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Sometimes even the simplest looking records require a program to keep up with the personnel involved, and this debut album by the Coasters is a perfect example. For starters, they weren't even yet "the Coasters" when seven of the 14 songs here were recorded -- the material covers four years and two distinct lineups, including the period when the group was known as the Robins and signed to producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's Spark Records. Like most R&B LPs of its period, The Coasters was more of a compilation than an actual album in conception -- the group had just come off a pair of Top Ten hits on the pop charts, "Young Blood" and "Searchin'," and Atlantic Records saw merit in issuing a long-player as a way of promoting the group to yet another facet of the record-buying public. Rather than having them cut new songs, Leiber & Stoller assembled 13 existing songs (including the two hits) together on the 12" platter, plus one previously unissued track, "Lola," that came out of the same session as the two hits. "Smokey Joe's Cafe," "Wrap It Up," "Loop de Loop Mambo," "One Kiss," "Riot in Cell Block Number Nine," "I Must Be Dreamin'," and "Framed" were actually recorded by the Robins, the precursors to the Coasters. The group consisted of Carl Gardner, Bobby Nunn, Grady Chapman, Ty Terrell, Billy Richards, and Roy Richards (augmented by session singer and composer Richard Berry on "Riot in Cell Block Number Nine") and had never recorded for Atlantic; everything else is by the Coasters, whose membership consisted of Gardner, Nunn, Billy Guy, and Leon Hughes during 1956 and 1957. All of that said, this is still a fun record in the extreme, with enough variety in its sound and production to make it one of the most entertaining R&B vocal harmony records of its period -- the fact that the variety is a bit of a cheat doesn't alter the fun one will have listening to this album, which benefits not only from several years' worth of Leiber & Stoller songwriting but also their approach as producers to the 1940s pop standard "Brazil" as well. Starting with "Searchin'," the album moves through the comical/romantic "One Kiss Led to Another" and the elegantly humorous "Brazil" (dressed up in doo wop harmony, and done at a jaunty tempo) and jumps to the bouncy "Turtle Dovin'" -- highlighted by Adolph Jacobs' twangy guitar flourishes. Up to this point, everything here has been by the Coasters, but now Leiber & Stoller feed listeners the Robins' "Smokey Joe's Cafe," and the side fills out with their sides, closing out with "Riot in Cell Block Number Nine." Side two opens with "Young Blood" and then it's back to the Robins until the finale, with the elegant "Lola" and the seductive and suggestive "Down in Mexico" sandwiching the Robins' "Framed," the latter a surprisingly upbeat piece of social realism. The sound is amazingly consistent considering the differences in personnel between the tracks and the time range covered, and is a tribute to Leiber & Stoller as producers.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar
© 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 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, 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
© 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1956 Atlantic Recording Corporation
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
© 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 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, 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
© 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1956 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Piano, Writer - Stoller, Producer - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar
© 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 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, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - The Robins aka The Coasters, MainArtist - Jessie Sailes, Drums - Bobby Nunn, Lead Vocals - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Charlie Norris, Acoustic Guitar
© 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 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, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - The Coasters, Vocals - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - The Robins aka The Coasters, MainArtist
© 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1954 Atlantic Records
Jerry Leiber, Composer, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Piano, Writer - Doc Pomus, Composer, Writer - The Coasters, Vocals, MainArtist - Barney Kessell, Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Sailes, Drums - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar
© 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1957 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Writer - The Coasters, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1958 Atco Records
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - The Robins aka The Coasters, MainArtist - Jessie Sailes, Drums - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Charlie Norris, Acoustic Guitar
© 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1955 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - The Robins aka The Coasters, MainArtist - Jessie Sailes, Drums - Carl Gardener, Lead Vocals - Charlie Norris, Acoustic Guitar
© 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1955 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Writer - The Coasters, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1954 Atco Records
Jerry Leiber, Producer, Writer - Mike Stoller, Producer, Piano, Writer - Barney Kessell, Acoustic Guitar - Gil Bernal, Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Hamilton, Bass Guitar - The Robins aka The Coasters, MainArtist - Jessie Sailes, Drums - Bobby Nunn, Lead Vocals
© 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 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, 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
© 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1956 Atco Records. A Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Album review
Sometimes even the simplest looking records require a program to keep up with the personnel involved, and this debut album by the Coasters is a perfect example. For starters, they weren't even yet "the Coasters" when seven of the 14 songs here were recorded -- the material covers four years and two distinct lineups, including the period when the group was known as the Robins and signed to producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's Spark Records. Like most R&B LPs of its period, The Coasters was more of a compilation than an actual album in conception -- the group had just come off a pair of Top Ten hits on the pop charts, "Young Blood" and "Searchin'," and Atlantic Records saw merit in issuing a long-player as a way of promoting the group to yet another facet of the record-buying public. Rather than having them cut new songs, Leiber & Stoller assembled 13 existing songs (including the two hits) together on the 12" platter, plus one previously unissued track, "Lola," that came out of the same session as the two hits. "Smokey Joe's Cafe," "Wrap It Up," "Loop de Loop Mambo," "One Kiss," "Riot in Cell Block Number Nine," "I Must Be Dreamin'," and "Framed" were actually recorded by the Robins, the precursors to the Coasters. The group consisted of Carl Gardner, Bobby Nunn, Grady Chapman, Ty Terrell, Billy Richards, and Roy Richards (augmented by session singer and composer Richard Berry on "Riot in Cell Block Number Nine") and had never recorded for Atlantic; everything else is by the Coasters, whose membership consisted of Gardner, Nunn, Billy Guy, and Leon Hughes during 1956 and 1957. All of that said, this is still a fun record in the extreme, with enough variety in its sound and production to make it one of the most entertaining R&B vocal harmony records of its period -- the fact that the variety is a bit of a cheat doesn't alter the fun one will have listening to this album, which benefits not only from several years' worth of Leiber & Stoller songwriting but also their approach as producers to the 1940s pop standard "Brazil" as well. Starting with "Searchin'," the album moves through the comical/romantic "One Kiss Led to Another" and the elegantly humorous "Brazil" (dressed up in doo wop harmony, and done at a jaunty tempo) and jumps to the bouncy "Turtle Dovin'" -- highlighted by Adolph Jacobs' twangy guitar flourishes. Up to this point, everything here has been by the Coasters, but now Leiber & Stoller feed listeners the Robins' "Smokey Joe's Cafe," and the side fills out with their sides, closing out with "Riot in Cell Block Number Nine." Side two opens with "Young Blood" and then it's back to the Robins until the finale, with the elegant "Lola" and the seductive and suggestive "Down in Mexico" sandwiching the Robins' "Framed," the latter a surprisingly upbeat piece of social realism. The sound is amazingly consistent considering the differences in personnel between the tracks and the time range covered, and is a tribute to Leiber & Stoller as producers.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:10
- Main artists: The Coasters
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino - Elektra
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 2004 Elektra Entertainment. Manufactured and Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing.
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