John Lennon - Rock 'N' Roll (EMI 180 Gram Centenary LP) Millennium Remasters

Rock 'n' Roll is a 1975 album of late 1950s and early 1960s-era rock songs covered by John Lennon. The recording of the album spanned a year and its dramatic sessions have since entered into rock music folklore. Rock 'n' Roll became another hit for Lennon, reaching #6 in both the UK and US, where it soon went gold. The single "Stand by Me" also proved a US Top 20 hit that spring.

In the five years following the break-up of the Beatles, John Lennon established himself as a critically and commercially successful solo artist in addition to dealing with a number of private and public tribulations. Lennon eventually released ROCK 'N' ROLL, a batch of covers ranging the gamut of early rock classics from the '50s and '60s. Lennon threw himself lovingly into this project that hearkened back to the simpler times of being a teenager smitten with the sounds of Chuck Berry and Little Richard (both of whom are represented on this record), light years away from any kind of political statements.

Dr. Winston O'Boogie was in full effect whether applying a slight reggae beat to "Stand By Me" and "Do You Want To Dance" or using a pounding piano and honking saxophone to fine effect on "Ain't That A Shame." Unbridled joy can be heard in Lennon's swinging reading of "Slippin' And Slidin'" and within the yelps punctuating Larry Williams' silly "Bony Moronie."




Tracklist:
1. Be Bop a Lula
2. Stand by Me
3. Rip It Up / Ready Teddy
4. You Can't Catch Me
5. Ain't That a Shame
6. Do You Wanna Dance
7. Sweet Little Sixteen
8. Slippin' and Slidin'
9. Peggy Sue
10.Bring It On Home To Me / Send Me Some Lovin'
11.Bony Moronie
12.Ya Ya
13.Just Because

Credits
* John Lennon: Guitars, vocals
* Jesse Ed Davis: Guitar
* Jim Calvert: Guitar
* Eddie Mottau: Acoustic guitar
* José Feliciano: Acoustic guitar
* Michael Hazelwood: Acoustic Guitar
* Steve Cropper: Guitar
* Klaus Voormann: Bass guitar, answer vocal on "Bring It on Home to Me"
* Leon Russell: Keyboards
* Ken Ascher: Keyboards
* Jim Keltner: Drums
* Hal Blaine: Drums
* Gary Mallaber: Drums
* Arthur Jenkins: Percussion
* Nino Tempo: Saxophone
* Jeff Barry: Horn
* Barry Mann: Horn
* Bobby Keys: Horn
* Peter Jameson: Horn
* Joseph Temperley: Horn
* Dennis Morouse: Horn
* Frank Vicari: Horn