The Golden Age of American Rock 'N' Roll: Special Novelty Edition [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ace Records UK
• ASIN: B0000DD9AK
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,668 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #61 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Comedic Music > Comedy Rock
  • #98 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Comedic Music > Novelty Music

Track Listings

1. Martian Hop - The Ran Dells

2. Mr Bass Man - Johnny Cymbal

3. I Want My Baby Back - Jimmy Cross

4. Baby Sittin Boogie - Buzz Clifford

5. Yogi - The Ivy Three

6. Ape Call - Nervous Norvus

7. Delicious - Jim Backus And Friend

8. Long Tall Texan - Murry Kellum

9. Mr Custer - Larry Verne

10. The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley

11. The Flying Saucer (Part 1) - Buchanan And Goodman

12. Rip Van Winkle - The Devotions

13. Witch Doctor - David Seville

14. Russian Band Stand - Spencer And Spencer

15. Beep Beep - The Playmates

16. More Money For You And Me - The Four Preps

17. The Mummy - Bob McFadden And Dor

18. The Blob - The Five Blobs

19. The Little Space Girl - Jesse Lee Turner

20. Kookie Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) - Edward Byrnes And Connie

See all 30 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Here are 30 of the finest rock 'n' roll oddities. All 30 tracks are Billboard chart hits & several are mastered from tape for the first time. Includes I Want My Baby Back by Jimmy Cross and Flying Saucer by Buchanan & Goodman, which feature alongside lesser known gems such as Russian Band Stand by Spencer & Spencer and Ambrose (Part 5) by Linda Laurie. Several tracks are mastered from tape for the first time, including: The Ran-Dells, Jesse Lee Turner and Ivy Three. So, take a step into the Haunted House with The Mummy, The Witch Doctor and Ahab The Arab. Wearing your Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, you can Martian Hop, Ape Call and Beep Beep until The Blob and the Purple People Eater come to take you away, Ha Haa!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious!, February 26, 2004

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Zub "Zubenelgenubi" (Forks Twp., PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Golden Age of American Rock 'N' Roll: Special Novelty Edition (Audio CD)

After ten outstanding volumes in their "Golden Age Of American Rock and Roll" series, much to the chagrin of collectors, Ace pulled the plug on the series. However, they have continued to please us die-hard collectors and casual listeners alike with the likes of their "Country Edition" based on the "Golden Age" discs and now, with this "Novelty Edition".

Novelty compilations abound in the CD reissue marketplace but in Ace's true fashion, while including some of the ubiquitous tunes, here are found several rarely-seen ones along with some first-timers to legitimate CD such as Spencer and Spencer's "Russian Band Stand" and the Dyna-Sores' version of "Alley Oop". All told, within the massive 30 tracks total, there are 12 tunes from the top-ten, six from the top-20 and the remaining 12 coming from the lower reaches of the top-100 charts. With this kind of mix, the appeal here is to both the casual listener and avid collector alike.

And, as we have come to expect from Ace, these tracks have been mastered from the best sources available, so sound quality is as good as you'll find for these vintage tunes. Nine of the tracks (2-4,16,17,20-22,30) appear in stereo with the remainder in mono. Finishing off the piece is a massive 32-page booklet with lots of interesting and eye-opening tidbits on each of the included tracks.

Ace has once again proved who is king of the reissue when it comes to golden-age American rock 'n' roll. No real collection should be without this. In a word, outstanding.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It is not done better than this, January 15, 2005

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Martijn13Maart1970 (Husavik Iceland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Golden Age of American Rock 'N' Roll: Special Novelty Edition (Audio CD)

I am a enthousiastic collector, and have almost all the Time Life rock n roll stuff, as well as Eric Records cds of this era. Although they are essential to any 50s 60s collection, nothing can top ACE series.
I could comment like this on all the 50s remasters of this fabulous record label, not only their other editions, but especially the Golden Age of American Rock n roll. I can not add anything to the positive reviews than simply summing up my personal view:
30 tracks per cd! (Time life is also excellent, but you get 15 per cd!)
excellent booklets with background info (not surpassed by any label).
not the same old songs over again, but many rare and still excellent tracks! This is especially true for this collection with many cheerful, sometimes ironic tracks! Amazing!
last but not least amazing sound quality.
So although you might have some songs there on other collections, it is for above mentioned points alone worth it to always have an ACE copy as well.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!, 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 Novelty Edition (Audio CD)

The series of "Golden Age of American Rock & Roll" released by
ACE couldn't have a better end. During the past 15 years they
have delighted us with a series of 10 CD's with 30 songs each
remembering the Rock & Roll era mostly with minor top hits between 1954 and 1963. One reason for their tremendous success
is the superb quality of all the recordings no matter from
what year the original song was. Now besides these series of 10
CD's from the R&R era they have launched another 2 special
editions with the same title: one with the special novelty
edition and another with the special country edition. Both
deserve more than 5 stars.
The song selection on the novelty edition is just out of sight!
Most of the songs brought back memories from a long long time
ago since these weren't available after the time they were
top hits. I never found them back on what compilation so ever
until ACE put them all together 45 years later. And with a
sound quality better than in their original version on 45rpm.
Therefore don't hesitate. Buy it together with the country
edition and you will have 60 songs for utmost pleasure; 60
songs we grew up with and now with no scratches on them.