Bear Family Records

BCD 16790 AH

1. High Geared Daddy 2. New Panhandle Rag 3. Heebie Jeebie Blues 4. Georgia Rag 5. Freight Train Blues 6. Hayride Boogie 7. Have You Ever Had The Feeling 8. Drifting Texas Sand 9. You Scared The Love Right Out Of Me 10. I'm Gonna See My Baby 11. I Just Can't Be True 12. California Blues 13. In The Jailhouse Now 14. Sneakin' All Around 15. Love, Love, Love 16. Why Baby Why (& Red Sovine) 17. Any Old Time 18. Teen Age Boogie (2) 19. I'm Tired 20. Honky Tonk Song 21. Bye Bye Love 22. Who Wouldn't Love You 23. New Panhandle Rag 24. Holiday For Love 25. The New Raunchy 26. English Sweetheart 27. You'll Come Back 28. Tupelo County Jail 29. After The Boy Gets The Girl 30. Pick Me Up On Your Way Down 31. I Ain't Never 32. Teenage Boogie (3)

Webb Pierce kann getrost als der Gottvater des Rockabilly und Honky-Tonk-König angesehen werden. Er war einer der wenn nicht der größte Country-Star der
50er Jahre. Sein Erscheinungsbild prägte nachhaltig den ultimativen Glamour der gesamten Hillbilly-Szene. Bear Family präsentiert eine exklusive Zusammenstellung seiner schnellen Songs aus den frühen Jahren: mit Four-Star-Aufnahmen wie High Geared Daddy, Heebie Jeebie Blues und New Panhandle Rag; mit Einspielungen für Pacemaker (Roy Acuffs Freight Train Blues, Hayride Boogie und Have You Ever Had The Feeling); mit schnellen, frühen Decca-Hits wie In The Jailhouse Now, Love, Love, Love, Honky Tonk Song, Bye Bye Love, Tupelo County Jail und I Ain't Never sowie den Raritäten You Scared The Love Right Out Of Me, Any Old Time und New Raunchy. Einer der Höhepunkte ist Pierces seltene Rockabilly-Fassung des Teen Age Boogie mit einem härteren Arrangement, die es bislang nur 1956 in England gab. Mit einem neuen Begleittext von Rich Kienzle.

Webb Pierce can be seen as the Godfather of Rockabilly and the Honky-Tonk-King. He was one, if not the biggest Country-Star of the 50th. His outlook is still from the ultimate Glamour of the whole Hillbilly-Scene. Bear Family presents an exclusive gathering of his fast songs in his early years: with Four-Star-recordings like High Geared Daddy, Heebie Jeebie Blues and New Panhandle Rag; with recordings for Pacemaker (Roy Acuffs Freight Train Blues, Hayride Boogie and Have You Ever Had The Feeling); with fast, early Decca-Hits like In The Jailhouse Now, Love, Love, Love, Honky Tonk Song, Bye Bye Love, Tupelo County Jail and I Ain't Never along with rare specimens like You Scared The Love Right Out Of Me, Any Old Time and New Raunchy. One of the highlights is Pierces rare Rockabilly version of the Teen Age Boogie with a harder arrangement that so far has only been out in England 1956. Rich Kienzle was in Charge fort he lyrics.

Translation By Charlotte Bailey-Smith