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Rhino Handmade's There's a Riot Goin' On: The Coasters on Atco, a four-disc box set that contains all the key recordings from the group's peak (including sides by the Robins) and noteworthy tracks from the '60s, plus a disc's worth of rarities. If that title carries a threat of violence seemingly atypical for the guys who sang "Yakety Yak" and "Charlie Brown," it's not wrong, either, as the Coasters were a rock & roll band with all the excitement and danger that implies. Sure, they were a vocal harmony group and they could conceivably be labeled as doo wop, but like all true greats, the Coasters don't quite sound like anybody else. They had close relations: their roots reached back to the Clovers, as the group's earliest incarnation as the Robins had a similarly loose interplay; they had cousins in fellow Atlantic R&B act the Drifters in how they livened up those very traditions into rock & roll; and their humor flowed like the Cadillacs (whose lead singer, Earl "Speedo" Carroll, later joined the Coasters), but the Coasters were far from a group harmonizing on a street corner. They were rough and tumble, they rocked and rolled, they sounded a bit like the adults they were, even when they sang to teachers. Like all greats -- and the Coasters are surely one of the great American bands, as this set proves -- the Coasters defied all easy labels and transcended categories, standing as something utterly unique, and this originality is what keeps their music fresh even as it uncannily captures the feeling of early rock & roll.
The Coasters did sing to teenagers, but just like with Chuck Berry, there is no sense of pandering to their songs, but more importantly, their other songs show how the group rose from black culture. Set aside these teenage tunes and there are songs about gambling, cell-block riots, booze -- they even had a song called "Hey Sexy" long before such phrases were spoken in polite company. They were gaudy and goofy but grounded in some semblance of reality that gave them a wider appeal at the time, and make their records stand the test of time. Sure they're dated, but they're not antiquated: like the greatest recorded music, it's still electric, thrilling, and vital. Some might think that four discs of the Coasters might be too much -- but then again, nobody is going to start listening to the Coasters on a set this. But the Coasters deserve a set this size, a set that's double the length of 50 Coastin' Classics and somehow twice as impressive, because it paints a fuller story, as the three main discs give the narrative of their career, slowing only when the second disc dips into standards. Bbut the third disc chronicling such latter-day classics as "Shoppin' for Clothes," "Bad Blood," "Bad Detective," and "Saturday Night Fish Fry" is surprisingly strong, holding up to that first disc, which is wild, wooly fun. After those three discs are absorbed, the fourth disc filled with alternate takes is a treat to show that it took considerable work and skill to make records that sound so easy and fine. Their genius wasn't accidental; it was carefully planned, and on this great set, the Coasters shine in all their glory, standing as one of the indisputable greats of early rock & roll, standing alongside Chuck Berry, the Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Fats Domino, and Elvis Presley himself as the core architects of rock & roll.
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Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - Jessie Sailes, Drums - Bobby Nunn, Lead Vocals - The Robins, MainArtist - Charlie Norris, Acoustic Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1955 Atlantic Recording Corporation
The Coasters, Performance - Cole Porter, Writer - The Robins, MainArtist
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1955 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - Barney Kessell, Acoustic Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - Jessie Sailes, Drums - The Robins, MainArtist - Grady Chapman, Lead Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1955 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Writer - The Coasters, Performance - The Robins, MainArtist
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1955 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - Jessie Sailes, Drums - Bobby Nunn, Lead Vocals - The Robins, MainArtist - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Charlie Norris, Acoustic Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1954 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Piano, Writer - The Coasters, Vocals - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - Stoller/Leiber, Producer - The Robins, MainArtist
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1954 Atlantic Records
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - The Coasters, Vocals - Lieber, Writer - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - The Robins, MainArtist
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1954 Atlantic Records
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - Jessie Sailes, Drums - The Robins, MainArtist - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Charlie Norris, Acoustic Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1955 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - Jessie Sailes, Drums - The Robins, MainArtist - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Charlie Norris, Acoustic Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1955 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - Barney Kessell, Acoustic Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - Jessie Sailes, Drums - Bobby Nunn, Lead Vocals - The Robins, MainArtist
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1954 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Piano, Writer - Stoller, Producer - The Coasters, Vocals - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - The Robins, MainArtist
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1955 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - Jessie Sailes, Drums - The Robins, MainArtist - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Charlie Norris, Acoustic Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1954 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano - The Coasters, MainArtist - Bob Russell, Writer - Ary Barroso, Writer - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - Jessie Sailes, Drums - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1956 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Piano, Writer - Stoller, Producer - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - Lieber, Producer - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Chick Guerrero, Congas Drums - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1956 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - The Coasters, MainArtist - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - Jessie Sailes, Drums - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1956 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - The Coasters, MainArtist - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - Jessie Sailes, Drums - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Charlie Norris, Acoustic Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1956 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - The Coasters, MainArtist - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - Jessie Sailes, Drums - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Charlie Norris, Acoustic Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1956 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer - The Coasters, MainArtist - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Ben Bernie, Writer - Maceo Pinkard, Writer - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals - Kennieth Casey, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1957 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Composer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Composer, Arranger, Piano, Writer - Doc Pomus, Composer, Writer - Stoller, Producer - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - Lieber, Producer - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1957 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Piano, Writer - Stoller, Producer - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - Lieber, Producer - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1957 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Writer - The Coasters, MainArtist - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1957 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Piano, Writer - Stoller, Producer - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - Lieber, Producer - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1957 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Writer - The Coasters, MainArtist - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1957 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano - The Coasters, MainArtist - King Curtis, Saxophone - Bobby Darin, Writer - Don Kirshner, Writer - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1960 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - The Coasters, MainArtist - King Curtis, Saxophone - Bobby Darin, Writer - Don Kirshner, Writer - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1960 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano - The Coasters, MainArtist - King Curtis, Saxophone - Bobby Darin, Writer - Don Kirshner, Writer - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1960 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer - The Coasters, MainArtist - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - James Hanley, Writer - James F. Hanley, Writer - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1958 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - The Coasters, MainArtist - King Curtis, Saxophone - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1958 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
DISC 2
Wendell Marshall, Bass Guitar - Jerry Leiber, Composer - Mike Stoller, Composer, Piano - Alan Hanlon, Guitar - George Barnes, Guitar - Stoller, Producer - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - King Curtis, Tenor Saxophone - Lieber, Producer - Joe Marshall, Drums - Bruce A. Evans, Writer - Raynold Gideon, Writer - Stephen King, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1958 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - The Coasters, MainArtist - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1960 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Piano, Writer - Stoller, Producer - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - Lieber, Producer - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1958 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer - The Coasters, MainArtist - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals - LEIBER STOLLER, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1958 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Piano, Writer - Stoller, Producer - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - Lieber, Producer - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1958 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Writer - The Coasters, Performance, MainArtist
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1958 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Wendell Marshall, Bass Guitar - Jerry Leiber, Composer, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Piano, Writer - Alan Hanlon, Guitar - George Barnes, Guitar - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - King Curtis, Tenor Saxophone - Leiber, Stoller, Composer, Writer - Joe Marshall, Drums - Domino, Lyricist - Bartholomew, Composer
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1958 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer - The Coasters, MainArtist - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - James F. Hanley, Writer - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1958 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - Alan Hanlon, Guitar - George Barnes, Guitar - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - King Curtis, Tenor Saxophone - Sticks Evans, Drums - Abie Baker, Bass Guitar - TONY MOTTOLA, Electric Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1958 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Arranger, Piano, Writer - Stoller, Producer - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - Lieber, Producer - Robin S, Vocals - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1958 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Arranger, Piano, Writer - Stoller, Producer - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - Lieber, Producer - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1958 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Wendell Marshall, Bass Guitar - Gary Chester, Drums - Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - Alan Hanlon, Guitar - George Barnes, Guitar - Sammy Clarke, Electric Guitar - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - King Curtis, Tenor Saxophone
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1958 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Arranger, Piano, Writer - Stoller, Composer, Producer - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - Lieber, Producer - Leiber, Composer, Writer - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1958 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Gary Chester, Drums - Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - Alan Hanlon, Guitar - George Barnes, Guitar - The Coasters, MainArtist - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Sonny Forresst, Guitar - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1960 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano - The Coasters, MainArtist - King Curtis, Saxophone - Skylar, Writer - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - VELASQUEZ, Writer - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1960 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano - The Coasters, MainArtist - King Curtis, Saxophone - Skylar, Writer - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - VELASQUEZ, Writer - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1960 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano - Doc Pomus, Writer - Mort Shuman, Writer - The Coasters, MainArtist - King Curtis, Saxophone - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1960 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano - The Coasters, MainArtist - King Curtis, Saxophone - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals, Writer - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1960 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - The Coasters, MainArtist - King Curtis, Saxophone - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1960 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
R. Rainger, Writer - Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - The Coasters, MainArtist - King Curtis, Saxophone - L. Robin, Writer - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1960 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano - The Coasters, MainArtist - King Curtis, Saxophone - Duke Ellington, Writer - Bob Russell, Writer - B. Russell, Writer - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1960 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Producer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano - The Coasters, MainArtist - King Curtis, Saxophone - John Blackburn, Writer - Bobby Nunn, Bass Vocals - Billy Guy, Baritone Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Cornell Gunter, Tenor Vocals - Leon Hughes, Tenor Vocals - Obie Jessie, Baritone Vocals - Will Jones, Bass Vocals - Earl Carroll, Tenor Vocals - K. Seussdorf, Writer - Karl Sussendorf, Writer - J. BLACKBURN, Writer
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 1960 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internationa for the world outside of the United States.
Album review
Rhino Handmade's There's a Riot Goin' On: The Coasters on Atco, a four-disc box set that contains all the key recordings from the group's peak (including sides by the Robins) and noteworthy tracks from the '60s, plus a disc's worth of rarities. If that title carries a threat of violence seemingly atypical for the guys who sang "Yakety Yak" and "Charlie Brown," it's not wrong, either, as the Coasters were a rock & roll band with all the excitement and danger that implies. Sure, they were a vocal harmony group and they could conceivably be labeled as doo wop, but like all true greats, the Coasters don't quite sound like anybody else. They had close relations: their roots reached back to the Clovers, as the group's earliest incarnation as the Robins had a similarly loose interplay; they had cousins in fellow Atlantic R&B act the Drifters in how they livened up those very traditions into rock & roll; and their humor flowed like the Cadillacs (whose lead singer, Earl "Speedo" Carroll, later joined the Coasters), but the Coasters were far from a group harmonizing on a street corner. They were rough and tumble, they rocked and rolled, they sounded a bit like the adults they were, even when they sang to teachers. Like all greats -- and the Coasters are surely one of the great American bands, as this set proves -- the Coasters defied all easy labels and transcended categories, standing as something utterly unique, and this originality is what keeps their music fresh even as it uncannily captures the feeling of early rock & roll.
The Coasters did sing to teenagers, but just like with Chuck Berry, there is no sense of pandering to their songs, but more importantly, their other songs show how the group rose from black culture. Set aside these teenage tunes and there are songs about gambling, cell-block riots, booze -- they even had a song called "Hey Sexy" long before such phrases were spoken in polite company. They were gaudy and goofy but grounded in some semblance of reality that gave them a wider appeal at the time, and make their records stand the test of time. Sure they're dated, but they're not antiquated: like the greatest recorded music, it's still electric, thrilling, and vital. Some might think that four discs of the Coasters might be too much -- but then again, nobody is going to start listening to the Coasters on a set this. But the Coasters deserve a set this size, a set that's double the length of 50 Coastin' Classics and somehow twice as impressive, because it paints a fuller story, as the three main discs give the narrative of their career, slowing only when the second disc dips into standards. Bbut the third disc chronicling such latter-day classics as "Shoppin' for Clothes," "Bad Blood," "Bad Detective," and "Saturday Night Fish Fry" is surprisingly strong, holding up to that first disc, which is wild, wooly fun. After those three discs are absorbed, the fourth disc filled with alternate takes is a treat to show that it took considerable work and skill to make records that sound so easy and fine. Their genius wasn't accidental; it was carefully planned, and on this great set, the Coasters shine in all their glory, standing as one of the indisputable greats of early rock & roll, standing alongside Chuck Berry, the Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Fats Domino, and Elvis Presley himself as the core architects of rock & roll.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 113 track(s)
- Total length: 04:53:45
- Main artists: The Coasters
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company ℗ 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company
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