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| | Chartbusters USA: Sunshine Pop | | | Music Artist : | | Various Artists | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Ace (U.K.) | | Release Date : | | 2009-07-21 | | Store Price : | | $19.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $19.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. HAPPY TOGETHER - The Turtles
2. YOUNGER GIRL - The Critters
3. I COULD BE SO GOOD TO YOU - Don and the Goodtimes
4. 98.6 - Keith
5. IT S GETTING BETTER - Mama Cass
6. CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION - Tommy James and the Shondells
7. IF YOU DON T WANT MY LOVE - Robert John
8. DARLIN - The Beach Boys
9. WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE HEAVEN - Donovan
10. DON T WAKE ME UP IN THE MORNING, MICHAEL - The Peppermint Rainbow
11. GREEN TAMBOURINE - The Lemon Pipers
12. A GIRL LIKE YOU - The Rascals
13. WORKIN ON A GROOVY THING - The Fifth Dimension
14. SHE LETS HER HAIR DOWN - The Tokens
15. GRAZING IN THE GRASS - The Friends Of Distinction
16. BACK ON THE STREET AGAIN - The Sunshine Company
17. MORNING GIRL - The Neon Philharmonic
18. TIME FOR LIVIN - The Association
19. LOOK AT ME GIRL - Bobby Vee and the Strangers
20. I SAW HER AGAIN - The Mamas And The Papas
21. SHE IS STILL A MYSTERY - The Lovin Spoonful
22. LAZY DAY - Spanky and Our Gang
23. THE RIVER IS WIDE - The Forum
24. ANYTHING GOES - Harpers Bizarre
25. LOVE (CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY) - Mercy
26. THE RAIN, THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS - The Cowsills
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Not a nostalgia trip, but a window into cool, complex musicmaking
Submitted on: 2009-08-24 |
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I tend to disdain hits packages of all types and, in spite of Ace's amazing track record, would have done the same had I not heard this record at one of my favorite record stores, Soundscapes in Toronto. Maybe b/c I was on vacation or maybe b/c I was open to anything (being at the eclectic and great Soundscapes). I dunno, but I just marvelled at song-after-song of beautiful songwriting, arranging, and production when I heard this over the Soundscape speakers. I was shopping for electronic music and other more experimental material, so 60s sunshine pop was not on my mind. But there I was, in-store, swinging to the Shondells and Mama Cass. I even love the Donovan song and I'm no Donovan fan.
What this comp demonstrates is that in the mid-60s a lot of music designed for mass consumption was conceived as art -- complex, wierd, and enigmatic. Or if not conceived as art, certainly conceived with detail and filigree somewhat unimaginable now. For the most part, the songs were designed to be singles and get radio play. An inexact science, then and now, but that was the plan. And, in some cases reflected on this comp, it worked. I mean, the public bought in! Green Tamborine a #1? WTF??? While some songs, like Happy Together or Lazy Day, are well-known, there are too many long-lost gems (chart as they might have) to call this a nostalgia trip. I'd never heard lots of the material on this disc and it re-affirms for me that there is a contact point in music (or there was and there can be) between commerce and aesthetic risk-taking. The disc is a blast. Just bought it for my brother who will think I've lost my mind until he listens. Or he'll just think I've lost my mind, which isn't really much of a departure. |
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