RPM Says “Vive Le Rock and Roll” With New Collection from Early French Rockers

RPM, an imprint of Cherry Red Group, has recently issued a number of sets exploring the world of sixties French pop.  Now the label has recently turned to the heavier side, with Vive Le Rock and Roll, a 22-track anthology dedicated to the country’s rock-and-roll scene. As detailed in Kieron Tyler’s extensive liner notes to this collection subtitled The Unruly World of French Rock and Roll 1956-1962, France didn’t cotton to the rough-and-tumble genre immediately.  Bill Haley and the Comets took the U.S. by storm in 1954 and 1955, with Elvis Presley…

Continue Reading
Scroll to Top