Va 101 Pirate Radio Hits ( 4 x CD Set)

 

Virgin's 101 Pirate Radio Hits' release date was conspicuously close to the release of director Richard Curtis' The Boat That Rocked, a comedy about an illegal British radio station in the North Sea in the '60s. That said, it's hard to argue with the 101 songs that make up the budget-priced behemoth. The Eurocentric nature of the collection keeps it from morphing into an extended, four-disc version of the Forrest Gump soundtrack, as it boasts great material from Keith West ("Excerpt from a Teenage Opera,"), Small Faces ("Hey Girl"), and Easybeats ("Friday on My Mind"), but that doesn't make it any less deserving of a late-night television infomercial hosted by some long-in-the-tooth counterculture sub-icon or ex-MTV VJ.

Tracklist

CD 1

1-1 The Fortunes– Caroline (Main Theme To Radio Caroline)

1-2 The Beach Boys– Wouldn't It Be Nice

1-3 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Dancing In The Street

1-4 Spencer Davis Group*– Gimme Some Lovin'

1-5 Small Faces– Hey Girl

1-6 Ike & Tina Turner– River Deep Mountain High

1-7 Manfred Mann– Pretty Flamingo

1-8 The McCoys– Hang On Sloopy

1-9 The Four Seasons– Let's Hang On (To What We've Got)

1-10 Lee Dorsey– Working In The Coalmine

1-11 Wilson Pickett– In The Midnight Hour

1-12 Otis Redding– My Girl

1-13 Lulu– To Sir With Love

1-14 Lorraine Ellison– Stay With Me

1-15 The Animals– The House Of The Rising Sun

1-16 Gene Pitney– I'm Gonna Be Strong

1-17 Gerry & The Pacemakers– Ferry Cross The Mersey

1-18 Bobby Darin– If I Were A Carpenter

1-19 Sandie Shaw– Girl Don't Come

1-20 Little Anthony & The Imperials– Goin' Out Of My Head

1-21 Dobie Gray– (I'm In With The) In Crowd

1-22 Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers– Got To Get You Into My Life

1-23 Graham Bonney– Supergirl

1-24 Sir Douglas Quintet– She's About A Mover

1-25 B. Bumble & The Stingers– Nut Rocker

Tracklist

CD 2

2-1 Phil Upchurch Combo– You Can't Sit Down

2-2 Bob Dylan– Subterranean Homesick Blues

2-3 Manfred Mann– If You Gotta Go, Go Now

2-4 The Byrds– Mr. Tambourine Man

2-5 Simon & Garfunkel– The Sound Of Silence

2-6 Bob Lind– Elusive Butterfly

2-7 Donovan– Sunshine Superman

2-8 The Beach Boys– Sloop John B

2-9 The Animals– It's My Life

2-10 The Hollies– I'm Alive

2-11 Love Affair*– Everlasting Love

2-12 The Easybeats– Friday On My Mind

2-13 The Move– Night Of Fear

2-14 Jeff Beck– Hi Ho Silver Lining

2-15 The Lovin' Spoonful– Daydream

2-16 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich– Bend It!

2-17 The Troggs– Wild Thing

2-18 The Kingsmen– Louie Louie

2-19 Rockin' Vickers*– Dandy

2-20 The Turtles– She'd Rather Be With Me

2-21 Jay & The Americans– Livin' Above Your Head

2-22 Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels– Jenny Take A Ride

2-23 PJ Proby*– Hold Me

2-24 The Yardbirds– Over Under Sideways Down

2-25 The Creation (2)– Painter Man

2-26 Love– 7 And 7 Is

2-27 Tim Rose– Morning Dew

2-28 Jefferson Airplane– Somebody To Love

2-29 The Bar-Kays*– Soul Finger

Tracklist

CD 3

3-1 Mood Mosaic– A Touch Of Velvet A Sting Of Brass

3-2 Herman's Hermits– No Milk Today

3-3 Gene Pitney– Backstage

3-4 Peter & Gordon– A World Without Love

3-5 The Seekers– I'll Never Find Another You

3-6 The Dixie Cups– Chapel Of Love

3-7 The Swinging Blue Jeans– You're No Good

3-8 The Beach Boys– Good Vibrations

3-9 The Toys– A Lover's Concerto

3-10 The Ad Libs– The Boy From New York City

3-11 Jewel Akens– The Birds And The Bees

3-12 The Nashville Teens– Tobacco Road

3-13 The Honeycombs– Have I The Right

3-14 The Newbeats– Bread And Butter

3-15 The Chiffons– Sweet Talkin' Guy

3-16 Sue Thompson– Paper Tiger

3-17 Norma Tanega– Walkin' My Cat Named Dog

3-18 Sandie Shaw– Message Understood

3-19 Cher– Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

3-20 Twinkle (3)– Terry

3-21 Roy Orbison– Too Soon To Know

3-22 Shirley Bassey– The Party's Over

Tracklist

CD 4

4-1 Bob Crewe Generation*– Music To Watch Girls By

4-2 Paul Jones– I've Been A Bad Bad Boy

4-3 Keith West– Excerpt From A Teenage Opera

4-4 Procol Harum– A Whiter Shade Of Pale

4-5 Donovan– Mellow Yellow

4-6 Tommy James & The Shondells– Crimson And Clover

4-7 The Cryin' Shames– Please Stay

4-8 Aretha Franklin– I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)

4-9 The Young Rascals– Groovin'

4-10 Scott McKenzie– San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)

4-11 Warm Sounds– Birds And Bees

4-12 Twice As Much– Sittin' On A Fence

4-13 Simon Dupree & The Big Sound*– Kites

4-14 David McWilliams– The Days Of Pearly Spencer

4-15 The Beach Boys– Heroes And Villains

4-16 Sonny & Cher– The Beat Goes On

4-17 The Seekers– Georgy Girl

4-18 The Hollies– On A Carousel

4-19 Lulu– The Boat That I Row

4-20 Cliff Richard & The Shadows– In The Country

4-21 The Turtles– Elenore

4-22 John Fred & His Playboy Band– Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)

4-23 Jackie Wilson– (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher

4-24 Brenton Wood– Gimmie Little Sign

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