|
|
64 of 65 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hard To Find? Some Were Impossible!, July 22, 2000
I am a huge fan of Sixties music. For more than 20 years I have been making my own taped compilations from my 6,000-plus record collection. When I bought the book "Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits," I began making such tapes as "The Top 50 Songs of Lennon-McCartney," "The Top 40 Songs of the Beach Boys," "The Top 100 Songs of the Sixties," but when I started doing individual years ("The Top 100 songs of 1961," etc.) I would hit a snag. Some songs were out of print, and had been for years. Usually I would end up buying the 45--if I could find it. One of the singles I bought--the extremely hard to find "Little Ole Man" by comedian Bill Cosby--is now available on this terrific 20-track CD; most of them for the first time and many of them appear in stereo.Here's what you get (including peak chart position and year of issue): 1. "I Got You Babe" Sonny & Cher #1, 1965 (stereo) 2. "Little Ole Man" Bill Cosby #4, 1967 (stereo) 3. "Deep Purple" Nino Tempo & April Stevens #1, 1963 (stereo) 4. "Angel on My Shoulder" Shelby Flint #22, 1960 (mono) 5. "Johnny Get Angry" Joanie Sommers #7, 1962 (stereo) 6. "Apple Blossom Time" Tab Hunter #31, 1959 (stereo) 7. "White Silver Sands" Don Rondo #7, 1957 (mono) 8. "Ebony Eyes" Everly Brothers #8, 1961 (stereo) 9. "Let's Think About Living" Bob Luman #7, 1960 (stereo) 10. "Al Di La" Emilio Pericoli #6, 1962 (mono) 11. "A Lover's Concerto" The Toys #2, 1965 (mono) 12. "Don't Say Nothin' Bad" The Cookies #7, 1963 (mono) 13. "B-A-B-Y" Carla Thomas #14, 1966 (stereo) 14. "Take a Letter Maria" R.B. Greaves #2, 1969 (stereo) 15. "Next Plane to London" The Rose Garden #17, 1967 (stereo) 16. "Batman Theme" The Marketts #17, 1966 (stereo) 17. "Sixteen Reasons" Connie Stevens #3, 1960 (stereo) 18. "One Boy" Joanie Sommers #54, 1960 (stereo) 19. "Looking for an Echo" Kenny Vance (did not chart) (stereo) 20. "Turn Around, Look at Me" The Vogues #7, 1968 (stereo) With several of these songs the title of this CD might more correctly be Impossible To Find 45s on CD. (However, a few, like "I Got You Babe," "Ebony Eyes," "A Lover's Concerto," "Turn Around, Look at Me," are not too difficult to find elsewhere.) At any rate, Eric Records has used the best source tapes available to make available on CD some terrific lost gems. For the price of the four 45rpm singles on this CD I bought, I could have paid for this CD. This is a welcome addition to any Sixties collection RECOMMENDED
|
Interact With Your Music: Discover, listen to, and buy new music, all from the pages of SPIN's digital edition, free to Amazon customers.
~ Hard To Find 45s On CD (Series)
~ Hard To Find 45s On CD (Series)
~ Various Artists
~ Various Artists
~ Hard To Find 45s On CD (Series)
