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This is the most comprehensive collection of the rockabilly era that was ever assembed in one box. On these 40CDs there are 1000 carefully chosen songs. A booklet is also included with information, biographies and many rare illustrations. It was neither easy to bring together all these gems from an earlier era but it was certainly worth it. The immortalisation of every one of the titles in this ''Hall of Fame'' is justified. The majority of musicians and songs that can be heard here will be known to only a few of the 'initiated'. But few rockabilly discs managed the leap into the American hit parade. The songs were often just recorded and pressed onto acetate to give pleasure to friends and relations, and so the distribution of these rare but 'fiendishly' well-made titles was correspondingly small. Frequently extra labels were set up just to publish one song in the hope of making the great breakthrough. A few were rewarded with a lasting success but many others were doomed to remain nineday wonders even though their songs were real hits. It is these discs that are traded at sales and in the internet at sometimes horrendous prices. A large number of these rarities will be found in this box. Elvis Presley * Wanda Jackson * Freddie Hart * Carl Perkins * Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones * Al Casey * Jimmy Patton * Terry Daley * Gene Summers * Tommy Scott * Curtis Gordon * Jerry Byrne * Bill Sherill * The Thers * Allen Page & The Crowns * Eddie Bond * Gene Wyatt * Tommy Cassell * Gene Vincent * Janis Martin * Gene La Marr * Glenn Barber * Red Barry & The Bel Raves * The Vibes * Glenn Reeves * The Bay Bops * Brenda Lee * The Raiders * The Orbits * The Temptations * Jackie Lee Cochran * Buddy Holly * Johnny Burnett Rock& Roll Trio * Roy Orbison * Johnny Horton * Guy Mitchell * Jim McDonald * The Sabres * Everett Carpenter * Bill Browning * Buck Griffin * Bill Mack * Joannie Kingv * The Teen Tones Chuck Mills & The Monarchs * Warren Smith * Little Jimmy Dickens * The Lane Brothers * The Moods * The Sprouts * The Swallows * The Castle Kings * Jackie Dee * Cheeko Vass * Tommy Blake * Bobby Martin * Ray Pate & The Rhythm Rockets * Carl Phillips * Billy Prager & His Caravans * Billy Carroll * Ricky Nelson * Danny Wolfe * Kenny Parchman * Eddie Cochran * Carl Mann * The Collins Kids * Dale Vaughn * & The Starnotes * Larry Donn * Johnny Strickland * Hoyt Johnson * Bobby Lee Trammel * Don Woody * Billy Lee Riley * and more