Rockin' the Joint (Bill Haley & His Comets album)

Infobox Album
Name = Rockin' the Joint
Type = compilation album
Artist = Bill Haley and His Comets


Released = August 11, 1958
Recorded = Various dates 1955-1957; New York
Genre = Rock and Roll
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Label = Decca Records
Producer = Milt Gabler
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Last album = "Rockin' Around the World" (1958)
This album = "Rockin' the Joint" (1958)
Next album = "Bill Haley's Chicks" (1959)

"Rockin' the Joint" is a compilation album of rock and roll music by Bill Haley & His Comets. Released on Decca Records in August 1958, it was the group's seventh album. The album consisted of recordings that, for the most part, had only been released previously as singles or on EPs; all of the recordings were produced by Milt Gabler. The title comes from the album's lead track, a 1957 re-recording of Haley's 1952 hit, "Rock the Joint", which was labelled "New Rock the Joint" on this release. Also included for the first time on album were the hits "See You Later Alligator", "Rip it Up", and "The Saints Rock and Roll". One track, "The Beak Speaks", was an instrumental featuring guitarist Franny Beecher. The only track copied from a previous Haley album is "Burn That Candle", which was also included on the "Rock Around the Clock" compilation.

Track listing

# New Rock the Joint
# Move It On Over
# How Many?
# See You Later Alligator
# The Beak Speaks
# Forty Cups of Coffee
# The Saints Rock and Roll
# Sway with Me
# It's a Sin
# Burn That Candle
# Rock Lomond
# Rip it Up

Personnel

* Bill Haley – rhythm guitar, vocals on all but 5
* Franny Beecher – lead guitar; vocalization on 4 12
* Billy Williamson – steel guitar
* Johnny Grande – piano
* Al Rex – bass; bass guitar on 8
* Ralph Jones – drums on all but 7 10
* Rudy Pompilli - tenor saxophone on all but 5 11
* Cliff Leeman - drums on 7 10
* Frankie Scott - tenor saxophone on 5 11
* Joe Olivier - guitar on 9 [ [http://thegardnerfamily.org/haley/discography/recordings.html Bill Haley Recordings ] ]

References

External links

* [http://thegardnerfamily.org/haley/discography/products.html Bill Haley discography]