Bill Haley & The Comets – Rock with Bill Haley & The Comets (1954) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Bill Haley & The Comets - Rock with Bill Haley & The Comets (1954) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Bill Haley & The Comets – Rock with Bill Haley & The Comets (1954)
[Official Digital Release] [2022, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 838 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Somerset / Countdown Media GmbH | Genre: Rockabilly, Rock & Roll

Rock with Bill Haley and the Comets is the title of an early rock and roll music compilation album issued by Essex Records (ESLP 202) in 1954, and featuring music by the titular group, Bill Haley & His Comets. The album features recordings made by Haley in 1952 and 1953, including his hits, “Rock the Joint”, “Crazy Man Crazy” (Billboard, #12, Cashbox, #11), “Fractured” (Billboard, #24), and “Live It Up” (Billboard, #25). The album is the earliest known LP release of the rock and roll genre, predating similar releases by Elvis Presley and by Haley himself, as he and his band later went on to Decca Records and recorded “Rock Around the Clock”. Continue reading “Bill Haley & The Comets – Rock with Bill Haley & The Comets (1954) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

Bill Haley – The Warner Brothers Years And More (1999) [6CDs, Box Set]

Bill Haley - The Warner Brothers Years And More (1999) [6CDs, Box Set]

Bill Haley – The Warner Brothers Years And More (1999) [6CDs, Box Set]
EAC Rip | 6xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.80 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Bear Family Records | Germany | Cat#: BCD 16157 FI | Genre: Rockabilly, Rock & Roll

The rating of this six-CD set is no joke — yes, Bill Haley was supposed to be an irrelevant artist during the 1960s, but he did, in fact, generate well over 100 good and far-better-than-decent sides that are contained in this set. No, there’s nothing remotely as earth-shattering or important as his best work for Decca from 1954-1955, and even most hardcore fans of that material may find the cost of this set difficult to justify; but take it from someone who shelled out for this box, it’s worth a LOT more than you’d ever guess without hearing it — Haley and his band still knew how to work a song, as demonstrated several dozen times on this set. Continue reading “Bill Haley – The Warner Brothers Years And More (1999) [6CDs, Box Set]”

Bill Haley & His Comets – The Decca Years And More (1990) [5CDs, Box Set]

Bill Haley & His Comets - The Decca Years And More (1990) [5CDs, Box Set]

Bill Haley & His Comets – The Decca Years And More (1990) [5CDs, Box Set]
EAC Rip | 5xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.46 GB (CDs) + 620 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Bear Family Records | W.Germany | Cat#: BCD 15506 | Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly

Any casual listener looking over this 132-track five-CD set would probably conclude that it was far more Bill Haley than they need bite off in one gulp — and they’d be right, as casual listeners. For the serious rock & roll enthusiast, as well as the hardcore Bill Haley fan, however, there’s a wealth of worthwhile material to be found here, some of which will amaze even those fans: a dozen great songs and 55 or so more that are good, and another 20 that are fascinating Continue reading “Bill Haley & His Comets – The Decca Years And More (1990) [5CDs, Box Set]”