The Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll: Special Country Music Edition [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 14, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 1957
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ace Records UK
• ASIN: B0000640B8
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,791 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. White Lightning - George Jones

2. You're The Reason - Bobby Edwards

3. Detroit City - Bobby Bare

4. Abilene - George Hamilton IV

5. El Paso - Marty Robbins

6. Please Help Me I'm Falling - Hank Locklin

7. Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash

8. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean

9. Walk On By - Leroy Van Dyke

10. Let's Think About Livin' - Bob Luman

11. I Fall To Pieces - Patsy Cline

12. Crazy Arms - Ray Price

13. Don't Let Me Cross Over - Carl Butler

14. Still - Bill Anderson

15. Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson

16. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King

17. Right Or Wrong - Wanda Jackson

18. He'll Have To Go - Jim Reeves

19. I Ain't Never - Webb Price

20. The Battle Of New Orleans - Johnny Horton

See all 30 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Full title - Golden Age Of American Rock 'N' Roll - Special Country Edition. 30 of the most beloved songs in country history. Features Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Winner From Ace!, May 24, 2002

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Ken Rogers (Easley, SC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll: Special Country Music Edition (Audio CD)

This CD has been in the making for quite a while. The quality of all ACE product is nothing short of fabulous and this one ranks very high on the excellent quality list. Each and every recording is better than you have ever heard. This issue contains some classic country cross over material that many fans of fifties and sixties rock and roll will relate.
Unlike modern country stars who are subject to the same principles of rapid turnover as their pop counterparts, the country stars of yesteryear were renowned for the longevity of their careers. Once established, they seemed immune to the fickle whims of time and fashion and were guaranteed a following for life, even though some were relatively mature men and women to begin with. Years were lopped off birth dates; toupees were de rigueur for the follically challenged male artists and booze, adultery, hypocrisy, suffering and greed marked the patterns of their lives as readily as it informed the songs they sang. It was these human frailties that endeared them to their fans and in their day they brought pleasure to millions.

Tracks featured include standards such as He'll Have To Go, Oh Lonesome Me, Ring Of Fire, Walk On By and King Of The Road, cult classics, such as Flowers On The Wall, Don't Let Me Cross Over, and Six Days On The Road, and influential trailblazers like Ray Price's Crazy Arms and Detroit City by Bobby Bare. These mega-hits, and others like them, provided now-household names like Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline with a springboard to enduring stardom. As with all ACE products, this Special Country Edition comes with a lavishly illustrated 24-page booklet with detailed annotation by Rob Finnis. It's pure excellence.

Aside from thousands of regular "Golden Age" fans, this Special Edition is sure to appeal to many of you out there who want just one discerning selection of Country classics in their collections, as well as country diehards who will welcome an opportunity to acquire 30 of their favourite records - beautifully sequenced and mastered - in the same place, at the same time! This one is a must for every collector. A big thanks to Rob Finnis and ACE!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ACE records deserve a monument!, April 11, 2006

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Ronald Van Scherpenzeel (Madrid, Spain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll: Special Country Music Edition (Audio CD)

In the past years I have bought lots of ACE records: The
complete series of "Golden Age of American Rock & Roll" (10
CD's) Teen Age Crush (4) Johnny Tillotson, Gene Pitney,Jerry Lee
Lewis, Larry Williams etc. etc. These recordings are the best
ones around. A song from 1954, 55, 56 is turned into a modern-
like recent recorded one. In 2002 ACE reords launched a special
edition of country hits that made it to the Hot 100 on the
pop charts. This is another incredible compilation. From
these 30 original recordings 21 are in full stereo and 20
of them made it to the #1 spot on the C&W charts. I hope
ACE will continue to releasing all these wonderful compilations
whether it's Rock & Roll, Country, Be Bop, Blues or anything
else because as far as quality reordings there's nothing like
it. There are other companies who do their best like Eric and
Life time but they only put 15 to 20 songs on a record and
not 30 like ACE does. Not buying or getting this particular
CD would be a shame!
These guys deserve a monument!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Golden Greats, May 31, 2005

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D. Tur - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll: Special Country Music Edition (Audio CD)

This CD is one of the best collections of true classic country music I've ever found. Full-length songs by the original artists and a terrific selection, too. You can't ask for anything more. It would have been worth the price for me just to get to hear Carl Butler sing "Don't Let Me Cross Over" one more time, but add Wanda Jackson singing "Right Or Wrong", Dave Dudley's "Six Days On The Road" and all the other wonderful old songs and you have a winning CD that will keep you listening to it over and over again for hours. If you buy only one classic country CD this year, make it this one. It is well worth the money and will give you great country music from a time when it really was country music.