Vol. 1-Found in the Attic

Various Artists (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 1999)
• Label: Aei
• ASIN: B00000IJAF
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #586,774 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Long Lonesone Highway (Theme From 'Then Came Bronson') - Michael Parks

2. Three Stars - Tommy Dee

3. A House, A Car, And A Wedding Ring - Dale Hawkins

4. Letter To My Darling - Little Willie John

5. 16 Reasons - Connie Stevens

6. You're Only Young Once - Fabian

7. Rainbow - Russ Hamilton

8. Mother Please - JoAnn Campbell

9. Candy Lips - Larry Finnegan

10. Crazy Otto - Johnny Maddox

11. Over And Over Again - Ed Townsend

12. Dig - Nervous Norvus

13. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho - Jimmy Rodgers

14. Op - Honeycones

15. Driftwood - Buzz Clifford

16. Two Different Worlds - Don Rondo

17. A Kiss To Build A Dream On - Richard Chamberlin

18. Sittin In The Balcony - Johnny Dee

19. Chain Gang - Bobby Scott

20. Percolator - Billy Joe/Checkmates

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars First time on CD, mostly, March 20, 2002

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Zub "Zubenelgenubi" (Forks Twp., PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vol. 1-Found in the Attic (Audio CD)

At first view, this is a scintillating collection of tunes from rock's early years. Among the 25 sides are several major hits, a number of minor ones including several one-hit wonders and an assortment of flips from big hit records.

While the appearance of many never-before-on-CD tunes piques the collector's interest, as with so many of these "independent" labels' products, these tracks exhibit at times acceptable, but often mediocre and sometimes poor, sound quality. These are all needle drops with several tracks being pretty noisy (2,3,4,7,9,21,23) and a few irritatingly bad (tracks 1 and 8 especially). In spite of the less than desired fidelity, this does offer a number of interesting sides that, at least, will not wear out any more like the original 45's would. Among the standouts are several one-hit wonders like Tommy Dee's "Three Stars", the Honeycones' "Op" and Billy Joe and the Checkmates' "Percolator Twist". Other interesting sides include Sam Cooke's last pop charting single "Let's Go Steady Again" and Johnny Dee's (actually John D. Loudermilk) "Sittin' In The Balcony".

Though with no liner notes or production credits other than the track listing and the marginal sound quality, this piece at least offers the chance to hear some really rarely heard 45's from the early rock era.