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The American Dream: the Complete Imperial and Verve 1957-1962 [Box] by Rick Nelson (CD, 2001)

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And of course he was the prototypical teenage idol. That single, I'm Walkin', quickly amassed impressive sales and launched a career that would span three decades. Every Ricky Nelson recording for Verve and Imperial in pristine original sound quality from the original tapes!

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Product Identifiers

Record Label
Bear Family Records (Germany)
UPC
4000127161963
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10050199085

Product Key Features

Artist
Rick Nelson
Format
CD
Release Year
2001
Release Title
The American Dream: the Complete Imperial and Verve 1957-1962 [Box]
Type
Box Set
Genre
Rock 'n' Roll, Oldies

Additional Product Features

Distribution
Navarre
Number of Discs
6
Country/Region of Manufacture
Germany
Additional information
Personnel includes: Rick Nelson, Dean Martin, Lorrie Collins. This is one of the more difficult Bear Family sets to take on simply because it is such an intimidating package. Never mind that Nelson is an American myth, having eked his way into that terrain by dying in a plane crash while still in his forties, and despite being managed by Colonel Tom Parker, he still looked fantastic despite the unsubstantiated rumors of drugs, alcoholism, and twisted sex that poured forth from the tabloids after his passing. But that Ricky (or Rick as he was known then) Nelson doesn't even appear inside this box set. The material documented here begins near the end of the rockabilly era in 1957 and ends before the Beatles came stateside. The 180 tracks contained on this set represent five years in the recording life of Ricky Nelson, who before he even began his recording career was a television star with his real-life family, the Nelsons, parented by Ozzie and Harriet. In fact, Ricky Nelson starred in a number of motion pictures during the era when these recordings were made -- most notably Rio Bravo with John Wayne and Dean Martin and The Wackiest Ship in the Army -- and remained on the TV program until 1966, four years after these sessions leave off in 1962. Ricky Nelson was indeed America's most popular and respectable teen idol. For starters there's the hardbound book that's 180 pages long with rare photographs galore, including some risqué shots of a "party" at Nelson's house; some shots with Eddie Cochrane's widow, Sharon Sheeley; shots from the TV show; wedding day photos; record covers from seven different countries; all of the original singles and LP sleeves; press clippings; and magazine and fan club shots, as well as stills from the movies and even a full four-color reproduction of the Ricky Nelson comic book. A large chunk of the book is dedicated to an exhaustive essay by Todd Everett that fills in not only biographical details, but cultural ones as well, and quotes many of the major figures in Nelson's life at the time at length, including, but not exclusively, Gene Pitney, Johnny Rivers, Johnny Cash, and Larry and most notably Lorrie Collins of the Collins Kids, whom Nelson was romantically linked to early in his career. In addition to Everett's essay there are copious production notes on remasters and mono and stereo mixes as well as how most of the recordings were constructed in the studio. This adds up to an insanely beautiful package and we've yet to comment on the music. Of the 180 tracks included here, part of disc five and all of disc six have previously unreleased alternate takes, unheard masters, and unreleased tracks -- impressive by even Bear Family standards. Disc one begins with Nelson's first Verve single, his cover of Fats Domino's "I'm Walkin'" (that featured Domino's drummer, Earl Palmer, on the session all the way from New Orleans), backed with "My One and Only Love," a syrupy teen anthem that rocketed to the top of the charts. Th
Reviews
Mojo (Publisher) (7/02, p.119) - "...He was the real deal....His faultless ability as a ballad singer rivalled that of Roy Orbison....Everything Nelson recorded bewteen 1956 and 1962 is here..."
Number of Audio Channels
Stereo

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