Red, White & Rock (2002)

About this title: This triple-CD set is very difficult to rate on a simple basis. In terms of sound, it's a five-star release with state-of-the-art mastering on just about every song included. But it's also got some flaws, starting with its conception, that sort of rule it out of the collections of 95 percent of today's CD buyers who care about the actual oldies content of the set. For starters, with all due respect to the producers, Red, White & Rock seems like the very worst kind of exploitation -- prepared in collaboration between WQED in Pittsburgh, PA, and Rhino Records, it was conceived as something of a ... read more

Tracks:

1. Back in the U.S.A. [Berry]
2. The All American Boy [Parsons/Lunsford]
3. Yakety Yak [Leiber/Stoller]
4. I'm Walkin' [Domino/Bartholomew]
5. Bye Bye Love [Bryant/Bryant]
6. Peggy Sue [Holly/Allison/Petty]
7. Dixie Fried [Perkins]
8. The Battle of New Orleans [Driftwood]
9. Tequila [Rio]
10. Great Balls of Fire [Blackwell/Hammer]
11. Lollipop [Dixon/Ross]
12. Mr. Blue [Blackwell]
13. Just a Dream [Clanton]
14. Splish Splash [Darin/Kaufman]
15. Shout, Pts. 1-2 [Isley/Isley/Isley]
16. Kansas City [Leiber/Stoller]
17. Hey! Baby [Cobb/Channel]
18. Moon River [Mancini/Mercer]
19. Beyond the Sea [Trenet/Lawrence]
20. Where the Boys Are [Sedaka/Greenfield]
21. I Love How You Love Me [Kolber/Mann]
22. Soldier Boy [Dixon/Greenberg]
23. Surfin' U.S.A. [Berry]
24. Only in America [Leiber/Stoller/Mann]
25. On Broadway [Leiber/Stoller/Mann]
26. Louie, Louie [Berry]
27. I Will Follow Him [Altman/Gimbel/Plant]
28. The End of the World [Dee/Kent]
29. Navy Blue [Crewe/Rambeau/Rehak]
30. Chapel of Love [Barry/Greenwich/Spe]
31. My Girl [Robinson/White]
32. I Got You (I Feel Good) [Brown]
33. Dancing in the Street [Gaye/Hunter/Stevens]
34. It's the Same Old Song [Dozier/Holland/Holl]
35. This Diamond Ring [Kooper/Levine/Brass]
36. What the World Needs Now Is Love [Bacharach/David]
37. Unchained Melody [Zaret/North]
38. A Lover's Concerto [Linzer/Randell]
39. Do You Believe in Magic? [Sebastian]
40. Hang on Sloopy [Farrell/Russell]
41. Wooly Bully [Samudio]
42. In the Midnight Hour [Pickett/Cropper]
43. I Got You Babe [Bono]
44. California Dreamin' [Phillips/Phillips]
45. Get Together [Powers]
46. Five O'Clock World [Reynolds]
47. Kicks [Mann/Weil]
48. Along Comes Mary [Almer]
49. Happy Together [Bonner/Gordon]
50. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher [Jackson/Miner/Smith]
51. Kind of a Drag [Holvay]
52. Time Won't Let Me [Kelley/King]
53. Hanky Panky [Barry/Greenwich]
54. I'm a Believer [Diamond]
55. Good Lovin' [Clark/Resnick]
56. Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly [Ryder]
57. Hold On! I'm Comin' [Hayes/Porter]
58. Respect [Redding]
59. I Second That Emotion [Cleveland/Robinson]
60. Tell It Like It Is [Davis/Diamond]
61. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay [Redding/Cropper]
62. Spooky [Buie/Cobb/Middlebro]
63. Spirit in the Sky [Greenbaum]
64. Garden Party [Nelson]
65. Abraham, Martin and John [Holler]

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