6 LP 6 TC (3TC Alternative Release)
Released 1976
Cat No.: RDS8001-6 (RDC90711-6)
RD Code : ROK (GROK-6A on Box)
Sleeve notes by Stan Britt
Came with Bonus LP/TC 'The Platters' (RDS8007)
"Second time round - the rock 'n' roll sound! And what a comeback it's making! ROCK REVIVAL brings back that electrifying beat - the sounds that grabbed the pop-world of the 50s & 60s. 84 'top of the rocks' - an exceptional offer which really gets you off the ground"
Tracks for this collection were entirely sourced from the Philips catalogue. Co-incidently, the collection has a message "with thanks to Terry Waghorne, Brian Chambers and Fred Dellar for their research". Terry was a friend of mine who I knew from my days at HMV when he supplied imports to the chain, but had no idea he had worked on this project for RD.
Vol.1
1 - Chuck Berry - Rock and Roll Music
2 - Bill Justis - Pipeline
3 - Jerry Lee Lewis with the Nashville Teens - What'd I Say
4 - Rufus Thomas - The Dog
5 - Bruce Channel - Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
6 - Chuck Berry - Carol
7 - Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
8 - Contours - Do You Love Me?
9 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Roll Over Beethoven
11 - Hollywood Argyles - Alley Oop
12 - Johnny Preston - Cradle Of Love
13 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Sticks And Stones
14 - Chuck Berry - Rock Cradle Rock
15 - Fats Domino - My Blue Heaven
Vol.2
16 - Charlie Rich - Mohair Sam
17 - Booker T & The MGs - Green Onions
18 - Chuck Berry - Memphis
19 - Champs - Too Much Tequila
20 - Hondells - Little Honda
21 - Mongo Santamaria - Watermelon Man
22 - Al Brown - Madison
23 - Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
24 - Sensations - Let Me In
25 - Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
26 - Johnny Thunder - Loop De Loop
27 - Chuck Berry - I Can't Believe
28 - Bill Justis - Rebel Rouser
29 - Bruce Channel - Hey! Baby
30 - Fats Domino - You Win Again
Vol.3
31 - Champs - Limbo Rock
32 - Ernie Fields - In The Mood
33 - Bobby Freeman - Do You Wanna Dance
34 - Johnny Preston - Charming Billy
35 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Jenny Jenny
36 - Charlie Rich - Lonely Weekends
37 - Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen
38 - Buddy Knox - Party Doll
39 - Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine
40 - Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - But I Do
41 - Fats Domino - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
42 - Champs - Tequila
43 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Corine Corina
Vol.4
44 - The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
45 - Diamonds - Little Darlin'
46 - Chuck Berry - St. Louis To 'Frisco
47 - Joe Dowell - Wooden Heart
48 - Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential
49 - Ray Stevens - Ahab, The Arab
50 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
51 - Freddy Bell And The Bell Boys - Giddy Up A Ding Dong
52 - Chuck Berry - Oh, Baby Doll
53 - Louis Jordan - Caldonia
54 - Clyde McPhatter - Lover Please
55 - Fats Domino - Let The Four Winds Blow
56 - Bill Justis - Raunchy
57 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Too Young
Vol.5
58 - Johnny Preston - Running Bear
59 - Fats Domino - Ain't That A Shame
60 - Crew - Cuts - Sh-boom (Life Could Be A Dream)
61 - Lesley Gore - Judy's Turn To Cry
62 - Dickey Lee - I Saw Linda Yesterday
63 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire
64 - Angels - Wow Wow Wee (He's The Boy For Me)
65 - The Big Bopper - Little Red Riding Hood
66 - Fats Domino - Oh What A Price
67 - Angels - My Boyfriend's Back
68 - Platters - The Great Pretender
69 - The Big Bopper - White Lightning
70 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Brown Eyed Handsome Man
71 - Jay & the Techniques - Apples, Peaches & Pumpkin Pie
Vol.6
72 - Fats Domino - I'm Walking
73 - Jerry Lee Lewis - No Particular Place To Go
74 - Left Banke - Pretty Ballerina
75 - Dickey Lee - Patches
76 - Sil Austin - Slow Walk
77 - Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
78 - Keith - 98.6
79 - Phil Phillips - Sea Of Love
80 - Chuck Berry - The Love I Lost
81 - Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
82 - Marty Wilde - Hound Dog
83 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Hi - Heel Sneakers
84 - Ray Stevens - Harry The Hairy Ape
85 - Fats Domino - Walking To New Orleans
Alternate tracks
Billy Stewart - Billy's Blues
Bo Diddley - Say Man
Chuck Berry - Maybelline
Dale Hawkins - Susy Q
Dave 'Baby' Cortez - Rinky Dink
Del Shannon - Hats Off To Larry
Del Shannon - Runaway
Frankie Cannon - Tallahassee Lassie
Lesley Gore - It's My Party
Marty Wilde - Donna
Steve Alaimo - She's My Baby
The Monotones - Book Of Love
The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack
CASSETTES
1976 ADVERT
MUSIC WEEK NOVEMBER 2. 1974
Readers
Digest issues
Rock Revival package
CASHING IN on the current vogue for pop music from the Fifties and Sixties,
Reader's Digest has issued a boxed, six-album package entitled Rock Revival. At present only available
by direct mail from the company, it contains 84 tracks of predominantly
American material originating from the Phonogram, Mercury and Chess labels.
Artists featured include Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, The
Platters, Bo Diddley, Marty Wilde and Ray Stevens.
Promotional efforts for the collection, which sells at £9.95 are being
concentrated in national press advertising, but Reader's Digest will probably
include it in its Christmas catalogue as well.
Rock Revival was conceived early this year when Reader's
Digest, which has regular contacts with major record companies such as
Phonogram, heard that the old rock material was available. Most of the tracks
in the package have been issued in Britain on individual, various
artists albums such as Do You Wanna
Dance? and The Rock 'N' Soul Story.
Reader's Digest has high hopes for the success of Rock Revival, which is being
pressed by Phonogram. The giant publishing/merchandising outfit usually carries
out exhaustive market research before issuing any multi-album sets, but felt
that a collection of old rock material was so assured of heavy sales that it
dispensed with this on this preliminary set.
The collection also takes the company further away from the kind of light
classical repertoire that has characterised many of its previous forays in the
record business. The single artist concept, exemplified recently by its Herb
Alpert compilation, remains popular, however, and similar offerings by Andy
Williams and the New Seekers are planned for next year.
Another Reader's Digest project for 1975 is an eight-album collection (14
tracks per record) of pop hits from the Fifties right through to 1973 (Popular Music’s Golden Hit Parade). All
the major UK
record labels except EMI will be contributing material.
