Sun: The Roots Of Rock: Volume 5: Rebel Rockabilly
Various
- Artist
- Various
- Label
- Charly Records
- Catalog number
- 30-CH42
- Format
- LP · Compilation · Mono
- Country
- Spain
- Released
- 1979
- Genre
- Rock
What’s on it
Sun: The Roots Of Rock: Volume 5: Rebel Rockabilly has 16 tracks. Open a track to see who wrote, played on and produced it.
A1Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby
- Bass
- Clayton Perkins
- Drums
- W.S. Holland
- Guitar
- Jay Perkins
A2Lonely Wolf
- Guitar
- Wayne Cogswell
A3Crazy Woman
- Bass
- Marvin Pepper
- A4My Babe
- A5I Wanta Rock
A6Dear John
- Bass
- Cliff Acred
- Guitar
- Billy Lee Riley, Sid Manker
- A7Rakin' And Scrapin'
- A8Flatfoot Sam
B1Hillbilly Music
- Bass
- Cliff Acred
- Guitar
- Brad Suggs
B2Pearly Lee
- Bass
- Marvin Pepper
- Piano
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Saxophone
- Ace Cannon
- B3Love Is My Business
B4I Fell In Love
- Bass
- Jack Clement
- Guitar
- Billy Lee Riley
B5Rock It
- Bass
- Jay Salam
- Drums
- Bill Hennen
- Guitar
- George Jones (2)
- Piano
- Bill Bustin
B6Betty And Dupree
- Bass
- Brad Suggs
B7Ubangi Stomp
- Bass
- Roy Stevenson
- Drums
- W.S. Holland
- Guitar
- Eddie Bush (2)
B8Sadie's Back In Town
- Bass
- J.C. Caughron
- Piano
- Ed Thomas
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Where it came from
Released in 1979 by the UK-based Charly Records, this compilation was part of a landmark series designed to catalog the vast output of Sam Phillips' legendary Sun Studio. During the late 1970s, Charly Records played a pivotal role in licensing and reissuing archival American roots music for a new generation of European listeners, providing a scholarly approach to organizing the chaotic but brilliant legacy of the Memphis rockabilly era.
The Rebel Rockabilly volume was curated to showcase the frantic, high-energy transition between country boogie and early rock and roll. The design aesthetic for the series leaned into a nostalgic, mid-century visual language that mirrored the raw production style of the original 1950s recordings. It was well-received by music historians and rockabilly enthusiasts for its archival depth, helping to solidify the cultural status of the Sun sound long after its initial commercial peak.
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