Sunshine Days 2: 60's Pop Classics

Sunshine Days (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 29, 1997)
• Original Release Date: July 29, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B00000150Z
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #372,001 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't You Care

2. Dedicated to the One I Love

3. Mind Excursion

4. Let the Good Times In

5. Grazing in the Grass

6. There's Got to Be a Word!

7. 98.6

8. Open up Your Heart

9. The Dis-Advantages of You

10. Distant Shores

11. Sandy

12. Look, Here Comes the Sun

13. Younger Girl

14. Daydream Believer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pop lite stuff, November 9, 2002

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Zub "Zubenelgenubi" (Forks Twp., PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunshine Days 2: 60's Pop Classics (Audio CD)

In this, the second volume of Varese's compilation series of light pop tunes from the later 60's, is found an eclectic mix of monster-, modest- and non-hits. Nestled between such top-10 commonplace hits such as the Mamas and Papas' remake of the Shirelles' "Dedicated To The One I Love", Keith's medicinal "98.6" and the Monkees' "Daydream Believer" are some rarely-found tunes such as the Trade Winds' "Mind Excursion" and Ronny and the Daytonas' (of "Little GTO" notoriety) "Sandy" that took a back seat to these groups' more well-known charting singles. In among the five top-10 and seven top-100 charters found here are two sides that never dented the top-100 at all.

Sound quality is very good with tracks 2,4-5,8-9,12 and 14 appearing in stereo with the remainder in original single-version mono. Rounding out the piece is an eight-page liner notes booklet providing background info on the included tracks along with production credits.

For fans of the genre, this collection offers a nice mix of well- and lesser-known tunes exemplifing the more chipper side of late 60's pop.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An okay collection of hits -- contains mono single versions, August 20, 2000

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[e-mail] (Longmeadow, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sunshine Days 2: 60's Pop Classics (Audio CD)

This uptempo collection of songs doesn't contain any real new material that hasn't been recycled on other compilations. The difference is the mono single versions of some songs. In this compilation, DON'T YOU CARE; 98.6; YOUNGER GIRL are MONAURAL. You can easily find these songs elsewhere on other compilations in STEREO. Other than this little detail, the quality of the recordings is excellent. As with other CDs in this series of 5 CDs, there are some obscure titles from well-known artists. I wouldn't rate this set critical for any cd collection.