Complete A and B Sides 1963-1970 (2006)

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Tracks:

1. I Only Want to Be with You [Hawker/Raymonde]
2. Stay Awhile [Hawker/Raymonde]
3. I Just Don't Know What to Do with Mysefl [Bacharach/David]
4. Losing You [Westlake/Springfiel]
5. Your Hurtin' Kind of Love [Hawker/Raymonde]
6. In the Middle of Nowhere [Kaye/Verdi]
7. Some of Your Lovin' [King/Goffin]
8. Little by Little [Kaye/Verdi]
9. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me [Donnagio/Napier-Bel]
10. Goin' Back [Goffin/King]
11. All I See Is You [Westlake/Weisman]
12. I'll Try Anything (To Get You) [Barkan]
13. Give Me Time [Callander/Melfa/Mor]
14. What's It Gonna Be [Ragovoy/Shuman]
15. I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten [Westlake]
16. I Will Come to You [Westlake]
17. Son of a Preacher Man [Hurley/Wilkins]
18. Am I the Same Girl [Record/Sanders]
19. A Brand New Me [Bell/Butler/Gamble]
20. Morning Please Don't Come [Springfield]
21. How Can I Be Sure [Brigati/Cavaliere]
22. Once Upon a Time [Springfield]
23. Something Special [Springfield]
24. My Colouring Book [Ebb/Kander]
25. Summer Is Over [Springfiedl/Westlak]
26. Don't Say It Baby [Daryll/Taylor]
27. Baby Don't You Know [Kaye/Verdi]
28. I'll Love You for a While [Goffin/King]
29. If It Hadn't Been for You [Kaye/Verdi]
30. Every Ounce of Strength [Cropper/Hayes/Porte]
31. I'm Gonna Leave You [Bell/Duncan/Springf]
32. Go Ahead On [Bell/Springfield]
33. The Corrupt Ones [Garvarentz/Kaye]
34. The Look of Love [Bacharach/David]
35. Small Town Girl [Goland/Schroeder]
36. No Stranger Am I [Tanega]
37. The Colour of Your Eyes [McKernan/Tanega]
38. Just a Little Lovin' [Mann/Weil]
39. Earthbound Gypsy [Tanega/White]
40. Bad Case of the Blues [Chambers/Gamble]
41. Spooky [Cobb/Buie/Middlebro]

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