ROCK 'N' ROLL, THE FIRST SYMPTOM OF A SOCIAL REVOLUTION? ROADIES, TEENY-BOPPERS, TRANSITS, "HEY JUDE" AND "DOIN' OUR THING", MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN, BUT FOR SAM PHILLIPS LOOKING FOR A QUICK RAISE. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW WHAT OTHER MUSICAL PATH WOULD HAVE BEEN PURSUED BY THE MASS IF HE HAD NOT SCORED SO GLORIOUSLY.

by providing the musical stepping stone for so many, rock 'n' roll was soon trodden into the ground left for dead, then the first R&R revival was reported in '58 and, in simular fashion to the frankenstein legend, suffers an almost annual reincarnation, but shakin'stevens and the sunsets are not revivalists, they have been playing their music for 12 years, in and around their home town of penarth, wales, under the name of the "backbeats", and by seeing them play 'live' you will probably realize that they will be playing it for at last another 12. dedication!

this album contains what was the most progressive music in the history of recorded sound.
DAVE EDMUNDS