'60s: Gold Various Artists This series Gold, put out by Universal Music Co. is usually of top quality. Culling from the vast Universal Catalog, the '60s, has an excellent selection of well known standards as well as several "hard to find " chestnuts. The sound quality is very good and 40 songs, make this a thrifty purchase for the asking price.
Album DescriptionThe best rare '60's collection ever! 40 solid gold AM radio classics like, 'Morning Girl', Neon Philharmonic, 'Apricot Brandy', Rhinoceros, 'Bottle Of Wine', Fireballs, 'Best Of Both Worlds', Lulu, 'Son Of A Preacher Man', Dusty Springfieldand 'Mr. Bojangles', Jerry Jeff Walker and more. Standard jewel case. 1999 release.
REVIEW
Surprising collection This is an import version of a set that was originally available from Sound Exchange, a Time Warner direct marketing music operation that has since folded. Though, since its original issue, some of these tracks have become available on CD elsewhere, there are several here that made their CD debut with this set and are still hard-to-find. Four Jacks and a Jill's "Master Jack", the Association's song from the movie, "Goodbye Columbus", Leapy Lee's "Little Arrows" and "Don't Just Stand There" by Patty Duke are among the rarities found here. Sound quality is quite good overall with all tracks except disc 1, tracks 4,14,16,17,19 and 20 and disc 2 tracks 7 and 20 appearing in their stereo version. While it may seem a bit pricey, with 40 tracks on two discs, it represents a reasonably good value. This is a surprisingly interesting collection of mostly substantially charting, yet seldom-found 45's from the later 60s. Since track listings are not supplied at the time of this review, they are as follows: DISC ONE: Lazy Day - Spanky and Our Gang; The 59th Street Bridge Song - Harpers Bizarre; Master Jack - Four Jacks and a Jill; Western Union - Five Americans; Morning Girl - Neon Philharmonic; Brand New Me - Dusty Springfield; Turn Down Day - Cyrkle; Shame, Shame - Magic Lanterns; Baby, I'm Yours - Barbara Lewis; I Got Rhythm - Happenings; Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield; Bowling Green - Everly Bros.; Don't Just Stand There - Patty Duke; Sweet Inspiration - Sweet Inspirations; Goodbye Columbus - Association; Pied Piper - Crispian St. Peters; Best Of Both Worlds - Lulu; Will You Be Staying After Sunday - Peppermint Rainbow; Next Plane To London - Rose Garden; Bottle Of Wine - Fireballs. DISC TWO: Games People Play - Joe South; Baby The Rain Must Fall - Glenn Yarbrough; I'm A Fool - Dino, Desi and Billy; Apricot Brandy - Rhinoceros; Crying Game - Brenda Lee; And Suddenly - Cherry People; Malibu U - Harpers Bizarre; Alice's Rock and Roll Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie; D.W. Washburn - Monkees; Classical Gas - Mason Williams; Indian Lake - Cowsills; Action - Freddy Cannon; Mr. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker; Nashville Cats - Lovin' Spoonful; Come On Down To My Boat - Every Mother's Son; I Love You - People; Little Arrows - Leapy Lee; Mr. Dieingly Sad - Critters; Long Lonesome Highway - Michael Parks; Let It Out - Hombres.
TRACK LISTING: [1]. People Got to Be Free - The Rascals 3:01 [2]. Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations 2:58 [3]. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell 2:28 [4]. C'mon Marianne - The Four Seasons 2:34 [5]. Silence Is Golden The Tremeloes 3:08 [6]. Everything That Touches You - The Association 3:19 [7]. The Unicorn - Irish Rovers 3:22 [8]. Sweet Cherry Wine - Tommy James 4:21 [9]. Delilah - Tom Jones 3:23 [10]. To Sir with Love - Lulu 2:46 [11]. Holiday - Bee Gees 2:55 [12]. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Hugo Montenegro 2:44 [13]. Woman, Woman - Gary Puckett 3:12 [14]. You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat & Tears 4:19 [15]. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers 2:56 [16]. I Got Rhythm The Happenings 2:59 [17]. She'd Rather Be with Me - The Turtles 2:20 [18]. Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead - Fifth Estate 2:05 [19]. Indian Lake The Cowsills 2:42 [20]. Little Green Apples - O.C. Smith 3:56 [21]. Jean - Oliver 3:19 [22]. One - Three Dog Night 3:00
1. Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes~~2. Dawn (Go Away) - The 4 Seasons~~3. I Know A Place - Petula Clark~~4. My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small~~5. Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers~~6. There! I've Said It Again - Bobby Vinton~~7. Love Potion Number Nine - The Searchers~~8. Lady Godiva - Peter and Gordon~~9. Ooh Baby Baby - The Miracles~~10. Monday, Monday - The Mamas and the Papas~~11. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers~~12. Bus Stop - The Hollies~~13. Five O'Clock World - The Vogues~~14. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) - The Byrds~~15. Along Comes Mary - The Association~~16. Save Your Heart For Me - Gary Lewis and the Playboys~~17. Let's Hang On! - The 4 Seasons~~18. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - Marvin Gaye~~19. Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind? - The Lovin' Spoonful~~20. Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle~~21. Dang Me - Roger Miller~~23. Ferry Cross the Mersey - Gerry and the Pacemakers.
Full tracks 1. Cry Like a Baby - The Box Tops~~~2. I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James and the Shondells~~~3. Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees~~~4. Sloop John B - The Beach Boys~~~5. Both Sides Now - Judy Collins~~~6. Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat & Tears~~~7. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In - The 5th Dimension~~~8. I Saw Her Again - The Mamas & the Papas~~~9. Dizzy - Tommy Roe~~~10. Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds~~~11. 1-2-3 - Len Barry~~~12. Kind of a Drag - The Buckinghams~~~13. Mellow Yellow -Donovan~~~14. Na Na Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam~~~15. Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie - Jay and the Techniques~~~16. Little Bit O' Soul - The Music Explosion~~~17. Love Is All Around - The Troggs~~~18. Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking) - Janis Ian~~~19. San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie~~~20. Hold Me Tight - Johnny Nash~~~21. Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers~~~22. The Pied Piper - Crispian St. Peters.
1. Brown Eyed Girl2. Midnight Confessions3. Crystal Blue Persuasion4. Stormy5. Groovin6. you're my everything7. young girl8. come on down to my boat9. green tambourine10. never my love11. darling be home soon12. galveston13. take a letter maria14. creeque alley15. your precious love16. my special angel17. elenore18. reach out of the darkness19. cant take my eyes off of you20. this is my song21. release me and let me love again22. alfie
60 top hits of the 60's on 3 discs. Created by Time Life for Costco, this collection is sure to please any lover of classic songs by the most well known artists of the 60's.
