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You Heard It Here First | 
| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Ace
Category: Music
List Price: £14.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2350
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 296670344258
EAN: 0029667034425
ASIN: B001CDF040
Release Date: August 25, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Tainted Love - GLORIA JONES | | • | Suspicious Minds - MARK JAMES | | • | Wild Thing - THE WILD ONES | | • | I Fought The Law - THE CRICKETS | | • | The Red Rooster - HOWLIN' WOLF | | • | Hanky Panky - THE RAINDROPS | | • | Go Now - BESSIE BANKS | | • | A Rockin' Good Way - PRISCILLA BOWMAN & THE SPANIELS | | • | This Diamond Ring - SAMMY AMBROSE | | • | Tobacco Road - JOHN D. LOUDERMILK | | • | I Found You - YVONNE FAIR | | • | Ain't That Loving You Baby - EDDIE RIFF | | • | Louie Louie - RICHARD BERRY & THE PHARAOHS | | • | My Boy Lollipop - BARBIE GAYE | | • | Little Bit O'Soul - THE LITTLE DARLINGS | | • | Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town - JOHNNY DARRELL | | • | Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand - HOAGY LANDS | | • | You Need Love - MUDDY WATERS | | • | A Groovy Kind Of Love - DIANE AND ANNITA | | • | You Were On My Mind - IAN & SYLVIA | | • | I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - TOMMY HUNT | | • | Let's Get Together (Live) - THE KINGSTON TRIO | | • | California Sun - JOE JONES | | • | Something Stupid - CARSON & GAILE | | • | Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go - THE LEAVES | | • | Rock Around The Clock - SUNNY DAE & THE KNIGHTS |
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Ahead of their time... November 3, 2008
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
If, like me, you assumed that almost every chart hit from the mid-60's through to the end of the 70's, was original - with barely a cover-version in sight from the Beatles onwards - this excellent compilation will put you right. And given the eclectic nature of the music contained within, it will delight and surprise you too.
We all knew, of course, that certain rock supergroups plundered the back catalogues of various blues singers, and that early British rock'n'rollers made note-for-note copies of original American hits (with certain honourable exceptions such as Johnny Kidd, Billy Fury, and Cliff -no less - with 'Move It'). But surely that was it? Wrong!
From the recorded legacies of Presley to Sinatra, Bill Haley to Jimi Hendrix, Dusty Springfield to Soft Cell, and Brook Benton to James Brown, cover versions abound. But interesting though that is, what is infinitely more fascinating, and in its way heartbreaking, is that a litany of performers - many of whom have never been heard of again - had the performing skill, foresight, and eye-for-a-hit, that could have made them superstars. Or at least major one-hit-wonders with a decent meal-ticket and an honourable slot on the oldies circuit for years to come. If only someone had bought their record!
So, belatedly, stand up and take a bow, Mark James (Suspicious Minds), The Leaves (Hey Joe), Sunny Dae (Rock around the Clock) The Wild Ones (Wild Thing) and Carson & Gaile (Somethin' Stupid), to mention just a few of the 26 performers gathered on this CD. And it must be said emphatically that almost every one of these performances is easily the equal of, if not superior to, the hit versions by their altogether more illustrious performers, most of whom copied both performances and arrangements, note-for-note.
As ever, Ace Records must be congratulated on another marvellous concept, which deserves further exploration and hopefully a couple of follow-up volumes. Needless to say the audio restoration & mastering is state-of-the-art, and the accompanying booklet with liner notes by Tony Rounce and Rob Finnis is, as always, quite superb.
You heard it here first? Absolutely!
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