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The Complete Co & Ce/Roulette Recordings
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The Complete Co & Ce/Roulette Recordings
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Although he had made some good, and interesting, doo-wop records around his native Pittsburgh, this 21-track collection is where the career of
begins in earnest. Still working out of Pittsburgh with his collaborator/mentor
, the majority of these sides have a homegrown, small-label session feel to them, even if they were almost all simultaneously issued for national consumption on the
imprint.
's otherworldly falsetto wails on the two big hits here (
and
), which need no introduction, but his trademarked sound is equally at home and just as fine on B-sides and album filler like
The previously unreleased version of the rocker
yields a quirky take to the standard, but everything on here is vintage and prime
, a true song stylist who just happened to also write a solid third of the material compiled here. An important, but often neglected, chapter in rock & roll's history that deserves a wider hearing. ~ Cub Koda