Track listing
Giddy Giddy Carousel | California | 03/29/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Disc 1
Do You Know The Way To San Jose - Dionne Warwick
California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - The Walker Brothers
Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann
I'm Into Something Good - Herman's Hermits
I'm A Believer - The Monkees
Baby Come Back - The Equals
You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Oh, Pretty Woman -Roy Orbison
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
My Guy - Mary Wells
You Can't Hurry Love -The Supremes
Everlasting Love - Love Affair
The Legend Of Xanadu - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
River Deep Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner
Dancing In The Street - Martha & The Vandellas
It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
Yeh Yeh - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry
Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder
Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group
Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells
Silver Lining - Jeff Beck Hi Ho
Brigade - The Move Fire
Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats
Pinball Wizard - The Who
Disc 2
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - Righteous Brothers
Reach Out, I'll Be There - The Four Tops
Young Girl - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
The Leader Of The Pack - The Shangri-Las
What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin
Ode To Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman
Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) - Peter Sarstedt
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
Itchycoo Park - Small Faces
Sunshine Superman - Donovan
Love Is All Around - The Troggs
He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - The Hollies
The House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
Disc 3
Big Girls Don't Cry - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Runaround Sue - Dion
Foot Tapper - The Shadows
The Locomotion - Little Eva
You're Sixteen - Johnny Burnette
Take Good Care Of My Baby - Bobby Vee
The Young Ones - Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Downtown - Petula Clark
I Got You Babe - Sony & Cher
A Groovy Kind Of Love - The Mindbenders
Sugar Sugar - The Archies
One Fine Day - The Chiffons
Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
Needles & Pins - The Searchers
Shakin' All Over - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
The Hippy Hippy Shake - The Swinging Blue Jeans
Got To Get You Into My Life - Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me - Sandie Shaw
Do You Want To Know A Secret? - Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
Silence Is Golden - The Tremeloes
Ferry Cross The Mersey - Gerry & The Pacemakers
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong"
The BEST Sixties album? No such thing
T. Davis | Seattle, WA | 06/10/2010
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This is fun stuff, and many of the choices are impeccable, but remember that the selections on this CD set were made by EMI, a British label, so they reflect a British sensibility. And since there are no Beatles, Rolling Stones, or Bob Dylan, a lot of favorite music is missing. The Beatles appear only in a cover version of "Got To Get You Into My Life" by Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, not the best-known of performers, while Dylan is represented only by "Mr. Tambourine Man" by The Byrds.
There are numerous second-rate groups: Herman's Hermits, The Easybeats, and The Mindbenders, just to name a few. And who's heard of "The Legend Of Xanadu" by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich or "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)" by Peter Sarstedt? If you're fond of obscure British one-hit wonders, you might appreciate these, but they take the place of what could be much stronger choices.
That said, let's look at what is here: great hits by Dionne Warwick, The Mamas & The Papas, The Monkees, The Kinks, Roy Orbison, The Supremes, Ike & Tina Turner, Tom Jones, Fontella Bass, James Brown, Chuck Berry, Stevie Wonder, The Who, Marvin Gaye, Dusty Springfield, The Righteous Brothers, The Four Tops, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, David Bowie, Procol Harum, Donovan, The Hollies, The Animals, Otis Redding, Dion, Johnny Burnette, Petula Clark, Sony & Cher, The Shirelles, and many other staples of 60s AM radio.
The third CD is the weakest of the set. It peters out in tracks by lesser lights: The Searchers, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Sandie Shaw, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, Gene Pitney, Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Seekers, and so forth, winding up with that hoary perennial, "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong. Which means that while this set certainly has its merits, it cannot, for my money, be considered the best Sixties album in the world by a long shot. Strip out the dross, and you have two CDs' worth of gold. But you have to sit through the rest -- and pay for it, too."
Track Listings (28) - Disc #1