VA — Best Of The Fifties & Sixties (2015)
FLAC (tracks,scans) / mp3 320 kbps | 1h 27 min | Genre: Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Rockabilly, Folk Rock | 606 / 240 MB
Music as a reflection of its — we\’re all familiar with that imagery. But when you take a closer look, it\’s a gross over-simplification. A piece of music, or a group of related pieces of music, as a reflection of one aspect of a certain period — that would make better sense, but in our age of ultimate simplification (believe it or not) we fight shy of such nuanced and often complex categories.
The great American songwriter Bob Dylan may have had that in mind over 50 years ago when in his infinite wisdom he gave the title song of his third LP the refrain \»The s, They Are A-Cha\’\». And so they are. We\’re really rather pleased we can include this song on our double album. It is a splendid motto for the s we cover here: a musically vast decade stretching from 1955 to 1964. And while we are on the subject of simplification: the key words of this pop decade — and thus for these four LP sides — are rock\’n\’roll, folk, beat and soul. Each of these styles boasts its giants, and many of them are gathered together here. They stand out above all because while shaping \»their\» style, they generally developed and refined both it and themselves further. It wasn\’t just the s but the artists and the styles that were chag, and there was a complex interaction between these elements.
LP 1
01 Bob Dylan — A Hard Rain\’s A-Gonna Fall
02 Joan Baez — Oh, Freedom
03 Johnny Cash — Ring Of Fire
04 The Beatles — She Loves You
05 The Shadows — Apache
06 Cliff Richard — I Love You
07 The Everly Brothers — Temptation
08 The Beatles — Love Me Do
09 The Beatles — Please Please Me
10 The Beatles — From Me To You
11 The Beatles — I Want To Hold Your Hand
12 The Beatles — All My Loving
13 The Rolling Stones — I Want To Be Loved
14 Joan Baez — Don\’t Think Twice, It\’s Alright
15 Bob Dylan — The s They Are A-Chag
16 Pete Seeger and The Weavers — The Hammer Song
LP 2
01 The Rolling Stones — Come On
02 Chuck Berry — Johnny B. Good
03 Joey Dee and The Starlighters — Peppet Twist
04 Chuck Berry — Sweet Little Sixteen
05 Brenda Lee — Let\’s Jump The Broomstick
06 Chuck Berry — Roll Over Beethoven
07 Freddy King — Hideaway
08 Elvis Presley — Little Sister
09 The Marcels — Summer
10 Ray Charles — Let The Good s Roll
11 Ray Charles — Unchain My Heart
12 Ray Charles — Georgia On My Mind
13 Ray Charles — Hit The Road Jack
14 Booker T and The MG\’s — Green Onions
15 Freddy King — Have You Ever Loved A Woman
16 Ben E. King — Stand By Me
