Rock On (Jewel Case)

Various Artists

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Cat No: CDCHD1172

Format Details: Jewel Case

Release Date: 28 April 2008

Label: Ace Records

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 029667030526

Genres: Rock Rock 'N' Roll

Description
For 25 years Rock On was one of London's leading collector's record shops. Renowned worldwide for its in-depth stock of rock'n'roll and other collectable records. In 1975 Ace Records evolved out of Rock On. This CD is a nostalgic overview of some of the music and memories from the Rock On years. Rock'n'roll, has always been one of the essentials in my life. This fascination didn't just start with Rock On. First there was a lot of other stuff, like listening to AFN and Luxembourg as a teenager, swapping news and views with friends on the coolest new records. From the mid-1950's onwards, I found myself buying 78's like 'Great Balls of Fire', 'Tutti Frutti' and 'Be-Bop-a- Lula' even though we didn't even have a record player at home. I needed to own these records, while they were still available, before they disappeared forever. [How was I to know back then that these records would survive forever, icons of the rock'n'roll era?] Of course those particular 78s didn't last long. They got broken or 'borrowed' at parties, but were replaced just as quickly by others 'Tequila' / 'Midnighter' by The Champs, 'Valley Of Tears' by Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers 'Wake Up Little Susie', 'Johnny B Good' by Chuck Berry, '16 Candles' by the Crests. These were great records that I wanted to share with others, that I needed to be sure my friends did not miss out on. Time passed, I got a guitar, joined a few no-hope skiffle / rock'n'roll bands, until I eventually hooked up with some guys who could really play and who were able to help me to improve (slightly) as a musician. Our band was called the Caravelles, later to become the Greenbeats and our mission was to play the finest rock'n'roll music for any that cared to listen. Tunes like 'Lover's Question' by Clyde McPhatter, 'Ubangi Stomp' by Jerry Lee, ' Let It Rock' by Chuck Berry, 'I'm Movin' On' by Ray Charles, 'Santa Claus Is Back In Town' by Elvis (during the festive season naturally), 'True Fine Mama' by Little Richard, and so on. This was all part of spreading the word and before I realised it, I found that I'd become a rock'n'roll evangelist. Over the next seven years, I booked and managed rock'n'roll, blues and soul bands, promoted R&B concerts, ran rock'n'roll clubs, until, in 1968, I discovered 'USED RECORDS'. One day passing a junk shop, I spotted a table outside with a box of 45s on it. I soon discovered several other shops with similar stocks of 'previously owned' records and these I quickly learned, tended to get replenished every few days as kids discovered that they could get cash for Dad's old (and hopefully) unwanted records. These records cost just pence, it didn't matter whether it was 'Roll Over Beethoven', 'Race With The Devil' or 'I Remember You' - they were all 5p each! I set out to replace all the records that had I had ever owned or wanted to own in the 50s. I soon amassed a collection of several hundred 45s, becoming so heavily addicted in the process that very soon, i
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