I Love Rock & Roll: Hits of 50's

Va-I Love Rock & Roll | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Priority Records
• ASIN: B000003AJX
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #124,955 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

2. Johnny B. Goode

3. Tutti Frutti

4. Blue Suede Shoes

5. R-O-C-K

6. Summertime Blues

7. Guitar Boogie Shuffle

8. Chantilly Lace

9. Kansas City

10. Rockin' Robin

11. Bye Bye Love

12. La Bamba

13. Be-Bop-A-Lula

14. Venus

15. Everyday

16. Come Go with Me

17. Oh! Carol

18. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

19. Love Potion No. 9

20. Rumble

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A "Digital Mastering" that's worse than the original, January 24, 2006

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RicR2 (McLean, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: I Love Rock & Roll: Hits of 50's (Audio CD)

I grew up listening to these songs when they were new, and own well over fifty '50's-Rock CDs, so I know how these songs sound, and I almost always LIKE digitally remastered songs. (For example, see my review of "Elv1s 30 #1 Hits.") Thus I was quite surprised that something sounded off when I played this CD in a low-fi environment (at water aerobics, through Tivoli Songbook radios that have 2.5 inch speakers).

My guess is that the "Digital Mastering" consisted of eliminating some static by basically eliminating essentially all high pitched sound (probably all sound above about 10 mhz), and boosting the bass. Conceptually the idea sounds good. In practice, it doesn't work for me, because: gone is the zing of the higher guitar notes and vocals, and the most noticeable effect on the bass is higher distortion. This problem is particularly noticeable with "Chantilly Lace."

Perhaps on a bottom-of-the-line boombox (such as GPX or Craig) this "Mastering" actually would sound better than the originals.

For a far better '50s-Rock collection, one need go no further than the "Better Together" CD listed; that CD is: "The Ultimate Rock & Roll Collection: The 50's."

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I love rock & roll; hits of the '50s, November 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: I Love Rock & Roll: Hits of 50's (Audio CD)

This is, by far, the worst CD I have ever heard. I grew up in the '50s and know that these are not the original artists who are listed. Whoever is pretending to imitate them is not even close. The musicianship and recording qualities are horrible; if the songs had been done well by other musicians, it would not be quite such a disappointment!

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best 50's Collection, January 22, 2000

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Brian Buck (Tacoma, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This is a really good collection of 50's songs. I highly reccomend it because the sound is very clear and it is a fun CD!