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The Golden Age of American Rock 'N' Roll, Volume 10
Various Artists
The Golden Age of American Rock 'N' Roll, Volume 10
Genres: Pop, Rock
 
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Full title - Golden Age Of American Rock 'N' Roll Volume 10. The tenth & final volume in Ace Records' longest-running & most prestigious series. 30 tracks, mastered from the finest sources available. Artists inc...  more »

     
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All Artists: Various Artists
Title: The Golden Age of American Rock 'N' Roll, Volume 10
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Ace Records UK
Release Date: 12/27/2004
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Rock
Style: Oldies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 029667185028, 766489341323

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Full title - Golden Age Of American Rock 'N' Roll Volume 10. The tenth & final volume in Ace Records' longest-running & most prestigious series. 30 tracks, mastered from the finest sources available. Artists include The Rinky-Dinks feat. Bobby Darin, The Coasters, The Bobbettes, Ricky Nelson, The Chords, Roy Orbison & many more. 2002.
 

CD Reviews

All good things must come to an end...
Zub | Forks Twp., PA | 12/05/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Collectors of pre-invasion American rock and roll 45s on CD may need therapy now that Ace Records has announced the end of their spectacular "Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll" series with this, the tenth volume. Extreme notion perhaps, but anyone familiar with these compilations knows how significant this event is. For over ten years now, Ace Records' "Golden..." series has been the standard to which all other reissue various artist CDs have had to measure up. While anyone can argue over the specific song selection on any such compilation, there can be little dispute with the end result. A massive thirty tracks, all mastered from the best available source material (often better then domestic sources), filled with hard-, if not impossible-to-find tracks packaged with a photo- and artwork-laden liner notes booklet with expertly compiled backround on the included songs. And the irony here is that it has taken a British company to do this. Whew! Just describing the outstanding attributes in these volumes is a heavy though thoroughly pleasing task. It is with great sorrow and disappointment that we fans must watch this phenomenal series come to an end especially in view of the fact that, while these discs have brought to collectors so many of the otherwise unavailable songs of the era, there is still a wealth of such songs that have yet to see daylight on quality CD. Notwithstanding the demise of the series, here in installment ten, Ace has kept up the pace of previous volumes. Six top-ten tunes along with many well-known lesser hits appear here but as with past discs in the series, included here are several hard-to-find tracks along with a number of, to this reviewer's knowledge, tunes that have never appeared on any legitimate CD foreign or domestic. Among the seldom-found songs are Roy Hamilton's superb "You Can Have Her", the Royal Teens' "Believe Me" and Donnie Elbert's "What Can I Do". Absolute finds here include Sammy Masters' "Rockin' Red Wing", Paul Gayten's "The Hunch", "Gilee" by Sonny Spencer and Titus Turner's "We Told You Not To Marry". As has come to be expected, production quality here is outstanding with amazingly good sound quality for these tracks, especially considering the obscurity of many of these songs. All appear in mono with the exception of tracks 4 and 7. This piece, along with others in the series, is an absolute requirement for any collector of the genre and with the value contained and mainstream appeal, is unabashedly recommended to casual fans of the music from the golden age of American rock and roll. Hats off to Ace! Nobody has done it better!"
A Death In The Family
A. J., Lawrence | Calgary, Alberta Canada | 01/17/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"As zubenelgenubi intimated might be the case, I am indeed now in therapy due to the demise of the most outstanding compilation series in the history of the universe, the impeccable "Golden Age of American Rock and Roll" from U.K. Ace.
I have been advised that writing may speed my recovery, and so I would simply like to say that the booklet alone makes the price of this cd a bargain! Apart from that, the sound quality is peerless as usual, and the mix of hits and rarities creates the standard Ace superb musical synthesis. Enjoy!"
It is not done better than this
Martijn13Maart1970 | Husavik Iceland | 01/15/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am a enthousiastic collector, and have almost all the Time Life rock n roll stuff, as well as Eric Records cds of this era. Although they are essential to any 50s 60s collection, nothing can top ACE series.

I could comment like this on all the 50s remasters of this fabulous record label, not only their other editions, but especially the Golden Age of American Rock n roll. I can not add anything to the positive reviews than simply summing up my personal view:

30 tracks per cd! (Time life is also excellent, but you get 15 per cd!)

excellent booklets with background info (not surpassed by any label).

not the same old songs over again, but many rare and still excellent tracks!

last but not least amazing sound quality.

So although you might have some songs there on other collections, it is for above mentioned points alone worth it to always have an ACE copy as well."