A Good Thing Goin'! Girl Group Sounds USA 1962-1967 - Black LP
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10/25/2024
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With Printed Inner.
Catalog Number: CHD1634
Color: Black
Format: LP
UPC: 029667021715
Ace Records has been the go-to source of 1960s US girl group
compilations since the release of Where The Girls Are, Girls
About Town and Stop, Look and Listen vinyl albums back in the
1980s. The 10-volume Where The Girls Are CD series followed over the
next few decades, along with a batch of standalone CD collections. These
days, however, the vinyl long-player is back in favour as the format of
choice for discerning collectors.
A Good Thing Goin'!, the latest in our
current series of gorgeously packaged 12-inchers, drops this month. The
album opens in fine style with 'What About You' by the great sounding
Mousie & the Traps. Darlene Love kicks off the second side with 'Let
Him Walk Away', a song written by Jackie DeShannon with noted arranger
Jack Nitzsche, no less. Darlene Love, one of the most beloved vocalists
of the classic girl group era, also sings lead on the Blossoms' terrific
previously unissued 'You Had A Good Thing Goin'', while Jack Nitzsche
produced the Satisfactions' lush 'Baby I'm So Glad It's Raining' and
Karen Verros' castanets-driven version of the Crystals' 'Little Boy'.
Other
highlights include Brenda Holloway's silky pre-Motown gem 'Constant
Love', the Puffs' hip dancer 'I Only Cry Once A Day Now', the
Fran-cettes' latin-flavoured 'Late In The Evening' and Linda and the
Vistas' Shrine Records rarity 'Bad Apple'. As usual in the series, the
swanky inner sleeve features a picture-packed 3,000-word track
commentary by long-serving compiler Mick Patrick.