25 Hits From The British Invasion


Various Artists
Release Date: 07/16/2002
Original Release:  2002
# of Discs:   1
Label: Varèse Vintage

Disc: 1
1. Concrete and Clay - Unit 4+2 sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. To Sir With Love - Lulu sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Pied Piper - Crispian St. Peters sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. Everyones' Gone to the Moon - Jonathan King sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. Tossing & Turning - The Ivy League sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. I Don't Want Our Loving to Die - The Herd sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Sittin' on a Fence - Twice as Much sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Michelle - David & Jonathan sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Let the Heartaches Begin - Long John Baldry sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. Out of Time - Chris Farlow sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. Friday on My Mind - The Easybeats sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Carrie Anne - The Hollies sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. It's Good News Week - Hedgehoppers Anonymous sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. Tell Her No - The Zombies sound samples  real  |  windows media
15. My Love - Petula Clark sound samples  real  |  windows media
16. Yesterday's Gone - Chad & Jeremy sound samples  real  |  windows media
17. Catch the Wind - Donovan sound samples  real  |  windows media
18. I Knew It All the Time - The Dave Clark Five sound samples  real  |  windows media
19. Boom Boom - The Animals sound samples  real  |  windows media
20. I Put a Spell on You - Alan Price sound samples  real  |  windows media
21. You Turn Me On (Turn on Song) - Ian Whitcomb sound samples  real  |  windows media
22. Telstar - The Tornadoes sound samples  real  |  windows media
23. I'm a Man - The Yardbirds sound samples  real  |  windows media
24. Love Portion Number Nine - The Searchers sound samples  real  |  windows media
25. Itchycoo Park - Small Faces sound samples  real  |  windows media

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Performer: Various Artists
Producer: David Nicolson; Geoff Stephens; George Martin; Giorgio Gomelsky; Carter-Lewis; Jerry Dennon; Joe Meek; John Carter; Jonathan King; Ken Jones; Alan Price; Mick Jagger; Mickie Most; Andrew Loog Oldham; Peter Eden; Ron Richards; Shel Talmy; Terry Kennedy; Tony Hatch; Tony Macaulay; John Barry...
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Includes liner notes by Ian Whitcomb. Liner Note Author: Ian Whitcomb. Recording information: England. Arranger: Tony Hatch. As a single-disc compilation of British Invasion hits, this has a lot of shortcomings that prevent it from being close to an optimum British Invasion best-of, though it has a good deal of fine music. The strongest point in its favor is its quantity: there are 25 songs here of various British Invasion styles, which is good value for one CD. The drawbacks are several, starting with the most obvious one, which is the absence of any hits from the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, or the Who, presumably due to licensing restrictions. Also, however, several important British Invasion artists are not represented with one of their best hits, again probably due to licensing restrictions. No one would place the Dave Clark Five's "I Knew It All the Time" as one of their more memorable singles; it just happens to be available because it predates the body of work (including all of their important hits) that can't be licensed. The Animals' "Boom Boom" is not the hit studio version, but a live 1963 performance. Several of the songs filling out the program are pop-oriented tunes that are not what anyone would consider upper-crust British Invasion classics, like Chris Farlowe's "Out of Time," Jonathan King's "Everyone's Gone to the Moon," Twice As Much's "Sittin' on a Fence," David & Jonathan's "Michelle," the Herd's "I Don't Want Our Loving to Die," and Long John Baldry's "Let the Heartaches Begin." On the other hand, you do get a number of classics, like Donovan's "Catch the Wind," the Zombies' "Tell Her No," Lulu's "To Sir With Love," the Yardbirds' "I'm a Man," the Small Faces' "Itchycoo Park," the Searchers' "Love Potion Number Nine," and the Easybeats' "Friday on My Mind" (recorded in the U.K., though the group was Australian). There are also some good just-below-first-level hits like Ian Whitcomb's "You Turn Me On," Unit 4+2's "Concrete and Clay," and the Hollies' "Carrie-Anne," and some good singles that did much better in Britain and might not be familiar to the casual listener, like the Alan Price Set's "I Put a Spell on You" and Hedgehoppers Anonymous' "It's Good News Week." But as a whole, this gives a rather distorted and too-pop-slanted picture of a great phase of '60s rock music that really needs several discs (and a better selection of material) to do it justice. ~ Richie Unterberger
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