I Didn't Mean to Hurt You - The Rockin' Berries, Greenwich
You'd Better Come Home - The Rockin' Berries, Russell
He's in Town - The Rockin' Berries, Goffin
Flashback - The Rockin' Berries, Baum
What in the World's Come Over You - The Rockin' Berries, Jackson
You Don't Know What You Do - The Rockin' Berries, King
Let's Try Again - The Rockin' Berries, Carter
Ich Liebe Dich [Ecstasy] - The Rockin' Berries, Pomus
Brother Bill (The Last Clean Shirt) - The Rockin' Berries, Leiber
Without Your Love - The Rockin' Berries, Hawker
All of Me - The Rockin' Berries, Marks
Crazy Country Hop - The Rockin' Berries, Otis
All I Want Is My Baby - The Rockin' Berries, Oldham
Lonely Avenue - The Rockin' Berries, Pomus
Shades of Blue - The Rockin' Berries, Capaldi
Follow Me - The Rockin' Berries, Hawker
Ain't That Lovin' You Baby - The Rockin' Berries, Reed
Funny How Love Can Be - The Rockin' Berries, Carter, John [2]
Poor Man's Son - The Rockin' Berries, Bratton
You're My Girl - The Rockin' Berries, Goffin
If You Find Somebody to Love - The Rockin' Berries, Ford
From One Who Knows - The Rockin' Berries, Mason
What Can I Do - The Rockin' Berries, Carter
Across the Street - The Rockin' Berries, Calello
The Water Is Over My Head - The Rockin' Berries, Kooper
Doesn't Time Fly - The Rockin' Berries, Thomson
Take a Giant Step - The Rockin' Berries, Goffin
Barterers and Their Wives - The Rockin' Berries, Brown
Without the One [Instrumental] - The Rockin' Berries,
That Lucky Old Sun - The Rockin' Berries, Gillespie, Haven
Track Listings (28) - Disc #2
Everything I Do Is for You - The Rockin' Berries, Ballard
Harvest of Love - The Rockin' Berries, Anthony
The Way You Look Tonight - The Rockin' Berries, Fields
I Know an Old Lady - The Rockin' Berries, Bonne
Happy to Blue - The Rockin' Berries, Daryll
Iko Iko - The Rockin' Berries, Hawkins
When I'm Cleaning Windows - The Rockin' Berries, Cliffe
I Need You - The Rockin' Berries, Goffin
The Laughing Policeman - The Rockin' Berries, Gray
My Little Red Book - The Rockin' Berries, Bacharach, Burt
I Could Make You Fall in Love - The Rockin' Berries, Carter
Land of Love - The Rockin' Berries, Thomson
Midnight Mary - The Rockin' Berries, Rayleigh
Money Grows on Trees - The Rockin' Berries, Bottfield
Sometimes - The Rockin' Berries, Young
Needs to Be - The Rockin' Berries, Thomson
Smile - The Rockin' Berries, Chaplin, Charles
Breakfast at Sam's - The Rockin' Berries, Thomson
Dawn (Go Away) - The Rockin' Berries, Gaudio
She's Not Like Any Girl - The Rockin' Berries, Thomson
When I Reach the Top - The Rockin' Berries, Macaulay
Pain - The Rockin' Berries, Thomson
Mr. Blue - The Rockin' Berries, Blackwell
Yellow Rainbow - The Rockin' Berries, Wood
Miss Fortune [Instrumental] - The Rockin' Berries, Thomson
Oh Gosh - The Rockin' Berries,
Joe Barla - The Rockin' Berries, Thomson
Goodnight - The Rockin' Berries,
As Mid-60s Hit Singles Like "he?s in Town" and "Poor Man?s Son" Proved, the Rockin? Berries? Forte was Vocal Harmonies that Crossed the Best of the Beach Boys and the Four Seasons. But their Talents Didn?t End There, as th... more »is Comprehensive Anthology of their Recordings Proves. It features all their '60s Singles, plus Rare Album Cuts and Out-takes from the Original Session Tapes.« less
As Mid-60s Hit Singles Like "he?s in Town" and "Poor Man?s Son" Proved, the Rockin? Berries? Forte was Vocal Harmonies that Crossed the Best of the Beach Boys and the Four Seasons. But their Talents Didn?t End There, as this Comprehensive Anthology of their Recordings Proves. It features all their '60s Singles, plus Rare Album Cuts and Out-takes from the Original Session Tapes.
CD Reviews
Great Band that Deserved more Recognition!
Morten Vindberg | Denmark | 04/19/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I first noticed the Rocking Berries a couple of years ago while sitting in a pub in London. A tape of oldies was being played in the background, and suddenly a song came up which I hadn't heard before. It was a great melody played by a band that sounded a little like the Searchers or the Beach Boys. I assumed the song was called "He's in Town" as that line was sung several times. Later we went to the Amazon record store and I went looking for the song. I eventually found this CD and was very excited to bring it home, and hear it through. Was it the right version and were the other songs as good?
Though "He's in Town" ,along with a dozen similar tracks, is a standout, I was not at all disappointed. From the booklet I learned about the history of the band; that they had a handful of hits through 1964-66, and that they stopped recording around 1968.
The band was obviously very talented - the playing tight; great vocals ( harmonies and falsettos ) and a crisp guitar sound; quite similar to the Searchers', and for their time quite good production.
I assume that they reasons that they did not get their big breakthrough was the great variety in their choice of material. Spanning from pure beat-pop through ballads to cabaret and comedy. Another problem was that the band did not write much of their material, and thus were very dependent of being given the right material. A few fine B-sides indicate that they might have had the talent, but it seems it was not given time to being developed. Their own song "She's Not Like Any Girl" is as good as most of their A-sides.
The songs in the vein of "He's in Town" are for me the highlights. Tracks like "You're My Girl", "Funny How Love Can Be", "The Water is Over My Head" and "Poor Man's Son" are pure pleasure, and tracks you can play again and again.
Their late recordings, many of which are released here for the first time, indicate that they were about to the the psychedelia trend a chance, and tracks like "Goodnight" ( Mike Heron), "Yellow Rainbow" ( the Move) and "Barterers and their Wives" ( Left Banke ) are played with great conviction.
I always enjoy playing these CD's; even though a few tracks like the "The Laughing Policeman" are usually skipped over."
Track Listings (30) - Disc #1