Rock The Joint - The Original Essex Recordings 1951-1954
Rollercoaster Records  RCCD 3001

Rocket 88/Tearstains On My Heart/Green Tree Boogie/Jukebox Cannonball/Sundown Boogie/Icy Heart/Rock The Joint/Dance With A Dolly/Rockin' Chair On The Moon/Stop Beatin' Round The Mulberry Bush/Real Rock Drive/Crazy, Man, Crazy/What'cha Gonna Do/Pat-A-Cake/Fractured/Live It Up/Farewell, So Long, Goodbye/I'll Be True/Ten Little Indians/Chattanooga Choo Choo/Straight Jacket/Yes Indeed!/Yes Indeed (2nd version)
  What'cha Gonna Do ?
The roots of  Rock when Bill Haley mixed country with rhythm and blues and the Saddlmen became the Comets!
 
 

From The Original Master Tapes - Original Decca Recordings
MCA Records  MCAD 5539

(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock/Thirteen Women/Shake, Rattle & Roll/ABC Boogie/Happy Baby/Dim, Dim The Lights/Birth Of The Boogie/Mambo Rock/Two Hound Dogs/Razzle Dazzle/R-O-C-K/Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie/The Saints Rock 'N Roll/Burn That Candle/See You Later Alligator/The Paper Boy/Rudy's Rock/Hot Dog Buddy Buddy/Rip It Up/Don't Knock The Rock.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The E.P. Collection - Original Decca Recordings
See For Miles Records  SEECD 378

Shake, Rattle & Roll/Happy Baby/Burn That Candle/Calling All Comets/You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming/Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie/Me Rock A Hula/Hot Dog Buddy Buddy/The Dipsy Doodle/Rudy's Rock/The Saints Rock 'N Roll/Caldonia/Sway With Me/R-O-C-K/See You Later Alligator/Where Did You Go Last Night?/Two Hound Dogs/Goofin' Around/Rockin' Through The Rye/Piccadilly Rock/Hide & Seek/Mambo Rock/Blue Comet Blues/Rock Around The Clock
  Where Did You Go Last Night ?
Slick production and the guiding hand of veteran producer Milt Gabler resulted in these classic Haley tracks from the mid-fifties.
 
 

Bill Haley & His Comets 20th Century Masters - Original Decca Recordings
MCA Records MCAAD-11957

Rock Around The Clock/Shake Rattle & Roll/Thirteen Women/Dim Dim The Lights/Rudy's Rock/Razzle Dazzle/The Saint's Rock & Roll/Skinny Minnie/R-O-C-K/Burn That Candle/Rock-A-Beatin Boogie/See You Later Alligator

What can I say about this fine new mastering of the all-time classic hits - the title says it all, everyone of them is a 20th Century Master!
 
 
 
 

The Very Best Of -Original Decca Recordings
Half Moon HMNCD 043

Rock Around The Clock/Shake, Rattle & Roll/Sway With Me/Choo Choo Ch'Boogie/Rudy's Rock/Razzle Dazzle/Thirteen Women/Skinny Minnie/The Saints Rock & Roll/Burn That Candle/Joey's Song/Hook Line & Sinker/Birth Of The Boogie/Mambo Rock/Two Hound Dogs/R-O-C-K/Rip It Up/Don't Knock The Rock/Don't Nobody Move/Rockin' Through The Rye/Rockin' Little Tune/Calling All Comets/Hide & Seek/Hot Dog Buddy Buddy/A.B.C. Boogie/Dim Dim The Lights/Rock-A-Beatin Boogie/See You Later Alligator

A brand new, budget priced compilation of Decca recordings featuring some of the lesser known tracks. However unlike the previous CD's mentioned little care has been taken in searching out the original masters for the transfer. Thus we have some poor quality fake stereo cuts of "Saints Rock & Roll" and "See You Later Alligator". Worst of all "Sway With Me" completely omits Rudy's sax introduction. To compensate it's nice to hear "Rockin' Little Tune" featuring Johnny Grande on accordian and "Don't Nobody Move" (great to use for musical chairs at kids parties!)
 
 

American Legends - Warner Bros. Recordings 1960
Laserlight  12 750

Rock Around The Clock/Blue Suede Shoes/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On/Kansas City/No Letter Today/Shake, Rattle & Roll/Crazy, Man, Crazy/There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder/I'm In Love Again/Detour/Blueberry Hill/Stagger Lee
  Shake Rattle & Roll sixties syle!
A new decade and a new label. A lucrative deal with Warners resulted in up-dated versions of his old hits and a return to his country roots.
 
 
 

Twistin Knights at The Roundtable - Recorded live at the Roundtable Club in New York
Soundies SCD4113

Lullaby Of Birdland Twist/Twist Marie/On-Two-Three Twist/Down By The Riverside Twist/Queen Of The Twisters/Caravan Twist/I Want A Little Girl/Whistlin' & Walkin' Twist/Florida Twist/Eight More Miles To Louisville

For the first time on CD comes  one of the more unusual offerings from the early 60's. Although he had already quit the band, Franny Beecher returns to make one final appearance with Bill.
 
 
 
 

Rock & Roll - 1960's Mexican recordings
Orfeon 25CDR-401

Al Compas Del Reloj/Florida Twist/Nueva Orleans/Memphis Tennessee/Pure De Papas/Limbo Rock/En Un Pueblito Espanol/Negra Consentida/Puerta Verde/Razzle Dazzle/Thirteen Women/Baby Elephant Walk/Silbando Y Caminando/La Cucaracha/Pepito Mi Corazon/Whole Lotta' Shakin' Goin' On/Tampico Twist/Skokiaan A Go Go/La Paloma Adieu/Blues Del Cometa Azul

Orfeon have raided their vaults and come up with an interesting mix of instrumentals, Spanish and English language performances that all add up to a very listenable album. One oddity is the original "Decca" 'Thirteen Women' overdubbed with new backing.
 
 
 

Mister Rock 'N' Roll - 1960's Mexican recordings
TKO Magnum EMBCD3401

Rock Around The Clock/Saints Rock & Roll/Razzle Dazzle/Blue Comet Blues/Skokiaan A Go Go/Shake Rattle & Roll/ABC Boogie/See You Later Alligator/Rip It Up/Caravan A Go Go/Whole Lotta' Shakin' Goin' On/How Many?

A CD release of an original "Ember" album from the late 60's. The tracks originated from the Mexican "Orfeon" label. It includes some interesting sleeve notes from Jeffrey Kruger the producer of Bill's final UK tour.
 
 
 
 

Master Series - Sonet Recordings 1968 - 1979
533 946-2

Rock Around The Clock/See You Later, Alligator/Shake, Rattle & Roll/Skinny Minnie/The Saints Rock 'N Roll/Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie/Rock The Joint/I'm Walkin'/Hi-Heel Sneakers/Blue Suede Shoes/C.C.Rider/Lawdy Miss Clawdy/Personality/Hail, Hail Rock & Roll/Let The Good Times Roll Again/The Battle Of New Orleans/Flip, Flop & Fly/Heartaches By The Number
  Hail Hail Rock & Roll!
The Rock revival years when the band had a new wave of international success and signed to the Swedish Sonet label.
 
 

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