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The Searchers - German, French & Rare Recordings

Track listing:
  1. I Don't Want To Be The One 3:46
  2. Hollywood 3:53
  3. Süß ist sie (Sugar And Spice) 2:15
  4. Liebe (Money) 2:48
  5. Tausend Nadelstiche (Needles And Pins) 2:12
  6. Farmer John (German version) 1:58
  7. Verzeih' My Love (Goodbye My Love) 2:52
  8. Wenn ich dich seh' 2:23
  9. Mais c'était un reve (It's All Been A Dream) 1:49
  10. C'est arrivé come ca (Don't Throw Your Love Away) 2:17
  11. C'est de notre age (Sugar & Spice) 2:16
  12. Ils la chantaient il y a longtemps (Saints And Searchers) 3:18
  13. Have I Done Something Wrong (Chris Curtis) 2:42
  14. Aggravation (Chris Curtis) 2:01
  15. I'll Be Doggone (vocals by Chris Curtis) 2:53
  16. Medley: Needles & Pins, Sweets For My Sweet, Sugar & Spice, Have You Ever Loved Somebody 3:31
  17. Umbrella Man 2:58
  18. Over The Weekend 2:30
  19. Shoot 'em Up Baby 2:28
  20. Suzanna 2:44
  21. Kinky Kathy Abernathy 2:55
  22. Somebody Shot The Lolly Pop Man 2:44
  23. Pussy Willow Dragon 2:09
  24. Shoot 'em Up Baby (Extended Version) 2:47

Notes


While this anthology does collectors a service by gathering many of the group's rarest recordings in one place, you've really got to be a hard-bitten fanatic to find this import worthwhile. This 24-song compilation includes the group's German versions of hits like "Sugar And Spice" and "Goodbye My Love," as well as their (poorly accented) French renditions of "Don't Throw Your Love Away" and "Sugar And Spice" (again). A half-dozen other German and French re-recordings of 1963-64 B-sides and album tracks, some quite obscure even in their original English versions, are included as well. As you might expect, the group simply rerecorded their vocals over the original backing tracks for the Continental market, which most likely preferred the English versions anyway. The CD also includes drummer Chris Curtis' rare and forgettable 1966 single, as well as a clumsy medley of their greatest hits and ten dreadful, undocumented tunes that date from well after their mid-'60s heyday. Fans looking for decent rare Searchers should seek out the Play The System LP, which compiles '60s B-sides and rarities of considerably higher quality.