The Very Best of Brian Poole And The Tremeloes [Import]

Brian Poole & Tremeloes (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 26, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram UK
• ASIN: B0000081FK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #205,362 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Do You Love Me

2. Candy Man

3. Someone Someone

4. Twist And Shout

5. What Do You Want With My Baby

6. Time Is On My Side

7. I Can Dance

8. Out Of My Mind

9. Medley Dont Ever Change Lets Twist Again The Locomotion

10. The Three Bells (The Jimmy Brown Song)

11. I Want Candy

12. Rag Doll

13. We Know

14. Its All Right

15. Mr Bass Man

16. South Street

17. Hey Girl

18. Well Whos That

19. Medley Twistin The Night Away Thing Return To Sender

20. Twelve Steps To Love

Editorial Reviews

Full Tilte- World of Brian Poole & The Tremeloes. Budget price 20-track collection. Karussell. 1996.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Decca signed Tremeloes instead of the Beatles, September 10, 2004

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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: The Very Best of Brian Poole And The Tremeloes (Audio CD)

On New Year's Day, 1962, the Tremeloes auditioned for a recording contract immediately after the Beatles (then with Pete Best - later to be replaced by Ringo Starr). The man who had to choose only one signed the Tremeloes, although he eventually redeemed himself by signing the Rolling Stones to Decca on a recommendation from George Harrison. It is easy to laugh at the decision with hindsight, but the Tremeloes were a more experienced group and had a regular slot on BBC radio, therefore were known to many more people than the Beatles. Furthermore, the Tremeloes were based in London where the record company was located, so this also counted against the Beatles.

The Tremeloes were originally formed by a group of teenagers in 1958 with Brian Poole as their lead singer. Following their signing to Decca, the record company insisted that they put Brian's name up front, so they became Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. They found plenty of work, having non-charting singles of their own as well as backing other recording artists. Among these were the Vernon girls, who had minor UK hits with covers of Lover please (Clyde McPhatter) and Locomotion (Little Eva) - it was Locomotion that featured the Tremeloes.

Their first chart entry (a UK top five hit) was Twist and shout, a cover of an early Isley Brothers song that they'd recorded after hearing it on the Beatles' debut album. They followed it with Do you love me, a cover of a Contours song, which topped the UK charts for three weeks, knocking She loves you (Beatles) off the top - temporarily. The latter record returned to the top a couple of months later. The Dave Clark Five also covered Do you love me, but their version (their debut single) only made number 30 in the UK, though it did much better for them in America.

Brian Poole and the Tremeloes continued to succeed on the UK charts with covers of American songs including Candy man (number six) and Someone someone (number two), the latter being their only American hit, peaking at 97 on Billboard.

As the UK hits dried up, tensions within the group caused a split. Because Brian had been the focus of the group, it was generally assumed that he would go on to succeed as a solo singer while the group would fade into obscurity. Much to everybody's surprise, the reverse happened. Brian failed to establish himself as a solo act, eventually quitting the music business although he made periodic returns on the sixties revival circuit. The Tremeloes, with further line-up changes, re-emerged as a very different group in 1967. In that new form and on a different record label, they became much more successful and much more famous, but those recordings are to be found separately.

This compilation will interest Tremeloes fans wishing to trace the early history of the group and will also interest Brits who actually remember the hits. Beyond that, it will appeal to sixties collectors who enjoy the blend of pop, rock'n'roll and R+B that Brian Poole and the Tremeloes were noted for.

5.0 out of 5 stars Brian Poole and Tremeloes are Great!, October 18, 2008

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This is aA great listen...with vintage re-do's of early rock-n-roll! Good purchase for the loyal Tremeloe fan!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Name Sake, September 16, 2008

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Brian Poole and myself went to the same school in the UK.
A young girl asked for my autograph for her younger sister
as she thought I was the singer with the Tremeloes.
I could not disapoint her young sister ,so I gave her my
signature and she thanked me and said that her sister will
be thrilled to piecies to get the autograph.