The Stringbeat Years: Songs accompanied by John Barry – new CD Box Set
Now available!
The Stringbeat Years: Songs accompanied by John Barry
Now available, a 4-CD box-set comprising of 144 tracks, a 24-page booklet (replete with period photographs and comprehensive notes) and including ten bonus tracks (among them the CD debut of the first ever cover version of a John Barry instrumental composition).
Featuring – for the first time – the film versions of ‘Mix me a Person’, ‘The Time has Come’, and ‘What a Whopper’ (slightly shortened). There’s also an unique opportunity to hear the original version of ‘Ah, Poor Little Baby’, making its premiere appearance on CD.
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CD ONE
1. Tall Paul (Roberts-B & D Sherman) – The Three Barry Sisters 1959
2. Till then (Seiler, Marcus, Wood) – The Three Barry Sisters 1959
3. Jo-Jo the dog-faced boy (D & B Sherman-Roberts) – Three Barry Sisters 1959
4. I ay ove-lay oo-yay (Brout-Lasky) – The Three Barry Sisters 1959
5. Nowhere in this world (Hart) – Derry Hart and The Hartbeats 1959
6. Come on baby (Baldock-King) – Derry Hart and The Hartbeats 1959
7. Ah, poor little baby! (Falk-Koury) – Adam Faith 1959
8. I vibrate (Twitty) – Adam Faith 1959
9. She said yeah (Jackson) – Roy Young 1959
10. Baby talk (Schwartz) – Bill & Brett Landis 1959
11. Say mama (Earl-Meeks) – Adam Faith 1959
12. C’mon everybody (Cochran-Capeheart) – Adam Faith 1959
13. Believe what you say (J & D Burnette) – Adam Faith 1959
14. I go ape (Sedaka-Greenfield) – Roy Young 1959
15. It’s late (Burnette) – Vince Eager 1959
16. Fallin’ (Sedaka-Greenfield) – Sylvia Sands 1959
17. Slippin’ & slidin’ (Penniman-Bocage-Collins-Smith) – Roy Young 1959
18. It doesn’t matter anymore (Anka) – Vince Eager 1959
19. Good rockin’ tonight (Brown) – Roy Young and Company 1959
20. What do you want? (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1959
21. From now until forever (Nesbitt-Venis) – Adam Faith 1959
22. Moonbird (Barry) – Des Lane 1959
23. The Clanger march (Braden) – Des Lane 1959
24. Big blon’ baby (Roberts-Jacobson) – Larry Page 1959
25. I vibrate (Twitty) – Larry Page 1959
26. Throw all your lovin’ my way (Barry) – Larry Page 1959
27. How’m I doing, hey, hey (Fowler-Redman) – Larry Page 1959
28. Little old fashioned love (Barry) – Larry Page 1959
29. Marilyn (White) – Larry Page 1959
30. Poor me (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1959
31. The reason (Barry) – Adam Faith 1959
32. Be mine (Menke-Panas-Luth-Stellman) – Lance Fortune 1959
33. Action (Barry-Peacock) – Lance Fortune 1959
34. Made you (Barry-Peacock) – Adam Faith 1959
35. I did what you told me (Barry-Peacock) – Adam Faith 1959
36. Can’t forget (Hawker-Shakespeare) – Johnny Gavotte 1960
37. It’s not too late (Sheridan) – Johnny Gavotte 1960
38. Boston Tea Party (Vandyke) – The Five Dallas Boys 1960
39. Ramona (Wayne-Gilbert) – The Five Dallas Boys 1960
40. The Beat Girl song (Barry-Peacock) – Adam Faith 1960
41. It’s legal (Barry-Maccoby) – Shirley Anne Field 1960
All tracks in mono
CD TWO
1. Someone else’s baby (Vandyke-Ford) – Adam Faith 1960
2. Big time (Bart) – Adam Faith 1960
3. Youthful years (Napper) – Danny Williams 1960
4. It doesn’t matter (Raysor-Barrett) – Danny Williams 1960
5. You’re my only girl (O’Mahoney) – Danny Davis 1960
6. Love me (Stoller-Leiber)- Danny Davis 1960
7. Johnny comes marching home (Trad. arr. Barry-Maitland) – Adam Faith 1960
8. Carve up (Bart) – Adam Faith 1960
9. Little child (Cowen) – The England Sisters 1960
10. Heartbeat (Montgomery-Petty) – The England Sisters 1960
11. How about that! (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1960
12. With open arms (Bacharach-David) – Adam Faith 1960
13. Wonderful time (Howard Guyton) – Adam Faith 1960
14. Diamond ring (J & R Isle) – Adam Faith 1960
15. Summertime (Gershwin-Heyward) – Adam Faith 1960
16. Piper of love (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1960
17. A girl like you (Bacharach-Croswell) – Adam Faith 1960
18. Turn me loose (Pomus-Schuman) – Adam Faith 1960
19. So many ways (Stevenson) – Adam Faith 1960
20. Singin’ in the rain (Freed-Brown) – Adam Faith 1960
21. Fare thee well my pretty maid (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1960
22. I’m a man (Pomus-Schuman) – Adam Faith 1960
23. Hit the road to dreamland (Mercer-Arlen) – Adam Faith 1960
24. Lonely pup (in a Christmas shop) (Alexander) – Adam Faith 1960
25. Greenfinger (Lewis) – Adam Faith 1960
26. Pepe (Wittstart) – Russ Conway 1960
27. Matador from Trinidad (Boyd-Stanford) – Russ Conway 1960
28. Not guilty (Peacock) – Johnny De Little 1960
29. They (Barry-Russell) – Johnny De Little 1960
30. Who am I? (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1961
31. This is it (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1961
32. Big wheel (Vandyke) – Gerry Dorsey 1961
33. Over and over (Bart) – Bobby Shafto 1961
34. I want my bed (Bart) – Bobby Shafto 1961
35. Django’s Castle (Reinhardt) – Diz Disley and The Downbeats 1961
All tracks in stereo, apart from nos. 3-6, 9, 10, 28, 29, 32-35
CD THREE
1. Where you are (Ornadel-West) – Dennis Lotis 1961
2. Love’s a secret game (Wakley-Inman) – Dennis Lotis 1961
3. Easy going me (Bart) – Adam Faith 1961
4. Wonderin’ (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1961
5. What a Whopper (Vandyke) (film version) – Adam Faith 1961
6. The Time has Come (Vandyke) (film version) – Adam Faith 1961
7. Don’t you know It? (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1961
8. My last wish (Barry-Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1961
9. I haven’t got you (Bart) – Anita Harris 1961
10. Mr. one and only (Lordan) – Anita Harris 1961
12. I’ve just fallen for someone (Askew) – Adam Faith 1961
12. I’m coming home (Johnson-Rado) – Adam Faith 1961
13. All these things (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1961
14. It’s all over now (Whyton) – Adam Faith 1961
15. Come to me (Cenci-Carr) – Adam Faith 1961
16. If I had a hammer (Hays-Seeger) – Adam Faith 1961
17. Sho’ know a lot about love (Mize-Paxton) – Adam Faith 1961
18. Second time (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1961
19. I’m gonna love you too (Maudlin-Sullivan-Petty) – Adam Faith 1961
20. Little yellow roses (Peacock) – Adam Faith 1961
21. As long as you keep loving me (Peacock) – Adam Faith 1961
22. You and me and the gang (Peacock) – Adam Faith 1961
23. The time has come (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1961
24. A help-each-other romance (Singleton) – Adam Faith 1961
25. Lonesome (Pellish) – Adam Faith 1961
26. Watch your step (Parker) – Adam Faith 1961
27. You’re following me (Hilliard-Bacharach) – Peter Gordeno 1962
28. I got eyes (Smith-Jones-Dixon-Keyes) – Peter Gordeno 1962
29. You know what I mean (Vandyke) – Johnny Worth 1962
30. All these things (Vandyke) – Johnny Worth 1962
31. Stalemate (Martin-Rocco) – Tony Rocco 1962
32. Keep a walkin’ (Sedaka-Greenfield) – Tony Rocco 1962
33. As you like It (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1962
34. Face to face (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1962
All tracks in stereo apart from nos. 1, 2, 5-8, 23, 25, 27-30, 32-34
CD FOUR
1. Uptown (Mann-Weil) – Peter Gordeno 1962
2. The makings of a man (Stallman-Jacobson) – Peter Gordeno 1962
3. My tears will turn to Laughter (Askew) – Darren Young 1962
4. I’ve just fallen for someone (Askew) – Darren Young 1962
5. Opposites (Bart) – Bill Cotton and Kathie Kay 1962
6. If the young ones can be happy (Bart) – Bill Cotton 1962
7. The coffee grinder (Manzo) – Van Doren 1962
8. La Bamba (Valens) – Adam Faith 1962
9. You can do it if you Try (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1962
10. The river’s run dry (Vandyke) – Adam Faith 1962
11. I know what I want (Unknown) – Adam Faith 1962
12. That’s what love will do (Peacock) – Adam Faith 1962
13. Mix Me a Person (Vandyke) (film version) – Adam Faith 1962
14. Someone nice like you (Newley-Bricusse) – Kathie Kay and Bill Cotton 1962
15. No love but your Love (Scharfenberger-West-Busch) – Marion Ryan 1962
16. Caravan of lonely men (Jeff Barry-Pretlow) – Mark Tracey 1962
17. Never ending (Carr-Newell) – Mark Tracey 1962
18. Down by the riverside (Trad. Arr: Barry) – Peter Gordeno 1962
19. Lover (Rodgers-Hart) – Johnny De Little 1962
20. You made me love you (Monaco-McCarthy) – Johnny De Little 1962
21. White Christmas (Berlin) – Nina and Frederik 1962
22. Silent night (Gruber) – Nina and Frederik 1962
23. Away in a manger (Kirkpatrick) – Nina and Frederik 1962
24. Santa Claus is coming to town (Coots) – Nina and Frederik 1962
Bonus tracks composed by John Barry
25. Rock-A-Billy Boogie (Barry) – The Rock’n Rollers 1958
26. Rodeo (Barry) – Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra 1958
27. Bee’s knees (Barry) – John Barry Seven & Bob Miller and The Millermen 1959
28. Arrivederci Baby (Barry-Good) – Little Tony and his Brothers 1959
29. Made you (Barry-Peacock) – Fabian 1960
30. Easy beat (Barry) – Bert Weedon 1960
31. Made you (Barry-Peacock) – Don Duke 1960
32. Black stockings (Barry) – Stu Phillips and his Orchestra 1961
33. Trouble shooter (Barry) – Bob Miller and The Millermen 1961
34. Sweet talk (Barry) – Van Doren 1961
All tracks in mono apart from nos. 9-12