Best Of The 60's, The - Freddie & The Dreamers

Advantages: Once the biggets band in the world
Disadvantages: Now a **** cabaret band, Freddie and the wet dreams

...Where to begin, at the beginning, at the source, the source of the Mersey, Stockport.. Stockport source of the Mersey, which they've tried very hard to hide. Stockport, birthplace of Paul Morley and the biggest brick structure in Europe, the railway viaduct. That's enough about Stockport. The Mersey, Didsbury/Withington border used to have bands on in the cellar in the sixties, forget about the cavern and the Beatles, South Manchester is where it was all kicking-off, more about Freddie's ridiculous dance steps later. Freddie and the Dreamers, South Manchester's greatest beat combo, the band which made pop history with simultaneous numbers one, two and three, in the US charts. Yet you couldn't quite take them seriously, why did Freddie have to do that stupid dance ? The band Freddie Garrity : vocals and other foolishness... Read review

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Advantages: A musical and visual extravaganza!
Disadvantages: Too expensive for the average fan

.... Whilst I would recommend anyone to part with their cash for this musical and visual portrait of one of the world's best showmen, I do wish that the cost were lower.The music featured in this set is from Freddie's previous releases and is an insight to the power and range of Freddie's abilities - you will not be disappointed by the content!... Read review

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Advantages: Perhaps Rory's best-ever studio playing
Disadvantages: It's not an octuple CD

...Well, folks, you know that anything by Rory is going to be worth listening to, but if you are anything like me, you play the CDs to death for a year and then file them under "indispensible". What happened here is that my children grubbed about in the cars and the cupboards to see what was about from Dad's prehistoric era and came up with Top Priority. A lot of the (mostly American) relentless thrash bands and monochord banging fail to ignite the senses of even the most musically insensitive, so to speak, and the kids are always looking for something more than the musical equivalent of Instant Whip. I have seen the new punk bands with the kids and they have left me deaf and numb from the ridiculous volume they played at - made Cream seem like Freddie and the Dreamers (RIP, Freddie). Hey, I'm not a shrinking violet either - my band... Read review

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