Walgreens/Rhino 'Soda Fountain' comp

Just in case there are those here who go in for this sort of thing, Walgreens drug stores here in the States have a exclusive 10 song comp released in conjunction with Rhino Special Products and Rock River Communications called Songs From The Soda Fountain. It's a nice little comp with a nice picture of an old Walgreens on the front and a soda fountain manned by a couple of 'soda jerks' on the back. The same Walgreens store on the front of the booklet also graces the cd label. The booklet inside contains the recipe for the original Walgreens Chocolate Malted Milk!! Very cool. It 's only about $6 or $7. For that price, I went for it.

The tracks:

1) What'd I Say-Ray Charles

2) Great Balls Of Fire-Jerry Lee Lewis

3) La Bamba-Ritchie Valens

4) Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins

5) Yakety Yak-The Coasters

6) The Loco-Motion- Little Eva

7) Blue Moon-The Marcels

8) Do You Wanna Dance-Bobby Freeman

9) Barbara Anne-The Regents

10) Save The Last Dance For Me-The Drifters

Those interested in knowing...What'd I Say, Yakety Yak and Blue Moon are in stereo. All the others are mono.

 

It's actually a nice little compilation. Some great music on here and music that I generally don't purchase. I went for it this time and it's great.

 

[OPINION]Rhino is still releasing some well executed box sets. [\OPINION] Has Rhino released many compilations made exclusively for a retailer?

thanks for the notice, Hawkman. Does the disc indicate who mastered this CD?

 

Hi guys,

I am at work now which is a little after 12 noon Eastern. I'll be home in about an hour and answer your questions about hand claps on The Loco-Motion and mastering. I honestly don't recall and credits for mastering but I will look.

I just remember for some reason that The Loco-Motion sounded very bright and loud to me.

 

This is the first time that I have seen the "Rhino Special Products" imprint. This was done in conjunction with Rock River Communications which, according to their web site, has a history of doing cd comps like this for various stores like The Gap and Pottery Barn.

 

Questions answered!

Manos,

There ARE indeed handclaps on this recording at the points you mentioned a few others.

Stereoptic,

There is no mention anywhere on the cd of who mastered it. The only clues are that it was manufactured by Rhino Special Products and produced for Walgreens by Rock River Communications. That's it for credits outside of song credits.


In addition, Forum friend, and I'm proud to say personal friend, Stu Phillips who produced The Marcels' Blue Moon had this to say when I asked him in an email about Blue Moon being in stereo.....


Thanks for the info. The stereo 1/4 " tape was just a back-up to the monaural master. "Blue Moon" was recorded as a mono session. If I remember correctly, the stereo had the band on one track and the vocals on the other. Interesting that whoever put this together managed to find the stereo after 44 years. Even the EMI release last summer of almost all of the Marcels' recordings doesn't claim to be in stereo.

 

Hmm. Could be! This is the only version that I have at all, much less on cd so I wouldn't know. Evidently the EMI release last year has the mono?? I don't have it so I don't know.

In addition, Steve had this to say about the Blue Moon sessions in another thread:

In this case, Stu remembers incorrectly. BLUE MOON was recorded on 1/2" three-track tape on an Ampex 300-3. The mono version was recorded on an Ampex 351-1. Big studios almost ALWAYS did this after around 1958 no matter what they were recording.

 

If any of you guys actually try the malted milk recipe in the booklet, let me know.

This IS a nice little comp. And at $5.99, it's the right price.

 

Since Rhino had a hand in this, does the mix you speak of appear on any of their cds??

 

Thanks!! As I said, this is the only version of the song that I have at all. I'm glad that, but for two other tracks, the rest of the cd is in mono. It just seems 'right' that way.

Anyone know about the 'hand clap' issue in The Loco-Motion that Manos was talking about earlier in the thread?