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UK three CD set. Every Friday evening at exactly 6.08pm, over 10 million teenagers tuned in to the most popular live TV show ever made in the UK: Ready Steady Go!. Hosted by Cathy McGowan and Keith Fordyce, it was THE music show for the in-crowd, the Carnaby Street set where Pop, Soul and R&B mixed with the latest fashions and the latest dance craze. The Weekend Starts Here!, a musical overview of acts featured on that show, is the greatest collection of 60's classics ever put together. Includes cuts from Booker T & The MG's, Dusty Springfield, Eddie Floyd, Edwin Starr, Ike & Tina Turner, Isley Brothers, James Brown, Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger, Little Richard, Long John Baldry, Lulu, Manfred Mann, Martha & The Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, Otis Redding, Rod Stewart, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Solomon Burke, Stevie Wonder, The Animals, The Four Tops, The Small Faces, The Temptations, The Who, The Yardbirds and many others. 75 tracks. Virgin. 2008.