After 1970's Old Socks, New Shoes…New Socks, Old Shoes landed them a spot on the charts briefly for the single "Hard Times" the Crusaders decided on an entirely new approach by making a very small change: they dropped the word "Jazz" from their moniker for 1971's Pass the Plate, the group's final offering on Chisa. Pass the Plate is notable for many things. For starters, a member of the band wrote every composition on it and yet it's a thoroughly modern recording. It begins with trombonist Wayne Henderson's 15- plus-minute title suite that contains no less than five separate parts (the Crusaders were no strangers to the pop music of the era; here they did their own nearly side-long take on what the Beatles accomplished on side two of Abbey Road)…
150 original early rock 'n' roll and rockabilly recordings from Jimmy Wages, Lee Cole, Ronnie Self, Pat Cupp, Tony Casanova, Walter Brown, Al Urban, Carl Phillips, Don Feger, Don Willis, Don Woody, Glenn Honeycutt, Gene Brown, Joey Castle, Mike Cashman and many others.
This superb collection is a must-have for all 1950s rockabilly fans and collections.