Hard-To-Find 45'S On Volume 7 - More Sixties Classics

Hard to find these anywhere but here. A must buy

Eric Records has been a top quality reissue label for a long time now and their "Hard To Find 45's on CD" series is a classic. Like a number of other labels who do this type of thing like England's Ace or Germany's Bear Family, these people really care about the music and want to keep it preserved and available in superb sound. You don't make a ton of money with reissues like these, it's also a labor of love. They do everything right. They license only original masters, try to duplicate the original sound by careful remastering paying especially close attention to issues like tape speed, and accompanying each disc with an excellent booklet that discusses each song. You won't go wrong with Eric.The songs really are rare. If you're a big collector like me and want to be fairly comprehensive, you know how hard some songs are to get. How many 50's or 60's collections have the same songs on them? Alternatives were buying the greatest hits collection of someone who recorded one great song and a lot of throwaways (though there are some pleasant surprises) or yet another collection where you have all the songs except the one you need. Eric solved a lot of this with this series. Even today with so many MP3's available as downloads a lot of 50's and early 60's songs get skipped because someone has decided the market isn't big enough. These discs solve a lot of those problems and are fun to listen to on their own.Volume 7 here is an easy one to listen to because like volume 2 because it stays pretty much within 1960 to 1964 with only a couple later songs thrown in. Those are the Seekers folk-like I'll Never Find Another You (1965) and Tar and Cement (1966), with a theme much like Joni Mitchell's Seventies song Big Yellow Taxi. That one is really hard to find as though it was a big hit in the U.K. it hardly charted in the U.S. The sound of the Early Sixties is well-represented with hits by Johnny Burnette (Dreamin'), Gene McDaniels (A Hundred Pounds of Clay), the pure Doo-Wop of The Velvets' Tinight (Could Be the Night) and one hit artists like Garry Miles (Look For a Star), Mike Clifford (Close To Cathy), Frank Gari (Utopia) and Joey Powers (Midnight Mary). As usual there are some real oddities like Don't Just Stand There, a summer of '65 hit for Patti Duke, who had a hit TV show. Then there's Bobby Darin's oddest hit, and it was a big one reaching #3, You're the Reason I'm Living, in which Bobby seemed to think he was Ray Charles singing I Can't Stop Loving You. Jazz-singer Nancy Wilson had her biggest hit with How Glad I Am in the summer of '64 and that's almost impossible to find except on it's original album.There are also a few appearances by the British Invasion artists Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas and The Honeycombs. The unique Sukiyaki in its original Kyu Sakamoto concludes the collection.This is a great mix. This is the second time Eric has brought these discs out and could be the last. You only license material from the big labels for a period of time then you can't put the disc out anymore. Once these discs go out of print the prices start skyrocketing. That's why they brought them out again in the first place: customers were complaining about the prices. I've begun to notice some price creep lately which means some volumes are going out of print. So if you're interested, get them now.

I had already purchased the MP3 of several of these tracks, or an entire C.D. before coming across this collection.But when I saw what an exceptional set of tracks are here, I couldn't resist buying it anyway, for the total impact.My high school days were in the heart of the years this collection covers, and I found it irresistible.This entire C.D. is good listening and covers the years 1960 to 66.Even though all songs made Billboards top 40 chart, this collection contains several harder to find songs.Some highlights are "How Glad I Am" ~ Nancy Wilson from 1962 (Love that song!) ~"White On White" by Danny Williams in 1964 ~ "Torture" by Kris Jensen in 1962 ~ "Look For A Star" by Garry Miles in 1960"Utopia" by Frank Gari in 1960.Not all songs here are that difficult to find, but this C.D. is just plainly delightful to own. All tracks are the single version of the original recordings.Nine tracks are mono, twelve are stereo, and the C.D. has excellent sound.

great condition, can't beat the sound, going to get the rest of the series.happy customer.

No Stereo Sound, Disgusted.

this was added to my collection

Let's face it~~I grew up during the 60s. A LOT of the tracks on THIS were a BIG PART of MY CHILDHOOD/EARLY TEENS! Quite a number of THESE tracks are becoming QUITE RARE & HARD TO FIND! I drive ALL NIGHT 5 nights a week to earn my LIVELYHOOD! When I'm feeling "NOSTALGIC", I simply put THIS in the CD player & SATISFY THAT! Brings back MEMORIES! Also makes me FEEL MY AGE!!!!!!!

The music on this cd is mostly excellent. There are a few also-rans, but not enough to complain about.