SHIRELLES / シュレルズ / SING THE GOLDEN OLDIES / SPONTANEOUS COMBU / CD

最強のガールズグループ、シュレルズの64年作「SING THE GOLDEN OLDIES」と67年作「SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION」をカップリング。所謂「旬」は過ぎているとされる時期ですが、ダンサブル&ポップな好トラック満載!! 特にライヴアルバムである「SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION」は熱い!! ヒット曲"BABY IT'S YOU"、ストーンズの"SATISFACTION"、エディ・フロイドの"KNOCK ON WOOD"、JBの"I GOT YOU(I FEEL GOOD)"など黒々としたグルーヴが炸裂しております。可愛らしいシュレルズを想像すると確実に火傷するステッパーズ向けの1枚!!

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・Ace's final pairing of two original Scepter Shirelles albums on one CD brings together one concept album and one (mostly) live set originally released in 1964 and 1967 respectively.

・"Sing The Golden Oldies" is the girls' tribute to their peers, mixing 50s doo wop hits by the Willows, the Cadillacs, the Solitaires, Little Anthony and the Imperials and the Platters with more recent early 60s smashes by such as Bruce Channel, Del Shannon and Gene McDaniels. "Spontaneous Combustion" is - apart from two tracks - a genuine live album from an era when they were far from commonplace in black American music.

・Neither of these albums has ever been on CD before. They are complemented by two bonus tracks that are appropriate to the period, both of which are also making their Ace CD debut.

・All tracks are presented in stereo where they were originally recorded in stereo. Sleeve notes are by acknowledged Shirelles expert and friend, Dennis Garvey, who has spoken with Shirley and Beverly expressly for this set.

・Ace hopes to round out this series later in 2010 with a "Singles, Stereo Mixes and Rarities" package that will tie up all the loose ends of the girls' Scepter catalogue - watch this space!


THE SHIRELLES SING THE GOLDEN OLDIES (SCEPTER SPS 516)
1.WALKIN' ALONG
2.TEARS ON MY PILLOW
3.LONELY TEARDROPS
4.CHURCH BELLS MAY RING
5.A HUNDRED POUNDS OF CLAY
6.HEY BABY
7.I MET HIM ON A SUNDAY '64
8.TO KNOW HIM IS TO LOVE HIM
9.CAN'T WE BE SWEETHEARTS
10.PLEASE BE MY BOYFRIEND
11.MY PRAYER
12.RUNAWAY
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION (SCEPTER SPS 562)
13.MAMA SAID (LIVE)
14.BABY IT'S YOU (LIVE)
15.GROUP AND BAND INTRODUCTION (MUSICAL BED: WALK RIGHT IN) (LIVE)
16.(I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION (LIVE)
17.KNOCK ON WOOD (LIVE)
18.BOYS (LIVE)
19.TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT (LIVE)
20.A LAST MINUTE MIRACLE (STUDIO RECORDING WITH AUDIENCE OVERDUBS)
21.NO DOUBT ABOUT IT (STUDIO RECORDING WITH AUDIENCE OVERDUBS)
22.WHAT'D I SAY (LIVE) (JOE RICHARDSON - LEAD VOCAL)
23.I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD) (LIVE)
24.WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN (LIVE)
BONUS TRACKS
25.I MET HIM ON A SUNDAY '66
26.TWIST AND SHOUT