Doo-Wop Uptempo

Various Artists, “Doo-Wop Uptempo” (Rhino, 1987; original release 1954-59)
The music is exactly what the title indicates — fast vocal-group rock-and-roll – as curated with the tight focus of collector/archivist types who know their stuff cold. The selection casts into relief how propulsive and kinetic the more rockin’ doowop stuff was, as much as Holly or Berry, yet with a lightness and grace rock lost as it gained first orchestration, then raw volume, and the voice itself became one element of the sound, rather than the driver, as it is here.
Try 1/ 2, 1/ 4, 2/1, 2/4, 2/7
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