'Rockabilly Revival'.....Without The Rockabilly!

This is the track list and what someone says....
Rockabilly Revival it ain't, but it's cheap and there ARE some good tracks here.

Disc 1
1. Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
2. Stray Cats - Runaway Boys
3. Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day
4. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
5. Ritchie Valens - La Bamba
6. Showaddywaddy - Hey Rock 'n' Roll
7. The Darts - Boy From New York City
8. Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman
9. The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
10. Big Daddy - Dancing In The Dark
11. Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise
12. Link Wray - Rumble
13. Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser
14. Matchbox - Rockabilly Rebel
15. Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
16. Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
17. Robert Gordon - Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die
18. Billy Lee Riley - Red Hot
19. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
20. Del Shannon - Runaway
Disc 2
1. Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation
2. Bill Haley & His Comets - Shake, Rattle, And Roll
3. Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
4. Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House
5. The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
6. The Polecats - John, I'm Only Dancing
7. Heinz - Just Like Eddie
8. Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock
9. Kursaal Flyers - Little Does She Know
10. Alvin Stardust - Pretend
11. Coast To Coast - The Hucklebuck
12. The Rubettes - Juke Box Jive
13. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sweet Gene Vincent
14. Dave Edmunds - I Knew The Bride
15. Roy Orbison - Ooby Dooby
16. Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon Of Love
17. Rocky Sharpe & The Replays - Rama Lama Ding Dong
18. Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
19. Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly
20. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire
21. Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta - The Grease Mega-Mix
Rockabilly Revival
This compilation CD shows everything that is wrong with the music biz's general perception of what the rockin' scene is about. There are a couple of rockabilly tracks on it. There's more rock'n'roll, so it's a worthwhile buy. Please don't stick the 'purist' tag on me for saying this, because it's the equivalent of a reggae compilation with Ace Of Bass and The Piglets on it. Much of this stuff here is irrelevant in my opinion, some is just oldies, but hell, it's damn cheap!

My comment - I was playing this today and it's not bad at all.
Sure it's a mixture, and i would agree there isn't much 'Rockabilly' on it....
Maybe wrong title for this comp. 'A Taste of Rock n Roll' might have been better title.
Stray Cats 'Stray Cat Strut' fits in nicely between Bill Haley and Shakin' Stevens!
Never keen on Showaddywaddy............and not a bog Roy O fan.
Other highlights are 'La Bamba' , Runaway, Johnny B. Good Golly etc. So it's not short on good songs. Let down by 'Sweet Gene Vincent' and a few others....and by the fact there's not much rockabilly.
Big Daddy's 'Dancing in the Dark' is interesting - later to become Billy Joel's 'We didn't start the fire'. Elvis vs JXL - 'A little less conversation' is cleverly inserted at the beginning of Disc 2 - I still like this - but it's no way Rockabilly.

Maybe someone has this comp or would like to share details of a better or worse one?
Track lists and covers would be nice too if you have the time!

I don't have this CD but I'm with you Steve : seeing the track list it seems more Rock N' Roll than Rockabilly.
This said, it looks like a great compil.

I can't make no comparison as I'm not a big fan of compliation, at less the ones you find on shops. It's a game I like a lot : making my own compilation about a theme, a music style or an artist among my records.

I agree Hub', nothing beats making your own track listings because you can have any song you really love!
About shop comps.....they usually tend to go with the 'hit' songs, which means that the rest of the artist's album gets neglected. I suppose it's the wellknown songs that catch the eye of the general public and that's why they buy the record. Not much good for collectors though....unless it's a rare Setzer song you can't get anywhere else!