96fm: 25 Years of Hits [Import]

96fm: 25 years of hits [import]

Track Listings
1. She Drives Me Crazy
2. Run To Paradise
3. Simply Irresistible
4. Nothing Compares 2 U
5. Need You Tonight
6. Complicated
7. Down Under
8. Get Set
9. Better
10. Wonder Wall
11. Pressure Down
12. Don't Bring Me Down
13. More Than A Feeling
14. To Her Door
15. April Su N In Cuba
16. Eagle Rock
17. Rock The Kasbah
18. Boys Light Up
19. Miss Free Love 69'
20. Amazing

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Australian pressing features 20 tracks. WSM. 2005.

96fm: 25 Years of Hits,Various Artists,Wea/Warner,Rock,Rock/Pop Collections

96fm: 25 Years of Hits [Import]
Rock & Roll: The First 50 Years/The Late '60s: 25 Top 10 Hits
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Top-40 radio fare 1966-69 + lots of true stereo
  • "relive those original hits by original artists of the '60s"
  • + 1/2 stars...More Bubblegum Than Psychedelia
 Rock & Roll: The First 50 Years/The Late '60s: 25 Top 10 Hits
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
BubblegumBubblegum | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0007OY3Z2
Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

  1. Mony Mony [Stereo] - Tommy James, Tommy James & the Shondells
  2. Kind of a Drag [Stereo] - The Buckinghams
  3. Backfield in Motion [Stereo] - Mel & Tim,
  4. Get Together [Stereo] - The Youngbloods
  5. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In [Stereo] - The 5th Dimension
  6. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye [Stereo] - The Casinos
  7. Horse [Stereo] - Cliff Nobles & Company
  8. Spooky [Stereo] - Classics IV,
  9. Hooked on a Feeling - B.J. Thomas
  10. Love (Can Make You Happy) [Stereo] - Mercy
  11. Gimme Little Sign [Stereo] - Brenton Wood
  12. Little Woman [Stereo] - Bobby Sherman
  13. Happy Together [Stereo] - The Turtles
  14. If I Were a Carpenter - Bobby Darin
  15. Western Union [Stereo] - The Five Americans
  16. Sugar Town [Stereo] - Nancy Sinatra
  17. Expressway to Your Heart [Stereo] - The Soul Survivors
  18. Soulful Strut [Stereo] - Young-Holt Unlimited,
  19. Skinny Legs and All [Stereo] - Joe Tex
  20. Groovin' - The Young Rascals
  21. Color Him Father [Stereo] - The Winstons
  22. Time of the Season [Stereo] - The Zombies
  23. Sugar, Sugar [Stereo] - The Archies
  24. Venus - Shocking Blue
  25. You've Made Me So Very Happy [Stereo] - Blood, Sweat & Tears

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great Top-40 radio fare 1966-69 + lots of true stereo.......2005-05-14

The music industry may be bigger now than in the '60s, but it's definitely not better. The loss of radio listeners to other conveyances (MP3 players, Internet webcasts, etc.) and media (such as music television) has led to a fragmentation of pop music's audience and resulted in a balkanization of radio's formats. It's nearly impossible to imagine a commercial radio station that would program the variety heard on this CD.

Varese's fourth volume in this series focuses on the years 1966-1969, and gives a good sense of the variety that was programmed on Top-40 radio, including pop, rock, folk, soul and bubblegum. These work together on a variety of levels. There are soul songs ("Soulful Strut" "The Horse" - both, ironically, backing tracks to vocals releases that weren't nearly as successful) that segues with pop that has blue-eyed soul and jazz underpinnings ("Groovin'" "You've Made Me So Very Happy"), there are party-time anthems in both straight-ahead rock ("Mony Mony") and soul ("Expressway to Your Heart"), and there are all manner of pop tunes from Nancy Sinatra's lazy "Sugar Town" to the ear candy or The Archies' "Sugar Sugar." The freedom to create music for radio without strict genre boundaries lent itself to the era's ethos.

With the dawning of the '70s, independent record labels found themselves marginalized in a record business increasingly dominated by conglomerates. This volume amply demonstrates the savvy music business "ears" that created hits for long-gone labels like Roulette, USA, Bamboo, Soul City, Fraternity, Phil-L.A., Metromedia, Imperial, Sceptor, Sundi, Double Shot, White Whale, Abnak, Crimson, Dial, Date, Calendar, and Colossus.

Without tracks from the Beatles, Stones or the psychedelic and hard-rock camps (e.g., Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield, Electric Prunes, Steppenwolf, Donovan, Vanilla Fudge), this isn't a complete exposition of the late '60s pop musical stew, but it is a generous helping of some of the era's most memorable radio hits, nearly all presented in true stereo. Only cuts 9, 14, 20, 24 are delivered in mono. Informative liner notes and detailed discographical and chart info make this a fine walk down memory lane for those who lived the era and a good introduction to radio's late '60s riches for those who didn't.

5 out of 5 stars "relive those original hits by original artists of the '60s".......2005-03-22

Well, Varese Records has done it real good this time...giving all the music junkies of the '60s something to howl about...a twenty-five never to be forgotten classic tunes that gave all America a shot in the arm..."Rock & Roll: The First 50 Years of the Late '60s 25 Top 10 Hits", featuring original hit versions by the original artists.

In alphabetical order and with an all-star guest cast are the 25 selections:

AQUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINE IN (THE FLESH FAILURES) MEDLEY (The 5th Dimensions)
BACKFIELD IN MOTION (Mel And Tim)
COLOR HIM FATHER (The Winstons)
EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART (Soul Survivors)
GET TOGETHER (The Youngbloods)
GIMME LITTLE SIGN (Brenton Wood)
GROOVIN' (The Young Rascals)
HAPPY TOGETHER (The Turtles)
HOOKED ON A FEELING (B.J. Thomas)
HORSE, THE (Cliff Nobles & Co)
IF I WERE A CARPENTER (Bobby Darin)
KIND OF A DRAG (The Buckinghams)
LITTLE WOMAN (Bobby Sherman)
LOVE (CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY) (Mercy)
MONY MONY (Tommy James & The Shondells)
SKINNY LEGS AND ALL (Joe Tex)
SPOOKY (Classics IV)
SOULFUL STRUT (Young-Holt Unlimited)
SUGAR, SUGAR (The Archies)
SUGAR TOWN (Nancy Sinatra)
THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE (The Casinos)
TIME OF THE SEASON (The Zombies)
VENUS (The Shocking Blue)
WESTERN UNION (The Five Americans)
YOU'VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY (Blood, Sweat & Tears)

Each track presented in True Stereo by the original artist...remastered...sounding just the way you remember them...at the swimming pool juke-box or your local hang-out with friends...believe this collection will have your number soon enough!

Total Time: 75:00 ~ Varese Records 66637 ~ (3/01/2005)

4 out of 5 stars + 1/2 stars...More Bubblegum Than Psychedelia.......2005-03-01

This is yet another terrific volume in Varese Sarabande's ROCK & ROLL series. Like its earlier volumes, you get twenty-five of the era's most popular hits. Not only were each of these songs top 10 hits, all but eight of them sold over a million copies each!

This series has not, however, been without its flaws. Just like the MID 60's release shortchanged the British Invasion (the predominant musical force of the period), this LATE 60's volume overlooks the psychedelic movement. I realize the difficulty in finiding top 10 hits that would fit this category, but the Jeffereson Airplane immediately spring to mind.

However, with that minor complaint aside, this is a solid collection of terrific songs with a heavy emphasis on soul and R&B hits like "Backfield in Motion," "Gimme Little Sign," "Expressway to Your Heart" and the instrumental classics "The Horse" and "Soulful Strut." The only thing that kept me from giving this a five-star rating was the inclusion of Boby Sherman's schlock pop hit "Little Woman." While this series has been far from definitive, it is a very satisfying collection. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD
    ASIN: B0006M24YC

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    25 #1 Hits From 25 Years Volume II
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    4 out of 5 stars Volume II of MOTOWN's #1 hits delivers the goods.......2007-01-19

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    5 out of 5 stars The very best of MOTOWN.......2006-12-22

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    GeneralGeneral | R&B | Styles | Music
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    5 out of 5 stars Wide variety of Motown styles!.......2003-04-25

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      GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
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      Tracks:

      1. I Like the Way - Hi-Five
      2. Unbelievable - EMF
      3. Set Adrift on Memory Bliss - P.M. Dawn
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      5. Deeply Dippy - Right Said Fred
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      7. Take a Chance on Me - Erasure
      8. Ebeneezer Goode - The Shamen
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      11. No Limit - 2 Unlimited
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        Various Artists
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        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
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          Various Artists
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          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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            Binding: Audio CD

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              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

              GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
              GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
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