BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS Rock Around The Clock LP Orig.
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Description
decca dl 8225
1956 original black and silver print label
lp jacket vg++ to vg+ 2" seam split on top from opening
lp m-/m- lokks like never played
Rock Around the Clock was basically the Shake, Rattle & Roll 10" disc with four fine 1955 vintage numbers -- "Two Hound Dogs," "Razzle Dazzle," "Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie," and "Burn That Candle" -- added on. Frannie Beecher's break on "Razzle Dazzle" was worth the price of the platter (probably all of four dollars, albeit in 1956 dollars, when that represented most of a tank of gas, eight subway rides, or dinner for two at a drive-in restaurant), and the band as a whole never sounded more inspired and driven. Most of the tracks have been widely reissued, but this release shows off some of the most exciting music that you could buy in one shot in 1956 -- this and Elvis' first two albums were as good as rock & roll LPs got that year.
TracksTitle Composer Time 1 (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock DeKnight, Freedman 2 Shake, Rattle & Roll Calhoun
3 a.b.c. boogie
4 thirteen women
5 razzle dazzle
6 two hound dogs
7 dim, dim the lights
8 happy baby
9 birth of the boogie
10 mambo rock
11 burn that candle
12 rock a beatin boogie
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