The Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 11
Ace Records UK - Ace Records UK
Various Artists
Release date: 2007-08-28
Audio CD
Doo Wop, Early R&B, Oldies Collections, Pop, Pop / Vocal Pop, Pop/Rock Music, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, V/a Compilations
1. Jim Dandy - LAVERN BAKER
2. Ruby Baby - DION
3. White Bucks And Saddle Shoes - BOBBY PEDRICK JR
4. Transfusion - NERVOUS NORVUS
5. Lavender Blue - SAMMY TURNER
6. (You're The) Apple Of My Eye - THE FOUR LOVERS
7. Mathilda - COOKIE & HIS CUPCAKES
8. Henrietta - JIMMY DEE & THE OFFBEATS
9. One Track Mind - BOBBY LEWIS
10. I Need Your Lovin' - CONWAY TWITTY
11. Tennessee Waltz - BOBBY COMSTOCK & HIS COUNTS
12. Love Is Strange - MICKEY & SYLVIA
13. Pretend - CARL MANN
14. Drip Drop THE DRIFTERS
15. Chills And Fever - RONNIE LOVE
16. Let The Good Times Roll - SHIRLEY & LEE
17. Miss Fine - THE NEW YORKERS
18. I'm Stickin' With You - JIMMY BOWEN
19. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - JIVIN GENE & THE JOKERS
20. Goodbye Baby - JACK SCOTT
21. This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' - RUTH BROWN
22. Last Chance - COLLAY & HIS SATELLITES
23. Record Hop Blues - THE QUARTER NOTES featuring TONY SPERRY
24. Without Love (There Is Nothing) - CLYDE MCPHATTER
25. Village Of Love - NATHANIEL MAYER & THE FABULOUS TWILIGHTS
26. Fabulous - CHARLIE GRACE
27. Peanut Butter - THE MARATHONS
28. Smokey Joe's Café - THE ROBINS
29. Come On Over - THE STROLLERS
30. Finger Poppin' Time - HANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS
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The Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 11
Date undefinedThe Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll, Volume 11 has a whopping thirty (yes, thirty) tracks on the album--and several are really quite rare as other reviewers have noted. The sound is very, very good and the selection couldn't be better.
The CD starts strong with Lavern Baker's classic hit "Jim Dandy." She sings this song with all her might and it's clear and sassy when you hear her belt it out. The melody is appealing and the male backup singers enhance the number. "Jim Dandy' has a great beat to it, too. "Ruby Baby" by Dion has this singer crooning his best and Dion never misses a note! This number has great guitar and the backup singers are cool. I also like The Four Lovers singing out "(You're The) Apple Of My Eye;" this awesome 1950s tune rocks well!
The hits continue. Listen for Conway Twitty's "I Need Your Lovin';" and Bobby Comstock & His Counts do a great job with their rendition of the classic "Tennessee Waltz." Shirley & Lee do their huge hit "Let The Good Times Roll;" I really like this classic number. There's also the immortal Ruth Brown performing a rockin' tune called "This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'." Listen for some great brass on "This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'!"
One of the most beautiful ballads on this album is Clyde McPhatter's "Without Love (There Is Nothing);" he sings this passionately and it really impresses me a lot. Yet another solid number you just might recognize is "Smokey Joe's Café" by The Robins. Awesome!
The liner notes come in the form of a generous 28 page booklet with lots and lots of information about these hits. I love the cover art with all those 1950's cars on the front!
This CD is practically indispensable for anyone who loves pop hits from the mid 1950s to the early 1960s. The sound is excellent; you get a whopping thirty tracks; and the liner notes are bursting at the seams with info about the hits. You won't regret this purchase.
The Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 11
Date undefinedI own the previous ten compilations, and this is the worst one by far. I doubt there will be a number 12, as they have scraped the bottom of the barrel on this one. Liner notes as usual are great, recordings are clean too, the song selection justs plain sucks.
The Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 11
Date undefinedIt's hard to call this a disappointment. (It's really 3 1/2 stars.) The sheer fact that Ace decided not to stop at Vol. 10 as initially planned is fantastic. As one who is old enough (just) to remember Elvis on Ed Sullivan the "Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll" has been a godsend. After filling the first disc (not known then as volume 1) with the ubiquitous singles from the first era of rock & roll, this series settled into a great showcase for forgotten treasures. Not every song, but so many. Where others have tried and not come close (the "Hard To Find on CD" series jumps to mind), these discs are all top notch. I was so elated when searching the Amazon/CD Now that another volume came out. I ordered it instantly. There are some well known classics, some lesser known studs and a clunker or two. (Transfusion succeeds only as a novelty, but does not withstand the test of time. It would have fit better on the "Special Novelty Edition"). Short-lived instrumentals from that era leave me wanting something with more substance. The Quarter Notes' contribution sounds like any other practically unknown sax oriented (with organ?)tune. Still, I didn't feel the adrenaline rush that I have from volumes 2-10.
In perusing the books of charted tunes from that era, I find many many more non-top twenty songs that would get my feet a-tapping. Here's wishing that some of them find themselves on future volumes (should there be any)in this outstanding series.
