TURN-ONS AND TURN-OFFS IN CURRENT HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES : Excellent Good Fair Poor : Compact Discs

“Little Richard’s 18 Greatest Hits.” Rhino (analog recording). There’s so much room for cost-cutting (and sound destroying) measures when transfering early rock recordings to CD that you have to hold your breath when buying these retrospective packages. But Rhino is on its way to becoming the home of quality CD oldies. Not only is the sound excellent, but the CDs are accompanied by colorful liner notes. All the hits are here that established colorful Richard Penniman as one of the most influential and exclamatory figures ever in rock; from “Tutti Frutti” to Long Tall Sally.”