Post by wingsj0 on Jan 28, 2006 11:41:12 GMT
Out On Sanctuary Records 15th August
This superb 3-CD set features 84 killer cuts celebrating the birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll, including Elvis’s first two devastating Sun singles ‘That’s All Right/Blue Moon Of Kentucky and ‘Good Rockin Tonight/Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine. Other major Rock ‘n’ Roll icons The Treniers, The Midnighters, Smiley Lewis, The Platters, Merrill E Moore, The Flamingos, The Maddox Brothers & Rose, Screaming Jaw Hawkins, Freddie Bell & The Bell Boys, The Spaniels and Chuck Willis.
1954 was the year that popular music turned the 20th centenary on its axis. Since the end of the World War II, young people had been threatening to rewrite the rule books. Tired of being merely younger versions of their parents, with their hand-me-down clothes and hand-me-down music, kids of the early 1950s were actively seeking their own identity. Initially it seemed that the first post-war teenage idol was Frank Sinatra might be their saviour but he turned out to be just another-hand-me down, regurgitating ‘mom & pop songs.’ So when Rock ‘n’ Roll did eventually hit its impact was cataclysmic. Sun Records, in Memphis was the catalyst and its proprietor Sam Philips, the alchemist. Philips had already been cutting embryonic Rock ‘n’ Roll for two or three years but these had all been recorded with black artist and young white audience he needed a hip, young white dude who could sing with the same raw power, sexual tension and wild excitement. Bill Haley had been cutting some great earl Rock ‘n’ Roll records in New York but with his avuncular looks he was never going to make it as a teen idol. On 4th July 1954, Philips vision was finally realised when Elvis Presley swaggered into the Suns studio and cut the incredible ‘That’s All Right,’ the world would never be the same again.
Our Review:
This album consists of some of the most iconic songs ever to emerge from the world of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Hits such as ‘Big Dave, Rock Roll, Ball & Roll,’ Bill Haley and The Comets, Happy Happy Baby,’ ‘Richard Lewis, Hey Little Girl,’ Bill Haley & The Comets, Shake Rattle, & Roll,’ ‘Ray Charles, Greenbacks,’ ‘Ralph Marteri, Crazy ‘Bout Lollypop,’ ‘The Rockin Brothers, Rock It,!” To name but a few! This is the perfect album if you’d want to discover the ‘’nerve’ centre, of rock ‘n’ roll performed by its legends!
Jo Rishton
This superb 3-CD set features 84 killer cuts celebrating the birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll, including Elvis’s first two devastating Sun singles ‘That’s All Right/Blue Moon Of Kentucky and ‘Good Rockin Tonight/Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine. Other major Rock ‘n’ Roll icons The Treniers, The Midnighters, Smiley Lewis, The Platters, Merrill E Moore, The Flamingos, The Maddox Brothers & Rose, Screaming Jaw Hawkins, Freddie Bell & The Bell Boys, The Spaniels and Chuck Willis.
1954 was the year that popular music turned the 20th centenary on its axis. Since the end of the World War II, young people had been threatening to rewrite the rule books. Tired of being merely younger versions of their parents, with their hand-me-down clothes and hand-me-down music, kids of the early 1950s were actively seeking their own identity. Initially it seemed that the first post-war teenage idol was Frank Sinatra might be their saviour but he turned out to be just another-hand-me down, regurgitating ‘mom & pop songs.’ So when Rock ‘n’ Roll did eventually hit its impact was cataclysmic. Sun Records, in Memphis was the catalyst and its proprietor Sam Philips, the alchemist. Philips had already been cutting embryonic Rock ‘n’ Roll for two or three years but these had all been recorded with black artist and young white audience he needed a hip, young white dude who could sing with the same raw power, sexual tension and wild excitement. Bill Haley had been cutting some great earl Rock ‘n’ Roll records in New York but with his avuncular looks he was never going to make it as a teen idol. On 4th July 1954, Philips vision was finally realised when Elvis Presley swaggered into the Suns studio and cut the incredible ‘That’s All Right,’ the world would never be the same again.
Our Review:
This album consists of some of the most iconic songs ever to emerge from the world of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Hits such as ‘Big Dave, Rock Roll, Ball & Roll,’ Bill Haley and The Comets, Happy Happy Baby,’ ‘Richard Lewis, Hey Little Girl,’ Bill Haley & The Comets, Shake Rattle, & Roll,’ ‘Ray Charles, Greenbacks,’ ‘Ralph Marteri, Crazy ‘Bout Lollypop,’ ‘The Rockin Brothers, Rock It,!” To name but a few! This is the perfect album if you’d want to discover the ‘’nerve’ centre, of rock ‘n’ roll performed by its legends!
Jo Rishton