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Don Fardon - I'm Alive: The Don Fardon Anthology 1967-1974 (Uk)

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Format: CD
Rel. Date: 07/19/2024
UPC: 5013929432536

I'm Alive: The Don Fardon Anthology 1967-1974 (Uk)
Artist: Don Fardon
Format: CD
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1. It's Been Nice Lovin' You (1967 Single Version)
2. I Won't Be Long
3. The Letter
4. Daytripper
5. Captain Man
6. We Can Make It Together
7. (The Lament of the Cherokee) Indian Reservation
8. Dreamin' Room
9. Treat Her Right
10. Goodbye
11. Take a Heart
12. How Do You Break a Broken Heart
13. Sally Goes Round the Moon
14. Sunshine Woman
15. I Need Somebody
16. Mr. Stationmaster
17. Coming on Strong
18. Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
19. Ruby's Picture on My Wall
20. Running Bear
21. I Get So Excited
22. Back in the USSR
23. Another Day A.K.A. on the Beach
24. Tobacco Road
25. Baby Let Me Take You Home
26. For Your Love
27. Out of Time
28. I'm Alive
29. Keep on Loving Me
30. It's Been Nice Lovin' You (1969 Version)
31. Let the Live Live
32. Belfast Boy
33. Echoes of the Cheers
34. Hudson Bay
35. New York City
36. Track 36
37. Phoenix Gone
38. Riverboat
39. California Maiden
40. Mississippi Woman
41. Miami Sunset
42. Cheyenne
43. San Diego
44. Girl
45. Follow Your Drum
46. Get Away John
47. Devil's Well
48. Delta Queen
49. Hometown Baby
50. Superwoman
51. Lady Zelda
52. Louisiana
53. Lola
54. St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John
55. Chippawa Town
56. Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
57. Do You Know What I Mean
58. Don't Do That
59. King's Highway
60. Lady Madonna
61. Nashville Tennessee
62. Birth
63. Had to Run
64. Waa Ee Nah Nah
65. Belfast Boy
66. Hudson Bay
67. Indian Reservation
68. Back in the USSR
69. Follow Your Drum
70. Get Away John
71. Delta Queen
72. King's Highway
73. Memphis Tennessee (Live)
74. Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' (Live)
75. Something (Live)
76. Rock and Roll Medley: Roll Over Beethoven/Route 66/ Johnny B Goode/Travelling Band (Live)
77. Belfast Boy (Live)
78. Get Away John (Album Version)
79. Jambalaya
80. Girl (Album Version)
81. Oh Lonesome Me
82. Leaving on a Jet Plane

More Info:

3CD set containing 81 tracks including 'Indian Reservation', a UK #3 hit in 1970 and a global million seller. Plus his hit 1970 tribute to footballer Georgie Best, 'Belfast Boy' and club favourite 'I'm Alive', recorded in 1969, that peaked at #12 in the independent singles chart in 2010. Featuring numerous tracks previously unreleased on CD including Fardon's never re- issued debut solo single, 'It's Been Nice Lovin' You' (1967 version) and B side, 'I Won't Be Long' and the half live / half studio album, Don Fardon & The Gang On Tour In Scandinavia recorded in 1970. With eight never commercially issued tracks drawn from BBC World Service programme Top Of The Pops including recordings of 'Indian Reservation', 'Belfast Boy' and a cover of The Beatles' 'Back In The USSR'. Don Fardon first tasted fame as the singer in Coventry's cult freakbeat legends The Sorrows, when their single, 'Take A Heart', made #21 in the UK chart in 1965. Though The Sorrows aren't covered by this box, Don's excellent 1968 solo version of 'Take A Heart' is included as is his 1969 solo take on another Sorrows' single, 'Let The Live Live'. All of Fardon's singles from the 1967 to 1974 era, including many not issued in the UK, are featured such as 'Indian Reservation', 'Belfast Boy' and 'I'm Alive' but also 'The Letter', 'Gimme Gimme Good Lovin', mod favourite 'Treat Her Right', 1974's glam stomper 'Don't Do That' and more plus all the tracks from albums, The Lament Of The Cherokee Indian (1968), The Love Story Of Don Fardon (1969), I've Paid My Dues (1970), Released (1970) and I'm Alive (1970).
        
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