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Golden Age of American Rock N Roll 10 Hot 100 Hits From 1954-1963 / Various

Various Artists (Artist), Wade Moore (Composer), Jimmy Williams (Composer), Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Early in the Morning - the Rinky Dinks (Feat Bobby Darin)
2 Will You Willyum - Janis Martin
3 Searchin - the Coasters
4 You Can Have Her - Roy Hamilton
5 Just Because - Lloyd Price
6 Rockin Red Wing - Sammy Masters
7 I Shot Mr Lee - the Bobbettes
8 Stood Up - Ricky Nelson
9 Believe Me - the Royal Teens
10 Little Girl of Mine - the Cleftones
11 Under the Moon of Love - Curtis Lee
12 A Lovers Question - Clyde McPhatter
13 The Hunch - Paul Gayten
14 Mona Lisa - Carl Mann
15 What Can I Do - Donnie Elbert
16 Shirley - the Schoolboys
17 This Should Go on Forever - Rod Bernard
18 I Love You - the Volumes
19 For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler (And the Impressions)
20 Gilee - Sonny Spencer
21 We Told You Not to Marry - Titus Turner
22 Why - the Cues
23 Dedicated to the One I Love - TH 5 Royales
24 Sugaree - Rusty York
25 SH Boom - the Chords
26 Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison
27 Hearts of Stone - the Charms
28 Ya Ya - Lee Dorsey
29 Ain't Got No Home - Clarence Frogman Henry
30 Maybellene - Chuck Berry

Product description

Full title - Golden Age of American Rock 'N' Roll Volume 10. The tenth & final volume in Ace Records' longest-running & most prestigious series. 30 tracks, mastered from the finest sources available. Artists include the Rinky-Dinks feat. Bobby Darin, the Coasters, the Bobbettes, Ricky Nelson, the Chords, Roy Orbison & many more. 2002.

Product details

  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.4 x 14.2 x 1.19 cm; 113.97 g
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Ace Records Uk
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ CDCHD850
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2002
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Ace Records Uk
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00006IQEP
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • 鶹 Rank: #88,908 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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  • Lizard
    5.0 out of 5 stars 50’s & 60’s rock & roll
    Reviewed in Canada on August 19, 2023
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    Like other reviewers 5 stars. Original hits
    I got this because this one had 4 songs l used to have on 45’s and hard to find
    “ early in the morning “ the rinky-dinks
    Which was a bigger hit for Buddy Holly
    “Ya Ya” Lee Dorsey “ what can l do” Donnie
    Elbert & the main one “We told you not to marry” Titus Turner Recommend to
    Oldies lovers like me. Lizard
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  • John Walsh
    5.0 out of 5 stars An other great set of oldies
    Reviewed in Canada on July 8, 2023
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    Ace does it again with this fine set of oldies from 1954 to 1963.
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  • George O'Leary
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Last One? A Dismal Prospect For Oldies Fans
    Reviewed in Canada on July 18, 2004
    I don't know what I like best about this series from Ace of London. The golden oldies music, of course, with its flawless sound reproduction, is terrific, and if you have all ten volumes you have 300 of some of the best that age had to offer.
    But I also love the insert with its vintage poster and record cover reproductions, photographs [including one of a "derelict Sun studio" front door taken in the 1970s] and, most of all, the track-by-track liner notes, here written once again by Rob Finnis. Qith all ten volumes you will also have close to 300 pages which, collectively, put most historical book accounts of that era to shame.
    For example, I had always been under the assumption that Dedicated To The One I Love had been recorded by The Shirelles first, in 1959 when it was a minor hit, before breaking out in 1961 in a re-release to become a smash following the runaway success of Will You Love Me Tomorrow? Now, thanks to Mr. Finnis [who I think should publish a book along the lines of his notes], we learn that The "5" Royales had actually recorded it in the summer of 1957 and that, withheld from being released by King until late in the year, it failed to chart at that time.
    Just how meticulous they are when it comes to sound is best exemplified by the notes on Sammy Masters' Rockin' Red Wing and Jerry Butler & The Impressions' For Your Precious Love. For the former Mr. Finnis states "the version heard here is the Lode release without the distorting echo that mars the Warner pressings and is taken directly from the master tape." For the Butler cut, he says "All previous digital re-issues ... feaure a "stereo" version with a drum overdub and added reverb that went on at some point in the late 1960s when stereo re-issues were all the rage ... Ace Records have located a pristine mono master without the overdub ..." The Curtis Lee "Under The Moon Of Love" is also the cleanest I have ever heard, and I have it on several other compilations.
    I won't go into the music too much - the other reviewers have already covered that aspect very well - but I must mention the driving, pounding You Can Have Her by Roy Hamilton, backed by the Sammy Lowe orchestra. Known more for his ballads such as Unchained Melody and Pledging My Love, on this one he demonstrates that he could handle Rock 'N Roll with the best of them and that, had he chosen that route instead, he would be remembered today as one of the very best artists of that genre.
    Ace Records Ltd., meanwhile, stands alone at the top of the heap when it comes to the oldies. With the possible exception of Eric Records, no one else even comes close when you take into account all aspects of a CD. Give yourself a treat and check out their site on the web where they list their entire catalogue. Then, after you have found some you think you might like, look them up on 鶹 and place your orders. You will NOT be disappointed.
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  • Zub
    5.0 out of 5 stars All good things must come to an end...
    Reviewed in Canada on December 5, 2002
    Collectors of pre-invasion American rock and roll 45s on CD may need therapy now that Ace Records has announced the end of their spectacular "Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll" series with this, the tenth volume. Extreme notion perhaps, but anyone familiar with these compilations knows how significant this event is. For over ten years now, Ace Records' "Golden..." series has been the standard to which all other reissue various artist CDs have had to measure up. While anyone can argue over the specific song selection on any such compilation, there can be little dispute with the end result. A massive thirty tracks, all mastered from the best available source material (often better then domestic sources), filled with hard-, if not impossible-to-find tracks packaged with a photo- and artwork-laden liner notes booklet with expertly compiled backround on the included songs. And the irony here is that it has taken a British company to do this. Whew! Just describing the outstanding attributes in these volumes is a heavy though thoroughly pleasing task. It is with great sorrow and disappointment that we fans must watch this phenomenal series come to an end especially in view of the fact that, while these discs have brought to collectors so many of the otherwise unavailable songs of the era, there is still a wealth of such songs that have yet to see daylight on quality CD. Notwithstanding the demise of the series, here in installment ten, Ace has kept up the pace of previous volumes. Six top-ten tunes along with many well-known lesser hits appear here but as with past discs in the series, included here are several hard-to-find tracks along with a number of, to this reviewer's knowledge, tunes that have never appeared on any legitimate CD foreign or domestic. Among the seldom-found songs are Roy Hamilton's superb "You Can Have Her", the Royal Teens' "Believe Me" and Donnie Elbert's "What Can I Do". Absolute finds here include Sammy Masters' "Rockin' Red Wing", Paul Gayten's "The Hunch", "Gilee" by Sonny Spencer and Titus Turner's "We Told You Not To Marry". As has come to be expected, production quality here is outstanding with amazingly good sound quality for these tracks, especially considering the obscurity of many of these songs. All appear in mono with the exception of tracks 4 and 7. This piece, along with others in the series, is an absolute requirement for any collector of the genre and with the value contained and mainstream appeal, is unabashedly recommended to casual fans of the music from the golden age of American rock and roll. Hats off to Ace! Nobody has done it better!
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  • A. J., Lawrence
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Death In The Family
    Reviewed in Canada on January 17, 2004
    As zubenelgenubi intimated might be the case, I am indeed now in therapy due to the demise of the most outstanding compilation series in the history of the universe, the impeccable "Golden Age of American Rock and Roll" from U.K. Ace.
    I have been advised that writing may speed my recovery, and so I would simply like to say that the booklet alone makes the price of this cd a bargain! Apart from that, the sound quality is peerless as usual, and the mix of hits and rarities creates the standard Ace superb musical synthesis. Enjoy!
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  • Shaz C
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great present
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2014
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    This was a present and I was very pleased with the CD and so was the recipient - thank you.
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  • Zub
    5.0 out of 5 stars All good things must come to an end... or do they?
    Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2002
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    Collectors of pre-invasion American rock and roll 45's on CD may need therapy now that Ace Records has announced the end of their spectacular "Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll" series with this, the tenth volume. Extreme notion perhaps, but anyone familiar with these compilations knows how significant this event is. For over ten years now, Ace Records' "Golden..." series has been the standard to which all other reissue various artist CD's have had to measure up.

    While anyone can argue over the specific song selection on any such compilation, there can be little dispute with the end result. A massive thirty tracks, all mastered from the best available source material (often better then domestic sources), filled with hard-, if not impossible-to-find tracks packaged with a photo- and artwork-laden liner notes booklet with expertly compiled background on the included songs. And the irony here is that it has taken a British company to do this. Whew! Just describing the outstanding attributes in these volumes is a heavy though thoroughly pleasing task. It is with great sorrow and disappointment that we fans must watch this phenomenal series come to an end especially in view of the fact that, while these discs have brought to collectors so many of the otherwise unavailable songs of the era, there is still a wealth of such songs that have yet to see daylight on quality CD.

    Notwithstanding the demise of the series, here in installment ten, Ace has kept up the pace of previous volumes. Six top-ten tunes along with many well-known lesser hits appear here but as with past discs in the series, included here are several hard-to-find tracks along with a number of, to this reviewer's knowledge, tunes that have never appeared on any legitimate CD foreign or domestic. Among the seldom-found songs are Roy Hamilton's superb "You Can Have Her", the Royal Teens' "Believe Me" and Donnie Elbert's "What Can I Do". Absolute finds here include Sammy Masters' "Rockin' Red Wing", Paul Gayten's "The Hunch", "Gilee" by Sonny Spencer and Titus Turner's "We Told You Not To Marry".

    As has come to be expected, production quality here is outstanding with amazingly good sound quality for these tracks, especially considering the obscurity of many of these songs. All appear in mono with the exception of tracks 4 and 7. This piece, along with others in the series, is an absolute requirement for any collector of the genre and with the value contained and mainstream appeal, is unabashedly recommended to casual fans of the music from the golden age of American rock and roll. Hats off to Ace! Nobody has done it better!
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  • Leif Thorbjørn Andresen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 13, 2016
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    very good
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  • Martijn13Maart1970
    5.0 out of 5 stars It is not done better than this
    Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2005
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    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.
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  • Lou
    5.0 out of 5 stars Save the Classic Oldies songs by Purchasing CDs of This Kind
    Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2013
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    This CD is a must-own item largely because it includes The BOBBETTES's song "I SHOT MR. LEE". This song is something of a novelty hit and it's rarely played on the radio nowadays even on those stations which play the classic oldies songs exclusively. As a matter of fact the number of radio stations that play the oldies songs is dwindling fast--especially in the metropolitan New York City area. I recall that Connecticut's WKHL 96.7 FM radio station which stopped playing this kind of music in 2006 did play "I SHOT MR. LEE" once about a decade ago when that station carried Dick Bartley's syndicated oldies program.
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