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Various Artists - The Red Bird Story (1969)

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. Bossa Nova Baby Tippie & The Clovers 2:06
  2. My Heart Said (The Bossa Nova) Tippie & The Clovers 2:44
  3. Big Bad World Cathy Saint 2:36
  4. Mr. Heartbreak Cathy Saint 2:39
  5. Everybody Come Clap Your Hands Moody & The Deltas 2:46
  6. He Ain't No Angel Leola & The Lovejoys 2:50
  7. I Won't Be Me Any More Vic Conna 2:48
  8. Go Now Bessie Banks 2:43
  9. It Sounds Like My Baby Bessie Banks 3:08
  10. The Boy From New York City Ad Libs 3:04
  11. Searchin' Alvin Robinson 2:43
  12. Somthin' You Got Alvin Robinson 2:34
  13. Chapel Of Love Dixie Cups 2:46
  14. I Want To Love Him So Bad Jelly Beans 2:45
  15. I Know He Loves Me Chi Chi Mccauley 1:59
  16. Top Down Time Rock Aways 2:08
  17. Keep It Up Soul Brothers 2:19
  18. I Got A Dream Soul Brothers 3:00
  19. People Say Dixie Cups 2:34
  20. How Can I Get Over Yo Alvin Robinson 3:04
  21. I'm Gonna Put Some Hurt On You Alvin Robinson 1:48
  22. Remember (Walkin' In The Sand) Shangri-Las 2:19
  23. Goodnight Baby Butterflies 2:36
  24. Down Home Girl Alvin Robinson 3:04
  25. Let The Good Times Roll Alvin Robinson 2:25
Volume 2
  1. Bottom Of My Soul Alvin Robinson 2:40
  2. Fever Alvin Robinson 3:18
  3. Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget The Jelly Beans 2:18
  4. Baby Be Mine The Jelly Beans Baby Be Mine The Jelly Beans 3:00
  5. Ask Anybody Ad Libs 2:19
  6. He Ain't No Angel Ad Libs 2:33
  7. Welcome To My Heart The Bouquets 2:09
  8. Having A Party Ronnie Mitchell 2:27
  9. Bad As They Come Sam Hawkins 2:35
  10. Hold On Baby Sam Hawkins 2:49
  11. The Dum Dum Ditty The Goodies 2:26
  12. Sophisticated Boom Boom The Goodies 2:02
  13. Standing By Dee Dee Warwick 2:32
  14. Don't Think My Baby's Coming Back Dee Dee Warwick 2:49
  15. Leader Of The Pack Shangri-Las 2:51
  16. What Is Love Shangri-Las 2:25
  17. Take Me For A Little While Evie Sands 2:32
  18. Run Home To Your Mama Evie Sands 2:29
  19. I Know It's Alright Sam Hawkins 2:49
  20. Amy Barry Mann 2:02
  21. Gee, Baby Gee The Butterflies 2:39
  22. I Wonder The Butterflies 3:02
  23. Little Bell Dixie Cups 2:46
  24. Another Boy Like Mine Dixie Cups 2:51
  25. Give Him A Great Big Kiss Shangri-Las 2:05
Volume 3
  1. Twist And Shout Shangri-Las 2:58
  2. Maybe Shangri-Las 2:44
  3. Shout Shangri-Las 2:13
  4. I Cant Let Go Evie Sands 2:16
  5. New York Is A Lonely Town Tradewinds 2:16
  6. I'm Just A Down Home Girl Ad Libs 2:25
  7. Iko, Iko Dixie Cups 2:01
  8. Gee Baby Gee Dixie Cups 2:24
  9. I Hurt On The Other Side Sidney Barnes 2:59
  10. I'm Gonna Get You Yet Dixie Cups 2:37
  11. Out In The Streets Shangri-Las 2:47
  12. Our Love Can Still Be Saved Jeff Barry 2:30
  13. I'll Still Love You Jeff Barry 2:50
  14. Give Us Your Blessings Shangri-Las 3:08
  15. Heaven Only Knows Shangri-Las 2:06
  16. Gee The Moon Is Shining Bright Dixie Cups 2:33
  17. You Don't Know Ellie Greenwich 3:14
  18. Baby Ellie Greenwich 2:46
  19. Right Now And Not Later Shangri-Las 2:38
  20. The Train From Kansas City Shangri-Las 3:23
  21. If There's Anything Else You Want (Let Me Know) Roddie Joy 2:19
  22. Fugitive From Love Linda Jones 2:57
  23. You Hit Me Like Tnt Linda Jones 2:19
  24. I'm So Glad Sidney Barnes 2:43
  25. I Hear You Say (I Love You Baby) Andy Kim 2:15
Volume 4
  1. Hey Little Girl Jimmie Cross 2:21
  2. I Can Never Go Home Anymore Shangri-Las 3:15
  3. Sophisticated Boom Boom Shangri-Las 2:10
  4. Long Live Our Love Shangri-Las 2:53
  5. He Cried Shangri-Las 3:08
  6. Dressed In Black Shangri-Las 2:56
  7. It Will Only Make Me Love You More Ral Donner 2:33
  8. He Will Break Your Heart Kane & Abel 2:31
  9. Past, Present And Future Shangri-Las 2:43
  10. Paradise Shangri-Las 3:14
  11. Love You More Than Yesterday Shangri-Las 2:39
  12. Mary Weiss Speaks Mary Weiss 5:21
  13. Let The Music Play Didi Noel 2:04
  14. It Was A Lie Bobby Moore & The Fourmosts 2:30
  15. Dressed In Black Shadow Morton 2:54
  16. Chapel Of Love (Session Take) The Jelly Beans 4:12
  17. Here She Comes (Session Take) The Jelly Beans 2:35
  18. Ain't Love A Funny Thing (Session Take) The Jelly Beans 2:32
  19. Whisper Sweet Things (Session Take) The Jelly Beans 2:45
  20. Goodnight Baby (Session Take) The Jelly Beans 3:06
  21. Do Wah Diddy (Session Take) The Jelly Beans 2:38

Notes


Red Bird was a great label in the mid-'60s, releasing some excellent soul/pop hybrids and some of the greatest girl group records of all time, especially those by the Shangri-Las and the Dixie Cups. This four-CD, 96-track compilation is a frustratingly mixed attempt to enshrine its legacy. There are lots of great sides here: all the Shangri-Las and Dixie Cups hits, many of their rarities, one-shots by the Ad Libs, Jelly Beans, Butterflies, and Tradewinds, and cool rarities by Bessie Banks, Dee Dee Warwick, Evie Sands, Ellie Greenwich, the Soul Brothers, Cathy Saint, Linda Jones, and Andy Kim. But the programming is unnervingly jumpy and haphazard, the liner notes surprisingly fuzzy (no information whatsoever is given about many of the lesser-known artists), and, in the absence of master tapes, some of the cuts were obviously taken from records. And for all its length, it's not even a complete collection of Red Bird's output; some songs that were excluded had even surfaced on previous Charly vinyl anthologies. There's still a lot of great music here, but the execution could have been a lot better.