The British Are Coming [Box Set] (2003)

About this title: The British assault on America in the early-to-mid-'60s was a kinder, gentler invasion, an event that involved guitars, mop-tops, and rock-n-roll as opposed to guns and tanks. Furthermore, the invading forces met no resistance. Instead, American popular culture ecstatically embraced the new music because it reminded them of how much fun rock had been back in the '50s. Sure, folk music was okay, but sometimes you just wanted to kick out the jams and dance. The British Are Coming documents this historical happening on a three-disc set that includes 53 songs from all the big names of the era. ... read more

Tracks:

1. You Really Got Me [Davies]
2. Love Potion No. 9 [Leiber/Stoller]
3. Catch the Wind [Donovan]
4. In the Summertime [Dorset/Wheeler]
5. Pictures of Matchstickmen [Rossi]
6. Tossing and Turning [Carter/Carter Lewis]
7. Here Comes My Baby [Stevens]
8. He's in Town [Goffin/King]
9. Baby, Now That I've Found You [Macaulay/MacLeod]
10. I Dig Everything [Bowie]
11. Reflections of My Life [Campbell/Campbell]
12. Sugar and Spice [Nightingale]
13. Silence Is Golden [Crewe/Gaudio]
14. Take a Heart [Tinsley]
15. Colours [Donovan]
16. A Well Respected Man [Davies]
17. I Put a Spell on You [Hawkins]
18. Telstar [Meek]
19. Wild Thing [Taylor]
20. Needles and Pins [Bono/Nitzsche]
21. All Day and All of the Night [Davies]
22. Bus Stop [Gouldman]
23. For Your Love [Gouldman]
24. A Groovy Kind of Love [Sager/Wine]
25. How Do You Do It?
26. She's Not There [Argent]
27. I See the Rain [Campbell/McAleese]
28. I Can Hear the Grass Grow [Wood]
29. Sunny Afternoon [Davies]
30. Build Me Up Buttercup [DAbo/Macaulay]
31. Don't Throw Your Love Away [Searchers/Wisner/Ja]
32. Even the Bad Times Are Good [Callander/Murray]
33. Funny How Love Can Be [Carter/Lewis]
34. Ice in the Sun [Wilde/Wilde & Wolse]
35. The Universal Soldier [Sainte-Marie]
36. You Said [Tindell]
37. Till the End of the Day [Davies]
38. Do Wah Diddy Diddy [Greenwich/Barry/Bar]
39. A World Without Love [Lennon/McCartney]
40. Heart Full of Soul [Gouldman]
41. When You Walk in the Room [DeShannon]
42. Tell Her No [Argent]
43. Rainbow [Campbell/McAleese]
44. Tobacco Road [Loudermilk]
45. The Game of Love [Ballard]
46. Painter Man [Garner/Phillips/Pic]
47. Back on My Feet Again [Macaulay/MacLeod]
48. I Can't Let Maggie Go [Dello]
49. The House That Jack Built
50. Dedicated Follower of Fashion [Davies]
51. My Friend Jack [Smoke [UK]/Gill/Lun]
52. What Have They Done to the Rain [Reynolds]
53. Suddenly You Love Me [Callander/Pace]
54. The Ice Cream Man [Meek]

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