Founded in 1945, Chicago's Mercury Records rapidly accrued major label status and grew into a full-service label, its massive roster encompassing everything from blues and R&B to country and jazz and a wealth of pop (the logo was a leader in covering R&B hits for the pop market).

Mercury also signed a small army of quality rockabilly and rock and roll artists during the mid-to-late 1950s, and they're the focus of this bountiful collection. Blistering classics by a pre-fame Conway Twitty, Memphis mainstay Eddie Bond, and the still-active Narvel Felts are on board, along with rare gems by Curtis Gordon (his torrid Draggin' appears without the usual startling reverb effects), VARIOUS ARTISTS That’ll Flat Git It! Vol. 35 Mercury & Limelight labels RELEASE DATE: December 04, 2020 LABEL: Bear Family Records CATALOG #: BCD17604 FORMAT: 1-CD Digipak PRICE: £ 9.99 GENRE: Vintage Rock ‘n’ Roll BARCODE: 5397102176043 Orville Couch, Royce Porter, James O'Gwynn, Charlie Walker, leather-lunged George Young, and swamp pop greats Rod Bernard, Jerry Raines, and Roy Perkins (Mercury had excellent contacts in southern Louisiana). Eddy Bell & The Bel-Aires' rollicking The Masked Man (Hi Yo Silver) hailed from the label's Windy City backyard, but the label spared no expense in bringing in sizzling rockers from all over the country—as this compilation excitingly attests!