Legendary Masters Series

1972 compilation album by Eddie Cochran

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
| Summertime Blues
(1966)  | Legendary Masters Series
(1972)  | Eddie Cochran on the Air
(1972)

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Singles from  Legendary Masters Series

1. "Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie"
Released: January 1958

Professional ratingsReview 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

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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

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Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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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 twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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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 threeNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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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 fourNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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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

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1. ^ a b c 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.
4. ^ a b 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.

## External links

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* Legendary Masters Series at Discogs (list of releases)

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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
* Legendary Masters Series
* 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"

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