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| DISC 1: |
| 1 |
Sunday Kind Of Love, A |
| 2 |
Poor Little Puppet |
| 3 |
Tennessee |
| 4 |
Your Heart Has Changed Its Mind |
| 5 |
My Favorite Dream |
| 6 |
Who Put The Bomp |
| 7 |
Frosty (The Snow Man) |
| 8 |
She's Still Talking Baby Talk |
| 9 |
Linda |
| 10 |
When I Learn How To Cry |
| 11 |
Surf City |
| 12 |
She's My Summer Girl |
| 13 |
Honolulu Lulu |
| 14 |
Someday (You'll Go Walking By) |
| 15 |
Drag City |
| 16 |
Schlock Rod (Part 1) |
| 17 |
Dead Man's Curve |
| 18 |
New Little Girl In School, The |
| 19 |
Little Old Lady, The (From Pasadena) |
| 20 |
My Mighty G.T.O. |
| DISC 2: |
| 1 |
Ride The Wild Surf |
| 2 |
Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga Sewing |
| 3 |
Circle, Book Review And Timing |
| 4 |
Association, The |
| 5 |
Sidewalk Surfin' |
| 6 |
When It's Over |
| 7 |
(Here They Come) From All Over The |
| 8 |
World |
| 9 |
Freeway Flyer |
| 10 |
You Really Know How To Hurt A Guy |
| 11 |
It's As Easy As 1, 2, 3 |
| 12 |
I Found A Girl |
| 13 |
It's A Shame To Say Goodbye |
| 14 |
Beginning From An End, A |
| 15 |
Folk City |
| 16 |
Barman |
| 17 |
Bucket 'T' |
| 18 |
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) |
| 19 |
Popsicle |
| 20 |
Fiddle Around |
| 21 |
Surfer's Dream, A |
| 22 |
School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell) |
| 23 |
Submarine Races, The |
| 24 |
Universal Coward, The |
| 25 |
I Can't Wait To Love You |
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Title:
The Complete Liberty Singles
Artist:
Jan & Dean
The two-disc, 42-track THE COMPLETE LIBERTY SINGLES is the ultimate Jan and Dean anthology. It is not exhaustive: the duo's often-charming earlier singles for a series of small Los Angeles labels are missing, as are the Dean Torrance solo tracks released under the Jan and Dean name after Jan Berry's near-fatal 1966 car crash. But the meat of the Jan and Dean legend is right here: both sides of all of the duo's 1961-66 singles, in glorious mono. Classics like "Surf City," "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena," and "Sidewalk Surfin'" are all present in carefully remastered, crystal-clear mono, alongside quirky b-sides that showed the duo's sometimes bizarre sense of humor. The lavish package also features many photos and detailed liner notes.
The freshness and free-spirited West Coast vibe that Jan Berry and Dean Torrence helped to create within the early-'60s So Cal music scene permeates The Complete Liberty Singles (2008). Gathered on these CDs are all 42 A- and B-sides issued by Jan & Dean during their early to mid-'60s stint on Liberty Records. Although judicious amounts of compression help to keep the sound crisp throughout, gone is the fake equalization and overbearing noise reduction that marred the vast majority of Jan & Dean best of CDs. By default several early charting selections for the local and regional Arwin, Dore and Challenge imprints are not here. However, unquestionably the loss of those formative sides is certainly made up for by the great care taken while focusing solely on the duo's core hit-making ('62 -- '66) era. In much the same spirit that Dean Torrence painstakingly compiled the excellent vinyl anthology Gotta Take That One Last Ride (1974) in the mid-'70s, producers of the Complete Liberty Singles have gone back to the finest source materials with an ear toward replicating the sonic punch and power inherent in those seminal mixes. To that end, their mission has certainly been accomplished. Casual fans and collectors' alike are treated to every one of the baker's dozen of Jan & Dean's key Top 40 entries. Of course titles such as "Surf City," "Drag City," "New Girl in School," "Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)," "Ride the Wild Surf," "Honolulu Lulu," "Sidewalk Surfin'," "Dead Man's Curve," and "Popsicle" will be familiar to all fans of the surf music subgenre. Studious enthusiasts have the most to gain thanks to the full, rich tonality of some of the second-tier tracks, namely "A Sunday Kind of Love," "Tennessee," "Linda," "When I Learn How to Cry," and the criminally underrated "She's My Summer Girl." Of particular interest are a few rarities, including the flipside to "Popsicle" -- which was the cover of the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" -- the B-side only "Submarine Races" and the Berry solo single "Universal Coward" b/w "I Can't Wait to Love You." Visually accompanying the tunes is a 20-page liner notes booklet with essays from both surf music expert/journalist David Beard and producer Ed Osbourne, as well as reproductions of vintage 7" picture sleeves, not to mention plenty of rarely published photos. Major kudos goes to the hoe-daddies and mommies over at Collectors' Choice Music for realizing such a thoroughly and exemplary executed package. ~ Lindsay Planer
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Catalog #: WWCCM09492
UPC: 617742094923
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