Cool and sometimes crazy doo-wop sounds swept the nation during the Fifties--from the East Coast to the West Coast and on down to the Gulf Coast. Although Prestige Records specialized in modern jazz, the New York based company delved into doo-wop early in the decade. This collection begins with the teenage Mello Moods and the more mature Cabineers, both of whose Prestige recordings rank among the rarest of all vocal group platters. The action then shifts to Hollywood, mixing tracks (some previously unissued) by Southern California harmonizers the Metronomes, the Dukes, the Chimes, Jesse Belvin, Vernon Green & the Phantoms, Eugene Church, and the Titans, with equally rare selections by two New Orleans groups--Henry Pierce & His Five Notes and the Monitors--all from the vaults of Specialty Records.