Stranger In Town: A Del Shannon Compendium, Del Shannon, CD
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Del Shannon, Edsel Records, RockTwelve CD set. Del Shannon was, without doubt, one of the most gifted and distinctive of musical talents to emerge in the immediate pre-'British Invasion' era of American Pop. His was a talent that travelled well - indeed, his UK and European fanbase proved far more loyal and his success in those territories of greater longevity than in his native USA. Moreover, he was also much admired by successive generations of musicians, including the likes of George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. His songs, more often than not, essayed a bleak world of doomed romance, lovelorn disenchantment and existential gloom. Paradoxically, of course, those themes were frequently juxtaposed to surprisingly upbeat and bright-sounding melodies. This 302-track set is a compendium of the entirety of Del Shannon's career, from his hits in the early 60s, via his mid-60s recordings with Andrew Loog Oldham, to his 70s and 80s recordings with Tom Petty and Mike Campbell, as well as Jeff Lynne and Dave Edmunds. It also includes all of his mid-80s "Nashville Sessions" recordings, most of which are issued for the first time, plus b-sides, demos and a further eight previously unreleased tracks. The 32 page booklet features photos and ephemera, plus extensive annotation by Alan Robinson. This set contains all of Del's UK hits, eight of which reached the Top Ten, including the #1 hit "Runaway", "Hey! Little Girl" and "The Swiss Maid" (both #2 hits), and "Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)", which reached #3. Also included are Del's recordings of two Lennon/McCartney songs ("From Me To You" and "A World Without Love"). Del was the first US act to record a Beatles cover version, and later covered the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb". Also included is his song "Sister Isabelle", later covered by Frank Black & Teenage Fanclub for a John Peel session.
- Disc 1, Track: 1 - Misery
- Disc 1, Track: 2 - Daydreams
- Disc 1, Track: 3 - His Latest Flame
- Disc 1, Track: 4 - The Prom
- Disc 1, Track: 5 - The Search
- Disc 1, Track: 6 - Runaway
- Disc 1, Track: 7 - I Wake Up Crying
- Disc 1, Track: 8 - Wide Wide World
- Disc 1, Track: 9 - I'll Always Love You
- Disc 1, Track: 10 - Lies
- Disc 1, Track: 11 - He Doesn't Care
- Disc 1, Track: 12 - Jody
- Disc 1, Track: 13 - The Swiss Maid
- Disc 1, Track: 14 - Cry Myself to Sleep
- Disc 1, Track: 15 - Ginny in the Mirror
- Disc 1, Track: 16 - You Never Talked About Me
- Disc 1, Track: 17 - Don't Gild the Lily, Lily
- Disc 1, Track: 18 - I Won't Be There
- Disc 1, Track: 19 - Hats Off to Larry
- Disc 1, Track: 20 - The Answer to Everything
- Disc 1, Track: 21 - Hey! Little Girl
- Disc 1, Track: 22 - I'm Gonna Move on
- Disc 1, Track: 23 - I Don't Care Anymore
- Disc 1, Track: 24 - So Long Baby
- Disc 2, Track: 1 - Two Kinds of Teardrops
- Disc 2, Track: 2 - Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
- Disc 2, Track: 3 - Happiness
- Disc 2, Track: 4 - Two Silhouettes
- Disc 2, Track: 5 - She Thinks I Still Care
- Disc 2, Track: 6 - My Wild One
- Disc 2, Track: 7 - Runaround Sue
- Disc 2, Track: 8 - From Me to You
- Disc 2, Track: 9 - Kelly
- Disc 2, Track: 10 - Hey Baby
- Disc 2, Track: 11 - Go Away Little Girl
- Disc 2, Track: 12 - Little Town Flirt
- Disc 2, Track: 13 - The Wamboo
- Disc 2, Track: 14 - Sue's Gotta Be Mine
- Disc 2, Track: 15 - Now She's Gone
- Disc 2, Track: 16 - Memphis, Tennessee
- Disc 2, Track: 17 - That's the Way Love Is
- Disc 2, Track: 18 - Ruby Baby
- Disc 2, Track: 19 - I'll Be Lonely Tomorrow
- Disc 2, Track: 20 - I Can't Fool Around Anymore
- Disc 2, Track: 21 - Handy Man
- Disc 2, Track: 22 - Crying
- Disc 2, Track: 23 - Mary Jane
- Disc 2, Track: 24 - A World Without Love
- Disc 2, Track: 25 - Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)
- Disc 2, Track: 26 - Give Her Lots of Lovin'
- Disc 2, Track: 27 - Twist and Shout
- Disc 2, Track: 28 - Time of the Day
- Disc 2, Track: 29 - Stains on My Letter
- Disc 2, Track: 30 - Torture [Version 1]
- Disc 2, Track: 31 - Nothin'
- Disc 2, Track: 32 - Froggy
- Disc 2, Track: 33 - Pursuit
- Disc 3, Track: 1 - Your Cheatin' Heart
- Disc 3, Track: 2 - Kaw-Liga
- Disc 3, Track: 3 - I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)
- Disc 3, Track: 4 - Honky Tonk Blues
- Disc 3, Track: 5 - Lonesome Whistle
- Disc 3, Track: 6 - You Win Again
- Disc 3, Track: 7 - Ramblin' Man
- Disc 3, Track: 8 - Hey Good Lookin'
- Disc 3, Track: 9 - Long Gone Lonesome Blues
- Disc 3, Track: 10 - Weary Blues from Waitin'
- Disc 3, Track: 11 - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
- Disc 3, Track: 12 - Cold, Cold Heart
- Disc 3, Track: 13 - Stranger in Town
- Disc 3, Track: 14 - She Cried
- Disc 3, Track: 15 - Needles and Pins
- Disc 3, Track: 16 - Broken Promises
- Disc 3, Track: 17 - Why Don't You Tell Him
- Disc 3, Track: 18 - Do You Wanna Dance?
- Disc 3, Track: 19 - I Go to Pieces
- Disc 3, Track: 20 - I'm Gonna Be Strong
- Disc 3, Track: 21 - Rag Doll
- Disc 3, Track: 22 - Over You
- Disc 3, Track: 23 - Running Scared
- Disc 3, Track: 24 - Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)
- Disc 3, Track: 25 - This Is All I Have to Give
- Disc 3, Track: 26 - Break Up
- Disc 3, Track: 27 - Move It on Over
- Disc 3, Track: 28 - She Still Remembers Tony
- Disc 3, Track: 29 - I Can't Believe My Ears
- Disc 3, Track: 30 - I Wish I Wasn't Me Tonight
- Disc 3, Track: 31 - Torture [Version 2 - Instrumental]
- Disc 4, Track: 1 - The Big Hurt
- Disc 4, Track: 2 - Kicks
- Disc 4, Track: 3 - For a Little While
- Disc 4, Track: 4 - Lightnin' Strikes
- Disc 4, Track: 5 - When You Walk in the Room
- Disc 4, Track: 6 - The Cheater
- Disc 4, Track: 7 - Oh, Pretty Woman
- Disc 4, Track: 8 - Everybody Loves a Clown
- Disc 4, Track: 9 - Never Thought I Could [Aka I Got It Bad]
- Disc 4, Track: 10 - It's Too Late
- Disc 4, Track: 11 - Hey! Little Star
- Disc 4, Track: 12 - Action
- Disc 4, Track: 13 - Under My Thumb
- Disc 4, Track: 14 - Red Rubber Ball
- Disc 4, Track: 15 - She Was Mine
- Disc 4, Track: 16 - Where Were You When I Needed You
- Disc 4, Track: 17 - The Joker Went Wild
- Disc 4, Track: 18 - The Pied Piper
- Disc 4, Track: 19 - Sunny
- Disc 4, Track: 20 - Show Me
- Disc 4, Track: 21 - Time Won't Let Me
- Disc 4, Track: 22 - What Makes You Run
- Disc 4, Track: 23 - I Can't Be True
- Disc 4, Track: 24 - Summer in the City
- Disc 5, Track: 1 - It's My Feeling
- Disc 5, Track: 2 - Mind Over Matter
- Disc 5, Track: 3 - Silently
- Disc 5, Track: 4 - Cut and Come Again
- Disc 5, Track: 5 - My Love Has Gone
- Disc 5, Track: 6 - Led Along
- Disc 5, Track: 7 - Life Is But Nothing
- Disc 5, Track: 8 - Easy to Say Easy to Do
- Disc 5, Track: 9 - Friendly with You
- Disc 5, Track: 10 - He Cheated
- Disc 5, Track: 11 - Runaway '67
- Disc 5, Track: 12 - She
- Disc 5, Track: 13 - Led Along [Single Version]
- Disc 5, Track: 14 - Mind Over Matter [Single Version]
- Disc 5, Track: 15 - Runaway '67 [Single Version]
- Disc 5, Track: 16 - He Cheated [Single Version]
- Disc 5, Track: 17 - The Letter
- Disc 5, Track: 18 - Silently [Single Version]
- Disc 5, Track: 19 - Stand Up
- Disc 5, Track: 20 - The House Where Nobody Lives
- Disc 5, Track: 21 - Something to Write Home About
- Disc 5, Track: 22 - Never Be the Same
- Disc 5, Track: 23 - Deadly Game
- Disc 6, Track: 1 - Thinkin' It Over
- Disc 6, Track: 2 - Be My Friend
- Disc 6, Track: 3 - Silver Birch
- Disc 6, Track: 4 - I Think I Love You
- Disc 6, Track: 5 - River Cool
- Disc 6, Track: 6 - Colour Flashing Hair
- Disc 6, Track: 7 - Gemini
- Disc 6, Track: 8 - Runnin' on Back
- Disc 6, Track: 9 - Conquer
- Disc 6, Track: 10 - Been So Long
- Disc 6, Track: 11 - Magical Music Box
- Disc 6, Track: 12 - New Orleans (Mardi Gras)
- Disc 6, Track: 13 - Leaving You Behind
- Disc 6, Track: 14 - Raindrops
- Disc 6, Track: 15 - You Don't Love Me
- Disc 6, Track: 16 - Comin' Back to Me
- Disc 6, Track: 17 - Sweet Mary Lou
- Disc 6, Track: 18 - Sister Isabelle
- Disc 6, Track: 19 - Colorado Rain
- Disc 6, Track: 20 - How Can I Tell You?
- Disc 6, Track: 21 - Southern Part of Town
- Disc 6, Track: 22 - She's Got Soul
- Disc 6, Track: 23 - Good Love
- Disc 6, Track: 24 - Sun Don't Shine (Drip Drop)
- Disc 6, Track: 25 - Anita (I'm Walking on Fire)
- Disc 6, Track: 26 - Reason to Believe
- Disc 7, Track: 1 - Hats Off to Larry
- Disc 7, Track: 2 - Handy Man
- Disc 7, Track: 3 - The Swiss Maid
- Disc 7, Track: 4 - Hey! Little Girl
- Disc 7, Track: 5 - Little Town Flirt
- Disc 7, Track: 6 - Kelly
- Disc 7, Track: 7 - Crying
- Disc 7, Track: 8 - Two Kinds of Teardrops
- Disc 7, Track: 9 - Coopersville Yodel
- Disc 7, Track: 10 - The Answer to Everything
- Disc 7, Track: 11 - Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)
- Disc 7, Track: 12 - What's a Matter Baby?
- Disc 7, Track: 13 - So Long Baby
- Disc 7, Track: 14 - Runaway
- Disc 7, Track: 15 - What's a Matter Baby
- Disc 7, Track: 16 - Early in the Morning
- Disc 7, Track: 17 - Oh, How Happy
- Disc 7, Track: 18 - Something to Believe in
- Disc 7, Track: 19 - And the Music Plays on
- Disc 7, Track: 20 - In My Arms Again [Mono]
- Disc 7, Track: 21 - Tell Her No
- Disc 7, Track: 22 - Restless
- Disc 7, Track: 23 - Cry Baby Cry
- Disc 7, Track: 24 - She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
- Disc 7, Track: 25 - Since I Fell for You [Demo with Max Crook 1973/4]
- Disc 7, Track: 26 - Raylene [Demo with Max Crook 1973/4]
- Disc 8, Track: 1 - Best Days of My Life
- Disc 8, Track: 2 - Love Letters
- Disc 8, Track: 3 - Till I Found You
- Disc 8, Track: 4 - Raylene
- Disc 8, Track: 5 - One Track Mind
- Disc 8, Track: 6 - Black Is Black
- Disc 8, Track: 7 - Oh, Pretty Woman
- Disc 8, Track: 8 - Another Lonely Night
- Disc 8, Track: 9 - Amanda
- Disc 8, Track: 10 - Love Don't Come Easy
- Disc 8, Track: 11 - Today I Started Loving You Again
- Disc 8, Track: 12 - Sea of Love
- Disc 8, Track: 13 - Life Without You
- Disc 8, Track: 14 - Out of Time
- Disc 8, Track: 15 - Sucker for Your Love
- Disc 8, Track: 16 - To Love Someone
- Disc 8, Track: 17 - Drop Down and Get Me
- Disc 8, Track: 18 - Maybe Tomorrow
- Disc 8, Track: 19 - Liar
- Disc 8, Track: 20 - Never Stop Tryin'
- Disc 8, Track: 21 - Midnight Train
- Disc 8, Track: 22 - Cheap Love
- Disc 8, Track: 23 - Distant Ghost
- Disc 8, Track: 24 - Help Me
- Disc 9, Track: 1 - Stranger on the Run
- Disc 9, Track: 2 - You Still Live Here
- Disc 9, Track: 3 - What Are You Going to Do with That Beautiful Body of Yours
- Disc 9, Track: 4 - In My Arms Again [New Version]
- Disc 9, Track: 5 - She's Always on My Mind
- Disc 9, Track: 6 - Little By Little
- Disc 9, Track: 7 - You Can't Forgive Me
- Disc 9, Track: 8 - Nobody's Business
- Disc 9, Track: 9 - Part Time Lover
- Disc 9, Track: 10 - Broken Down Angel
- Disc 9, Track: 11 - Miss You Like I Do
- Disc 10, Track: 1 - Walk Away
- Disc 10, Track: 2 - Who Left Who
- Disc 10, Track: 3 - Are You Lovin' Me Too
- Disc 10, Track: 4 - Callin' Out My Name
- Disc 10, Track: 5 - I Go to Pieces
- Disc 10, Track: 6 - Lost in a Memory
- Disc 10, Track: 7 - I Got You
- Disc 10, Track: 8 - What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am?
- Disc 10, Track: 9 - When I Had You
- Disc 10, Track: 10 - Let's Dance
- Disc 10, Track: 11 - Hot Love
- Disc 10, Track: 12 - One Woman Man
- Disc 10, Track: 13 - Nobody's Business
- Disc 10, Track: 14 - You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)
- Disc 10, Track: 15 - Songwriter [Demo]
- Disc 10, Track: 16 - It's a Lie [Live - Unreleased Song 1979]
- Disc 10, Track: 17 - Runaway (Crime Story Version)
- Disc 11, Track: 1 - Little Oscar
- Disc 11, Track: 2 - Living in Misery
- Disc 11, Track: 3 - Angel of Love
- Disc 11, Track: 4 - Could Be, Can't Tell, Don't Know
- Disc 11, Track: 5 - What's the Use (In Trying)
- Disc 11, Track: 6 - This Feeling Called Love
- Disc 11, Track: 7 - This Is All I Have to Give
- Disc 11, Track: 8 - Happiness
- Disc 11, Track: 9 - She's Your Girl
- Disc 11, Track: 10 - One More Time
- Disc 11, Track: 11 - Face of An Angel
- Disc 11, Track: 12 - Johnny's Got the Blues
- Disc 11, Track: 13 - I Fell in Love with You
- Disc 11, Track: 14 - Condemned to Die (Version #1)
- Disc 11, Track: 15 - I Guess I'll Never Really Know
- Disc 11, Track: 16 - A Girl of My Own
- Disc 11, Track: 17 - Time Marches on
- Disc 11, Track: 18 - Daydreams
- Disc 11, Track: 19 - Wishing on a Star (Counting Stars at Night)
- Disc 11, Track: 20 - Honey Bee (Version #1)
- Disc 11, Track: 21 - Lies
- Disc 11, Track: 22 - He Doesn't Care
- Disc 11, Track: 23 - The Prom
- Disc 11, Track: 24 - Honey Bee (Version #2)
- Disc 11, Track: 25 - Condemned to Die (Version #2)
- Disc 11, Track: 26 - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry Over You
- Disc 11, Track: 27 - Runaway
- Disc 11, Track: 28 - Jody
- Disc 11, Track: 29 - One Kiss
- Disc 11, Track: 30 - Pepsi Commercial #1
- Disc 11, Track: 31 - Pepsi Commercial #2
- Disc 11, Track: 32 - Pepsi Commercial #3
- Disc 11, Track: 33 - Pepsi Commercial #4
- Disc 12, Track: 1 - The Things She Said
- Disc 12, Track: 2 - I Can't Let You Go
- Disc 12, Track: 3 - Just You
- Disc 12, Track: 4 - If She Were My Girl
- Disc 12, Track: 5 - For a Little While
- Disc 12, Track: 6 - This Feeling Called Love
- Disc 12, Track: 7 - It's Funny
- Disc 12, Track: 8 - She
- Disc 12, Track: 9 - Where Is She
- Disc 12, Track: 10 - I've Got Eyes for You
- Disc 12, Track: 11 - Did I See What I Think I Saw
- Disc 12, Track: 12 - Makin's of a Heartache
- Disc 12, Track: 13 - I'm Going Through It Too (Table Reserved for the Blues)
- Disc 12, Track: 14 - Pardon Me (I Guess I'm in the Way)
- Disc 12, Track: 15 - Pardon Me
- Disc 12, Track: 16 - The Jury
- Disc 12, Track: 17 - Deep in the Valley
- Disc 12, Track: 18 - I Never Caught Her Name
- Disc 12, Track: 19 - Thunder and Lightning
- Disc 12, Track: 20 - The Wedding (There Goes Billy)
- Disc 12, Track: 21 - Rest Your Mind
- Disc 12, Track: 22 - Lorrayne
- Disc 12, Track: 23 - Wrong Day, Wrong Way
- Disc 12, Track: 24 - Table Reserved for the Blues
- Disc 12, Track: 25 - Pardon Me
- Disc 12, Track: 26 - Queen of the Honky Tonks
- Disc 12, Track: 27 - Flat No. 3 [Previously Unreleased Demo, 1963]
- Disc 12, Track: 28 - Take Me Back [Previously Unreleased Demo]
- Disc 12, Track: 29 - Here Comes That Fool in Love Again [Previously Unreleased Demo, 1964]
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