Vol. 1-Found in the Attic

Various Artists (Performer)

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.com Sales Rank: #505,675 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars First time on CD, mostly, March 21, 2002

By	Zub "Zubenelgenubi" (North Plainfield, NJ) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

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 45s 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 45s from the early rock era.