The Drifters Rockin' & Driftin'
1996 CD
Rhythm & Blues

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Sequel Records
tracks 2, 8, 15, 17, 21 arranged by Ray Ellis
tracks 1, 5, 9 to 12, 14 to 19 baritone vocals Andrew Thrasher
tracks 22, 23 baritone vocals Billy Kennedy
tracks 2, 8, 21 baritone vocals Jimmy Milner
tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 20 baritone vocals Sir Charles Hughes
tracks 1, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 22, 23 bass vocals Bill Pinkney
tracks 2 to 4, 6 to 8, 13, 20 bass vocals Tommy Evans
tracks 1 to 21 guitar Jimmy Oliver
tracks 12, 16 to 18 lead vocals Bill Pinkney
tracks 2, 8, 21 to 23 lead vocals Bobby Hendricks
tracks 1, 14 lead vocals Gerhart Thrasher
tracks 3 to 7, 9 to 11, 13, 19, 20 lead vocals Johnny Moore
tracks 21 lead vocals Tommy Evans
tracks 15 lead vocals [uncredited] David Baughan
liner notes Cliff White
liner notes Peter Burns
tracks 3 to 7, 11, 13 to 20 producer Ahmet Ertegun
tracks 10 producer Jerry Leiber
tracks 3 to 7, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18 to 20 producer Jerry Wexler
tracks 2, 8, 21 producer Leiber & Stoller
tracks 1, 9, 12 producer Nesuhi Ertegun
tracks 3, 7 producer [assisted by] Leiber & Stoller
tracks 1, 9, 10, 12 producer [basic tracks] Jerry Wexler
tracks 1, 8 to 10, 12, 15, 17, 22, 23 tenor vocals Bobby Hendricks
tracks 17 tenor vocals David Baughan
tracks 22, 23 tenor vocals Dee Ernie Bailey
tracks 2 to 13, 15 to 21 tenor vocals Gerhart Thrasher
tracks 1, 12, 14, 16, 18 tenor vocals Johnny Moore
Record Company Warner Music UK Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Sequel Records
Copyright (c) Sequel Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright (c) Atlantic Recording Corporation
Designed At Echo Designworks
Published By Carlin Music Corp.
Published By Copyright Control
Published By Peermusic
Published By Redwood Music Ltd.
Published By Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd.
Published By Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Published By Cecil Lennox Ltd
Published By Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd.
Recorded At Coastal Studios
Recorded At Atlantic Studios
Recorded At Perch Studios
Recorded At Master Studios, Los Angeles
Recorded At Beltone Studios
Recorded At Capitol Studios, New York City
Made By WMME Alsdorf
Glass Mastered At WMME Alsdorf
The liner notes erroneously include Bobby Hendricks as singing on two 1955 sessions (tracks 1, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17). His first Atlantic sessions were in 1956, as lead singer of Bill Pinkney's group, The Flyers (tracks 22, 23). He joined the Drifters in Nov 1957.

Publishers and dates, per-track:
1. Copyright Control; recorded 1955-09-19 at Master Studios, Los Angeles; ℗ 1957
2. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1958-04-28 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1958
3. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1956-11-08 at Beltone Studios, New York; ℗ 1956
4. Peermusic; recorded 1957-04-16 at Perch Studios, New York; ℗ 1957
5. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1956-06-21 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1956
6. Copyright Control; recorded 1957-04-16 at Perch Studios, New York; ℗ 1957
7. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1956-11-08 at Beltone Studios, New York; ℗ 1957
8. Redwood Music Ltd; recorded 1958-04-28 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1958
9. Peermusic; recorded 1955-09-19 at Master Studios, Los Angeles; ℗ 1955
10. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1955-09-19 at Master Studios, Los Angeles; ℗ 1956
11. Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd; recorded 1956-06-21 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1956
12. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1955-09-19 at Master Studios, Los Angeles; ℗ 1955
13. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1957-04-16 at Perch Studios, New York; ℗ 1957
14. Warner Chappell Music Ltd/Copyright Control/Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1956-02-16 at Coastal Studios, New York; ℗ 1956
15. Copyright Control; recorded 1955-04-21 at Capitol Studios, New York; ℗ 1961
16. Warner Chappell Music Ltd; recorded 1956-02-16 at Coastal Studios, New York; ℗ 1961
17. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1955-04-21 at Capitol Studios, New York; ℗ 1961
18. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1956-06-21 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1960
19. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1956-06-21 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1960
20. Cecil Lennox Ltd; recorded 1957-04-16 at Perch Studios, New York; ℗ 1960
21. Carlin Music Corp; recorded 1958-04-28 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1960
22. Copyright Control; recorded 1956-08 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1957
23. Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd; recorded 1956-08 at Atlantic Studios, NYC; ℗ 1957

Barcode: 5 023224 081520
Label Code: LC 6197
SPARS Code: AAD
Other: [Warner W logo] (Embossed on inner hub)
Matrix / Runout: RSACD815 WME
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L012
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0505