Vol. 8-Golden Age Of American (1999) (Preston/Fiestas/Bright )

Product Summary Label: Ace (uk) UPC: 00029667175029 Release Date: 11/9/1999 Buy.com Sku: 60366427 Item#: MHN7G6 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) - Ernie Maresca ~ Various Artists 2. Whispering Bells - The Del Vikings ~ Various Artists 3. We Belong Together - Robert & Johnny ~ Various Artists 4. Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) - The Impalas ~ Various Artists 5. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - Freddy Cannon ~ Various Artists 6. So Fine - The Fiestas ~ Various Artists 7. Bongo Stomp - Little Joey & The Flips ~ Various Artists 8. Wicked Ruby - Danny Zella & His Zell Rocks ~ Various Artists 9. Tragedy - Thomas Wayne/The Delons ~ Various Artists 10. Here I Stand - Wade Flemons & The Newcomers ~ Various Artists 11. Gee - The Crows ~ Various Artists 12. Don't Be Angry - Nappy Brown ~ Various Artists 13. One Summer Night - The Danleers ~ Various Artists 14. Lotta Lovin' - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps ~ Various Artists 15. Ballad Of A Girl And Boy - The Graduates ~ Various Artists 16. Bullwhip Rock - The Cyclones ~ Various Artists 17. Mojo Workout - Larry Bright ~ Various Artists 18. Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart - The Furys ~ Various Artists 19. Air Travel - Ray & Bob ~ Various Artists 20. Once Upon A Time - Rochell & The Candles ~ Various Artists 21. Fool, The - Sanford Clark ~ Various Artists 22. Speedoo - The Cadillacs ~ Various Artists 23. My Wife Can't Cook - Lonnie Russ ~ Various Artists 24. Running Bear - Johnny Preston ~ Various Artists 25. Mountain's High, The - Dick & Dee Dee ~ Various Artists 26. Thousand Miles Away, A - The Heartbeats ~ Various Artists 27. Hey Girl, Hey Boy - Oscar Mclollie & Jeanette Baker ~ Various Artists 28. Been So Long - The Pastels ~ Various Artists 29. I Don't Love You No More I (Don't Care About You) - Jimmy Norman ~ Various Artists 30. Hot Red Lincoln - Johnny Bond ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Compilation producers: John Broven, Trevor Churchill, Rob Finnis. Includes liner notes by Rob Finnis. Liner Note Authors: Ray Topping; Rob Finnis. This is a decent if inconsistent blend of rock & roll oldies from the 1950s and early 1960s. There are a lot of big hits on the 30-song disc, many of them best heard in the context of a compilation, since they're by artists that didn't have much else in the way of classics: the Fiestas' "So Fine," the Impalas' "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)," Ernie Maresca's wildly energetic pour-on-the-cliches "Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)," the Cadillacs' "Speedoo," the Dell-Vikings' "Whispering Bells," the Heartbeats' "A Thousand Miles Away," the Crows' "Gee," and Thomas Wayne's "Tragedy." There are also a bunch of mid-to-low-charting rarities that are so much less impressive and memorable (though sometimes zestily delivered) than the big hits that one wonders if payola was involved in getting them to the lowly rankings they attained. A few worthwhile obscurities do sneak through, like R&B star Nappy Brown's surprise 1955 pop hit "Don't Be Angry," with its stuttering vocal hook; Larry Bright's hard rocking adaptation of "I Got My Mojo Workin'" into "Mojo Workout"; the Furys' infectious cover of "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"; Johnny Bond's country-rockabilly hit "Hot Rod Lincoln"; and Jimmy Norman's hard rockin' New Orleans-styled "I Don't Love You No More (I Don't Care About You)," an answer record to Barbara George's "I Know" that never quite sustains the momentum of its opening spoken phone call. ~ Richie Unterberger   Technical Info Release Date : 11/23/1999 Original Release Date : 1999 Catalog ID : 750 Label : Ace Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 73m : 54s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00029667175029    Product Image