The Laurie Records Story, Volume Three

Rating

Album: The Laurie Records Story, Volume Three: Girls and Girl Groups
#	Song Title		Time
1)	STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN - The Chiffons	More Info...
2)	LET ME GET CLOSE TO YOU - Beverly Warren	More Info...
3)	I M AFRAID THEY RE ALL TALKING ABOUT ME - Dawn	More Info...
4)	SHY GUY - The Charmers	More Info...
5)	MY BLOCK - The Four Pennies	More Info...
6)	HANKY PANKY - The Summits	More Info...
7)	IF I KNEW THEN (WHAT I KNOW NOW) - The Chiffons	More Info...
8)	SANDY - Dawn	More Info...
9)	HEADING FOR A HEARTBREAK - The Cheese Cakes	More Info...
10)	LOVE ME LIKE YOU RE GONNA LOSE ME - The Chiffons	More Info...
11)	HE S JUST A PLAYBOY - Bernadette Carroll	More Info...
12)	DON T LEAN ON ME - Corinna Cord	More Info...
13)	KEEP THE BOY HAPPY - The Chiffons	More Info...
14)	HE S MY DREAM BOY - Marie Antoinette	More Info...
15)	HE S AN ANGEL - The Summits	More Info...
16)	HOW CAN I BE SURE (THAT IT S LOVE) - Gloria Dennis	More Info...
17)	SWEET TALK The Charmers	More Info...
18)	I STILL LOVE YOU - Les Girls	More Info...
19)	YOUR BIG MISTAKE - The Del-Rons	More Info...
20)	HE S MINE - Linda & The Lindettes	More Info...
21)	WHENEVER A TEENAGER CRIES - The Jeans	More Info...
22)	NOTHING WENT RIGHT - Lorrie Darnell	More Info...
23)	CIRCUS GIRL - Bernadette Carroll	More Info...
24)	YOUR LIFE IS GONE Reparata	More Info...

Album: The Laurie Records Story, Volume Three: Girls and Girl Groups
#	Song Title		Time
1)	STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN - The Chiffons	More Info...
2)	LET ME GET CLOSE TO YOU - Beverly Warren	More Info...
3)	I M AFRAID THEY RE ALL TALKING ABOUT ME - Dawn	More Info...
4)	SHY GUY - The Charmers	More Info...
5)	MY BLOCK - The Four Pennies	More Info...
6)	HANKY PANKY - The Summits	More Info...
7)	IF I KNEW THEN (WHAT I KNOW NOW) - The Chiffons	More Info...
8)	SANDY - Dawn	More Info...
9)	HEADING FOR A HEARTBREAK - The Cheese Cakes	More Info...
10)	LOVE ME LIKE YOU RE GONNA LOSE ME - The Chiffons	More Info...
11)	HE S JUST A PLAYBOY - Bernadette Carroll	More Info...
12)	DON T LEAN ON ME - Corinna Cord	More Info...
13)	KEEP THE BOY HAPPY - The Chiffons	More Info...
14)	HE S MY DREAM BOY - Marie Antoinette	More Info...
15)	HE S AN ANGEL - The Summits	More Info...
16)	HOW CAN I BE SURE (THAT IT S LOVE) - Gloria Dennis	More Info...
17)	SWEET TALK The Charmers	More Info...
18)	I STILL LOVE YOU - Les Girls	More Info...
19)	YOUR BIG MISTAKE - The Del-Rons	More Info...
20)	HE S MINE - Linda & The Lindettes	More Info...
21)	WHENEVER A TEENAGER CRIES - The Jeans	More Info...
22)	NOTHING WENT RIGHT - Lorrie Darnell	More Info...
23)	CIRCUS GIRL - Bernadette Carroll	More Info...
24)	YOUR LIFE IS GONE Reparata	More Info...

Performer Notes

Liner Note Author: Mick Patrick.
Illustrators: Martin Roberts; Steve Jerome; Mick Patrick.
Girl group records were just a part of what the Laurie label issued. But even excepting its big hits by the Chiffons, there were more than enough of them to fill up this 24-track CD (which does include a few Chiffons tracks, just not their big chart entries). Unlike, say, the Red Bird or Philles labels, Laurie girl group discs didn't have a particularly distinctive house sound, which is part of what makes this collection's appeal limited to genre specialists. As such anthologies go, however, it's a little above the average, with songs and performances that are largely respectable, if only seldom exciting. Certainly the pick that stands head and shoulders above everything else on this particular batch is Beverly Warren's version of the Carole King-Gerry Goffin song "Let Me Get Close to You." It wasn't a big hit, but is as indelibly melodic as most of their other famous classics, though to be technical this isn't the original version, the song having been previously released by Skeeter Davis. Another track that is an original version of a famous song is the Summits' 1963 single "Hanky Panky," covered with great success (and with far more exciting flair, it must be said) by Tommy James & the Shondells. Beyond that it's not such eventful sailing, but some decent numbers are present in the Charmers' "Shy Guy," which could come close to passing for an early-'60s Motown single by Mary Wells or the Marvelettes; the Cheese Cakes' (yes, that was their real name) "Heading for a Heartbreak," which has a touch of British Invasion influence; Bernadette Carroll's "He's Just a Playboy"; and Marie Antoinette's "He's My Dream Boy," a pretty blatant imitation of Phil Spector's Crystals/Darlene Love productions, if executed with rather less finesse. The most notable oddity is Reparata's death disc "Your Life Is Gone" (done solo sans her usual backup group, the Del-Rons), which despite its 1972 date would come close to approximating a Spectoresque girl group production if not for an intrusive electric sitar. ~ Richie Unterberger

Professional Reviews

Record Collector (magazine) (p.100) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Laurie's big act was The Chiffons, represented here with four strong tracks."

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