| Product Summary | | Label: Varese Sarabande | | UPC: 00030206640724 | | Release Date: 10/29/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60579326 | | Item#: MSQHWX | Format: CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Lion Sleeps Tonight, The - The Tokens ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. It Hurts To Be In Love - Gene Pitney ~ Various Artists |  | | 3. Boy From New York City, The - The Ad Libs ~ Various Artists |  | | 4. You're The One - The Vogues ~ Various Artists |  | | 5. If You Wanna Be Happy - Jimmy Soul ~ Various Artists |  | | 6. California Sun - The Rivieras ~ Various Artists |  | | 7. Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen ~ Various Artists |  | | 8. For Your Love - The Yardbirds ~ Various Artists |  | | 9. Hang On Sloopy - The McCoys ~ Various Artists |  | | 10. He's So Fine - The Chiffons ~ Various Artists |  | | 11. Oh How Happy - Shades Of Blue ~ Various Artists |  | | 12. Chapel Of Love - The Dixie Cups ~ Various Artists |  | | 13. Happy Together - The Turtles ~ Various Artists |  | | 14. Birds And The Bees, The - Jewel Akens ~ Various Artists |  | | 15. Letter, The - The Box Tops ~ Various Artists |  | | 16. Sugar, Sugar - The Archies ~ Various Artists |  | | 17. Time Of The Season - The Zombies ~ Various Artists |  | | 18. Band Of Gold - Freda Payne ~ Various Artists |  |
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| | Album Notes and Credits | Notes & Personnel Info |  | Compilation producer: Cary E. Mansfield. |  | Includes liner notes by Steve Massie and Marty Wekser. |  | Personnel: Jack Ely, Ron Dante, Toni Wine (vocals). |  | Audio Remixer: David Daugherty. |  | Liner Note Author: Steve Massie. |  | Arrangers: Don Ralke; Bassett Hand; Joe Craig Jones; Mike Stoller. |  | Although there's no outstanding theme or concept to this collection of 1960s hit rock singles, it's of superior quality from several angles. There's good value (18 songs), fidelity, and decent liner notes about each song. For those who want the popular stuff, this also comes through on that score, with all but one of the songs having made the Top Ten (and the one that didn't, Shades of Blue's "Oh How Happy," came close, making #12) and eight having gone to the very top. And there's diversity: pop/rock (the Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," Gene Pitney's "It Hurts to Be in Love," the Vogues' "You're the One," the Turtles' "Happy Together"), British Invasion (the Zombies' "Time of the Season," the Yardbirds' "For Your Love"), soul (Freda Payne's "Band of Gold," the Box Tops' "The Letter"), girl group (the Chiffons' "He's So Fine," the Dixie Cups' "Chapel of Love"), bubblegum (the Archies' "Sugar, Sugar"), and garage bands (the McCoys' "Hang on Sloopy," the Kingsmen's over-anthologized "Louie Louie," the Rivieras' "California Sun"). If you're the kind of driver who likes to play the oldies station in the car, but can't stand all the commercials and know enough about the music to know that these stations usually aren't programmed as well as they could be, this is one for your vehicle's CD player. ~ Richie Unterberger |
| | Technical Info |  | Release Date : 10/29/2002 |  | Original Release Date : 2002 |  | Catalog ID : 066407 |  | Label : Varese (Japan) |  | Number of Discs : 1 |  | Studio/Live : Studio |  | Mono/Stereo : Stereo |  | SPAR Code : n/a |  | UPC : 00030206640724 |
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