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CD Details

Number of Discs: 2
Released: March 14, 2006
Originally Released: 1992
Label: Collectables Records

Description by OLDIES.com:

The Chantels were formed in high school, and the all-girl group took their name from that of a rival school. The group was soon the first nationally successful female R&B groups and scored many times on the Pop and R&B charts. Along with their greatest hits, this 2-disc set features many alternate takes and previously unreleased performances for a total of 40 great sounding tracks. Includes "Maybe" and "Look In My Eyes"

Tracks on Disc 1:

1.Maybe
2.If You Try (Alternate Take)
3.Prayee
4.So Real (Previously Unreleased)
5.Plea
6.I Can't Take It (There's Our Song Again)
7.Look In My Eyes
8.Every Night (Alternate Take)
9.I'm Confessing
10.Whoever You Are
11.Goodbye To Love (Alternate Take)
12.He's Gone
13.Every Night
14.Sure Of Love
15.Congratulations
16.I'm The Girl (Alternate Take)
17.I'll Walk Alone
18.Memories Of You (Alternate Take)
19.Come My Little Baby
20.I Love You So

Tracks on Disc 2:

1.How Could You Call It Off (Alternate Take)
2.My Darling
3.Prayee (Alternate Take)
4.If You Try
5.Goodybye To Love
6.Never Let Go
7.To Live My Life Again (Featuring Arlene Smith)
8.C'est Si Bon
9.Ific
10.How Could You Call It Off
11.Mon Cherie Au Revoir (Featuring Arlene Smith)
12.Two Loving Hearts
13.I've Lied (Featuring Willie & Arlene)
14.All Is Forgiven (Featuring Richard Barrett)
15.Is It Because (Featuring Ronnie Baxter)
16.Summer's Love (Featuring Richard Barrett)
17.Come Softly To Me (Featuring Richard Barrett)
18.Maybe (Alternate Take)
19.Peruvian Wedding Song (Previously Unreleased)
20.I've Lied (With Tunemasters, Alternate Take)

Product Description:

The Chantels include: Arlene Smith, Sonia Goring, Rene Minus, Jackie Landry, Lois Harris (vocals).

Includes liner notes by Philip Groia.

Liner Note Author: Phil Groia.

Unknown Contributor Role: The Chantels.

For a group that only had one really big hit--the epochal doo-wop ballad "Maybe"--the Chantels were nonetheless a pretty influential outfit. They inspired countless girl groups in their wake, notably the Shirelles, and also featured a few production tricks later appropriated by Phil Spector for his famed Wall Of Sound.

This set collects all of the group's best known songs, including the sublime "Maybe" follow-up "Payee," and adds various alternate takes and unreleased tracks, including a few where the group backs its great producer Richard Barrett, notably on a lovely cover of the Fleetwoods' "Come Softly to Me." Most intriguing track: an alternate version of "Maybe," featuring studio chatter and a truly bizarre organ part wisely eliminated from the final arrangement.