Lloyd Rocks [Import]

Lloyd Price | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 8, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B001H7G33I
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,432 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Where You At?

2. Country Boy Rock

3. Rock'n'roll Dance

4. Walkin' The Track

5. Lawdy Miss Clawdy

6. Why

7. I'm Glad, Glad

8. Baby Please Come Home

9. Tell Me, Pretty Baby

10. Carry Me Home

11. Woe Ho Ho

12. Heavy Dreams

13. The Chicken And The Bop

14. Hello Little Girl

15. Georgianna

16. How Many Times

17. Such A Mess

18. Down By The River

19. Gonna Let You Come Back Home

20. Stagger Lee

See all 34 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2008 release. Lloyd Price played a huge role in igniting the Rock 'N' Roll revolution with his 1952 landmark R&B chart-topper 'Lawdy Miss Clawdy'. This compilation is the only career retrospective to feature key recordings from Specialty, KRC, and ABC-Paramount. All his biggest Rock 'N' Roll hits are here ' 'Lawdy Miss Clawdy', 'Stagger Lee', 'Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)', 'Personality' and the rest. Wonderful packaging with great photos and interview-based notes by Bill Dahl. Bear Family.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure pleasure, May 29, 2010

By 

Wild Bill Jones (Interstate 10) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lloyd Rocks (Audio CD)

Yes, it's a little pricey, but if you are looking for a single-disc collection of Lloyd Price, this is absolutely the one to get. The sound is great, it has the most comprehensive selection of his rocking tracks (except for Mailman Blues, curiously enough), the booklet is gorgeous, and the music -- it is so infectiously buoyant that it is a perfect antidote to the blues. Really. Some people may find the occasionally cheesy backing vocals on some tracks a little hard to take, but there aren't that many, and if you can get used to them the music is right in the pocket. Lloyd Price lifts the room when he sings. This is an almost perfect reissue. Amazon customers familiar with Bear Family's meticulous, high-quality reissues will know just what I mean.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Malt shop memories par excellence., October 26, 2009

By 

Patrick M. Kadas (Portland OR USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Lloyd Rocks (Audio CD)

I picked up this CD a few days ago and finally reviewed it.
He's mostly remembered for these hits:

Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price - No.01 for 4 weeks on 1/5/1959. 15 weeks Top 40 - "Gold hit. AMG Pick. #1 R&B hit (4 weeks). Adapted from the traditional folk song 'Stack-O-Lee.' Don Costa Orchestra."

Personality - Lloyd Price - No.02 for 3 weeks on 5/11/1959. 14 weeks Top 40 - "Gold hit. AMG Pick. #1 R&B hit (4 weeks). Don Costa Orchestra."

But there are so many songs by him that stand out.
His early stuff before he became famous has that raw R&B energy that will make you come back for more.

What you get is 34 songs, 1.3 hours of prime 1950s music from 1952-1961.
What I got was 30 songs, 1.1 hours of music that would make a fine compilation, with 12 songs, 28.2 minutes (1952-1959) that are 5 star rated by me!


BEAR FAMILY LABEL: This German label can be quite expensive, but you will be guaranteed great sounding CDs and very informative booklets.
I never had a complaint with them.

BOTTOM LINE: Would I recommend buying it. If you are building up your collection of the 1950s you can't go wrong getting it!