Everything Under the Sun [BOX SET] [IMPORT] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Walker Brothers

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 17, 2006)
• Original Release Date: June 26, 2006
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Box set, Import, Original recording remastered
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Universal UK
• ASIN: B000FBH2LE
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #111,059 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Pretty Girls Everywhere

2. Doin' the Jerk

3. Love Her

4. Seventh Dawn

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Another Tear Falls

2. Saddest Night in the World

3. In My Room

4. Saturday's Child

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Everything Under the Sun

2. Once Upon a Summertime

3. Experience

4. Blueberry Hill

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. No Regrets

2. Hold an Old Friend's Hand

3. Boulder to Birmingham

4. Walkin' in the Sun

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5

1. We're All Alone

2. Many Rivers to Cross

3. First Day

4. Brand New Tennessee Waltz

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Five CD box set containing every studio recording that this American trio released during their '60s heyday and their short-lived '70s reunion plus alternatve versions, etc. Although Scott Engel, Gary Leeds and John Maus were not actually brothers, they achieved enormous success in England and Europe and are now considered to be one of the most influential musical forces of their time. The 115 songs include 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore', 'Make It Easy On Yourself', 'There Goes My Baby', 'Doin' The Jerk', 'Everything's Gonna Be Alright' and many many more. Universal.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential, February 27, 2007

By	John Ellis "jonthes" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Either you have the six solo Walker Brothers LPs (or maybe the first three sixties classics) or you don't have any of them, so of course you'll need this. If you're a fan already the 13 unreleased bonus cuts, while a mixed bag (even Scott Walker isn't going to cut James Brown or Wilson Pickett, though you don't cringe), are priceless - "Lazy Afternoon" (a great theater song from the time when Scott appeared on Broadway as a child actor) or the very best "Shadow of Your Smile" recorded by anyone.

There's more than a full CD of Scott's first Brel-inspired compositions spread over the set; and the three 70s CDs are hard to find now, which all have moments, in particular the third with Scott's bizarre composing genius first blooming.

The packaging and booklet are fun, very 60s fanzine circa mod London - though a bit more information might have been shoehorned in.

Though John can sing there is not one song you wish Scott hadn't done instead - I was crushed John was the vocalist for Randy Newman's "Marie". Scott should do a Nillson-ish Newman album.

The packaging as with the reissue of the Scott box set provokes one complaint - the fifth CD wedged into a cardboard page is not a good idea, I'd suggest the overlapping method used for the Faces box. To keep it from harm, move it to a jewel case.

Scott has one of the very great voices in pop history - and it's exactly the same today as then, eerie. He and Dusty Springfield - heaven. Real pop art, unlike that Warhol imposter. If you have any interest at all in that era and style, pop for this. Bowie wishes he could croon like this. Scott is Johnny Mathis and Captain Beefheart rolled into one. This is the Mathis side.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive collection for Walker Brothers fans, March 8, 2007

By	J. Schoen (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

At last, all in one place, the collection I had always been hoping to find. Every hit and album track from their entire recorded career is present. From their earliest 1960's recordings through to their final 1970's reunion recordings...all the great hits as well as the more obscure album tracks. The collection is nicely boxed, with photos and biographical text, and the analog tracks are nicely restored to their full orchestral, wall of sound, glory. A must for every Walker Brothers fan.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Original Boy Band?, April 6, 2007

By	N. Woodworth (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Walker Brothers were one of those sixties groups which straddled the pop divided between what you mum and dad were listening to and the new sounds emerging out Britain and Mowtown. Looking to the past they drew inspiration from the present. However for most fans (ie. girls) it was their sexy good looks that got much of the attention. By '67 it was all passe and the brooding good looks were not enough to sustain a career.

With the passage of time one can fully appreciate their acheivement of producing quality material for what was largely a juvenile market. I think it was this ability the merge the old and the (then) new that gives the material, with its formal structures, its strength today... and of course Scott's voice, probably one of the greatest voices of our time.

The box set features all of their releases (the 60's and no so good 70's) and some unreleased material, most notably different versions of the Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore. But what makes this indespensible is the freshness of the sound mix. Too often in the past releases of 60's music have sounded dull and lifeless. The engineers have done a great job on this one.

The sun is gonna shine forevermore on this one.