Time Life The Rock 'N' Roll Era 1957 [Original recording remastered]

The Tune Weavers (Artist), Thurston Harris (Artist), The Bobbettes (Artist), The Dubs (Artist), Dale Hawkins (Artist), Buddy Knox (Artist), Johnnie and Joe (Artist), LaVern Baker (Artist), The Dell-Vikings (Artist), Jerry Lee Lewis (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Time Life Music / Warner Special Products
• ASIN: B000FPEP7O
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,843 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Various Artists / Rock N' Roll Era: 1957 Label: Time-Life Music Year: 1997 Track Title 1. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On -- Jerry Lee Lewis 2. Come Go With Me -- The Del-Vikings 3. I'm Walkin' -- Fats Domino 4. Keep A Knockin' -- Little Richard 5. Happy, Happy Birthday Baby -- The Tune Weavers 6. At The Hop -- Danny & The Juniors 7. Wake Up Little Susie -- The Everly Brothers 8. Little Bitty Pretty One -- Thurston Harris 9. C.C. Rider -- Chuck Willis 10. Jim Dandy -- Lavern Baker 11. Susie-Q -- Dale Hawkins 12. Great Balls Of Fire -- Jerry Lee Lewis 13. Little Darlin' -- The Diamonds 14. Searchin' -- The Coasters 15. Mr. Lee -- Bobbets 16. Over The Mountain, Across The Sea -- Johnnie & Joe 17. Peggy Sue -- Buddy Holly 18. School Day -- Chuck Berry 19. Young Blood -- The Coasters 20. Party Doll -- Buddy Know 21. Short Fat Fannie -- Larry Williams 22. Could This Be Magic -- dDub

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

This review is from: Time Life The Rock 'N' Roll Era 1957 (Audio CD)

Various Artists / Rock N' Roll Era: 1957
Label: Time-Life Music
Year: 1997
Track Title
1. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On -- Jerry Lee Lewis
2. Come Go With Me -- The Del-Vikings
3. I'm Walkin' -- Fats Domino
4. Keep A Knockin' -- Little Richard
5. Happy, Happy Birthday Baby -- The Tune Weavers
6. At The Hop -- Danny & The Juniors
7. Wake Up Little Susie -- The Everly Brothers
8. Little Bitty Pretty One -- Thurston Harris
9. C.C. Rider -- Chuck Willis
10. Jim Dandy -- Lavern Baker
11. Susie-Q -- Dale Hawkins
12. Great Balls Of Fire -- Jerry Lee Lewis
13. Little Darlin' -- The Diamonds
14. Searchin' -- The Coasters
15. Mr. Lee -- Bobbets
16. Over The Mountain, Across The Sea -- Johnnie & Joe
17. Peggy Sue -- Buddy Holly
18. School Day -- Chuck Berry
19. Young Blood -- The Coasters
20. Party Doll -- Buddy Know
21. Short Fat Fannie -- Larry Williams
22. Could This Be Magic -- dDub

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

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

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AvidOldiesCollector (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time Life The Rock 'N' Roll Era 1957 (Audio CD)

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 Unforgetable `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 considerable less than when they were first issued.

Rest assured that if the song you are seeking is among the 22 contained 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 four 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 Jerry Lee Lewis and his teenage Bride Myra Gale posing on a classic motorcycle, Chuck Willis, LaVern Baker, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and Larry Williams.

5.0 out of 5 stars 57 tunes, April 6, 2011

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This review is from: Time Life The Rock 'N' Roll Era 1957 (Audio CD)

Love these. I used to sing and play (sax breaks) a couple of the cuts on this cd way back then. Memory lane. Much better quality now than we had on the old 45s. Plus, you don't have to keep jumping up to turn over over the record.