Another really outstanding disc in the One Hit Wonders series, Volume 2 pulls out all the musical stops. There is the garage band sound of "Let It Out(Let It All Hang Out)", the bubblegummy but very good sound of "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" and the powerful, nearly big band sound of Merilee Rush's beautiful "Angel of the Morning".
The disc features a rare version of "Hang On, Sloopy" which includes a verse removed from the commercial release (the song needed to be shortened to fit the standard radio play slots of the day). There is also the wonderful and hard to find ballad "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye", a massively successful 1967 cut that strongly echoed the sound of the 1957 through 1962 doowop era.
The variety of music on this disc is breathtaking, and the superior mastering makes it sound better than the first time we heard it on AM radio. This is another of Rhino's many entries into the "Don't Miss It" category. Very highly recommended.
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