The Golden Age of American Rock ‘n’ Roll Vol.11

The Golden Age of American Rock ‘n’ Roll Vol.11
Customer Review: Congratulations to ACE!
After their wonderful series of the Golden Era of American Rock & Roll

(10 Volumes) ACE suddenly surprises us 5 years later with an 11th volume.

Like they always do, the extensive 28 page liner notes help us to find

out the whereabouts of each and every song and that makes these series

unique (Teeanager Crush series + all the other American Rock & Roll

releases). Even if the contents of a volume may have minor hits or

the selection used isn’t as good as others, these booklets make each

and every one of them a 5 star rating! The highlights of this Volume 11

are Lavern Baker’s Jim Dandy (one of the first real authentic R&R songs)

Lavender Blue by Sammi Turner (never seen before on a compilation), I

Need Your Lovin’ by Conway Twitty (No not that one..), Pretend by Carl

mann, the incredible Drip Drop by the early Drifters (later covered

by Dion who had a bigger success with it), the original Let The Good

Times Roll etc. etc.

Like all the other 10, just prepare yourself and put on your rockin’

shoes!

Customer Review: Up to standard
Ace has issued over the years possibly the best collections of American music covering all bases from rockabilly to high school pop to uptown soul.Fortunately the Golden Age ends by their definition around the mid 60s so it saves having to put up with more reruns of Motown or Stax.

These sets work on 2 levels really-the fact packed booklets and the more obscure items such as the Bubbling Under series.Perhaps a future series could issue No Hit Wonders-after all the bulk of it was as good as the stuff on the Top 100 and a lot of collectors are very interested in Musical failure.

Its also good to see this is not Rock Critics stuff-I don’t need to be told yet again that Pat Boone was ripping off black music.Which he wasn’t as many now realise.Everyone is treated equally because these are for a new generation

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