Tom the Lion - The Adventures Of Tom The Lion - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

A boogie piano prodigy, the teenage Littlefield was one of Modern's most important signings and - as the title implies - this CD displays every facet of his talent as a singer and piano pounder. Package includes the remaining sides originally issued on Modern 78s, plus a massive 14 previously-unissued masters and/or rehearsal demos featuring just LWL and his piano. Several of these have only been recently. All tracks are remastered from the original Modern Records acetates for optimum sound quality. ACE. 2005.

THE TOKENS name is of course synonymous with their biggest hit, the chart-topping, multi-million selling 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight', a song which has continually reinvented itself over the decades. The Brooklyn DooWoppers had cut their first 45 five years earlier, whilst still at school, but broke up shortly afterwards (Neil Sedaka was, famously, a founder-member and he both wrote and sang on their first record). After re-emerging in 1959 as the short-lived Darrell & The Oxfords, they reverted to their original name and in early 1961, cut their first million-seller, 'Tonight I Fell In Love'. During 1961 and 1962 they also charted with 'Sincerely', 'B'Wa Nina' and 'La Bomba', and the albums InchThe Lion Sleeps TonightInch and InchWe Sing FolkInch. This collection presents all The Tokens (together with their satellite identities) 45s issued between 1956-1962, plus the strongest sides from their first two LPs. This is the first time that this body of work has been thus compiled; many of these sides are surprisingly difficult to find elsewhere, while a couple of the real collectors' rarities have never previously appeared on CD.

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