JOHN LENNON. " ROCK 'N' ROLL " APPLE UK 1975 LP. ORIG.
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John Lennon ?– Rock 'N' Roll Label: Apple Records ?– PCS 7169, Apple Records ?– 0C 062 05834 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: UK Released: 21 Feb 1975 Genre: Rock Style: Rock & Roll Tracklist A1 Be-Bop-A-Lula Written-By – Vincent*, Davis* A2 Stand By Me Written-By – King*, Glick* Medley: Written By – Blackwell-Marascalco Written-By – Marascalco*, Blackwell* A3a Rip It Up A3b Ready Teddy A4 You Can't Catch Me Written-By – Berry* A5 Ain't That A Shame Written-By – Domino-Bartholomew* A6 Do You Want To Dance Written-By – Freeman* A7 Sweet Little Sixteen Written-By – Berry* B1 Slippin' And Slidin' Written-By – Collins*, Bocage*, Smith*, Penniman* B2 Peggy Sue Written-By – Holly*, Allison*, Petty* Medley: B3a Bring It On Home To Me Written-By – Cooke* B3b Send Me Some Lovin' Written By – Price-Marascalco Written-By – Marascalco*, Price* B4 Bony Moronie Written-By – Williams* B5 Ya Ya Written-By – Lewis*, Dorsey*, Robinson* B6 Just Because Written-By – Price* Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Records Ltd. Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C. Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles Recorded At – A&M Studios Mastered At – Master Cutting Room Mastered At – Record Plant, N.Y.C. Published By – Carlin Music Corp. Published By – Trio Music Ltd. Published By – Macmelodies Ltd. Published By – Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. Published By – Sherwin Music Ltd. Published By – Jewel Music Ltd. Published By – Venice Music Ltd. Published By – Southern Music Pub. Co. Ltd. Published By – Kags Music Ltd. Published By – Tro Essex Music Ltd. Credits Art Direction, Design – Roy Kohara Engineer – Lee Keifer* (tracks: A4), Roy Cicala (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to A7, B2 to B6), Shelly Yakus (tracks: B1) Engineer [Assistant] – Jim Iovine* Mastered By – Gregg Calbi* Photography By – Jurgen Vollmer Producer, Arranged By – John Lennon, Phil Spector (tracks: A4, A7, B4, B6) Remix [Engineer] – Jim Iovine* (tracks: A7), Roy Cicala (tracks: A1 to A6, B1 to B6) Notes Writing credits as per labels
AllMusic Review by Dave Thompson [-] Although the chaotic sessions that spawned this album have passed into rock & roll legend and the recording's very genesis (as an out-of-court settlement between John Lennon and an aggrieved publisher) has often caused it to be slighted by many of the singer's biographers, Rock 'n' Roll, in fact, stands as a peak in his post-Imagine catalog: an album that catches him with nothing to prove and no need to try. Lennon could, after all, sing old rock & roll numbers with his mouth closed; he spent his entire career relaxing with off-the-cuff blasts through the music with which he grew up, and Rock 'n' Roll emerges the sound of him doing precisely that. Four songs survive from the fractious sessions with producer Phil Spector in late 1973 that ignited the album, and listeners to any of the posthumous compilations that also draw from those archives will know that the best tracks were left on the shelf -- "Be My Baby" and "Angel Baby" among them. But a gorgeous run through Lloyd Price's "Just Because" wraps up the album in fine style, while a trip through "You Can't Catch Me" contrarily captures a playful side that Lennon rarely revealed on vinyl. The remainder of the album was cut a year later with Lennon alone at the helm, and the mood remains buoyant. It might not, on first glance, seem essential to hear him running through nuggets like "Be Bop A Lula," "Peggy Sue," and "Bring It on Home to Me," but, again, Lennon has seldom sounded so gleeful as he does on these numbers, while the absence of the Spector trademark Wall-of-Sound production is scarcely noticeable -- as the object of one of Lennon's own productions, David Peel once pointed out, "John had the Wall of Sound down perfectly himself." Released in an age when both David Bowie and Bryan Ferry had already tracked back to musical times-gone-by (Pin-Ups and These Foolish Things, respectively), Rock 'n' Roll received short shrift from contemporary critics. As time passed, however, it has grown in stature, whereas those other albums have merely held their own. Today, Rock 'n' Roll sounds fresher than the rock & roll that inspired it in the first place. Imagine that.
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