Eddie Cochran: Year 1957 - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Year 1957
Artist: Eddie Cochran
Label: Bear Family
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5397102175541
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2018-07-06
Number of Discs: 1

Vinyl 2-LP 10' w/ gatefold sleeve: BAF214005'Eddie Cochran was a teen idol gifted with photogenic good looks and an overabundance of talent! He breathed life into 'Tin Pan Alley' copywriters, composed finger on the pulse songs, he was the consummate performer, an innovative guitarist and entertainer whose recordings have stood the test of time'. Bear Family in the year 2018 make available two projects based upon Eddie Cochran's 1957 sessions for Liberty Records, a compact disc (BCD17554) and for vinyl junkies a double 10' 110 gram vinyl complete with a lavishly decorated gatefold sleeve album (BAF214005). During Eddie's short life only one album was released 'Singing To My Baby', and this collection contains these eighteen songs with a slight variation. The album has been reprogrammed to enhance the listening experience, and two songs differ to those on the original album; version two of hot rockers Completely Sweet and Twenty Flight Rock are substituted, added to the running order is an undubbed version of the jiving Ah, Pretty Girl (take 19) which is a welcome inclusion, and a blistering live version of Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On from the 'Ampol Radio Show'which Eddie never commercially recorded. Bear Family offer the best sound you will hear, and the high quality gatefold sleeve is annotated by Bill Dahl, including a full 1957 session discography. A vast variety of stunning photographs of Eddie in the studio surrounded by girls as he records bring an image to life of poise, and should a criteria for cool be required then surely it was Edward Ray Cochran!Much has been written about the music legacy of Eddie Cochran and Bear Family invite you to sit in a comfortable chair, turn up your hi-fi, listen and absorb the music recorded in 1957 by Eddie Cochran. - Mark Armstrong, March 2018

Tracks:
1.1 Am I Blue
1.2 Mean When I'm Mad
1.3 Drive-In Show
1.4 Sittin' in the Balcony
1.5 One Kiss
1.6 Completely Sweet - Version 2
1.7 Undying Love
1.8 Stockin's 'N' Shoes
1.9 I'm Alone Because I Love You
1.10 Lovin' Time
1.11 Proud of You
1.12 Tell Me Why
1.13 Cradle Baby
1.14 Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
1.15 Twenty-Flight Rock - Version
1.16 Pocketful of Hearts
1.17 Never
1.18 Sweetie Pie
1.19 Ah, Pretty Girl - Take 9 Undubbed
1.20 Eddie Cochran la 'Big Sound' Radio Promo
1.21 Freeman Hoover Interview Eddie Cochran Part 1
1.22 Freeman Hoover Interview Eddie Cochran Part 2
1.23 Freeman Hoover Interview with Holly, Allison, Cochran and Guybo
1.24 Freeman Hoover Introduces Eddie's KCSR Radio Promo
1.25 Interview with Eddie Cochran By Jack Davey - Live at "Ampol Radio Show"
1.26 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' on - Live at "Ampol Radio Show"
1.27 Interview with Eddie Cochran By Jack Davey - Live at "Ampol Radio Show"
1.28 Introduction By Herb Sheldon - Live at 'Studio Party'
1.29 Sittin' in the Balcony - Live at 'Studio Party'
1.30 Twenty-Flight Rock - Live at 'Studio Party'