| The Rollin’ label was set up to issue records by British acts who we thought deserved an outlet for their great art. Every performer on the label is over the age of 40 (except for ‘Young’ Jake who has just joined the Excellos and of course The Ladykillers who have an average age of just 20!) and all have been playing in Rock N Roll bands for the last 20 to 35 years. The standard of musicianship by all of them is astounding, and is only matched by their inventiveness in the studio. You’d think that after being involved on the scene for most of their lives they’d just be going through the motions, and knocking out half arsed versions of rockabilly standards, but that’s a million miles away from where they’re at. All of them are looking for that unique recording that’s hard rockin’ with a full on sound, and most importantly is going to get people onto the dance floor. It’s like a renaissance, with everyone vying to come up with a better record than the previous one, and the finished product is amazing. Paul Paterson started it all off with his subliminal “I Got It Hard” which spawned a flood of dance floor stompers from the likes of The Excellos, Dollar Bill, The Frantix, The Blue Mambas and basically everyone that’s ever had a 45 on the label! |
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| We live in hope of getting any one of the acts to national recognition, but it’s a hard slog with all the shysters involved in the media. It’s not helped by the fact that Rock N Roll / Rockabilly / Rockin’ Blues is perceived by these same people as the music of saddos and misfits who are all living in the past. It’s hard to break these stereotypical ideas, especially when the media go out of their way to find the biggest idiots to use as a backdrop for some crass one-minute segment in a documentary. It’s always been the same, but we’ll keep sticking it to the likes of Jools Holland et al who can’t ignore us forever. We like to think so anyway! |  |
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The label designs for the singles. These are all based around classic labels from the 50’s and 60’s, but with our own take on them. The predominate colours are shades of red, white or black, which is a bit limiting but you do have to have some kind of brand recognition. One thing you can say is we’re probably one of the biggest examples of plagiarism there is! |
Why no vinyl LPs? As of yet we have not released a vinyl LP because the market for these is pretty poor. In some ways we should just do vinyl, as it would make it harder for all those parasites out there offering our tracks as illegal downloads! |
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