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2CDs featuring the best of 1958. Whether you were there the first time round or just wish you were this digitally remastered set contains 50 songs that have not lost their appeal with the pasing of time! Featuring Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Duane Eddy, The Platters, Eddie Cochran and many more.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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After the `57 set which had a lot of nice surprises, this one is a bit more predictable but that doesn't mean it disappoints. It still has quite a few tracks that I'd not heard for donkey's years but was very happy to hear again. The Olympics with their inspired "Western Movies", "Rama Lama Ding Dong" - what a title! - from the Edsels , and even "Stupid Cupid" from Connie Francis - yes, I know she's not bona fide r'n'r but I still like it - all come in this category.
And this time there are plenty of good rockers from outside the usual suspects. "High Blood Pressure", "Chantilly Lace", "Do you wanna dance" , "Rockin' Robin", "C'mon let's go" and "Jungle Rock" are of this ilk.
But the big names themselves don't perform badly. "One Night" is for me, one of Presley's very best, combining his blues sensibility, his sense of melodrama, things that he'd learned from the great black group lead singers like Clyde McPhatter, together with one of his strongest backing ever, to produce an all time classic which even matches some of his Sun outings. Maybe it's a tad OTT for some but Elvis did this kind of thing better than anyone. It may not be fashionable to prefer Elvis' take on this song to that of the originator, Smiley Lewis, but there's no accounting for taste.
Elsewhere we get three from Chuck (and he never disappointed in the early years), the ultimate teen ballad in "Poor Little Fool" from Ricky Nelson (one of the earliest records I bought and it was a 78), the Everly's in supreme ballad mode on "Dream", Buddy and the Crickets making it sound easy and Eddie with one of his best ever tracks in "Summertime Blues" - "I'd like to help you son but you're too young to vote". And there's Uncle Bill Haley with one of his more obscure cuts, "Corrine Corrina" based very much on the Joe Turner version - there's a nice video on Youtube of the boys (they were actually pretty old then!) performing this in Germany in `58.
On the rockabilly front we get Wanda Jackson's best known offering in the genre, "Let's have a party", and it's great to see she's still going strong. Plus another strong lady in Janis Martin on "Crackerjack" (nothing to do with Eamonn Andrews and teatime telly!) and the ever so slightly shrill Collins Kids with "Rock Bop Baby".
Plenty of doowop but less than last time. Very well known ones like "At the Hop", "Book of Love", onto the less well known but still major, "Get a Job" from the Silhouettes, onto material I've certainly never heard of but, judging by One Day's track record, I'm sure is very good. I guess the Drifters come in the doowop category somewhere - "Drip Drop" is well up to their standard. And there are also a couple more good slowies from the Platters which shouldn't be forgotten.
Mention of slowies reminds me that I haven't mentioned two really big ones in the set - Jody Reynolds' eternal "Endless Sleep" and Conway Twitty with his best ever record, "It's only Make Believe" - I do actually like much of Conway's country stuff but does any of it match up to "Make Believe"?
But I've saved the best for last. "Jenny Lee" from Jan & Arnie just rocks like the clappers. It's almost worth buying the set for this track alone. It's some kind of weird combination of early garage, doowop, rockabilly guitar and piano plus a sax player who could be a younger, and wilder, King Curtis. Fantastic track and pretty good album.
And Cliff. And let's be fair, "Move it" still stands up well in this company.
At this price can you afford not to buy it?
And this time there are plenty of good rockers from outside the usual suspects. "High Blood Pressure", "Chantilly Lace", "Do you wanna dance" , "Rockin' Robin", "C'mon let's go" and "Jungle Rock" are of this ilk.
But the big names themselves don't perform badly. "One Night" is for me, one of Presley's very best, combining his blues sensibility, his sense of melodrama, things that he'd learned from the great black group lead singers like Clyde McPhatter, together with one of his strongest backing ever, to produce an all time classic which even matches some of his Sun outings. Maybe it's a tad OTT for some but Elvis did this kind of thing better than anyone. It may not be fashionable to prefer Elvis' take on this song to that of the originator, Smiley Lewis, but there's no accounting for taste.
Elsewhere we get three from Chuck (and he never disappointed in the early years), the ultimate teen ballad in "Poor Little Fool" from Ricky Nelson (one of the earliest records I bought and it was a 78), the Everly's in supreme ballad mode on "Dream", Buddy and the Crickets making it sound easy and Eddie with one of his best ever tracks in "Summertime Blues" - "I'd like to help you son but you're too young to vote". And there's Uncle Bill Haley with one of his more obscure cuts, "Corrine Corrina" based very much on the Joe Turner version - there's a nice video on Youtube of the boys (they were actually pretty old then!) performing this in Germany in `58.
On the rockabilly front we get Wanda Jackson's best known offering in the genre, "Let's have a party", and it's great to see she's still going strong. Plus another strong lady in Janis Martin on "Crackerjack" (nothing to do with Eamonn Andrews and teatime telly!) and the ever so slightly shrill Collins Kids with "Rock Bop Baby".
Plenty of doowop but less than last time. Very well known ones like "At the Hop", "Book of Love", onto the less well known but still major, "Get a Job" from the Silhouettes, onto material I've certainly never heard of but, judging by One Day's track record, I'm sure is very good. I guess the Drifters come in the doowop category somewhere - "Drip Drop" is well up to their standard. And there are also a couple more good slowies from the Platters which shouldn't be forgotten.
Mention of slowies reminds me that I haven't mentioned two really big ones in the set - Jody Reynolds' eternal "Endless Sleep" and Conway Twitty with his best ever record, "It's only Make Believe" - I do actually like much of Conway's country stuff but does any of it match up to "Make Believe"?
But I've saved the best for last. "Jenny Lee" from Jan & Arnie just rocks like the clappers. It's almost worth buying the set for this track alone. It's some kind of weird combination of early garage, doowop, rockabilly guitar and piano plus a sax player who could be a younger, and wilder, King Curtis. Fantastic track and pretty good album.
And Cliff. And let's be fair, "Move it" still stands up well in this company.
At this price can you afford not to buy it?
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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One Day Music is establishing itself as a top rate nostalgia label (part of the Not Now Music company). Here you will find 50 top tapping numbers (originals) from 1957/1958. The stars include Little Richard; Ricky Nelson; Brenda Lee; Connie Francis; Eddie Cochran; Ritchie Valens; Chuck Berry; Bill Haley and more.Great sound quality throughout. The liner notes are from Michael Heatley and the liner includes photographs of 8 of the stars. The retro commic book look suits the era and the genre and this is over 2 hours of kick your shoes off and sit back nostalgia. Price wise this is a snip so buy now and don't forget to check out both Not Now Music and One Day Music releases if you are a nostalgia fan. Live the life, Live the music.
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