This CD, released by Live Gold Productions in 1989, is not easy to find. It contains 17 tracks - 2 brief interviews with Frankie Lymon and 15 songs (including 3 versions of Why Do Fools Fall In Love and 2 of Goody Goody).
The recordings come from the April 15, 1956 Alan Freed's Easter Jubilee of Stars at the Brooklyn Paramount, a 1956 appearance on Alan Freed's Camel Rock 'N' Roll Dance Party on WCBS AM radio, 1957 and 1958 appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, apparent rehearsals (only piano accompaniment) at the Executive Sound Studios, Bronx, NY, on May 3, 1959, and a New Year's Eve 1960 appearance in a Brooklyn night club.
Sound quality varies from track to track, as might be expected given the variety of sources employed in putting this CD together, and the volume from one track to another could have been more uniformly engineered. Still, this is a package worth acquiring.
Get this one if you can.
Tracks:
1. Frankie Lymon Interview - 15 Apr 1956 (date questionable)
2. Why Do Fools Fall in Love? - Alan Freed's Easter Jubilee of Stars, Brooklyn Paramount
- 15 Apr 1956*
3. Goody Goody - Ed Sullivan Show, CBS TV Network, NYC - 30 Sep 1957
4. Goody Goody - Ed Sullivan Show, CBS TV Network, NYC - 28 Jul 1958
5. The Only Way To Love - Ed Sullivan Show, CBS TV Network, NYC - 30 Sep 1957
6. Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Town Hill Night Club, Brooklyn, NY - 31 Dec 1960
7. Since The Beginning Of Time - Executive Sound Studio, Bronx, NY - 3 May 1959
8. Please Be Mine - Alan Freed's Easter Jubilee of Stars, Brooklyn Paramount - 15 Apr 1956*
9. Blessed Are They - Executive Sound Studio, Bronx, NY - 3 May 1959
10. Pardon Me Please - Executive Sound Studio, Bronx, NY - 3 May 1959
11. I Promise To Remember - Alan Freed's Easter Jubilee of Stars, Brooklyn Paramount
- 15 Apr 1956*
12. Frankie Lymon Interview - Biggest Show Stars for 1957 - Georgia Auditorium, Vancouver, BC
- Sep 1957
13.I'm Not Too Young To Dream - Executive Sound Studio, Bronx, NY - 3 May 1959
14. Why Do Fools Fall In Love? - Alan Freed's Camel Rock 'N' Roll Dance Party, WCBS-AM, NY
- 1956*
15. The Joke - Executive Sound Studio, Bronx, NY - 3 May 1959
16. Come Be My Love - Executive Sound Studio, Bronx, NY - 3 May 1959
17. It's Christmas Once Again - Ed Sullivan Show, CBS TV Network, NYC - 28 Jul 1958
* Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, all other tracks Frankie without the Teenagers.
