I Love Rock & Roll: Hits of the '50s
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1996-10-24
Music Label: Priority Records
Soundtracks:
- Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
- Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
- Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
- Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
- R-O-C-K - Bill Haley & His Comets
- Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
- Guitar Boogie Shuffle - The Virtues
- Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper
- Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
- Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day
- Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers
- La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
- Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent
- Venus - Frankie Avalon
- Everyday - Buddy Holly
- Gome Go With Me - The Del Vikings
- Oh! Carol - Neil Sedaka
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters
- Love Potion # 9 - The Clovers
- Rumble - Link Wray & His Ray Men
Free Music Notes for I Love Rock & Roll: Hits of the '50s
Free Music Review: A "Digital Mastering" that's worse than the original
Hit: 2 Stars
I grew up listening to these songs when they were new, and own well over fifty '50's-Rock CDs, so I know how these songs sound, and I almost always LIKE digitally remastered songs. (For example, see my review of "Elv1s 30 #1 Hits.") Thus I was quite surprised that something sounded off when I played this CD in a low-fi environment (at water aerobics, through Tivoli Songbook radios that have 2.5 inch speakers).
My guess is that the "Digital Mastering" consisted of eliminating some static by basically eliminating essentially all high pitched sound (probably all sound above about 10 mhz), and boosting the bass. Conceptually the idea sounds good. In practice, it doesn't work for me, because: gone is the zing of the higher guitar notes and vocals, and the most noticeable effect on the bass is higher distortion. This problem is particularly noticeable with "Chantilly Lace."
Perhaps on a bottom-of-the-line boombox (such as GPX or Craig) this "Mastering" actually would sound better than the originals.
For a far better '50s-Rock collection, one need go no further than the "Better Together" CD listed; that CD is: "The Ultimate Rock & Roll Collection: The 50's."
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