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Embassy British Hit Parade 1960 (4CD)

Name: Embassy British Hit Parade 1960 (4CD)
Brand: Acrobat
Price: 19.00 GBP
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Embassy British Hit Parade 1960 (4CD)

£19.00

Stock Status: In Stock

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Acrobat Musics series of British Hit Parade collections has become an essential annual purchase for a significant number of collectors and enthusiasts who wish to hear and own every record that entered the British record charts during each year. This year, we are introducing another innovation into our annual trawl of the songs that the great British record-buying public was spending their hard-earned shillings on. This collection comprises every 45rpm single that was released in 1960 on the Embassy label, the cover versions that were sold exclusively in Woolworths stores from 1954 to 1965.

Obviously, they were highly selective about the tracks they recorded they were generally already guaranteed hits although they did do one or two pre-emptive recordings of things they expected to chart which didnt make it. For those who began their record-buying lives in the 50s and 60s the Embassy label provided a variety of different perceptions. For the purist, it was anathema the idea of buying anything other than the version of a hit that was in the charts by the star artist was unconscionable (although people would happily buy a watered-down British cover of a stonking and original US hit if that was what was being pushed at them on the radio). For others, the chance to buy a halfway-decent version of two different hits on one 45 for not much more than half the price of a regular single and from a shop they were probably in most Saturdays looked like a sensible deal, especially if you weren't a dyed-in-the-wool NME or MM-reading aficionado.

There were also those who were genuinely interested in the music, and saw it as an interesting parallel world, buying either or both of the original and the sound-alike version. Half a century and more distant, in the world of collectors, enthusiasts and nostalgia, even the prejudices about the presumed naffness of Embassy recordings have gone out of the window as fans of 50s and 60s pop are happy to revisit the music of the times in all its forms in a happy voyage of rediscovery, and people can hear them for what they really are. In addition, the artists who made the cover versions have a story of their own to tell, and still command a hard core of fans, and so this collection provides an eclectic slice of nostalgia that will appeal at a number of levels. We are sure that in addition to the enthusiasts with a special interest in Embassy, many purchasers of our main British Hit Parade sets will also be keen to acquire the B sides to ensure the completeness of their collection.

Disc 1
Track	Artist	Title
1	The Big Hurt	Jean Campbell
2	I Can't Begin To Tell You	Jean Campbell
3	It Ain't Necessarily So	Barry Johns & Neville Taylor
4	A Woman Is A Sometime Thing/I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'	Gordon Franks & Bobbie Britton
5	Heartaches By The Number	Paul Rich
6	Some Kinda Earthquake	Bud Ashton
7	Reveille Rock	Steve Stannard & His Sextet
8	Dance With Me	Bobbie Britton
9	Way Down Yonder In New Orleans	Johnny Worth
10	Pretty Blue Eyes	Johnny Worth
11	Starry Eyed	Rikki Henderson
12	Why	Rikki Henderson
13	Little White Bull	Paul Rich
14	Harbour Lights	Paul Rich
15	A Voice In The Wilderness	Johnny Worth
16	Poor Me	Johnny Worth
17	Summer Set	Black Knight's Jazz Band
18	On A Slow Boat To China	Hal Munro
19	Misty	Dick Jordan
20	Beyond The Sea	Dick Jordan
21	El Paso	Rikki Henderson
22	What More Do You Want	Rikki Henderson
23	Delaware	Rikki Henderson
24	Lady Luck	Rikki Henderson
25	Let It Be Me	Dick Jordan
26	Running Bear	Dick Jordan
27	Theme from 'A Summer Place'	Steve Stannard & His Orchestra
28	What In The World's Come Over You	Rikki Henderson

Disc 2
Track	Title	Artist
1	You Got What It Takes	Hal Munro
2	California Here I Come	Hal Munro
3	My Old Man’s A Dustman	Paul Rich
4	Fings Ain’t What They Used To Be	Paul Rich
5	Be Mine (Aller Madchen Wollen Kusser)	Rikki Henderson
6	Do You Mind	Rikki Henderson
7	Handy Man	Johnny Worth
8	Beatnik Fly	The Gordon Franks Sextet
9	Fall In Love With You	Bobby Stevens
10	Wild One	Bobby Stevens
11	Fame And Fortune	Rikki Henderson
12	He’ll Have To Go	Rikki Henderson
13	Clementine	Bobby Stevens
14	Stuck On You	Bobby Stevens
15	Someone Else’s Baby	Johnny Worth
16	Footsteps	Johnny Worth
17	Cathy’s Clown	Dick Jordan
18	Don’t Throw Away All Those Teardrops	Dick Jordan
19	Sweet Nothin’s	Jean Campbell
20	Standing On The Corner	Paul Rich
21	Shazam	Bud Ashton
22	Green Fields	Paul Rich
23	Cradle Of Love	Bobby Stevens
24	Heart Of A Teenage Girl	Bobby Stevens
25	Robot Man	Jean Campbell
26	Lucky Five	Bobby Brent
27	Three Steps To Heaven	Rikki Henderson
28	The Urge	Rikki Henderson
29	Down Yonder	Steve Stannard & His Sextet
30	Ain’t Misbehavin	Rikki Henderson
31	I Wanna Go Home	Hal Munro

Disc 3
Track	Title	Artist
1	Good Timin’	Hal Munro
2	Please Don’t Tease	Don Duke
3	Made You	Don Duke
4	What A Mouth	Paul Rich
5	Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini	Paul Rich
6	Shakin’ All Over	Bobby Stevens
7	Angela Jones	Bobby Stevens
8	When Will I Be Loved	Don Duke
9	Look For A Star	Don Duke
10	Mais Oui	Rikki Henderson
11	If She Should Come To You	Rikki Henderson
12	Everybody's Somebody's Fool	Jean Campbell
13	I’m Sorry	Jean Campbell
14	Paper Roses	Jean Campbell
15	The Train Of Love	Jean Campbell
16	Because They’re Young	Bud Ashton
17	Apache	Bud Ashton
18	As Long As He Needs Me	Vicki Stevens
19	Where Is Love?	Vicki Stevens
20	Tell Laura I Love Her	Paul Rich
21	Lorelei	Paul Rich
22	Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport	Bobby Stevens
23	A Mess Of Blues	Bobby Stevens
24	How About That	Johnny Worth
25	Nine Times Out Of Ten	Johnny Worth
26	Only The Lonely	Don Duke
27	Chain Gang	Don Duke
28	Walk Don’t Run	Steve Stannard & His Orchestra
29	Never On Sunday	Steve Stannard & His Orchestra

Disc 4
Track	Title	Artist
1	So Sad	Don Duke
2	Please Help Me I’m Falling	Don Duke
3	My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own	Jean Campbell
4	I Want To Be Wanted	Jean Campbell
5	Dreamin’	Don Duke
6	Let's Think About Living	Don Duke
7	Save The Last Dance For Me	Rikki Henderson
8	It's Now Or Never	Rikki Henderson
9	Goodness Gracious Me	Matt Bryant & Linda Joyce
10	Man Of Mystery	Steve Stannard & His Group
11	Mr Custer	Paul Rich
12	McDonalds Cave	Steve Stannard & His Orchestra
13	Kommotion	Bud Ashton
14	Rocking Goose	Steve Stannard & His Group
15	My Love For You	Rikki Henderson
16	Just As Much As Ever	Rikki Henderson
17	Little Donkey	The Embassy Singers
18	The Little Drummer Boy	The Embassy Singers
19	Poetry In Motion	Don Duke
20	Ol' Macdonald	Don Duke
21	Must Be Santa	Paul Rich
22	Virgin Mary	Paul Rich
23	I Love You	Bobby Stevens
24	Strawberry Fair	Bobby Stevens
25	Lively	Bobby Stevens
26	Lonely Pup	Bobby Stevens
27	Gurney Slade Theme	Steve Stannard & His Group
28	The Green Leaves Of Summer	The Tonettes