Rock 'N Roll Hits: 50's

Various Artists - Rock - Vintage Rock & Roll | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 3, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Madacy Records
• ASIN: B000000KKH
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #657,186 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Great Pretender

2. Ain't That a Shame

3. Earth Angel

4. Tutti Frutti

5. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

6. Moments to Remember

7. Party Doll

8. Love Letters in the Sand

9. At the Hop

10. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

11. Yakety Yak

12. 16 Candles

13. Rockin' Robin

14. Venus

15. Stagger Lee

16. Heartaches by the Number

17. Come Softly to Me

18. Charlie Brown

19. (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?

20. Twilight Time

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Rock 'N Roll Hits: 50's Various Artists - Rock - Vintage Rock & Roll | Format: Audio CD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing re-recordings, April 21, 2003

By 

malcolm franks (Solana Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock 'N Roll Hits: 50's (Audio CD)

Only one track out of 21 is an original recording (Venus by Frankie Avalon) The rest are stereo re-recordings, made in many cases, years later. For those who remember the bite of the originals, most tracks are a disappointing facsimile.

1.0 out of 5 stars Why is this crap on the marketplace?, July 15, 2004

By 

M. Rogan "buzymom" (Northern Maine, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock 'N Roll Hits: 50's (Audio CD)

Madacy is a cheapjack Canadian label notorious for putting out watered-down versions of Time-Life and Rhino collections, but they are all horrible re-recorded versions cut by the artists years later. This is no exception, as all but one song in this collection are re-recordings. And some, like "Stagger Lee", "Heartaches By the Number", sound NOTHING like the originals! And even worse: the lead singer on the Platters and Danny and the Juniors are NOT THE ORIGINAL LEAD SINGERS! BLECCHH!!

1.0 out of 5 stars Why is this crap on the marketplace?, July 15, 2004

By 

M. Rogan "buzymom" (Northern Maine, USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Rock 'N Roll Hits: 50's (Audio CD)

Madacy is a cheapjack Canadian label notorious for putting out watered-down versions of Time-Life and Rhino collections, but they are all horrible re-recorded versions cut by the artists years later. This is no exception, as all but one song in this collection are re-recordings. And some, like "Stagger Lee", "Heartaches By the Number", sound NOTHING like the originals! And even worse: the lead singer on the Platters and Danny and the Juniors is NOT THE ORIGINAL LEAD SINGERS! BLECCHH!!