Only You / The Originals (VINYL ROCK 'N ROLL COMPILATION LP)

Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and The Comets, The Platters, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino

Published by Pickwick International, Inc. / By Arrangement with Mercury Rerrod Productions, Inc., Woodbury, N.Y.

About this Item

Not a book but a 12-inch, 33-1/3 rpm vinyl compilation rock 'n roll record album on the discount Pickwick label, Pickwick/33 SPC-3512, "electronically enhanced for stereo," compiled "By arrangement with Mercury Record Productions," very-good-plus vinyl in a very-good cardboard jacket with some edge wear. Chuck Berry offers "Johnny B. Goode" and "Reelin' and Rockin'"; The Platters perform "Only You" and "The Great Pretender"; Bill Haley and his Comets offer "Rock Around the Clock" and "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (which was of course written in 1954 by Jesse Stone -- usually credited as Charles Calhoun -- and initially recorded in that year by Big Joe Turner.) Jerry Lee Lewis here covering "Drinkin' Wine, Spo Dee O'Dee" is perhaps even more interesting, as this jump blues, written by Stick McGhee and J. Mayo Williams in 1949 and originally recorded for Atlantic by Sticks McGhee & His Buddies -- is credited as one of the first rock 'n roll songs, five years before Elvis, though Atlantic executives insisted McGhee replace the term of address in the title refrain, which originally began "Mother--" with the four now-familiar nonsense syllables. Fats Domino here also contributes two of his best-known hits. Reduced from $14.

Seller Inventory # 011299

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Only You / The Originals (VINYL ROCK 'N ROLL COMPILATION LP)
• Publisher: Pickwick International, Inc. / By Arrangement with Mercury Rerrod Productions, Inc., Woodbury, N.Y.
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • 1950s
  • Vinyl LPs rock 'n roll