Description
Label Review.
Huge hit singles, highly-regarded psych-pop B-sides, criminally overlooked album tracks, alternative versions, outtakes, foreign language recordings, a live cabaret album and even the first-ever full release of the complete sessions for the 1970 cult movie ‘May Morning’.
Our Overview.
There have been Tremeloes compilations before. However, The Complete CBS Recordings 1966-72 is unquestionably THE definitive anthology of one of the most successful British pop groups of the late Sixties. This 6-CD release features every note of the band’s recordings during their halcyon days with CBS.
Originally fronted by Brian Poole, they were auditioned by Decca Records on the same day as the Beatles and it was The Tremeloes that got the prized record contract. They had their share of success including a No.1 single (“Do You Love Me?”). After Poole left in 1966, The Tremeloes carried on as a four piece and the following year had a second wave of popularity with hit singles “Here Comes My Baby”, “Even The Bad Times Are Good”, “Silence Is Golden”, “(Call Me) Number One”, all featured here along with highly-regarded psych-pop B-sides, criminally overlooked album tracks, alternative versions, outtakes, foreign language recordings, a live cabaret album and even the first-ever full release of the complete sessions for the 1970 cult movie ‘May Morning’. ‘The Complete CBS Recordings’ gathers everything under one roof for the first – and, almost certainly, the last time.
Featuring no less than 165 tracks in mono, full fat stereo and even electronically-processed stereo (the way the band’s mono-only early recordings were heard at the time in more stereo-oriented countries such as the USA), ‘The Complete CBS Recordings’ is an essential purchase for both the band’s numerous fans and admirers of late Sixties/early Seventies British pop in general. Containing over seven hours of music across six CDs, this stunning package includes a lavish 32-page booklet with a new 5000 word essay on the band’s career, numerous band quotes and a huge number of extremely rare photos of the band in their youthful prime.
Tracklisting:
Disc One: Here Comes My Baby / Run Baby Run (Back Into My Arms) / My Town / Round And Round / What A State I’m In / Loving You (Is Sweeter Than Ever) / Good Day Sunshine / You / Let Your Hair Hang Down / Shake Hands (And Come Out Crying) / When I’m With Her / Even The Band Times Are Good / Here Comes My Baby (UK Single Version) / Gentleman Of Pleasure / Jenny’s Alright / Be Mine (Mi Seguirai) / Here Comes My Baby / Run Baby Run (Back Into My Arms) / My Town / Round And Round / What A State I’m In / Loving You (Is Sweeter Than Ever) / Good Day Sunshine / You / Let Your Hair Hang Down / Shake Hands (And Come Out Crying) / When I’m With Her / Even The Bad Times Are Good / Even The Bad Times Are Good (Alternative Stereo Version)
Disc Two: Happy Song / Running Out / Negotiations In Soho Square / Suddenly Winter / Sunshine Games / Silence Is Golden / Norman Stanley Jones St. Clair / Cool Jerk / I’m With You All The Way / Sing Sorta Swingle / Too Many Fish In The Sea / Come On Home / Sing Sorta Swingle (Alternative Mono Version) / On Love / Every Little Bit Hurts / No, No, No (Fast Version) / Happy Song / Running Out / Negotiations In Soho Square / Suddenly Winter / Sunshine Games / Silence Is Golden / Norman Stanley Jones St. Clair / Cool Jerk / I’m With You All The Way / Sing Sorta Swingle / Too Many Fish In The Sea / Come On Home / Sing Sorta Swingle (Alternative Stereo Version)
Disc Three: Suddenly You Love Me / As You Are / Helule Helule / Girl From Nowhere / My Little Lady / All The World To Me / You Don’t Know Like I Know / Show Me / I Take What I Want / Reach Out I’ll Be There / Peggy Sue / Everyday / The Lion Sleeps Tonight / Rag Doll / I’ll See You There / Willie And The Hand Jive / Helule Helule / Girl From Nowhere / Alley Oop / Travelling Circus / Ain’t Nothin’ But A House Party / Suddenly You Love Me / You Don’t Know Like I Know / Show Me / Be Mine / I Take What I Want / Reach Out I’ll Be There / E In Silenzio (Silence Is Golden, Italian Language Version)
Disc Four: I Shall Be Released / I Miss My Baby / I’m Gonna Try / I Will See You There (Single Version) / En Tu Mundo / Hello World / Up, Down, All Around / Once On A Sunday Morning (Cuandro Sali De Cuba) / Fa La La, La La, La Le / Sadness Of Tomorrow / (Call Me) Number One / Instant Whip / Run Baby Run (Back Into My Arms) / Shake Hands (And Come Out Crying) / Hello World / My Little Lady / Angel Of The Morning / Games People Play / Proud Mary / Blessed / Here Comes My Baby / En Tu Mundo / Mountain Dew / Fbi / I Shall Be Released / Silence Is Golden / Even The Bad Times Are Good / Suddenly You Love Me / Good Times
Disc Five: Wait On Me / Long Road / Now’s The Time / Try Me / But Then I… / Before I Sleep / Boola Boola / I Swear / Baby / By The Way / Willow Tree / Me And My Life / Wait On Me (Alternative Version) / What Can I Do / Yellow River (Version 1) / Breakheart Motel / Right Wheel, Left Hammer, Sham / Take It Easy / Hello Buddy / My Woman / Right Wheel, Left Hammer, Sham (2000 Stereo Mix) / Yellow River (Version 2) / No Comprendes (Yellow River, Spanish Language Version) / Jacqueline (Hello World, Italian Language Version) / (Call Me) Number One (2000 Stereo Mix)
Disc Six: May Morning / All Pull Together / Till The Sun Goes Down / Turn On With Thee / I Can’t Even Breathe Down Here / May Morning (Reprise 1) / Anything / Think Of What You Said / Beer Duel / Hard Time / I’ll Take You Home / Bunch Of Rapes / May Morning (Reprise 2) / I You Know (Version 1) / Anything (Reprise 1) / I You Know (Version 2) / Remember Looking Back / No, No, No / Please No More Sad Songs / Too Late (To Be Saved) / If You Ever / How Can You Say Goodbye / Heaven Knows Why / I Like It That Way / Wakamaker