ROCKIN' CONTINENTALS garage 45 COBRA 289
$
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ROCKIN' CONTINENTALS
Cobra 289
Guess what I found up in Kansas last week! What a treat to be able to offer such a clean, and rare item as this. Few collectors of garage, rockabilly and hot rod records have had the opportunity to own an original 45 by h Rockin' Continentals. They were a group based in Topeka, Kansas, who had the good fortune to record a pair of the most rip-snortin' genre-straddling records of the early '60s.
Their songs have appeared on numerous compilation CDs and are favorites on mix tapes of collectors of rockabilly, hot rod and garage band records.
Who were they? The group were Johnny Thompson, Melvin Ralston, Chuck Smith, and Bill Doyle. Though little is known about them, they seem to have cut their records in 1962 although a mysterious RCA pressing code on the right side of the label might make you think it was from 1957. But then that would be impossible, as the Shelby Cobra 289 rolled out of the plant for the first time in '62.
The topside of this record is clearly "Cobra 289." It's got an echo-filled hot guitar and a vocal that is singing the praises of the hot new car. This is primitive and sounds more like a record from California than flat in the middle of Kansas. The guitar break is a strong one and there's nothing to diminish the performance here. The song seems to build on the bones of the 1960 Barrett Strong tune "Money."
On the flipside is "Count Dracula" which is a fun spook house instrumental romp of echo guitar and slamming drums and bass.
LISTEN TO PART OF THIS RECORD HERE!
CONDITION: VG++ Appears to be a like –new record with super clean labels on both sides and only minor wear.
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