Greatest Hits Of The 60s 8CD Boxset @320kbps
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At first glance, this 8 disc collection may look like a steal for the price. It is and it isn't. Unlike many cheap collections where the songs are not the original versions but awful modern remakes, these are all original recordings (except possibly for Mike Berry's "Tribute to Buddy Holly," which sounds like it was redone). The downside (depending on how you look at it) is that many of these songs were only hits in UK/Europe and won't be songs you would remember hearing on the radio in the US. Almost half of them in fact, were either minor hits, making only the Top 100, or did not chart at all here. I liked a number of these songs such as "I Can't Let Maggie Go," by The Honeybus, "America," by the Nice, or "Let's Go to San Francisco," by The Flowerpot Men. Of course, there are some that aren't so good like The Move's "Blackberry Way," which sounds like a rip off of "Penny Lane." The other half of the songs were big hits in the US (including many hits by US artists) and since at least the first 4 volumes of Rhino's British Invasion series are out of print, this is a great way to obtain most of the US hit songs from those discs.
Many of the UK artists who had big US hits such as Gerry & The Pacemakers, Freddie and the Dreamers, Manfred Mann, Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas appear numerous times throughout the 8 CDs. Other groups such as The Nashville Teens and The Swinging Blue Jeans, who each had only one US hit, make several appearances as well. It's interesting to hear for example, The Swinging Blue Jeans' Beatle-esque version of "You're No Good," a song originally done by Betty Everett, and best known by Linda Ronstadt. Most of the songs come from 1964 to 1969, but there is the ocassional appearance of a pre-British Invasion hit such as Ernie Mascera's "Shout Shout," or The Everly Brothers' "Let It Be Me."
Since the groups are not listed, you should know that several of the songs you may recognize as being U.S. hits are versions by British artists: "Baby I Need Your Lovin'" is by The Fourmost, not The Four Tops, "Anyone Who Had a Heart" is by Cilla Black, not Dionne Warwick, "Stay" is by The Hollies, not Maurice & the Zodiacs, "Shakin' All Over" is by Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, not The Guess Who, "Angel of the Morning" is by P.P. Arnold, not Merilee Rush, and the songs, "Think" and "The House That Jack Built" are not the Aretha Franklin songs, but entirely different ones.
CD 1
01 - Gerry & The Pacemakers - How Do You Do It 02 - Freddie & The Dreamers - I'm Telling You Now 03 - Fourmost - Baby I Need Yor Lovin' 04 - The Hollies - Stay 05 - Tommy James & The Shondells - Hanky Panky 06 - Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good 07 - Paul Jones - High Time 08 - Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale 09 - Frank Ifield - Confessin' (That I Love You) 10 - The Beach Boys - Sloop John B. 11 - The Honeycombs - Have I The Right 12 - The Move - Blackberry Way 13 - Chris Farlowe - Out Of Time 14 - Cher - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) 15 - Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September 16 - P.P. Arnold - The First Cut Is The Deepest 17 - The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun 18 - Canned Heat - On The Road Again
CD 2
01 - Small Faces - Itchycoo Park 02 - Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road 03 - The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 04 - Alan Price - I Put A Spell On You 05 - Zombies - She's Not There 06 - Canned Heat - Goin' Up The Country 07 - Hedgehoppers Anonymous - It's Good News Week 08 - The Turtles - Happy Together 09 - Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - Do You Want To Know A Secret 10 - Peter & Gordon - A World Without Love 11 - Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely 12 - The Beach Boys - God Only Knows 13 - Lulu - I'm A Tiger 14 - Manfred Mann - 5-4-3-2-1 15 - The Shadows - Dance On 16 - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over 17 - The Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake 18 - The Tornados - Telstar
CD 3
01 - Ernie Maresca - Shout Shout 02 - Garry & The Pecemakers - I Like It 03 - Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy 04 - Fourmost - A Little Loving 05 - Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - Bad To Me 06 - Freddie & The Dreamers - You Were Made For Me 07 - Shocking Blue - Venus 08 - Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go 09 - Frank Ifield - Lovesick Blues 10 - The Everly Brothers - Let It Be Me 11 - Herman's Hermits - Silhouettes 12 - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - I'll Never Get Over You 13 - Nashville Teens - Google Eye 14 - Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang 15 - The Hollies - I'm Alive 16 - Procol Harum - A Salty Dog 17 - P. P. Arnold - Angel Of The Mornig 18 - Chris Farlowe - Handbags And Gladrags
CD 4
01 - The Swinging Blue Jeans - Good Golly Miss Molly 02 - The Shadows - F.B.I. 03 - Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers - Got To Get You Into My Life 04 - Graham Bonney - Super Girl 05 - Alan Price - The House That Jack Built 06 - Peter & Gordon - True Love Ways 07 - Jackie Deshannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart 08 - Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers - Ain't Misbehavin' 09 - P. J. Proby - Somewhere 10 - Small Faces - Tin Soldier 11 - The Turtles - She'd Rather Be With Me 12 - Jeff Beck - Hi Ho Silver Lining 13 - The Flowerpot Men - Let's Go To San Francisco 14 - Classics Iv - Spooky 15 - Zombies - Time Of The Season 16 - The Band - The Weight 17 - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman 18 - The Herd - Paradise Lost
CD 5
01 - Lee Dorsey - Working In Then Coalmine 02 - Desmond Dekker - The Israelites 03 - Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World, Beautiful Peo 04 - Jewel Akens - The Birds And The Bees 05 - The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 06 - Eddy Hodges - I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door 07 - Blue Mink - Melting Pot 08 - Joey Dee And The Starlighters - Pepermint Twist Pt.1 09 - The Move - Flowers In The Rain 10 - Johnny Tillotson - It Keeps Right On' A-Hurtin' 11 - Herman's Hermits - A Must To Avoid 12 - The Hollies - Carrie Anne 13 - Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart 14 - Oliver - Goodmorning Starshine 15 - Gerry & The Pacemakers - Don' T Let The Sun Catch You C 16 - Jeff Beck Ft. Rod Stewart - I've Been Drinking 17 - The Animals - We've Gotta Get Out Of This Pl 18 - George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag
CD 6
01 - The Hollies - Bus Stop 02 - Chris Farlowe - Think 03 - Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony 04 - Buddy Knox - She's Gone 05 - Bobby Goldsboro - Honey 06 - Highwaymen - Michael Row The Boat Ashore 07 - Paul Jones - I've Been A Bad Bad Boy 08 - Freddie & The Dreamers - I Understand (Just How You Feel) 09 - The Shadows - Apache 10 - Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo 11 - The Herd - From The Underworld 12 - Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - Kites 13 - The Family Dogg - Way Of Life 14 - Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World 15 - Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - Little Children 16 - Jonathan King - Everyone's Gone To The Moon 17 - Herman's Hermits - Wonderful World 18 - Gerry & The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone
CD 7
01 - John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me 02 - Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack 03 - The Seekers - The Carnival Is Over 04 - Manfred Mann - If You Gotta Go, Go Now 05 - The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brothe 06 - Vikki Carr - It Must Be Him 07 - Helen Shapiro - Walking Bach To Hapiness 08 - Paramounts - Poison Ivy 09 - Tommy James & The Shondelles - Crystal Blue Persuasion 10 - Del Shannon - Keep Searchin' 11 - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Whee - Jenny Take A Ride 12 - Joe South - Games People Play 13 - The Small Faces - Lazy Sunday 14 - P. J. Proby - Maria 15 - Procul Harum - Homburg 16 - Moody Blues - Go Now 17 - The Nice - America 18 - Scaffold - Thank U Very Much
CD 8
01 - Herman's Hermits - No Milk Today 02 - Freddie & The Dreamers - If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody 03 - Gerry & The Pacemakers - Ferry Across The Mersey 04 - The Swinging Blue Jeans - You're No Good 05 - Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion 06 - Cilla Black - You're My World (Il Mio Mondo) 07 - Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes 08 - Mike Berry - Tribute To Buddy Holly 09 - Cher - All I Really Want To Do 10 - Keith West - Excerpt From A Teenage Opera 11 - The Hollies - On A Carousel 12 - Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly 13 - Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - I'll Keep You Satisfied 14 - Fourmost - Hello Little Girl 15 - Scaffold - Lily The Pink 16 - The Animals - Bring It On Home To Me 17 - The Smoke - My Friend Jack Eats Sugarlumps 18 - The Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die |