Legendary Masters Series is the fourth album posthumously released in the US after Eddie Cochran's death in 1960.[1][2] The release featured liner notes by Lenny Kaye.[3] It was described as a "double - disc set [that] presents to the public virtually everything that rocker Cochran put out".[4]
| Legendary Masters Series | ||||
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| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | January 1972 | |||
| Recorded | May 1956 to August 1959 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll, Rockabilly | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
| Eddie Cochran chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Legendary Masters Series | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Content
editThe album was released as a two album set on the United Artists label in January 1972.[1][4] The catalogue number was UAS 9959,[5] and was part of a successful series of budget re-issues by the company.[6][7]
Lester Bangs described the release in Rolling Stone magazine as consisting of "genre pieces are rather uneven but consistently interesting".[8] When EMI took over the ownership of the label towards the end of the 1980s, a selection form the 2 LP set was released on CD as Legendary Masters Series Vol. 1 in 1990.[9][10]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Skinny Jim" | Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran | 2:09 |
| 2. | "Let's Get Together" | Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran | 1:55 |
| 3. | "Eddie's Blues" | Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran | 3:55 |
| 4. | "Little Lou" | Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran | 1:40 |
| 5. | "Pink Pegged Slacks" | Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran / Hank Cochran | 2:07 |
| 6. | "Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie" | George Motola / Ricky Page | 2:20 |
| 7. | "Somethin' Else" | Sharon Sheeley / Bob Cochran | 2:07 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pretty Little Devil" | Fred Carter, Jr | 2:04 |
| 2. | "Who Can I Count On" | Sammy Masters | 2:20 |
| 3. | "Thinkin' About You" | Bob Luman / Fred Carter, Jr | 2:02 |
| 4. | "Opportunity" | Jewel Akens / Eddie Daniels | 1:52 |
| 5. | "Latch On" | Dale Fitzsimmons / Ray Stanley | 1:36 |
| 6. | "I'm Ready" | Sylvester Bradford / Fats Domino / Al Lewis | 1:33 |
| 7. | "Three Stars" | Tommy Dee | 3:29 |
| 8. | "Cotton Picker" | 2:10 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Summertime Blues" | Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran | 1:55 |
| 2. | "Cut Across Shorty" | Marijohn Wilkin / Wayne P. Walker | 1:51 |
| 3. | "Milk Cow Blues" | Kokomo Arnold | 2:40 |
| 4. | "My Way" | Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran | 2:13 |
| 5. | "Blue Suede Shoes" | Carl Perkins | 1:50 |
| 6. | "Nervous Breakdown" | Eddie Cochran | 2:30 |
| 7. | "C'mon Everybody" | Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran | 1:53 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sittin' In The Balcony" | Johnny Dee / John D. Loudermilk | 1:58 |
| 2. | "Twenty Flight Rock" | Eddie Cochran / Ned Fairchild | 1:43 |
| 3. | "Teenage Cutie" | Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran | 1:50 |
| 4. | "Hallelujah I Love Her So" | Ray Charles | 2:15 |
| 5. | "Fourth Man Theme" | Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran | 1:59 |
| 6. | "Weekend" | Bill Post / Doree Post | 1:50 |
| 7. | "Bo Weevil" | Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran / Traditional | 1:57 |
| 8. | "Long Tall Sally" | Robert "Bumps" Blackwell / Enotris Johnson / Richard Penniman | 1:43 |
Notes
edit- ^ a b c Demming, Mark, Eddie Cochran - Legendary Masters [LP] review, retrieved 2023-10-22
- ^ Kelly, Michael Bryan (1993). Liberty Records: A History of the Recording Company and Its Stars, 1955-1971. McFarland. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-89950-740-8.
- ^ Kaye, Lenny. "Eddie Cochran: Liner Notes from Legendary Masters LP". thompsonian.info. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ a b Tudor, Dean; Tudor, Nancy (1979). Contemporary Popular Music. Libraries Unlimited. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-87287-191-5.
- ^ Cochran, Bobby (2003). Three Steps to Heaven: The Eddie Cochran Story. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-634-03252-3.
- ^ Dove, Ian (January 22, 1972). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 4.
- ^ Denisoff, R. Serge (2021-12-24). Tarnished Gold: Record Industry Revisited. Routledge. p. 159. ISBN 978-1-000-67942-7.
- ^ Bangs, Lester (30 March 1972). "Eddie Cochran: Review of Legendary Masters LP". thompsonian.info. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ Hilburn, Robert (May 11, 1990). The Bulletin. The Bulletin.
- ^ Orr, Jay; Rumble, John; Kingsbury, Paul (2012-02-01). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Oxford University Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-19-992083-9.
External links
edit- Legendary Masters Series at Discogs (list of releases)
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