COASTERS - Four Classic Albums Plus (The Coasters / Greatest Hits / One By One / Coast Along With The Coasters) (2CD)

AVID R&B presents the latest release in our Four Classic Albums Plus series with a re-mastered 2CD set from The Coasters complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.“The Coasters”; “Greatest Hits”; “One By One”; and “Coast Along With The Coasters” plus 8 bonus tracksR&B, R&R, Doo Wop / Vocal, Soul, Pop and even comedy (did you hear Yakety Yak?) The Coasters covered all the bases during their musical heyday in the 1950s and early 60s. Starting life as The Robins the band had been recording since 1949 and by 1953 they could be found in the more than capable hands of legendary songwriters Leiber & Stoller. By 1955 they had signed to Atlantic when their hit Smokey Joe’s Café became too big for their small independent label Spark to handle. Fortunately for the guys Leiber & Stoller remained on hand to supply them with pretty much all their hits through the 1950s and beyond. In 1987 they were inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame but by then the