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David Mekalian | Spingfield, MA USA | 07/24/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Similar to The Very Best [IMPORT], At Abbey Road 1963-1966 or A's, B's & EP's. Nothing rare or unusual, but a good coverage of material. Great collection if you don't any of this artist. If you own one of the other various 20 -28 track collections, you duplicate a lot of material. However, overall a good collection.



Disc1



1. How Do You Do It?

2. I Like It

3. Girl On A Swing

4. Ferry Cross The Mersey

5. Come Back To Me

6. When Oh When

7. Pretend

8. Walk Hand In Hand

9. Jambalaya

10. Maybellene

11. You're The Reason

12. Slow Down

13. Summertime

14. Chills

15. Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On

16. Reelin' And Rockin'

17. A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues

18. Why Oh Why

19. She's The Only Girl For Me

20. I'm The One



DISC TWO:



1. You'll Never Walk Alone

2. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying

3. It's All Right

4. Give All Your Love To Me

5. Hallelujah I Love Her So

6. Away From You

7. You've Got What I Like

8. It's Gonna Be Alright

9. You You You

10. Baby You're So Good To Me

11. Without You

12. Dreams

13. Think About Love

14. La La La

15. I'll Be There

16. The Wrong Yoyo

17. Don't You Ever

18. Where Have You Been All My Life?

19. Rip It Up

20. You Win Again"

THIS is what I was looking for!

Doug Hazlewood | Victoria, TX | 08/07/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I was looking for some guidance from a forum I enjoy on which Gerry & the Pacemakers collection was the best overall. I had the "Definitive Collection" already. I didn't really get any feedback on the two CD's I thought might fill the bill, so I listened to song snippets and did a little online research.



I took a chance and ordered this and I was VERY pleased! A great balance of types of songs and sound quality. The "Definitive" CD has too many slow numbers (or somewhat sappy) for my liking. THIS collection gives me a much greater appreciation of what these guys did. It does have Copy Control. Lots of goodies I had never heard of or heard Gerry & the Pacemakers' versions of. More uptempo and rock numbers. I can't understand why they would have left some of these off of the earlier CD collection in the place of some of the tracks they DID use. Highly recommended!"

Stand-up geezer and underrated singer

Peter Reeve | Thousand Oaks, CA USA | 09/03/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"When John Lennon described Gerry Marsden as the northern equivalent of Joe Brown, he had it just about right. Gerry was (and is) Liverpool's local lad and stand-up geezer, even more than Lennon himself. This excellent compilation also reminds us that he is a remarkably good singer and the Pacemakers remarkably good musicians.



Unusually, the group featured a pianist, and an excellent one at that, Les Maguire.



Gerry's decision to ignore advice and release a version of Rogers and Hamerstein's You'll Never Walk Alone shows his instinctive understanding of his audience. It became one of his best known songs and is an anthem for both Liverpool City and Celtic soccer clubs.



Gerry & The Pacemakers were an early manifestation of the British groups of the sixties and, like most, found their inspiration in the Skiffle of Lonnie Donegan and others. They enjoyed phenomenal early success, which did not last because they failed to progress and innovate. They stayed firmly rooted in the American popular tradition, with smooth melodies and unadventurous lyrics. They remain an essential, and now underrated, major sixties band. Give them a listen.



You'll find a few compilations on the market, but this is definitely the one to go for. It contains all the essentials and offers the most tracks per dollar.



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