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Various Loud, Fast & Out Of Control: The Wild Sounds Of '50s Rock (Disc 1) (1999)
Originally Released May 18, 1999\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: If anyonewanted to prove that original '50s rock & roll was a lot more than just white guys trying to sound black, this deluxe box set would be the perfect flag-waver. Loaded up heavy from top to bottom with the kind of discs that rockabilly collectors consider their personal epiphany, along with obvious hits from Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Bo Diddley and others, this collection burrows right into the heart of what made the first edition of rock & roll so upsetting to staid adults back in the '50s. Thisis loud, noisy, dangerous music, as far away from malt-shop memories and wedding-reception drivel as you could possibly ask for.Encompassing rockabilly, jump R&B, crazed instrumentals, hits andclassics that have earned their rep over the intervening decades, this should be a major cornerstone of anyone building a sensible rock & roll collection. -- Cub Koda\n\nAmazon.com Editorial Review\n"Communist, Eastern European countries... may have come up with Karl Marx," punk entrepreneur Brett Gurewitz once said, "andthey may have come up with Trotsky, but they'll never come up with Chuck Berry." The 1950s' rock revolution, this four-CD box is designed to remind us, led to more than just Happy Days and Grease; it was part and parcel of the movement for social change in racial and sexual terms that, like the music, was impossible to stop. Of course, it sounded great, too. ("That ain't no freight trainthat you hear rollin' down the railroad tracks," the Coasters remind us near the end of disc one. "That's a country-born piano man playin' in between the cracks.") Loud, Fast & Out of Control offers its share of the usual oldies-radio fodder, but also tossesin countless little-heard gems, from Gene Vincent's "B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go" (with Cliff Gallup serving up several of rockabilly's most inspired, unhinged guitar solos) and several Johnny Burnette Trio singles to Little Richard's towering title song for The Girl Can't Help It, the Johnny Otis Show's "Crazy Country Hop," and Carl Perkins's "Put Your Cat Clothes On." --Rickey Wright \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\n"Devil Music" at its best!!!, August 17, 2001 \nReviewer: ron dolce from evanston, illinois United States \n"Happy Days" never existed, at least not in the '50's. Thatdecade was in reality the beginning of the "Culture Wars" of social liberation and the opening salvo was the arrival of the "filthy, degenerate devil music" (not my words but I forget whose) known as rock and roll. Rhino records brings back this period with this issue; four cd's containing one hundred four of the wildest songs in rock's history. Most of the classic performers (Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis) are represented, as well assome period performers (Wanda Jackson, Vince Taylor) and some one-hit wonders (the Viscounts, Warren Smith). The collection mixesclassic songs with more little known numbers. Bill Haley's version of "Shake, Rattle and Roll" is replaced by the much more satisfying version by Joe Turner and several other songs which would becovered more famously appear.(I wish somebody would cover Wynonie Harris' "Lovin' Machine". Place and time notwithstanding it's probably the most subversive song in the set). In addition, about40% of the material is performed by black artists, representing afact that was not lost on the critics of rock and roll at the time. The crystal clear digital remix seems to give the music evenmore of an edge. My only complaint is that there wasn't enough ofit. This collection is further evidence that rock and roll is one of the world's most powerful forces. If you love it and you'renot a serious '50's collector, get this set. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nCould have been titled Loud or Fast or Out Of Control, January 18, 2000 \nReviewer: Brian O'Marra from Little Rock, ARUSA \nThe intent of the compilers is to give the 50's music thecredibility and relevance it deserves. It is true that 60's and70's music is filed in stores by artist, and with the excetion ofElvis Presley, Budd
This rock cd contains 24 tracks and runs 58min 50sec.
Freedb: 330dc818
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