- Format: CD
- Label: Ace
- Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
• Another first for Ace! The debut reissue of the 1950s rock‘n’roll cover versions from Bell Records of New York including an early cut by Simon & Garfunkel (as Tom & Jerry).• Bell is famed for its pop and soul recordings in the 1960s, but this is where it started, as a budget hits label.• We have carefully selected the best rock‘n’roll cuts, many of them in the classic jiver mould.• Although the releases were budget priced, there was nothing cheap about the productions, which featured calibre artists such as Edna McGriff, Barry Frank and Buddy Lucas. They were backed by some of New York’s finest session men including guitarists Al Caiola and Billy Mure, also the Sy Oliver Orchestra.• The original recordings came in fetching picture sleeves, which adorn the front cover and the rest of the booklet. Notes are by the expert Mike Atherton.• This is a forgotten slice of rock‘n’roll history that comes across as fresh and vibrant. Will appeal to our vast “Golden Age Of American Rock‘n’Roll” audience and beyond.
Track listing:1. Juke Box Baby - MICHAEL STEWART QUARTET 2. I Want You To Be My Baby - SY OLIVER & ORCHESTRA with JIM BROWN3. Mambo Baby - JIM BROWN & THE FOUR BELLS4. Seventeen - SY OLIVER & ORCHESTRA with JIM BROWN5. Tweedle Dee - ELLIE RUSSELL with THE THREE BELLES 6. Maybellene - SY OLIVER & ORCHESTRA WITH JIM BROWN7. Black Denim Trousers And Motor Cycle Boots - BARRY FRANK8. Dungaree Doll - ELLIE RUSSELL with MICHAEL STEWART QUARTET9. Why Do Fools Fall In Love - BARRY FRANK10. Stranded In The Jungle - JIMMY LEYDEN11. Honky Tonk (Part 2) - STUDIO “B” SEVEN12. A Rose And A Baby Ruth - BARRY FRANK13. Hound Dog - BUDDY LUCAS14. The Fool - EDNA McGRIFF15. When My Dream Boat Comes Home - BUDDY LUCAS16. I’m Stickin’ With You - BOB MILLER17. Start Movin’ (In My Direction) - EDNA McGRIFF18. Raunchy - JIMMY CARROLL & ORCHESTRA19. Jailhouse Rock - ARTIE MALVIN20. The Stroll - TONY WILSON21. Big Guitar - JIMMY CARROLL & ORCHESTRA22. Don’t You Just Know It - EDNA McGRIFF23. Johnny B Goode - SAM CEE24. A Lover’s Question - DANNY LANHAM25. Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) - JOHNNY NEWTON & THE TAGS26. Baby Talk - TOM & JERRY
