Complete Singles A's & B's (2CD)

Digitally remastered two CD collection. With two fantastic singers and songwriters in Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati, an underrated guitarist and songwriter in Gene Cornish, and the great Dino Danelli on drums (plus a pair of studio Svengalis in engineer Tom Dowd and arranger Arif Mardin to rival George Martin), Now, just over 50 years after they first hit the top of the charts with Good Lovin, Real Gone Music is proud to present the first-ever compilation to collect all of the bands single sides in one place. At 47 songs strong, The Complete Singles As & Bs includes the A and B-side of every single The Rascals ever cut, both their hit Atlantic tracks andfor the first time ever on CDtheir later Columbia 7 releases. Along the way youll hear such legendary songs as I Aint Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore, Good Lovin, Groovin (also here in its Spanish and Italian versions!), Ive Been Lonely Too Long, A Girl Like You, How Can I Be Sure, A Beautiful Morning, People Got to Be Free, See, and more, the earlier tracks in their original mono single mixes (termed the money mixes by Cornish), the later songs in their stereo single mixes (28 of the 47 songs on the collection are mono). Such a monumental release deserves annotation commensurate with its importance, and for this set Ed Osborne has penned a 4500-word essay containing exclusive quotes from Cavaliere, Brigati, and Cornish, punctuated with rare European picture sleeve singles and photos.