The Rock N' Roll Era: 1954-1955 [Time Life]

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• Audio CD
• Label: Time-Life Music / Warner Special Products
• ASIN: B000FPG1SA
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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1954-1955 Rock N Roll / 1954-1955: Rock N' Roll Era Year: 1988 Track Title 1. Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & The Comets 2. Honey Love-Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters 3. Sincerely-The Moonglows 4. Speedo-The Cadillacs 5. Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley 6. Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight-The Spaniels 7. Shake, Rattle And Roll-Big Joe Turner 8. The Great Pretender-The Platters 9. I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 10. Work With Me Annie-The Midnighters 11. Earth Angel-The Penquins 12. Maybellene-Chuck Berry 13. Tutti-Frutti-Tutti Frutti 14. Tweedlee Dee-Lavern Baker 15. Ain't That A Shame-Fats Domino 16. Hearts Of Stone-The Charms 17. Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 18. Sh-Boom-The Platters 19. I Got A Woman-Ray Charles 20. Oh What A Dream-Ruth Brown 21. The Wallflower-Etta James 22. Gee-The Crows

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TRACK LIST, May 15, 2006

By	CD & VIDEO RESEARCHER "festivalcds" (il) - See all my reviews

1954-1955 Rock N Roll / 1954-1955: Rock N' Roll Era
Year: 1988
Track Title
1. Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & The Comets
2. Honey Love-Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
3. Sincerely-The Moonglows
4. Speedo-The Cadillacs
5. Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley
6. Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight-The Spaniels
7. Shake, Rattle And Roll-Big Joe Turner
8. The Great Pretender-The Platters
9. I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis
10. Work With Me Annie-The Midnighters
11. Earth Angel-The Penquins
12. Maybellene-Chuck Berry
13. Tutti-Frutti-Tutti Frutti
14. Tweedlee Dee-Lavern Baker
15. Ain't That A Shame-Fats Domino
16. Hearts Of Stone-The Charms
17. Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace
18. Sh-Boom-The Platters
19. I Got A Woman-Ray Charles
20. Oh What A Dream-Ruth Brown
21. The Wallflower-Etta James
22. Gee-The Crows

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Part Of The Massive Time-Life/Warner Series, October 9, 2007

By	A Customer - See all my reviews

The heavily-promoted and massive Time-Life "mail order only" series of CDs of about 12-15 years ago constantly reminded you that "you can't get these in any store" and seemed intent, at the time, to corner the market on everything from the Big Band Era to Pop, Country, R&B, Soul and R&R. In addition to single artist releases, they put out year by year volumes covering the best hits of 1940 to (as far as I can tell) 1969, interspersed with theme releases such as The Unforgettable `50s, The Late `50s, The `60s: Last Dance, and R&B Gems II, among many many more.

Since there was little real competition in terms of sound quality and program notes at the time, I suppose quite a few bought into the hype, although it was an expensive venture since they also charged quite a bit more for each disc than the normal going rate. Now here we are with options like Ace Of London, Eric Records, Jasmine, Bear Family, Collectables, Collector's Choice, Rhino, Varese-Sarabande, Razor & Tie, etc., and suddenly these Time-Life releases are popping up for sale all over the place, and mostly at prices considerably less than when they were first issued.

Rest assured that if the song you are seeking is among the 22 contained in this volume (and re-listed by another reviewer) that it is the original rendition, and that the sound quality is impeccable. In addition, you get an insert containing three pages of background notes written by Washington music critic Joe Sasfy, and a complete chart detail/label information discography. In this volume you also get nice photos of Little Richard & His Band in action on stage, The Chords, Etta James, and Bo Diddley with his classic squared-off Gretsch axe.