"Boys Can Be Mean" Fabulous Femme Pop Gems

You like the girl group sound of the sixties? If so, you’re gonna love this... ' IN THE BASEMENT
'The true strength of this collection comes from the deeper cuts, many having seen their widest distribution before this comp on the original 45s... a fully rounded necessity for any girl group enthusiast. Never sacrificing the quality of the material for obscurity, this compilation hits the mark on almost every track, and shines brightly as a consistently interesting and revisitable collection. ' FRED THOMAS, ALLMUSIC.COM
'Sweet'n'sassy girlie platters a-plenty... this is a must-have for aficionados ★★★★' KINGSLEY ABBOTT, RECORD COLLECTORPlucked almost entirely from the pinnacle years of the girl group era, 1963-1965, the fantastic two-disc collection Boys Can Be Mean assembles more than 30 gems into one nonstop haven of lovestruck harmonies, teenage lament, and melodramatic melodies. Red Bird/Blue Cat Records artists like Evie Sands, the Shangri-Las, and the Jelly Beans offer the most easily recognizable submissions here, though even their selections aren't the most well-known hits they have to offer. The true strength of this collection comes from the deeper cuts, many having seen their widest distribution before this comp on the original 45s. Right out of the gate, Betty Everett sets the tone with her Northern soul-tinged groover "Gettin' Mighty Crowded," followed later by her equally crushing "I Can't Hear You." Bessie Banks, known primarily for her original hit with "Go Now," shows up with the slinky B-side "It Sounds Like My Baby," while the Dixie-Cups' "Little Bell" serves as a ghostly tangential afterthought to their mega-hit "Chapel of Love." Different sides to groups that made names for themselves on the strength of two or three hits are mixed up with oddball forgotten amazements like the barely cognizant "Bad Motorcycle" by the Angelos or buried gems like the antagonistically cheery "Happy Town" by Kelli & the Kittens. The inclusion of a few one-off wonders such as Leola & the Lovejoys reconfiguring "Wade in the Water" into a wrong-side-of-the-tracks heartbreak story and the Society Girls' completely dumbfounding anthem against doin' your lady wrong entitled "S.P.C.L.G. (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Little Girls)" makes Boys Can Be Mean a fully rounded necessity for any girl group enthusiast. Never sacrificing the quality of the material for obscurity, this compilation hits the mark on almost every track, and shines brightly as a consistently interesting and revisitable collection. (Fred Thomas, Allmusic)

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trax disc 1:

1. BETTY EVERETT ∙ Gettin’ Mighty Crowded 2. THE BOUQUETS ∙ Ain’t That Love 3. EVIE SANDS ∙ Take Me For A Little While 4. THE AD LIBS ∙ On The Corner 5. THE RUBIES ∙ Spanish Boy 6. THE ANGELOS ∙ Backfield In Motion 7. THE GOODIES ∙ Sophisticated Boom Boom 8. THE FABULETTES ∙ Money (That’s What I Want) 9. BARBARA GREEN ∙ I Should Have Treated You Right 10. GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS ∙ Operator 11. CATHY SAINT ∙ Mr Heartbreak 12. KAREN KELLY ∙ Nobody’s Girl 13. THE CLINGER SISTERS ∙ Puppet 14. THE DIXIE CUPS ∙ Little Bell 15. THE BUTTERFLYS ∙ I Wonder 16. THE SHANGRI-LAS ∙ Love You More Than Yesterday 17. SHELLEY FABARES ∙ I Know You’ll Be There 18. BARBARA JACKSON ∙ Second Best 19. THE BOUQUETS ∙ Welcome To My Heart 20. CHI CHI McCAULEY ∙ Memory Lane Without You 21. THE JELLY BEANS ∙ Do Wah Diddy 22. THE DIXIE CUPS ∙ People Say 23. ELLIE GREENWICH ∙ Another Boy Like Mine 24. THE HONEY BEES ∙ No Guy 25. RODDIE JOY ∙ Stop 26. LINDA MARTELL & THE ANGLOS ∙ The Things I Do For You 27. THE SUNBEAMS ∙ Sing A Song 28. THE SENSATIONS ∙ That’s What You Gotta Do 29. THE ANGELOS ∙ Bad Motorcycle 30. SUGAR & THE SPICES ∙ Boys Can Be Mean

trax disc 2:

1. S.P.C.L.G (Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Little Girls) - The Society Girls 2. I Can't Hear You - Betty Everett 3. Deeper - The Rubies 4. Just Like Taking Candy From A Baby - The Angelos 5. Gee Baby Gee - The Butterflys 6. Here She Comes - The Jelly Beans 7. I'm Just A Down Home Girl - The Ad Libs 8. Letter Full Of Tears - Gladys Knight & The Pips 9. Payin' For The Wrong I've Done - The Lovejoys 10. He Passes By - Karen Kelly 11. How I Wish You Came - Melinda Marx 12. Jealous Eyes - Tracey Dey 13. You've Got Me Uptight - Evie Sands 14. Right Now And Not Later - The Shangri-Las 15. I'm Gonna Get You Yet - The Dixie Cups 16. Duchess Of Earl - The Pearlettes 17. Wait 'Round The Corner - Leola & The Lovejoys 18. Happy Town - Kelli & The Kittens 19. The Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget - The Jelly Beans 20. Lost Summer Love - Shelley Fabares 21. The Dum Dum Ditty - The Goodies 22. Try The Worryin' Way - The Fabulettes 23. It Sounds Like My Baby - Bessie Banks 24. If There's Anything Else You Want (Let Me Know) - Roddie Joy 25. Just As Long As I Live - The Avons 26. What Am I Gonna Do With You, Hey Baby - The Inspirations 27. You Hit Me Like TNT - Linda Jones 28. Please Don't Go - Yvonne Carroll 29. A Lover's Plea - Barbara Green 30. Golden Records - Judy Thomas

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