Various - The London American Label Year By Year: 1960

the london-american label was the prime uk outlet for us hits in the 1950s and 1960s, introducing the british public to bill haley, chuck berry, the drifters, eddie cochran, bobby darin, little richard, roy orbison, pat boone and countless others. for those who grew up on a musical diet of london-american releases - and also for those who simply enjoy great 20th century american music - ace debuts the first of a series of at least 15 year-by-year overviews of the legendary black and silver (and, before that, black and gold) label - starting with one of its halcyon years, 1960. tracks for the series have been carefully chosen to reflect the diversity of its output, and concentrating on recordings that do not appear on other ace compilations. all tracks are presented in glorious mono - the way that you first heard and bought them on london at the time of their release. they are also, wherever possible, using the original london tapes for authenticity. many countries apart from the uk had a london american label - for example canada and australia. thus this series will have international 'legs' too. most tracks were us or uk hits. the rest are such a familiar part of the dna of american music that they feel as though they were anyway.