Mark Armstrong

The twenty-eight songs on Atomicat Records (ACCD138) Hillbilly Booze Party 01 Pink Elephants are not for those uptown and sophisticated people, these are songs for; dancing, having a hillbilly wing ding do and getting s**t faced! The drunk-a-hillbilly songs to intoxicate you are sourced from the years 1940 to 1960. The Hillbillies weren’t born, they were squeezed out of a bartender’s rag. Atomicat Records endeavours to use some lesser-known and for some people, perhaps more obscure titles, and our philosophy is to compile songs of quality, with every album, its “killer and no filler” ideology! You are listening to music from the past with a remastered sound that will shake the speakers. Dee Jay Mark Armstrong, Bühl, Germany

Atomicat Records (ACCD142) Hillbilly Booze Party Volume 02 Hangover Tavern The twenty-eight songs on Atomicat Records (ACCD142 Hillbilly Booze Party 02 Hangover Tavern are not for those uptown and sophisticated people, these are songs for; dancing, having a hillbilly wing ding do and getting s**t faced! The drunk-a-hillbilly songs are from 1948 to 1963, and are honky tonk hardwood floor foot stompers! The performers are so country they think a seven-course meal is a possum and a six-pack. Atomicat Records endeavours to use some lesser-known and for some people, perhaps more obscure titles, and our philosophy is to compile songs of quality, with every album, its “killer and no filler” ideology! You are listening to music from the past with a remastered sound that will shake the speakers. Dee Jay Mark Armstrong, Bühl, Germany

Atomicat Records’ seasonal albums take a different musical direction during Hillbilly Devils and Demons (ACCD125). The twenty-eight-song Halloween-inspired horror saga includes ghostly titles but additionally focuses on the demons of the hillbilly lifestyle. The rural rocker’s verses include journeys on the ghost trains and apparitions, however, the album is about the human lifestyle. The destructive demonic devil within us, alcohol and narcotics, alongside the devil known as love. These are the real demons of the country folk! The album includes carefully selected hillbilly titles from the years 1949 through to 1963, which can be danced to at a hillbilly hoedown, or enjoyed at home while drinking the devils’ brew!

Atomicat Records turn their attention towards Garner, Parker County, Texas-bred Huelyn Wayne Duvall, who is talked about as a rockabilly performer, although his music was more rock ‘n’ roll in style. The thirty-song album includes Huelyn Duvall‘s fourteen classic sides which were recorded from 1957 through to 1960. The album then showcases the lively recordings Duvall made with Swedish group Wildfire Willie and The Ramblers in 2003, and makes available for the first time six songs recorded in 2004 with the Berlin “A” team The Lighting Recordings Boys and The Mellow Men. In 2017 Duvall with Berlin-based Long John and The Ballroom Kings rerecorded in a swing style one of his most well-known recording Pucker Paint and we include this version on the album. The album closes with a vintage life show from 1957 featuring Huelyn Duvall and The Troublesome Three, which was his original group, although they never professionally recorded together. The old saying in the rockabilly music circles is “The original was better” and the later recordings are mainly originals by an original performer! The Atomicat ethos of digging deeper means you can add lesser-known recordings to your collection. The album is perfect for home listening, compiled for danceability and hip-to-the-groove Dee Jays will fill the dance floor with a variety of tuneful dancing sounds. Dee Jay Mark Armstrong Bühl, Germany

a 30 track Rock 'n' Roll, Hillbilly, Doo Wop, and a few seasonal favorites included to make the album family orientated

Detroit, Michigan -bred Jackie Wilson was one of the most fantastic vocalists of the rhythm & blues and rock 'n' roll era, topped off with an amazing stage show he was Mr Excitement.

4 track dancefloor killer 7inch EP

Jerry Byrd’s name may not be known to everyone, even though he played on Hank Williams’ version of Lovesick Blues. This album cherry-picks the songs he recorded as a named artist, and performed on as a musician, and we aim to make his contribution to the music world more common knowledge. Atomicat Records (ACCD 146) present a value for money thirty-two song album Byrd’s The Word (with a supporting cast), which is a tribute to Jerry Byrd as a performer and studio musician.The album is embellished with sleeve notes, has a detailed session information, and is lovingly designed by artist Urban Zotel.

The Koko Mojo Songwriter Series album Crazy, Crazy Party (KM-CD-174) explores Jesse Stone’s contribution to the world of Rhythm & Blues and Rock ‘n’ Roll music from his writing skills. The album furthermore includes some of his performances using his birth name and his alter ego Charles/Chuck Calhoun, which was also a name he used for writing. The album showcases thirty rhythmic rockers encapsulating the years 1948 through 1962, and numerous songs featured fall into the “must-have” classification. In 1974, the head of Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegun, said, ''Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock and roll sound than anybody else.'' This accolade is a strong statement that Stone’s work for the Atlantic Record Company helped shape Rhythm & Blues music and made the cross-over into the emerging Rock ‘n’ Roll music. Several songs on this album often had his physical presence upon them, and the sleeve notes provide were available the session information and indicate his personal involvement. Jesse Albert Stone was born in Atchison, Kansas on 16 November 1901, he was the grandson of Tennessee slaves. From this background, a man whose identity is on over 1,000 writing and arranging credits had a fantastic impact on music history, and music fans should be indebted to him. Stone made his first recording in 1927, and initially performed in jazz clubs around Kansas City. Stone eventually moved to New York, and from the late 1940s into the early 1950s he recorded and wrote swinging jazz-based jive songs which were moving towards Rhythm & Blues in structure. One prime example of Jesse Stone’s developing style is Get It While You Can which comes from his 1948 RCA Victor session. The second song on the album The Jumpin' Jack features Lucky Millinder with vocals from John Greer and was recorded in 1951, and musically it is an up-tempo jazz-infused big band sound. After these recordings, you will hear the change from the big band to the new Rhythm & Blues sound within the album. Stone also performed as Charlie or Charles Calhoun; in 1955 for MGM as Charlie, he recorded the stroll tempo Smack Dab In The Middle, as Charles with The Four Students (who became The Cues) in 1956 for Groove he upped the pace, for the jive tempo Jamboree. Using his birth name in 1958 he recorded a double-sided 45 RPM for the Polar label, and one side Tall And Short is included. The legend from Kansas City Big Joe Turner graces the album; with His Blues Kings for Shake, Rattle And Roll, and with His All Stars for Lipstick, Powder And Paint, and solo for Flip, Flop And Fly, although the band members were not an actual group they were studio musicians. Some of the numerous big names in the music world who recorded Stone’s compositions include; The Clovers with the strolling tempo Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash, The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter serve up a must-have stroller entitled Bip Bam, and a different line-up of Drifters vocalists, they sing the up-tempo I Gotta Get Myself A Woman. In later formation, the group members record as The Flyers the energetic hot jiver On Bended Knee. More dance-floor-filling songs are sourced from; The Du Droppers with the R&B romper Dead Broke, The Cues’ sing their dance-floor hit Why, and Jimmy Witherspoon’s superlative All Right Miss Moore should be in everyone’s collection. The album from these songs alone could be sub-titled “Instant Dee Jay with one Album.” The Eagle-Aires 1954 version of Money Honey combines barber shop, gospel harmonies and doo-wop, the arrangement is different to that of for example Caucasians Ella Mae Morse, or Elvis Presley and is a welcome inclusion in the album. Crooner, Gospel artist and occasional rocker Billy Williams sings Lucy Lou which is different from the mainstream R&B rockers Stone wrote, as it is clearly derived from the nursery rhyme Frere Jacques.

28 rousing R&B rockers, including dance-floor filling international hits

Dance-floor fillers in several jiving genres with many great unknowns and hit-making artists with lesser reissued titles

The 30-songs featured on the Jive-A-Rama Volume Three - Atomicat (ACCD068) album are full of jiving intensity and command dance-floor action. Every song is carefully selected and the album is programmed to sound like an evening at your local sock hop. Staying true to the Atomicat Records philosophy several of the featured artists are mostly unknown, but not lacking in star quality, and the acclaimed series is acquiring 5-star reviews. The albums are furthermore perfect for music fans who wish to own a more diverse range of songs, and those who enjoy dancing. With every Atomicat records’ album you will discover something different.

The 30-songs featured on the Jive-A-Rama Volume Three - Atomicat (ACCD068) album are full of jiving intensity and command dance-floor action. Every song is carefully selected and the album is programmed to sound like an evening at your local sock hop. Staying true to the Atomicat Records philosophy several of the featured artists are mostly unknown, but not lacking in star quality, and the acclaimed series is acquiring 5-star reviews. The albums are furthermore perfect for music fans who wish to own a more diverse range of songs, and those who enjoy dancing. With every Atomicat records’ album you will discover something different.

Atomicat Records Jive-A-Rama, Volume Five focuses on curating a selection of lesser-known yet high-quality tracks, adhering to a "killer and no filler" ideology with every compilation! The remastered sound quality ensures an immersive experience that will undoubtedly shake the speakers, providing a far from nostalgic trip through the vibrant eras of music.

Jive-A-Rama is a mix of several jiving genres all of which are catchy and good dance tunes

“The special editions added to the Atomicat Records –Jive, Bop, Stroll- A-Rama series continues with Jungle-A-Rama Atomicat (ACCD116) an album which is stuffed full of rockin’ dance titles enhanced with rockin’ jungle sounds. During the jungle safari, you will encounter the mythical Tarzan and Jane who will take you on a vine-swinging adventure from the years 1953 through to 1963. Jungle -A- Rama has all the music you need to do the jungle bop!”

30 songs of Rock n Roll love and happiness, not only on Valentine's Day!

30 songs of Rock n Roll love and happiness, not only on Valentine's Day!

Leroy Edward Kirkland aka Claude Cloud was primarily a jazz and rhythm & blues guitarist, who also worked behind the scenes as; a composer, conductor, session leader, and arranger. He is largely unknown to the general public and media-wise he is mainly confined to the annals of musical history, and his importance is not overtly acknowledged. The intention of this tribute to Leroy Edward Kirkland’s songwriting skills is to focus on his up-tempo titles which will entertain you at home, please the couples who enjoy dancing and bring his name into vernacular speech.

The Koko Mojo Records Songwriter Series continues with an exploration of the skills of Lincoln Chase during Fancy Dance (KM-CD-173). The album focuses on and includes alongside the man himself singing, white and black artists, who also sang his compositions, of which numerous versions became hits. The songs are sourced from the years 1953 to 1963 with twenty titles coming from the 1950s, and the album is programmed year by year. Due to Chase’s mixed Cuban and West Indian parentage, some of his sounds have an exotic sound and tempo, and his legacy is weird, wacky, and intriguing. The Koko Mojo ethos of digging deeper means you can add lesser-known recordings to your collection. Dee Jay Mark Armstrong Bühl, Germany (KM-CD-173)Koko Mojo Records, The Songwriter Series, Lincoln Chase, Fancy Dance