Various Artists - Ding Dong Presents Vol. 1 (2012)

Review
When these were first issued, a flood of new rockabilly classics was unleashed and they've remained classics to this day.'-- Mark LamarrProduct DescriptionThe first in a series of key titles from the much loved Ding Dong Sun rock'n'roll collections which have never previously been available on CD. Staying faithful to the wild original packaging each mid-price package contains two original albums on 2 discs. In the mid-eighties, Ding Dong, the legendary French Rock'n'Roll DJ, was allowed access to the Sun vaults in Memphis, where he unearthed countless gems from this legendary label's catalogue including many previously unheard or rare versions of tracks. He then complied these tracks into a series of seminal albums, which when they were released introduced a new generation of music lovers to the tracks and created a new generation of rockabilly fans. The albums were only ever available on vinyl which is now almost impossible to find, but these double CD reissues will give fans the chance to hear these tracks again. The first volume of features the Rabbit Action and Rock A Billy Blues albums and includes tracks from Carl Perkins, Junior Thompson, Gene Simmons, Jack Earls and Luke McDaniel.

Tracklist:
1-1 Perkins;Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes [2:13]
1-2 Jimmy Haggett - Rhythm Called Rock 'N' Roll [2:01]
1-3 Perkins;Carl Perkins - Honey Don't [2:47]
1-4 Haggett;Jimmy Haggett - Rabbit Action [1:40]
1-5 Perkins;Carl Perkins - Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby [2:14]
1-6 Jimmy Haggett - How Come You Do Me? (Sunlp1018 Version) [2:05]
1-7 Haggett;Jimmy Haggett - Rock Me, Baby [1:51]
1-8 Carl Perkins - Dixie Fried (Sunlp1018 First 1956 Recording, 5th June. Not Single Version) [2:37]
1-9 Carl Perkins - Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby (Sunlp1018 Alternate 2) [1:52]
1-10 Carl Perkins - Cat Clothes (Sunlp1018 Version 1) [2:37]
1-11 Carl Perkins - You Can't Make Love to Somebody (Sunlp1018 Alternate 1) [2:20]
1-12 Carl Perkins - Cat Clothes (Sunlp1018 Version 2) [2:42]
1-13 Carl Perkins - That Don't Move Me (Sunlp1018 Alternate) [1:52]
1-14 Carl Perkins - Honey Don't (Sunlp1018 Alternate 1) [2:25]
1-15 Simmons;Gene Simmons - Blues At Midnight (Sunlp1019 Version 1) [2:33]
1-16 Earls;Jack Earls - Hey! Slim [2:54]
1-17 Chastain;Charlie Feathers - Bottle to the Baby (Sunlp1019 Demo Version 1. Two Versions Spliced) [2:03]
1-18 Simmons;Gene Simmons - Drinkin' Scotch [3:03]
1-19 Simmons;Gene Simmons - Mom and Pop [1:39]
1-20 Carl Perkins - You Can't Make Love to Somebody (Sunlp122 & Sunlp1019 Version) [1:54]
1-21 Jack Earls - Crawdad Hole (Sunlp1018 Alternate 1) [1:57]
1-22 Earls;Jack Earls - They Can't Keep Me from You [3:04]
1-23 Jack Earls - A Fool for Lovin' You [2:39]
1-24 Earls;Jack Earls - Hey! Jim (Sunlp1018 Version) [2:14]
1-25 Mcdaniel;LUKE MCDANIEL - Huh, Babe (Sunlp1019 Alternate 1) [2:10]
1-26 Mcdaniel;LUKE MCDANIEL - Go Ahead, Baby (Sunlp1019 Version 1) [1:54]
1-27 Earls;Jack Earls - Slow Down [2:17]
1-28 Earls;Jack Earls - Sign It On the Dotted Line (Sunlp1018 Alternate) [2:11]