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Embassy British Hit Parade 1962 (4CD)

Name: Embassy British Hit Parade 1962 (4CD)
Brand: Acrobat
SKU: ACQCD7059
Price: 19.00 GBP
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Embassy British Hit Parade 1962 (4CD)

£19.00

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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. Last year, we introduced another innovation into our annual trawl of the songs that the great British record-buying public was spending their hard-earned shillings on with our comprehensive collections for 1960 and 1961 of every 45rpm single that was released during those years on the Embassy label, the cover versions that were sold exclusively in Woolworths stores from 1954 to 1965. They were extremely well-received, so we have continued the series with this collection of every Embassy release for 1962.

There were 56 releases, one of them a 4-track single for songs from Elvis film Kid Galahad so there were 114 tracks, all performed by the labels pool of sessions singers, some of them performing under a variety of pseudonyms. We also include 4 bonus tracks. Obviously, Embassy were highly selective about the tracks they recorded the songs were generally already guaranteed hits although they did do one or two pre-emptive recordings of things they expected to chart which didn't 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 these alternative versions to add a dimension to their collections.

Disc 1
Track	Artist	Title
1	Run To Him	Rikki Henderson
2	I'd Never Find Another You	Rikki Henderson
3	The Young Ones	Bobby Stevens
4	Multiplication	Bobby Stevens
5	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Bobby Stevens
6	The Language Of Love	Bobby Stevens
7	Let's Twist Again	Rikki Henderson
8	Son, This Is She	Rikki Henderson
9	Forget-Me-Not	Bobby Stevens
10	Lonesome	Bobby Stevens
11	Rock-A-Hula Baby	Paul Rich
12	Walk On By	Paul Rich
13	Peppermint Twist	Bobby Stevens
14	Crying In The Rain	Bobby Stevens and Redd Wayne
15	A Little Bitty Tear	Redd Wayne
16	Tell Me What He Said	Kay Barry
17	Wimoweh	Bobby Stevens
18	Can't Help Falling In Love	Bobby Stevens
19	March Of The Siamese Children	Happy Knights Jazz Band
20	Wonderful Land	Bud Ashton
21	The Hole In The Ground	Paul Rich
22	Twistin' The Night Away	Paul Rich
23	Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)	Rikki Henderson
24	Hey! Baby	Rikki Henderson
25	Never Goodbye	Bobby Stevens
26	Speak To Me Pretty	Kay Barry
27	Hey! Little Girl	Redd Wayne
28	When My Little Girl Is Smiling	Redd Wayne
29	Theme From Z Cars	James Wright and his Orchestra
30	Theme From Dr. Kildare	James Wright and his Orchestra

Disc 2
Track	Title	Artist
1	The Maigret Theme	James Wright and his Orchestra
2	Coronation Street	James Wright and his Orchestra
3	Good Luck Charm	Bobby Stevens
4	I'm Looking Out The Window	Bobby Stevens
5	Nut Rocker	Bud Ashton Trio
6	Let's Talk About Love	Marian Williams
7	Down The Lane	Paul Rich
8	Opposites	Paul Rich and Marian Williams
9	Far Away	Jean Campbell
10	The Day After Tomorrow	Jean Campbell
11	As You Like It	Johnny Chester
12	Last Night Was Made For Love	Johnny Chester
13	Come Outside	Bobby Stevens and Kay Barry
14	Ginny Come Lately	Redd Wayne and Bobby Stevens
15	A Picture Of You	Redd Wayne
16	The Green Leaves Of Summer	Happy Knights Jazz Band
17	I Can't Stop Loving You	Paul Rich
18	A Little Love, A Little Kiss	Paul Rich
19	Here Comes That Feeling	Kay Barry
20	Don't Ever Change	Redd Wayne
21	I Remember You	Bobby Stevens
22	Follow That Dream	Bobby Stevens
23	Speedy Gonzales	Redd Wayne
24	English Country Garden	Redd Wayne
25	Right, Said Fred	Paul Rich
26	Our Favourite Melodies	Paul Rich
27	Little Miss Lonely	Marion Williams
28	V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N	Marion Williams
29	Guitar Tango	Bud Ashton
30	Roses Are Red	Paul Rich

Disc 3
Track	Title	Artist
1	Things	Mike Redway
2	Once Upon A Dream	Mike Redway
3	Dancin' Party	Paul Rich
4	Gotta See Baby Tonight	Happy Knights Jazz Band with Paul Rich
5	Pick A Bale O' Cotton	Les Carle
6	So Do I	Les Carle
7	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Ray Pilgrim and Mike Redway
8	Sealed With A Kiss	Ray Pilgrim and Mike Redway
9	You Don't Know Me	Paul Rich
10	The Loco-Motion	Marion Williams
11	She's Not You	Les Carle
12	It'll Be Me	Les Carle
13	Telstar	Bud Ashton
14	Don't That Beat All	Rikki Henderson
15	Sheila	Paul Rich
16	Reminiscing	Paul Rich
17	Ramblin' Rose	Les Carle
18	Lonely	James Wright and his Orchestra
19	It Started All Over Again	Kay Barry
20	It Might As Well Rain Until September	Kay Barry
21	Lovesick Blues	Ray Pilgrim
22	Let's Dance	Ray Pilgrim
23	Oh, Lonesome Me	Mike Redway
24	Venus In Blue Jeans	Mike Redway
25	Devil Woman	Paul Rich
26	The Swiss Maid	Paul Rich
27	Sherry	Kay Barry
28	No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile	Ray Pilgrim and Mike Redway
29	King Of The Whole Wide World -	Les Carle
30	Home Is Where The Heart Is	Les Carle

Disc 4
Track	Title	Artist
1	A Whistlin' Tune -	Les Carle
2	Ridin' The Rainbow	Les Carle
3	Bobby's Girl	Kay Barry
4	James (Hold The Ladder Steady)	Kay Barry
5	Sun Arise	Paul Rich
6	If Only Tomorrow (Could Be Like Today)	Paul Rich
7	Return To Sender	Ray Pilgrim
8	It Only Took A Minute	Ray Pilgrim
9	(Dance With The) Guitar Man	Bud Ashton
10	Gossip Calypso	Paul Rich
11	Desafinado (The Bossa Nova)	James Wright and his Orchestra
12	Must Be Madison	James Wright and his Orchestra
13	Love Me Tender	Eddie Falcon
14	The Main Attraction	Eddie Falcon
15	Keep Your Hands Off My Baby	Marilyn Lee
16	Up On The Roof	Les Carle
17	A Forever Kind Of Love	Mike Redway
18	The Next Time	Mike Redway
19	Baby Take A Bow	Ray Pilgrim
20	Bachelor Boy	Ray Pilgrim
21	Dance On!	Bud Ashton and his Group
22	Like I Do	Kay Barry
23	Your Cheatin' Heart	Paul Rich
24	Globetrotter	Bud Ashton and his Group
25	Crazy Words, Crazy Tune	Kay Barry
26	Do Do Do	Kay Barry
27	Let's Twist Again (Edited version)	Rikki Henderson
28	Come Outside (Edited version)	Bobby Stevens and Kay Barry