Bird Doggin' (The Complete Cahllenge Sessions) - Gene Vincent

Advantages: It's the first 2 albums in 1.
Disadvantages: None

...In 1957 Alex Harvey won a competition to find Scotland's answer to Tommy Steele, winning that title gave him work as a backing singer for Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran, so by the time he picked up a backing band called "Tear Gas" in summer of 1972 Alex had been working in Show business for nearly 30 years. For when Alex and his band now renamed "The Sensational Alex Harvey Band" went into the studio to record the first of these re-issued albums "Framed" recording sessions where completed in a week. With it's no-frills rock approach with a twist of blues and with only 2 cover versions that being the title track Framed written by the legendary song writing team of Mike Leiber and Jerry Stroller and the song "I just want to make love to you" written by Willie Dixon both old blues songs Alex had taken and given a new lease of life... Read review

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Advantages: All the hits on one Album, Easy Listening, Value for Money
Disadvantages: Addictive

...for the rich and famous the more notorious celebrities to have a Mexican Divorce included: Marilyn Monroe, Katherine Hepburn and Richard Burton. This song obviously tells the story of a 1960's fad, not such a song of the times today. 16. (THERE GOES) THE FORGOTTEN MAN - JIMMY RADCLIFF (1962) 17. BLUE ON BLUE - BOBBY VINTON (1963) 18. THE EMPTY PLACE -THE SEARCHERS (1964) 19 LET THE MUSIC PLAY - THE DRIFTERS (1963) 20. ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART - DIONNE WARWICK (1963) * 21 A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME - BROOK BENTON (1964) 22. YOU'LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN (IF YOU BREAK MY HEART) - THE STYLISTICS (1973)* 23 ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEART - GENE PITNEY (1962) 24. ANY DAY NOW (MY WILD BEAUTIFUL BIRD) - CHUCK JACKSON (1962) 25. CASINO ROYALE - HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS (1967) I couldn't possibly write a review of every song or I... Read review

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Advantages: A great collection of live recordings
Disadvantages: All but the last 3 tracks have already been released on the Peel Sessions CD

...After a few years of no releases from Adam Ant, there seems to be something of a revival at the moment. With the Antbox boxed set released in december and now this excellANT CD. The Complete Radio 1 Sessions is exactly what it says on the cover. The tracks are taken from four recording sessions at Radio 1. Tracks 1-4 recorded for John Peel 23/1/78, tracks 5-8 recorded for John Peel 10/7/78, tracks 9-12 recorded for John Peel 26/3/79 and tracks 13-15 recorded for Simon Mayo 13/1/95 16 years later. The tracks on the CD are..... 1. Deutscher Girls 2. Puerto-Rican 3. It Doesn't Matter 4. LOU 5. You're So Physical 6. Cleopatra 7. Friends 8. Zerox 9. Tabletalk 10. Ligotage 11. Animals and Men 12. Never Trust a Man (with egg on his face) 13. Wonderful 14. Antmusic 15. Gotta Be A Sin The first recording session brings... Read review

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