Bop Baby Bop-Meteor Rockabilly / Various: Bop Baby Bop: Meteor Rockabilly / Various
Bop Baby Bop-Meteor Rockabilly / Various: Bop Baby Bop: Meteor Rockabilly / Various
Format: VINYL LP
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Artist: Bop Baby Bop-Meteor Rockabilly / Various
Label: Ace Records Uk
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 029667019712
Genre: Rock
Vinyl LP pressing. Housed in a former grocery store in an industrial backwater, Meteor records lived in the shadow of the Sun label in 1950s Memphis. It was run by Lester Bihari, the mild-mannered brother of Joe, Jules and Lester Bihari, as an outpost of their thriving Modern/RPM label in Los Angeles. Hoping to give Sun a run for it's money, Meteor kicked off promisingly in 1952 with the R&B hit 'I Believe' by Elmore James recorded in Chicago. Though worthy, subsequent R&B releases proved less successful. However, a second hit, this time in the country field, 'Daydreamin' by Bud Deckelman in late 1954, gave Meteor a new lease of life and piqued Lester's interest in recording rockabilly artists, especially now that newcomer Elvis Presley was breaking through on Sun. Soon they came calling: local honky-tonk bawlers like Bill Bowen and Brad Suggs, out-of-State rockabillies (Junior Thompson, Steve Carl), determined amateurs (Jess Hooper and Wayne McGuiness) and a smattering of Sun renegades (Charlie Feathers and Malcolm Yelvington). Each and every one had something cool to say and laid it down for posterity at Meteor, among the most collectable of post-war labels since few releases were distributed beyond Memphis and the surrounding area. The sign on the awning out front boasted 'The Supreme Achievement in Recorded Sound' but in truth the sound was quite the opposite - woolly, dark and mysterious, governed by whoever was closest to the mike in Meteor's ill-equipped studio housed in a backroom with poor acoustics. Meteor's studio was made to keep it's secrets and herein lay the magic. No-one was ever paid and no-one was invited back for a second session. At some point in summer 1957, Lester Bihari turned off the lights, locked up Meteor's storefront for the last time and walked away without bothering to take the masters and any documentation, mythologising the label with that last turn of the key. Meteor Rockabilly's unwitting truth is our truth: it let the music speak for itself, unadorned and free of commercial imperatives.
Tracks:
1.1 Tongue-Tied Jill - Charlie Feathers with Jody ; Jerry
1.2 Raw Deal - Junior Thompson with the Meteors
1.3 Don't Shoot Me Baby (I'm Not Ready to Die) - Bill Bowen with the Rockets
1.4 Yakety Yak - Mac ; Jake with the Esquire Trio
1.5 Latch on to Your Baby - Jimmy Lamberth with the Saxons
1.6 Curfew - Steve Carl with the Jags
1.7 Charcoal Suit - Brad Suggs with the Swingsters
1.8 Sleepy Time Blues -
1.9 Jess Hooper with the Daydreamers
1.10 Gonna Shut You Off Baby - Jimmy Haggett with the Daydreamers
1.11 Mama's Little Baby - Junior Thompson with the Meteors
1.12 Have Myself a Ball -
1.13 Bill Bowen with the Rockets
1.14 Rock, Roll and Rhythm - Wayne McGinnis with the Swing Teens
1.15 Bop, Baby, Bop - Brad Suggs with the Swingsters
1.16 18 Year Old Blues - Steve Carl with the Jags
1.17 Get with It - Charlie Feathers with Jody ; Jerry
1.18 All Messed Up - Jess Hooper with the Daydreamers
1.19 Brother, That's All - "Red" Hadley's Wranglers
1.20 Lonesome Rhythm Blues - Wayne McGinnis with the Swing Teens
