Cat. No. VV 1194: FREDDIE BELL AND THE BELLBOYS ~ ROCK & ROLL... ALL FLAVORS. MERCURY MG 20289
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
FREDDIE BELL AND THE BELLBOYS WERE INFLUENTIAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROCK AND ROLL IN THE 1950s. THE GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1952 BY FREDDIE BELL. THEY WERE ONE OF THE FIRST WHITE GROUPS TO PLAY THE R&B HITS OF THE DAY, AND HONED THEIR ACT IN THE MIDWEST BEFORE LANDING A BOOKING AT THE SANDS HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS. IN 1955,
THE GROUP MADE THEIR FIRST RECORDINGS FOR THE TEEN RECORDS LABEL INCLUDING AN ADAPTION OF "HOUND DOG" (FIRST RECORDED BY BIG MAMA THORNTON). THEIR VERSION WOULD NOTABLY MODIFY THE LYRICS Of BIG MAMA THORNTON'S VERSION TO MAKE IT SO THE SONG'S SUBJECT WAS LITERALLY A DOG RATHER THAN A CHEATING MALE LOVER. WHEN PERFORMING THE SONG IN LAS VEGAS, THEY WERE SEEN BY ELVIS PRESLEY WHO WAS IMPRESSED AND DECIDED TO RECORD THEIR MODIFIED VERSION OF THE SONG HIMSELF.
THE GROUP WAS SIGNED TO MERCURY RECORDS IN 1956, AND WERE ALSO SPOTTED BY FILM PRODUCER SAM KATZMAN WHO OFFERED THEM A PART IN "ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK", THE FIRST ROCK AND ROLL MOVIE STARRING BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS. THE GROUP'S BIG BREAK CAME WITH THEIR SECOND SINGLE "DING DONG" (WHICH LATER BECAME KNOWN AS "GIDDY UP DING DONG"). IT WAS NOT A HIT IN THE USA BUT IT WAS POPULAR IN AUSTRALIA, FRANCE AND THE UK WHERE IT CLIMBED TO NUMBER FOUR IN THE UK SINGLES CHART.
THIS ALBUM APPEARS TO BE A LATER MERCURY RECORDS RE-ISSUE OF THE ORIGINAL MERCURY RELEASE AS THE COVER PHOTO IS IN BLACK AND WHITE WHEREAS THE ORIGINAL COVER WAS IN COLOUR AND THE LINER NOTES ARE FAR MORE EXTENSIVE THAN ON THE ORIGINAL. HAVING SAID THAT THE ALBUM IS BASICALLY THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL RELEASE. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY VERY, VERY MINOR RING WEAR AND SOME MINOR SOILING ON THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE. THE YELLOWING SHOWN IN THE SCAN IS NOT APPARENT ON THE SLEEVE, IT IS CAUSED BY THE SCANNER. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT. AS OF THE 12TH APRIL, 2025 A COPY OF THIS SAME ALBUM IS UP FOR SALE ON DISCREPANCY RECORDS FOR $139.99 AUD.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Take The First Train Out Of Town / Giddy Up Ding Dong / Rompin' And Stompin' / Stay Loose Mother Goose / I Said It And I'm Glad / Voo Doo. Side 2 - Teach You To Rock / Hey There You / All Right, Okay, You Win / Big Bad Wolf / Hound Dog / Hucklebuck.
12" VINYL RECORD
