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Music CD - Herman's Hermits: Their Greatest Hits
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Music CD: Their Greatest Hits
Artist: Herman's Hermits
List Price: $8.98
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Manufacturer: Abkco
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1. Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter
2. No Milk Today
3. End of the World
4. Door Swings Both Ways
5. Just a Little Bit Better
6. I'm Henry the VIII, I Am
7. There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)
8. Silhouettes
9. I'm into Something Good
10. Can't You Hear My Heartbeat
11. Dandy
12. (What A) Wonderful World
13. Hold On
14. Listen People
15. Leaning on a Lamp Post
16. Must to Avoid
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Binding: LP Record
EAN: 0018771422716
Label: Abkco
Manufacturer: Abkco
Publisher: Abkco
Release Date: 1990-05-22
Studio: Abkco
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Summary: Herman's Hermits Greatest
Comment: Great songs by a great group from the '60's. Quite a range from teenybopper pop to ballads and humorous little ditties. The vocals are spot on and the feeling appropriate for each composition. IMHO the best collection of their hits I could find for the money.
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Summary: Hermans greatest - not so great!
Comment: I needed one more dollar for free shipping - so i thought - I always liked Herman's Hermits - how bad could it be? Bad isn't the word! The recording quality was poor - and the songs were not their greatest - most forgetable - wish I had paid the shipping - I will not listen to it again - very poor.
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Summary: Nothing weighty and meaningful--just clean fun
Comment: Herman's Hermits were always much more pop and less serious than British Invasion contemporaries like the Beatles, but that doesn't prevent this from being a thoroughly enjoyable collection of music. None of their singles were original material and producer Mickie Most sometimes enlisted session musicians to play on their records. Nonetheless the band was musically competent, as revealed by existing live film footage, and the overall result was satisfying.
With lead singer Peter Noone at the forefront, Herman's Hermits logged well over a dozen top 40 hits from late 1964 to early 1967--many of them landing in the top 10. This CD is filled with music from that period. It was geared to top 40 radio, so all the songs are brief, catchy and very listenable. The longest track, the masterfully arranged "End of the World," clocks in at just 3:02. There are no hidden messages here, nothing weighty and meaningful--just clean fun.
From the cockney-inflected "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" to the pensive and beautiful "Listen People," this CD will have you humming along in no time. It's hard to resist tapping your toes to songs like "Silhouettes," "Dandy," "Wonderful World" and "Just a Little Bit Better." There really isn't a weak track on the CD, though I've always felt the arrangement on "This Door Swings Both Ways" could have been much better. While not musical heavyweights by any means, neither should there be "A Kind of Hush" about Herman's Hermits. They deserve more appreciation than that.
I recommend this CD to anyone interested in Herman's Hermits in particular or the mid-60s British Invasion generally.
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Summary: What I was looking for
Comment: I came to Amazon because I was buying CD's from stores and reading the covers I thought I was getting the music from the original artist. Most of the time they were knock offs. I havn't had that problem at Amazon.
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Summary: One Of Their Better Compilations - But Still Not Complete
Comment: There are a couple of things you notice right away when it comes to CDs covering Herman's Hermits. First, there are far too many on the market offering up remakes of their hits - and not always involving original members of the group and not always warning the consumer. Secondly, you can NEVER find a decent volume containing all 19 of their North American Billboard Pop Hot 100 hit singles.
This one from Abkco, for example, is a CD version of a 1973 vinyl LP which, while offering up only originals, still leaves out five of those hits, four of which were Top 40: East West - # 27 in January 1967; Don't Go Out Into The Rain (You're Going To Melt) - # 18 in July 1967; Museum - # 39 in September 1967; I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving - # 22 in February 1968 (and just try and find the original of THAT anywhere in CD format]; and Sleepy Joe - # 61 in June 1968 and their final charted single.
Instead, producer Mickie Most inserted two uncharted B-sides - The End Of The World which backed I'm Henry The VIII, I Am in 1965, and Hold On, the flip of Leaning On The Lamp Post in 1966. Replace those two and increase the tracks to 19 by adding in the missing cuts and you have a 5-star compilation second to none.
The fold-out insert contains the original liner notes, one page written by Gloria Stavers, Editor-in-Chief of 16 Magazine, and several by Toby B. Mamis, along with another nice shot of the group and a large picture of Peter Noone, who many assumed to be "Herman" when they first appeared on the scene. The group name was actually based upon the cartoon character Sherman in TV's The Bullwinkle Show.
As for the contention stated elsewhere that they out-performed The Beatles in 1965 ... well, that year they did have seven hits [if you count A Must To Avoid which made its debut on the charts in December but peaked in 1966], including two number 1 hits: Mrs. Brown and Henry VIII. The Beatles had twelve [if you count We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper which made their debut on the charts in late December but peaked in 1966], including six number 1 hits: Eight Days A Week, Ticket To Ride, Help, Yesterday, and We Can Work It Out.
So, The Beatles they were not, nor could they match the quality tunes offered up by other groups in the British Invasion like The Rolling Stones, Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Dave Clark Five, and Manfred Mann. A much more accurate comparison would be Freddie & The Dreamers.
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Editorial Reviews:
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With his thick British accent and schoolboy good looks, singer Peter Noone carried Herman's Hermits through a string of '60s hits. From the swooning romanticism of "There's a Kind of Hush," to the bubblegum bop of "Into Something Good," to the quirky novelty of "I'm Henry VIII, I Am," The Best of Herman's Hermits gathers some of the Hermits' most memorable moments. Noone brought an undeniable charm to songs like "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter," regardless of the hokey lyrics. One of the more innocent bands of the British Invasion, Herman's Hermits made contemporary music seem safe with "Listen People," "Silhouettes," and "Wonderful World." "The End of the World" remains one of the all-time great breakup songs, made all the more maudlin by Noone's heartbroken delivery. --Steve Gdula
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