The Searchers - When You Walk In The Room. The Complete Pye Recordings 1963-67. (@320)

 

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The Searchers - When You Walk In The Room

The Searchers – still with stalwart members John McNally and Frank Allen in their line-up – recently announced they would retire at the end of March 2019, bringing to an end an astonishing unbroken run of around sixty years for one of the most influential and enduring groups in British pop history.

One of the more introspective acts to emerge from the Merseybeat group wars of the early Sixties, The Searchers’ high vocal harmonies, jingle-jangle guitars and tales of male vulnerability saw them notch a trio of UK No. 1 singles and several popular EPs and albums, with debut LP “Meet The Searchers” spending an incredible ten months in the listings.

But although their chart statistics were impressive, The Searchers’ place in the rock history books owes at least as much to their seismic level of influence, with the likes of ‘Needles And Pins’ and the peerless ‘When You Walk In The Room’ providing The Byrds – and, by extension, the likes of Tom Petty, REM and a whole host of skinny-tied power poppers – with their musical template.

Although the group made some fine records throughout their prodigious career, their peak period in terms of sales, influence and musical excellence occurred during a dazzling four- year mid-Sixties spell with the Pye label. The first-ever complete anthology of one of British pop’s most pivotal catalogues, the 6-CD set When You Walk In The Room assembles all of the group’s Pye recordings, with mono and stereo versions of their albums joined by studio outtakes, foreign language recordings and, on the sixth disc, a treasure trove of non-LP singles and EP tracks.

Housed in a clambox design that includes a 36 page booklet with a new 6000 word essay on the band, When You Walk In The Room is a sumptuous tribute to an act who, for a glorious year or two, were arguably the country’s only serious rivals to The Beatles.

The Searchers are currently on an extensive farewell tour throughout the UK and then they will be retiring! Catch ‘em live for the final time if you can and then purchase this seminal boxset as a perfect memento of this legendary beat combo.

Tracklist:

 

Disc 1:

 

1. The Searchers - Sweets for my sweet (Mono)

2. The Searchers - Alright (Mono)

3. The Searchers - Love potion number nine (Mono)

4. The Searchers - Farmer John (Mono)

5. The Searchers - Stand by me (Mono)

6. The Searchers - Money (That's what I want) (Mono)

7. The Searchers - Da doo ron ron (Mono)

8. The Searchers - Ain't gonna kiss ya (Mono)

9. The Searchers - Since you broke my heart (Mono)

10. The Searchers - Tricky Dicky (Mono)

11. The Searchers - Where have all the flowers gone (Mono)

12. The Searchers - Twist and shout (Mono)

13. The Searchers - Sweets for my sweet (Stereo)

14. The Searchers - Alright (Stereo)

15. The Searchers - Love potion number nine (Stereo)

16. The Searchers - Farmer John (Stereo)

17. The Searchers - Stand by me (Stereo)

18. The Searchers - Money (That's what I want)

19. The Searchers - Ain't gonna kiss ya (Stereo)

20. The Searchers - Since you broke my heart (Stereo)

21. The Searchers - Tricky Dicky (Stereo)

22. The Searchers - Twist and shout (Stereo)

23. The Searchers - Liebe (Money (That's what I want)) (German Language Version)

24. The Searchers - Farmer John (German Language Version)

25. The Searchers - Mais c'était un rêve (It's all been a dream) (French Language Version)

 

Disc 2:

 

1. The Searchers - Sugar and spice (Mono)

2. The Searchers - Don't cha know (Mono)

3. The Searchers - Some other guy (Mono)

4. The Searchers - One of these days (Mono)

5. The Searchers - Listen to me (Mono)

6. The Searchers - Unhappy girls (Mono)

7. The Searchers - Ain't that just like me (Mono)

8. The Searchers - Oh my lover (Mono)

9. The Searchers - Saints and searchers (Mono)

10. The Searchers - Cherry stones (Mono)

11. The Searchers - All my sorrows (Mono)

12. The Searchers - Hungry for love (Mono)

13. The Searchers - Sugar and spice (Stereo)

14. The Searchers - Don't cha know (Stereo)

15. The Searchers - Some other guy (Stereo)

16. The Searchers - One of these days (Stereo)

17. The Searchers - Listen to me (Stereo)

18. The Searchers - Unhappy girls (Stereo)

19. The Searchers - Ain't that just like me (Stereo)

20. The Searchers - Oh my lover (Stereo)

21. The Searchers - Saints and searchers (Stereo)

22. The Searchers - Cherry stones (Stereo)

23. The Searchers - All my sorrows (Stereo)

24. The Searchers - Hungry for love (Stereo)

25. The Searchers - Bye bye Johnny

26. The Searchers - I don't want to go on without you (Alternative Version)

27. The Searchers - Once upon a time

28. The Searchers - C'est de notre age (Sugar and spice) (French Language Version)

29. The Searchers - Ils la chantaient il y a longtemps (Saints and searchers) (French Language Version)

30. The Searchers - Süß ist sie (Sugar and spice) (German Language Version)

 

Disc 3:

 

1. The Searchers - It's in her kiss (Mono)

2. The Searchers - Glad all over (Mono)

3. The Searchers - Sea of heartbreak (Mono)

4. The Searchers - Livin' lovin' wreck (Mono)

5. The Searchers - Where have you been (Mono)

6. The Searchers - Shimmy shimmy (Mono)

7. The Searchers - Needles and pins (Mono)

8. The Searchers - This empty place (Mono)

9. The Searchers - Gonna send you back to Georgia (Mono)

10. The Searchers - I count the tears (Mono)

11. The Searchers - Hi heel sneakers (Mono)

12. The Searchers - Can't help forgiving you (Mono)

13. The Searchers - Sho' know enough about love (Mono)

14. The Searchers - Don't throw your love away (Mono)

15. The Searchers - It's in her kiss (Stereo)

16. The Searchers - Glad all over (Stereo)

17. The Searchers - Sea of heartbreak (Stereo)

18. The Searchers - Livin' lovin' wreck (Stereo)

19. The Searchers - Where have you been (Stereo)

20. The Searchers - Shimmy shimmy (Stereo)

21. The Searchers - Needles and pins (Stereo)

22. The Searchers - This empty place (Stereo)

23. The Searchers - Gonna send you back to Georgia (Stereo)

24. The Searchers - I count the tears (Stereo)

25. The Searchers - Hi heel sneakers (Stereo)

26. The Searchers - Can't help forgiving you (Stereo)

27. The Searchers - Sho' know enough about love (Stereo)

28. The Searchers - Don't throw your love away (Stereo)

29. The Searchers - I (who have nothing)

30. The Searchers - Shame, shame, shame

31. The Searchers - Tausend Nadelstiche (Needles and pins) (German Language Version)

32. The Searchers - C'est arrivé comme ca (Don't throw your love away) (French Language Version)

 

Disc 4:

 

1. The Searchers - Everybody come and clap your hands (Mono)

2. The Searchers - If I could find someone (Mono)

3. The Searchers - Magic potion (Mono)

4. The Searchers - I don't want to go on without you (Mono)

5. The Searchers - Bumble bee (Mono)

6. The Searchers - Smoething you got Baby (Mono)

7. The Searchers - Let the good times roll (Mono)

8. The Searchers - A tear fell (Mono)

9. The Searchers - Till you say you'll be mine (Mono)

10. The Searchers - You wanna make her happy (Mono)

11. The Searchers - Everything you do (Mono)

12. The Searchers - Goodnight Baby (Mono)

13. The Searchers - Everybody come and clap your hands (Stereo)

14. The Searchers - If I could find someone (Stereo)

15. The Searchers - Magic potion (Stereo)

16. The Searchers - I don't want to go on without you (Stereo)

17. The Searchers - Bumble bee (Stereo)

18. The Searchers - Something you got Baby (Stereo)

19. The Searchers - Let the good times roll (Stereo)

20. The Searchers - A tear fell (Stereo)

21. The Searchers - Till you say you'll be mine (Stereo)

22. The Searchers - You wanna make her happy (Stereo)

23. The Searchers - Everything you do (Stereo)

24. The Searchers - Goodnight Baby (Stereo)

25. The Searchers - Wenn ich dich seh (When you walk in the room) (German Language Version)

 

Disc 5:

 

1. The Searchers - I'm ready (Mono)

2. The Searchers - I'll be doggone (Mono)

3. The Searchers - Does she really care for me (Mono)

4. The Searchers - It's time (Mono)

5. The Searchers - Too many miles (Mono)

6. The Searchers - You can't lie to a liar (Mono)

7. The Searchers - Don't you know why (Mono)

8. The Searchers - I'm your loving man (Mono)

9. The Searchers - Each time (Mono)

10. The Searchers - Be my baby (Mono)

11. The Searchers - Four strong winds (Mono)

12. The Searchers - Take me for what I'm worth (Mono)

13. The Searchers - I'm ready (Stereo)

14. The Searchers - I'll be doggone (Stereo)

15. The Searchers - Does she really care for me (Stereo)

16. The Searchers - It's time (Stereo)

17. The Searchers - Too many miles (Stereo)

18. The Searchers - You can't lie to a liar (Stereo)

19. The Searchers - Don' you know why (Stereo)

20. The Searchers - I'm your loving man (Stereo)

21. The Searchers - Each time (Stereo)

22. The Searchers - Be my baby (Stereo)

23. The Searchers - Four strong winds (Stereo)

24. The Searchers - Take me for what I'm worth

25. The Searchers - I'll be doggone (Alternative Version)

26. The Searchers - Verzeih my love (Goodbye my love) (German Language Version)

 

Disc 6:

 

1. The Searchers - It's all been a dream

2. The Searchers - Saturday night out

3. The Searchers - I pretend I'm with you

4. The Searchers - Someday we're gonna love again

5. The Searchers - No one else could love me

6. The Searchers - When you walk in the room

7. The Searchers - (I'll be) Missing you

8. The Searchers - What have they done to the rain

9. The Searchers - This feeling inside

10. The Searchers - The system

11. The Searchers - Goodbye my love

12. The Searchers - 'Til I met you

13. The Searchers - He's got no love

14. The Searchers - So far away

15. The Searchers - When I get home

16. The Searchers - I'm never coming back

17. The Searchers - Take it or leave it

18. The Searchers - Don't hide it away

19. The Searchers - Have you ever loved somebody

20. The Searchers - It's just the way (Love will come and co)

21. The Searchers - Popcorn, double feature

22. The Searchers - Lovers

23. The Searchers - Western Union

24. The Searchers - I'll cry tomorrow

25. The Searchers - Secondhand dealer

26. The Searchers - Crazy dreams

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