Then Totally Oldies 4 (2002)

Product Summary Label: Varese Sarabande UPC: 00030206640724 Release Date: 10/29/2002 Buy.com Sku: 60579326 Item#: MSQHWX Format:  CD Song Listing 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   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    Product Image