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Rock Billy Boogie: Rca Years
Robert Gordon
Rock Billy Boogie: Rca Years
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
  •  Track Listings (26) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (16) - Disc #2

2007 Released Digitally Remastered Double CD Definitive Collection of the Former Tuff Darts Frontman's Solo Recordings that Originally Came Out on the Private Stock Label (Also the First Home of Blondie) in 1977 at the Hei...  more »

     
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All Artists: Robert Gordon
Title: Rock Billy Boogie: Rca Years
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Acadia Records
Release Date: 9/10/2007
Album Type: Import, Original recording remastered
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: New Wave & Post-Punk, Oldies & Retro
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 805772815926, 0805772815926

Synopsis

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2007 Released Digitally Remastered Double CD Definitive Collection of the Former Tuff Darts Frontman's Solo Recordings that Originally Came Out on the Private Stock Label (Also the First Home of Blondie) in 1977 at the Height of the Punk Revolution. Gordon's Style Paid Great Homage to Original Rockers of the 50's and He was Doing Rockabilly Years Before the Stray Cats Would Hit Pay Dirt with the Style. With Both Link Wray and Chris Spedding as Collaborators (And Richard Gottehrer in the Producer's Chair), Gordon Delivered Some of the Best Inspired Music of the Era. This Definitive Collection of "The RCA Years" Compiles Songs from "Rock Billy Boogie" (1979), the Outstanding "Bad Boy" (1980), "Are You Gonna Be the One" (1981) as Well as a Selection of Tracks from "The Great Lost Album".
 

CD Reviews

NUDGE NUDGE WINK WINK, SAY NO MORE...
BOB | LOS ANGELES, CA | 10/24/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)

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There's a bit of marketing deception involved with two aspects of this release: The Product Description describing this as "digitally remastered" and the title, "The RCA Years".



First, the audio: The master used for disc one is the EXACT same master used for the 2001 Rock Billy Boogie/Bad Boy Collectables CD: Disc one of this set is just that EXACT same disc, track-for-track, bit-for-bit. Technically, BMG remastered the disc back in 2001, so it IS remastered, but there's no new restoration work that has been done just for this release, which the cleverly-worded text above seems to imply.



Second, the title: Usually, when one sees a CD release title with "Years" in the title, one is expecting to be purchasing the complete body of work while at that label. Not so here. Disc two is actually a hodgepodge of tracks from the three subsequent RG albums after "Bad Boy", all of which are available individually.



It's a great collection, but if you're purchasing it with the expectation of new, 2007 mastering (like I did), and you already have the Collectables disc, well, then, you might want to reconsider.



Remember that old joke about the lawyers at the bottom of the ocean being a great start? Well, it would be only if all the marketing guys were made to stand on their shoulders...



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