Sound of Fury

Price 17.97 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 827565056705



Manufacture Country USA

Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of the 1960 debut album from the British Rock "n" Roller. The Sound Of Fury was an absolute revelation, sounding wholly unlike any British LP before (or since, come to that). The songs themselves were all killers. Although the album was released in mono, true stereo versions exist of nine of the ten tracks (Disc Two, tracks 3-11). The Sound Of Fury would prove to be one of the very last times that Billy had any real artistic control. His next A-side was an American song, `Wondrous Place", originally recorded by Jimmy `Good Timin" Jones - and whilst it has, of course, gone on to achieve iconic status in Billy"s pantheon, it surprisingly struggled to make the Top 30 the first time around. Billy"s final release of 1960 was a cover of an American R&B hit, `A Thousand Stars", by Kathy Young & The Innocents, which restored him to the Top 20. So, by the end of 1960, Billy"s Rockabilly adventure was firmly behind him and he was about to undergo a major shift in musical direction.