Some more of that pre-British Invasion pop/R&B stuff, and yet another two-dimensional doll from the wondrous world of Belle-Sharmeer.

Track listing for 111110-2:

1. The Danleers: One Summer Night
2. Del Shannon: Hats Off to Larry
3. Rosie and the Originals: Angel Baby
4. Brook Benton: The Boll Weevil Song
5. The Jive Five: My True Story
6. Connie Francis: Lipstick on Your Collar
7. Sunny and the Sunglows: Talk to Me
8. The Five Satins: In the Still of the Nite
9. Ernie K-Doe: Mother-in-Law
10. Mary Wells: You Beat Me to the Punch
11. Dion and the Belmonts: A Teenager in Love
12. The Tams: Untie Me
13. The Everly Brothers: All I Have to Do Is Dream
14. Bobby Darin: Mack the Knife
15. The Flamingos: I Only Have Eyes for You
16. Dick Dale and His Del-Tones: Let’s Go Trippin’
17. The Orlons: Don’t Hang Up
18. The Echoes: Baby Blue
19. Jack Scott: Goodbye Baby
20. Brenda Lee: Dum Dum
21. Cookie and His Cupcakes: Matilda
22. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on You
23. Elvis Presley: (You’re the) Devil in Disguise
24. The Cookies: Chains
25. Thurston Harris: Little Bitty Pretty One
26. The Coasters: Searchin’
27. Buddy Holly: Peggy Sue
28. Chubby Checker: The Twist
29. The 4 Seasons: Big Girls Don’t Cry
30. The Olympics: Western Movies
31. Gene Pitney: Every Breath I Take

Another batch of instrumentals, ending as usual with one with words of a sort, and decorated as usual with killer gams.

Track listing for 111109-2:

1. Cozy Cole: Topsy II
2. Angelo Badalamenti: Theme from Twin Peaks
3. Robert Maxwell and His Orchestra: Shangri-Las
4. Davie Allan and the Arrows: Blue’s Theme
5. Henry Mancini: Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
6. Herbie Hancock: Rockit
7. Al Hirt: Java
8. Walter Wanderley: Summer Samba (So Nice)
9. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass: Carmen
10. Meco: Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band
11. The Village Stompers: Washington Square
12. Lonnie Mack: Memphis
13. Kai Winding: More
14. Boots Randolph: Yakety Axe
15. Billy Joe and the Checkmates: Percolator (Twist)
16. Ray Charles: One Mint Julep
17. The Rumblers: Boss
18. Mason Williams: Greensleeves
19. Perez Prado: Patricia
20. Reg Owen and His Orchestra: Manhattan Serenade
21. Booker T. and the MGs: Time Is Tight
22. Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra: Love in Every Room
23. Link Wray and His Ray Men: Rumble
24. Charles Randolph Grean Sounde: Star Trek
25. The Virtues: Guitar Boogie Shuffle
26. Dave “Baby” Cortez: The Happy Organ
27. Les Baxter and His Orchestra: The Poor People of Paris
28. Neal Hefti and His Orchestra: Batman Theme

At some point I must have decided that I needed a single-disc Rolling Stones compilation, and this is it. About half these tracks are in mono, either because that’s all there is or because I thought it sounded better than the stereo. (I don’t think there’s ever going to be a really good-sounding “Have You Seen Your Mother Baby.”) David Osborne took the cover photo at Boulder Rock in Western Australia.

Track listing for 111108-2 (all tracks by The Rolling Stones):

1. I Wanna Be Your Man
2. Not Fade Away
3. It’s All Over Now
4. Tell Me
5. Time Is on My Side
6. Heart of Stone
7. The Last Time
8. Play with Fire
9. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
10. Get Off of My Cloud
11. As Tears Go By
12. 19th Nervous Breakdown
13. Paint It, Black
14. Mother’s Little Helper
15. Lady Jane
16. Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
17. Ruby Tuesday
18. Dandelion
19. She’s a Rainbow
20. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
21. Sympathy for the Devil
22. Street Fighting Man
23. Honky Tonk Women
24. Brown Sugar

The eleventh in this seemingly-endless series. Cover photo courtesy of Cautiva, which strikes me as an odd name for a hosiery manufacturer.

Track listing for 111107-2:

1. The Temptations: My Girl
2. The Zombies: Tell Her No
3. The Human Beinz: Nobody But Me
4. The Hombres: Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)
5. The Miracles: The Tracks of My Tears
6. The Gentrys: Keep On Dancing
7. Joe Tex: Skinny Legs and All
8. The Troggs: Love Is All Around
9. Senator Bobby: Wild Thing
10. Paul Revere and the Raiders: Kicks
11. The Sapphires: Who Do You Love
12. The Young Rascals: Good Lovin’
13. Henson Cargill: Skip a Rope
14. Ohio Express: Yummy, Yummy, Yummy
15. Gerry and the Pacemakers: I Like It
16. The Beatles: She’s a Woman
17. The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today
18. The Premiers: Farmer John
19. Sandy Posey: Single Girl
20. The Grass Roots: Midnight Confessions
21. The Velvelettes: He Was Really Sayin’ Somethin’
22. The Outsiders: Respectable
23. The Box Tops: The Letter
24. Brooklyn Bridge: The Worst That Could Happen
25. The Rolling Stones: Jumpin’ Jack Flash
26. The Silkie: You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
27. John Fred and His Playboy Band: Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)
28. Iron Butterfly: In-a-Gadda-da-Vida *
29. The Sunshine Company: Happy
30. The Beach Boys: When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)

* I need hardly point out that this is the 45 edit.

Nine tracks, no more, and the shortest is a bit over six minutes. I’m not quite sure about this cover photo, which seems to have originated with a Eurodesign house.

Track listing for 111106-2:

1. Electric Light Orchestra: Roll Over Beethoven
2. Dire Straits: Money for Nothing
3. Fleetwood Mac: Oh Well
4. Bob Dylan: Like a Rolling Stone
5. Joe Walsh: Life’s Been Good
6. Sugarloaf: Tongue in Cheek
7. Stars on 45: Beatles Medley *
8. Yes: Roundabout
9. The Rolling Stones: You Can’t Always Get What You Want

* The European version, which contains one song (”From Me to You”) not in the US release.

The third of the Remember Then series, which covers the period 1954 to 1963, with yet another Belle-Sharmeer babe from here down adorning the cover. For some reason, this set seems to have a lot of 1961 songs.

Track listing for 111105-2:

1. Little Caesar and the Romans: Those Oldies But Goodies
2. The Heartbeats: A Thousand Miles Away
3. Gary U.S. Bonds: Quarter to Three
4. Dick and Dee Dee: The Mountain’s High
5. The Highwaymen: Michael
6. The Bobbettes: Mr. Lee
7. The Coasters: Little Egypt
8. The Skyliners: Since I Don’t Have You
9. Jimmy Dean: Big Bad John
10. Pat Boone: Moody River
11. Linda Scott: I’ve Told Every Little Star
12. The Monotones: Book of Love
13. The Tokens: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
14. The Jarmels: A Little Bit of Soap
15. Little Richard: Tutti-Frutti
16. Jessie Hill: Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part 2)
17. Little Eva: The Loco-Motion
18. The Cadillacs: Speedoo
19. Marvin Gaye: Stubborn Kind of Fellow
20. Neil Sedaka: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
21. Ike and Tina Turner: It’s Gonna Work Out Fine
22. Smiley Lewis: I Hear You Knocking
23. The Shirelles: Soldier Boy
24. The Contours: Do You Love Me
25. Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers: Why Do Fools Fall in Love
26. Joe Jones: You Talk Too Much
27. Brenda Lee: Sweet Nothin’s
28. Ernie Maresca: Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)
29. The Mar-Keys: Last Night
30. Shep and the Limelites: Daddy’s Home
31. The Marcels: Blue Moon

The motivation here came from Glen Campbell, who put out rather a lot of songs name-checking cities and places; I figured it wouldn’t be too hard to come up with a CD full without having to resort to, say, the Doors’ endless “L.A. Woman,” which would be a bit much. The cover is an old, out-of-date map of metropolitan Oklahoma City, overlaid with cutesy freeway signs made with Kurumi’s SignMaker. Bonus points if you can figure out the sequencing.

Track listing for 111104-2:

1. Dave Loggins: Please Come to Boston
2. Patti Page: Old Cape Cod
3. Freddy Cannon: Palisades Park
4. The Trade Winds: New York’s a Lonely Town
5. Bob and Earl: Harlem Shuffle
6. Elton John: Philadelphia Freedom
7. Freddy Cannon: Tallahassee Lassie
8. The Monkees: Last Train to Clarksville
9. The Lovin’ Spoonful: Nashville Cats
10. Harpers Bizarre: Chattanooga Choo-Choo
11. Johnny Rivers: Memphis
12. The Beach Boys: Susie Cincinnati
13. Bobby Bare: Detroit City
14. Graham Nash: Chicago
15. Wilbert Harrison: Kansas City
16. Gary U.S. Bonds: New Orleans
17. Gene Pitney: Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa
18. Glen Campbell: Galveston
19. George Hamilton IV: Abilene
20. Marty Robbins: El Paso
21. Glen Campbell: By the Time I Get to Phoenix
22. Elvis Presley: Viva Las Vegas
23. Jan and Dean: The Little Old Lady from Pasadena
24. The Penguins: Memories of El Monte
25. Eric Burdon and the Animals: Monterey
26. Scott McKenzie: San Francisco (Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
27. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Lodi

As with the first Major Babes disc, this is a collection of songs with titles containing girls’ names. Also as with the first disc, there are three nice pairs of gams on the cover, though these are covered in Givenchy’s finest.

Track listing for 111103-2:

1. The Arbors: A Symphony for Susan
2. The 4 Seasons: Sherry
3. The Police: Roxanne
4. The Beatles: Anna (Go to Him)
5. Street People: Jennifer Tomkins
6. Dion: Donna the Prima Donna
7. The Turtles: Elenore
8. Dean Friedman: Ariel
9. John Fred and His Playboy Band: Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)
10. Donnie Iris: Ah! Leah!
11. Bread: Aubrey
12. Jerry Jaye: My Girl Josephine
13. The Cuff Links: Tracy
14. Little Richard: Lucille
15. Edison Lighthouse: Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
16. Cookie and His Cupcakes: Matilda
17. Bobby Sherman: Julie, Do Ya Love Me
18. Larry Williams: Dizzy Miss Lizzy
19. Chuck Berry: Nadine
20. Freddy Cannon: Abigail Beecher
21. The Bachelors: Marie
22. The Hollies: Carrie-Anne
23. Paul Anka: Diana
24. Ray Peterson: Tell Laura I Love Her
25. Dallas Frazier: Elvira
26. Robin Luke: Susie Darlin’
27. Derek and the Dominos: Layla

The tenth in this seemingly-endless series. Cover art found in a Burlington ad.

Track listing for 111102-2:

1. Eric Burdon and the Animals: San Franciscan Nights
2. Lulu: Morning Dew
3. Tom Jones: It’s Not Unusual
4. Aretha Franklin: Since You’ve Been Gone
5. The Music Explosion: Little Bit O’Soul
6. Johnny Rivers: Poor Side of Town
7. The 5th Dimension: Carpet Man
8. The Rascals: How Can I Be Sure
9. Lesley Gore: Look of Love
10. The Four Tops: Reach Out I’ll Be There
11. The Wonder Who: Don’t Think Twice
12. Gene Pitney: I’m Gonna Be Strong
13. Del Shannon: Keep Searchin’ (We’ll Follow the Sun)
14. The Beatles: Hey Jude
15. Ed Ames: My Cup Runneth Over
16. Herman’s Hermits: I’m Into Something Good
17. The Hollies: Bus Stop
18. The Dave Clark Five: Try Too Hard
19. The Happenings: See You in September
20. Bobby Goldsboro: See the Funny Little Clown
21. The Temptations: Cloud Nine
22. Dusty Springfield: Wishin’ and Hopin’
23. Crazy Elephant: Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’
24. The Blues Magoos: (We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet
25. Brenda Holloway: When I’m Gone
26. The Beach Boys: God Only Knows
27. Otis Redding: (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay
28. Dionne Warwick: Anyone Who Had a Heart

The second of the Remember Then series, which covers the period 1954 to 1963, with another Belle-Sharmeer babe from here down adorning the cover.

Track listing for 111101-2:

1. The Duprees: Have You Heard
2. Ray Charles: What’d I Say
3. Bobby Vee: Take Good Care of My Baby
4. Dion and the Belmonts: I Wonder Why
5. Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over
6. James Darren: Goodbye Cruel World
7. The Rays: Silhouettes
8. Miss Toni Fisher: The Big Hurt
9. The “5″ Royales: Dedicated to the One I Love
10. The Pips: Every Beat of My Heart
11. The Turbans: When You Dance
12. Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers: I Want You to Be My Girl
13. The Drifters: Save the Last Dance for Me
14. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs: Stay
15. Dee Dee Sharp: Mashed Potato Time
16. The Marathons: Peanut Butter
17. The Orlons: South Street
18. Elvis Presley: Don’t
19. The El Dorados: I’ll Be Forever Loving You
20. The Shirelles: Foolish Little Girl
21. Bobby Helms: My Special Angel
22. Duane Eddy: Some Kind-a Earthquake
23. The Willows: Church Bells May Ring
24. Bobby Freeman: Do You Wanna Dance
25. Billy Bland: Let the Little Girl Dance
26. Eddie Cochran: Summertime Blues
27. Kathy Young and the Innocents: A Thousand Stars
28. The Channels: The Closer You Are
29. Little Willie John: Leave My Kitten Alone
30. The Flamingos: Lovers Never Say Goodbye