Bill Haley & His Comets - The Decca Years and More [5 CD, 1990]

 

Rock 'N' Roll begins here. This set includes everything that Bill Haley recorded for Decca between 1954 and 1960, and again in 1964. All the hits, all the misses, all the album tracks, even two previously unissued demos from 1958. There's also a complete CD of out-takes. A total of 132 tracks including all the original Decca singles, all the LP tracks, and, of course, 'Rock Around The Clock'.


Disc 1:
01. Rock Around The Clock
02. Thirteen Women
03. Shake, Rattle And Roll
04. A.B.C. Boogie
05. Happy Baby
06. Dim, Dim The Lights
07. Birht Of The Boogie
08. Mambo Rock
09. Two Hound Dogs
10. Razzle Dazzle
11. R-O-C-K
12. Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie
13. The Saints Rock And Roll
14. Burn That Candle
15. See You Later Alligator
16. Paper Boy
17. Goofin' Around
18. Rudy's Rock
19. Hide The Seek
20. Hey Then, There Now
21. Tonight's The Night
22. Hook, Line And Sinker
23. Blue Comet Blues
24. Calling All Comets
25. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie
26. A Rockin' Little Town
27. Hot Dog Buddy Buddy
28. Rockin' Through The Rye

Disc 2:
01. Don't Knock The Rock (without overdub)
02. Teenager's Mother
03. Rip It Up
04. Don't Knock The Rock
05. Forty Cups Of Coffee
06. Miss You
07. (You Hit The Wrong Note) Billy Goat
08. Rockin' Rollin' Rover
09. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
10. You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming
11. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
12. Rock Lomond
13. Is It True What They Say About Dixie
14. Carolina In The Morning
15. The Dipsy Doodle
16. Ain't Misbehavin'
17. The Break Speaks
18. Moon Over Miami
19. One Sweet Ltter From You
20. (I'll Be With You In) Apple Blossom Time
21. Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
22. How Many
23. Move It On Over
24. Rock The Joint
25. Rip It Up (without handclaps)

Disc 3:
01. Me Rock-A-Hula
02. Rockin' Rita
03. Jamaica D.J.
04. Piccadilly Rock
05. Pretty Alouette
06. Rockin' Rollin' Schnitzlebank
07. Rockin' Matilda
08. Vive Le Rock And Roll
09. It's A Sin
10. Mary, Mary Lou
11. El Rocko
12. Come Rock With Me
13. Oriental Rock
14. Wooden Shoe Rock
15. The Walkin' Beat
16. Skinny Minnie
17. Sway With Me
18. Lean Jean
19. Don't Nobody Move
20. Joey's Song (stereo)
21. Chiquita Linda
22. Dinah
23. Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider
24. Whoa Mabel!
25. Marie
26. Eloise
27. Corrine, Corrina (without handclaps)
28. Joey's Song (mono)

Disc 4:
01. Corrine, Corrina
02. B.B. Betty
03. Sweet Sue, Just You
04. Charmaine
05. Vive Le Rock And Roll (& Catarina Valente)
06. Hot Dog Buddy Buddy
07. The Dragon Rock
08. A.B.C. Rock
09. The Cat Walk
10. I Got A Woman
11. (Now And Then) There's A Fool Such As I
12. Be By Me
13. Where Did You Go Last Night
14. Caldonia
15. Shaky
16. Ooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty
17. (Thanks For The) Summer Souvenirs
18. Puerto Rican Peddlar
19. Music, Music, Music
20. Skokiaan
21. Drowsy Waters
22. Two Shadows
23. In A Little Spanish Town
24. Strictly Instrumental
25. Mack The Knife
26. The Green Door
27. Yeah She's Evil
28. Football Rock And Roll
29. Six Year-Old Can Rock And Roll

Disc 5:
01. Dragon Rock (1)
02. Dragon Rock (2)
03. Dragon Rock (3)
04. Dragon Rock (4)
05. ABC Rock (1)
06. ABC Rock (2)
07. The Catwalk
08. I Got A Woman (1)
09. I Got A Woman (2)
10. I Got A Woman (3)
11. I Got A Woman (4)
12. I Got A Woman (5)
13. I Got A Woman (6)
14. A Fool Such As I (1)
15. A Fool Such As I (2)
16. Be By Me (1)
17. Be By Me (2)
18. Be By Me (3)
19. Where Did You Go Last Night (1)
20. Where Did You Go Last Night (2)
21. Where Did You Go Last Night (3)
22. Where Did You Go Last Night (4)