Sleazy Records out of Spain, a label that seems to specialize in obscure garage rock, soul, punk and rockabilly, have released a five volume set of raucous music that they are calling "Black A Billy." The music across these five records has been giving me great pleasure this past week. And while the awkward title of this set would lead one to believe you'd be listening to rockabilly played by black musicians, the actual music covers a lot more ground than the usual "dooda dooda DEEDA DEEDA dooda dooda DEEDA DEEDA."
I'd never consider Little Walter or Big Bill Broonzy rockabilly artists, but they are here, as well as J.B. Hutto and Earl Hooker, and what they offer is something closer to rockabilly than their usual type of blues.
I guess I am saying all of this because this weekend mix isn't just one thing. I've pulled some favorites from across the five volumes and if rockabilly isn't your thing but you dig the blues, you might dig this. If you dig some raunchy rock and roll like The Sonics, but you're not a big fan of the blues, you might dig this.
The five volumes have some really striking artwork, as well.
This stuff is the real deal and I hope you enjoy it.
TRACKLIST
Lookin' For My Baby- The Nightriders
Lovey Dovey Lovey One- Junior Wells
Cry Over You- Lonesome Lee
Kiss Kiss Kiss- Clifford Curry Jr.
Frog Hop- Earl Hooker
Hey Miss Fancy- The Premiers
Baby Let's Play House- Arthur Gunter
Pretty Little Pearly- Click-Clacks
Tough Enough- The Bees
Down On The Farm- Big Al Downing w/ Poe Kats
Hip Shakin'- J.B. Hutto
It's Too Late Brother- Little Walter
Hey Hey- Big Bill Broonzy
Oopin' Doopin' Doopin'- Little George Smith
21 Days In Jail- Magic Sam
Lily White Mama, Jet Black Papa- Ray Scott
Wildcat Tamer- Tarheel Slim
You Can't Make Me Doubt My Baby- Bunker Hill
Tennessee Woman- Fenton Robinson & The Dukes
Teenage Rock- Ronnie Jones & The Classmates
7 comments:
Thanks Sal. Looking forward to hearing this mix--RK
Looks like some great tunes. Thanks for the mix.
- Paul in DK
Thanks for this - I searched for the Black Rockabilly Vol. 3: A Rockin' Bandit Compilation (2026) you had listed in yesterday's Now Playing, and couldn't find a thing about it. This appears to be a different comp.
Randy
Randy, this mix is a compilation of all five. I used the artwork from Volume 1.
https://www.chaputa.com/store/va-black-a-billy-lp-vol-1-to-5-bundle/
I'm a Big Al Downing fan, so I'm looking forward to hearing this list. 😎
Sleazy is based in Malaga, Spain. Malaga is noted for being the home of Picasso and also where Russian oligarchs historically have gone to frolic. Not sure if they will ship to the US, but Sleazy has a website and you can purchase albums direct from them at it. https://sleazyrecords.com/en/146-sleazy-records
Wow, Sal, this is great, muchos gracias. Kick this weekend off!
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