- Audio CD (13 Dec 2004)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: Virgin
- ASIN: B0000074VW
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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I regard this as the best series of sixties compilations yet released on CD. Even with 200 tracks between four volumes, it would have been easy to continue the series. On compilations like this, I particularly look for classic tracks by artists who only had one or two big hits. Of course, most of the major names are here although you won't find Elvis, the Beatles or the Rolling Stones here due to licensing restrictions.
On this volume, I was particularly pleased to find Rescue me (Fontella Bass) as I already had many of the other tracks elsewhere, but there are so many classics here that I never tire of hearing including Flowers in the rain (Move), Waterloo sunset (Kinks), Downtown (Petula Clark), The sun ain't gonna shine any more (Walker brothers), Dock of the bay (Otis Redding), Reach out I'll be there (Four Tops), Dancing in the street (Martha Reeves and the Vandellas) and It's not unusual (Tom Jones) to name a few. Whiter shade of pale (Procol Harum) is here too, though I still haven't figured out what the song is about - not that it matters because it's classic. There are two country songs - Crazy (Patsy Cline) and Wichita lineman (Glen Campbell). I was surprised but pleased to find them here.
When I bought this upon its release, I noticed some obvious omissions but subsequent volumes dealt with many of them. Never mind, this was (and remains) a brilliant compilation in its own right.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Any compilation with such a petulant, optimistic title is bound not to live up to expectations. However, most of mine were met, even though I have many of these tracks elsewhere.
It`s great to have in one place Cliff`s breezily summery The Young Ones, Carole King`s charmingly youthful It Might As Well Rain Until September, Del Shannon`s driven Runaway, The Everlys` pounding later hit The Price Of Love, immaculate Zombies one-off She`s Not There, Manfred Mann`s finest single Pretty Flamingo, the sublime Unchained Melody, impeccable, yearning Wichita Lineman, Andy Williams at his best, two immortal tracks by the Four Tops & Martha & the Vandellas, the original r`n`b-inflected Moodies` unforgettable chart-topper Go Now, and of course the peerless Waterloo Sunset, a song it`s never the wrong time to hear, by the one 60s group who perhaps, Beatles aside, sound as fresh & timeless today as they ever did.
I would have chosen different examples by the Beach Boys (Do It Again instead of the overhyped Good Vibrations), the wonderful Hollies (I`m Alive or Yes I Will instead of He Ain`t Heavy...), The Move (perhaps Blackberry Way or Tonight rather than the dated Flowers In The Rain), and Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers, whose sturdy version of the Beatles` Got To Get You Into My Life is fine, but I`d have chosen their superb Drifters cover One Way Love.
There`s hardly anything here I don`t like - though a little of Mony Mony and Hi Ho Silver Lining go a long way now, and Silence Is Golden isn`t a patch on the hits the Tremeloes had with Brian Poole - Do You Love Me, Candy Man & Someone Someone.
Van the Man is represented by the goodtime Brown Eyed Girl, and who could possibly have left off The Byrds, with that opening riff to Mr Tambourine Man as redolent of sixties pop as anything else on this almost perfect 50-track anthology.
I just thank the compilers for not including the awful Where Do You Go To My Lovely
by Peter Sarstedt. Thanks for that - though I daresay it`s on a future volume in the series.
Worth having, not least as each CD is filled almost to its maximum 75 or so mins. Some welcome Motown & classic soul too.
Ah, those were the days, my friend...
It`s great to have in one place Cliff`s breezily summery The Young Ones, Carole King`s charmingly youthful It Might As Well Rain Until September, Del Shannon`s driven Runaway, The Everlys` pounding later hit The Price Of Love, immaculate Zombies one-off She`s Not There, Manfred Mann`s finest single Pretty Flamingo, the sublime Unchained Melody, impeccable, yearning Wichita Lineman, Andy Williams at his best, two immortal tracks by the Four Tops & Martha & the Vandellas, the original r`n`b-inflected Moodies` unforgettable chart-topper Go Now, and of course the peerless Waterloo Sunset, a song it`s never the wrong time to hear, by the one 60s group who perhaps, Beatles aside, sound as fresh & timeless today as they ever did.
I would have chosen different examples by the Beach Boys (Do It Again instead of the overhyped Good Vibrations), the wonderful Hollies (I`m Alive or Yes I Will instead of He Ain`t Heavy...), The Move (perhaps Blackberry Way or Tonight rather than the dated Flowers In The Rain), and Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers, whose sturdy version of the Beatles` Got To Get You Into My Life is fine, but I`d have chosen their superb Drifters cover One Way Love.
There`s hardly anything here I don`t like - though a little of Mony Mony and Hi Ho Silver Lining go a long way now, and Silence Is Golden isn`t a patch on the hits the Tremeloes had with Brian Poole - Do You Love Me, Candy Man & Someone Someone.
Van the Man is represented by the goodtime Brown Eyed Girl, and who could possibly have left off The Byrds, with that opening riff to Mr Tambourine Man as redolent of sixties pop as anything else on this almost perfect 50-track anthology.
I just thank the compilers for not including the awful Where Do You Go To My Lovely
by Peter Sarstedt. Thanks for that - though I daresay it`s on a future volume in the series.
Worth having, not least as each CD is filled almost to its maximum 75 or so mins. Some welcome Motown & classic soul too.
Ah, those were the days, my friend...
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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The Best Sixties Album In The World...Ever! - CD 1
2:45 01 - Monkees - I'm A Believer
3:10 02 - Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
2:25 03 - Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September
3:12 04 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows - The Young Ones
2:19 05 - Del Shannon - Runaway
3:16 06 - Four Seasons - Let's Hang On
2:36 07 - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You
2:05 08 - Everly Brothers - The Price Of Love
2:51 09 - Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony
2:53 10 - Jeff Beck - Hi Ho Silver Lining
2:26 11 - Move - Flowers In The Rain
3:13 12 - Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
3:36 13 - Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
2:23 14 - Zombies - She's Not There
2:33 15 - Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo
2:59 16 - Troggs - Love Is All Around
3:36 17 - Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
2:24 18 - Gerry & The Pacemakers - Ferry Cross The Mersey
4:03 19 - Procul Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
3:04 20 - Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
4:13 21 - Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
3:01 22 - Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
3:07 23 - Petula Clark - Downtown
2:22 24 - Andy Williams - Can't Get Used To Losing You
3:08 25 - Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden
The Best Sixties Album In The World...Ever! - CD 2
3:11 01 - Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Though The Grapevine
2:43 02 - Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
3:33 03 - Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
2:56 04 - Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San José
2:43 05 - Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
2:58 06 - Four Tops - Reach Out, I'll Be There
2:38 07 - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
2:52 08 - Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright)
2:37 09 - Sam & Dave - Soul Man
1:59 10 - Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
2:47 11 - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames - Yeh Yeh
2:53 12 - Small Faces - Sha La La La Lee
2:32 13 - Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers - Got To Get You Into My Life
2:33 14 - Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour
3:04 15 - Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood
2:27 16 - James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
2:54 17 - Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
3:10 18 - Moody Blues - Go Now
3:01 19 - Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
2:19 20 - Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
4:28 21 - Animals - House Of The Rising Sun
2:50 22 - Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
2:43 23 - Patsy Cline - Crazy
3:13 24 - Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World
2:59 25 - Ben E King - Stand By Me
The James Brown track sounds like a re-recording
2:45 01 - Monkees - I'm A Believer
3:10 02 - Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
2:25 03 - Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September
3:12 04 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows - The Young Ones
2:19 05 - Del Shannon - Runaway
3:16 06 - Four Seasons - Let's Hang On
2:36 07 - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You
2:05 08 - Everly Brothers - The Price Of Love
2:51 09 - Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony
2:53 10 - Jeff Beck - Hi Ho Silver Lining
2:26 11 - Move - Flowers In The Rain
3:13 12 - Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
3:36 13 - Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
2:23 14 - Zombies - She's Not There
2:33 15 - Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo
2:59 16 - Troggs - Love Is All Around
3:36 17 - Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
2:24 18 - Gerry & The Pacemakers - Ferry Cross The Mersey
4:03 19 - Procul Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
3:04 20 - Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
4:13 21 - Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
3:01 22 - Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
3:07 23 - Petula Clark - Downtown
2:22 24 - Andy Williams - Can't Get Used To Losing You
3:08 25 - Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden
The Best Sixties Album In The World...Ever! - CD 2
3:11 01 - Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Though The Grapevine
2:43 02 - Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
3:33 03 - Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
2:56 04 - Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San José
2:43 05 - Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
2:58 06 - Four Tops - Reach Out, I'll Be There
2:38 07 - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
2:52 08 - Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright)
2:37 09 - Sam & Dave - Soul Man
1:59 10 - Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
2:47 11 - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames - Yeh Yeh
2:53 12 - Small Faces - Sha La La La Lee
2:32 13 - Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers - Got To Get You Into My Life
2:33 14 - Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour
3:04 15 - Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood
2:27 16 - James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
2:54 17 - Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
3:10 18 - Moody Blues - Go Now
3:01 19 - Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
2:19 20 - Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
4:28 21 - Animals - House Of The Rising Sun
2:50 22 - Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
2:43 23 - Patsy Cline - Crazy
3:13 24 - Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World
2:59 25 - Ben E King - Stand By Me
The James Brown track sounds like a re-recording
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