100 Tracks From The Fabulous

Frankie Avalon - The Fabulous Frankie Avalon (1991) {Ace CDFAB007 rec 1958-1960}
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© 1958-60, 1991 Ace Records | CDFAB007
Pop / Early Pop / Oldies / Teen Idols / Rock & Roll

The teen idol king displays the charming style that made hearts throb on these 12 signature tracks. Everlasting sweeties like "Bobby Sox to Stockings," "De De Dinah," "Venus," and "Gingerbread" will have you panting to relive the '60s, bobby sox, penny loafers, and 45 rpms. The fabulous Frankie Avalon was just fabulous. Mastered from digital tapes transferred from original analogue master tapes.

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer, and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honorific nicknames "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1". In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres…

Possessing not the greatest album sleeve in history - "Images" was nonetheless a bit of a Jazz-Funk peach. Produced by "Stix" Hooper, Wilton Felder & Joe Sample for "Crusader Productions, Inc." and mastered by long-standing expert Bernie Grundman, it followed so much of their Seventies output - really well-produced instrumental funky tracks followed by mellow ones that filled both the floor and the heart at one and the same time. Remastered from the original tapes by KEVIN REEVES at Universal Mastering in the States, it now sounds FABULOUS - really clear and defined - and virtually hiss-free. After a whole decade and umpteen albums of their particular type of funk & jazz, the same team that handled "Images" would finally hit paydirt a year later in 1979 with the global smash of "Street Life" and make Randy Crawford a star.