The Golden Age Of American Rock & Roll, Vol. 5

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Ace Records UK
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 029667160025
EAN: 0029667160025
ASIN: B0000009JP

Release Date: 1997-11-16

The Golden Age Of American Rock & Roll, Vol. 5

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Tracks:

Wiggle Wiggle - The Accents
Love Potion No. 9 - The Clovers
I'm Leaving It Up To You - Dale & Grace
You Cheated - The Shields
It Will Stand - The Showmen
Sleep Walk - Santo & Johnny
Nothin' Shakin' - Eddie Fontaine
Happy, Happy Birthday Baby - The Tune Weavers
Heart and Soul - Jan & Dean
What's Your Name - Don & Juan
Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris & The Sharps
Darling Lorraine - The Knockouts
Tallahassee Lassie - Freddy Cannon
Tell Me Why - The Belmonts
Over The Mountain, Across The Sea - Johnnie & Joe
Ka-Ding Dong - The G-Clefs
Underwater - The Frogmen
She Cried - Jay & The Americans
Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon
Sometime - Gene Thomas
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya - The Ribbons
Midnight Stroll - The Revels
Walk, The - Jimmy McCracklin
Hey Little Girl - Dee Clark
This Is The Nite - The Valiants
Tell Him No - Travis & Bo
Bad Boy - The Jive Bombe
Stranded In The Jungle - The Jayhawks
Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight - The Spaniels

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1. The Accents - Wiggle Wiggle
2. The Clovers - Love Potion No 9
3. Dale And Grace - I'm Leaving It Up To You
4. The Shields - You Cheated
5. The Showmen - It Will Stand
6. Santo And Johnny - Sleep Walk
7. Eddie Fontaine - Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Tree)
8. The Tune Weavers - Happy, Happy Birthday Baby
9. Jan & Dean - Heart And Soul
10. Don And Juan - What's Your Name?
11. Thurston Harris And The Sharps - Little Bitty Pretty One
12. The Knockouts - Darling Lorraine
13. Freddy Cannon - Tallahassee Lassie
14. The Belmonts - Tell Me Why
15. Johnnie And Joe - Over The Mountain, Across The Sea
16. The G-Clefs - Ka-Ding Dong
17. The Frogmen - Underwater
18. Jay And The Americans - She Cried
19. Rosco Gordon - Just A Little Bit
20. Gene Thomas - Sometime
21. The Ribbons - Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya
22. The Revels - Midnight Stroll
23. Jimmy McCracklin - The Walk
24. Dee Clark - Hey Little Girl
25. The Valiants - This Is The Nite
26. Travis And Bob - Tell Him No
27. The Jive Bombers - Bad Boy
28. The Jayhawks - Stranded In The Jungle
29. Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl
30. The Spaniels - Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Money Well Spent........2007-05-12

I have been a music collector since the mid 1950's, having accumulated a fair selection of LP's, 45's and CD's. Sometimes you get stung and sometimes you hit paydirt. For that reason I tend to place a great deal of trust in these reviews. I don't like to send for a CD without first reading what other collectors have to say about it. Rather than simply repeat all the other acclaims submitted by other reviewers, I would just like to mention what really impresses me about this CD and others in this series. I think I can speak for most bonefide collectors when I say "Thanks for the original recordings". This is what perspective buyers want to hear, this is The Real McCoy! There is nothing more frustrating than buying a CD believing that you are getting original hit material only to find that it's a re-make, probably some 20 or 30 years after the song was popular. Ace, along with Eric Records and several others, give us the original product (as far as I've been able to determine). That is most important, at least to me. The information booklet that Ace supplies is superb. One other point that is worthy of mention is the information Ace supplies on the back cover. Both US and UK labels, chart positions attained and the year are all great information to have at your fingertips. And like everyone else, I don't mind getting 30 selections on a disc either. Bearing in mind that they are working with master tapes produced many years ago, the sound is exceptional. This is money well spent!

It is not done better than this.......2005-01-15

I am a enthousiastic collector, and have almost all the Time Life rock n roll stuff, as well as Eric Records cds of this era. Although they are essential to any 50s 60s collection, nothing can top ACE series.
I could comment like this on all the 50s remasters of this fabulous record label, not only their other editions, but especially the Golden Age of American Rock n roll. I can not add anything to the positive reviews than simply summing up my personal view:
30 tracks per cd! (Time life is also excellent, but you get 15 per cd!)
excellent booklets with background info (not surpassed by any label).
not the same old songs over again, but many rare and still excellent tracks!
last but not least amazing sound quality.
So although you might have some songs there on other collections, it is for above mentioned points alone worth it to always have an ACE copy as well.

Incomparable!.......2002-02-18

Ace unleashes the fifth installment in their magnificent "Golden Age..." series with this CD. Of the massive 30 tracks here, eleven were top-10 and a further ten were top-40 leaving a third of the tracks to songs that only managed to dent the lower reaches of the pop charts. While many of these lesser-selling tunes may be unfamiliar to some listeners, their inclusion is much of what makes this series of compilations so spectacular. For those who fondly remember or even only vaguely recognize some of these more obscure tunes, some of which did have big local, if not national, impact, their appearance in high quality sound is totally welcome. Two standouts that fall into this category are the Ribbons' "Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya" and the Knockouts' "Darling Lorraine". Those from other parts of the country may find a personal favorite of theirs from within the wealth of sides seldom found elsewhere in any decent quality. As found in other volumes, there are many sides that were big hits but have seen little reissue activity - Everly Brothers sound-alikes Bob and Travis' "Tell Him No" and the Belmonts sans Dion with "Tell Me Why" to cite a couple. Ace's attention to sound quality is evident and while there is only one track (18) in stereo, these mono masters are as good as you'll find. Though virtually imperceptible, one track (10) is acknowledged as having been dubbed from disc. The info-packed 20-page liner notes booklet is interspersed with pics and dups of promo items. With this superb new entry, Ace continues to raise the bar in the reissue realm.

Smashes, Minor Hits, And Obscure Treasures.......2000-07-22

Volume five in ACE Records exhaustive survey of the early rock 'n' roll years (1954-1963) in America suffers from the same problem that volume four did in that the song selection gets a bit too obscure at times. A third of these songs barely dented Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. Songs like the Accents' "Wiggle Wiggle," the Knockouts "Darling Lorraine" or the Ribbons' "Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya" didn't exactly burn up the charts and even the most ardent fan of the period will not recognize many of these. That is not to dismiss these minor hits entirely. For example, the Showmen's "It Will Stand," which only reached No. 62, is a classic song that lyrically proclaims the longevity of rock 'n' roll because it has something important to say. [And forty years later rock 'n' roll DOES still stand!]

Also, keep in mind that with ACE's generous 30 tracks, they can afford to give the listener an extensive sampling of the minor hits of the period and still provide plenty of the more popular hits. "I'm Leaving It All Up To You," "Sleep Walk" and "Duke of Earl" all topped the charts, and an additional eight songs hit the Top Ten, including such treasures as Don and Juan's "What's Your Name," Jimmy McCracklin's "The Walk" and Travis and Bob's "Tell Him No."

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