VA - Great British Rock 'n' Roll Vol.1 (2007)

When rock 'n' roll hit the stores of Britain with Bill Haley, Elvis, Gene, Fats & Little Richard, the backlash from the British music press was by way of incredible condescension towards the music. The strange thing about the attitude of those journalists is that rock 'n' roll had existed in Britain before 1956 and the coming of Presley, albeit in a slightly more relaxed form. This fascinating collection sets out to show something of what was going on in Britain between 1954 and 1957.