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V. A. - 1955-1962 - British Beat Before the Beatles
There was British rock before the Beatles, but it wasn't particularly great, it was often stiff and stilted, sounding tentative. Still, there were some gems amidst the mediocrity, songs by Billy Fury, Cliff Richard, or Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, and the best thing about this seven-disc series is that it captures both the good and the bad, providing a thorough retrospective of this little-acknowledged (especially to American collectors) period of rock & roll (All Music Guide). Vol. 1; 1955-1956 01 - Suzi Miller - Tweedle Dee 02 - The Southlanders - Earth Angel 03 - Suzi Miller - Dance With Me Henry 04 - The Deep River Boys - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock 05 - The Southlanders - Ain't That A Shame 06 - Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line 07 - Frankie Vaughan - My Boy Flat Top 08 - Dickie Bennett - Dungaree Doll 09 - The Four Jones Boys - Tutti Frutti 10 - Alma Cogan - Why Do Fools Fall In Love 11 - Humphrey Lyttleton - Bad Penny Blues 12 - Don Lang - Rock'n'roll Blues 13 - Ray Ellington - Left Hand Boogie 14 - Alma Cogan - I'm In Love Again 15 - Tony Crombie And His Rockets - Teach You To Rock 16 - Tommy Steele - Rock With The Caveman 17 - Ray Ellington - Giddy Up A Ding-Dong 18 - Lee Lawrence - Don't Nobody Move 19 - Tony Crombie And His Rockets - Let's You And I Rock 20 - Tommy Steele - Singing The Blues Vol. 2; 1957 01 - Art Baxter & His Rock 'n' Roll Sinners - Don't Knock The Rock 02 - The King Brothers - A White Sports Coat (And A Pink Carnation) 03 - The Vipers Skiffle Group - Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O 04 - Ricky Bongo James - Party Doll 05 - Don Lang & His Frantic Five - School Days 06 - Rory Blackwell - Bye Bye Love 07 - Larry Page - Start Movin' 08 - Alma Cogan - Fabulous 09 - Tommy Steele - Butterfly 10 - Terry Wayne - Matchbox 11 - Frankie Vaughan - Wanderin' Eyes 12 - Jim Dale - Be My Girl 13 - Terry Wayne - Your True Love 14 - Larry Page - That'll Be The Day 15 - Laurie London - He's Got The Whole In His Hands 16 - Don Lang & His Frantic Five - Red Planet Rock 17 - Joey Castell - Trying To Get To You 18 - Terry Dene - Baby She's Gone 19 - Colin Hicks & The Cabin Boys - Empty Arms Blues 20 - Joey Castell - I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone Vol. 3; 1958 01 - Terry Wayne - Slim Jim Tie 02 - Ken Mackintosh - Raunchy 03 - Larry Page - Under Control 04 - Wee Willie Harris - Riot In Cell Block No.9 05 - The Most Brothers - Whole Lotta Woman 06 - Vince Eager & The Vagabonds - Yea Yea 07 - The Mudlarks (With The Ken Jones Jive Group) - Book Of Love 08 - Marty Wilde & His Wildcats - Endless Sleep 09 - Neville Taylor - Mercy Mercy Percy 10 - The Five Chesternuts - Teenage Love 11 - Craig Douglas - Nothin' Shakin' 12 - Cliff Richard & The Drifters - Move It 13 - Lord Rockingham's Xi - Hoots Mon 14 - Tommy Steele - Come On Let's Go 15 - Neville Taylor & The Cutters - Tears On My Pillow 16 - Terry Dene - Pretty Little Pearly 17 - Vince Eager - No More 18 - Janice Peters With The Frank Barber Band - This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' 19 - Don Lang - Queen Of The Hop 20 - Adam Faith - High School Confidential Vol. 4; 1959 01 - Robb Storme & The Whispers - Music 02 - Michael Cox - Teenage Love 03 - Josh Mc Rae - High Class Feeling 04 - The Allisons - Are You Sure 05 - Helen Shapiro - Don't Treat Me Like A Child 06 - Cliff Richard - Gee Whiz It's You 07 - Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise 08 - The Krew Kats - Trambone 09 - Lee Diamond & The Cherokees - I'll Step Down 10 - Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers - You've Got What I Like 11 - Michael Cox - Sweet Little Sixteen 12 - Bobby Angelo & The Tuxedos - Baby Sittin' 13 - Paul Raven Aka Gary Glitter - All Grown Up 14 - Shane Fenton & The Fentones - I'm A Moody Guy 15 - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Please Don't Bring Me Down 16 - Cliff Bennett - When I Get Paid 17 - Marty Wilde - Tomorrow's Clown 18 - The Shadows - The Savage 19 - Sally Kelly - Little Cutie 20. Emile Ford - What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me Vol. 5; 1960 01 - The Shadows - Saturday Dance 02 - Dickie Pride - Betty Betty (Go Steady With Me) 03 - Vince Eager - Lonely Blue Boy 04 - Davy Jones - Amapola 05 - Jody Gibson & The Muleskinners - If You Don't Know 06 - Keith Kelly - (Must You Always) Tease Me 07 - Dave Sampson & The Hunters - Sweet Dreams 08 - Marion Ryan - Sixteen Reasons 09 - Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers - Ain't Misbehavin' 10 - Emile Ford And The Checkmates - You'll Never Know What You're Missing 11 - Billy Fury & The 4 Jays - That's Love 12 - Johnny Kid & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over 13 - Adam Faith - Made You (From The Film -Beat Girl-) 14 - Bert Weedon - Apache 15 - Marty Wilde - Angry 16 - Ricky Valance - Tell Laura I Love Her 17 - John Barry Seven - Walk Don't Run 18 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Nine Times Out Of Ten 19 - Restless - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates 20 - The Hunters - Teen Scene Vol. 6; 1961 01 - Billy Fury - Maybe Tomorrow 02 - Vince Taylor & his Playboys - Brand New Cadillac 03 - Bill Forbes - Once More 04 - Janice Peters - A Girl Likes 05 - Dickie Pride - Slippin' 'n' Slidin' 06 - Dean Webb - Hey Miss Fannie 07 - Vince Eager - This Should Go On Forever 08 - Johnny Kidd & the Pirates - Please Don't Touch 09 - Marty Wilde - Teenager In Love 10 - Duffy Power - Dream Lover 11 - Adam Faith - Ah, Poor Little Baby 12 - Terry Wayne - She's Mine 13 - Cliff Richards & the Drifters - Apron Strings 14 - Craig Douglas - Only Sixteen 15 - Tommy Steele - Tallahassie Lassie 16 - Drifters - Jet Black 17 - Dickie Pride - Frantic 18 - Lorne Leslie - I Don't Know 19 - Sally Kelly - Little Cutie 20 - Emile Ford & the Checkmates - What Do You Want To Make Those Vol. 7; 1962 01 - Brad Newman - Someone To Love 02 - Howie Casey & The Seniors - True Fine Mama 03 - The Allisons - Lessons In Love 04 - Michael Cox - Honey 'cause I Love You 05 - The Shadows - Wonderful Land 06 - Jimmy Powell - Sugar Babe (Part 1) 07 - The Fentones - The Mexican 08 - Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - A Picture Of You 09 - Lyn Cornell - I Sold My Heart To The Junkman 10 - Jimmy Crawford - I Shoulda Listened To Mama 11 - Carol Deene - Johnny Get Angry 12 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows - It'll Be Me 13 - Shane Fenton & The Fentones - Why Little Girl 14 - Michael Cox - Stand Up 15 - Marty Wilde - Ever Since You Said Goodbye 16 - Jackie Lynton - All Of Me 17 - The Shadows - Dance On 18 - Dean Shannon - Ubangi Stomp 19 - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - I Can Tell 20 - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues LINK Part 1LINK Part 2
