Golden Age Of American Rock 'N' Roll Vol. 5 CD - Import

 Three thumbs up for Volume 5.
Volume 5 is probably the best out of the first five CDs in this series. 11 out of 30 Top Ten hits. The first track, “Wiggle Wiggle” sets the mood for the rest of this album – up beat and up tempo. One of the most comprehensive oldies collections ever, 300 songs on 10 CDs, ACE is to be commended for their efforts at preserving and bringing this collection of mid 50s - early 60s music to market. They didn’t do the usual Top Ten Hits as did Billboard. They did the top 100! This album contains 30 more great songs from the 1954 - 1963 era. If you are old enough to remember the big hits of this time period, on this CD, you will find several of those Top Ten hits as well as many of the lessor hits you’ve forgotten about. Listening to this CD is like it was on the radio when your favorite DJ just happened to play all your favorites back to back. All those good songs, love songs, funny songs and a few in-between hits of the day. If you want to take a trip back in time, go first class and buy this CD. If you are too young to remember these great songs firsthand and want to hear what the true “Golden Era” of Rock & Roll was all about, give this CD a try. Recording quality is excellent (remember these are 40+ year old recordings) and with the exception of “She Cried”, all of the songs are in mono. Background noise is virtually non-existent. If you remember these songs, you will hear them on this CD as you have never heard them before. 18 pages of liner notes make for some very enjoyable reading. I’d give this album three thumbs up but I only have two hands!
Submitted by nowatt (Winchester, IN, USA) 
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 some good oldies
pretty good cd. thought there would be more song i knew especially with all the great oldies out there. but overall pretty descent.
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