REVIEWS BY CRAIG BRACKENRIDGE
Sparkle Moore
WILD AND EXCITING, HERE’S…
VIP VOP RECORDS
This gathers together the only two singles ever released by Nebraskan rockabilly hellcat Sparkle Moore and presents them on a 10” EP, with sleeve notes from author and musician Max Décharné. Sparkle was lazily labelled as the ‘Female Elvis’, but was a unique talent with a rowdy, yet bubbly, vocal style. Side one features her debut 1956 single for Fraternity Records, Rock-a Bop/Skull And Crossbones, while side two offers polished follow-up, Killer/Tiger. Rescuing this quartet of classics from obscurity is rock’n’roll archaeology at its finest.
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