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The Golden Age of American Rock'n'Roll - Special Novelty Edition [CD]

Various Artists Audio CD
3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (3 Nov 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Ace
  • ASIN: B0000DD9AK
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 101,892 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Martian Hop - The Ran-Dells
2. Mr. Bass Man - Johnny Cymbal
3. I Want My Baby Back - Jimmy Cross
4. Ape Call - Nervous Norvus
5. Baby Sittin' Boogie - Buzz Clifford
6. Yogi - Ivy Three
7. Delicious - Jim Backus
8. Long Tall Texan - Murry Kellum
9. Mr. Custer - Larry Verne
10. Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
11. Flying Saucer - Buchanan & Goodman
12. Rip Van Winkle - The Devotions
13. Witch Doctor - David Seville
14. Russian Band Stand - Spencer & Spencer
15. Beep Beep - The Playmates
16. More Money For You And Me (Medley) - Four Preps
17. The Mummy - Bob McFadden & Dor
18. The Blob - The Five Blobs
19. Little Space Girl - Jesse Lee Turner
20. Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) - Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes & Connie Stevens
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Product Description

Golden Age Of American Rock'n'Roll~Special Novelty Edition: Sure to appeal to those Pop/Rock‘n’Roll fans who want just one representative selection of Novelty classics in their collections, and this is the ideal opportunity to get 30 of their favourite records in the same place, at the same time and with a lavishly illustrated booklet too!

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1-Martian HopRAN-DELLS 2-Mr. Bass ManCYMBAL, Johnny 3-I Want My Baby BackCROSS, Jimmy 4-Ape CallNERVOUS NORVUS 5-Baby Sittin' BoogieCLIFFORD, Buzz 6-YogiTHREE, Ivy 7-DeliciousBACKUS, Jim 8-Long Tall TexanKELLUM, Murry 9-Mr. CusterVERNE, Larry 10-Purple People EaterWOOLEY, Sheb 11-Flying SaucerBUCHANAN & GOODMAN 12-Rip Van WinkleDEVOTIONS 13-Witch DoctorSEVILLE, David 14-Russian Band StandSPENCER & SPENCER 15-Beep BeepPLAYMATES 16-More Money For You And Me (Medley)FOUR PREPS 17-The MummyBOB McFADDEN & DOR 18-The BlobFIVE BLOBS 19-Little Space GirlTURNER, Jesse Lee 20-Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)EDD BYRNES & C. STEVENS 21-Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot...HYLAND, Brian 22-PsychoHENDRICKS, Bobby 23-Who Put The BompMANN, Barry 24-Ahab The ArabSTEVENS, Ray 25-Haunted HouseSIMMONS, Gene 26-Alley - OopDYNA-SORES 27-The Old Payola Roll BluesLAURIE, Linda 28-Ambrose (part 5)LAURIE, Linda 29-Leader Of The LaundromatDETERGENTS 30-They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Haa!NAPOLEON XIV (2003/ACE)30 tracks! The Novelty Edition of the worldfamous 'Golden Age Of American Rock'n' Roll' series. All tracks made the Billboard Charts. Some tracks for the first time ever on CD!/Die Novelty-Ausgabe der wohl besten Rock'n' Roll Serie, die es jemals gab! Alle Titel waren in den Billboard Charts vertreten und viele davon sind das erstemal auf CD zu haben!!

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3.2 out of 5 stars
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Purchase 9 Jun 2007
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've been trying to assemble on CD all of what I consider the essential recordings. A lot of the task has been easy - but the last twenty or thirty songs have been very elusive. It is, therefore, a huge pleasure to find several of the recordings for which I've been searching all neatly tied up on one disc.

Highlights I've previously found hard to find include Barry Mann's original version of Who Put the Bomp. Why is it that cover versions (including those of Jan & Dean and Frankie Lymon) change it to "I Put the Bomp"? Didn't they realise that - since Barry Mann was the man who put the bomp - there's a good joke here? Duh?! Also here are the original versions of Witch Doctor, Beep Beep, The Purple People Eater and They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haa! All of which are a lot harder to find than they should be.

Other gems - like Brian Hyland's Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - can be found elsewhere easily enough, but I can't criticise their inclusion.

Some purchasers may be disappointed that Alley-Oop is not the version by the Hollywood Argylles. It's an interesting early cover - but those who don't already have it are still going to be searching for the original recording. (They'll find it on a double CD called "60 Number Ones of the Sixties" - which has been deleted, but can still be had from Amazon Marketplace sellers.)

Inevitably, there are omissions and some naff tracks. But the inexcusable inclusion of one track is what led me to give the album 4 stars instead of 5. I refer to Russian Band Stand - a lamentable and heavy handed piece of Cold War propaganda. It was neither funny nor musically enjoyable in 1959 - and it is neither funny nor musically enjoyable now. There is nothing funny about the Soviet Union having been an oppressive regime, there is nothing funny about the jibes made here being largely unfair and - least funny of all - is that the record was clearly designed to make Americans like the Russians even less and thus bring the world a little bit closer to nuclear annihilation.

So - do yourself a favour and skip Russian Band Stand. But you will find, here, a lot of indespensible gems you're going to have trouble tracking down elsewhere.
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3.0 out of 5 stars graham cole 10 May 2013
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
it only gets 3 stars because although there are many good tracks on it there about a dozen average ones. however it does contain Kenny everetts no 1 worlds worst record. "I want my baby back" which is worth the price of admission alone! a classic in bad taste.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad 28 April 2008
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I bought it for Delicious - a rare enough track anywhere, and The Mummy, an early recording by Rod McKuen (yes, the same).
The rest, as other reviewers have said, are available elsewhere.
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