The British Invasion: The History of British Rock: Vol. 1

The British Invasion (Rhino Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032ED
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #160,541 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Really Got Me - The Kinks

2. How Do You Do It? - Gerry & The Pacemakers

3. Nobody I Know - Peter & Gordon

4. I'm Telling You Now - Freddie & The Dreamers

5. I'm Gonna Love You Too - The Hullaballoos

6. She's Not There - The Zombies

7. Little Children - Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas

8. Hello Little Girl - The Fourmost

9. Funny How Love Can Be - The Ivy League

10. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & The Pacemakers

11. Hippy Hippy Shake - The Swinging Blue Jeans

12. It's Alright - Adam Faith

13. Bad To Me - Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas

14. Tip Of My Tongue - Tommy Quickly

15. Yesterday's Gone - Chad & Jeremy

16. For Your Love - The Yardbirds

17. Have I The Right? - The Honeycombs

18. Needles And Pins - The Searchers

19. A World Without Love - Peter & Gordon

20. He's In Town - The Rockin' Berries

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars RHINO-PLEASE RE-RELEASE THIS SERIES!, January 2, 2010

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Kim K. (Bayonne, New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The British Invasion: The History of British Rock: Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

I have the entire History of British Rock series on cassette tape, unfortunately. If only Rhino would get with it and re-release this very important series. Every song's a gem, whether a one hit wonder or one of several hits by a well known singer or band. If your childhood was in the mid-to-late 1960s, then surely you grew up hearing most of these British Invasion hits on your Top 40 radio station. The music is timeless and needs to be heard again.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ambitious Series From Rhino/Capitol/EMI, August 19, 2007

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AvidOldiesCollector (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The British Invasion: The History of British Rock: Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

When this first volume in an ambitious series first appeared in CD format in 1988 it put all but a few CDs at that time to shame because, instead of the usual 10- to 12-track offerings they were giving us 20 and, with each volume, we also got comprehensive liner notes [upwards of 11 pages] whereas most of the others contained nothing in that respect.

But from the advantage of hindsight, and considering that the target audience was mainly those North American fans who experienced the notorious British Invasion, it seems they included with each volume too many selections by British artists who never actually got into an invasion craft, never mind land on the beach.

Here, for example, tracks 16, 17, 19 and 20 made no impact whatsoever over here which means, in effect, it became a 16-track set. Indeed, the only thing by The Ivy League to rate in North America was Tossing And Turning [not to be confused with the Bobby Lewis hit] which reached a lowly # 83 in September 1965 for the Cameo label. No one hear even heard of the other three.

The AAD sound reproduction is generally good to excellent and the notes include several small b&w pictures of some of the artists. Most of the recognizable hits have since appeared on many more such compilations, although tracks 12 and 15 are not that easy to find in quality, CD format.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great representation of a remarkable musical history, July 15, 2003

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Judzo (Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The British Invasion: The History of British Rock: Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

If you enjoyed or want to discover what the British Invasion was about, this series is the best possible way to do it. Each disc is filled with great music. The value is remarkable. There is an enormous number of songs of each disc. These discs are a great addition to anybody's music library and really chart the dramatic change in music brought about by the Beatles whose coattails brought to light numerous other bands as well.