Audio CD review:
The Hollies, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Spencer Davis Group, Freddie & The Dreamers, Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, Manfred Mann, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Peter & Gordon, The Seekers - The Best of British Rock

The Hollies, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Spencer Davis Group, Freddie & The Dreamers, Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, Manfred Mann, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Peter & Gordon, The Seekers - The Best of British Rock

Band: The Hollies, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Spencer Davis Group, Freddie & The Dreamers, Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, Manfred Mann, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Peter & Gordon, The Seekers Title: The Best of British Rock Rating: Release Date: 01 January, 1996 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Bus Stop - The Hollies 2: Ferry Cross the Mersey - Gerry & the Pacemakers 3: Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group 4: I'm Telling You Now - Freddie & the Dreamers 5: Little Children - Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas 6: Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers 7: Bad to Me - Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas 8: Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann 9: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies 10: Hippy Hippy Shake - The Swinging Blue Jeans 11: World Without Love - Peter & Gordon 12: Georgy Girl - The Seekers

Customer Review Great collection of British Invasion tracks For those of you who are interested, here's the track listing on the 8 Track version of this album, and to see how the CD version differs: Program 1 *How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - The Bee Gees Ferry Cross The Mersey - Gerry And The Pacemakers Bus Stop - The Hollies Georgy Girl - The Seekers It's All In The Game - Cliff Richard Program 2 **A Summer Song - Chad And Jeremy Glad All Over - Dave Clark Five I'm Telling You Now - Freddie And The Dreamers Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann I Go To Pieces - Peter And Gordon Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry And The Pacemakers Program 3 Trains and Boats and Planes - Billy J. Actually this CD version is a scaled down version of the 8 Track version which was purchased years earlier by someone in my family. Kramer A World Without Love - Peter And Gordon *I Started A Joke - The Bee Gees Hippy Hippy Shake - Swinging Blue Jeans ** Willow Weep For Me - Chad And Jeremy Bits and Pieces - Dave Clark Five Program 4 I'll Never Find Another You - The Seekers *Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream Stop Stop Stop - The Hollies Do You Want To Know A Secret - Billy J. Kramer *The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine - The Walker Brothers *By Special Arrangement With Polydor Ltd. **These Tracks Licensed From Ember Records, London All in all a nice collection of tracks from the British Invasion era, but it's kind of skimpy when compared to the 8-track version of the same album. Perhaps Capitol Records can renew their agreements with Polydor and Ember Records, or the parent companies if they are subsidiaries, so we can get the 8-track version of this album on CD. Anyways, Bus Stop is a well-known Hollies tune that was penned by Graham Gouldman, who also was responsible for a few tracks by The Yardbirds that are fairly well known (For Your Love and Heart Full of Soul). Ferry Cross The Mersey was a pretty big hit for Gerry And The Pacemakers, and is another pop tune. Gimme Some Lovin has been used a lot on TV, movies and commercials. This is one of Steve Winwood's groups in the 1960s. Traffic and Blind Faith are two others, and it's basically a good soulful tune that can be sung too. I'm Telling You Now by Freddie & The Dreamers is another pop hit that might seem familiar to some people. Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Hippy Hippy Shake, He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother and Georgy Girl are familiar pop tunes that have been used for commercial uses over the year, so many should be familiar with these hits. The other four tracks I'm not very familiar with, but this album runs a little over 30 minutes altogether, and I would recommend purchasing it if you love music from the original British Invasion era of rock music. This contains a lot of pop music on this album, however, unlike the manufactured pop music of some of today's artists, this pop music is quality pop music, not artificial synthesizer manufactured crass commercialized junk that seems to infest the airwaves these days. In those days, pop music was actually worthy of listening to. The lyrics are thoughtful and the melodies are enticing enough to buy it. . You can see a complete list of all The Hollies, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Spencer Davis Group, Freddie & The Dreamers, Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, Manfred Mann, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Peter & Gordon, The Seekers discography, or go back to the The Hollies, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Spencer Davis Group, Freddie & The Dreamers, Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, Manfred Mann, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Peter & Gordon, The Seekers tabs