Here's Little Richard [Import]

Little Richard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 27, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hallmark UK
• ASIN: B00189MH0I
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #234,119 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2008 reissue of the debut full-length album from the Rock 'N' Roll legend, originally released in 1957. Little Richard scored six Top 40 US hits in 1956, a time when Rock 'N' Roll was seen almost entirely as a singles propelled musical movement. This success prompted Specialty Records, who had Little Richard under exclusive license, to gather together the best of the singles and build an album around them. The result was Here's Little Richard, released in July '57. Even now, more than fifty years later and after a career spanning five decades, Here's Little Richard remains his most important and vital album. Indeed, it is still the best selling album of his career, reaching number thirteen on the Billboard charts when originally released. There again, any album that contains such groundbreaking tracks as 'Tutti Frutti', 'Long Tall Sally' and 'Rip It Up' would expect to perform well. Hallmark.

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Warning: Disgraceful version, avoid at all costs!!! (NO STARS), June 22, 2008

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Christopher Gifford "CRITERION LOVER" (BILLINGS, MT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Here's Little Richard (Audio CD)

I picked up this version because it is a cheaper "reissued, remastered" version of Little Richard's masterpiece, but this record is hands down the worst transition onto C.D. I have ever heard in my entire life. I wouldn't be surprised if the amateurs at Hallmark music & entertainment picked a cassette of 'Here's Little Richard' at a garage sale, set the equalizer to high across the board, and used a computer microphone to record it onto C.D. Do yourself a favor, stay far away from this horrendous version and buy the double album on Gold C.D. (well worth the extra cost) or rip this album from the internet as a torrent; either way you won't be disappointed.