Twelve rare
rockabilly
tracks from the vaults of
Era Records
, a minor Hollywood-based label. None of these records (all cut in the late '50s, with the exception of
Dorsey Burnette
's 1961 effort) came close to being any sort of hit. There wasn't anything particularly special or awful about them, either. Like so much minor-league
, it's high in energy and not particularly rich in any other department, making for a pleasant and forgettable genre exercise (and a brief one as well, clocking in at a mere 26 minutes).
Glen Glenn
has half the cuts, and (aside from
Burnette
) is probably the only vaguely recognizable name. The highlights, though, are actually delivered by
Alice Leslie
(one of the relatively few
Elvis
-inspired female singers) and
Dick Bush
(later to find brief
teen idol
success as
Donnie Brooks
), whose self-penned
"Hollywood Party"
almost sounds like a
parody with its infectiously inept, gravel-voiced mania. ~ Richie Unterberger