Detailed item info 4 CD BOXSET WITH VERY NICE BOOKLET AND 118 TRACKS,PROPER RECORDS ARE KNOWN FOR THESE HIGH QUALITY 4 CD BOXSETS 4-5 HOURS OF PLAYING TIME 67 PAGE ILLUSTRATED BOOKLETS AND EXTENSIVE BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES WITH DISCOGRAPHIES AND RARE PHOTOS. . Album Features UPC: 805520021005 Artist: Various Artists Format: CD Release Year: 2005 Record Label: Proper Genre: Doowop, Oldies, Pop Number Of Discs: 4 Details Distributor: City Hall Recording Type: Studio Recording Mode: Stereo SPAR Code: DDD TRACK LISTING Disc 1 Blues Rhythm 1. Big Joe Turner - That's All Right 2. Laverne Ray - Hound Dog 3. Tiny Grimes Feat Screaming Jay Hawkins - Party Girl 4. John Lee Hooker - Pledging My Love 5. Jack (The Bear) Parker - Good Rockin' Tonight 6. T-Bone Walker - Mystery Train 7. Piano Red - We're Gonna Rock 8. Tiny Bradshaw - Rock And Roll 9. Ray Charles - Rockin' At Midnight 10. Jimmy Preston - Rock The Joint 11. Big Joe Turner - Shake Rattle And Roll 12. Laverne Ray - Rock And Roll 13. Tiny Grimes Feat Screaming Jay Hawkins - Why Did You Waste My Time 14. John Lee Hooker - Shake Holler Run 15. Jack (The Bear) Parker - I Need You I Want You 16. T-Bone Walker - Teenage Baby 17. Piano Red - Rockin' With Red 18. Tiny Bradshaw - The Train Kept-A-Rollin' 19. Ray Charles - I Got A Woman 20. Billy Wright - Hey Little Girl 21. Amos Milburn - Let's Rock A While 22. Dolly Cooper - I Wanna Know (What Cha Doin' Down There) 23. Fats Domino - The Fat Man 24. Smiley Lewis - Bee's Boogie 25. Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy 26. Sticks Mcgee - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee 27. Dave Bartholomew - Country Girl 28. Paul Williams - The Hucklebuck 29. Wild Bill Moore - We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll Disc 2 Jumping Doowopping 1. Eagles - 60 Minute Man 2. El Dorados - Ting A Ling 3. Spaniels - Gloria 4. Midnighters - Hold Me! Squeeze Me! 5. Du-Droppers - Hearts Of Stone 6. Drifters - Mama (Your Daughter Told A Lie On Me) 7. Swallows - Mary Lee 8. Cardinals - Can't Do Sixty No More 9. Clovers - Never 11. Drifters - Such A Night 12. The Rivileers - A Thousand Stars 13. Five Keys - Ling Ting Tong 14. Penguins - Earth Angel 15. The Clovers - One Mint Julep 16. Teardrops - Ooh Baby 17. Drifters - Honey Love 18. Bobby Lester The Moonlighters - Shoo Do Be Do 19. The Crows - No Help Wanted 20. The Clovers - Fool Fool Fool 21. Eagles - Trying To Get To You 22. El Dorados - My Loving Baby 23. The Spaniels - Bounce 24. Midnighters - Sexy Ways 25. Du-Droppers - Boot 'Em Up 26. Drifters - Bip Bam 27. The Swallows - Roll Roll Pretty Baby 28. The Cardinals - She Rocks 29. Clovers - Lovey Dovey Disc 3 Hillbilly Bopping 1. Hank Williams - Move It On Over 2. Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On 3. Hardrock Gunter - Birmingham Bounce 4. Red Foley - Tennessee Saturday Night 5. Johnny Horton - Tennessee Jive 6. Curtis Gordon - Rompin' Stompin' 7. Charlie Adams - TT Boogie 8. Chuck Murphy - Blue Ribbon Boogie 9. Jack Guthrie His Oklahomans - Oakie Boogie 10. Jimmy Swan - Juke Joint Mama 11. Arkie Shibley - Hot Rod Race 12. Jimmy Dolan - Hot Rod Mama 13. Carlisles - Too Old To Cut The Mustard 14. Wayne Raney - I Ain't Nothin' But A Tom Cat's Kitten 15. Johnnie Lee Wills - The Band's A-Rockin' 16. Porky Freeman - Slick Chick Boogie 17. Bill Monroe - White House Blues 18. Lattie Moore - Juke Joint Johnny 19. Maddox Bros Rose - Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down 20. Hank Garland His Sugar Footers - Sugarfoot Rag 21. Arthur "Guitar" Smith - Guitar Boogie 22. Chet Atkins - The Nashville Jump 23. Jimmy Bryant Speedy West - Stratosphere 24. Terry Fell - Don't Drop It 25. Moon Mullican - Good Deal Lucille 26. Bud Hobbs - Louisiana Swing 27. Merle Travis - Louisiana Boogie 28. Lee Bonds - Wild Cattin' Woman 29. Betsy Gay - Hound Dog 30. Brother Claude Ely - Working On the Building Disc 4 It's Only Rock 'n Roll 1. Jackie Brenston - Rocket 88 2. The Treniers - Rockin' Is Our Bizness 3. Midnighters - Work With Me Annie 4. The Crows - Gee 5. Chords - Sh-Boom 6. Willy Ruth - Love Me 7. Robins - Riot In Cell Block #9 8. Bill Haley - Crazy Man Crazy 9. Fats Domino - Please Don't Leave Me 10. Jimmy Cavallo - Rock The Joint 11. Merrill E.Moore - The House Of Blue Light 12. Hardrock Gunter - Gonna Dance All Night 13. Rudy Grayzell - There's Gonna Be A Ball 14. Elvis Presley - Blue Moon Of Kentucky 15. Jimmie Logsdon - My Sweet French Baby 16. Dud Dickerson - My Gal Gertie 17. Bill Haley - Real Rock Drive 18. Charlie Ray - I Love You Madly 19. Bill Haley - Shake Rattle And Roll 20. Drifters - Money Honey 21. Smiley Lewis - Blue Monday 22. Laverne Baker - Tweedle Dee 23. Ruth Brown - Teardops From My Eyes 24. Bunny Paul - Such A Night 25. Treniers - Rock A Beatin' Boogie 26. Faye Adams - Shake A Hand 27. Big Joe Turner - Honey Hush 28. Ruth Brown - Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean 29. Elvis Presley - That's All Right 30. Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock Album Notes Informed by blues, boogie woogie, jazz, R B, hillbilly and country music, Rock 'n' Roll became the first music to aim directly at a teenage audience, and it hit. Rock 'n' Roll extended an unparalleled influence around the world. This box set presents 118 candidates for the first Rock 'n' Roll record ever recorded. Rock 'n' Roll: "A form of popular music arising from and incorporating a variety of musical styles, especially rhythm and blues, country music and gospel. Originating in the United States in the 1950s, it is characterised by electronically amplified instrumentation, a heavily accented beat, and relatively simple phrase structure." Thus is the term Rock 'n' Roll described in one dictionary. Other definitions add, "known for its strong beat and urgent lyrics" and "usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. Proper does it again -- at least musically -- by assembling this whopping four-disc, 118-track box set of the greatest in vintage rhythm blues, hillbilly boogie, doo wop, and early rock roll and rockabilly. Simply looking through the list of credits one can get dizzy from the star-studded lineups as well as entry upon entry of bona fide classics by artists who are little known to anyone but collectors and aficionados. There is more here than one can take in, justifiably in a month of Sundays, from T-Bone Walker and Big Mama Thornton to Fats Domino and the Moonglows; from Elvis and Bill Haley to Piano Red and Ray Charles; from Bill Monroe and Jimmy Bryant to the Robins and Bunny Paul. In addition to the great-sounding archival track list is a decent liner booklet with terrific photos. The most amazing thing is the price: this set retails for around $25 U.S. There is no reason for anyone interested in early rock roll and its roots not to score this baby and put it on the shelf. ~ Thom Jurek A milestone Proper release, this is our 100th Properbox set featuring 4 cds of digitally remastered music and one of our most extensive fully illustrated booklets yet (68 pages) with comprehensive essays, track by track analysis and full discographies, all presented in new slimline packaging. Rock’n’Roll: “A form of popular music arising from and incorporating a variety of musical styles, especially rhythm and blues, country music and gospel. Originating in the United States in the 1950s, it is characterised by electronically amplified instrumentation, a heavily accented beat, and relatively simple phrase structure.” Thus is the term rock’n’roll described in one dictionary. Other definitions add, “known for its strong beat and urgent lyrics” and “usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles.” Rock’n’roll was all of that and more. Informed by blues, boogie woogie, jazz, R B, Appalachian folk music, bluegrass, hillbilly and country music, Rock 'n' Roll became the first music to aim directly at a teenage audience, and it hit. Rock 'n' Roll extended an unparalleled influence around the world. This box set presents 118 candidates for the first rock 'n' roll record ever recorded. This set features 4 CDs looking at the tracks that kickstarted rock'n'roll, arranged pretty much by the important contributing genres. So, disc one focuses in on the Blues Rhythm artists, featuring the likes of Ray Charles, Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino, Tiny Bradshaw, Big Joe Turner, John Lee Hooker, Roy Brown and many, many more. Disc two zones in on the Doo Wop and vocal group influences, with the likes of the Ravens, Penguins, Dominos, Drifters, Cardinals, Clovers and many more. Disc three then moves in to take a look at how the country artists contributed with tracks from the likes of Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, Hank Snow, Chet Atkins, Jimmy Bryant, Moon Mullican, Brother Claude Ely, Merle Travis and more. Finally disc four takes a look at the artists forever associated with the birth of rock'n'roll, with the likes of Elvis Presley, Jackie Brenston, the Crows, Bill Haley, Ruth Brown and many others represented. This boxset features those from the obvious to the obscure, with classic tracks throughout, and is an excellent overview of the melting pot of influences that went into the development of rock'n'roll. Hopefully with all these artists together it will open some eyes to those they've perhaps overlooked in the past. Ultimately though, it's just a damn good listen!