No volume of the
Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll
series is more essential than any other one. All have a good range of styles, and a mix of big and small hits, and all are worth acquiring if you want to build a serious
rock & roll
collection.
Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 2
has plenty of classics (
the Silhouettes
"Get a Job,"
Maurice Williams
"Stay,"
Lonnie Mack
's
"Memphis,"
the Rivieras
"California Sun,"
Link Wray
"Rumble"
) to go along with some neat one-shots (
the Bell Notes
"I've Had It,"
Barbara George
"I Know,"
Harold Kenneth Dorman
"Mountain of Love"
). Just as interesting are the minor hits, like
the Eternals
ridiculous
"Rockin' in the Jungle"
(up-tempo
doo wop
with side-splitting bird calls) and
the Gladiolas
original version of
"Little Darlin'"
(covered with much bigger success by
the Diamonds
). ~ Richie Unterberger