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| 1. Two Kinds of Teardrops | |||
| 2. Dream Baby | |||
| 3. Happiness | |||
| 4. Two Silhouettes | |||
| 5. She Thinks I Still Care | |||
| 6. My Wild One | |||
| 7. Runaround Sue | |||
| 8. From Me to You | |||
| 9. Kelly | |||
| 10. Hey Baby | |||
| 11. Go Away, Little Girl | |||
| 12. Little Town Flirt | |||
| 13. Memphis | |||
| 14. That's the Way Love Is | |||
| 15. Ruby Baby | |||
| 16. I'll Be Lonely Tomorrow | |||
| 17. I Can't Fool Around Anymore | |||
| 18. Handy Man | |||
| 19. Crying | |||
| 20. Mary Jane | |||
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Shannon sound,
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This review is from: Little Town Flirt/Handy Man (Audio CD)
BGO records of the U.K. offers up this two-fer containing the earlier Big-Top era "Little Town Flirt" album and the rejuvenated Del Shannon's Amy "Handy Man" album.The "... Flirt" album presents some of his best material from his earlier hit-making days. Of note is that many of the songs here (tracks 1-3,5,7,9-12) are the rare stereo versions and while some may say they are inferior to the single mixes, they have a sound stage and fidelity that really brings the material alive. The "Handy Man" album is the first of Del's second wind string of hits on Amy. These tracks are all in mono. While Del's classic sound remains on this group of tracks, there is little original material of the quality of his Big Top era. It does present the grittier "Handy Man" Jimmy Jones remake and the first U.S.-charted Lennon-McCartney tune, "From Me To You". Although both albums have been taken from original masters, the sound quality is better on the "Flirt" album sides (the Amy stuff has always been saturated-sounding). With so many greatest hits collections available on Shannon, this piece is notable for the "Flirt" album - both for content and sound quality.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Two album CD covers some of Del's best material,
By A Customer
This review is from: Little Town Flirt/Handy Man (Audio CD)
Little Town Flirt was re-released a few years ago. Many biographers considered it Del's best album. Indeed, the biggest hits are found on it (Runaway and Hats Off to Larry as well as the title track). "Handy Man" was cut during the "Amy" label years. This was when Del had the Royaltones as his backup band. In Del's opinion, these were the best guys he got to perform with. While there are several forgettable covers, "Give Her Lots of Lovin'" and "Mary Jane" are very good Del originals. If you want to get one Del album that is not just greatest hits fare, and prefer the early years, this is an excellent choice. For collectors, this is the only way I know of to get the "Handy Man" tracks on CD.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
SHANNON'S 2ND & 3RD L.P.'S - NEEDED REMNANTS OF THE 60'S.,
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This review is from: Little Town Flirt/Handy Man (Audio CD)
This twofer is Shannon's 2nd & 3rd original L.P.'s.These two L.P.'s for the most part, continue the sound that Shannon started with. This is the sound he is best remember for. His sound changed considerablely in his later albums. There are elevan original songs of these 24 that are written/co-written by Shannon. This original music adds greatly to the freshness of these albums. Seven songs were co-written with a Mr. McKenzie. As the story goes, "McKenzie was a black guy who turned up at one of Del's recording sessions with half a dozen songs that he had begun to write and could not finish off. Following the completion of these tracks, Mr. McKenzie just disappeared". Four songs charted from these two L.P.'s, three b-sides are here also: 1. "Little town flirt" 1962. 2. "Two kinds of teardrops" b/w "Kelly" 1963. 3. "From me to you" b/w "Two silhouettes" 1963. 4. "Handy man" b/w "Give her lots of lovin'" The other tracks are all good supportive songs that make this twofer a TOTAL listening pleasure. All tracks are very much the SOUND and FEEL of the early 60's. This is some of Del Shannon's best before his departure to the 'muffled' sounding productions of his music in the later 60's and beyond. All original recordings from the early 1960s. (1962, 1963, & 1964) If you like the early 60's music, you'll need this remnant of that fabric. This c.d. is nicely presented, it includes six pages of liner notes, and sounds excellent. (Mono recordings) Produced by BGO (Beat Goes On Records) in 1998, Suffolk, England. U.K.
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