Various - Popular Music's Golden Hit Parade (8xLP) (Very Good Plus (VG+))

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Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Reader's Digest, GHIT - 8A, 1976, 8LP BOX SET - BOX DAMAGED
 

Notes:

Some issues came with a 9th bonus LP "Hair". Catalogue No. RDS 9039. See www.discogs.com/The-Original-London-Cast-Hair/release/1186532?ev=rr

Some issues of this version contains a booklet for the Swiss edition in French and German who speaks around the songs of this set.

All tracks except B3, B5 & B7 have been electronically re-processed for stereo.

All credits taken from the rear sleeve as opposed to the disc labels as they appear erroneous.
Errors on the disc labels:
A3 - Credits Donegan as the writer.
B7 - Greenfield not credited at all.

Discs are listed as follows and feature one year per side of disc.
Disc 1 - The Fifties [1956-59 Mixed
Disc 2 - 1960-61
Disc 3 - 1962-63
Disc 4 - 1964-65
Disc 5 - 1966-67
Disc 6 - 1968-69
Disc 7 - 1970-71
Disc 8 - 1972-73

. The Fifties
A1. Johnnie Ray - Just Walkin' In The Rain 2:37
A2. Guy Mitchell - Singing The Blues 2:24
A3. Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap 1:55
A4. Russ Hamilton - We Will Make Love 2:38
A5. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire 1:50
A6. Tommy Steele - Nairobi 1:58
A7. Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream 2:16
B1. Tommy Edwards - It's All In The Game 2:36
B2. Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon 2:13
B3. The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 2:35
B4. Marty Wilde - Teenager In Love 2:18
B5. The Browns (3) - Three Bells 2:48
B6. Emile Ford & The Checkmates - What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For? 2:00
B7. Neil Sedaka - Oh! Carol 2:15
. 1960
C1. Anthony Newley - Why? 2:24
C2. Perry Como - Delaware 2:19
C3. Johnny Preston - Running Bear 2:36
C4. Lonnie Donegan - My Old Man's A Dustman 3:18
C5. Jimmy Jones - Good Timin' 1:58
C6. Duane Eddy - Because They're Young 1:56
C7. Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion 2:28
. 1961
D1. Petula Clark - Sailor 2:50
D2. The Allisons - Are You Sure? 2:03
D3. The Marcels - Blue Moon 2:15
D4. Floyd Cramer - On The Rebound 2:06
D5. Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise 2:24
D6. Eden Kane - Well, I Ask You 2:13
D7. Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John 2:58
. 1962
E1. Karl Denver - Wimoweh 2:29
E2. Bruce Channel - Hey! Baby 2:21
E3. Joe Brown - Picture Of You 2:17
E4. The Tornados - Telstar 3:13
E5. Little Eva - The Locomotion 2:25
E6. Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September 2:22
E7. Mark Wynter - Venus In Blue Jeans 2:09
. 1963
F1. The Springfields - Island Of Dreams 2:34
F2. Jet Harris And Tony Meehan - Diamonds 2:21
F3. Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - Twist And Shout 2:02
F4. The Searchers - Sweets For My Sweet 2:26
F5. Heinz - Just Like Eddie 2:35
F6. Chuck Berry - Memphis Tennessee 2:10
F7. Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You 2:34
. 1964
G1. The Searchers - Needles And Pins 2:11
G2. The Bachelors - Diane 2:29
G3. The Four Pennies - Juliet 2:20
G4. Jim Reeves - I Won't Forget You 2:00
G5. The Kinks - You Really Got Me 2:12
G6. Sandie Shaw - Always Something There To Remind Me 2:36
G7. The Rockin' Berries - He's In Town 2:33
. 1965
H1. The Kinks - Tired Of Waiting For You 2:30
H2. Unit Four Plus Two - Concrete And Clay 2:14
H3. Them (3) - Here Comes The Night 2:45
H4. Roger Miller - King Of The Road 2:26
H5. Jackie Trent - Where Are You Now My Love? 2:47
H6. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man 2:17
H7. The Ivy League - Tossing And Turning 2:23
. 1966
I1. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Spanish Flea 2:07
I2. The Overlanders - Michelle 2:19
I3. Crispian St. Peters - You Were On My Mind 2:42
I4. The Mindbenders - A Groovy Kind Of Love 1:58
I5. The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore 3:00
I6. Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 2:46
I7. Los Bravos - Black Is Black 2:55
. 1967
J1. Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String 2:20
J2. Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale 4:02
J3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe 3:20
J4. Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) 2:55
J5. Bee Gees - Massachussetts 2:22
J6. The Foundations - Baby Now That I've Found You 2:36
J7. Long John Baldry - Let The Heartaches Begin 3:14
. 1968
K1. Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn 2:49
K2. Esther & Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockerfella 2:26
K3. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - The Legend Of Xanadu 3:33
K4. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Young Girl 3:09
K5. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire 2:54
K6. Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends 4:25
K7. Georgie Fame - The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde 3:05
. 1969
L1. Fleetwood Mac - Albatross 3:05
L2. The Marmalade - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 2:58
L3. The Move - Blackberry Way 3:36
L4. Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air 3:53
L5. Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 3:17
L6. Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue 3:38
L7. The Tremeloes - Call Me Number One 3:41
. 1970
M1. Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling 3:06
M2. Frijid Pink - House Of The Rising Sun 3:25
M3. Christie - Yellow River 2:45
M4. Mr. Bloe - Groovin' With Mr. Bloe 2:38
M5. Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime 3:29
M6. Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man 4:08
M7. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile 5:08
. 1971
N1. The Mixtures - The Pushbike Song 2:28
N2. T. Rex - Hot Love 4:54
N3. Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 2:50
N4. The New Seekers - Never-Ending Song Of Love 3:07
N5. Rod Stewart - Maggie May 5:11
N6. Slade - Coz I Love You 3:18
N7. John Kongos - Tokoloshe Man 5:10
. 1972
O1. Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father 3:11
O2. Harry Nilsson - Without You 3:18
O3. Vicky Leandros - Come What May 3:29
O4. Elton John - Rocket Man 4:36
O5. Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough 2:42
O6. Peter Skellern - You're A Lady 4:32
O7. The New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing 2:20
. 1973
P1. Strawbs - Part Of The Union 2:54
P2. Focus (2) - Sylvia 3:28
P3. Peters & Lee - Welcome Home 3:28
P4. Carpenters - Yesterday Once More 3:49
P5. Bobby (Boris) Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash 3:06
P6. The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz 3:59
P7. Status Quo - Caroline 4:16

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Other RDS 9031
Other RDS 9032
Other RDS 9033
Other RDS 9034
Other RDS 9035
Other RDS 9036
Other RDS 9037
Other RDS 9038