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Greatest Hits
Compilation
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Audio CD, 27 Oct. 2003
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Audio CD, Compilation, 29 May 1990 | £4.05 | — | £3.60 |
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Track Listings
1 | Runaway |
2 | Hats Off To Larry |
3 | So Long Baby |
4 | Hey! Little Girl |
5 | Cry Myself To Sleep |
6 | The Swiss Maid |
7 | Little Town Flirt |
8 | Two Kinds Of Teardrops |
9 | Kelly |
10 | From Me To You |
11 | Two Silhouettes |
12 | Sue's Gotta Be Mine |
13 | That's The Way Love Is |
14 | Handy Man |
15 | Do You Want To Dance |
16 | Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun) |
17 | Stranger In Town |
18 | Why Don't You Tell Him |
19 | Show Me |
20 | Sister Isabelle |
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These 20 tracks include all the big early-'60s hits by this maverick artist, plus several obscure gems. Shannon was atypical of his era by virtue of age (26 when he had his first hit, "Runaway"), originality (he wrote most of his songs), aggression (unusually among white artists of the early '60s, most of his stuff rocked), and temperament (his songs weave an alarming pattern of misery, paranoia, desperation, vengeance, and despair). Not to mention musical innovation--"Runaway" contains what could be called the first pop synthesizer solo, "Little Town Flirt" casts the mold for the entire British Invasion, "From Me to You" was the first American version of a Beatles song, "Handy Man" transforms the bouncy Jimmy Jones novelty into a rock maelstrom, "Do You Want to Dance" anticipates the Beach Boys' subsequent rockin' reworking, "Keep Searchin'" and "Stranger in Town" could have been the soundtrack to The Fugitive, and "Sister Isabelle" is the ultimate boy-loses-girl song--Del's gal becomes a nun, and he rails at God for beating his time. It's not 100% brilliant--"Sue's Gotta Be Mine" is a blatant Four Seasons ripoff and "The Swiss Maid" is, as the title might warn, far from yodel-free--but this package is a neat summation of the career of a tragically overlooked artist. --Ken Barnes
Product details
- Is discontinued by manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 13.97 x 12.55 x 1.14 cm; 81.65 g
- Manufacturer : Rhino
- Manufacturer reference : AManPro-0050635
- Label : Rhino
- ASIN : B0000032T6
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: 267,262 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- 29,681 in Compilations
- 87,208 in Rock
- 107,004 in Pop
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The songs are excellent, with much variety, from folk to rock to covers, using the popular arrangements, but performed well. Many of the tracks could easily have been released as singles.
I don’t know why he wasn’t more successful. It’s sad that we lost him, as a side-effect of medication he was trying out, looking for a cure for depression, perhaps stemming from his relative lack of career success, as measured against his talent.
Mit Amazon hatte ich noch nie schwierigkeiten,nur mit den gebrauchten und billigeren versendern.Jeder verkauft seine
Brocken so gut er kann.Sie machen für mich eine rühmliche Ausnahme.Oder war die neu?.Egal.Für den Preis.Sehr gut.
Man muß nämlich wissen,das ich Del Shannon in Michigan (USA) vor ein paar Jahren kennen gelernt habe.Stark Emenz.
Ich weis gar nicht mehr ob er noch lebt.Vielleicht besuche ich ihn nächstes Jahr.Meine Nichte ist sein Nachbar H.A.E.