Rock Revival (2000)

About this title: Direct Source's Rock Revival is a three-disc set that collects three of the titles in the label's Rock Revival series: Rock Revival: Rockin' Around the Clock, Rock Revival: Juke Box Jive and Rock Revival: Rock Solid. The discs are a mishmash of the rock & roll sound of the '50s and early '60s. The packaging and sound are not great, but the music is. Ranging from R&B to bubblegum to sunshine pop to doo wop and girl group sounds, the discs are made up of wonderful party music like Bill Haley & His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock," Jimmy Gilmer's "Sugar Shack," the Crystals' "He's a Rebel, ... read more

Tracks:

1. (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock [DeKnight/Freedman]
2. Rock & Roll
3. Party Doll
4. The Purple Eater
5. Kansas City [Leiber/Stoller]
6. The Twist [Ballard]
7. Mother-In-Law [Toussaint]
8. Kind of a Drag [Holvay]
9. Happy Together [Bonner/Gordon]
10. Indian Reservation [Loudermilk]
11. Teen Angel [Surrey]
12. Little Star [Picone/Venosa]
13. Yakety Yak [Leiber/Stoller]
14. To Know Him Is to Love Him [Spector]
15. Save the Last Dance for Me [Pomus/Shuman]
16. Runaway [Crook/Shannon]
17. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) [Macaulay/Mason]
18. Duke of Earl [Dixon/Edwards/Willi]
19. He's a Rebel [Pitney]
20. Sugar Shack [McCormack/Voss]
21. Red River Rock [King/Mack/Mendelsoh]
22. Go, Jimmy, Go [Pomus/Shuman]
23. Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly [Long/Stevenson]
24. Rockin' Robin [Thomas]
25. One Fine Day [King/Goffin]
26. Rock Your Baby [Casey/Finch]
27. Game of Love [Ballard]
28. Tossin' and Turnin' [Adams/Rene]
29. Peppermint Twist [Dee/Glover]
30. Will You Love Me Tomorrow [Goffin/King]

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