VARIOUS ARTISTS British Beat Before The Beatles 1955 - 1962 (2010 issue UK 3-CD album set [originally released as seven CD series in 1993] - Chronicling the period of 1955 – 1962, this 3-CD set comprises 90 recordings from the vaults of Parlophone, EMI Columbia, Top Rank & HMV showing the British beat scene before the arrival of The Beatles triggered the beat boom, including tracks from Alma Cogan, Cliff Richard, Helen Shapiro and Johnny Kidd & The Pirates amongst many others. Complete with a 16-page booklet containing track by track annotation about the artists and tracks)