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Charlie Feathers|Rock-a-Billy, Definitive Collection 1954-1973

Rock-a-Billy, Definitive Collection 1954-1973

Charlie Feathers

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This 1998 Bear Family reissue of a CD originally issued in 1990 on Colin Escott's Zu-Zazz imprint gathers together the absolute cream of Charlie Feathers' unreleased and alternate recordings. Usually an album of outtakes would infer a compilation of less than releasable material. But Charlie Feathers' unreleased demos and outtakes are every bit as illuminating and wonderful as his better-known singles, making this just as good as any Feathers collection out there, save for the two-disc Revenant anthology, which contains all of his '50s recordings intact. Here are 1954 living room rehearsals for his first Sun session ("Defrost Your Heart," "Runnin' Around," "I've Been Deceived"), outtakes from his second ("Wedding Gown of White," "Defrost Your Heart"), the 1956 Sun demo session ("Corrine, Corrina," "Frankie & Johnny," "So Ashamed," "Honky Tonk Kind," and an early stab at "Bottle to the Baby" with different lyrics), rowdier and looser King outtakes ("Bottle to the Baby," "One Hand Loose," "Everybody's Lovin' My Baby," and "I Can't Hardly Stand It"), and rare singles for local labels like Wal-May, Memphis, and Kay ("Dinky John," "Today and Tomorrow," and "Wild, Wild Party"), rounded out by some great '60s and early-'70s sides cut at the Sun and Select-O-Hits studios (a recut of "Tongue Tied Jill," "Gone! Gone! Gone!," "Where's She at Tonight," and "Wild Side of Life"). Some -- but not all -- of this also appears on Revenant's The Essential Recordings two-disc set. This particular edition, however, sports superior sound and mastering.

© Cub Koda /TiVo

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Charlie Feathers

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1
Bottle to the Baby (Alternative Version)
00:02:47

Charlie Feathers, MainArtist - Joe D. Chastain, Composer

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

2
So Ashamed
00:02:51

Unknown, Composer - Charlie Feathers, MainArtist

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

3
Honky Tonk Kind
00:02:57

Unknown, Composer - Charlie Feathers, MainArtist

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

4
Frankie and Johnny
00:02:51

Traditional, Composer - Charlie Feathers, MainArtist

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

5
Defrost Your Heart
00:02:58

Charlie Feathers, MainArtist - William E. Cantrell, Composer

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

6
Runnin' Around
00:02:08

Unknown, Composer - Charlie Feathers, MainArtist

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

7
I've Been Deceived
00:03:18

Charlie Feathers, MainArtist - William E. Cantrell, Composer

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

8
Corinne, Corinna
00:02:15

Traditional, Composer - Charlie Feathers, MainArtist

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

9
Wedding Gown of White
00:03:09

Charlie Feathers, MainArtist - William E. Cantrell, Composer

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

10
Defrost Your Heart (Alternate Version)
00:02:23

Charlie Feathers, MainArtist - William E. Cantrell, Composer

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

11
Bottle to the Baby (with Studiotalk)
00:02:42

Charlie Feathers, MainArtist - Joe D. Chastain, Composer

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

12
I Can't Hardly Stand It
00:02:44

Charlie Feathers, MainArtist - Joe D. Chastain, Composer

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

13
One Hand Loose
00:02:23

Charlie Feathers, MainArtist - Joe D. Chastain, Composer

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

14
Everybody's Loving My Baby
00:02:20

Charlie Feathers, MainArtist - Joe D. Chastain, Composer

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

15
Dinky John
00:03:19

Charlie Feathers, MainArtist - Quinton Claunch, Composer

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

16
South of Chicago
00:02:43

Charlie Feathers, MainArtist - William E. Cantrell, Composer

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

17
I'm Walking the Dog
00:01:56

Charlie Feathers, MainArtist - Cliff Grimsley, Composer

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

18
Today and Tomorrow
00:02:42

Unknown, Composer - Charlie Feathers, MainArtist

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

19
Wild, Wild Party
00:02:58

Unknown, Composer - Charlie Feathers, MainArtist

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

20
Where's She at Tonight
00:01:52

Unknown, Composer - Charlie Feathers, MainArtist

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

21
Don't You Know
00:02:44

Unknown, Composer - Charlie Feathers, MainArtist

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

22
Wild Side of Life
00:02:06

Charlie Feathers, MainArtist - Arlie A. Carter, Composer

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

23
Long Time Ago
00:02:30

Unknown, Composer - Charlie Feathers, MainArtist

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

24
Tongue-Tied Jill
00:02:10

Unknown, Composer - Charlie Feathers, MainArtist

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

25
Folsom Prison Blues
00:03:11

Johnny Cash, Composer - Charlie Feathers, MainArtist

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

26
Gone! Gone! Gone!
00:03:19

Carl Perkins, Composer - Charlie Feathers, MainArtist

(C) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH (P) 2012 Bear Family Records GmbH

Album review

This 1998 Bear Family reissue of a CD originally issued in 1990 on Colin Escott's Zu-Zazz imprint gathers together the absolute cream of Charlie Feathers' unreleased and alternate recordings. Usually an album of outtakes would infer a compilation of less than releasable material. But Charlie Feathers' unreleased demos and outtakes are every bit as illuminating and wonderful as his better-known singles, making this just as good as any Feathers collection out there, save for the two-disc Revenant anthology, which contains all of his '50s recordings intact. Here are 1954 living room rehearsals for his first Sun session ("Defrost Your Heart," "Runnin' Around," "I've Been Deceived"), outtakes from his second ("Wedding Gown of White," "Defrost Your Heart"), the 1956 Sun demo session ("Corrine, Corrina," "Frankie & Johnny," "So Ashamed," "Honky Tonk Kind," and an early stab at "Bottle to the Baby" with different lyrics), rowdier and looser King outtakes ("Bottle to the Baby," "One Hand Loose," "Everybody's Lovin' My Baby," and "I Can't Hardly Stand It"), and rare singles for local labels like Wal-May, Memphis, and Kay ("Dinky John," "Today and Tomorrow," and "Wild, Wild Party"), rounded out by some great '60s and early-'70s sides cut at the Sun and Select-O-Hits studios (a recut of "Tongue Tied Jill," "Gone! Gone! Gone!," "Where's She at Tonight," and "Wild Side of Life"). Some -- but not all -- of this also appears on Revenant's The Essential Recordings two-disc set. This particular edition, however, sports superior sound and mastering.

© Cub Koda /TiVo

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