Legendary Masters Series

Legendary Masters Series
Legendary Masters Series
Compilation album by Eddie Cochran
Released	January 1972
Recorded	May 1956 to; August 1959
Genre	Rock and roll, Rockabilly
Label	United Artists
Producer	Various
Eddie Cochran chronology
Singles from Legendary Masters Series
	"Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie"; Released: January 1958;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Legendary Masters Series is the fourth album posthumously released in the US after Eddie Cochran's death in 1960.^[1]^[2] The release featured liner notes by Lenny Kaye.^[3] It was described as a "double - disc set [that] presents to the public virtually everything that rocker Cochran put out".^[4]

Content

The album was released as a two album set on the United Artists label in January 1972.^[1]^[4] The catalogue number was UAS 9959,^[5] and was part of a successful series of budget re-issues by the company.^[6]^[7]

Lester Bangs described the release in Rolling Stone magazine as consisting of "genre pieces are rather uneven but consistently interesting".^[8] When EMI took over the ownership of the label towards the end of the 1980s, a selection form the 2 LP set was released on CD as Legendary Masters Series Vol. 1 in 1990.^[9]^[10]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Skinny Jim"	Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran	2:09
2.	"Let's Get Together"	Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran	1:55
3.	"Eddie's Blues"	Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran	3:55
4.	"Little Lou"	Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran	1:40
5.	"Pink Pegged Slacks"	Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran / Hank Cochran	2:07
6.	"Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie"	George Motola / Ricky Page	2:20
7.	"Somethin' Else"	Sharon Sheeley / Bob Cochran	2:07

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pretty Little Devil"	Fred Carter, Jr	2:04
2.	"Who Can I Count On"	Sammy Masters	2:20
3.	"Thinkin' About You"	Bob Luman / Fred Carter, Jr	2:02
4.	"Opportunity"	Jewel Akens / Eddie Daniels	1:52
5.	"Latch On"	Dale Fitzsimmons / Ray Stanley	1:36
6.	"I'm Ready"	Sylvester Bradford / Fats Domino / Al Lewis	1:33
7.	"Three Stars"	Tommy Dee	3:29
8.	"Cotton Picker"		2:10

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Summertime Blues"	Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran	1:55
2.	"Cut Across Shorty"	Marijohn Wilkin / Wayne P. Walker	1:51
3.	"Milk Cow Blues"	Kokomo Arnold	2:40
4.	"My Way"	Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran	2:13
5.	"Blue Suede Shoes"	Carl Perkins	1:50
6.	"Nervous Breakdown"	Eddie Cochran	2:30
7.	"C'mon Everybody"	Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran	1:53

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sittin' In The Balcony"	Johnny Dee / John D. Loudermilk	1:58
2.	"Twenty Flight Rock"	Eddie Cochran / Ned Fairchild	1:43
3.	"Teenage Cutie"	Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran	1:50
4.	"Hallelujah I Love Her So"	Ray Charles	2:15
5.	"Fourth Man Theme"	Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran	1:59
6.	"Weekend"	Bill Post / Doree Post	1:50
7.	"Bo Weevil"	Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran / Traditional	1:57
8.	"Long Tall Sally"	Robert "Bumps" Blackwell / Enotris Johnson / Richard Penniman	1:43

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Demming, Mark, Eddie Cochran - Legendary Masters [LP] review, retrieved October 22, 2023
^ Kelly, Michael Bryan (1993). Liberty Records: A History of the Recording Company and Its Stars, 1955-1971. McFarland. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-89950-740-8.
^ Kaye, Lenny. "Eddie Cochran: Liner Notes from Legendary Masters LP". thompsonian.info. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Tudor, Dean; Tudor, Nancy (1979). Contemporary Popular Music. Libraries Unlimited. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-87287-191-5.
^ Cochran, Bobby (2003). Three Steps to Heaven: The Eddie Cochran Story. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-634-03252-3.
^ Dove, Ian (January 22, 1972). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 4.
^ Denisoff, R. Serge (December 24, 2021). Tarnished Gold: Record Industry Revisited. Routledge. p. 159. ISBN 978-1-000-67942-7.
^ Bangs, Lester (March 30, 1972). "Eddie Cochran: Review of Legendary Masters LP". thompsonian.info. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
^ Hilburn, Robert (May 11, 1990). The Bulletin. The Bulletin.
^ Orr, Jay; Rumble, John; Kingsbury, Paul (February 1, 2012). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Oxford University Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-19-992083-9.

External links

Legendary Masters Series at Discogs (list of releases)

[:0-1] Demming, Mark, Eddie Cochran - Legendary Masters [LP] review, retrieved October 22, 2023

[2] Kelly, Michael Bryan (1993). Liberty Records: A History of the Recording Company and Its Stars, 1955-1971. McFarland. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-89950-740-8.

[3] Kaye, Lenny. "Eddie Cochran: Liner Notes from Legendary Masters LP". thompsonian.info. Retrieved October 22, 2023.

[:1-4] Tudor, Dean; Tudor, Nancy (1979). Contemporary Popular Music. Libraries Unlimited. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-87287-191-5.

[5] Cochran, Bobby (2003). Three Steps to Heaven: The Eddie Cochran Story. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-634-03252-3.

[6] Dove, Ian (January 22, 1972). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 4.

[7] Denisoff, R. Serge (December 24, 2021). Tarnished Gold: Record Industry Revisited. Routledge. p. 159. ISBN 978-1-000-67942-7.

[8] Bangs, Lester (March 30, 1972). "Eddie Cochran: Review of Legendary Masters LP". thompsonian.info. Retrieved October 22, 2023.

[9] Hilburn, Robert (May 11, 1990). The Bulletin. The Bulletin.

[10] Orr, Jay; Rumble, John; Kingsbury, Paul (February 1, 2012). The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Oxford University Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-19-992083-9.

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Eddie Cochran
Studio albums	Singin' to My Baby
Posthumous studio albums	Never to Be Forgotten My Way (UK)
Compilations	The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album Summertime Blues The Very Best of Eddie Cochran Great Hits
Live albums	On The Air
Singles	"Sittin' in the Balcony" "Drive In Show" "Twenty Flight Rock" "Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie" "Summertime Blues" "C'mon Everybody" "Teenage Heaven" "Somethin' Else" "Hallelujah I Love Her So" "Three Steps To Heaven" "Lonely" "Sweetie Pie" "Weekend" "My Way"