Vinyl Album - Various Artists - 20 Original Winners Of 1964 - Roulette

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Various Artists
Title:	20 Original Winners Of 1964
Label:	Roulette
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	R-25293 / R 25293
Date:	Feb 1965
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	12 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	The Drifters	Under The Boardwalk	Resnick, Young	Rate
A2	Marvin Gaye	You're A Wonderful One	Holland, Dozier, Holland	Rate
A3	Millie Small	My Boy Lollipop	Levy, Roberts	Rate
A4	Martha And The Vandellas	Quicksand	Holland, Dozier, Holland	Rate
A5	Patty And The Emblems	Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl	R. McGriff	10.0 Rate
A6	Jerry Butler	I Stand Accused	Butler, Butler	Rate
A7	Barbara Lewis	Puppy Love	Barbara Lewis	Rate
A8	The Reflections	(Just Like) Romeo And Juliet	Hamilton, Gormon	10.0 Rate
A9	Mary Wells	My Guy	W. Robinson	Rate
A10	The Rivieras	California Sun	Glover, Levy	10.0 Rate
B1	The Miracles	You've Really Got A Hold On Me	W. Robinson	Rate
B2	Betty Everett	The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)	Rudy Clark	Rate
B3	Gene Chandler	Just Be True	Curtis Mayfield	Rate
B4	The Detergents	Leader Of The Laundromat	Vance, Pockriss	8.0 Rate
B5	The Exciters	I Want You To Be My Boy	Levy	Rate
B6	Bobby Freeman	C'Mon And Swim	Sly, Coman	Rate
B7	The Drifters	Sand In My Shoes	Resnick, Young	Rate
B8	The Honeycombs	Have I The Right	Allan Blaikley, Howard Blaikley	Rate
B9	Jimmy Hughes	Steal Away	Jimmy Hughes	Rate
B10	The Raindrops [Jubilee]	What A Guy	Greenwich, Barry	Rate

Notes

Despite the L.P. title, several of these tracks were originally released in either 1962 or 1963, to wit:

A4: Martha and the Vandellas - Quicksand (1963)
A7: Barbara Lewis - Puppy Love (1963)
A10: The Rivieras - California Sun (1963)
B1: The Miracles - You've Really Got A Hold On Me (1962!)
B10: The Raindrops - What A Guy (1963)

The original 45 r.p.m. releases (U.S.A. pressings unless otherwise marked) are as follows:

A1: Atlantic 45-2237
A2: Tamla T-54093
A3: Smash S-1893
A4: Gordy G-7025
A5: Herald H-590
A6: Vee Jay VJ 598
A7: Atlantic 45-2214
A8: Golden World GW8/GW9
A9: Motown M-1056
A10: Riviera R-1401

B1: Tamla T 54073
B2: Vee Jay VJ 585
B3: Constellation C-130
B4: Roulette R-4590
B5: Roulette R-4591
B6: Autumn 2
B7: Atlantic 45-2253
B8: Pye 7N 15664 [U.K.] / Interphon IN-7707
B9: Fame 6401
B10: Jubilee 45-5444

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Comments and Reviews


RogerFoster 26th Aug 2019		I'd hardly call The Reflections "(Just Like) Romeo & Juliet" a semi-hit … it got as high as #6 on Billboard's Hot 100 around the end of 1964!! … :)



pudgym 7th Aug 2019		Hmmm... This was released on Roulette Records. *Morris Levy* felt each record was a "winner" in 1964. Are you contending with something M. Levy states?! Would you like a new pair of concrete shoes? !=D}



ZackMcBuick SUBS 5th Aug 2019		Review I wrote a drear review of the ellpee in 1982 and reproduce it herein: ALBUM COMMENTS Even though the title is "20 Original Winners of 1964,"at least two are not from 1964. Tracks 11 and 20 are from 1963 and tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 13, 17, and 19 I have not been able to verify as from any year, though all could be easily 1964 records. I would rate this LP 9.5 out of 10, it's one of my favourite albums. It features many Motown cuts, Motown-influenced stuff and generally good rocking pop rhythm and blues. My personal favourite is "California Sun" from the transplanted (from Indiana) Michigan group, the Rivieras. This is a definite proto-punk classic which should have been on Nuggets. In fact, it may be more than proto-punk, for the 70's punk legends, The Ramones even in 1977 cut this one. Also, in 1975 the seminal group from the Bronx, The Dictators went on to do the best version of this song that I have ever heard. The Reflections semi-hit "(Just Like) Romeo & Juliet" is also a proto-punk number, which was done by the 60's punk group Michael and the Messengers. The Messengers version did actually make it to Nuggets. I think this LP, once again, throws out the window the theory that rock was dead between 1958 and 1964. Though it is common knowledge that rock was very strong regionally from 1958 to 1964 (especially in Tacoma-Seattle), this LP also demonstrates that plenty of exciting rock music was also happening on the national level. In sum, a great compilation album is the result of Roulette's effort. One drawback (a common one among collections) is that the ellpee is shoddily packaged, though listing of original labels is nice. 9 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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USA - Roulette - 1965 [Stereo]