Slow but sweet This performance is slower than most others on CD but the playing is elegant and the musicianship is convincing. Submitted by Larry (Minneapolis, MN, USA) Was This Arensky:Piano Trio/Glinka:Trio Music Review Helpful? YesNo
$6.29 Given that 1969 was the year of Woodstock, it's surprising that this entry in Billboard's hits series bears virtually no hint of psychedelia -- instead, Billboard ...
$15.09 As inevitably happens when the number of volumes in an anthology series runs into the double digits, the tenth installment of the vaunted Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll series is a little diluted in comparison with its earlier counterparts. This digs a little deeper into the lower regions of the charts than most of the prior volumes. While that's a boon for collectors looking for minor early rock & roll chart hits that are rarely anthologized or even played on oldies stations, usually those lower-charting singles weren't nearly as good as the high-charting classics. Still, you can't fault the quantity of songs -- 30 tracks -- and there are a good number of higher-charting classics to balance the rarer but less-interesting rarities. Among those classics are the Coasters' "Searchin'," Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," Clyde McPhatter's "A Lover's Question," Ricky Nelson's "Stood Up," Jerry Butler's "For Your Precious Love," Lloyd Price's "Just Because," the Chords' "Sh-Boom," Clarence "Frogman" Henry's "Ain't Got No Home," Carl Mann's "Mona Lisa," and Lee Dorsey's "Ya Ya" -- none of them hard to find, but all of them a pleasure to hear. Among the best of the lesser-known songs are the 5 Royales' magnificent original version of "Dedicated to the One I Love"; Janis Martin's "Will You, Willyum," an outstanding example of the rarely traveled field of female ...
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