British Invasion Box (2004)

Product Summary Label: Varese Sarabande UPC: 00030206654127 Release Date: 2/10/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60625274 Item#: M3RQL9 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Concrete And Clay - Unit 4 2 ~ Various Artists 2. Tell Her No - The Zombies ~ Various Artists 3. Yesterday's Gone - Chad & Jeremy ~ Various Artists 4. Catch The Wind - Donovan ~ Various Artists 5. I Knew It All The Time - The Dave Clark Five ~ Various Artists 6. My Love - Petula Clark ~ Various Artists 7. I Put A Spell On You - Alan Price Set ~ Various Artists 8. Boom Boom - The Animals (live, 1963, live from 1963) ~ Various Artists 9. Telstar - The Tornadoes ~ Various Artists 10. I'm A Man - The Yardbirds ~ Various Artists 11. Love Potion Number Nine - The Searchers ~ Various Artists 12. You Turn Me On (Turn On Song) - Ian Whitcomb & Bluesville ~ Various Artists 13. It's Good News Week - Hedgehoppers Anonymous ~ Various Artists 14. Michelle - David & Johnathan ~ Various Artists 15. Carrie-Anne - The Hollies ~ Various Artists 16. Pied Piper - Crispian St. Peters ~ Various Artists 17. Everyone's Gone To The Moon - Jonathan King ~ Various Artists 18. Tossing And Turning - The Ivy League ~ Various Artists 19. To Sir With Love - Lulu ~ Various Artists 20. Sittin' On A Fence - Twice As Much ~ Various Artists 21. I Don't Want Our Loving To Die - The Herd ~ Various Artists 22. Let The Heartaches Begin - Long John Baldry ~ Various Artists 23. Out Of Time - Chris Farlowe ~ Various Artists 24. Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats ~ Various Artists 25. Itchycoo Park - The Small Faces ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Boys - The Shirelles ~ Various Artists 2. Stay - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs ~ Various Artists 3. Hippy Hippy Shake - Chan Romero ~ Various Artists 4. Twist And Shout - The Isley Brothers ~ Various Artists 5. Devil In His Heart - The Donays ~ Various Artists 6. My Boy Lollipop - Barbie Gaye ~ Various Artists 7. Leave My Kitten Alone - Little Willie John ~ Various Artists 8. Slow Down - Larry Williams ~ Various Artists 9. Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker ~ Various Artists 10. I Go To Pieces - Del Shannon ~ Various Artists 11. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard ~ Various Artists 12. Go Now - Bessie Banks ~ Various Artists 13. Mr. Moonlight - Dr. Feelgood & The Interns ~ Various Artists 14. Honey, Don't ! - Carl Perkins ~ Various Artists 15. I Understand (Just How You Feel) - The G-Clefs ~ Various Artists 16. Act Naturally - Buck Owens ~ Various Artists 17. Universal Soldier - Buffy Sainte-Marie ~ Various Artists 18. Over And Over - Bobby Day ~ Various Artists 19. I Can't Let Go - Evie Sands ~ Various Artists 20. Pretty Flamingo - Gene Pitney ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Audio Compilation Producers: Cary E. Mansfield; Steve Massie. Liner Note Authors: Ian Whitcomb; Bill Dahl. Recording information: America; England. Arrangers: Al Gorgoni; Garry Sherman; P.D.Q. Bach ; Teacho Wiltshire; Tony Hatch. While Varese Sarabande's The British Invasion Box certainly isn't a thoroughly comprehensive or complete overview of the mid-'60s boom of all things English in the world of rock & roll, it's certainly an entertainingly idiosyncratic examination of the period. Disc one, 25 Hits from the British Invasion, stretches that title more than a bit -- in no known universe was "I Knew It All the Time" by the Dave Clark Five really a hit, though since it predated their run of hits it was doubtless available to license unlike their best-known stuff, and similar legal issues make for a few other oddball inclusions. Since obtaining the rights for Beatles and Rolling Stones tracks would be either impossible or cripplingly expensive, compilers Cary E. Mansfield and Steve Massie have made some interesting substitutions -- David & Jonathan's cover of "Michelle," which was produced by Fab Four knob-twiddler George Martin, Twice as Much's take on "Sitting on a Fence," which was produced by onetime Stones Svengali Andrew Loog Oldham, and a version of "Out of Time" by Chris Farlow, which was produced by Mick Jagger himself. Elsewhere, a live take of "Boom Boom" by the Animals and Alan Price's version of "I Put a Spell on You" make for a two-part replacement for "House of the Rising Sun," and though the Who and the Kinks don't make the cut even by proxy, Long John Baldry, Hedgehoppers Anonymous, and the Herd are all here in their semi-obscure glory. But there are still more than a few great tunes here, and any disc with "Tell Her No" by the Zombies, "I'm a Man" by the Yardbirds, "Itchycoo Park" by the Small Faces, and "Friday on My Mind" by the Easybeats can't be all bad. (And yeah, the Easybeats were from Australia, but we'll let that one slide.) The album also includes an entertaining liner essay from Ian Whitcomb, whose only hit, "You Turn Me On (Turn On Song)," has been included. Disc two is called The American Roots of the British Invasion, and brings together 20 tunes by American acts that were later covered by British artists. This proves to be a much more consistent and entertaining listen than the first CD, running the gamut from Buck Owens' Bakersfield twang ("Act Naturally") and Del Shannon's melodramatic pop ("I Go to Pieces") to John Lee Hooker's primitive blues stomp ("Boom Boom") and Larry Williams' frantic R&B ("Slow Down"). Simply put, these are 20 great songs, and if these aren't the versions most folks know best, they still sound terrific compiled here in all their eclectic glory. It's fun stuff, and informative to boot. Consumers take note: both of the discs in The British Invasion Box are available separately, in case one sounds a lot more interesting than the other. ~ Mark Deming Producer: Chip Taylor; Gorgoni; Del Shannon; Don Law; Harold Blaikley; David Nicolson; Gene Pitney; Geoff Stephens; George Martin; Giorgio Gomelsky; Harry Balk; Henry Glover; Carter-Lewis; Jack Gold; Sam Phillips; Jerry Dennon; Jerry Leiber; Joe Meek; Jonathan King   Technical Info Release Date : 02/10/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 066541 Label : Varese Sarabande (USA) Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00030206654127    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray