25 Greatest Hits - Johnny Kidd And The Pirates

Advantages: Great selection of tracks.
Disadvantages: Its not long enough.

...' All Over - Kidd, Johnny & The Pirates 3. Go Now - Moody Blues 4. Elenore - Turtles 5. Catch The Wind - Donovan 6. Excerpt From A Teenage Opera - West, Keith 7. If Paradise Is Half As Nice - Amen Corner 8. Honey - Goldsboro, Bobby 9. Fun Fun Fun - Beach Boys 10. Hi Ho Silver Lining - Beck, Jeff 11. On The Road Again - Canned Heat 12. Where Do You Got To My Lovely - Sarstedt, Peter 13. He Ain't Heavy (He's My Brother) - Hollies 14. Itchycoo Park - Small Faces 15. Let's Go To San Francisco - Flower Pot Men 16. First Cut Is The Deepest - Arnold, P.P. 17. Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Status Quo 18. Sweets For My Sweet - Searchers CD Two 19. America - Nice 20. Out Of Time - Farlowe, Chris 21. Wonderful Land - Shadows 22. Silence Is Golden - Tremeloes 23. Three Steps To Heaven - Cochran, Eddie 24. I'm Alive... Read review

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Advantages: the best live recording you are likely to hear
Disadvantages: get real!

...(written as a blue song in the 50s) about the injustice of being young, delivered with Daltrey at full throttle SUBSTITUTE - a high energy version of the hit single, rumoured to reflect Townshend's view that the Who were regarded as a second rate Stones SHAKIN' ALL OVER - originally a hit for Johhny Kidd and the Pirates, one of the classic rock'n'roll songs, never has it sounded better than this MY GENERATION - the Who anthem, given the live treatment and coming out at nearly quarter of an hour, including a detour into "See Me, Feel Me" and some off the cuff changes in musical direction MAGIC BUS - a staple of the live performances, delivered with maximum r&b These songs alone would make a first class live album but the CD also includes other tracks from the Leeds Uni concert taken from the original masters. There are now another 8 tracks... Read review

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Advantages: Great Classical Music with atmosphere
Disadvantages: None really!

...a pirates life for me' jolly kind of music but instead we are presented with a classical hit that has made it to number 30 on the favourite musical scores. The track listing is in order to the film: 1. Fog Bound 2. The Medallion Calls 3. The Black Pearl 4. Will and Elizabeth 5. Swords Crossed 6. Walk The Plank 7. Barbossa is Hungry 8. Blood Ritual 9. Moonlight Serenade 10. To The Pirates Cave! 11. Skull and Crossbones 12. Bootstrap's Bootstraps 13. Underwater March 14. One Last Shot Klaus Badelt brings us great music anyway for many films but this does really hit the nail on the head, its a brilliant interpretation of Pirate stylized music that actually hit the Blockbuster hot spot! If you are into the film or classical music this is a great album for you. It brings back the visions of Johnny Depp steering his ship away at the end and really... Read review

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