![]() ![]() Also, except in the case of Bob Luman's demo of "Guitar Picker," it's pretty obvious Cochran's much more talented than the singers he helped out as a sideman on various recordings. Rock & roll takes over on the later recordings, however, though only a few of the tracks ("Pink-Peg Slacks," "Skinny Jim," and the Cochran Brothers' "Latch On" and "Slow Down") are truly first-rate rockabilly. Of special interest are some mid-'50s tracks he cut as a teenager that give a clearer indication of his hillbilly country roots, as well as his already formed skills as a guitarist. For those Cochran fans who aren't obsessive completists but are interested in hearing some of his lesser-known work (particularly from his early days), however, this is a pretty useful compilation, if nothing you'd put on par with his best recordings. It's also possible, that this might not offer much to the dedicated Cochran collector, since all of it's previously been issued somewhere, though often on pretty out-of-the-way releases. Too, he's not the featured solo performer on about half of the material, which also includes cuts on which he played as part of a duo (particularly as half of the Cochran Brothers) or a sideman. This two-CD, 50-song set isn't for the average Eddie Cochran fan, concentrating wholly on his more obscure recordings, some of which weren't issued until long after his death (as well as a ten-minute 1957 Denver radio interview that also includes Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison of the Crickets).
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