Track Listings (22) - Disc #1| All Artists: We Five Title: There Stands The Door - The Best Of We Five Members Wishing: 3 Total Copies: 0 Label: Big Beat UK Original Release Date: 1/1/2009 Re-Release Date: 3/6/2009 Album Type: Import Genres: Pop, Rock Styles: Oldies, Vocal Pop, Folk Rock Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 029667428620 |
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We Five were the highest charting act to emerge from San Francisco until the rise of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Their summer 1965 smash, You Were On My Mind, was as important as Mr Tambourine Man in introducing the publ... more » |
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Product Description We Five were the highest charting act to emerge from San Francisco until the rise of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Their summer 1965 smash, You Were On My Mind, was as important as Mr Tambourine Man in introducing the public to the notion of folk-rock.The Big Beat compilation There Stands The Door - The Best Of We Five brings overdue reassessment of this important group who, with the powerful lead vocals of Bev Bivens, had one of the most distinctive sounds in 60s pop.The collection draws upon the groups three albums for A&M, mostly produced under the careful auspices of Frank Werbers Trident Productions, as well as featuring rare gems such as the non-LP single There Stands The Door and a host of previously unissued sides.Produced with full co-operation from the groups members and illustrated with many rarely-seen photos, There Stands The Door - The Best Of We Five is an essential purchase for any lover of mid-60s pop. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsLong overdue reassessment Don Loiacano | Bowling Green, KY United States | 04/11/2009 (4 out of 5 stars) "I've always loved the We Five, ever since seeing a clip in the mid 90s on the Hullaballoo video set of them performing 'You let a love burn out'; this was followed by a 'duet' with Soupy Sales of 'Daydream', then on the charts for the Lovin' Spoonful. This set is another wonderful treatment by Big Beat and the liner notes are EXTREMELY thorough, revealing things I never knew about the band [it was a pleasant surprise to see and hear that they were an integrated touring and recording group]. The saga of their Coke commercial fiasco is worth the price of admission. I can't give this a five star review, however. The version of 'Love Me Not Tomorrow', a song which opens their first LP, included here is the letdown for me, almost burying Bev Bivens' vocals. The CCM version of their two LPs includes a version that just JUMPS out at you, giving Bev's voice the full treatment. It being my favorite 'forgotten' We Five track, it sends me running for the other CD everytime. But, of course, that just means more We Five! So buy this AND the CCM twofer of their first two A&M LPs and you've got the original lineup in all its glory." FINALLY! Duane R. Wirdel | 03/24/2009 (5 out of 5 stars) "For years members of the current We Five and their fans have been lobbying to get "There Stands the Door" out on cd. Sundazed botched it and didn't put it on their disc of the first two albums, the people who did "Love is the Song We Sing" boxed set didn't and now HERE IT IS! This cd is great and shows the band at their folk rock/proto psychedelia best, but the song "There Stands the Door" is a forgotten classic that hit number 100 and died. We Five's leader, Jerry Burgan is quite proud of it and well he should be. It has droning sitar-like 12 strings, an Indian motif and some of Bev's best singing. Buy this cd before it goes OOP. If you love San Francisco 60's music, folk-rock or psychedelia YOU NEED THIS cd!" It sounds like someone re-mastered when they shouldn't have. Rower | Leverett, MA USA | 11/25/2009 (4 out of 5 stars) "If you like folk rock, this is a very good album. It also contains some blues, rock and even tunes with blue grass and country flavors. It's an enjoyable collection of tunes from a group of skilled musicians, writers and a first rate singer (on most cuts).
I've been a hard core fan of the original We Five since "You Were On MY Mind" first came out, and was delighted when one could get the original album on the "You Were On My Mind / Make Someone Happy" CD. However, for those Beverly Bivens fans out there, be prepared for a disappointment. It sounds like her voice is actually "diminished" on some cuts. It's especially noticeable on "Love Me Not Tomorrow" and "Poet." It's blatantly obvious on cuts where the string/guitar base volume has been increased when compared to earlier recordings (the base was increased as well as her voice lowered, separate but simultaneous changes). This did not sound like a general shift in equalization, but sounded like many cuts had been re-mastered. Too, too bad. As much as I loved the We Five, I couldn't give this 5 stars. If you would like to hear a truly remarkable voice, listen to the first six cuts on the "You Were On MY Mind / Make Someone Happy" CD. Nevertheless, "the best of" is also worth owning. " |
