Various Artists - Rock 'n' Roll Icons: A Musical Revolution [National Album Day 2026] Various Artists - Rock 'n' Roll Icons: A Musical Revolution [National Album Day 2026]

Various Artists - Rock 'n' Roll Icons: A Musical Revolution [National Album Day 2026] Various Artists

£19.99 Pre-order
Genre: Rock & Roll.
Format: Limited Edition 180gm Deep Cut Vinyl

Limited edition 180gm Deep Cut vinyl in a unique colour, some marbled, with a label that mirrors the sleeve. The packaging included informative notes which in turn lead the collector back to the Acrobat/ Fabulous original release. The inner sleeve is black and the package is finally finished in a reusable polybag with a hype sticker.

Release date: Oct 17, 2026
Catalogue number: ACRSLP1724
Barcode: 0824046172428
Tags:

Celebrating National Album Day 2026, Rock 'n' Roll Icons: A Musical Revolution provides an essential overview of the explosive cultural shift that redefined popular music in the 1950s. Across eighteen seminal tracks, this collection traces how rhythm and blues, country, gospel, and boogie-woogie fused into an electrified youth phenomenon.

This album showcases the fundamental architects who created the sonic, structural, and stylistic blueprint of modern rock. It features pioneering guitarists and wild performers like Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, and Link Wray, whose distorted power chords and raw energy shattered social norms while capturing the genre's expanding reach through Buddy Holly's structural innovations, Wanda Jackson's fierce rockabilly, and Billy Fury's transatlantic impact.

Spanning raw rockabilly, New Orleans piano boogie, and heavy guitar instrumentals, this collection serves as an authoritative primer on the icons who ignited a global revolution.
Track List

Side A
1 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - Bill Haley & His Comets
2 JOHNNY B GOODE - Chuck Berry
3 TUTTI FRUTTI - Little Richard
4 HOUND DOG - Big Mama Thornton
5 AIN'T THAT A SHAME - Fats Domino
6 TEAR IT UP - Johnny Burnette
7 BO DIDDLEY - Bo Diddley
8 GREAT BALLS OF FIRE - Jerry Lee Lewis
9 COME ON, LET'S GO - Ritchie Valens

Side B
1 THAT'LL BE THE DAY - Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2 WAKE UP LITTLE SUSIE - The Everly Brothers
3 SUMMERTIME BLUES - Eddie Cochran
4 LET'S HAVE A PARTY - Wanda Jackson
5 PARTY DOLL - Buddy Knox
6 TALLAHASSEE LASSIE - Freddy Cannon
7 DON'T KNOCK UPON MY DOOR - Billy Fury
8 BE-BOP-A-LULA - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
9 RUMBLE - Link Wray
Format: Limited Edition 180gm Deep Cut Vinyl

Recently viewed products