Great Ladies Of Rock & Roll The 60's (2002)

Product Summary Label: Collectables Records UPC: 00090431989425 Release Date: 10/22/2002 Buy.com Sku: 60582680 Item#: MXRT7G Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Respect - Aretha Franklin ~ Various Artists 2. Dancing In The Street - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas ~ Various Artists 3. My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels ~ Various Artists 4. Loco-Motion, The - Little Eva ~ Various Artists 5. Chapel Of Love - The Dixie Cups ~ Various Artists 6. Different Drum - Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt ~ Various Artists 7. Party Lights - Claudine Clark ~ Various Artists 8. I Know - Barbara George ~ Various Artists 9. I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March ~ Various Artists 10. Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes ~ Various Artists 11. Hello Stranger - Barbara Lewis ~ Various Artists 12. It's My Party - Lesley Gore ~ Various Artists 13. Tell Him - The Exciters ~ Various Artists 14. Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon ~ Various Artists 15. He's So Fine - The Chiffons ~ Various Artists 16. Lover's Concerto, A - Toys ~ Various Artists 17. Downtown - Petula Clark ~ Various Artists 18. My Guy - Mary Wells ~ Various Artists 19. To Sir With Love - Lulu ~ Various Artists 20. Walk On By - Dionne Warwick ~ Various Artists 21. Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl - Patty & The Emblems ~ Various Artists 22. Bobby's Girl - Marcie Blane ~ Various Artists 23. Boy From New York City, The - The Ad Libs ~ Various Artists 24. Popsicles And Icicles - Murmaids ~ Various Artists 25. Shoop Shoop Song, The (It's In His Kiss) - Betty Everett ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info This CD was packaged for and promoted by WJMK, Chicago, Illinois. This CD was packaged for and promoted by WODS, Boston, Massachusetts. This CD was packaged for and promoted by WSNI, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Liner Note Author: Al Fichera. WSNI: Great Ladies of Rock 'N' Roll 60's includes 25 pop and R&B standards from Aretha Franklin, Petula Clark, and Dionne Warwick, along with one-hit wonders Toys ("A Lover's Concerto"), Patty & the Emblems ("Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl"), and Murmaids ("Popsicles and Icicles"). While the packaging is drab, the sound quality is decent, making this an affordable way to pick up these classic oldies. ~ Al Campbell Great Ladies of Rock & Roll -- The '60s offers 25 tracks of the best female-fronted pop music during a decade when they often reigned supreme. Any compiler would be hard-pressed to outdo the selection here, which includes a parade of top tunes: "Respect," "Stop! In the Name of Love," "My Guy," "Dancing in the Street," "My Boyfriend's Back," and more (and yes, they are the original recordings). And despite the epoch that separated the beginning of the '60s to its end, this set is much more unified than other volumes in the same series. As often happens, Collectables' focus on sound quality isn't top-rate, but for the low price this one is usually offered for, it's difficult to complain too much. ~ John Bush Great Ladies of Rock & Roll -- The '60s offers 25 tracks of the best female-fronted pop music during a decade when they often reigned supreme. Any compiler would be hard-pressed to outdo the selection here, which includes a parade of top tunes: "Respect," "Stop! In the Name of Love," "My Guy," "Dancing in the Street," "My Boyfriend's Back," and more (and yes, they are the original recordings). As often happens, Collectables' focus on sound quality isn't top-rate, but for the low price this one is usually offered for, it's difficult to complain too much. ~ John Bush Compiled by Joe McCoy of New York oldies radio station WCBS-FM, this 25-track collection digs into the vaults of several labels (all five majors are represented) to survey the distaff side of 1960s pop hitmaking. There is no attempt made to be scholarly or comprehensive, just a sort of dream radio program lasting over an hour, with no commercials or interruptions from a disc jockey. Major figures like Aretha Franklin, the Supremes, and Dionne Warwick rub shoulders with one-hit wonders, but nearly all the songs were big hits, and if the occasional one has disappeared into the mists of history ("Mixed up, Shook up Girl" by Patty & the Emblems, number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964), practically every one will bring a smile to listeners of a certain age, while younger music fans may make some discoveries. The lyrical themes are strictly out of adolescence, no matter the era; these women are desperately concerned with true love and being faithful to romantic companions who are often idealized or absent. Put the songs together, and questions occur: the Angels may be overjoyed that "My Boyfriend's Back," to "save my reputation," but where did he go?; Little Peggy March declares, "I Will Follow Him," but where is he going exactly? Of course, such sentiments don't jibe with the independent, feminist concerns of a later era as well as, say, leadoff track "Respect," but, musically anyway, they remain just as compelling as ever. ~ William Ruhlmann WJMK: Great Ladies of Rock 'N' Roll 60s includes 25 pop and R&B standards from Aretha Franklin, Petula Clark, and Dionne Warwick, along with one-hit wonders, including Toys ("A Lover's Concerto"), Patty & the Emblems ("Mixed up, Shook up Girl"), and Murmaids ("Popsicles and Icicles"). While the packaging is drab, the sound quality is decent, making this an affordable way to pick up these classic oldies. ~ Al Campbell   Technical Info Release Date : 03/14/2006 Original Release Date : 2002 Catalog ID : 9894 Label : Collectables Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00090431989425    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray