Rock Revival: Rocking Down the House (2000)

About this title: Direct Source's Rock Revival: Rocking Down the House is a ten-song mishmash of the rock & roll sound of '60s and '70s. The packaging and sound are not great, but the music is. Ranging from classic R&B to British Invasion to disco, the disc is made up of mostly '60s party music like Jan & Dean's "Surf City," Herman's Hermit's "I'm Telling You Now," Lloyd Price's "Stagger Lee" and Chubby Checker's "Pony Time" with a couple a '70s classics like Rose Royce's "Car Wash" and Paper Lace's "The Night Chicago Died" thrown in. It plays like 30 minutes of a really good oldies station. The biggest ... read more

Tracks:

1. Tighten Up [Bell/Buttier]
2. School Is Out [Bonds/Barge]
3. Stagger Lee [Logan/Price]
4. Venus in Blue Jeans [Greenfield/Sedaka]
5. The Night Chicago Died [Callander/Murray]
6. Car Wash [Whitfield]
7. Pony Time [Covay/Berry]
8. Surf City [Wilson/Berry]
9. This Diamond Ring [Brass/Kooper/Levine]
10. I'm Telling You Now [Garrity/Murray]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.