{"product_id":"radio-gold-special-bigger-in-britain-edition","title":"Radio Gold: Special Bigger in Britain Edition","description":"The idea behind Radio Gold: Special Bigger in Britain Edition is specific but good: round up songs by American artists that wound up being bigger smashes in the United Kingdom than they were in their homeland. The 24 songs here are from a very specific period -- 1956-1963, aka the years after Elvis and before the Beatles. During this time, rock \u0026amp; roll sat side by side with sock-hop pop, and the 24 selections here ever so slightly lean toward the latter, favoring novelties, pieces of exaggerated Americana, and cloying pop over straight-up rock \u0026amp; roll or R\u0026amp;B. Perhaps not so coincidentally, there aren't many straight-up classics here -- the album-opening \"Blue Bayou\" by Roy Orbison and Jim Reeves' \"Welcome to My World\" are the closest, followed by Eddie Cochran's \"My Way\" (a staple of British rock \u0026amp; roll groups), then Buddy Holly's \"Reminiscing\" and Frankie Laine's \"Rawhide,\" although much of its appeal is down to the Blues Brothers -- but it's certainly fascinating to hear the songs that wound up climbing the U.K. charts. This is a time capsule of pre-Beatles British pop, sometimes surprisingly swinging (Gene Vincent's \"Pistol Packin' Mama\"), sometimes quite sweet (Del Shannon's \"Two Kinds of Teardrops\"), but often kind of corny...which doesn't mean it's not a good time, of course. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50831058370847,"sku":"029667053525","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/4fb7258b0c7b109ced7d5b02bfb156b1.jpg?v=1777655577","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/radio-gold-special-bigger-in-britain-edition","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}