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Mr_Stereo
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Here's something to get excited about. If you've been wanting like me to fill in some of those missing gaps in your hot 100 collection on CD of the classic instrumentals, here's the perfect opportunity. The release of a 3CD set called "The Complete Pop Instrumental Hits Of The Sixties: Vol. 1, 1960. We're talking a whopping 3 CDs containing every instrumental that hit the hot 100 during the year 1960!
Covering it all, Rock, R&B, country, and orchestral instrumental Pop - and they appear on the discs in the order that they peaked on the charts! There's over 3 hours of music with 81-tracks and includes no less than 16 appearing for the first time on CD and dozens of genuinely rare tracks - and 45 in true stereo.
All the big names are - there from The Ventures, Chet Atkins, Johnny & the Hurricanes, Percy Faith, Bill Black, Ferrante & Teicher, but then there are names like Monty Kelly, the Ramblers, The Felix Slatkin Orchestra and Charles Wolcott. Who you ask? They all scored instrumental hits in 1960 - in many cases they're just names I've only read about but have never heard - none of which have ever been on CD before now. We'll now be able to fill in those gaps in our collections.
The label releasing this is called "Complete 60s" based out of England. Their research team dug deep in the vaults for the best possible sources and the absolute original hit versions (in true stereo whenever possible). Then, no less than three sound engineers remastered the original recordings until the twangy guitars, pounding drums, and soaring strings just leap out of your speakers. Writer Greg Adams provides the words for these great instrumentals in the detailed, 28-page liner notes including biographies of all 53 artists, plus release notes and chart information for every track.
To quote the already released information about the CD set "The same creative folks who lovingly compile those great Eric CDs in the States are working on this project" which means this is going to be one steller package! if you love instrumentals (of any kind), Complete Pop Instrumental Hits of the Sixties is the final word! The most exciting part of this release is that it's going to be the first in a series of 10 annual releases of instrumental sets. This will give us every instrumental recorded during the 1960's in the order that they made the charts! Absolutely mind blowing!
Release Date June 21, 2011 - Eric Records will be taking pre orders as of now and will be shipping 3 weeks before anyone else.
http://www.ericrecords.com
Here's a picture of the cover art:
And here's the Track Listing:
Disc One
(All tracks in chronological order by Whitburn Peak Chart Date)
1. Smokie (Part 2) - Bill Black's Combo
2. Smokie (Part 2) - Bill Doggett
3. Bonnie Came Back - Duane Eddy & The Rebels (Stereo)
4. Skokiaan (South African Song) - Bill Haley & His Comets (Stereo)
5. Teenage Hayride - Tender Slim
6. Harlem Nocturne - The Viscounts
7. One Mint Julep - Chet Atkins (Stereo)
8. Amapola - Jacky Noguez & His Orchestra
9. Tracy’s Theme - Spencer Ross (Stereo)
10. The Theme From “A Summer Place” - Percy Faith & His Orchestra (Stereo)
11. On The Beach - Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra (Stereo)
12. Bulldog - The Fireballs
13. Too Much Tequila - The Champs
14. Teensville - Chet Atkins (Stereo)
15. Werewolf - The Frantics
16. A Closer Walk - Pete Fountain (Stereo)
17. Whatcha’ Gonna Do - Nat "King" Cole (Stereo)
18. Beatnik Fly - Johnny & The Hurricanes (Stereo)
19. Summer Set - Monty Kelly & His Orchestra (Stereo) (CD Debut)
20. Chattanooga Choo Choo - Ernie Fields Orchestra
21. Caravan - Santo & Johnny (Stereo)
22. Shazam! - Duane Eddy & The Rebels (Stereo)
23. White Silver Sands - Bill Black's Combo (Original Version)
24. Mr. Lucky - Henry Mancini & His Orchestra (Stereo)
25. The Madison Time (Part 1) - The Ray Bryant Combo (Stereo)
26. Beautiful Obsession - Sir Chauncey & His Exciting Strings (Stereo)
27. Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part 2) - Jessie Hill
28. National City - Joiner, Arkansas Junior High School Band
Disc Two
1. La Montana (If She Should Come To You) - Frank Devol (Stereo)
2. La Montana (If She Should Come To You) - Roger Williams (Stereo) (CD Debut)
3. Theme For Young Lovers - Percy Faith & His Orchestra (Stereo)
4. The Theme From “The Unforgiven” (The Need For Love) - Don Costa & His Orchestra (Stereo)
5. Because They’re Young - Duane Eddy & The Rebels (Stereo)
6. Down Yonder - Johnny & The Hurricanes
7. Josephine - Bill Black's Combo (Original Version) (CD Debut)
8. Look For A Star - Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra (Stereo)
9. Theme From Adventures In Paradise - Jerry Byrd (Stereo)
10. Night Train - The Viscounts (CD Debut)
11. Bongo Bongo Bongo - Preston Epps (Stereo)
12. Walk—Don’t Run - The Ventures (Stereo)
13. Kommotion - Duane Eddy & The Rebels (Single version) (Stereo CD Debut)
14. Revival - Johnny & The Hurricanes
15. Vaquero (Cowboy) - The Fireballs (Stereo)
16. Theme From The Apartment - Ferrante & Teicher (Stereo)
17. Beachcomber - Bobby Darin (Stereo)
18. Brontosaurus Stomp - The Piltdown Men
19. Rocking Goose - Johnny & The Hurricanes
20. Never On Sunday - Don Costa & His Orchestra (Stereo)
21. Temptation - Roger Williams (Stereo)
22. Theme From The Sundowners - The Felix Slatkin Orchestra (Stereo)
23. Midnight Lace - David Carroll & His Orchestra (CD Debut)
24. Midnight Lace - Ray Ellis & His Orchestra (CD Debut)
25. Midnight Lace (Part 1) - Ray Conniff & His Orchestra (Stereo)
26. Don’t Be Cruel - Bill Black's Combo (U.S. CD Debut)
Disc Three
1. The Sundowners - Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra (Stereo)
2. (Theme From) The Sundowners - Mantovani & His Orchestra (Stereo) (CD Debut)
3. Peter Gunn - Duane Eddy & The Rebels (Stereo)
4. (Theme From) “The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs” - Ernie Freeman (Stereo)
5. Night Theme - The Mark II
6. Last Date - Floyd Cramer (Stereo)
7. Ruby Duby Du - Tobin Mathews & Co.
8. Ruby Duby Du (From "Key Witness") - Charles Wolcott (CD Debut).
9. Stranger From Durango - Richie Allen (CD Debut)
10. Gonzo - James Booker
11. You Are My Sunshine - Johnny & The Hurricanes (Stereo)
12. Last Date - Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra (Stereo)
13. Blue Tango - Bill Black's Combo (Original Version) (CD Debut)
14. Rambling - The Ramblers (CD Debut)
15. Perfidia - The Ventures (Stereo)
16. Twistin’ Bells - Santo & Johnny
17. (Let’s Do) The Hully Gully Twist - Bill Doggett (CD Debut)
Bonus Tracks
18. The Clouds - The Spacemen
19. In The Mood - Ernie Fields Orchestra
20. Reveille Rock - Johnny & The Hurricanes (Stereo)
21. Tear Drop - Santo & Johnny
22. (Theme From) “The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs” - Chet Atkins (Stereo)
23. Forever - The Little Dippers (Stereo)
24. The Madison - Al Brown (U.S. CD Debut)
25. 77 Sunset Strip - Don Ralke
26. 77 Sunset Strip (Alternate Stereo Version) - Don Ralke (Stereo) (CD Debut)
27. Red River Rock - Johnny & The Hurricanes
Edited by Mr_Stereo on 05 May 2011 at 9:02am
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jono
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Thoroughly enjoying this release. One reason is that it has the correct 45 version of "Josephine" by Bill Black's Combo. Additionally there are four other 45 versions of Bill Black's Combo songs on these discs, all hard to find on cd.
It seems like there was a very strong effort to get the 45 versions of these songs on this release, stereo if it matched the mono 45. Great sound, too. I see that some pretty recognizable names made some contributions to this cd project, and I'm looking forward to the continuation of the series!
Jon O.
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JMD1961
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While loading the top 40 hits off this set into iTunes, I noticed that tracks 19 & 20 on disc one are backwards from how they are list on the packaging (and on the website and the listing above). On my set, Chattanooga Choo Choo (by Ernie Fields Orchestra) is my track 19, and Summer set (by Monty Kelly) is track 20. Is that the same for everyone else?
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Yes, the error in the track listing for disc one is the
same everywhere. Just goes to show you can proof every
detail a dozen times over and still miss something. :-(
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JMD1961
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Hey! Stuff happens. I probably wouldn't have noticed if I
hadn't been loading just the Top 40 hits.
Still a GREAT set though. Thanks for producing it. And
hopefully, more are on the way soon.
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