Bill Haley

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

Be prepared to jump, jive, dance, clap, stomp your feet and sing along to classic ‘50s favorites. This release includes Haley’s fantastic debut long play, Rock Around the Clock, which was originally released by the Decca label in August 1956, and has been long unavailable on vinyl. It’s one of the building blocks and all-time cornerstones of rock & roll, and shows what a formidable force The Comets were. It is worth noting that this album was basically the Shake, Rattle & Roll 10” disc (previously released in mid-1955) with four fine vintage numbers added on (“Two Hound Dogs,” “Razzle-Dazzle,” “Rock-a-Beatin’ Boogie,” and “Burn That Candle”). Highlights also feature the smashes “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” “Mambo Rock,” and “Hot Dog Buddy Buddy,” among others.

In addition to the original album, this Vinyl Lovers collector’s LP also includes 2 bonus tracks, consisting of Decca sides from the same recording period: the joyous “R-O-C-K,” plus the well known “See You Later Alligator.”

PERSONNEL:

BILL HALEY, lead vocals and rhythm guitar, plus:

THE COMETS: Danny Cedrone (lead guitar on side 1, tracks 1-4),
Franny Beecher (lead guitar on side 1, tracks 5 & 6 / Side 2, tracks 1-6),
Billy Williamson (steel guitar), Johnny Grande (piano), Marshall Lytle (bass), Billy Gussak (drums on side 1, tracks 1, 4-6 / Side 2, tracks 1-6),
Panama Francis (drums on side 1, tracks 2 & 3),
Dick Richards (triangle on side 1, track 3, percussion on side 2, track 3, also vocals on side 1, track 2), Joey d’Ambrosio (tenor saxophone).

Pythian Temple studios, New York City, between April 12, 1954 and September 23, 1955.

(*) BONUS TRACKS:
Bill Haley (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Franny Beecher (lead guitar),
Billy Williamson (steel guitar), Johnny Grande (piano), Al Rex (bass),
Ralph Jones (drums), Rudy Pompilli (tenor saxophone).

Recorded in New York City, between late 1955 and 1956.

SIDE 1

01. ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
02. SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL
03. A.B.C. BOOGIE
04. THIRTEEN WOMEN
05. RAZZLE-DAZZLE
06. TWO HOUND DOGS
07. R-O-C-K (*)

SIDE 2

01. DIM, DIM THE LIGHTS
02. HAPPY BABY
03. BIRTH OF THE BOOGIE
04. MAMBO ROCK
05. BURN THE CANDLE
06. ROCK-A-BEATIN’ BOOGIE
07. SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR (*