For Collectors Only (1994)

About this title: While not even approaching the all-inclusive five-disc box set Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers on Bear Family, For Collectors Only is the next best thing. This Collectables double disc features 47 tracks, including the original Gee recordings of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?," "I Want You to Be My Girl," and "I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent" with numerous B-sides, album cuts, and a smattering of Lymon's solo releases. While the collector will be pleased with the choice and abundance of material, the casual listener should start with the 16-track collection The Very Best of Frankie Lymon & the ... read more

Tracks:

1. Why Do Fools Fall in Love? [Merchant/Santiago]
2. Please Be Mine [Lymon/Levy]
3. Love Is a Clown [Goldner]
4. Love Is a Clown [Alternate Take] [Goldner]
5. Am I Fooling Myself Again [Levy]
6. I Want You to Be My Girl [Alternate Take] [Barrett/Goldner]
7. I Want You to Be My Girl [Alternate Take] [Barrett/Goldner]
8. I'm Not a Know It All [Alternate Version] [Kaye/Spellman]
9. I'm Not a Know It All [Kaye/Spellman]
10. Who Can Explain? [Alternate Take] [Silver/Alfred]
11. ABC's of Love [Alternate Take] [Barrett/Levy]
12. I Promise to Remember [Alternate Take] [Castor/Smith]
13. I Promise to Remember [Castor/Smith]
14. ABC's of Love [Barrett/Levy]
15. Share [Alternate Take] [Abrams]
16. Share [Abrams]
17. I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent [Levy/Goldner]
18. Baby Baby [Subotsky/Morris]
19. Paper Castles [Schroeder]
20. Teenage Love [Levy]
21. Together [Langley]
22. You [Adams]
23. It Would Be So Nice [Roberts/Spencer]
24. Out in the Cold Again [Bloom/Koehler]
25. Little White Lies [Donaldson]
26. Creation of Love [Levy]
27. Fortunate Fellow [Abrams]
28. Love Put Me Out of My Head [Sherman/Sherman]
29. Goody Goody [Alternate Take] [Mercer/Malneck]
30. Begin the Beguine [Porter]
31. Flip Flop [Sager]
32. My Broken Heart [Drake/Gorlock/Schac]
33. Good Lovin'
34. Mama Wanna Rock [Hammer]
35. Crying [Garnes/Santiago]
36. Can You Tell Me [Teenagers/Ripp/Stev]
37. Miracle in the Rain [Levy]
38. The Glow Worm [Lincke/Mercer]
39. Over the Rainbow [Arlen/Harburg]
40. Goody Goody [Mercer/Malneck]
41. My Girl [Hyde/Henry]
42. Somebody Loves Me [DeSylva/Gershwin/Ma]
43. Little Girl [Hyde/Henry]
44. Thumb Thumb [Fonvilla/Hernandez/]
45. Portable on My Shoulder [Abrams]
46. Buzz Buzz Buzz [Byrd/Gray]
47. Little Bitty Pretty One [Byrd]
48. Diana [Anka]
49. It Hurts to Be in Love [Toombs/Dixon]
50. Next Time You See Me [Harvey/Robey]
51. Mama Don't Allow It [Davenport]
52. Melinda [Toombs/Huey]
53. Rockin' Tambourine
54. Up Jumped a Rabbit [Gluck]
55. Joke [Hall]
56. Goody Good Girl [Taylor/Truscott]
57. Magic Song [Carlo/Gordy Jr.]
58. The Rainbow [Kirssch Jr./Ray]
59. Change Partners [Berlin]
60. I Put the Bomp (In the Bomp Bomp Bomp) [Goffin/Mann]
61. Silent Night [Gruber/Mohr]
62. It's Christmas Once Again [Blackman]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.