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Rock 'N Roll Hits: 50's

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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.

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!!

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!!

Brilliant music for the summer and it will remind you of those rock and roll days!! Enjoy this CD because it is quite groovey! Dance in you living room to these old tunes and they will get you swinging!

Phil