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...well reproduced. "Book of Love," "Heartbreak Hotel," "Young Love," and "Silhouettes" also stand out on this album because they sound very much like the originals. Only "Teen Angel" and "A Teenager in Love" suffer noticeably in this respect, and it is great testimony to the vocal flexibility of Sha Na Na that most of the songs sound as good as when they were first done on American Bandstand...
...Little Darlin' " the great song by the Diamonds, is a perfect example of Sha Na Na's percussion talents. The piano and the clicking noises. whether they be castanets or something else, are superbly handled. The listener is thereby reminded that today's rock can't match that of the '50's in terms of beat. The simple, repetitive nature of the beat talks directly to us. It is heavy, in a light...
...Book of Love" is another outstanding selection. Sha Na Na's musicians work extremely well together on this great song, and when they tell about each chapter of this very special book, you could swear it's the Monotones themselves. At the end is a rasping "yea," the second best bit of backup in the album. The top backup anywhere is in "Little Girl of Mine," where again one hears a terrifically deep "yea" reneatem throughout the song. It couldn't be better...
...only does lead guitar Robbie Leonard make for an inadequate Mark Dinning, but after one line he interjects two subtle sobs. These indicate a despicable mockery, out of character with Sha Na Na, but perhaps Robbie was honestly moved by the story and could not avoid sobbing. In addition, pauses in between some lines were too long, and the chord which Dinning muffled at the end of the original is a clean piano chord in the Sha Na Na version. Teen Angel must be rolling over in her grave...
...WOULD be hard to deny that rock 'n' roll is not on the way back. In Russia, the teenagers are now listening to versions of "Shake, Rattle, and Roll," recorded in 1954 by Bill Haley and the Comets. Sha Na Na has thrilled audiences at Woodstock, the Electric Circus, and at places as aloof as Yale. The time is ripe for revolution, time to make true Danny and the Juniors' statement in song that "rock 'n' roll is here to stay; it will never...