Ain't That Just Like Me - The Searchers, Carroll, Earl "Spee
Listen to Me - The Searchers, Hardin, Charles
I Can Tell - The Searchers, McDaniels
Sick and Tired - The Searchers, Domino, Fats
Mashed Potatoes - The Searchers, Brown, James [1]
I Sure Know a Lot About Love - The Searchers, Mize
Rosalie - The Searchers, Domino, Fats
Learning the Game - The Searchers, Holly, Buddy
Hey Joe - The Searchers, Bryant, Boudleaux
Always It's You - The Searchers, Bryant, Boudleaux
Hully Gully - The Searchers, Goldsmith
What'd I Say - The Searchers, Charles, Ray [1]
Beautiful Dreamer - The Searchers, Foster, Stephen [1]
Sweet Nothin's - The Searchers, Self, Ronnie
Shakin' All Over - The Searchers, Heath, Fred
Sweet Little Sixteen - The Searchers, Berry, Chuck
Don't You Know - The Searchers, Box
Maybelline - The Searchers, Berry, Chuck
Founded in the late '50s to back the now forgotten Johnny Sandon, this Liverpool foursome first played the Star-Club in July 1962, and made their 19 Philips recordings on March 1, 1963. Soon after they signed with Pye in... more » England and went on to score many pop and folk-rock hits. This, though, is the raw side of the Searchers. Hard, pounding beat music. Here are all early classics like 'Sweets for my Sweet', 'Ain't That Just Like Me', 'Sweet Nothin's', 'Beautiful Dreamer' and many others. 2002.« less
Founded in the late '50s to back the now forgotten Johnny Sandon, this Liverpool foursome first played the Star-Club in July 1962, and made their 19 Philips recordings on March 1, 1963. Soon after they signed with Pye in England and went on to score many pop and folk-rock hits. This, though, is the raw side of the Searchers. Hard, pounding beat music. Here are all early classics like 'Sweets for my Sweet', 'Ain't That Just Like Me', 'Sweet Nothin's', 'Beautiful Dreamer' and many others. 2002.
Edward Nutter | Sarasota, FL United States | 06/24/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This CD is an update of an LP from Mercury released about 1964; there are several more tunes on the CD. The LP was issued with a weak lead guitar volume level; unfortunately this has not been changed on the CD. One would assume it was on the master. But the music is great. Many bands rush through songs when playing live, but the Searchers have great live arrangements played with perfect pace. These are the Tony Jackson (bass) Searchers before their sound was sedated in the studio, so there are no sweet, gentle moments. I like this lineup which produced their first two U.S. studio albums including material like Some Other Guy, Sea of Heartbreak, and Saturday Night Out. Each British invasion group had its own favorite American influences; you will hear the C&W and R&B favored by the Searchers as well as the Buddy Holly favorites plus Stephen Foster's Beautiful Dreamer. Brenda Lee's Sweet Nothings has a clever vocal arrangement. Play it often; it sounds better each time."