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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. I'm Ready - Fats Domino ~ Various Artists
2. Sermonette - Della Reese ~ Various Artists
3. You Went Back on Your Word - Clyde McPhatter ~ Various Artists
4. Here Comes Summer - Jerry Keller ~ Various Artists
5. Luther Played The Boogie - Johnny Cash ~ Various Artists
6. Charlie Brown - The Coasters ~ Various Artists
7. Come On-A My House - Julie London ~ Various Artists
8. Red River Rock - Johnny & the Hurricanes ~ Various Artists
9. Sweet Annie Laurie - Sammy Turner ~ Various Artists
10. Back in the USA - Chuck Berry ~ Various Artists
11. I Don't Know - Ruth Brown ~ Various Artists
12. Just Keep It Up (And See What Happens) - Dee Clark ~ Various Artists
13. Teenage Heaven - Eddie Cochran ~ Various Artists
14. Ring-A-Rockin' - Neil Sedaka ~ Various Artists
15. Letter to an Angel, A - Jimmy Clanton and the Aces ~ Various Artists
16. Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin ~ Various Artists
17. Some Kind-A Earthquake - Duane Eddy ~ Various Artists
18. Starry Eyed - Gary Stites ~ Various Artists
19. Diamond Ring - Jimmy Isle ~ Various Artists
20. My Life ~ Various Artists
21. So High, So Low - LaVern Baker ~ Various Artists
22. Say Man - Bo Diddley ~ Various Artists
23. She Said "Yeah" ~ Various Artists
24. Cruising - Jimmy and the Night Hoppers ~ Various Artists
25. Run, Boy Run - Sanford Clark ~ Various Artists
26. Let's Talk About Us - Jerry Lee Lewis ~ Various Artists
27. Deck of Cards - Wink Martindale ~ Various Artists
28. I'm Moving On - Ray Charles ~ Various Artists
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info |
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Liner Note Author: Alan Warner. |
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Like the other volumes in this series, this 28-track anthology has an assortment of American rock & roll, R&B, and pop (though usually rock-oriented) records that were released in the U.K. on the London American label. The resulting strange hybrid is a grab-bag of big hits, small hits, and items that missed the charts entirely, running the gamut from classics to efforts that many would feel have been justly forgotten. In the classic category, we have such goodies as Fats Domino's "I'm Ready," Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife," Ray Charles' "I'm Moving On," the Coasters' "Charlie Brown," Bo Diddley's "Say Man," Chuck Berry's "Back in the USA," and Johnny Cash's "Luther Played the Boogie" (though the last song didn't make either the U.S. or U.K. charts as a single). There are also a bunch of cuts by significant artists like Eddie Cochran, Ruth Brown, Dee Clark, Clyde McPhatter, Neil Sedaka, Chuck Willis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and LaVern Baker that don't rank at (or sometimes near) the level of their best work. Also present are worthy instrumental hits by Duane Eddy and Johnny & the Hurricanes, as well as Jerry Keller's curious one-shot "Here Comes Summer," which was a solid hit in the U.S., but a chart-topper in the U.K. Of the obscure or relatively obscure selections, only Larry Williams' "She Said 'Yeah'" (covered in the mid-'60s by the Rolling Stones) and Della Reese's "Sermonette" are of much interest. Some of the milder, poppier tracks by non-stars make little impression whatsoever; Jimmy Clanton's "A Letter to an Angel" is a blatant reworking of Johnny Ace's "Pledging My Love," and Wink Martindale's maudlin "Deck of Cards," though a huge hit, sits most uncomfortably in these surroundings. ~ Richie Unterberger |
Technical Info
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Release Date : 11/02/2010 |
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Original Release Date : 2010 |
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Catalog ID : 1285 |
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Label : Ace (Label) |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00029667043625 |
Professional Reviews
Record Collector (magazine)
(p.97)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Virtually every track is worthy of special mention on a selection that thoroughly maintains the series' past qualities."
(p.97)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Virtually every track is worthy of special mention on a selection that thoroughly maintains the series' past qualities."
Uncut (magazine)
(p.80)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[Featuring cuts] from amped-up novelty instrumentals to slick big band workouts."
(p.80)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[Featuring cuts] from amped-up novelty instrumentals to slick big band workouts."
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