Radio Gold Vol 4 Various Artists (Radio Gold)

£12.56

Genre:
Pop
Label:
Ace Records
Format:
CD
Catalogue Id:
CDCHD 810

It's been a while since the last volume of this popular (and populist) series came out and to all intents and purposes, this sparkling, new instalment constitutes something of a re-launch masterminded by the team behind our "Golden Age Of American Rock'n'Roll" line, Rob Finnis and John Broven, (Ace's very own Batman and Robin, though we're never sure who is who), with Trevor Churchill, who normally plays the role of Gotham City's police commissioner, keeping a watchful eye in the background.

In fact, it has virtually had the same attention to detail lavished upon it as "The Golden Age", and differs from that series, only in the slant of its contents which veer towards the international radio favourites of yesteryear, songs that have become standards either in their original form (as is mostly the case here), or as cover versions - for example, Jackie De Shannon's original Needles And Pins was only a minor hit in 1963 but an international smash when covered by the Searchers in 1964. It is De Shannon's fab original, which is heard here. Similarly, Lover Please, a US hit for Clyde McPhatter, was eclipsed in the UK by the Vernons Girls' scouse-accented version but it is the McPhatter cut which appears on this CD.

Chuck Berry's Promised Land is another early rock standard, which makes the line-up. Elvis' version and even Johnnie Allan's, come to mind more readily today than Berry's original Top 40 hit of 1964. The Contours' original of Do You Love Me was overshadowed by a spate of UK cover versions during the early days of the beat boom, none of which came close to matching its frenetic energy.

Summertime Blues, Blueberry Hill, Because They're Young, Up On The Roof, Shout!, I Put A Spell On You, Remember Then, The Story Of My Life...one classic follows another in a relentless whirl of memory-invoking nostalgia. But rather than take our word for it, simply check out the goodies in the adjacent track listing and bear in mind that the visuals are as enticing as the music in what is becoming a popular companion line to the "Golden Age Of American Rock 'n' Roll".

By Crawford Anderson

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Side 1

  • 01 Preview Do You Love Me - The Contours

  • 02 Preview Up On The Roof - The Drifters

  • 03 Preview The Promised Land - Chuck Berry

  • 04 Preview A Teenager In Love - Dion & The Belmonts

  • 05 Preview Because They're Young - Duane Eddy

  • 06 Preview Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino

  • 07 Preview Buona Sera - Louis Prima

  • 08 Preview All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers

  • 09 Preview Tweedlee Dee - LaVern Baker

  • 10 Preview I Put A Spell On You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins

  • 11 Preview Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran

  • 12 Preview Young Love - Sonny James

  • 13 Preview Remember Then - The Earls

  • 14 Preview Bluebirds Over The Mountain - Ersel Hickey

  • 15 Preview Needles And Pins - Jackie DeShannon

  • 16 Preview A Hundred Pounds Of Clay - Gene McDaniels

  • 17 Preview Deep Purple - Billy Ward & His Dominoes

  • 18 Preview You Got What It Takes - Marv Johnson

  • 19 Preview Baby I'm Yours - Barbara Lewis

  • 20 Preview Moon River - Jerry Butler

  • 21 Preview It'll Be Me - Jerry Lee Lewis

  • 22 Preview The Battle Of New Orleans - Johnny Horton

  • 23 Preview The Story Of My Life - Marty Robbins

  • 24 Preview Last Date - Floyd Cramer

  • 25 Preview Oh No, Not My Baby - Maxine Brown

  • 26 Preview Lover Please - Clyde McPhatter

  • 27 Preview Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin

  • 28 Preview Splish Splash - Bobby Darin

  • 29 Preview Cry To Me - Betty Harris

  • 30 Preview Shout Pt 1 - The Isley Brothers

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