Johnny Rivers - "Mountain Of Love"

My commercial 45, confirmed as Imperial 66075, with deadwax info of "IM
6014", has a listed time of (2:29), but an actual time of (2:38). The three
current db CDs that include the original recording of this song run (2:37),
(2:38) and (2:39).

Pat, I also happened to be doing research recently, on a low-charting
personal fave song of mine by him, called "Right Relations", to see if
perhaps it had come out somewhere on CD, domestic or import, during
the past decade. I found good news. There was a domestically released,
EMI-Capitol Special Markets (it also lists "GSC Music" and
www.timelessmusic.com), 3-CD set, "36 All-Time Greatest Hits", #15156.     

This set is not currently in your db. It has every one of his Imperial & UA
db hits, but not the last three, on Epic & Big Tree. At a quick glance, this
comp also includes 8 other, lower Hot 100 entries of his, that are not on
the old Rhino 2-CD set. I remember seeing a ton of these very-affordable
3-CD sets, at places like Circuit City, back in the day. But I never saw this
particular one before. It is obviously OOP, but I was recently able to pick
one up on-line. Very happy with it.

If this set proves too difficult for you to locate, Pat (and it was no picnic
for me to find), just ask, and I'll give you one of my "guest reviews" on it.
Let me know....

Edited by jimct

I spoke with the owner of GSC many years ago and after explaining my publication, we mutually agreed that the GSC product did not make a good fit for inclusion in my book (now database) so I have never bothered since to even think about including GSC titles.

Tom:

I'm pretty sure the tracks on the GSC/Timeless 36 All-Time Greatest Hits series are simply dubbed from existing CD compilations by each featured artist/band, so I don't believe any new mastering is undertaken. However, I've found the sound quality on GSC/Timeless releases to generally be very good because the tracks mostly appear to be dubbed from early to mid-'90s CD compilations which usually don't contain the overly loud "brickwalled" audio levels and squashed dynamic range typical of modern CDs. You also get a pretty good representation of an artist/band's Billboard Hot 100 singles output on most of these collections. On the downside, the GSC/Timeless compilations contain no liner notes whatsoever (these were clearly intended to be budget releases) and I've never understood why these 36 track sets were spread out over three CDs when they could have just as easily fit onto two discs.

The very difficult to find Brenda Lee 36 All-Time Greatest Hits set is the only one where I've found first-time CD appearances of Top 40 hits. You can read more about in the Brenda Lee "Just a Little" thread.

Edited by Todd Ireland

The Lettermen collection couldn't have been since most of those songs hadn't previously been on cd, and they sound like 10th generation open reel dubs. They're certainly not using any of the Ron Furmanek remixes on the set.

Feel free to post any reviews you desire on the GSC label.