tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258459.post6750971436438244348..comments2024-03-24T10:37:39.446+00:00Comments on The Vinyl Word: The early 60s revisited: the top 10 as it should have beenNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03534654679371832525noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258459.post-8859028843951877172010-09-12T21:50:44.365+01:002010-09-12T21:50:44.365+01:00Your list was fantastic. (Even for someone who'...Your list was fantastic. (Even for someone who's not a "Woodie", I love lists). I enjoyed how detailed you were about compiling such a list. Although I don't have much or really any ties to the era, my parents raised me around this music and there's a bit of nostalgia for my childhood each time I play a tune from artists like the Marvelettes, Dion, Johnny Burnett, the Beach Boys and of course Elvis Presley. Because I wasn't alive during this time I would have never guessed that artists from the UK were drowning out rock and roll but I'd have to stand mutual in the debate because of my likes of UK pop. <br />The late 50s and early 60s seemed to have been the highlight of rock and roll, as you said "peak of perfection", it's unfortunate I have to read rather than re-tell stories from this time, which is why I enjoy your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258459.post-49286525994987348142010-08-20T17:26:17.598+01:002010-08-20T17:26:17.598+01:00You raise an interesting point about Cryin' (o...You raise an interesting point about Cryin' (or Crying). The single, released on the London label, was Cryin'. But the LP, also on London, was called Crying and the title track had no apostrophe. Why, I have no idea.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03534654679371832525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258459.post-49580916092050582472010-08-18T19:00:18.292+01:002010-08-18T19:00:18.292+01:00A lot of my favourites in there. I've always w...A lot of my favourites in there. I've always wondered why Roy Orbison's "Crying" became "Cryin'" in the UK.Alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258459.post-72404720348837802662010-08-08T08:37:59.379+01:002010-08-08T08:37:59.379+01:00I guess I'm a few years younger than you. You...I guess I'm a few years younger than you. You seem to have been listening to much of that same stuff that influenced the Beatles, Stones, Animals etc. I was listening to those British artists as a teenager and only discovered later where much of their inspiration came from.<br /><br />Yes, the charts have always included a lot of rubbish, but they only reflect the fads of the moment. In the long run great records survive and are remembered better than the trash. It would be very interesting to have a chart made up of long term sales figures instead of just spanning one week. We tend to forget that some now acknowledged classics sold poorly when first released.Private Beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655349659024692101noreply@blogger.com