VA - Hard to Find 45s on CD, Volume 5: Sixties Pop Classics (2000) [CD-Rip]

Originally released in 2000, this collection offers 20 hard-to-find ’60s pop hits from the Atlantic, Atco and Warner Brothers vaults. This CD offers the original hit single versions of hard-to-find hits like “Al Di La” by Emilio Pericoli, “Angel on My Shoulder” by Shelby Flint and “Let’s Think About Living” by Bob Luman, as well as the iconic “I Got You Babe” by Sonny & Cher. Collectors will want rare tracks like Rose Garden’s “Next Plane To London” and the doo wop classic “Looking For An Echo” by Kenny Vance. Every song has been lovingly remastered from the original master tapes for stunning clarity and rich sound. All but five tracks are in stereo.

AllMusic Review by Cub Koda
You don't think of these 20 songs as being missing in action until you realize that most – if not all of them – just don't pop up on oldies anthologies very often. A wide-net approach like this that pairs "I Got You Babe" next to Bill Cosby's "Little Ole Man," with stops along the way to great one-offs from Joannie Sommers, Bob Luman, the Cookies, Nino Tempo and April Stevens, R.B. Greaves, Connie Stevens, the Marketts, Carla Thomas, the Cookies, and the Everly Brothers. A great little collection of sides that usually don't make the rounds, all in crystal-clear stereo except for five tracks presented in the original mono mixes.

Tracklist
1. Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe (03:11)
2. Bill Cosby – Little Ole Man (Uptight-Everything's Alright) (04:12)
3. Nino Tempo & April Stevens – Deep Purple (02:42)
4. Shelby Flint – Angel On My Shoulder (02:19)
5. Joanie Sommers – Johnny Get Angry (02:32)
6. Tab Hunter – (I'll Be With You In) Apple Blossom Time (02:11)
7. Don Rondo – White Silver Sands (02:43)
8. The Everly Brothers – Ebony Eyes (03:07)
9. Bob Luman – Let's Think About Living (02:04)
10. Emilio Pericoli – Al Di La' (02:06)
11. The Toys – A Lover's Concerto (02:41)
12. The Cookies – Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) (02:46)
13. Carla Thomas – B-A-B-Y (02:58)
14. R.B. Greaves – Take A Letter Maria (02:44)
15. The Rose Garden – Next Plane To London (02:31)
16. The Marketts – Batman Theme (02:40)
17. Connie Stevens – Sixteen Reasons (01:58)
18. Joanie Sommers – One Boy (02:00)
19. Kenny Vance – Looking For An Echo (03:17)
20. The Vogues – Turn Around, Look At Me (02:47)