RECORD, LP, Bill Haley & His Comets, 'Rock Around the Clock'

Red Album cover with cartoon image of sneakered foot, stand up clock wearing hat set at 3 o'clock and a smiling face. Picture of arm with embracing hands, a white and grey striped knee high sock and a right angle ruler. The images are embedded in black cut out word 'rock'. 'ROCK around the clock' printed on the top in white. 'BILL HALEY And His COMETS' appears at the bottom surrounded by the titles of the album songs. 'Rock Around The Clock, A.B.C Boogie, Shake, Rattle And Roll, Two Hound Dogs, Dim, Dim The Lights, Birth Of The Boogie, Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town), Razzle-Dazzle, Happy Baby, Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie, Burn That Candle, Birth Of The Boogie, Mambo Rock. Dotted yellow line scrawled on front. MCA Records logo at top right hand corner. Back of Album white with image of Bill Haley on the top right hand side surrounded by hand drawn stars. MCA Records logo top left hand corner. 'ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK' embedded within hand drawn clock. Catalog number 'MAP/S 1302/ ALSO PLAYABLE- MONO' top right hand corner. 'with/ Bill Haley and his Comets/ Fox Trots with Vocal Chorus by Bill Haley/ The country has been rocking for some time with the echoes of Bill Haley and his Comets./ The very titles of their songs are full of percussive rhythms and pulsating vibrations: "Shake, Rattle and Roll"..."Razzle-Dazzle"..."Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie"..."Rock Around the Clock."/ Rocking has always been Bill Haley's specialty ever since his first Decca release./ Like his music, Bill Haley's career has covered a good deal of the United States. Until/ he was seven years old he lived in Highland Park, Michigan. When he was eight his/ family moved to a new home near Wilmington Delaware. At fifteen Bill went out on his/ own, worked in an open air park, yodeled with a band, trouped with a traveling medicine/ show, and got himself a job with the popular "Down Homers" working out of Hartford,/ Conneticut. a little later he became musical director and leader of his own band over/ Radio Station WPWA in Chester, Pennsylvania, a town near which Bill now makes his home./ Bill Haley's rise has been spectacular. His first musical instrument was a/ home-made guitar, which he made from cardboard. When he entered his teens his father/ gave him a real one, and Bill got his first job at thirteen playing at auctions at $1.00/ a night. Since that time he and his group have played in practically every leading/ city of the U.S.A/ PRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURERS OF ASTOR RADIOS, RADIOGRAMS AND TELEVISION Printed in Australia by Radio Corporation Pty Ltd.' Listed on the right hand side 'Selections Include:/Side One/ (We're Gonna)/ 1. ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK/ Jimmy De Knight-Max C. Freedman/ 2. SHAKE, RATTLE AND TOLL C Calhoun/ With Ensemble/ 3. A.B.C. BOOGIE Al Russel-Max Spickel/ 4. THIRTEEN WOMEN Dickie Thompson/ (And Only One Man in Town)/ 5. RAZZLE-DAZZLE Charles E. Calhoun/ With Ensemble/ 6. TWO HOUND DOGS Bill Haley-Frank Pingatore/ With Ensemble/ Side Two/ 1. DIM, DIM THE LIGHTS Beverley Ross-Julius Dixon/ (I Want Some Atmosphere)/ 2. HAPPY BABY Frank Pingatore/ 3. BIRTH OF THE BOOGIE/ Bill Haley- Billy Williamson- Johnny Grande/ With Ensemble/ 4. MAMBO ROCK/ Bix Reichner-Mildred Phillips- Jimmy Ayre/ With Ensemble/ 5. BURN THAT CANDLE Winfield Scott/ 6. ROCK-A-BEATIN' BOOGIE Bill Haley/ With Ensemble.

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