The Rock 'N' Roll Era 1957

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Release Date: 1987

Labels: Warner Special Products, Time Life Music

There are three known variants of this CD:

This release is the original CD release from 1987. The running time of the full CD is 52:18. The original includes three tracks with electronically reprocessed stereo (Come Go With Me, I'm Walkin', Party Doll), and several tracks with truncated fades. The cover art and the discography page of the booklet show conflicting sets of track durations, most of which differ from the actual track durations.

Various - The Rock 'N' Roll Era 1957 is a reissue with "RE-2" in the matrix number. The running time of the full CD is 52:37. The RE-2 reissue was released in 1990, according to https://www.bsnpubs.com/warner/time-life/17rnrera/17rnrera.html The RE-2 reissue has the same track listing and art/booklet as the original release, and can only be visually distinguished from the original release by the RE-2 in the matrix number on the CD. The RE-2 reissue features drastically improved sound on nearly all tracks. All tracks are in pure mono. It is unclear if there was ever an RE-1 reissue for this disc.

Various - The Rock 'N' Roll Era 1957 is a pressing on the JCI label, released in 1993. The JCI pressing has the same track listings as the Time-Life discs. The JCI artwork includes an additional catalog number of JCI-1057 at the bottom of the rear artwork, in the credits on the last page of the booklet, and at the 3-o'clock position on the CD.

Volume 1 of a 40 volume set, sold by subscription.

Track durations are as printed on rear artwork, except for track 22, which has a printed track duration of 2:10 and an actual track duration of 2:16. All other track durations are accurate to within +/- 5 seconds.

Proprietary equipment and engineering by Fry Systems, using AEG professional audio tape recorders.

Produced in cooperation with Warner Special Products

Back cover inlay:
Manufactured for Time-Life Music by Warner Special Products, a Warner Communications Company
℗ 1987 Warner Special Products

Booklet:
Time Life Music:

Special Contributors: Edwina C. Smith, Brian Miller, Charles McCardell, Betty H. Weatherley

The Author:
Joe Sasfy is a regular contributor to "The Washington Post" and the "City Paper" of Washington, D.C., and his articles have also appeared in "Musician, Country Music" and "Creem". He is chief consultant for The Rock 'n' Roll Era.

Research:
William L. Schurk of the Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, for providing valuable reference material.

Time-Life Music is a division of Time-Life Books Inc.
© 1986 Time-Life Books Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.
Time-Life is a trademark of Time Incorporated U.S.A.

Cover art by Richard Waldrep © 1986 Time-Life Books Inc.

Manufactured for Time-Life Music by Warner Special Products, a Warner Communications Company
℗ 1986, 1987 Warner Special Products

Disc:
Manufactured by Warner Special Products
℗ 1987 Warner Special Products
Made in U.S.A

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