEE WAS INITIALLY BILLED AS “THE FEMALE JERRY LEE LEWIS” AND SHE BECAME THE MOST ROCKING, HARD BITTEN ROCKABILLY DIVA OF ALL THE FAN’S IMAGINATION. THIS CD COLLECTS TOGETHER THE SIX SONGS RECORDED FOR IMPERIAL PLUS FIVE DEMOS FROM 1957 AND THREE “LIVE” RECORDINGS MADE IN THE EARLY ‘60s. WHAT WE GET FROM ALL THE RECORDINGS IS A REAL SENSE OF COMMITMENT TO THE MOMENT. IT’S THE WHOLE-HEARTED APPROACH ON THOSE OLD IMPERIAL RECORDS THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE ENDURING LEGEND OF LAURA LEE PERKINS. ANOTHER EXCELLENT RELEASE BY BEAR FAMILY RECORDS IN THEIR JUKE BOX PEARLS SERIES ****
TRACK LISTING: Don’t Wait Up / Oh La Baby / I Just Don’t Like This Kind Of Livin’ / Kiss Me Baby / Gonna Rock My Baby Tonight / Come On Baby / Hound Dog / No One Will Ever Know / My Babe / Remember Me (I’m The One Who Loves You) / Oh La Baby (undubbed) / Mountain Dew / You Don’t Know / I Enjoy Being A Girl.
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