Pitchfork

Need a hot soundtrack for that Fourth of July pool party? Well, Rhino's got just the cure: a four-disc rockabilly box set scheduled to hit stores this coming Tuesday, June 27.

Dubbed by the label as "a celebration of sex, rebels, and rock 'n' roll," Rockin' Bones: 1950s Punk & Rockabilly spans the genre's heyday from 1954-1969, and features a whopping 101 tracks that laid the groundwork for generations of rock guitarists-- everyone from Johnny Ramone to self-professed Link Wray disciple Jeff Beck (Ola, not Odelay).

Classic performances include rockabilly-tinged entries from such legends as Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, and Johnny Cash, genre staples from the likes of Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, and honey-voiced teen idol Ricky Nelson, as well as a fair share of obscurities. As a plus for obsessives, over a third of the selections in the set mark their U.S. CD debut.

Following Rhino's typically high standards for reissues, Rockin' Bones comes packaged in a lavish retro pulp packaging, complete with "a black faux juvenile delinquent pocket book" (!!) and extensive liner notes, including writing from Mike Ness of Social Distortion, Reverend Horton Heat, and Billy F. Gibbons of ZZ Top.

The full tracklist looks like this (grab a malt, it's a long one):

Disc 1:

01 Ronnie Dawson - "Rockin' Bones"
02 Billy Eldridge - "Let's Go Baby"
03 Elvis Presley - "Baby Let's Play House"
04 John & Jackie - "Little Girl"
05 Gene Vincent - "Cat Man"
06 Jackie Gotroe - "Lobo Jones"
07 Ronnie Allen - "Juvenile Delinquent"
08 Danny Dell - "Froggy Went A Courting"
09 Joe D. Johnson - "Rattlesnake Daddy"
10 Al Downing - "Down on the Farm"
11 Jackie Morningstar - "Rockin' in the Graveyard"
12 Art Adams - "Dancing Doll"
13 Johnny Powers - "Long Blond Hair, Red Rose Lips"
14 Johnny Dollar - "Action Packed"
15 Don Willis - "Boppin' High School Baby"
16 Ricky Nelson - "Believe What You Say"
17 Dwight Pullen - "Sunglasses After Dark"
18 Link Wray - "Rumble"
19 Buddy Holly & Bob Montgomery - "Down the Line"
20 Larry Dowd - "Pink Cadillac"
21 Joyce Green - "Black Cadillac"
22 Commonwealth Jones - "Who's Been Here"
23 Barbara Pittman - "I Need a Man"
24 Bill Allen - "Please Give Me Something"
25 Freddie and the Hitch-Hikers - "Sinners"

Disc 2:

01 Buddy Holly - "Rock Around With Ollie Vee"
02 Darrell Rhodes - "Lou Lou"
03 Art Adams - "Rock Crazy Baby
04 Jimmy Edwards - "Love Bug Crawl"
05 Pat Ferguson - "Fool I Am"
06 Bob Luman - "Red Hot"
07 The Phantom - "Love Me"
08 Kip Tyler - "She's My Witch"
09 Tommy Blake - "Lordy Hoody"
10 The String Kings - "Bloodshot"
11 Jackie DeShannon - "Trouble"
12 Ronnie Pearson - "Hot Shot"
13 Pat Cupp - "Long Gone Daddy"
14 Steve Carl - "Curfew"
15 Carl Perkins - "Put Your Cat Clothes On"
16 Sonny Fisher - "Pink and Black"
17 Roy Orbison - "Domino"
18 Hank Mizell - "Jungle Rock"
19 Warren Smith - "Ubangi Stomp"
20 Hasil Adkins - "Chicken Walk"
21 Fat Daddy Holmes - "Chicken Rock"
22 Bob and Lucille - "Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moe"
23 Bobby Lee Trammell - "Shirley Lee"
24 Gene Vincent - "Woman Love"
25 Elvis Presley - "One Night of Sin"

Disc 3:

01 Carl Perkins - "Blue Suede Shoes"
02 Joe Clay - "Duck Tail"
03 Tom Tall - "Stack-A-Records"
04 Jeff Daniels - "Daddy-O-Rock"
05 Boyd Bennett - "Move"
06 Vince Taylor - "Brand New Cadillac"
07 Kip Tyler - "Rumble Rock"
08 Larry Terry - "Hep Cat"
09 Peanuts Wilson - "Cast Iron Arm"
10 Jeff Daniels - "Switch Blade Sam"
11 Bobby & Terry Caraway - "Ballin' Keen"
12 Sonny West - "Sweet Rockin' Baby"
13 Johnny Cash - "Get Rhythm"
14 Johnny Burnette - "Rock Billy Boogie"
15 The Rockin R's - "Crazy Baby"
16 Dale Hawkins - "Susie-Q"
17 Maylon Humphries - "Worried 'Bout You Baby"
18 The Phaetons - "I Love My Baby"
19 Ray Harris - "Come on Little Mama"
20 Lorrie and Larry Collins - "Whistle Bait"
21 Benny Joy - "Spin the Bottle"
22 Dorsey Burnette - "Bertha Lou"
23 Jim Flaherty's Caravan - "Real Gone Daddy"
24 Hal Willis - "My Pink Cadillac"
25 Curtis Gordon - "Draggin'"

Disc 4:

01 Ronnie Dee - "Action Packed"
02 Johnny Kidd - "Shakin' All Over"
03 Ronnie Hawkins - "Who Do You Love"
04 Eddie Cochran - "Summertime Blues"
05 Jack Scott - "The Way I Walk"
06 Johnny Carroll - "Wild Wild Women"
07 Ric Cartey - "Oooh-Eeee"
08 John Kerby - "Get Hot or Go Home"
09 Tommy Bell - "Swamp Gal"
10 Jimmy Wages - "Miss Pearl"
11 Lorrie and Larry Collins - "Mercy"
12 Edwin Bruce - "Rock Boppin' Baby"
13 Eddie Bond - "Rockin' Daddy"
14 Thumper Jones (George Jones) - "Rock It"
15 Corky Jones (Buck Owens)- "Rhythm And Booze"
16 Billy Lee Riley - "Flyin' Saucers Rock 'n' Roll"
17 Benny Cliff Trio - "Shake Um Up Rock"
18 Jesse James - "Red Hot Rockin' Blues"
19 Janis Martin - "Bang Bang"
20 Charlie Feathers - "One Hand Loose"
21 Jerry Lee Lewis - "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On"
22 Wanda Jackson - "Fujiyama Mama"
23 Jimmy Lloyd - "I Got a Rocket in My Pocket"
24 Don Wade - "Oh Love"
25 Gene Summers - "School of Rock 'N Roll"
26 Elroy Dietzel - "Rock-N-Bones"