- Format: CD
- Label: Ace
- Genre: 60s Garage / Surf / RnB
Boyd Bennett and his Rockets had one of the first major rock’n’roll hits with their original version of the much-covered ‘Seventeen’. It’s reissued here with 23 more mid-1950s classics by King Records’ answer to Bill Haley and his Comets.We also include for the first time complete on CD, the complete Cecil McNabb Jr session, featuring some of the wildest rock’n’roll music ever committed to tape.Also featured are several previously unreleased alternate (and superior) versions of familiar Rockets’ favourites, including a recently-located original take of ‘My Boy Flat Top’ with Bennett himself singing rather than the Rockets’ regular lead singer Big Moe.Remastered from the original production tapes and sounding better than ever - with six tracks making their CD debut.Boyd Bennett’s brand of happy-go-lucky good time good rockin’ may not have changed the world, but then and now it’s guaranteed to put a smile on your face and some pep in your step.
Track listing:1. RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER 2. SEVENTEEN 3. YOU UPSET ME BABY4. BOOGIE AT MIDNIGHT 5. MY BOY FLAT TOP (vocal: BOYD BENNETT)6. EVERLOVIN’ 7. MUMBLES BLUES8. COOL DISC JOCKEY 9. BIG JAY SHUFFLE (instrumental)10. THE MOST 11. PUT THE CHAIN ON THE DOOR (vocal: BOYD BENNETT)12. BLUE SUEDE SHOES (vocal: BOYD BENNETT)13. RABBIT EYE PINK AND CHARCOAL BLACK 14. HIT THAT JIVE JACK 15. BANJO ROCK N’ ROLL 16. THE GROOVY AGE 17. TENNESSEE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL 18. BIG BOY (instrumental)19. ROCKIN’ UP A STORM (vocal: BOYD BENNETT) 20. I’M MOVIN’ ON (vocal: BOYD BENNETT)21. CLICK CLACK (vocal: CECIL McNABB Jr)22. CLOCK TICKING RHYTHM (vocal: CECIL McNABB Jr)23. NOTHING LIKE THIS (vocal: CECIL McNABB Jr)24. MOVE (vocal: CECIL McNABB Jr)All vocals by BIG MOE except where shown
