Bill Carlisle & The Carlisles – I’m Rough Stuff! 1951-1959

1. TOO OLD TO CUT THE MUSTARD
2. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE (That's What it Is)
3. WOMAN DRIVER
4. NO HELP WANTED
5. KNOTHOLE
6. LEAVE THAT LIAR ALONE
7. (Hooray For) THAT LITTLE DIFFERENCE
8. SOMETHING DIFFERENT
9. IS ZAT YOU, MYRTLE?
10. TAIN'T NICE (to Talk Like That)
11. UNPUCKER
12. I NEED A LITTLE HELP
13. SHAKE-A-LEG
14. MOODY'S GOOSE
15. IF YOU DON'T WANT IT (The Salesmen's Song)
16. FEMALE HERCULES
17. HONEY LOVE
18. BUSY BODY BOOGIE
19. THE MAINEST' THING
20. IT'S BEDTIME, BILL
21. RATTLESNAKE DADDY
22. FEET DON'T FAIL ME
23. WOMEN
24. DOGGIE JOE
25. BARGAIN DAY, HALF OFF
26. NINE HAVE TRIED (and Nine Have Died)
27. MIDDLE AGE SPREAD
28. GOO-GOO DA DA (Baby Latin Meaning "Daddy")
29. KNOCK, KNOCK (You Can't Come In)
30. I'M ROUGH STUFF
31. WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO...
32. (Climbing Up the) LADDER OF LOVE
33. DOWN BOY

• A veteran recording artist since 1933 with his own brand of rough 'n' ready hillbilly blues, Bill Carlisle reinvented himself in the 1950s as "Jumpin' Bill Carlisle" and signed to progressive Mercury Records who encouraged the new sound of hot country boogie being developed by Carlisle with his guitarist Chet Atkins.
• Scoring astonishing success with their debut recording, “Too Old to Cut the Mustard” (#6, 1952) - an old country saying remembered from his father - this was followed swiftly by the much-covered “No Help Wanted” (#1, 1953), “Knothole” (#3, 1953), “Is Zat You, Myrtle?” (#2, 1953), “Tain’t Nice (To Talk Like That)” (#5, 1954), “Shake-A-Leg” (#15, 1954) and “Honey Love” (#12, 1954).
• This fun package is the best of Bill's country boogies and proto-rockabillies suffused with his homemade hilarious hillbilly humour and decidedly non-PC rural risibility.