The Searchers - The Collection [Castle] (1988)

This is the same torrent that was uploaded to Demonoid in July 2008. The Searchers - The Collection [Castle] (1988) Includes: Files by track, ripped at FLAC 8 using Easy CD-DA Extractor (www.poikosoft.com) Tracks have full tags (including embedded thumbnail). All artwork in jpgs at 300 d.p.i. Rotated and cropped losslessly using jpegcrop. AMG Bio.txt AMG Review.txt Notes.txt (which is simply these notes included in the torrent) Bio Excerpt from All Music: Founded in 1957 by John McNally (guitar/vocals), the Searchers were originally one of thousands of skiffle groups formed in the wake of Lonnie Donegan's success with "Rock Island Line." The Searchers' immediate competitors included bands such as the Wreckers and the Confederates, both led by Michael Pender (guitar, vocals), and the Martinis, led by Tony Jackson (guitar/vocals). By 1959, McNally and Pender were working together as a duet; later in the year, Jackson joined as the lead vocalist. After drummer Norman McGarry left the Searchers he was replaced by Chris Crummy, who quickly renamed himself Chris Curtis. Other changes were in the works as Jackson built and learned to play a customized bass guitar. Learning his new job on the four-stringed instrument proved too difficult to permit him to continue singing lead, and McNally and Pender brought in a fifth member, Johnny Sandon (born Billy Beck). Johnny Sandon & the Searchers lasted from 1960 through February of 1962, and were extremely popular on the dance hall and club circuit in Liverpool. Sandon cut out for a career on his own, with another band called the Remo Four in early 1962. Meanwhile, the Searchers, now a quartet with Jackson once again lead singer, became one of the top acts on the Liverpool band scene, playing textured renditions of American R&B, rock & roll, country, soul, and rockabilly. ... To read the entire bio: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jifixqr5ldke~T1 All Music Album Review Castle's 1988 Searchers Collection compiles 24 cuts from the legendary British Invasion collective's Merseybeat heydays, including "Sugar and Spice," "Love Potion No. 9," "Have You Ever Loved Somebody," and "Needles and Pins." While solid overall, there are better collections out there, with Rhino's Greatest Hits being the most economical and the exhaustive, three-disc Definitive Pye Collection being the most extravagant. Track List: 01. When I Get Home 02. Take Me For What I'm Worth 03. Have You Ever Loved Somebody 04. What Have They Done To The Rain 05. Don't Throw Your Love Away 06. Sweets For My Sweet 07. Sugar And Spice 08. Needles And Pins 09. When You Walk In The Room 10. Love Potion No. 9 11. Some Other Guy 12. Can't Help Forgiving You 13. Its In Her Kiss 14. Shimmy Shimmy 15. Hi Heel Sneakers 16. This Feeling Inside 17. Farmer John 18. Magic Potion 19. Good Night Baby 20. Stand By Me 21. Da Doo Ron Ron 22. Twist And Shout 23. Western Union 24. Crazy Dreams More album detail at: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wbfpxqrgldje

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