This is a straightforward, filled-to-the-gills 25-track best-of for the band remembered by most listeners only for its big hits "Western Union" and "I See the Light." Actually, they released a lot of records during the last half of the 1960s that reveal them as a versatile, polished, yet often derivative group. They were best when putting a thumping beat to accomplished harmonies, catchy pop/rock melodies, and rolling high organ playing, as exemplified by "I See the Light" and {&"Western Union....   [ read more ]

CD $17.08

Although they never wowed the critics like the Beatles did, for a time in the mid-'60s the Dave Clark Five were the Fab Four's main commercial competition, turning out hit after hit and selling an astounding 100 million records before all was said and done. This generous, 28-track, single-disc anthology has all the essentials (the DC5 were never really an album band but they sure knew how to make singles), including "Glad All Over," "Catch Us If You Can," "Over and Over," {&"Can't You See...   [ read more ]

CD $30.38

Mike d'Abo is one of those artists who's a quandary to evaluate. He's got too much singing and songwriting talent to dismiss, but not enough to get excited about. And that applies to the music collected on this anthology, which has songs from three of his 1972-1976 albums (Down at Rachel's Place, Broken Rainbows, and Smith & d'Abo), as well as both sides of a 1974 single that was only released in Japan. The 1972 LP Down at Rachel's Place is especially heavily represented, with eight cuts, an...   [ read more ]

CD $18.03