Notes & Personnel Info |  | Performers include: Van Morrison, The Lovin' Spoonful, Sir Douglas Quintet, The Mamas & The Papas, Left Banke, The Ventures, The Box Tops, Bobby Fuller 4, Bob Lind, Hobres. | | Contains 30 tracks. | | Ace's GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN ROCK 'N' ROLL series celebrates the best of US popular music in the '50s and pre-Beatles '60s. With the CHARTBUSTERS series, Ace highlights the years 1964-1969, a period in which US artists responded to the British Invasion with their own twist on the sound. The Lovin' Spoonful and the Mamas & The Papas drew on their folk club origins; the Seeds reduced the beat/R&B sound to its very essence, while groups like Sly & The Family Stone pioneered new sounds. | | Across its 30 tracks, CHARTBUSTERS USA covers virtually the whole spectrum of '60s sounds, from the funky New Orleans sound of Lee Dorsey to the bubblegum pop-psych of the Lemon Pipers, via girl group masterpiece "Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)" and the retro sound of the Bobby Fuller 4. Every one's a Billboard hit, only two falling short of the top 20. There have been many such collections, but few have been assembled with such attention to variety, sound quality and sequencing. |
Producer: Rob Finnis (Compilation) |
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