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Zub | Forks Twp., PA | 02/26/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"After ten outstanding volumes in their "Golden Age Of American Rock and Roll" series, much to the chagrin of collectors, Ace pulled the plug on the series. However, they have continued to please us die-hard collectors and casual listeners alike with the likes of their "Country Edition" based on the "Golden Age" discs and now, with this "Novelty Edition". Novelty compilations abound in the CD reissue marketplace but in Ace's true fashion, while including some of the ubiquitous tunes, here are found several rarely-seen ones along with some first-timers to legitimate CD such as Spencer and Spencer's "Russian Band Stand" and the Dyna-Sores' version of "Alley Oop". All told, within the massive 30 tracks total, there are 12 tunes from the top-ten, six from the top-20 and the remaining 12 coming from the lower reaches of the top-100 charts. With this kind of mix, the appeal here is to both the casual listener and avid collector alike. And, in usual Ace fashion, these tracks have been mastered from the best sources available, so sound quality is as good as you'll find for these vintage tunes. Nine of the tracks (2-4,16,17,20-22,30) appear in stereo with the remainder in mono. Finishing off the piece is a massive 32-page booklet with lots of interesting and eye-opening tidbits on each of the included tracks. Ace has once again proved who is king of the reissue when it comes to golden-age American rock 'n' roll. No real collection should be without this. In a word, outstanding."

NOW HERE WE HAVE A VERY FUNNY NOVELITY COLLECTION WITH 30 TR

stewart L | flushing ,ny | 11/02/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"HERE A VERY FUNNY ALBUM.YES SOME SONGS ARE ON OTHER ALBUMS,BUT THE BULK ARE OBSCURE AND WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH HISTERICALLY.YOU HAVE 30 TRACKS.ALL ARE ORIGINAL HITS.YOU CAN FIND THE TRACK LISTING AND SOUND CLIPS IF AVAIABLE,IN THE PRODUCT IMFORMATION SECTION.BUY THIS DISC, YOU CANNOT GO WRONG. !!!ENJOY!!!"

Outstanding!

Ronald Van Scherpenzeel | Madrid, Spain | 04/11/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The series of "Golden Age of American Rock & Roll" released by

ACE couldn't have a better end. During the past 15 years they

have delighted us with a series of 10 CD's with 30 songs each

remembering the Rock & Roll era mostly with minor top hits between 1954 and 1963. One reason for their tremendous success

is the superb quality of all the recordings no matter from

what year the original song was. Now besides these series of 10

CD's from the R&R era they have launched another 2 special

editions with the same title: one with the special novelty

edition and another with the special country edition. Both

deserve more than 5 stars.

The song selection on the novelty edition is just out of sight!

Most of the songs brought back memories from a long long time

ago since these weren't available after the time they were

top hits. I never found them back on what compilation so ever

until ACE put them all together 45 years later. And with a

sound quality better than in their original version on 45rpm.

Therefore don't hesitate. Buy it together with the country

edition and you will have 60 songs for utmost pleasure; 60

songs we grew up with and now with no scratches on them."