The Decca Years and More

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Rock Around the Clock
  2:13
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Thirteen Women
  2:54
• 3
  Shake, Rattle and Roll
  2:32
  4.0 ★
• 4
  A.B.C. Boogie
  2:29
• 5
  Happy Baby
  2:36
• 6
  Dim, Dim the Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere)
  2:33
• 7
  Birth of the Boogie
  2:16
• 8
  Mambo Rock
  2:39
• 9
  Two Hound Dogs
  3:00
• 10
  Razzle Dazzle
  2:45
  4.0 ★
• 11
  R‐O‐C‐K
  2:22
• 12
  Rock a Beatin’ Boogie
  2:21
• 13
  The Saints Rock and Roll
  3:28
• 14
  Burn That Candle
  2:47
• 15
  See You Later, Alligator
  2:46
  4.0 ★
• 16
  The Paper Boy (on Main Street, U.S.A.)
  2:31
• 17
  Goofin’ Around (instrumental)
  2:41
• 18
  Rudy’s Rock (instrumental)
  2:49
• 19
  Hide the Seek
  2:11
• 20
  Hey Then, There Now
  2:26
• 21
  Tonight’s the Night
  2:22
• 22
  Hook, Line and Sinker
  2:37
• 23
  Blue Comet Blues (instrumental)
  2:32
• 24
  Calling All Comets (instrumental)
  2:33
• 25
  Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie
  2:45
• 26
  A Rockin’ Little Tune (instrumental)
  2:41
• 27
  Hot Dog Buddy Buddy
  2:36
• 28
  Rockin’ Through the Rye
  2:12
• CD 2
• 1
  Don’t Knock the Rock (without overdub)
  2:25
• 2
  Teenager’s Mother
  2:18
• 3
  Rip It Up
  2:28
  4.5 ★
• 4
  Don’t Knock the Rock
  2:22
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Forty Cups of Coffee
  2:36
• 6
  Miss You
  2:23
• 7
  (You Hit the Wrong Note) Billy Goat
  2:44
• 8
  Rockin’ Rollin’ Rover
  2:30
• 9
  Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
  2:53
• 10
  You Can’t Stop Me From Dreaming
  2:26
• 11
  I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
  2:43
• 12
  Rock Lomond
  2:49
• 13
  Is It True What They Say About Dixie?
  2:26
• 14
  Carolina in the Morning
  2:25
• 15
  The Dipsy Doodle
  2:29
• 16
  Ain’t Misbehavin’
  2:15
• 17
  The Break Speaks
  2:55
• 18
  Moon Over Miami
  2:33
• 19
  One Sweet Letter From You
  2:13
• 20
  (I’ll Be With You in) Apple Blossom Time
  2:30
• 21
  Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
  2:16
• 22
  How Many?
  2:26
• 23
  Move It on Over
  2:46
• 24
  Rock the Joint
  2:18
• 25
  Rip It Up (without handclaps)
  2:22
• CD 3
• 1
  Me Rock‐a‐Hula
  2:15
• 2
  Rockin’ Rita
  2:14
• 3
  Jamaica D.J.
  2:39
• 4
  Piccadilly Rock
  2:18
• 5
  Pretty Alouette
  2:39
• 6
  Rockin’ Rollin’ Schnitzlebank
  3:00
• 7
  Rockin’ Matilda (Waltzing Matilda)
  2:40
• 8
  Vive le Rock and Roll
  2:13
• 9
  It’s a Sin
  2:29
• 10
  Mary, Mary Lou
  2:43
• 11
  El Rocko
  2:19
• 12
  Come Rock With Me
  2:41
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Oriental Rock
  2:41
• 14
  Wooden Shoe Rock
  2:25
  3.0 ★
• 15
  The Walkin’ Beat
  2:20
• 16
  Skinny Minnie
  3:01
• 17
  Sway With Me
  2:44
• 18
  Lean Jean
  2:36
• 19
  Don’t Nobody Move
  2:30
• 20
  Joey’s Song (instrumental) (stereo)
  2:57
• 21
  Chiquita Linda (instrumental)
  2:47
• 22
  Dinah
  2:28
• 23
  Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider
  2:18
• 24
  Whoa Mabel!
  2:27
• 25
  Marie
  2:26
• 26
  Eloise
  2:26
• 27
  Corrine, Corrina (without handclaps)
  2:27
• 28
  Joey’s Song (instrumental) (mono)
  2:54
• CD 4
• 1
  Corrine, Corrina
  2:27
• 2
  B.B. Betty
  2:32
• 3
  Sweet Sue, Just You
  2:15
• 4
  Charmaine
  3:00
• 5
  Vive le Rock and Roll

  Bill Haley & His Comets with Caterina Valente
  2:35
• 6
  Hot Dog Buddy Buddy
  2:34
• 7
  The Dragon Rock
  2:05
• 8
  A.B.C. Rock
  2:32
• 9
  The Cat Walk (instrumental)
  2:27
• 10
  I Got a Woman
  2:34
• 11
  (Now and Then) There’s a Fool Such as I
  2:45
• 12
  Be by Me
  2:22
• 13
  Where Did You Go Last Night
  2:45
• 14
  Caldonia
  2:23
• 15
  Shaky (instrumental)
  2:05
• 16
  Ooh! Look‐a There, Ain’t She Pretty
  2:24
• 17
  (Thanks for the) Summer Souvenirs
  2:41
• 18
  Puerto Rican Peddlar (instrumental)
  2:25
• 19
  (Put Another Nickel in the Jukebox) Music, Music, Music! (instrumental)
  2:26
• 20
  Skokiaan (instrumental)
  2:33
• 21
  Drowsy Waters (instrumental)
  2:40
• 22
  Two Shadows (instrumental)
  2:30
• 23
  In a Little Spanish Town (’Twas on a Night Like This) (instrumental)
  2:21
• 24
  Strictly Instrumental (instrumental)
  3:07
• 25
  Mack the Knife (instrumental)
  2:16
• 26
  The Green Door
  2:32
• 27
  Yeah She’s Evil
  2:07
• 28
  Football Rock and Roll (demo)

  Bill Haley
  3:35
• 29
  Six Year‐Old Can Rock and Roll (demo)

  Bill Haley
  2:00
• CD 5: Studio Sessions
• 1
  Dragon Rock (alt. take 1)
  2:07
• 2
  Dragon Rock (alt. take 2)
  2:15
• 3
  Dragon Rock (two false starts)
  2:12
• 4
  Dragon Rock (two false starts & alt. take 3)
  3:35
• 5
  ABC Rock (false start & incomplete take)
  2:36
• 6
  ABC Rock (two false starts & alt. take)
  2:59
• 7
  The Catwalk (false start & alt. take)
  2:48
• 8
  I Got a Woman (alt. take 1)
  2:42
• 9
  I Got a Woman (alt. take 2)
  2:27
• 10
  I Got a Woman (alt. take 3)
  2:53
• 11
  I Got a Woman (two false starts & incomplete take)
  1:54
• 12
  I Got a Woman (false start & incomplete take)
  1:58
• 13
  I Got a Woman (chatter & master take)
  2:59
• 14
  A Fool Such as I (false start & alt. take 1)
  2:49
• 15
  A Fool Such as I (two false starts & alt. take 2)
  3:36
• 16
  Be by Me (false start & alt. take 1)
  3:04
• 17
  Be by Me (five false starts & alt. take 2)
  3:54
• 18
  Be by Me (four false starts & alt. take 3)
  3:31
• 19
  Where Did You Go Last Night (two false starts) (slow)
  1:38
• 20
  Where Did You Go Last Night (false start & incomplete take) (fast)
  2:39
• 21
  Where Did You Go Last Night (four false starts)
  2:49
• 22
  Where Did You Go Last Night (incomplete take & alt. take)
  4:10

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Rock'n'Roll Legend

Rock'n'Roll Legend 2001

From the Original Master Tapes

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Release credits

• Al Pompilli
  bass guitar [4.5-17, 5.1-22]
• Al Rappa
  bass guitar [26-27]
• Al Rex
  bass [3.15-28, 4.1-4, 1.11-16], choir vocals [20], double bass [2.1-2, 2.4-25, 1.17-28, 3.1-14]
• Bill Haley
  guitar [1.1-28, 2.1-2, 2.4-25, 3.1-28, 4.1-29, 5.1-22], vocal [1.1-16, 1.22, 1.25, 1.27-28, 4.1-7, 4.10-14, 4.16-17, 4.26-29, 2.1-2, 2.4-25, 3.1-2, 3.4-19, 3.22-27, 5.1-4, 5.8-22]
• Billy Gussak
  drums (drum set) [1-2, 5, 7, 7-10], membranophone [6]
• Bob Jones
  mastering
• Caterina Valente
  vocal [5]
• Chris Gardner
  liner notes, producer
• Cliff Leeman
  drums (drum set) [11-12, 14], membranophone [13]
• Colin Escott
  liner notes
• Danny Cedrone
  electric guitar [1-4]
• Dave Holly
  membranophone [26-27]
• Dick Richards
  tom-tom [7]
• Francis 'Franny' Beecher
  choir vocals [20], electric guitar [4.1-25, 5.1-22, 2.1-2, 2.4-25, 1.5-28, 3.1-28], guitar [7]
• Frank Scott
  tenor saxophone [6-21]
• Hoffmann Nienburg
  art direction
• Joe Oliver
  additional [5-6], guitar [5-6]
• Joey D'Ambrosio
  tenor saxophone [1-10]
• Johnny Grande
  accordion [1.17-28, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 2.25], piano [5.1-22, 4.1-25, 2.1-2, 2.4-25, 2.25, 3.1-28, 1.1-28]
• Johnny Kay
  electric guitar [26-27]
• Joseph ‘Joey’ Welz
  piano [26-27]
• Marshall Lytle
  double bass [1-10]
• Nick Masters
  steel guitar [26-27]
• Panama Francis
  drums (drum set) [3-4]
• Ralph Jones
  drums (drum set) [2.4, 1.15-16, 1.27], membranophone [1.17-26, 1.28, 4.1-25, 2.1-2, 2.5-25, 5.1-22, 3.1-28]
• Rebecca Everett
  sound
• Richard Weize
  producer
• Rudy Pompilli
  baritone saxophone [14, 16], tenor saxophone [5.1-22, 1.11-28, 3.1-28, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 2.22-25, 4.1-13, 4.15, 4.17-27]
• Rusty Keefer
  additional [3.1-14, 1.6], guitar [1-14]
• William F. ‘Billy’ Williamson
  choir vocals [20], steel guitar [3.1-28, 5.1-22, 1.1-28, 4.1-25, 2.1-2, 2.4-25], vocal [4.8, 5.5-6, 1.19, 1.21, 3.3]
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Issues

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  The Decca Years and More

  5x CD
  1990