Roddy Jackson Central Valley Fireball ACE Records CDCHD 1161 EAN 029667028929
Tracks: 01 I LOVE HER JUST THE SAME 02 HICCUPS 03 I'VE GOT MY SIGHTS ON SOMEONE NEW 04 ANY OLD TOWN 05 JUKE BOX BABY 06 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 07 UNTIL THE END OF TIME 08 THERE'S A MOOSE ON THE LOOSE 09 GLORIA 10 I FOUND A NEW GIRL 11 CHERRY PIE 12 WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON 13 LEND ME YOUR COMB 14 I'VE GOT MY SIGHTS ON SOMEONE NEW (ALTERNATE TAKE) 15 SHE SAID YEAH 16 JOHNNY'S LAST RIDE
A name familiar to vintage rock’n’roll aficionados via novelty-tinged Specialty 45s such as Hiccups, Roddy Jackson was in actual fact a raw, piano-pounding screamer whose most rocking material was banished to the vault. “CENTRAL VALLEY FIREBALL” aims to correct that injustice by compiling for the first time Roddy’s complete 1950s recordings.