Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. I'll Never Find Another You
2. The Carnival Is Over
3. A World Of Our Own
4. Some Day One Day
5. Morningtown Ride
6. Georgy Girl
7. When Will The Good Apples Fall
8. Allentown Jail
9. Sinner Man
10. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
11. The Times They Are A Changin'
12. You Can Tell The World
13. Two Summers
14. We're Moving On
15. Island Of Dreams
16. Red Rubber Ball
17. The Last Thing On My Mind
18. All I Can Remember
19. Colours Of My Life
20. Emerald City
21. Love Is Kind Love Is Wine
22. On The Other Side
23. Days Of My Life
24. Open Up Them Pearly Gates
25. Kumbaya

Disc 2:

1. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
2. Walk With Me
3. We Shall Not Be Moved
4. The Music Of The World A Turnin'
5. Well Well Well
6. Yesterday
7. Turn Turn Turn (To Everything There Is A Season)
8. Louisiana Man
9. Come The Day
10. All Over The World (Dans Le Monde En Entier)
11. California Dreamin'
12. Blowin' In The Wind
13. The Wreck Of The Old 97
14. Lemon Tree
15. Whisky In The Jar
16. Five Hundred Miles
17. The Gypsy Rover (The Whistling Gypsy)
18. South Australia
19. Danny Boy
20. The Water Is Wide
21. I Wish You Could Be Here
22. The Sad Cloud
23. Chase A Rainbow (Follow Your Dream)
24. Four Strong Winds
25. Don't Tell Me My Mind

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3893 in Music
• Released on: 2009-03-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Album Description
The distinctive sound of The Seekers, with their tautly harmonised vocals and catchy folk arrangements, could only be the product of one decade: the 60s. The blurring of moral codes and the increased levelling-out of gender roles at this time created an atmosphere of hedonistic excitement, leading to the decade's `swinging' nickname, yet there remained, in some quarters at least, a certain naivety, a wide-eyed, innocent, peace-loving hope, absent from much of the music of later decades. It is this aspect of 60s music that characterises the output of The Seekers, whose popularity was such that they even rivalled the raw, raunchy blues of The Rolling Stones and the innovative songs of The Beatles in the mid-60s tussle for chart supremacy.

This 2CD set features a large proportion of their repertoire and all of their biggest hits, including "I'll Never Find Another You", "The Carnival Is Over", "A World Of Our Own" and "Georgy Girl".

Customer Reviews

Seek no further
As a folk-influenced group The Seekers existed before Judith Durham joined in 1962 and it struggled along in various combinations after she left in 1968 to return to jazz singing. Her magnificent presence is captured on all the 1960s recordings of `The Ultimate Collection'. Many singles and albums by The Seekers have subsequently been re-mastered for CDs, some with title claims to be "the very best", "complete" or "simply the best". All contain some of The Seekers' hits, but the 50 tracks of this 2-CD album `The Ultimate Collection' seem to cover the widest range at the best value price. It certainly contains my `top ten' recognized hits as follows - `I'll Never Find Another You', `A World Of Our Own', `The Carnival Is Over', `Someday, One Day', `Walk With Me', `Morningtown Ride', `Georgy Girl', `When Will The Good Apples Fall', `Emerald City' and `The Last Thing On My Mind'. All these except one are on CD.1 - as is `Open Up Them Pearly Gates' which is my favourite and was a B-side to one of The Seekers' hits, and for me it makes CD1 the most nostalgic of the double album. Apart from this brilliant number there are other great `gospel' orientated songs including `You Can Tell The World' and `We're Moving On', and there are Seekers' versions of other popular hits of the 1960s - `The Times They Are A-Changing', `Island Of Dreams' and `Kumbaya'. However it is on CD.2 where the best of other genres will be found. For gospel there is `You Can Tell The World' and `Come The Day'; and for protest songs there is `We Shall Not Be Moved' and `Blowin' In The Wind'. This last doubles as a cover number of which other excellent examples are `Feelin' Groovy', `Yesterday' and `Lemon Tree'. CD.2 also embraces the greater proportion of folk songs with melodious numbers like `Five Hundred Miles' and `Danny Boy', and up-tempo numbers as `The Wreck Of The Old 97' and `Whisky In The Jar'. Look to the Amazon listing for yet more great numbers - but - look no further for the "ultimate" in collections of The Seekers hits and for positive proof of their amazingly wide ranging abilities.

original and glorious
You can't beat the originals. Durham's stunning vocals and the sheer fun and imagination on these recordings shines through. The recordings seem to come from a variety of sources and the sound does vary. But the performances allow you to forget that.

Such a shame that the orginal band's reputation is tarnished by association with the New Seekers. They were sweet enough, but there's so much more to the original band, and no other singer at that time matched Durham's vocals.

The well crafted sound is lush enough to compare with Phil Spector, and undoubtedly influenced the next generation of folksy pop: is it any wonder the Australians adored ABBA, having been brought up with The Seekers?

Unfortunately, it sounds inferior...
I bought this CD from this website. Good price and nice 50 songs...but sounds inferior than the other Seekers compliations. Some tracks are in mono and "When Will The Good Apples Fall" and "Emerald City" were back in fake-stereo. I prefer the Australian CD of the same title(which was the first Seekers CD I have bought).

I became a Seekers fan last year and collected many of their CDs and vinyls(Mainly from the UK, German and Australian mail orders). Unfortunately enough, The Seekers were one of the most underrated 60's pop acts here in Japan-Many pop music fans believe that The Seekers were "one-hit wonders" of "Georgy Girl".