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This album was released April 1958 as Cadence CLP 3003 and peaked at #16 on the LPs charts in the US. The EB debut album is often referred to by fans as THEYRE OFF AND ROLLIN due to the LPs introduction by Archie Bleyer. An introduction was used on all early Cadence LPs, just as Archie Bleyer appearing on these covers! All record output at that time was aimed at the singles market which is why only a few of the tracks on the album were not originally released as a single. These filler tracks had to be recorded in between tours. Phil: We did a whole album in a week. We were running out of things we knew so that created a little tension because it didnt look as if wed be able to finish the album before going back on the road. The cover picture was shot by famous American photographer Jack Robinson.

Although the Everlys hadnt quite fully matured as artists, their debut is a fine, consistent effort divided between original material and respectably energetic covers of early rockers by Little Richard, Gene Vincent, and Ray Charles. Besides their first few hits, it includes some superb, underappreciated tracks that are nearly as good, like Should We Tell Him and I Wonder If I Cared as Much.’ Richie Unterberger,