various artists - We Can Work It Out: Covers Of The Beatles 1962-1966 / 3CD set

Three CD compilation that focuses on the massive influence The Beatles had on a multitude of artists in disparate genres throughout numerous countries, right from the very start. Featuring Mary Wells, Count Basie, Cilla Black, Joe Cocker, PJ Proby, Mae West, Jose Feliciano, Jimmy James, Liza Minelli and many more. In this collection, we find artists from France, Holland, America, Italy, New Zealand, Hungary, and Puerto Rico, all proving that The Beatles songs were so great that it didn't matter what language they were sung in. Sunshine pop sits next to raw soul while bluegrass nudges up against jazz. Serious British folkies mix with campy Hollywood legends as Hungarian gypsy guitar makes way for proto psychedelia - nothing was safe from the all-encompassing influence of The Fab Four! This wild variety of musical styles not only illustrates the strength of the compositional skills of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison but also provides an engaging and eclectic listening experience that appeals to fans of The Beatles in particular as well as those who like popular music in general.

    - Disc 1 -
    1 Dick Rivers Love Me Do (Je Suis Fou)
    2 The Rattles P. S. I Love You
    3 Mary Wells Please Please Me
    4 Kenny Lynch Misery
    5 Duffy Power I Saw Her Standing There
    6 Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas Do You Want to Know a Secret
    7 Mike Redway Bad to Me
    8 The Crickets from Me to You
    9 The Baconeers She Loves You
    10 The Merseymen I'll Get You
    11 The Fourmost Hello Little Girl
    12 The Kestrels There's a Place
    13 Tommy Quickly & Remo Four Tip of My Tongue
    14 Cilla Black Love of the Loved
    15 Les Lionceaux It Won't Be Long (Le Temps Est Long)
    16 Marilyn Powell All My Loving
    17 Gregory Phillips Don't Bother Me
    18 Jackie Lynton Little Child
    19 Count Basie Hold Me Tight
    20 Mike Redway I'll Keep You Satisfied
    21 Adam Faith I Wanna Be Your Man
    22 Claude Francois I Want to Hold Your Hand (Laisse-Moi Tenir Ta Main)
    23 Shirley Abicair This Girl
    24 Peter and Gordon a World Without Love
    25 Baby Cortez Can't Buy Me Love
    26 The Supremes You Can't Do That
    27 Frank Bacon Nobody I Know
    28 The Applejacks Like Dreamers Do
    29 The Mamas & the Papas I Call Your Name
    30 Frank Alamo a Hard Day's Night (Je Me Bats Pour Gagner) 31 Dino & I Kings I Should Have Known Better (Cerca Di Capire)
    - Disc 2 -
    1 The Coterie If I Fell
    2 Mark Wynter and I Love Her
    3 Me & Them Tell Me Why
    4 Joe Cocker I'll Cry Instead
    5 Strawberry Fair Things We Said Today
    6 Brotherhood When I Get Home
    7 The Buckinghams I'll Be Back
    8 Trea Dobbs It's for You
    9 The Ventures I Feel Fine
    10 Noel Harrison She's a Woman
    11 Les Lionceaux No Reply (Ne Ris Plus)
    12 The Hi-Fi's Baby's in Black
    13 Glyn Johns I'll Follow the Sun
    14 Alma Cogan Eight Days a Week
    15 The 5th Dimension Ticket to Ride
    16 The In-Sect Yes It Is
    17 Mary Wells Help!
    18 The Inbetweens the Night Before
    19 Jan & Dean You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
    20 The Sunshine Company I Need You
    21 The Baskervilles Another Girl
    22 The Five Man Electrical Band You're Going to Lose That Girl
    23 The Baskervilles You Like Me Too Much
    24 Charles River Valley Boys I've Just Seen a Face
    25 David & Jonathan Yesterday
    26 P. J. Proby That Means a Lot
    27 Mae West Day Tripper
    28 Swingshift We Can Work It Out
    29 Paraffin Jack Flash LTD Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
    - Disc 3 -
    1 Madeline Bell You Won't See Me
    2 Tony Rivers & the Castaways Nowhere Man
    3 Gary McFarland and Gabor Szabo the Word
    4 The Free Design Michelle
    5 The Truth Girl
    6 Davy Graham I'm Looking Through You
    7 Jose Feliciano in My Life
    8 Frankie Vaughan Wait
    9 The Cryan' Shames If I Needed Someone
    10 The Transatlantics Run for Your Life
    11 Tempest Paperback Writer
    12 Petula Clark Rain
    13 The Senate Yellow Submarine
    14 Erick Saint Laurent Eleanor Rigby
    15 Junior Parker Taxman
    16 Zoot I'm Only Sleeping
    17 Swingshift Here, There and Everywhere
    18 Jimmy James Good Day Sunshine
    19 Spanky & Our Gang and Your Bird Can Sing
    20 Liza Minnelli for No One
    21 Rage Doctor Robert
    22 The Rackets I Want to Tell You
    23 Jackie Trent Got to Get You Into My Life
    24 Steve Marcus Tomorrow Never Knows
    25 The Four Preps a Letter to the Beatles