The Searchers - The Searchers: The Pye Anthology 1963-1967 (2000)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Sweets For My Sweet (Mono)
02. It's All Been a Dream
03. Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya (Mono)
04. Alright (Mono)
05. Farmer John (Mono)
06. Love Potion No. 9 (Mono)
07. Where Have All the Flowers Gone (Mono Version)
08. Since You Broke My Heart (Mono)
09. Sugar and Spice (Mono Version)
10. Saints and Searchers (Mono Version)
11. Some Other Guy (Mono Version)
12. Listen to Me (Mono Version)
13. Hungry for Love (Mono Version)
14. All My Sorrows (Mono Version)
15. Needles and Pins (Mono)
16. Saturday Night Out (Mono Version)
17. Don't Throw Your Love Away (Mono)
18. I Pretend I'm With You
19. This Empty Place (Mono)
20. I Count the Tears (Mono)
21. Sho' Know a Lot About Love (Stereo)
22. Can't Help Forgiving You (Mono)
23. Where Have You Been? (Mono)
24. Someday We're Gonna Love Again
25. No One Else Could Love Me
26. The System (Mono Version)
27. When You Walk in the Room
28. (I'll Be) Missing You (Mono Version)
29. What Have They Done to the Rain
30. This Feeling Inside (Mono Version)
31. Goodbye My Love (Mono Version)
32. Till I Met You (Mono Version)

CD2
01. Everybody Come Clap Your Hands (Mono Version)
02. If I Could Find Someone (Mono Version)
03. Magic Potion (Mono Version)
04. I Don't Want to Go On Without You (Mono Version)
05. Till You Say You'll Be Mine (Mono Version)
06. Goodnight Baby (Mono Version)
07. Bumble Bee (Mono Version)
08. He's Got No Love
09. So Far Away
10. When I Get Home
11. I'm Never Coming Back
12. Take Me for What I'm Worth
13. Too Many Miles
14. Don't You Know Why
15. Each Time
16. Be My Baby
17. Does She Really Care for Me
18. I'm Your Loving Man
19. Take It or Leave It
20. Don't Hide It Away
21. Have You Ever Loved Somebody
22. It's Just the Way (Love Will Come and Go)
23. Popcorn Double Feature
24. Lovers
25. Western Union
26. I'll Cry Tomorrow
27. Second Hand Dealer
28. Crazy Dreams

The two-disc collection Pye Anthology 1963-1967 features nearly everything recorded by one of England's favorite Liverpool outfits during the early '60s (among heavy competition). Formed a few years before the Beatles, in 1957, the Searchers were prime competitors with them for the crown of hardest-working and best band in Liverpool during the early '60s. When they began recording for Pye, in mid-1963, they revealed to the wider British public a taste of infectious energy, tight playing, and smooth harmonies that could be appreciated by every fan of the burgeoning Merseybeat sound. Their first hit, "Sweets for My Sweet" was a sugary song, but it reached number one with no problem, and the band soon began to show it had the power to compete with other "big beat" acts like the Beatles and the Dave Clark Five. Also, like many of their counterparts, they recorded solid American R&B covers ("Farmer John," "Love Potion No. 9") and their biggest hits, "Sugar and Spice" and "Needles and Pins," have to be included in any retrospective of the British Invasion. With lineup changes and diminishing interest in Merseybeat by 1966, the Searchers were finished as a chart entity, and "Have You Ever Loved Somebody" from that year was their last hit. Two discs may be a big proposition for even dedicated fans of British rock, but the Searchers recorded many great songs beyond their big hits; their version of "When You Walk in the Room" was arguably even better than Jackie DeShannon's classic.

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