Buried Treasure: Lost Gems from Deep in the '60s Vaults

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Collector's Choice
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 617742022223
EAN: 0617742022223
ASIN: B00005MHVK

Release Date: 2001-11-06

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Tracks:

Baby Please Don't Go - Troyce Key
Sunset Strip - Don Ralke
Like, I Love You - Edd Byrnes
Sixteen Reasons - Connie Stevens
Apache - Jorgen Ingmann
Angel On My Shoulder - Shelby Flint
Al Di La - Emilio Pericoli
Johnny Get Angry - Joanie Sommers
Comin' Home Baby - Mel Torme
I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight - Barry And The Tamerlanes
Let's Go - The Routers
He's A Doll - THE HONEYS
Out Of Limits - The Marketts
Farmer John - The Premiers
Little Miss Sad - The Addrisi Brothers
It Was Very Good Year - The Modern Folk Quartet
Don't Be Long - The Beefeaters
Please Let Me Love You - The Beefeaters
One Too Many Mornings (Version 1) - The Association
Forty Times - The Association

Tracks:

Cast Your Fate To The Wind - Shelby Flint
One Too Many Mornings - The Beau Brummels
Good Good Lovin' - The Blossoms
Sit Down I Think I Love You - The Mojo Men
Looking At A Baby - The Collectors
I'm Gone - The Magic Mushrooms
Next Plane To London - Rose Garden
Pata Pata - Miriam Makeba
Here's To You - Hamilton Camp
1941 - Tom Northcott
Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me - Tiny Tim
Lady Madonna - Fats Domino
This Wheel's On Fire - Hamilton Camp
Morning Girl - The Neon Philharmonic
Apricot Brandy - Rhinoceros
Motherless Child - Sweetwater
Go Back - Crabby Appleton
Just About The Same - The Assocation
Freedom Blues - Little Richard
Don't Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King Of Rock 'N' Roll - Long John Baldry

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Customer Reviews:

Great concept but uneven in execution.......2003-01-18

With all the labels that are now under the WEA umbrella, there is an almost incomprehendable volume of material in the vaults to be mined, much of which has not seen the light of day in the digital era. This two-CD collection from Collectors' Choice attempts to bring to the buying public their choice of "lost gems" of WEA's artists' music from the 60s. The title implies a collection of tunes not usually found in other reissues. While this is accomplished to some extent, the approach to track selection is all over the place. Even the liner notes acknowledge a "shotgun" approach to the track selection. For some artists, their biggest and well-known hit is presented when these are not infrequently available elsewhere, yet their other lesser-known tunes have been overlooked. In this vein are Joannie Sommers's "Johnny Get Angry", the Marketts' "Out of Limits" and "Let's Go" from the Routers. In a contradictory approach, there are three tracks from the Association, none of which were charting singles. And some of the biggest stars of the label are not represented at all such as the Everly Brothers, Petula Clark, the Drifters, Peter, Paul and Mary and many, many others although this is explained as not necessary as these artists are well represented elsewhere. Seeming more in keeping with the purpose here is the appearance of such rarities as Mel Torme's only top-100 charting single "Comin' Home Baby", Shelby Flint's only other charter "Cast Your Fate To The Wind", "Here's To You" from Hamilton Camp, Rhinoceros' "Apricot Brandy" and Fats Domino's only Reprise hit, "Lady Madonna". All told, among the 40 tracks are 25 top-100 hits, nine of which are one-hit wonders. Overall, while the repertoire seems a bit skewed, this piece contains a lot of interesting, indeed "gems" from the 60s and is appealing to both the casual listener and serious collector. Sound quality is competent overall with many cuts (disc 1, tracks 3,4,8,9,11,13-16; disc 2, tracks 1,2,8-12,14-19) in stereo. Completing the package is a 12-page liner notes booklet with a refreshingly honest approach to the contents and backround on the artists covered. While a valuable piece in itself, considering the enormity of the WEA vaults, this is merely a tease and the music collector would hope that there will be further volumes to continue where this set leaves off.

Great idea with variable result.......2001-09-30

This is the kind of collection which keeps me collecting and searching for space in my one-bedroom apartment. As there is too much emphasis on Greatest Hits, Number Ones, and Golden Oldies, which means many excellent chartworthy records fell by the wayside, releases like "Buried Treasure" loom large for the student of pop history. There are forty songs from Warner Bros., Atlantic, Valiant, et al., which made either made alot, or some, or *no* noise commercially and (to me) about ten are worth hearing more than twice, including "Angel On My Shoulder" and "Cast Your Fate To The Wind" by folk singer Shelby Flint, "Good Good Lovin'" by the Blossoms, "Lady Madonna" by Fats Domino, "Apricot Brandy" by Rhinoceros, "Freedom Blues" by Little Richard [rec. probably in '69, *not* '71 as per. liner notes], and the long version of "Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie On The King Of Rock And Roll" by Long John Baldry. What I find disturbing is that The Association has three tracks here, The Beefeaters have two, and Fats and Richard have but *one* each! The Fat Man has about fifteen never reisssued Warner Bros. tracks and The Architect/Emancipator/Quasar has about fifteen *never released* tracks from Warner Bros./Reprise, including a complete album. I hope the company considers a "Buried Treasure, Vol. 2 - the '70s" with Fats' "New Orleans Ain't The Same" and Richards' "Burning Up With Love", a tune promo'd on TV in '72 but not issued.

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