Rockin' Bones: 1950's Punk & Rockabilly [Box]

Pros: A generous assortment of familiar but mostly obscure 1950s rockabilly singles.

Cons: The style is so basic and there are no deviations from the echo-laden, frenzied sound.

The Bottom Line: This is not a history lesson, just a stellar boxed set of raw, unhinged and youthful odes to sex, rebellion and rock & roll.

Review: The nature of rockabilly is much less clean cut and more primitive than popular rock & roll music. The sound of the former is so very skeletal in nature, so very simple, that all it seemed to take were guitar, drums and bass to make a point. As Deke ...