Amazing Early 60s Box: 88 Hard-To-Find Hits / Various (CD)

2013 three CD set that contains the most interesting songs you're ever likely to hear in such a set. Even though 80 of the 88 songs here were Top 40 hits, most of them aren't the obvious tracks you'll find on other such collections. Best of all, there are 25 CD debuts here, including significant stereo debuts on nearly a dozen great songs like 'Town Without Pity,' 'Venus in Blue Jeans,' 'Let the Little Girl Dance' and 'Sealed with a Kiss,' just to mention a few. There's also a 10,000 word essay by Greg Adams with fascinating biographical details about every one of the 72 different artists who perform here. In short, no expense has been spared, no detail overlooked, to bring you, the collector, the most amazing sound experience you'll ever hear from the great music of this seminal period in popular music. Simply a MUST for your collection!

Track List

1. Wonderful World
2. Let the Little Girl Dance
3. Georgia on My Mind
4. O Dio Mio [Mono] [Rare English Original Version] [Version]
5. Volare [Mono]
6. Let's Have a Party
7. Handy Man [Mono]
8. Good Timin' [Single Version] [Version]
9. Puppy Love
10. Paper Roses
11. Dutchman's Gold [Mono]
12. Mama Sang a Song
13. Crazy Arms
14. He'll Have to Stay
15. Happy-Go-Lucky-Me
16. Finger Poppin' Time
17. Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go
18. A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)
19. Alley-Oop [Mono]
20. Mule Skinner Blues [Mono]
21. Hot Rod Lincoln
22. Love You So [Mono]
23. Image of a Girl [Mono]
24. In My Little Corner of the World
25. Wonderland By Night
26. Marina [Mono]
27. Pineapple Princess
28. Corinna Corinna [Mono]
29. Baby Sittin' Boogie [Mono]
30. Town Without Pity
31. Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)
32. Portrait of My Love
33. You Always Hurt the One You Love
34. My Boomerang Won't Come Back [Stereo Debut U.S. Version] [Version]
35. The Story of My Love
36. At Last
37. I Just Want to Make Love to You
38. Unchain My Heart [Mono Hit Single Version Debut] [Version]
39. You Can Have Her
40. Stand By Me
41. Halfway to Paradise [Original Stereo Single Version] [Version]
42. Bless [Rare Mono Hit Single Version] [Version]
43. Let's Twist Again [Mono]
44. Bristol Stomp [Mono]
45. Let Me in [Mono]
46. The Mountain's High [Mono]
47. Tower of Strength
48. As If I Didn't Know [Mono Hit Single Version Debut] [Version]
49. Together
50. I Just Don't Understand
51. Dance on Little Girl
52. Trade Winds Trade Winds [Mono]
53. Michael
54. Turn Around Look at Me [Mono]
55. Funny How Time Slips Away
56. I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door [Mono]
57. Speedy Gonzales
58. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor (On the Bedpost Over Night) [Rare
59. Go Away Little Girl
60. Blame It on the Bossa Nova
61. A Wonderful Dream
62. I Can't Stop Loving You
63. Venus in Blue Jeans
64. Sealed with a Kiss
65. Ginny Come Lately
66. She Cried
67. Rhythn If the Rain [Mono]
68. West of the Wall [Mono]
69. Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)
70. Let's Dance
71. Do You Love Me
72. Brint It on Home to Me
73. Oh My Angel [Mono]
74. Remember Then
75. It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin'
76. It Started All Over Again [Mono]
77. Shutters and Boards [Single Version] [Version]
78. Things
79. Love Me Tender
80. All I Have to Do Is Dream
81. Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah
82. He's Sure the Boy I Love
83. What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)
84. Anna (Go to Him)
85. Cinderella [Mono]
86. Who Stole the Keeshka? [Mono]
87. Monster Mash
88. The Ballad of Thunder Road [Mono]