Mainly obscure sixties music - brilliant
Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 04/01/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A lot of the tracks here sound like they could have been hits at the time, but very few of them actually were hits. Some of the non-hits were hits for other singers, but most of the songs here were unfamiliar to me when I bought this compilation at the time of its original release in 2005.
Petula Clark performs two tracks here (Gotta tell the world, Life and soul of the party), either of which could have been hits for her if released as singles and properly marketed. I don't think they were released as singles, but they did appear as album tracks. One song that was a hit for her (Color my world) is here via a cover by Two of Each, a four-member group that included Mally Page, sister of Jackie Trent. Mally is represented via a solo recording (You can be wrong about boys) while her more famous sister is here on two tracks (Only one such as you, Such a small love). Another song first recorded by Petula (Have another dream on me) is here covered by Dilys Watling.
Of the other artists featured, the most famous among them are Helen Shapiro (Silly boy I love you, Take me for awhile), Anita Harris (London life), Billie Davis (Ev`ry day, Last one to be loved), Pickettywitch (You got me so I don`t know), the Paper Dolls (Something here in my heart keeps a-telling me no) and Jackie Lee (Everybody needs a little loving). With the exception of the Paper Dolls, who are surprisingly represented by their big hit, all these artists are represented by less obvious tracks, avoiding the big hits. Unless you're really into their music, you probably haven't heard these songs before.
Songs you might have heard before include Pay you back with interest (originally by the Hollies, here covered by Dana Gillespie), B-A-B-Y (originally by Carla Thomas, here covered by Ferris Wheel), Take away the emptiness too (also recorded by the Foundations, but here sung by Tina Tott) and L David Sloane (a top ten American hit for Michele Lee, then unknown in Britain but who later became famous as an actress, here covered by Kay Garner). You probably haven't heard Words written on water (here performed by the Baker Twins) as the original was also an obscure track - by the Avons. Actually, I love this song and it's one of my favorites here.
There are many other wonderful tracks here, by great singers such as Julie Grant, Barbara Ruskin, Sandra Barry, Nita Rossi and others. If you enjoy music by female singers of the sixties and you're not preoccupied with charts, you'll love this."
IT REALLY IS FINE. GO GET IT
Edward Brydalski | Buffalo New York | 12/05/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This CD is really good and it sounds great.
Get it if you can!!!!"
Track Listings (50) - Disc #1