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Where Are You Now
Jackie Trent
Where Are You Now
Genres: Pop, Rock
 
  •  Track Listings (28) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (22) - Disc #2

Digitally Remastered DOUBLE-CD Collection of Jackie's Pye Recordings, Beginning with her Early Beat-era 45s Through her Smash Hits and Beyond Into the Mid-1970s. All her Singles Are Joined by Choice B-sides and Album Tract...  more »

     
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All Artists: Jackie Trent
Title: Where Are You Now
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Castle Music UK
Release Date: 4/3/2006
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Rock
Style: Oldies
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 5050749412720

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Album Details
Digitally Remastered DOUBLE-CD Collection of Jackie's Pye Recordings, Beginning with her Early Beat-era 45s Through her Smash Hits and Beyond Into the Mid-1970s. All her Singles Are Joined by Choice B-sides and Album Tracts to Create the Ultimate Tribute. Tracks Like 'you Baby' and 'send her Away' were Popular on the 70's Northern Soul Scene While Others have Been Picked Up by the Gay Scene Over the Years - Indeed, Jackie is a Big Gay Icon. Remastered from the Original Tapes with Comprehensive Sleeve-notes," Where Are You Now" is the Definitive Tribute to a Great Talent.
 

CD Reviews

Brilliant compilation of an under-rated singer
Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 06/05/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Please note that this a re-issue of an earlier double CD with an identical title but different packaging.



Britain in the late sixties was a hard place for a female singer to achieve consistent success in the pop charts. There were some - Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Sandie Shaw, Lulu and Cilla Black, together with the Supremes and Judith Durham of the Seekers - but they were the exceptions.



There were plenty of others around, but they had to be content with one big hit (or two if they were lucky). One of these was Jackie Trent, who hit number one in Britain with Where are you now (my love)? and had two minor hits which barely scraped into the charts.



Jackie achieved greater success as a songwriter (usually in collaboration with long-time husband Tony Hatch). Later they would co-write the theme to the Australian TV series Neighbours. Perhaps it was the success that they had giving their songs to others (especially Petula) that restricted Jackie's own hits.



Apparently Jackie at one time considered keeping I Couldn't live without your love for herself, before giving it to Petula. Even so, there are enough songs here which weren't British hits but ought to have been. Some were hits in other countries. Send her away was a big hit in Germany, yet only a B-side in Britain - did the record company make a mistake?



This is the best compilation of Jackie's work so far, although only 10 of the 50 tracks duplicate the single-CD 25-track compilation with a similar title, so the dedeicated fan will probably want both.



For those who like female singers of the late sixties, this double CD is well woth investigating. It even includes a version of a song she gave to Petula - My Love - but interpreted diffrently. It includes some tracks recorded as late as 1975, but most tracks are from the sixties. There are no duets with Tony Hatch here - perhaps the record company will release these in the future? Buy this now, anyway - you will think it money well spent."