Any suggestions as to a good jive/rockabilly compilation? I love dancey stuff from Stray Cats to Brian Setzer Orchestra, but I don't know enough. Would love to hear some more.

Also, I am making the assumption that jive and rockabilly aren't that far detached - perhaps someone more knowledgable than I can put me straight...?

cheers

Hi had a quick look on Amazon and found this .Link

Hope this link is allowed if not I am sorry Chris.

No problem with the link, except it doesn't work

If you do a search for Modern Jive on Google it will give you all sorts of sites. You can find all the info you need from there

Somebody once asked a similar question on here. a search might give you some results.I think it was Tonsk

Do they mean new rockabilly or old too, Billy Ray Cyrus etc ?

Thanks ADS,have sorted out the link.Here it is again.
Link.Above post has been sorted as well.

OK here goes -- I shall try and make this as short as possible. I run a Rock 'n' Roll Club (Occasionally DJing) and am talking from my own experience and therefore may not generally reflect the views of all .

Firstly there is quite a difference between what is termed Jive and Rockabilly (depending on who you talk to )

The "Rock 'n' Roll" genre encompasses all the following 1950s music;

Jive (Any 1950s music suitable for Jiving to)

Rock 'n' Roll (As Jive but specificaly the type of music that most people would think of as Rock 'n' Roll e.g. Little Richard/Jerry Lee Lewis etc.)

Rockabilly (Hillbilly Rock 'n' Roll, generally harder edged and faster than Jive/Rock 'n' Roll making it more difficult but not impossible to dance/Jive to)

Boppers (Music not suitable for Jive but great for the 'Bop')

Strollers (Music around 120 to 146 Beats Per Minute; Lucille by Little Richard for instance is a popular Stroller, played in the main for dancing a rock 'n' roll dance called the 'Stroll')

1950s R&B (When R&B stood for Rythym and Blues Usually perfect for Jiving to.)

Modern Jive aka LeRoc or Ceroc or even Le Jive are 'modern' interpretations of rock 'n' roll. Modern jivers will dance to swing and modern music e.g. chart stuff of the right speed/tempo. They would rarely dance to rock 'n' roll or rockabilly music because it is generally too fast for their style.

For a good jive compilation, try East Coast Teen Party Vol 1 to about 7 and for a more rockabilly based compilation try 'That'll Flat Git It! Vol 1 to about Vol 16.

Bim Bam Records who have a website would be a good place to start looking for these CDs.

I could go on for ages on what is a huge subject but I did say I would try and keep it short. I would be more than happy to discuss further any of the above.

What an absolute star! Thanks for that fabulous answer trrc.

I'm off to get me some more music guys n gals!

There's an excellent compilation called 'Rockabilly Revival' which will be right up your street - loads of rock 'n' roll, Stray Cats etc.