CD1:
01. Tommy Steele & The Steelmen - Rock With The Caveman
02. Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap
03. Jim Dale - Be My Girl
04. Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon!
05. Marty Wilde - A Teenager In Love
06. Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over
07. Adam Faith - Poor Me									play
08. Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - A Picture Of You
09. The Viscounts - Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp Bomp Bomp)
10. Jet Harris - Man With The Golden Arm
11. Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers - Ain't Misbehavin'
12. Eden Kane - Well I Ask You
13. Billy Fury - Wondrous Place
14. The Tornados - Telstar
15. Chris Farlowe - Air Travel
16. Tom Jones - Chills And Fever
17. The High Numbers - I'm The Face
18. Joe Cocker - I'll Cry Instead
19. The Beatles - Ain't She Sweet

CD2:
01. Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line
02. Marion Ryan - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
03. Terry Dene - Start Movin' (In My Direction)
04. Colin Hicks - Wild Eyes And Tender Lips
05. Tommy Steele & the Steelmen - Tallahassee Lassie
06. Marty Wilde - Bad Boy
07. Joe Brown & the Bruvvers - Darktown Strutters Ball
08. Jet Harris - Besame Mucho (Kiss Me)
09. The Brook Brothers - Warpaint
10. Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers - You've Got What I Like		play
11. Davy Jones - Amapola
12. Helen Shapiro - Don't Treat Me Like A Child
13. The Shadows - Wonderful Land
14. Bern Elliot & The Fenmen - Money
15. Dave Berry - My Baby Left Me
16. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Hello Josephine
17. The Animals - Baby Let Me Take You Home

CD3:
01. Frankie Vaughan - Green Door
02. Lonnie Donegan - Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O
03. Anthony Newley - Idle On Parade
04. Terry Dene - Pretty Little Pearly
05. Marty Wilde - Endless Sleep
06. Craig Douglas - Nothin' Shakin'
07 Billy Fury - Maybe Tomorrow
08. Mort Shuman - Turn Me Loose
09. The Jetstreams - Bongo Rock									play
10. Eden Kane - Get Lost (In My Arms)
11. Lyn Cornell - I Sold My Heart To The Junkman
12. Nero & The Gladiators - Entry Of The Gladiators
13. Jimmy Powell - Sugar Babe [Part 2]
14. Cyril Davies - Country Line Special
15. Georgie Fame - Do The Dog
16. Jimmy Justice - Bloodshot Eyes
17. The Marauders - That's What I Want
18. The Mojos - Everything's Alright
19. The Spencer Davis Group – Dimples

CD4:
01. Tony Crombie & The Rockets - Teach You To Rock
02. Four Jones Boys - Tutti Frutti
03. Frankie Vaughan - These Dangerous Years
04. The Southlanders - The Mole In The Hole
05 Joey Castell - I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
06. Wee Willie Harris - Love Bug Crawl
07. Ted Heath & His Music - Tequila
08. Vince Eager & The Vagabonds - Yea Yea
09. Tommy Steele & The Steelmen - Come On, Let's Go
10. Sally Kelly - Little Cutie
11. The Viscounts - Shortnin' Bread								play
12. Rhet Stoller - Chariot
13. Louise Cordet - I'm Just A Baby
14. Lee Diamond & The Cherokees - I'll Step Down
15. Jet Harris & Tony Meehan - Diamonds
16. Steve Marriott - Give Her My Regards
17. The Dennisons - Walking The Dog
18. The Undertakers - Just A Little Bit
19. Rod Stewart - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

CD5:
01. Tommy Steele & The Steelmen - Singing The Blues
02. Frankie Vaughan - Seventeen
03. The Goons - Bloodnok's Rock 'n' Roll Call
04. Petula Clark - Baby Lover
05. Lord Rockingham's XI - Wee Tom
06. Marty Wilde - Honeycomb
07. Most Brothers - Whole Lotta Woman
08. Wee Willie Harris - Rockin' At The Two I's
09. Terry Dene - Baby She's Gone
10. Vince Taylor & The Playboys - Brand New Cadillac
11. The Viscounts - Rockin' Little Angel
12. Lonnie Donegan - Have A Drink On Me
13. Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - I'm Henry The Eighth I Am
14. Billy Fury & The Four Jays - That's Love (Alt. Take)				play
15. Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers - Can Can 62
16. Casey Howie & The Seniors - True Fine Mama
17. The Big Three - Some Other Guy
18. Lulu & The Luvvers – Shout

As much as anything, this box set charting the development of British pop from 1956 to 1964 confirms that the medium is indeed the message.

Such a stranglehold did the BBC wield on radio back then that alongside some genuinely innovative and exciting moments – from "Rock Island Line" to "Telstar", "Shakin' All Over" to "Shout" – these five discs are littered with the establishment-sanctioned, sanitised pap that the Beeb deemed appropriate for the nation's youth. It seems absurd that Fifties teens were expected to groove to housewives' favourite Frankie Vaughan, big-band holdover Ted Heath, or the novelty songs with which the airwaves were stuffed (significantly, the first rock'n'roll hit was not Tommy Steele's "Rock With The Caveman", as often assumed, but "Bloodnok's Rock'n'Roll Call" by The Goons). But creativity burst out regardless amongst the young, well represented by sparkling contributions from Lonnie Donegan, Joe Brown, Billy Fury, Tom Jones, Joe Meek and of course The Beatles, captured in the first flush of "Ain't She Sweet". The beat-boom's origins in R&B are illustrated via the likes of Joe Cocker, Cyril Davies, Georgie Fame, The Animals and Rod Stewart; but it's hard to ignore the absence of anything by Cliff Richard or the Stones. --- Andy Gill, independent.co.uk

If you are looking for a collection which includes, in the sleevenote writer's words "almost every area in British rock music's rise ... from Big Bands to the Beatles" then this may well be it.

Admittedly, not every single track on this 5 CD set of homegrown rock'n'roll will make the liver quiver, the knees freeze and the bladder splatter (Little Richard's infallible tripartite test for the real thing), but for the average listener - and especially at such a bargain price - this collection provides an excellent overview of the pre-Beatles British rock era, illuminating that time, from the mid fifties onwards, when the likes of Lionel Bart, penning ersatz rock'n'roll hits for the likes of Tommy Steele and Anthony Newley, started the ball rolling for the Fabs.

There are key hits from almost all the major figures, and the emphasis is firmly on rockin': Newley's Idle on Parade is selected, for example, rather than a ballad. Those who came to fame via the 2 I's coffee bar are well represented, of course - Wee Willie Harris's tribute to the place, Rockin' at the 2 I's is present and correct.

Given the number of public domain fifties compilations out there, it's worth noting that this is issued by a major company, Universal, and sound quality is very good. It also comes with a booklet giving a picture of the music scene of that period.

And to entice those who may have bought much of this before there are a few comparative rarities and non-hits now of historical importance including early Tom Jones (Chills and Fever), pre-Who (the High Numbers' I'm the Face), a Joe Cocker Beatles cover which never made it (and isn't all that good: I'll Cry Instead), songwriter Mort Shuman's version of Turn Me Loose and young Rod Stewart's take on Good Morning Little Schoolgirl.

Also of particular note in among the covers of American material is an authentic British rock classic, Shakin' All Over, by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, not to mention Vince Taylor's Brand New Cadillac. Even the Goons' Bloodnok's Rock'n'Roll Call is included, which suggests a degree of wit on the compiler's part (and unlike the Ying Tong Song it swings).

Among the inevitable covers, the Ted Heath Orchestra's take on the Champs' Tequila is not the equal of the original, but it is enjoyable. And in addition to a few inferior copies, you get the odd intriguing version of an American original, such as Marion Ryan's swinging take on Why Do Fools Fall in Love? Lord Rockingham's 11 were a group of jazzers sending up this new rock'n'roll fad - although such is the exhuberance of Hoots Mon! who really cares? I notice, too, that Joe Brown is well represented, which is as it should be - he held his own when the Beatles were on the bill - and in fact the only major omission that I can think of is Sir Cliff's Move It, but that is easily available elsewhere.

To sum up: in terms of price and range of music covered, a very good introduction for the non-specialist. If you are only interested in a particular genre or label, there are other compilations which will do the trick; the aim of this set, as sleevewriter Dave McAleer says, is to "include almost every area in British rock music's rise" even if that includes novelty numbers and "a few somewhat dated or carefully cloned covers" in among "outstanding original rock songs, instrumentals, teen beat/pop rock, early British R&B and Merseybeat."

Please be clear, therefore, that I am awarding the collection five stars on that basis, not because I cherish each and every track.

For those who want to explore the background further, Andrew Ings' Rockin' at the 2i's Coffee Bar, recently issued in paperback, has testimony from stars and fans, and Spencer Leigh's Halfway to Paradise draws on many hours of interviews with peformers and managers of the period. --- Pismotality, amazon.com

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Side 1
1. White Cliffs Of Dover - The Bluejays
2. Darling I Know - The El-Rays
3. Shoo Doo Be Doo (My Loving Baby) - The Moonlighters
4. Newly Wed - The Orchids
5. Show Me The Way - The Five Notes
6. Give Me (A Simple Prayer) - The Ravens		play
7. Nadine - The Coronets
8. Ding Dong - The Quintones

Side 2
1. 4 O'Clock In The Morning - The Tornadoes
2. I Want To Love - The Sentimentals
3. Teardrops - Lee Andrews & The Hearts
4. Soft Shadows - The Monotones
5. I'm So Young - The Students		play
6. So Far Away - The Pastels
7. This Broken Heart - The Sonics
8. False Alarm - The Ravels

The name Doo-wop is given to a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music that developed in African American communities in the 1940s and achieved mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. It emerged from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and areas of greater Los Angeles including El Monte and Compton. Built upon vocal harmony, doo-wop was one of the most mainstream, pop-oriented R&B styles of the 1950s and 1960s.

As a musical genre, Doo-wop is a type of vocal group harmony with the musical qualities of many vocal parts, nonsense syllables, a simple beat, little or no instrumentation, and simple music and lyrics. It is ensemble singing with single artists appearing with a backing group. Solo billing usually implies that the individual is more prominent in the musical arrangement.

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01. Chubby Checker / Back In The USSR    [0:02:45.51]
02. Maxine Brown / We Can Work It Out    [0:02:18.71]
03. Fats Domino / Everybody's Got Something To Hide    [0:02:32.63]
04. Wee Willie Walker / Ticket To Ride    [0:02:31.43]
05. Roy Redmond / Good Day Sunshine    [0:02:40.69]
06. Mary Wells / Please Please Me    [0:02:25.18]
07. Gene Chandler / Eleanor Rigby    [0:02:40.09]
08. The Vibrations / And I Love Her    [0:02:15.47]
09. Chairmen Of The Board / Come Together    [0:03:50.67]
10. Billy Preston / Blackbird    [0:02:46.48]
11. R.B. Greaves / Paperback Writer    [0:02:35.36]
12. The Moments / Rocky Racoon    [0:04:16.45]
13. Black Heat / Drive My Car    [0:03:10.24]
14. Junior Parker / Lady Madonna    [0:02:14.03]
15. David Porter / Help    [0:03:37.57]
16. Linda Jones / Yesterday    [0:02:32.12]
17. Otis Redding / Day Tripper    [0:03:30.63]
18. Lowell Fulson / Why Don't We Do It In The Road    [0:03:45.06]
19. Little Richard / I Saw Her Standing There    [0:03:28.27]
20. Donald Height / Don't Let Me Down    [0:03:36.21]
21. The Main Ingredient / Get Back    [0:03:05.06]
22. The New Birth / The Long And Winding Road    [0:03:44.04]
23. Al Green / I Want To Hold Your Hand    [0:02:05.08]
24. Aretha Franklin / Let It Be    [0:03:28.51]

The respect the Liverpool lads paid to U.S. soul artists -- by covering tunes early in their career from the Motown, Little Richard, Isley Brothers, and Arthur Alexander catalogs and turning them into Beatles songs -- gets switched around on this immaculately researched and assembled collection. Throughout its 24 tracks, the compilers excavate deep into the archives of American soul to find rare and obscure covers of Lennon and McCartney (no Harrison) compositions. This shows the effect the Fab Four had on '60s and '70s R&B and funk artists, whose often raw approach infused rootsy American grit to the material. Names such as Donald Height (singing a wonderful "Don't Let Me Down," one of the Beatles' most soul-inflected offerings), Wee Willie Walker (a driving, Stax/Wilson Pickett-driven "Ticket to Ride"), and Black Heat (getting funky on "Drive My Car") will only be familiar to hardcore fans of obscure soul. But their versions are every bit as incisive and, well, soulful as choices from the more legendary likes of Aretha Franklin (a full-on gospel reading of "Let It Be), Otis Redding (doing his "got-a, got-a, got-a" best on "Day Tripper"), and Little Richard (returning the favor of the Beatles singing his tunes and borrowing his "wooooo" shout with a rollicking reading of "I Saw Her Standing There"). Mary Wells, who opened for the band early on, gets a little schlocky on a Vegas-styled "Please Please Me," a song she probably heard nightly as part of the Beatles repertoire, but most of these selections bring a biting R&B flavor to the songs. The compilers scoured the vaults to find R&B versions of unlikely material such as "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (Fats Domino), "Rocky Raccoon" (the Moments), and a twist on "Why Don't We Do It in the Road" from Lowell Fulson (arguably the album's most left-field choice) that do these songs justice, placing them in a different context but maintaining the Beatles' lock on melody. That's also the case with "fifth Beatle" Billy Preston's swampy "Blackbird," which shifts the vibe from hushed folk to harpsichord/organ-enhanced gospel. Both Beatles and U.S. soul fans will find plenty of unpredictable, even revelatory surprises throughout this generous 72-minute disc. Creative, Revolver-styled cover art further elevates the package. Enlightening liner notes in a bulging 20-page booklet featuring rare photos explain why these songs were chosen (and why others were not), and set the stage for a second volume of this concept that should be every bit a delight as this one. ---Hal Horowitz, Rovi

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40 classic cuts from your favourite guitar heroes.

Is there anyone out there who hasn t posed in front of the mirror, face contorted in concentration as their fingers frenetically pick out each note of an epic solo...on an imaginary guitar? Whether specialising in acoustic, electric or even air guitar, millions of us across the world have been entranced by the sound of expertly plucked strings, and of course the legendary stars who have made their names wielding their impressive instruments.

Inside us all is a lead guitarist waiting to break out, and here comes the perfect soundtrack to accompany that magical moment.

With a range of legendary songs from such celebrated guitarists as Chuck Berry, Ritchie Valens, Les Paul, Johnny Guitar Watson, Duane Eddy and Link Wray, this double CD set is every rock n roll fan s dream come true. So turn the speakers up to 11 and enjoy 40 rockin cuts from the coolest cats to ever pick up an axe. --- amazon.co.uk

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A1	Harold Nicholas	La Grande Twist Party (Rock'n Roll Call)	
A2	Harold Nicholas	Ya Ya Twist	
A3	The Daniels	Wee Wee	
A4	The Daniels	Scotch Twist	
A5	Les Play-Boys	Raunch Twist	
B1	Les Chaussettes Noires	Peppermint Twist (1ère Partie)	
B2	Les Chaussettes Noires	Peppermint Twist (2e Partie)	
B3	Eddie Barclay Et Les Twisters	5th Avenue Twist	
B4	Eddie Barclay Et Les Twisters	Play The Thing	
B5	Les Play-Boys	Artistry In Twist

The Twist, a dance done by swiveling the hips, became a worldwide dance craze in the early 1960s. No one is quite sure who actually started swiveling their hips in this manner; some say it might have been part of an African dance brought to the United States during the slavery era. Hank Ballard (1927-2003) was an R&B singer who was part of the group called the Midnighters. Ballard wrote and recorded the song, "The Twist," after seeing some people twisting their hips while dancing.

On August 6, 1960, Chubby Checker sang and danced his version of "The Twist" on Dick Clark's Saturday night program, The Dick Clark Show. The song quickly hit number one on the charts and the dance swept around the world.

The Twist dance was easy to do, which helped make it so popular. It was usually done with a partner, although no touching was involved. Basically, it's a simple twisting of the hips. Some describe it as if you are pretending to stamp out a fallen cigarette or drying your back with a towel.

The dance was so popular that it inspired additional new dances such as the Mashed Potato, the Swim, and the Funky Chicken.

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CD1
1. Whitesnake - Is This Love
2. MSG - Time
3. Reo Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
4. Heart - Alone
5. Darxon - Hungry
6. Phenomena Ii - Dit It All For Love
7. Magnum - When The World Comes Down
8. Scorpions - Still Loving You
9. Gary Moore - Always Gonna Love You
10. Steeler - Thedeeperthe Night
11. Strangeways - Goodnight L.A.
12. Bonfire - Give It A Try
13. Europe - Carrie
14. Nazareth - Love Hurts

CD2
01. Cinderella - Don't Know What You Got
02. House Of Lords - Love Don't Lie
03. Depp Purple - Soldier Of Fortune
04. Quiet Riot - Don't Wanna Be Your Fool
05. Darxon - Don't Give Up
06. Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
07. Bonfire - You Make Me Feel
08. Scorpions - Holiday
09. Kingdom Come - What Love Can Be
10. Gary Moore - Empty Rooms
11. Zed Yago - The Pale Man
12. Motley Crue - You're All I Need
13. Nazareth - Dream On
14. White Lion - When The Children Cry

CD3
01. Scorpions - Always Somewhere
02. Great White - Save Your Love
03. Motley Crue - Without You
04. Kix - Don't Close Your Eyes
05. Warrant - Heaven
06. Accept - Mistreated
07. Roko - Hold on
08. Skid Row - I Remember You
09. Alice Cooper - Only My Heart Talkin'
10. Gigant - I'll See You in My Dreams
11. Deep Purple - Wasted Sunsets
12. Axel Rudi Pell - Broken Heart
13. Bonfire - Who's Foolin' Who
14. Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkway ( Live )
15. Whitesnake - We Wish You Well

CD4
01. Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne - Close My Eyes Forever
02. Robert Plant - Ship Of Fools
03. McAuley Schenker Group - Anytime
04. Scorpions - Believe In Love
05. Y & T - Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark
06. Cheap Trick - Wherever I Would Be
07. Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues (For You)
08. House Of Lords - It't Ain't Love
09. Damn Yankees - High Enough
10. Winger - Without The Night
11. Marillion - Keyleigh
12. German Rock Project - Let Love Conquer The World
13. Tyketto - Standing Alone
14. Kane Roberts - Does Anybody Really Fall In Love Anymore
15. Crash?n Burn - So Close To Me
16. Axel Rudi Pell - When A Blind Man Cries

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1. New Found Glory - "Nothing For Christmas"
2. All Time Low - "Fool's Holiday"
3. Real Friends - "I Had A Heart"
4. Man Overboard - "Father Christmas"
5. The Summer Set - "This Christmas"
6. Crown The Empire - "There Will Be No Christmas"
7. Yellowcard - "Christmas Lights"
8. Issues - "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays"
9. Jason Lancaster - "All I Can Give You"
10. The Ready Set - "I Don't Wanna Spend Another Christmas Without You"
11. Set It Off - "This Christmas (I'll Burn It To The Ground)"
12. William Beckett - "Do You Hear What I Hear?"

As Christmas albums go, the more punk the better… probably. Okay, so besides Punk Goes Christmas and the Bad Religion Christmas album there are few examples, especially this year. In fact, rock Christmas records are a rare thing to come by in general, and when they do, it’s Corey Taylor or Ozzy Osbourne or The Darkness, and punk has nowhere to stay for the night. This year is different, these carol singers are different, although their Christmas songs may raise just as many eyebrows.

Still, as strange a concept as this might be, it actually starts off pretty festive. New Found Glory break out the jingle bells like a ska band would break out the trumpets and ‘Nothing For Christmas,’ though it sounds more like Yellowcard than any traditional Christmas songs, is as close as NFG have come to making a stocking filler, except, well, auditory. And it doesn’t stop there. All Time Low’s ‘Fool’s Holiday’ might just be one of the best things they’ve ever done, but perhaps that’s the mulled wine talking. Exaggeration or no, it’s utterly delightful.

It would be apt to say that this record was full of surprises if it were not a surprise in itself that the record works at all. It does, it really feels Christmas-y, and this is from a collection of artists that are usually as far removed from Christmas songs as Cliff Richard is removed from good Christmas songs.

Having mentioned them in relation to the NFG track on this record, it’s only fitting to mention the Yellowcard contribution: ‘Christmas Lights,’ which is honestly beautiful. Yellowcard have been known to pull the odd tear jerker from time to time, and perhaps it’s the holiday season sentimentality, but it looks like they’ve done it again.

This album is not what you might think it is. Sure, it’s a novelty, the title alone tells you that much, but the music is not a novelty itself, it’s genuinely lovely, and that’s not something you get from many Christmas albums, nor from the vast majority of punk records. As ridiculous as this might sound, this is really something for the artists to be proud of. --- Edward Strickson, alterthepress.com

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01. Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem
02. Bill Haley And His Comets - Rock Around The Clock
03. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
04. Chuck Berry - Rock Over Beethoven
05. Chuck Berry - Rock'n'Roll Music
06. Danny And The Juniors - At The Hop
07. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
08. Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
09. The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown
10. Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula
11. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire
12. Ray Charles - What'd I Say
13. Buddy Knox - Party Doll
14. Carl Perkins - Matchbox
15. Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
16. Ritchie Valens - La Bamba
17. The Chordettes - Mr Sandman
18. The Miracles - Shop Around
19. Buddy Holly - Rave On
20. The Four Aces - Love Is A Many Splendered Thing
21. The Isley Brothers - Shout
22. Barret Strong - Money (That's What I Want)
23. Cuy Mitchell - Singing The Blues
24. The Teddy Bears - To Know Him Is To Love Him
25. Chords - Sh-boom
26. The Champs - Tequila
27. The Penguins - Earth Angel
28. Marice Williams And The Zodiacs - Stay
29. Paul Anka - Diana
30. Tommy Edwards - It's All In The Game
31. Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
32. Dale Hawkins - Susie Q
33. The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
34. Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife
35. Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now
36. Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
37. Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe
38. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
39. Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line
40. Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly
41. Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind
42. The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream
43. Elmore James - Dust My Broom
44. Pat Boone - Love Letters In The Sand
45. The Coasters - Yakety Yak
46. B.B. King - Sweet Little Angel
47. The Coasters - Young Blood
48. The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
49. Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
50. Phil Philips With The Twilights - Sea Of Love
51. The Platters - The Great Pretender
52. Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender
53. Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
54. Same Cooke - You Send Me
55. Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
56. Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man
57. The Dells - Oh, What A Night
58. Frankie Avalon - Venus
59. Sam Cooke - Wonderful World
60. The Five Satins - In The Still OF The Night
61. Buddy Holly - Every Day
62. Buddy Holly - Peggie Sue
63. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
64. Bo Diddley - I'm A Man
65. Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never
66. Sreamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
67. Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
68. James Brown - Please, Please, Please
69. Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone
70. Fats Domino - I'm Walkin
71. Little Richard - Lucille
72. The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me
73. Chuck Berry - Maybelline
74. Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
75. Muddy Waters - Mansih Boy

In its purest form, Rock & Roll has three chords, a strong, insistent back beat, and a catchy melody. Early rock & roll drew from a variety of sources, primarily blues, R&B, and country, but also gospel, traditional pop, jazz, and folk. All of these influences combined in a simple, blues-based song structure that was fast, danceable, and catchy. The first wave of rock & rollers -- Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Bo Diddley, Bill Haley, Gene Vincent, the Everly Brothers, and Carl Perkins, among many others -- set the template for rock & roll that was followed over the next four decades. During each decade, a number of artists replicated the sound of the first rockers, while some expanded that definition and others completely exploded the constrictions of the genre. From the British Invasion, folk-rock, psychedelia, and through hard rock, heavy metal, glam rock, and punk, most subgenres of rock & roll initially demonstrated an allegiance to the basic structure of rock & roll. Once these permutations emerged, traditional rock & roll faded away from the pop charts, yet there were always artists that kept the flame alive. Some, like the Rolling Stones and the Faces, adhered to the basic rules of traditional rock & roll but played the music fast and loose. Others, like proto-punk rockers the Velvet Underground, the New York Dolls, and the Stooges, kept the basic song structure, but played it with more menace. Still others, like Dave Edmunds and Graham Parker, became rock & roll traditionalists, writing and recording music that never wavered from the sound of the late '50s and early '60s. Although the term "rock & roll" came to refer to a number of different music styles in the decades following its inception, the essential form of the music never changed. ---allmusic.com

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CD 1:
01. Bill Haley And His Comets – Rock Around The Clock 
02. Buddy Holly – Peggy Sue 
03. Carl Perkins – Roll Over Beethoven 
04. Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin` Goin` On 
05. Gene Chandler – Duke Of Earl 
06. Duane Eddy – Rebel Rouser 
07. Johnny Cash – Ballad Of A Teenage Queen 
08. Roy Orbison – Ooby Dooby 
09. Hank Ballard And The Midnighters – The Twist 
10. Little Richard – Tutti Frutti 
11. The Champs – Tequila 
12. Cliff Gleaves – Your Cheatin` Heart 
13. The Olympics – Hully Gully 
14. Earl Hooker – The Hucklebuck 
15. Jerry Lee Lewis – Great Balls Of Fire 				play
16. Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps – Say Mama 
17. The El Dorados – At My Front Door 
18. Bruce Channel – Hey! Baby 
19. The Five Satins – In The Still Of The Night 
20. Patsy Cline – Walkin` After Midnight 

CD 2: 
01. Carl Perkins – Blue Suede Shoes 
02. Jerry Lee Lewis – Sweet Little Sixteen 
03. Bill Haley And His Comets – Shake, Rattle And Role 
04. Johnny Cash – Hey! Porter 
05. Buddy Holly – Heartbeat 
06. Little Richard – Lucille 
07. The Chordettes – Mr Sandman 
08. Duane Eddy – Because They`re Young 					play
09. Joey Dee And The Starliters – Peppermint Twist 
10. Bill Justis And His Orchestra – Raunchy 
11. Jerry Lee Lewis – Breathless 
12. Bobby Fuller And The Fanatics – I Fought The Law 
13. Roy Orbison – Domino 
14. Johnny And The Hurricanes – Red River Rock 
15. Hank Ballard And The Midnighters – Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go 
16. Ruth Brown – 5-10-15 Hours 
17. Dee Clark – Hey Little Girl 
18. The Dells – Oh What A Night 
19. The Clovers – One Mint Julep 
20. The Spaniels – Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite 

CD 3: 
01. Little Richard – Good Golly Miss Molly					play 
02. Carl Perkins – Put Your Cat Clothes On 
03. Buddy Holly – True Love Ways 
04. Jerry Lee Lewis – High School Confidential 
05. The Dixie Cups – Chapel Of Love 
06. Bill Haley And His Comets – See You Later Alligator 
07. Gene Vincent – The Story Of The Rockers 
08. The Skyliners – Since I Don’t Have You 
09. Johnnie Ray – Cry 
10. The Crew-Cuts – Sh`Boom 
11. The Dominos – Have Mercy Baby 
12. Paul And Paula – Hey Paula 
13. The Five Keys – The Glory Of Love 
14. Jimmy Reed – Honest I Do 
15. Dee Clark – Just Keep It Up 
16. Jerry Butler – For Your Precious Love 
17. Ruth Brown – Daddy Daddy 
18. Sonny Burgess – Red-Headed Women 
19. Little Junior`s Blue Flames – Mystery Train 
20. The El Dorados – I’ll Be Forever Loving You

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music. Though elements of rock and roll can be heard in country records of the 1930s, and in blues records from the 1920s, rock and roll did not acquire its name until the 1950s.

In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s. The beat is essentially a blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat, the latter almost always provided by a snare drum. Classic rock and roll is usually played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), a string bass or (after the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit.

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01. Girlschool - 1 2 3 4 Rock N Roll
02. Def Leppard - Animal
03. Nazareth - Back To The Trenches
04. Jorney - Be Good To Yourself
05. White Lion - Broken Heart
06. Damn Yankees - Coming Of Age
07. The Jeff Healey Band - Cruel Little Number
08. Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize
09. Toto - Don't Chain My Heart
10. Elvis Presly Rock`n`Roll
11. Nazareth - Expect No Mercy
12. Deep Purple - Fire In The Basement
13. The Jeff Healey Band - Full Circle
14. Deep Purple - Hard Lovin' Woman
15. Motorhead - Hoocie Coochie Man (live)
16. Stray Cats - I Fought The Law
17. Transvision Vamp - I Want Your Love
18. Judas Priest - Johnny B. Goode
19. Rainbow - Light In The Black
20. Rainbow - Long Live Rock'n'Roll
21. Motorhead - Louie Louie
22. Sammy Hagar - Love Or Money
23. Rolling Stones - Mixed Emotions
24. AC/DC - Moneytalks
25. Foreigner - Night Life
26. Cheap Trick - One On One
27. Rolling Stones - Rock And A Hard Place
28. Dio - Rock 'n' Roll Children
29. Saxon - Rock 'n Roll Gypsy
30. AC/DC - Rock'n'Roll Damnation
31. Cheap Trick - Rock'n'Roll Tonight
32. Rush - Roll The Bones
33. The Rolling Stones - Sad Sad Sad
34. W.A.S.P. - Sex Drive
35. Motorhead - Stand By Your Man
36. Grand Funk - Stop Lookin' Back
37. Roger Waters - Sunset Strip
38. Mick Jagger - Sweet Thing
39. Guns N' Roses - Sympathy For The Devil
40. Nazareth - Take The Rap
41. AC/DC - That's The Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll (live)
42. Saga - The Flyer
43. Golden Earring - They Dance
44. Nazareth - This Flight Tonight
45. John Fogerty - Wasn't That A Woman
46. Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
47. Saxon - Wheels Of Steel
48. Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar
49. Dread Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
50. Deep Purple - Wicked Ways

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