This 3-CD box set from Little Anthony & The Imperials includes the albums I'm On the Outside (Looking In), Goin' Out of My Head and For Collectors Only.
Tracks on Disc 1:
1.I'm On The Outside (Looking In)
2.Where Did Our Love Go?
3.People
4.The Girl From Ipanema
5.Make It Easy On Yourself
6.Walk On By
7.Tears On My Pillow
8.The Exodus Song
9.Funny How Time Slips Away
10.Please Go
11.Our Song
12.A Letter A Day
13.Goin' Out Of My Head
14.What A Difference A Day Makes
15.Reputation
16.Hurt
17.It's Just A Matter Of Time
18.Never Again
19.Hurt So Bad
20.Where Are You
21.Take Me Back
22.Who's Sorry Now
23.I Miss You So
24.Get Out Of My Life
25.Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
26.The Ten Commandments Of Love
27.Help Me Find A Way (To Say I Love You)
Tracks on Disc 2:
1.Tears On My Pillow
2.I Cover The Waterfront
3.Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop
4.Two People In The World (Alternate Take)
5.Diary
6.Bayou, Bayou Baby
7.Prove It Tonight (With The Duponts)
8.I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night
9.Prayer & A Jukebox
10.Dream
11.So Much
12.Over The Rainbow
13.Formula Of Love
14.I'm Still In Love With You
15.Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
16.Traveling Stranger
17.They Say It's Wonderful
18.I'm Taking A Vacation From Love
19.Count The Hours (With The Duponts)
20.If You Are But A Dream
Tracks on Disc 3:
1.Wishful Thinking
2.Only Sympathy
3.Please Say You Want Me
4.When You Wish Upon A Star
5.Cha Cha Heart
6.So Near And Yet So Far
7.What Did I Do
8.Somebody (With The Duponts)
9.Don't Get Around Much Anymore
10.Limbo (Parts 1 & 2)
11.This Love Of Mine
12.Two People In The World
13.Oh Yeah
14.So Much (Alternate Take)
15.My Empty Room
16.Ooh, Look-A There Ain't She Pretty
17.It's Not For Me
18.Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
19.River Path
20.I'm All Right
Product Description:
Liner Note Author: Mark Marymont.
This substantial but incomplete (despite 67 tracks) compilation presents an overview of Little Anthony & the Imperials' recordings from their initial End single "I Cover the Waterfront" to some later United Artists sides. The tracks are kind of in chronological order but not in the strictest sense, which is the only bugaboo. A lot of the weaker Veep sides were omitted along with the Thom Bell productions for Avco Embassy, the Janus sides, etc., but this is still an ample gathering of their late-'50s/mid-'60s recordings. Early droppings "Tears on My Pillow," "Shimmy, Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop," "Two People in the World," and "The Diary" prepare you for the more sophisticated "I'm on the Outside Looking In," "Take Me Back," "Going Out of My Head," and "Hurt So Bad." This box set is too long to take in one sitting, especially since Little Anthony is the sole lead voice, but is a necessary and welcome CD for the group's faithful legion of silver-headed fans. ~ Andrew Hamilton