CBID - New 2013 CDs, unfortunately poor ones

CBID is never complete as new records and CDs appear and some old rarities are discovered. This section presents interesting additions and corrections to CBID.

Today: Two 2013 CDs. which you can easily do without:

Netherlands

LET IT ROCK – Just About As Good As It Gets [2 CD]

Smith & Co. SCCD-2492 ? 2013

CD 1: Let It Rock / Johnny B. Goode / Thirty Days / Maybellene / Sweet Little Rock And Roller / Rock And Roll Music / Carol / Sweet Little Sixteen (original speed) /You Can’t Catch Me /Little Queenie /Back In The USA / Rock At The Philarmonic (instr) / Almost Grown / Roll Over Beethoven / I Got To Find My Baby+ / Around And Around /No Money Down / House Of Blue Lights+ / Do You Love Me / Mad Lad (instr) / Too Much Monkey Business / Don’t You Lie To Me+ / Come On / Childhood Sweetheart / Too Pooped To Pop+ / Oh Baby Doll / Rock And Roll Music (demo) /County Line / Wee Wee Hours / Rip It Up+.
CD 2: Down The Road A Piece+ (faded) / Reelin’ And Rockin’ / School Day / Go Go Go / 21 Blues (Vacation Time) / I’m Talking About You / Memphis, Tennessee / Bye Bye Johnny (stereo) / Guitar Boogie (instr) / Jaguar And The Thunderbird / Run Rudolph Run+ / Confessin’ My Blues+ / Betty Jean / Johnny B. Goode (alt. take) / In-Go (instr) / Brown Eyed Handsoime Man / Run Around / Come On (alt. take stereo) / Route 66+ (alt. take stereo) / Beautiful Delilah / Say You’ll Be Mine+ -The Equadors / Worried Life Blues+ / One O’Clock Jump+ (instr) / Let Me Sleep Woman+ -The Equadors / Merry Christmas Baby+ / Sweet Little Sixteen (alt. take) / Reelin’ And Rockin’ (alt, take) / Down Bound Train / Sweet Sixteen+ / Down The Road A Piece (stereo).

Don’t know what it is, but I don’t approve of this CD release. The sound is not good enough as of todays standard. And why include both ‘County Line’ and ‘Jaguar And The Thunderbird’ as they are almost the same songs. And both versions of ‘Come On’? And ‘Down The Road A Piece’ twice? ‘Rip It Up’? Give me a break. The text says ‘Vacation Time’ but it is ’21 Blues’. There is enough material to choose from his ‘50s and early ‘60s stuff so this 2 CD set is a waste of money. The liner notes in the booklet written by Dave Travis are straight forward and quite okay.

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USA

SAN FRANCISCO DUES

Geffen [Chess] GET-54058-CD ? 2013

This digipack is the same as original US album Chess (GRT) CH-50008 from 1971. No extra tracks, BUT they (who?) have used the slow version of ‘Lonely Schooldays’ instead of the rockin version that’s on the original album. Always something!

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