With the songwriting and production team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller behind them, the Coasters were easily one of the most interesting vocal groups of the late '50s and early '60s, and their singles always featured inventive arrangements and great sound, managing to deliver gritty R&B while simultaneously wooing a mainstream audience and climbing the pop charts. This brief, ten-song set unfortunately only tells a tiny part of the story, for while it has solid Coasters material like "Yakety Yak," "Searchin'," "Young ...
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With the songwriting and production team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller behind them, the Coasters were easily one of the most interesting vocal groups of the late '50s and early '60s, and their singles always featured inventive arrangements and great sound, managing to deliver gritty R&B while simultaneously wooing a mainstream audience and climbing the pop charts. This brief, ten-song set unfortunately only tells a tiny part of the story, for while it has solid Coasters material like "Yakety Yak," "Searchin'," "Young Blood," "Riot in Cell Block #9," and "Smokey Joe's Cafe," it lacks other obvious high points like "Charlie Brown" and "Along Came Jones," making it, in the end, more a stopgap than a necessity. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi
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