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Conceived as a counterpart to Golden Age of American Rock'n'Roll, Ace's excellent anthology series covering the first decade of U.S. rock, Chartbusters USA does the same thing for American rock spanning 1964-69. It's perhaps less valuable than the Golden Age series because the material anthologized, at least to judge by the first installment, is somewhat less difficult to acquire, or hear on oldies radio, than the Golden Age stuff. There's no conceptual thread running through the selections, except general top-of-the-line quality: you get "California Dreamin'," "Dance to the Music," "Hi Heel Sneakers," "Brown Eyed Girl," "Walk Away Renee," "Psychotic Reaction," and "Green Tambourine" right next to each other. The only truly hard-to-find item is the Soul Sisters' mid-chart soul hit "I Can't Stand It" (covered by the Spencer Davis Group), though some of these hits, like "Elusive Butterfly" (Bob Lind), "G.T.O." (Ronny & the Daytonas), and the original 1965 hit version of Sir Douglas Quintet's "She's About a Mover," don't turn up on various-artists collections often. Still, if you're seeking a wall-to-wall blast of mid-and-late 1960s classic American rock singles, it's real good value, with 30 songs, nearly every one a classic.
Tracklist
1 She's About a Mover - Sir Douglas Quintet
2 Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
3 Do You Believe in Magic? - The Lovin' Spoonful
4 Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs
5 I Fought the Law - The Bobby Fuller 4
6 Jenny Take A Ride! - Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels
7 Games People Play - Joe South
8 Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood
9 Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind
10 California Dreamin' - The Mamas and The Papas
11 Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke
12 G.T.O. - Ronny & The Daytonas
13 Working in the Coalmine - Lee Dorsey
14 I Can't Stand It - The Soul Sisters
15 Hi Heel Sneakers - Tommy Tucker
16 Treat Her Right - Roy Head
17 Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
18 Hawaii Five-o - The Ventures
19 Kicks - Paul Revere and The Raiders
20 Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers
21 On the Road Again - Canned Heat
22 Psychotic Reaction - Count Five
23 Pushin' Too Hard - The Seeds
24 Let It Out (let It All Hang Out) - The Hombres
25 Soul Deep - The Box Tops
26 Remember (Walkin' in the Sand) - The Shangri-Las
27 The 'In' Crowd - Dobie Gray
28 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Hugo Montenegro
29 Expressway to Your Heart - Soul Survivors
30 Dance to the Music - Sly & The Family Stone