Complete Dimension Sessions [Import]

Cookies | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 31, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sequel Records UK
• ASIN: B000000PRL
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,851 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Chains

2. Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)

3. Girls Grow up Faster Than Boys

4. Will Power

5. The Old Crowd

6. Stranger in My Arms

7. Softly in the Night

8. Foolish Little Girl

9. I Want a Boy for My Birthday

10. On Broadway

11. Only to Other People

12. I Never Dreamed

13. I'm into Something Good

14. We Love & Learn

15. Randy

16. They're Jealous of Me

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Cookies singing the lesser songs of Goffin & King, June 14, 2003

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Dimension Sessions (Audio CD)

The Cookies are a second level Girl Group from the early 1960s mainly because while they were recording a lot of songs by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, they were not getting that talented songwriting team's best efforts. They had some modest success on the Billboard charts between 1962 and 1964 on the eve of the British Invasion with four Goffin-King songs: "Chains" (#17), "Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)" (#7), "Will Power" (#72), and the catchy "Girls Grow Up Faster Than Boys Pop Singles" (#33). Of course, if you have heard any of these songs it was probably the version of "Chains" recorded by the Beatles on their first album.

The Cookies consisted of Earl-Jean McCrea, Dorothy Jones and Margaret Ross, which was actually the second version of the group. In the early 1950s McCrea and two other girls had a hit with a single called "In Paradise" and were then transformed into the Raelettes by Ray Charles. However, all of the tracks on this collection are from this later instantiation, when they were doing sessions at the Brill Building behind the likes of Neil Sedaka and sang backup on Little Eva's hit "The Locomotion." All things considered the Cookies would be more of a straight forward Girl Group with a softer sound than the more soulful groups recording for Motown at this time.

Included in the 16 tracks in this collection is a nice cover of "On Broadway" (originally done by the Drifters) and a nice little song called "I Never Dreamed." There are also four "bonus" tracks featuring solo recordings by McCrea as Earl-Jean, made in the summer of 1964 after the group broke up, including "I'm Into Something Good," which she actually recorded and released before Herman's Hermits. But guess which version everybody remembers. If you are a Carole King fan and are trying to track down some of her lesser known early stuff, then this is a choice album for your music library.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally! A Great CD of the Cookies Best!, June 12, 2000

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This review is from: Complete Dimension Sessions (Audio CD)

It is a shame that more of the great 60s groups that were somewhat obscure are not available on US labels. But thanks to Amazon.com, they are available as import Cds! Quality of recordings is excellent! If you remember the Cookies, pick this one up! A big 5 stars!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A winner from start to finish!!!, March 15, 2001

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paul a begler (wheat ridge, co United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Dimension Sessions (Audio CD)

I have owned this cd for over three years.....and STILL enjoy it immensely. Great packaging and info concerning these wonderful ladies of song. Ballads & uptempo songs handled with finese and class. Add this to your collection, you won't be disappointed!!!