VA - The Red Bird Story (1991)

Pop, R&B, Soul | Mp3 320 kbps | 4 CD | 629 Mb

Red Bird was a great label in the mid-'60s, releasing some excellent soul/pop hybrids and some of the greatest girl group records of all time, especially those by The Shangri-Las and the Dixie Cups. This 4-CD, 96-track compilation is a frustratingly mixed attempt to enshrine its legacy. There are lots of great sides here: all the Shangri-Las and Dixie Cups hits, many of their rarities, one-shots by The Ad Libs, Jelly Beans, Butterflies, and Tradewinds, and cool rarities by Bessie Banks, Dee Dee Warwick, Evie Sands, Ellie Greenwich, the Soul Brothers, Cathy Saint, Linda Jones, and Andy Kim. But the programming is unnervingly jumpy and haphazard, the liner notes surprisingly fuzzy (no information whatsoever is given about many of the lesser-known artists), and, in the absence of master tapes, some of the cuts were obviously taken from records. And for all its length, it's not even a complete collection of Red Bird's output; some songs that were excluded had even surfaced on previous Charly vinyl anthologies. That said, there's still a lot of great music here, and the flaws in execution may not matter to some fans.

CD 1
1. Tippie & The Clovers - Bossa Nova Baby (2:05)
2. Tippie & The Clovers - My Heart Said (The Bossa Nova) (2:44)
3. Cathy Saint - Big Bad World (2:36)
4. Cathy Saint - Mr. Heartbreak (2:39)
5. Moody & The Deltas - Everybody Come and Clap Your Hands (2:46)
6. Leola & The Lovejoys - He Ain't No Angel (2:50)
7. Vic Donna - I Won't Be Me Any More (2:48)
8. Bessie Banks - Go Now (2:43)
9. Bessie Banks - It Sounds Like My Baby (3:08)
10. The Ad Libs - The Boy from New York City (3:04)
11. Alvin Robinson - Searchin' (2:43)
12. Alvin Robinson - Somethin' You Got (2:34)
13. The Dixie-Cups - Chapel of Love (2:46)
14. The Jelly Beans - I Wanna Love Him So Bad (2:45)
15. Chi Chi McCauley - I Know He Loves Me (1:59)
16. Rock Always - Top Down Time (2:07)
17. The Soul Brothers - Keep It Up (2:19)
18. The Soul Brothers - I Got a Dream (3:00)
19. The Dixie-Cups - People Say (2:34)

20. Alvin Robinson - How Can I Get over You (3:04)
21. Alvin Robinson - I'm Gonna Put Some Hurt on You (1:48)
22. The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking in the Sand) (2:19)
23. Butterflies - Goodnight Baby (2:36)
24. Alvin Robinson - Down Home Girl (3:03)
25. Alvin Robinson - Let the Good Times Roll (2:24)

CD 2
1. Alvin Robinson - Bottom of My Soul (2:40)
2. Alvin Robinson - Fever (3:18)
3. The Jelly Beans - The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget (2:18)
4. The Jelly Beans - Baby Be Mine (3:00)
5. The Ad Libs - Ask Anyone (Anybody) (2:19)
6. The Ad Libs - He Ain't No Angel (2:33)
7. Bouquets - Welcome to My Heart (2:09)
8. Ronnie Mitchell - Having a Party (2:27)
9. Sam Hawkins - Bad as They Come (2:35)
10. Sam Hawkins - Hold on Baby (2:48)
11. Goodies - The Dum Dum Ditty (2:26)
12. Goodies - Sophisticated Boom Boom (2:02)
13. Dee Dee Warwick - Standing By (2:32)
14. Dee Dee Warwick - Don't Think My Baby's Coming Back (2:48)
15. The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack (2:51)
16. The Shangri-Las - What Is Love? (2:25)
17. Evie Sands - Take Me for a Little While (2:31)
18. Evie Sands - Run Home to Your Mama (2:29)
19. Sam Hawkins - I Know It's Alright (2:49)
20. Barry Mann - Amy (2:02)
21. Butterflies - Gee Baby Gee (2:39)
22. Butterflies - I Wonder (3:01)
23. The Dixie-Cups - Little Bell (2:46)
24. The Dixie-Cups - Another Boy Like Mine (2:51)
25. The Shangri-Las - Give Him a Great Big Kiss (2:05)

CD 3
1. The Shangri-Las - Twist and Shout (2:58)
2. The Shangri-Las - Maybe (2:43)
3. The Shangri-Las - Shout (2:13)
4. Evie Sands - I Can't Let Go (2:16)
5. Tradwinds - New York Is a Lonely Town (2:16)
6. The Ad Libs - I'm Just a Down Home Girl (2:25)
7. The Dixie-Cups - Iko Iko (2:01)
8. The Dixie-Cups - Gee Baby Gee (2:23)
9. Sidney Barnes - I Hurt on the Other Side (2:59)
10. The Dixie-Cups - I'm Gonna Get You Yet (2:37)
11. The Shangri-Las - Out in the Streets (2:47)
12. Jeff Barry - Our Love Can Still Be Saved (2:29)
13. Jeff Barry - I'll Still Love You (2:50)
14. The Shangri-Las - Give Us Your Blessings (3:08)
15. The Shangri-Las - Heaven Only Knows (2:06)
16. The Dixie-Cups - Gee the Moon Is Shining Bright (2:32)
17. Ellie Greenwich - You Don't Know (3:14)
18. Ellie Greenwich - Baby (2:45)
19. The Shangri-Las - Right Now and Not Later (2:38)
20. The Shangri-Las - The Train from Kansas City (3:22)
21. Roddie Joy - If There's Anything Else You Want (Let Me Know) (2:19)
22. Linda Jones - Fugitive from Love (2:57)
23. Linda Jones - You Hit Me Like TNT (2:19)
24. Sidney Barnes - I'm So Glad (2:42)
25. Andy Kim - I Hear You Say (I Love You Baby) (2:15)

CD 4
1. Jimmie Cross - Hey Little Girl (2:21)
2. The Shangri-Las - I Can Never Go Home Anymore (3:15)
3. The Shangri-Las - Sophisticated Boom Boom (2:10)
4. The Shangri-Las - Long Live Our Love (2:53)
5. The Shangri-Las - He Cried (3:08)
6. The Shangri-Las - Dressed in Black (2:56)
7. Ral Donner - It Will Only Make Me Love You More (2:33)
8. Kane & Abel - He Will Break Your Heart (2:30)
9. The Shangri-Las - Past, Present, and Future (2:42)
10. The Shangri-Las - Paradise (3:14)
11. The Shangri-Las - Love You More Than Yesterday (2:39)
12. Various Artists - Mary Weiss Speaks (5:21)
13. Didi Noel - Let the Music Play (2:03)
14. Bob Moore - It Was a Lie (2:30)
15. George "Shadow" Morton - Dressed in Black (2:54)
16. The Jelly Beans - Chapel of Love (4:12)
17. The Jelly Beans - Here She Comes (2:35)
18. The Jelly Beans - Ain't Love a Funny Thing (2:32)
19. The Jelly Beans - Whisper Sweet Things (2:45)
20. The Jelly Beans - Goodnight Baby (3:05)
21. The Jelly Beans - Do Wah Diddy Diddy (2:38)

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