Gerry & The Pacemakers - The Best Of The EMI Years (1992) [Lossless FLAC]

This is the same torrent that was uploaded to Demonoid in September 2008. Gerry & The Pacemakers - The Best Of The EMI Years (1992) 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. (Includes 8 page booklet.) AMG Bio.txt Notes.txt (which is simply these notes included in the torrent) Bio Excerpt from All Music: As unfathomable as it seems from the distance of over 30 years, for a few months, Gerry & the Pacemakers were the Beatles' nearest competitors in Britain. Managed (like the Beatles) by Brian Epstein, Gerry Marsden and his band burst out of the gate with three consecutive number one U.K. hits in 1963, "How Do You Do It," "I Like It," and "You'll Never Walk Alone." If the Beatles defined Merseybeat at its best in early 1963, Gerry & the Pacemakers defined the form at its most innocuous, performing bouncy, catchy, and utterly lightweight tunes driven by rhythm guitar and Marsden's chipper vocals. Compared to the Beatles and other British Invasion heavies, they sound quaint indeed. That's not to say the group were trivial; their hits were certainly likable and energetic and are fondly remembered today, even if the musicians lacked the acumen (or earthy image) to develop their style from its relentlessly upbeat and poppy base. .... To read the entire bio: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wiftxqe5ldke~T1 All Music has an empty page here: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aifqxqu5ldje A review from http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/palms/6315/cdlist.htm: The British version of The Defnintive Collection, this collection re-used the re-mixes for the American release but did not do any fresh remixes of the twintrack recordings not on its transatlantic counterpart. On song selection, this collection is stronger than Definitive, as such great rockers as "Slow Down", "A Shot of R&B" and "Why oh Why" and balance the ballads and pop songs that dominate the American collection. If the compilers could have dropped a couple of the inessential B-sides and worked in a couple of the live tracks from Gerry In California, this collection would have blown all others out of the water. As it is, this is probably my favourite compilation on song selection alone, narrowly edging out At Abbey Road. Track List: 01. How Do You Do It 02. Maybellene 03. I Like It 04. Chills 05. Pretend 06. Jambalaya 07. You're The Reason 08. Hello Little Girl 09. You'll Never Walk Alone 10. A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues 11. Slow Down 12. It's All Right 13. I'm The One 14. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying 15. You've Got What I Like 16. It's Just Because 17. You You You 18. It's Gonna Be All Right 19. Ferry Cross The Mersey 20. I'll Wait For You 21. Hallelujah I Love Her So 22. Reelin' And Rockin' 23. Why Oh Why 24. Baby You're So Good To Me 25. Walk Hand In Hand 26. Dreams 27. Give All Your Love To Me 28. I'll Be There 29. La La La 30. Fool To Myself 31. Girl On A Swing

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