Cat. No. STCD 32: VARIOUS ARTISTS ~ HOT ROCKIN' MUSIC FROM ARKANSAS - THE VADEN RECORDING COMPANY STORY. STOMPER TIME STCD 32. (IMPORT).

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IN THE 1950s, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AND THE TRI-STATE AREA SAW THE RISE OF A POT- POURRI OF MUSIC FROM SUPERCHARGED R&B TO PLAINTIVE HILLBILLY, TO COTTON-PATCH BLUES. TO THE INTENSE EMOTION OF GOSPEL AND THE TOUGH SOUNDS OF ROCK’N’ROLL AND ROCKABILLY. SUN RECORDS BOSS SAM PHILLIPS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO REALIZE THAT SO MUCH TALENT NEEDED AN OUTLET AND DULY FOUNDED THE MEMPHIS RECORDING SERVICE. MANY OTHER LABELS WERE FORMED AFTER THIS BUT VERY FEW ATTAINED THE STATUS OF SUN RECORDS.

ONE OF THESES COMPANIES WAS VADEN RECORDS FORMED BY ARLEN VADEN AND HIS WIFE, JACKIE, OPERATING OUT OF TRUMANN, ARKANSAS. INITIALLY FORMED TO RELEASE THE WORK OF GOSPEL SINGERS THEY RELEASED A NUMBER OF 45s AND EPs UNDER THE NAME OF THE SOUTHERN GOSPEL SINGERS. IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE THE VADEN’S RECOGNISED THE IMPACT OF ROCK’N’ROLL AND ROCKABILLY AND BRANCHED OUT. THE RESULT OF THEIR EFFORTS ARE GATHERED TOGETHER ON THIS CD. SOME OF THE NAMES ARE FAMILIAR TO AFFICIONDOS OF ROCK’N’ROLL AND ROCKABILLY OTHERS ARE NOT. GREAT *****

TRACK LISTING: Larry Donn – That’s What I Call A Ball / Joyce Green – Black Cadillac / Johnny Moore with the Jimmy Haggett Band – Country Girl / Bobby Lee Trammell – Hi Ho Silver / Teddy Redell – Pipeliner / Bobby Brown with The Curios – Down At Mary’s House / Teddy Redell – Gold Dust / Larry Donn – Honey-Bun / Teddy Redell – Knocking On The Backside / Bobby Brown and The Curios – Please Please Baby / Teddy Redell – I Want To Hold You / Bobby Lee Trammell – Been-A-Walkin’ / Bobby Brown and The Curios – Bobby’s Blues / Teddy Redell – Before It Began (Shame Shame) / Chuck Comer – Little More Lovin’ / Teddy Redell – Judy / Bobby Crafford and The Pacers – Wee Wee Hours / Vena Townsend – Too-Lonesome / Teddy Redell – Corinna Corinna / Bill Duniven – Knocking On The Backside / Teddy Redell – I’ll Sail My Ship Alone / Bobby Brown and The Curios – I Get The Blues / Ray Baker’s Happy Travelers – He’ll Make The Way / Vena Townsend – I Walk (The Soles Off My Shoes) / Teddy Redell – Can’t You See / Ray Baker’s Happy Travelers – Everything’s Going To Be Alright / Teddy Redell – Don’t Grow Old Alone / Bobby Crafford and The Pacers – It’s A Sin / Teddy Redell – Before It Began (Shame Shame) (alt. take) / Ray Baker’s Happy Travelers – My Faith Is Built On The Rock / Teddy Redell – Knocking On The Backside (alt. take) / Ray Baker’s Happy Travelers – You Gotta Go Down / Chuck Comer – Shall We Dance / Joyce Green – Tomorrow / Bill Duniven – One Has My Name.

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