Bill Haley and His Comets - Greatest Hits (1980) Vinyl LP • Best of
Catalog Number:
MCA-161Musical Styles:
1950s, 1960s, 1980s, Pop Rock, Rockabilly, Singer-SongwriterSleeve Grade:
Excellent (EX)Record Grade:
Near Mint (NM or M-)Condition Details:
Vinyl plays nicely (play-graded). Cover looks great, a few creases near edges; very light scuffing (front/back); slight discoloration on back. Inner-sleeve is original (generic white). Spine is unbroken, clean and easy-to-read. Little shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)
Tracks:
- (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock
- Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)
- See You Later, Alligator
- Sway With Me
- Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
- Razzle-Dazzle
- Shake, Rattle And Roll
- Skinny Minnie
- The Saints Rock 'N' Roll
- Burn That Candle
- Joey's Song
About The Record:
The mini-skirted go-go dancers pictured on the cover reveal the year of release, a considerable distance from Haley's classic period, and it is amazing that Decca didn't have a hits compilation out earlier. The songs speak for themselves, and loudly, however – apart from Rock Around the Clock and Shake Rattle and Roll, the highlights include Thirteen Women, a delightfully surreal end-of-the-world rockabilly fantasy about a man on a post-nuclear world who finds himself the only male to service 13 fertile female survivors.