Hot Rod Classics / Various

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We don’t advocate drag racing, but we do suggest you race to pick up this 4-CD set of hot-rod classics—the first box devoted to rare hot-rod 45s from the ’50s and ’60s. You’ll hear rock ’n’ roll, rockabilly, country and blues sides, many issued on small mom-and-pop labels and just about impossible to find today. Billy Gibbons penned the loving introduction, and you’ll find nostalgic essays by James Austin and Peter Chapouris, president of So-Cal Speed Shops (an international hot-rod retailer). An 80-page hardcover book full of vintage auto pix and graphics joins 120 pavement-shaking cuts by big stars and obscure artists: the original "Mustang Sally" by Sir Mack Rice; "Motorhead Baby" Johnny "Guitar" Watson; "Race with the Devil" Gene Vincent; "Hot Rod Jalopy" Johnny Bond; "Pop, Let Me Have the Car" Carl Perkins; "Firing Up" Dick Dale; "Pink Cadillac" Larry Dowd; "Riding in the Moonlight" Howlin’ Wolf; "Spark Plug" Four Teens; "Black Car X" J. Frank Wilson; "Big Machine" Gene Savage; "Oil on the Track" Shutdowns; "Drag Strip" Fender Benders; "Out of Gas" Chuck Howard; "Cruising" Duals; "Dragster" Johnny Fortune; "Cadillac Man" Jesters; "Drive-In Movie" Mickey Gilley; "Buggy Ride" Rudy Moore, and more ultra-cool four-on-the-floor grooves! Rock Beat.