Amazon.com It may have come a bit late in the day, but producer Phil Spector had done fairly well by the Beatles. His much-criticized salvage job of Let It Be was quickly forgiven in the wake of his production efforts on John Lennon's spare, harrowing Plastic Ono Band album (and the similarly biting singles "Instant Karma" and "Cold Turkey"), its follow-up (and Lennon's best solo album) Imagine, not to mention the overwrought magnificence of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass. Expectations were thus stratospheric when Lennon decided to collaborate with Spector again on this 1975 collection of the ex-Beatle's favorite boyhood rock & roll chestnuts. Beset by well-publicized personal problems and a series of haphazard sessions, the resulting album nevertheless has some fine, emotionally compelling highlights (especially Lennon's stark reading of "Stand By Me"), but the production sometimes sounds thin, rather than spare, and there's often a sense that Lennon is waltzing his way through some of these tracks. Still, it's a treat to hear Lennon pay loving tribute to the songs and artists that inspired his own legend. Jerry McCulley Product description Label:Parlophone – CDP 7 46707 2 Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo Country:UK Released:1987 Genre:Rock Style:Rock & Roll Tracklist: 1 Be-Bop-A-Lula Written-By – Gene Vincent, Sheriff Tex Davis 2:39 2 Stand By Me Written-By – Ben E. King, Leiber & Stoller 3:26 Medley(1:33) 3a Rip It Up Written-By – John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell 3b Ready Teddy Written-By – John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell 4 You Can't Catch Me Written-By – Chuck Berry 4:51 5 Ain't That A Shame Written-By – Domino & Bartholomew 2:38 6 Do You Want To Dance Written-By – Bobby Freeman 3:15 7 Sweet Little Sixteen Written-By – Chuck Berry 3:01 8 Slippin' And Slidin' Written-By – Albert Collins (2), Edwin Bocage, J. Smith*, Little Richard 2:16 9 Peggy Sue Written-By – Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty 2:06 Medley(3:41) 10a Bring It On Home To Me Written-By – Sam Cooke 10b Send Me Some Lovin' Written-By – John Marascalco, L.Price* 11 Bony Moronie Written-By – Larry Williams (3) 3:47 12 Ya Ya Written-By – Clarence Lewis, Lee Dorsey, Morgan Robinson 2:17 13 Just Because Written-By – Lloyd Price 4:25 Arranged By – John Lennon, Phil Spector (tracks: 4, 7, 11, 13) Coordinator – May Pang Design – Roy Kohara Engineer – Lee Keifer* (tracks: 4), Roy Cicala (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9 to 13), Shelly Yakus (tracks: 8) Engineer [Assistant] – Jimmy Iovine Engineer [Remix Engineer] – Jimmy Iovine (tracks: 7), Roy Cicala (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 13) Lettering [Neon Lettering] – John Uomoto Mastered By – Greg Calbi Photography By – Jurgen Vollmer Producer – John Lennon (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6, 8 to 10, 12), Phil Spector (tracks: 4, 7, 11, 13), ISBN13: B000002UCT ISBN10: B000002UCT Material Type: audioCDAmazon.com It may have come a bit late in the day, but producer Phil Spector had done fairly well by the Beatles. His much-criticized salvage job of Let It Be was quickly forgiven in the wake of his production efforts on John Lennon's spare, harrowing Plastic Ono Band album (and the similarly biting singles "Instant Karma" and "Cold Turkey"), its follow-up (and Lennon's best solo album) Imagine, not to mention the overwrought magnificence of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass. Expectations were thus stratospheric when Lennon decided to collaborate with Spector again on this 1975 collection of the ex-Beatle's favorite boyhood rock & roll chestnuts. Beset by well-publicized personal problems and a series of haphazard sessions, the resulting album nevertheless has some fine, emotionally compelling highlights (especially Lennon's stark reading of "Stand By Me"), but the production sometimes sounds thin, rather than spare, and there's often a sense that Lennon is waltzing his way through some of these tracks. Still, it's a treat to hear Lennon pay loving tribute to the songs and artists that inspired his own legend. Jerry McCulley Product description Label:Parlophone – CDP 7 46707 2 Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo Country:UK Released:1987 Genre:Rock Style:Rock & Roll Tracklist: 1 Be-Bop-A-Lula Written-By – Gene Vincent, Sheriff Tex Davis 2:39 2 Stand By Me Written-By – Ben E. King, Leiber & Stoller 3:26 Medley(1:33) 3a Rip It Up Written-By – John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell 3b Ready Teddy Written-By – John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell 4 You Can't Catch Me Written-By – Chuck Berry 4:51 5 Ain't That A Shame Written-By – Domino & Bartholomew 2:38 6 Do You Want To Dance Written-By – Bobby Freeman 3:15 7 Sweet Little Sixteen Written-By – Chuck Berry 3:01 8 Slippin' And Slidin' Written-By – Albert Collins (2), Edwin Bocage, J. Smith*, Little Richard 2:16 9 Peggy Sue Written-By – Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty 2:06 Medley(3:41) 10a Bring It On Home To Me Written-By – Sam Cooke 10b Send Me Some Lovin' Written-By – John Marascalco, L.Price* 11 Bony Moronie Written-By – Larry Williams (3) 3:47 12 Ya Ya Written-By – Clarence Lewis, Lee Dorsey, Morgan Robinson 2:17 13 Just Because Written-By – Lloyd Price 4:25 Arranged By – John Lennon, Phil Spector (tracks: 4, 7, 11, 13) Coordinator – May Pang Design – Roy Kohara Engineer – Lee Keifer* (tracks: 4), Roy Cicala (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9 to 13), Shelly Yakus (tracks: 8) Engineer [Assistant] – Jimmy Iovine Engineer [Remix Engineer] – Jimmy Iovine (tracks: 7), Roy Cicala (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 13) Lettering [Neon Lettering] – John Uomoto Mastered By – Greg Calbi Photography By – Jurgen Vollmer Producer – John Lennon (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6, 8 to 10, 12), Phil Spector (tracks: 4, 7, 11, 13), ISBN13: B000002UCT ISBN10: B000002UCT Material Type: audioCD , ISBN13: B000002UCT ISBN10: B000002UCT Material Type: audioCD