http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... eed_Story/
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Ian
bailbath wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pqb52/The_Inventor_of_Rock_and_Roll_The_Alan_Freed_Story/
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Ian
Andrew McRae wrote:bailbath wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pqb52/The_Inventor_of_Rock_and_Roll_The_Alan_Freed_Story/
missed this but iplayer got it.
Ian
Is it worth listening to, though? I got as far in as 3mins 30secs and then wondered why on earth they were playing "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra to categorise the 'sedate' "pre- Rock n Roll" music that American radio audiences were 'having to listen to' before Alan Freed came along. Very odd considering that this recording wasn't even released (in 1966) until after Freed's death and, in truth, it's a pretty spirited, post Rock n Roll, R&B type song that was even covered by the likes of James Brown and Aretha Franklin! I'd have thought that the track was just the sort of thing that Freed himself would have heartily approved of! If the rest of the programme is as sloppy I don't think I want to waste an hour on it!
Andrew
PS Is the subject in the wrong section of the Forum?
Dirk B. wrote:I also wonder why they used Chuck Berry's Mercury Re-Recording of "ROB" in this radio special instead of the Chess original.
peterchecksfield wrote:I watched 'American Hot Wax' a couple of days ago for the first time in about 25 years, & it's actually pretty good! Far better than I remembered it.
Andrew McRae wrote:bailbath wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pqb52/The_Inventor_of_Rock_and_Roll_The_Alan_Freed_Story/
missed this but iplayer got it.
Ian
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