Recommendation: Girl Group Box Set

Really?!?!? Ooh, this sounds exciting! Probably no Spector content, though, is there? He tends to control such rights a bit tyranically...

Is it all original recordings.. I tend to avoid these cheapo comp box sets as many seem to be those terrible "These songs have been re- recorded by one or more of the original line-up to preserve sound quality"

These things piss me off so much. Have you ever heard Lesley Gore's 80's compilation remake of it's my party? Sacrilidge.

Rant over.

Track Listings 1. Chapel of love - Dixie Cups 2. You should have seen the way he looked at me - Dixie Cups 3. Remember (walkin' in the sand) - Shangri-Las 4. Leader of the pack - Shangri-Las 5. I can never go home anymore - Shangri-Las 6. Baby be mine - Jellybeans 7. Good night baby - Jellybeans 8. I wonder - Butterflys 9. He ain't no angel - Ad Libs 10. Baby - Greenwich, Ellie 11. He's so easy to love - Joy, Roddie 12. Ain't that love - Bouquets 13. Dum dum ditty - Goodies (2) 14. Take me for a little while - Sands, Evie 15. Big bad world - Saint, Cathy 16. What am I gonna do with you hey baby - Inspirations (4) 17. Queen of tears - Knight, Gladys & The Pips 18. Love kitten - Corcoran, Noreen 19. Why can't a boy and girl just stay in love - Corcoran, Noreen 20. Can I get him - Pearlettes 21. Invitation to a wedding - Jackson, Barbara 22. I know you'll be there - Fabares, Shelley 23. Smart boy - Britton, Marilyn 24. Young boy - Green, Barbara 25. What - Marx, Melinda 26. Please don't go - Carroll, Yvonne 27. Long time no see - Dey, Tracey 28. I can't hear you - Everett, Betty 29. Can I get to know you - Everett, Betty 30. One girl one boy - Honey Bees 31. Shoop shoop de roop rama lama ding dong yeah yeah yeah - Clinger Sisters 32. Be good to your baby - Avons (1) 33. What mama don't know - Kelli & The Kittens 34. Party talk - Kelly, Karen 35. Try the worryin' way - Fabulettes 36. Down at Papa Joe's - Dixiebelles 37. Southtown USA - Dixiebelles 38. Hideaway - Young Generation 39. People say - Dixie Cups 40. Do wah diddy - Jellybeans 41. I'm just a down home girl - Ad Libs 42. Love hit me with a wallop - Joy, Roddie 43. Memory Lane without you - McCauley, Chi Chi 44. You broke your promise - Knight, Gladys & The Pips 45. Gee baby gee - Butterflys 46. Bobby's girl - Blaine, Marcia 47. Bobby did - Blaine, Marcia 48. Tom tom - Terry & The Tunisians 49. Look in my eyes - Three Degrees 50. Bongos on the beach - Three Degrees 51. Handsome boy - Ladybirds 52. He's mine - Swans (3) 53. Who do you love - Sapphires 54. I'll weep for you - Ferguson, Sheila 55. Maybe - Three Degrees 56. Moulin Rouge (Where is your heart) - Sapphires 57. Don't (leave me lover) - Ferguson, Sheila 58. I'm so young - Wilson, Naomi 59. I'd rather fight than switch - Tomboys 60. Gonna find the right boy - Slo, Audry ------------------------------------------------------------------------

No Spector productions (a couple with his name in the writing credits - and you all need Back To Mono, the Spector set, one of the greatest box sets ever), but it is all original artists (you are right to be wary! I am too). I bought others by them (Castle Pulse) at the same time, in fact, at even lower prices in this sale (£3.99 each for 3CD sets): Rock The Joint - the Roots & Branches of Rock 'n' Roll, The Legendary Sun Records Story, plus volume two of same. These are every bit as good. If you are within reach of an HMV on Oxford St, London, I recommend checking out their sale (I've no idea if they're having sales elsewhere). There are a bunch of 10CD jazz box sets at £11 or £12 each - I bought Billie Holiday and Art Tatum ones - and an excellent Wynonie Harris 4CD set that was about the same price, as well as thousands of individual CDs, obviously. Perhaps I should stress that I am just a consumer, not connected in any way with any of these companies.

'Original artists' does not imply 'original recordings,' Captain.

-The Wisdom of Sarek

My old pal Mr Pedantic is visiting us. Say hello to Mr Pedantic, children.

Yes, all original recordings. This is a classy production, not one of those "we dug up a Shirelle and flung it together with some fifth rate session hacks" jobs.

Martin (or anyone else who has this compilation), which are the standout tracks? And would you be willing to make it available on Ssk anytime soon?