Freddie & the Dreamers - The Ultimate Collection

Title: The Ultimate Collection Artist: Freddie & the Dreamers Release Date: 6/6/2006 Label: EMI Music Distribution Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 094635542622, 0094635542653 Genre: Rock Styles: Early Pop/Rock, British Invasion, Merseybeat, AM Pop Moods: Cheerful, Giddy, Happy, Joyous, Exuberant, Gleeful, Innocent, Silly, Whimsical, Playful, Carefree, Earnest, Fun, Sweet Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
2. Feel So Blue
3. I'm Telling You Now
4. What Have I Done to You
5. You Were Made for Me
6. Send a Letter to Me
7. Over You
8. Come Back When You're Ready
9. I Love You Baby
10. Don't Make Me Cry
11. Just for You
12. Don't Do That to Me
13. I Understand
14. I Will
15. A Little You
16. Things I'd Like to Say
17. Thou Shalt Not Steal
18. I Don't Know
19. If You've Got a Minute, Baby
20. When I'm Home with You
21. Playboy
22. Some Day
23. Turn Around
24. Funny Over You
25. Hello, Hello
26. All I Ever Want Is You
27. Brown and Porters (Meat Exporters) Lorry
28. Little Brown Eyes
29. It's Great
30. Gabardine Mac
31. Get Around Downtown Girl
32. What to Do

1. Yes I Do
2. Tell Me When
3. I Think of You
4. Don't Love You Anymore
5. Do the Freddie
6. A Love Like You
7. How's About Trying Your Luck with Me
8. Money (That's What I Want)
9. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
10. Kansas City
11. It Doesn't Matter Anymore
12. Johnny B. Goode
13. Little Bitty Pretty One
14. I'm a Hog for You
15. I Just Don't Understand
16. Silly Girl
17. In My Baby's Arms
18. I Wonder Who the Lucky Guy Will Be
19. The Viper
20. Sally Anne
21. Jailer Bring Me Water
22. See You Later Alligator
23. Some Other Guy
24. Crying
25. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy)
26. What I'd Say
27. A Windmill in Old Amsterdam
28. Camp Town Races
29. Short Shorts
30. When I See an Elephant Fly

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD EMI Music Distribution 55426 2006 CD EMI Music Distribution

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Believe it or not, even the 62 songs squeezed onto this two-CD set don't quite cover all the material Freddie & the Dreamers released in the 1960s. But while this might not be the "Ultimate Collection" -- it would be necessary to wait for the unlikely prospect of a Freddie & the Dreamers box set for that to happen -- it is indeed the most comprehensive CD anthology of the British Invasion band. The first disc has the A-sides and B-sides of 16 of their 1963-1969 U.K. singles; the second disc has 30 "album tracks, EPs & rarities" from 1963-1966, though one of these, "Do the Freddie," was actually the group's sole Top 20 hit in the U.S. besides "I'm Telling You Now." Whether you need so much Freddie & the Dreamers, even if you're a die-hard British Invasion fan, is more of an open question. All of their U.K. and U.S. hits, and a good share of their best non-hit sides, are on the 25-song single-disc compilation The Very Best of Freddie & the Dreamers. Sure, this more extensive anthology has a few additional OK B-sides and stray tracks in the quasi-Merseybeat style, à la "Feel So Blue," "Don't Do That to Me," and "How's About Trying Your Luck with Me" (the latter an obscure Gerry Goffin-Carole King tune). But it also has some forgettable 45s (particularly from the latter part of their career, including their final U.K. chart entry, the odd 1965 country-pop detour "Thou Shalt Not Steal") and way too many mediocre rock & roll oldies covers. It's also unfortunate that the liner notes don't detail the exact source of each track, other than giving a date of release. In a strange way, such an extensive collection does reinforce their credentials as a legitimate rock band, rather than a novelty act, as they did write much of their own material, and played it fairly straight (if fairly lame) on the same kind of American rock & roll covers being ground out by more respected British Invasion acts. Most fans, however, will be more than satisfied with a more selective single-disc best-of. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alex Creedy Artwork Bernie Dwyer Drums, Group Member Bill Harry Liner Notes Derek Quinn Guitar, Group Member Freddie Garrity Group Member, Vocals Gavin ONeill Retouching Ian Jones Mastering Jon Wilson Project Manager Peter Birrell Group Member, Bass Roy Crewsdon Group Member, Guitar