Bill Haley And His Comets – Rock Around The Clock LP

Bill Haley And His Comets – Rock Around The Clock

Be prepared to jump, jive, dance, clap, stomp your feet and sing along to classic ‘50s favorites. This release includes Haley’s fantastic debut long play, Rock Around the Clock, which was originally released by the Decca label in August 1956, and has been long unavailable on vinyl. It’s one of the building blocks and all-time cornerstones of rock & roll, and shows what a formidable force The Comets were. It is worth noting that this album was basically the Shake, Rattle & Roll 10” disc (previously released in mid-1955) with four fine vintage numbers added on (“Two Hound Dogs,” “Razzle-Dazzle,” “Rock-a-Beatin’ Boogie,” and “Burn That Candle”). Highlights also feature the smashes “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” “Mambo Rock,” and “Hot Dog Buddy Buddy,” among others.

In addition to the original album, this Vinyl Lovers collector’s LP also includes 2 bonus tracks, consisting of Decca sides from the same recording period: the joyous “R-O-C-K,” plus the well known “See You Later Alligator.”

Tracklist:

SIDE 1

01. ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
02. SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL
03. A.B.C. BOOGIE
04. THIRTEEN WOMEN
05. RAZZLE-DAZZLE
06. TWO HOUND DOGS
07. R-O-C-K (*)

SIDE 2

01. DIM, DIM THE LIGHTS
02. HAPPY BABY
03. BIRTH OF THE BOOGIE
04. MAMBO ROCK
05. BURN THE CANDLE
06. ROCK-A-BEATIN’ BOOGIE
07. SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR (*

Label: Vinyl Lovers
Released: 1955/2016