VA - Loud, Fast & Out Of Control The Wild Sounds Of 50's Rock [1999] (4 x CD's)

LOUD, FAST & OUT OF CONTROL

VA - Loud, Fast & Out Of Control The Wild Sounds Of 50's Rock [1999] (4 x CD's)

The intent of the compilers is to give the 50's music the credibility and relevance it deserves. It is true that 60's and 70's music is filed in stores by artist, and with the exception of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, or Jerry Lee Lewis, 50's music is relegated to oldies bins.  In addition, this decade has been associated with Doo Wop, slow ballads (Earth Angel, for example) and Sock Hops. The box presents the music as it was intended: dangerous, rebellious music. To set this tone, the odd discs open with famous audio bites where religious figures, political figures were condemning rock and roll and trying to ban it. The even discs close with these. One you might remember: "Rock and Roll has got to go...We're all through playing Rock & Roll" This soundbite in an imaginative move closes the box completely at the end of disc four. If this is the compilers wish, they can breathe easier. They have accomplished their objective many times over. When one plays these tracks, excitement, and awesome energy emerges. Stagger Lee, La Bamba, and a slew of obscure tracks are deserving of repeated listenings.
The accompanying booklet is well assembled, with lots of liner notes under each track, photos of the artist, and introductory notes that defend the motive of this box. The sound quality is topnotch. But why wouldn't it be with restoration wizard Bill Inglot at the helm. Force fade-outs that were applied to these tracks over the years are gone, so the songs have sharp cold drop offs as was intended. The only beefs one can find, is some songs were left off seemingly due to the fact they don't fit the title of the set (Loud, Fast, and Out of Control). However, Fats Domino's My Blue Heaven, and the Everly Brothers' Wake Up Little Suzie, sound tame when compared with Elvis Presley's Hound Dog which wasn't included. Also, the set does cheat a little bit with Buddy Holly's Brown-Eyed Handsome Man. This song was released posthumously in 1963 on the overdubbed album Reminiscing. There the Fireballs overdubbed instruments to give it a full studio and stereo sound. The stripped down original with Jerry Allison's drumming now audible was not released until the 1980's on the CD For The First Time Anywhere. Yet, it's on this. Other than these two flaws, the set wonderful and deserves to be put next to the Nuggets box set (Amazon)

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Track lists
CD1

01 Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody 2:26

02 Gene Vincent - B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go 2:16

03 Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock 2:28

04 Johnny Burnette - Rock Billy Boogie 2:33

05 Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode 2:40

06 Jack Scott - Leroy 2:09

07 Joe Bennett - Black Slacks 2:06

08 Dwight Pullen - Sunglasses After Dark 2:11

09 Carl Perkins - Put Your Cat Clothes On 2:50

10 Joe Clay - Duck Tail 2:27

11 Rock A Teens - Woo-Hoo 2:05

12 Ritchie Valens - Come on, Let's Go 2:02

13 Fats Domino - I'm Ready 2:02

14 Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle & Roll 2:59

15 Keely Smith; Louis Prima; Sam Butera & the Witnesses - Jump, Jive, An' Wail 3:28

16 Amos Milburn - Chicken Shack Boogie 2:29

17 Hank Ballard & the Midnighters - Finger Poppin' Time 2:33

18 Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser 2:23

19 Dale Vaughn - How Can You Be Mean to Me 2:19

20 Janis Martin - My Boy Elvis 2:05

21 Elvis Presley - My Baby Left Me 2:12

22 Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 2:53

23 Coasters - That is Rock & Roll 2:23

24 Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula 2:36

CD2

01 Johnny Kidd - Shakin' All Over 2:22

02 Wanda Jackson - Let's Have a Party 2:09

03 Buddy Holly - Rave On 1:49

04 Ronnie Dee - Action Packed 2:13

05 Billy Lee Riley - Red Hot 2:31

06 Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire 1:50

07 Little Richard - The Girl Can't Help It 2:31

08 Bo Diddley - Hey! Bo Diddley 2:13

09 Johnny Otis Show - Willie and the Hand Jive 2:35

10 Red Prysock - Hand Clappin' 2:50

11 Big Joe Turner - Flip Flop and Fly 2:46

12 Gene Vincent - Jumps, Giggles and Shouts 2:51

13 Chuck Berry - Roll over Beethoven 2:25

14 Chan Romero - The Hippy Hippy Shake 1:40

15 Little Willie John - I'm Shakin' 2:26

16 Wynonie Harris - Lovin' Machine 2:27

17 Larry Williams - Bony Maronie 3:06

18 Freddy Cannon - Tallahassee Lassie 2:12

19 Everly Brothers - Claudette 2:13

20 Chuck Berry - Maybellene 2:20

21 Bill Haley - (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock 2:10

22 Gene Summers - School of Rock & Roll 2:05

23 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Little Demon 2:26

24 Gene Vincent - Race With the Devil 2:03

25 LaVern Baker - Voodoo Voodoo 1:50

26 Jackie Morningstar - Rockin' in the Graveyard 2:41

27 Jimmy Dee & The Offbeats - Henrietta 3:22

CD3

01 Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues 2:12

02 Little Richard - Tutti Frutti 2:24

03 Link Wray - Raw-Hide 2:06

04 Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love? 2:30

05 Bill Haley - See You Later, Alligator 2:46

06 Ronnie Dawson - Rockin' Bones 1:55

07 Bobby Darin - Splish Splash 2:12

08 Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 2:29

09 Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love 2:21

10 Buddy Holly; The Crickets - Oh, Boy! 2:07

11 Fats Domino - Whole Lotta Lovin' 1:40

12 Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One 2:22

13 Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace 2:22

14 Carl Perkins - Honey Don't 2:50

15 Roy Orbison - Go! Go! Go! 2:08

16 Ronnie Hawkins - Forty Days 2:16

17 Jackie Brenston - Rocket 88 2:49

18 Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Frenzy 2:12

19 Don & Dewey - Koko Joe 2:13

20 Big "T" Tyler - King Kong 2:04

21 Warren Smith - Ubangi Stomp 1:59

22 Billy Lee Riley - Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll 2:01

23 Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes 2:16

24 Kid Thomas - Rockin' This Joint Tonite 1:57

25 Johnny Burnette - Honey Hush 2:02

26 Coasters - Yakety Yak 1:50

27 Johnny Otis - Crazy Country Hop 2:42

28 Link Wray - Rumble 2:25

CD4

01 Buddy Holly - Brown Eyed Handsome Man 2:05

02 Eddie Cochran - Somethin' Else 2:09

03 Bill Haley - Crazy Man Crazy 2:40

04 Johnny Burnette - The Train Kept A Rollin' 2:16

05 Tarheel Slim - Number Nine Train 3:01

06 Larry & Lorrie Collins; Larry Collins; Lorrie Collins - Mercy 2:03

07 Vince Taylor - Brand New Cadillac 2:37

08 Larry Williams - Slow Down 2:44

09 Frankie Ford; Huey "Piano" Smith; Huey "Piano" Smith & Orchestra - Sea Cruise 2:45

10 Shirley & Lee - I Feel Good 2:18

11 Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee 2:21

12 Ritchie Valens - La Bamba 2:07

13 Champs - Tequila 2:11

14 Coasters - Charlie Brown 2:19

15 Joe Houston Orchestra - All Night Long 2:38

16 Jerry Lee Lewis - Breathless 2:41

17 Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie 2:02

18 Fats Domino - My Blue Heaven 2:02

19 Rick Nelson - Believe What You Say 2:05

20 Wanda Jackson - Fujiyama Mama 2:13

21 Roy Orbison - Ooby Dooby 2:11

22 Bobby Darin - Queen of the Hop 2:07

23 Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly 2:09

24 Phantom - Love Me 1:30

25 Viscounts - Harlem Nocturne 2:44

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