Track Listing

1. Runaway
2. Running Scared
3. Hats Off To Larry
4. His Latest Flame
5. I Wake Up Crying
6. So Long Baby
7. Runaround
8. Sure
9. Hey Hey Little Girl
10. Hey Baby
11. Dream Baby
12. She Cried
13. She Thinks I Still Care
14. Cry Myself To Sleep
15. Swiss Maid
16. I Can't Help It
17. Go Away Little Girl
18. Your Cheatin' Heart
19. Little Town Flirt
20. Ruby Baby
21. Two Kinds Of Teardrops
22. Kelly
23. Twist And Shout
24. From Me To You
25. Two Silhouettes
26. Sue's Gotta Be Mine
27. Needles And Pins
28. Mary Jane
29. Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)
30. World Without Love
31. Memphis
32. Rag Doll
33. Handy Man
34. Do You Wanna Dance
35. I'm Gonna Be Strong
36. Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun)
37. I Go To Pieces
38. Stranger In Town
39. Break Up

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6364 in Music
• Released on: 1998-11-23
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Double CD
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Customer Reviews

Great way to complete a Del Shannon 60's collection
When BGO reissued Del's 60's LP's on CD a while back (and they are excellent by the way), I had hoped that all non-LP singles sides would be issued as bonus tracks. Unfortuntately, this was not the case. This 2 CD set rectifies the situation as it contains every 45 single side (from US, UK, and Phillipines) issued by Del on the Big Top, Berlee, and Amy labels in the early 60's. Thus it includes tracks not readily available elsewhere such as "The Wamboo"--the flip side of "Little Town Flirt".

The sound is just fabulous. I guess Charly must've gotten their hands on some low-generation masters. The fold out booklet has a good essay on Shannon's career, primarily focusing on the years the set covers, 1961-65. It also includes a discography of that era.

The only complaints, if there must be any, is that stereo masters were used in some cases rather than the original mono singles masters. Nitpicking? Maybe a little. However, because of this, "Hey! Little Girl" is missing Del's harmony vocal. It was dubbed onto the original mono master at mix time making the mono version the only 'real' version of the song (thankfully it is included on the BGO Runaway/Hats Off...CD).

Get this CD, the BGO reissues, and the hard-to-find US CD "Liberty Years" and you will have a complete record of Shannon's 60's output.

Definitive hits collection
It appears that Del Shannon (born Charles Westover) was more popular in Britain than his American homeland although his first and biggest hit, Runaway, was a huge 1961 hit in both countries.

In Britain, he had seven further top ten hits, these being Hats off to Larry, So long baby, Hey little girl, Swiss maid, Little town flirt, Two kinds of teardrops and Keep searching. Most of them made the UK top five. Del had minor UK hits with Cry myself to sleep, Two silhouettes, Sue's gotta be mine, Mary Jane, Handy man and Stranger in town. The run of hits ended in 1965.

All of Del's UK hits are here, together with his covers of pop songs that were originally hits for Roy Orbison), Elvis Presley, Dion, Bruce Channel, Jay and the Americans, the Beatles, Peter and Gordon, the Four Seasons and Gene Pitney among others. There are also covers of country songs by George Jones, Hank Williams, adapted (like the pop covers) to suit Del's style.

This is an outstanding collection of Del's finest music. If you enjoy rock'n'roll music of the early sixties, you will surely enjoy this compilation.

A two way influence
Shannon influnced the Beatles they influenced him.Hence the first American to cover their then current hit From me to you.
But the lower review is incorrect-theres no sign of The Wamboo on this CD neither are other B sides included like Jody,The answer to everything and Ginny in the mirror.
Plenty of covers though to my delight.
However album tracks like his Hank Williams covers can be found here