Anthology [Import]

Chrispian St Peters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 18, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Repertoire
• ASIN: B00000742E
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,286 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Were on My Mind

2. The Pied Piper

3. Free Spirit

4. But She's Untrue

5. Changes

6. Carolina

7. At This Moment

8. No No No

9. Your Ever Changing Mind

10. You'll Forget Me, Goodbye

11. You Have Gone

12. Wandering Hobo

13. Monumental Queen

14. Do Daddy Do

15. Oh Caroline

16. It Ain't the Same

17. Every Time You Sinned

18. Laura

19. Sweet Lies

20. Please Take Me Back

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

German compilation for one of the finest ballad singers of the pop era. 29 tracks including the 1965 smash hit, 'You Were On My Mind'. Repertoire.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Folk-pop singer of the sixties, October 15, 2004

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anthology (Audio CD)

Crispian, a former soldier, was expected to become a major star but didn't. He once told the world that he could write better songs than the Beatles and declared that they were past it. He also said he could sing as well as Elvis Presley and he could make him look like the statue of Liberty. He also claimed to be more exciting than Tom Jones. If he'd come even close to being right about all that, he would indeed have been a major star.

As it was, his first two singles (At this moment, No no no) both failed to chart. Having failed with two self-penned songs, he was persuaded to cover an American song - You were on my mind, a major American hit for We five. This became his biggest UK hit, peaking at number two. It remains the song he is best remembered for in his homeland. A year after its UK success it made the American top forty.

The next single, Pied piper, made the top five in Britain and America. It did even better in Canada, where it went all the way to number one. With a major international hit behind him, Crispian looked as if he was well set for stardom. It didn't happen. The follow-up. Changes (a cover of a Phil Ochs song) was a minor UK hit but that marked the end of his UK chart career. Crispian's boastful image had upset too many people in the music business and those people were able to wreak their revenge.

Crispian had several more singles, all but three of which are included in this set. Several B-sides and album tracks are also included. Crispian's life after stardom is sad but it seems that he has come to terms with his situation.

Crispian's style began as folk-pop but later tracks have a country influence. He even wrote and recorded a sequel song to Take me home country roads (Country roads I almost made it back). Crispian also covered John Denver's original song but that cover is omitted from this set.

All the essential tracks are here. I am not familiar with Crispian's other recordings but if (as one reviewer suggests) they are better than what's here, I'd certainly like to hear them. For somebody who only had two major hits, this is a brilliant compilation.

If you are interested in folk-pop music of the sixties, Crispian is well worth a listen.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quite a Good Compilation!, April 17, 2006

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Morten Vindberg (Denmark) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anthology (Audio CD)

Crispian St. Peters had two big hits in 1965-66 with "You Were on My Mind" and the "Pied Piper". He was expected to become big, but somehow he was not able maintain his success, and never again made the top twenty with his following singles. In 1967 he released the fine album "Follow Me" with all but the two hit-singles written by St Peters himself. A great song like "My Little Brown Eyes" would have been the logical follow-up to "The Pied Piper".

This CD is mostly a singles A`s and B`s compilation, containing most of his 1965-68 Decca singles. St Peters left Decca in 1968 to do a few singles and an album ( "Simply" ) for the Square label. A handful of these later recordings are also to be found here along with 3 songs recorded in 1990. Only few of these tracks come up to his best 1966-67 recordings.

The booklet contains a fine biography written by Chris Welch and a UK and German discography.

Though missing many of the best tracks from "Follow Me", still quite a good compilation.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Welcome return to the past!, November 24, 2010

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DavidK - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Anthology (Audio CD)

Crispian St Peters was a prime case of ruination by mis-management - from a shy lad with talent to a manufactured braggard all but killed-off any chances he had of sustaining his early successes of 'You Were On My Mind' and 'Pied Piper' - both legendary numbers in their own right. There is, or was, much more to this would-be star than we remember from way back then, and tragic in a way he never realised his full potential. However, having searched far and wide for the originals of these two hit tracks, my collection is now all the richer with their inclusion - and with the others on the album I am really enjoying catching-up! The recordings are good quality and the selection of tracks interesting - well worth the spend!