Surrounded By a Ray of Sunshine: The UA Recordings

surrounded by a ray of sunshine: the ua recordings

Track Listings

1. It's All Because of You

2. As Long as You're Happy

3. Don't Come Any Closer

4. Just Call and I'll Be There

5. Chained to a Memory

6. I Deserve It

7. That Special Way

8. Somebode Else's Baby

9. Shoes

10. Tell Her of Our Love

11. Surrounded by a Ray of Sunshine

12. How Do You Say Goodbye

13. Can't Take My Eyes off of You

14. Never My Love

15. For Me

16. Rain or Snow

17. Ford Leads the Way

18. Go Ahead

19. And Suddenly

20. Go Ahead and Love Me

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Product Description
60's Female Singer Ptiched Between Timi Yuro & Petula Clark.

Surrounded By a Ray of Sunshine: The UA Recordings,Samantha Jones,Rpm Records UK,Britain,British Invasion,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

Surrounded By a Ray of Sunshine: The UA Recordings

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A must for brit girl sound lovers
A must for brit girl sound lovers.,
For Fans of 1960's Singers
Good Anthology of Obscure British Dolly Bird

Surrounded By a Ray of Sunshine: The UA Recordings
Samantha Jones
Manufacturer: Rpm Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Sam Leads the Way

ASIN: B00004SE2H
Release Date: 2007-02-12

Tracks:

It's All Because of You
As Long as You're Happy
Don't Come Any Closer
Just Call and I'll Be There
Chained to a Memory
I Deserve It
That Special Way
Somebode Else's Baby
Shoes
Tell Her of Our Love
Surrounded by a Ray of Sunshine
How Do You Say Goodbye
Can't Take My Eyes off of You
Never My Love
For Me
Rain or Snow
Ford Leads the Way
Go Ahead
And Suddenly
Go Ahead and Love Me

Album Details

60's Female Singer Ptiched Between Timi Yuro & Petula Clark.

Customer Reviews:

A must for brit girl sound lovers.......2004-07-01

This is one of my very last nice surprises from the brit girl sound -which I am very much into, even though it is not a passion you can share with everybody in my country.
Powerful, sexy an warm, if you like the freshness and innocence of Sandie Shaw or Tammy St. John and, at the same time, can't stop loving the roughness and intensity of Lulu, Emma Rede or Barbara Ruskin, you will definitly love Sam Jones, who has got the best of them all.
Between this one and "Sam leads the way" (which I already bought), I certainly choose the first one, that comprehends her previous and -in my opinion- best period.
So, all I can say is : BUY IT!!! You won't regret, believe me.

A must for brit girl sound lovers.,.......2004-06-30

This is one of my very last nice surprises from the brit girl sound -which I am very much into, even though it is not a passion you can share with everybody in my country.
Powerful, sexy an warm, if you like the freshness and innocence of Sandie Shaw or Tammy St. John and, at the same time, can't stop loving the roughness and intensity of Lulu, Jackie Lee or Barbara Ruskin, you will definitly love Sam Jones, who has got the best of them all.
Between this one and "Sam leads the way" (which I already bought), I certainly choose the first one, that comprehends her previous and -in my opinion- best period.
So, all I can say is : BUY IT!!! You won't regret, believe me.

For Fans of 1960's Singers.......2002-12-14

Being from the USA, I had never heard of Samantha Jones. Released on the always interesting RPM label, this album contains some great records. My favorites: "How Do You Say Goodbye", "It's All Beacause of You", "I Deserve It", "Surrounded By A Ray of Sunshine" and particularly "Ford Leads The Way" from a car commercial. Varied material, well produced. The reference to being a singer somewhere between Timi Yuro and Petula Clark is accurate. I'm fans of both, with Samantha added as a new favorite. I do, however, agree with the previous reviewer who stated more singles (rather than album cuts) should have been selected. Perhaps a future RPM compilation?

Good Anthology of Obscure British Dolly Bird.......2001-04-18

For Americans, Samantha Jones will be a total unknown. In the United Kingdom, the situation is not a lot better except for Northern Soul aficianados who will recognize her as the source of a couple of popular records revived in the 1970s ("Surrounded by a Ray of Sunshine," "And Suddenly").

She deserved better. Originally one of the four Vernons Girls (of "We Love the Beatles" fame), she went solo in 1964 under the expert and inspired auspices of producer/arranger/songwriter Charles Blackwell. Her early tracks with Blackwell include an archetypal classic("Don't Come Any Closer"). Thereafter she recorded in the U.S. for a couple of years (1965/6), yielding a fine wall-of-sound effort ("I Deserve It") arranged by Phil Spector's recently estranged arranger, and a neat anti-war song ("Shoes") produced in Nashville by Bill Justis. When she returned to the U.K., Charles Blackwell resumed production duties until psychedelia wiz Mark Wirtz took over.

This collection sweeps together a good number of rare and wonderful single a-sides plus a few well-chosen b-sides. It also includes a handful of tracks from her only LP from the years covered by this anthology.

My personal gripe is that more of the tracks released on 45s should have been included and fewer of the LP tracks. The excellent liner notes refer to a frustrating number of singles which are not included here. Surely there is never any reason to include a version of the execrable "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You." And while her cover of the Association's "Never My Love" is pleasant, one of the omitted singles would have been more interesting.

As is always the case with RPM releases, the sound is excellent, having been taken from the finished masters.

For any fan of mid-60s female pop singers, this release is recommended.

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