Rock 'n Roll Relix (Series): 1959

Rock 'n Roll Relix (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 1997)
• Original Release Date: July 1, 1997
• Label: Eclipse Music Group
• ASIN: B000002XI5
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #634,219 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. It's Just a Matter of Time

2. Venus

3. Since I Don't Have You

4. Sea Cruise

5. Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)

6. Kansas City

7. Goodbye, Jimmy, Goodbye

8. Lipstick on Your Collar

9. Like Young

10. Running Bear

11. Sleepwalk

12. Sea of Love

13. Broken Hearted Melody

14. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

15. Bells of Rosa Rita

16. Teen Angel

17. Lonely Blue Boy

18. Handy Man

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good year for rock 'n' roll!, March 6, 2001

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Lee Hartsfeld (Central Ohio, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock 'n Roll Relix (Series): 1959 (Audio CD)

For the more literate among us, "relix" is "I Can't Spell" for the more dictionary-friendly word, "relics." And these are very fine rock 'n' roll "relix," even though the liner-notes writer wants to make sure we know that 1959 was a VERY bad year for rock. The rebels had been silenced, you see, and the "old guys" were busy sweetening up the music. Whatever. There are some great sides here for those of us open-minded enough to enjoy Frankie Avalon AND Wilbert Harrison, including a superb example of late-50s doo-wop in the Admirations' "The Bells of Rosa Rita." And there's the original, raucous version of Frankie Ford's "Sea Cruise" (beware the remake floating around) and Mark Dinning's memorably maudlin "Teen Angel." Ignore the hype--1959 was a great year.

The "Relix" series is to be praised for first-rate sound quality and truly representative samplings of each year in question. Good buys, all.