Those Were Days [Import]

Mary Hopkin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 9, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Toshiba EMI Japan
• ASIN: B0007TFCC0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #600,453 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Those Were the Days

2. Goodbye

3. Temma Harbour

4. Think About Your Children

5. Knock Knock Who's There

6. Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

7. Lontano Degli Occhi

8. Sparrow

9. Heritage

10. The Fields of St. Etienne

11. Jefferson

12. Lew My Name Be Sorrow

13. Kew Gardens

14. When I Am Old One Day

15. Silver Birch and Weeping Willow

16. Streets of London

17. Water, Paper and Clay

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding collection of Mary's finest music, September 14, 2002

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Those Were the Days (Audio CD)

First, let's clear up the confusion about Mary's discovery. She appeared on British TV singing Turn turn turn. Among the viewers was Twiggy, who let Paul McCartney know that she might be a bit special. Paul eventually signed her to Apple records. However, even if he hadn't signed her, Mary would probably have got a record deal anyway because of the TV exposure.

The CD itself contains all Mary's hits, both British and American, but the one song which stands out is Those were the days, which was #1 in Britain and #2 in America. Mary's first love was folk music and that is the basis of her music, although there are pop influences. These had faded by the end of her short career with Apple. The Earth songs album, represented here by the last three songs, was all folk music.

Think about your children is an interesting song which ought to make parents everywhere do just that. Jefferson is a country-flavored song with some banjo. Knock knock who's there was Mary's entry in the Eurovision song contest - it didn't win but I think it came second.

This is a fascinating collection of music by a singer who's career was all too brief.

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars EXPENSIVE-But worth it f a fan from the U.S., October 20, 2000

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R. Barnes "Music Collector/Science Fiction Re... (Greenwood, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Those Were the Days (Audio CD)

"Those Were The Days" when issued was a novelty of sorts, and the "Apple Influence" with Paul McCartney was easily apparent. A number one hit here, this was the season of a different brand of number one, from " Hey Jude" to "McArthur Park" to "Judy in Disguise", the 1968 parade of hits had another different smash, the title song.

My actual favorite was "Goodbye", which is penned by Paul McCartney, and I still play the single to this day. A happy and pleasing song, and very top 40. This was followed by other top 40 attempts, such as "Temma Harbour", "Think About Your Children", "Knock Knock, Who's There" and "Que Sera Sera"

Having a high but pleasing voice, she had a few top forty hits, but a large part of her library were local in nature, and these you must hear. "Fields Of St. Etienne" is classic, and "Sparrow ", also a flip side of "Goodbye" is good.

While expensive in the U.S., this is te only source of this amount of Mary Hopkin material, but it is well worth it.

A true representation of AM radio of 1968.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WISTFUL FOLKY POP, May 18, 2003

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Those Were the Days (Audio CD)

Mary Hopkin was one of those 1960s UK pop singers influenced by folk music, like the early Marianne Faithfull. She made breezy melodic pop music with flair and had huge hits with Those Were The Days, Temma Harbour and Knock Knock Who's There. There is a special wistful quality in her voice that makes these songs still resonate in my mind after all these years. The album also includes pop standards like Que Sera Sera and the folk classic Streets Of London which she interprets gracefully, plus a song in Italian. If you like melodic pop from the 60s and early 70s, you'll love this album. I also recommend it to fans of Marianne Faithfull's early work and of Francoise Hardy.