• Among the most famous artists are Jack Bradshaw and Bobby Sisco.

• For the 52nd edition of our CD series »That'll Flat…Git It!«, sorted by record label, producer Nico Feuerbach has compiled the very best tracks from the extensive catalog of Mar-Vel' and Glenn.

• Our Chicago music expert Bill Dahl wrote the detailed liner notes for the illustrated booklet.

• Using the best available sources, we have carefully remastered the historical recordings to Bear Family standards.

Although the city lay just east of the Illinois border in Indiana, Hammond's musical tastes differed markedly from those of nearby Chicago. Hammond was home to a whole host of country and rockabilly musicians, and Harry Glenn, with his spirited Mar-Vel and Glenn labels, was on hand from 1949 onward to document it all. His record company's enduring slogan—"Tomorrow's Hits Recorded Today"—might sound a bit exaggerated, but Bear Family's 52nd entry in the "That'll Flat...Git It!" CD series underscores Glenn's importance, as he released more than enough classic rockabilly and rock 'n' roll, raw, unvarnished juke joint music at its finest, from local artists who toiled in the rough-and-tumble working-class bars of Hammond and Calumet City, Illinois. Glenn recorded them in the studio exactly as they sounded on stage each night—no frills, just pure energy.

Jack Bradshaw and Bobby Sisco were Glenn's best-known artists, both firmly rooted in country music, but clearly also capable of a bit of rock now and then. Harry must have had high hopes for Chuck Dallis, Billy Nix, and Billy Hall – they all recorded a great deal of early 60s rock 'n' roll for him.

A few years earlier, Bob Burton, Harry Carter (aka The Rock'n'Roll Apache), and Harold Allen had released top-notch rockabilly singles, and Herbie Duncan's madcap 1958 number, "Hot Lips Baby," was in a class of its own. Even in the mid-60s, Glenn was still finding success with Carl Newman, Slim O'Mary and The Southerneers, and The Law Brothers' twangy cover of George Jones's famous "Root Beer." Thanks to Harry Glenn, Hammond, Indiana, was an unexpected hotbed of country, rockabilly, and rock 'n' roll recordings. This jam-packed CD features the hottest tracks from his extensive catalog!

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