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Auch die größte Karriere beginnt mit einem ersten, kleinen Schritt. Diese 10-CD-Box präsentiert die Debütalben weltbekannter Stars wie etwa Roy Orbison, Brenda Lee, Wanda Jackson, Conway Twitty, Dion & The Belmonts, Ruth Brown, Lavern Baker, The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean und Dick Dale - aber auch Insider-Tipps wie Charlie Rich, Buddy Knox, Carl Mann, Jack Scott, The Johnny Otis Show, The Big Bopper, Bobby Freeman, Ray Smith, The Kalin Twins und The Teddy Bears. Obwohl dieses die jeweils erste Langspielplatte dieser Künstler ist, gibt es darauf doch schon etliche Hits, die die Billboard-Charts erobern konnten. Sogar die nicht so bekannten Interpreten in dieser Box sind mit weltweiten Hits vertreten. Als kleines Bonbon hier die Sammler-Handelspreise dieser Alben in US-Dollar: Roy Orbison (600 $), Charlie Rich (600 $), Big Bopper (500 $), Kalin Twins (100 $), Buddy Knox (200 $), Jack Scott (200 $), Dion & The Belmonts (250 $), Johnny Otis Show (250 $), Bobby Freeman (200 $), Lavern Baker (250 $), Brenda Lee (80 $), Conway Twitty (100 $), Carl Mann (130 $), Ruth Brown (300 $), Teddy Bears (300 $), Jan & Dean (400 $), Wanda Jackson (180 $), Dick Dale (150 $), Ray Smith (700 $) Beach Boys (40 $). Diese Preise wurden oder werden noch heute für ein Original-Album (in Mint-Zustand) gezahlt. Das zeigt die Wertigkeit, die diese Langspielplatten immer noch repräsentieren. Anders gesagt: das günstigste Album auf dieser Zusammenstellung würde etwa doppelt so viel kosten wie die gesamte 10 CD-Box.

Inhalt

CD1. 1. This Kind of Love (Phillips) - 2. Devil Doll (Phillips) - 3. You re My Baby (Cash) - 4. Tryin to Get to You (McCoy /S ingleton) - 5. It s Too Late (Willis) - 6. Rock House (Jenkins / Phillips) - 7. You re Gonna Cry (Phillips) - 8. I Never Knew (Phillips) - 9. Sweet and Easy to Love (Phillips) - 10. Mean Little Mama (Phillips) - 11. Ooby Dooby (Moore / Penner) 1956 # 59 (as "The Teen Kings ) - 12. Problem Child (Phillips) - 13. Lonely Weekends (Rich) 1960 # 22 - 14. School Days (Davis) - 15. Whirlwind (Kelly) - 16. S tay (Rich) - 17. C. C. Rider (Rainy) - 18. Come Back (Rich) - 19. Gonna Be Waitin (Rich) - 20. Apple Blossom Time (Fleeson / von Tilzer) - 21. B reak Up (Rich) - 22. T hat s How Much I Love You (Rich) - 23. Rebound (Justis / Rich) - 24. Juanita (Stone / Willis) |CD2. 1. Some of These Days (Brooks) - 2. Pennies from Heaven (Johnston / Burke) - 3. Baby Face (Davis / Akst) - 4. A Good Man is Hard to Find (Green) - 5. Just Because (Shelton / Shelton / Robin) - 6. Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye (Russo / Erdman / Kahn) - 7. Ballin the Jack (Smith / Burris) - 8. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody (Schwartz / Young / Lewis) - 9. Pretty Baby (van Alstyne / Kahn / Jackson) - 10. Side by Side (Woods) - 11. Back in Your Own Back Yard (Jolson / Rose / Dreyer) - 12. St. Louis Blues (Handy) - 13. Day Dreaming (Cantrell / Claunch / Beckleman) - 14. I Wanna Waltz (Blackman) - 15. Heartbreak Ahead (Brown) - 16. Making Believe (Work) - 17. Here We Are Again (Everly / Everly) - 18. Long Tall Sally (Johnson) - 19. Just Call Me Lonesome (Griffin) - 20. Let Me Go Lover (Carson) - 21. Money Honey (Stone) - 22. I Can t Make My Dreams Understand (West / Bryant) - 23. Happy, Happy Birthday (Sylvia / Lopez) - 24. Party (Robinson) 1960 # 37 |CD3. 1. Party Doll (Bowen / Knox) 1957 # 1 - 2. Don t Make Me Cry (Lanier / Knox) - 3. Rock House (Orbison / Jenkins) - 4. Rock-A-Billy Walk (Alldred / Lanier) - 5. Devil Woman (Knox) - 6. Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep (Knox) 1957 # 17 - 7. Hula Love (Knox) 1957 # 9 - 8. Mary Lou (Knox) - 9. Maybelline (Berry / Fratto / Freed) - 10. Cause I m in Love with You (Kirshner / Rogers) - 11. R ock Around the Clock (DeKnight / Freedman) - 12. It s Only Make Believe (Twitty / Nance) 1958 # 1 - 13. Hallelujah I Love Her So (Charles) - 14. First Romance (Twitty / Matthews Jr.) - 15. Make Me Know You re Mine (Schroeder / Hill) - 16. Sentimental Journey (Green / Brown / Homer) - 17. I Viberate (From My Head to My Feet) (Twitty / Nance) - 18. The Story of My Love (Twitty / Nance) 1959 # 28 - 19. I ll Try (Twitty / Nance) - 20. You ll Never Walk Alone (Rodgers / Hammerstein II) - 21. Don t You Know (Twitty / Nance) - 22. M y One and Only You (Twitty / Nance) - 23. M ona Lisa (Livingston / Evans) 1959 # 29 |CD4. 1. South of the Border (Kennedy / Carr) - 2. Wayward Wind (Lebowsky / Newman) - 3. Walkin and Thinkin (Bush) - 4. Mona Lisa (Livingston / Evans) 1959 # 25 - 5. I Can t Forget You (Belew / Stevenson) - 6. If I Ever Needed You (Crane / Jacobs) - 7. I Ain t Got No Home (Guthrie) - 8. I m Bluer Than Anyone Can Be (Bush) - 9. Island of Love (Bush) - 10. Pretend (Douglas / Parman / LaVere) 1959 # 57 - 11. Baby I Don t Care (Bush) - 12. I m Comin Home (Rich) - 13. Save My Soul (Scott) 1958 # 73 - 14. With Your Love (Scott) 1958 # 28 - 15. Leroy (Scott) 1958 # 11 - 16. No One Will Ever Know (Foree / Rose) - 17. Geraldine (Scott) 1958 # 96 - 18. I Can t Help It (Wiliams) - 19. Indiana Waltz (Rose) - 20. Midgie (Scott) - 21. My True Love (Scott) 1958 # 3 - 22. The Way I Walk (Scott) 1959 # 35 - 23. I m Dreaming of You (Scott) - 24. Goodbye Baby (Scott) 1958 # 8 |CD5. 1. I Wonder Why (Anderson / Weeks) 1958 # 22 - 2. Where or When (Rodgers / Hart) 1959 # 3 - 3. You Better Not Do That (Collins) - 4. Just You (Weinbrenner) - 5. I Got the Blues (Maresca) - 6. Don t Pity Me (Stallman / Jacobson) 1958 # 10 - 7. A Teenager in Love (Pomus / Shuman) 1959 # 5 - 8. Wonderful Girl (Freeman) - 9. Funny Feeling (Belgin / Barker) - 10. I ve Cried Before (Guess I m Gonna Cry Some More) (Pomus / Shuman) - 11. That s My Desire (Kresa / Loveday) - 12. No One Knows (Hecht / Maresca) - 13. Shake It Lucy Baby (Otis) - 14. Romance in the Dark (Green) - 15. Loop De Loop (Otis) - 16. Lonely River (Otis / Hicks) - 17. A Story Untold (Griffin) - 18. Can t You Hear Me Callin (Otis / Hicks) - 19. Theme and Good Golly (Otis) - 20. Stay with Me (Otis) - 21. It s Too Soon to Know (Chessler) - 22. Hum Ding a Ling (Otis / Hicks) - 23. Livin in Misery (Otis / Hicks) - 24. Ma (He s Makin Eyes at Me) (Conrad / Clare) 1957 # 2 (UK) - 25. Tell Me So (Chessler) |CD6. 1. Chantilly Lace (Richardson) 1958 # 6 - 2. Pink Petticoats (Richardson) - 3. The Clock (Richardson) - 4. Walking Through My Dreams (Richardson) - 5. Someone Watching over You (Richardson) - 6. Old Maid (Richardson) - 7. Big Bopper s Wedding (Richardson) 1958 # 38 - 8. Little Red Riding Hood (Richardson) 1958 # 72 - 9. Preacher and the Bear (Richardson) - 10. It s the Truth Ruth (Richardson) - 11. White Lightning (Richardson) - 12. Strange Kisses (Richardson) - 13. When You re Smiling (Fisher / Goodwin / Shay) - 14. Little Girl Don t You Understand (Constantino) - 15. Ebb Tide (Sigman / Maxwell) - 16. M ardi Gras Rock (Freeman) - 17. A Love to Last a Lifetime (Brandon / Williams) - 18. Do You Wanna Dance? (Freeman) 1958 # 5 - 19. On the Sunny Side of the Street (Fields / McHugh) - 20. I Believe (Drake / Graham / Shirl / Stillman) - 21. Responsible (Freeman) - 22. Because of You (Hammerstein / Wilkinson) - 23. Good Lovin Is What I Need (Freeman) - 24. You ll Never Walk Alone (Rodgers / Hammerstein) |CD7. 1. Lots and Lots of Love (Baker) - 2. Of Course I Do (Willis) - 3. You ll Be Crying (Corso) - 4. Miracles (Feller / Feller) - 5. I m I a Crying Mood (Henderson / Ward) - 6. Mine All Mine (Miller / Smith) - 7. Harbor Lights (Kennedy / Williams) - 8. I ll Never Be Free (Benjamin / Weiss) - 9. Romance in the Dark (Green / Broonzy) - 10. Everybody Is Somebody s Fool (Hampton / Adams / Adams) - 11. How Long Will It Be (Branson) - 12. Fool That I Am (Hunt) - 13. Lucky Lips (Leiber / Stoller) 1957 # 6 - 14. As Long as I m Moving (Calhoun) 1955 # 4 - 15. Wild Wild Young Men (Nugetre) 1953 # 3 - 16. Daddy Daddy (Toombs) 1952 # 3 - 17. Mambo Baby (Singleton / McCoy) 1954 # 1 - 18. Teardrops from My Eyes (Toombs) 1950 # 1 - 19. Hello Little Boy (Brown) - 20. (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean (Wallace / La…