Jersey Beat: The Music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (2007)

About this title: In the wake of the success of Jersey Boys, the theatrical production based on the Four Seasons' lives, Rhino issued this impressive three-CD, 76-track box set, which also includes a DVD of a dozen film clips from 1962-1975. It's never been hard to find a Four Seasons best-of that includes all their big hits (which are all here as well), but for those who want a bigger collection of the group's material, this fills the bill well. The usual intelligence Rhino brings to such large career retrospectives is in force here, the songs including numerous low-charting singles that usually don't make ... read more

Tracks:

1. Sherry [Gaudio]
2. Big Girls Don't Cry [DVD] [Crewe/Gaudio]
3. Walk Like a Man [Crewe/Gaudio]
4. Ain't That a Shame [Domino/Bartholomew]
5. Candy Girl [Santos]
6. Marlena [Gaudio]
7. Peanuts [Cook]
8. Alone (Why Must I Be Alone) [Craft/Craft]
9. Stay [Williams]
10. Little Boy (In Grown Up Clothes) [Crewe/Gaudio]
11. Dawn (Go Away) [DVD] [Linzer/Gaudio]
12. Big Man's World [Crewe/Gaudio]
13. Marcie [Linzer/Gaudio]
14. Silence Is Golden [Crewe/Gaudio]
15. Huggin' My Pillow [Crewe/Gaudio]
16. Ronnie [Crewe/Gaudio]
17. Rag Doll [Crewe/Gaudio]
18. Save It for Me [Crewe/Gaudio]
19. Big Man in Town [Gaudio]
20. Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby, Goodbye) [Crewe/Gaudio]
21. Betrayed [Linzer/Randell]
22. Toy Soldier [Crewe/Gaudio]
23. Girl Come Running [Crewe/Gaudio]
24. Let's Hang On! [DVD] [Crewe/Linzer/Randel]
25. Don't Think Twice (It's All Right) [Dylan]
26. The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore) [Crewe/Gaudio]
27. (You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself [DVD] [Crewe/Calello]
28. Pity [Crewe/Petrillo]
29. You're Ready Now [Crewe/Gaudio]
30. Cousin Brucie Go Go [Gaudio]
31. Working My Way Back to You [DVD] [Linzer/Randell]
32. Can't Get Enough of You Baby [Linzer/Randell]
33. Everybody Knows My Name [Gaudio]
34. Comin' Up in the World [Crewe/Santos]
35. Beggars Parade [Crewe/Gaudio]
36. Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me) [Linzer/Randell]
37. I've Got You Under My Skin [DVD] [Porter]
38. The Proud One [Crewe/Gaudio]
39. Tell It to the Rain [Petrillo/Cifelli]
40. Beggin' [Gaudio/Farina]
41. Can't Take My Eyes off You [DVD] [Crewe/Gaudio]
42. C'mon Marianne [Brown/Bloodworth]
43. Lonesome Road [Shilkret/Austin]
44. Around and Around (Andaroundandaround) [Crewe/Gaudio]
45. I Make a Fool of Myself [Crewe/Gaudio]
46. Watch the Flowers Grow [Brown/Bloodworth]
47. Raven [Crewe/Gaudio]
48. To Give (The Reason I Live) [Crewe/Gaudio]
49. Will You Love Me Tomorrow [Goffin/King]
50. Good-Bye Girl [Crewe/Gaudio]
51. Saturday's Father [DVD] [Gaudio/Holmes]
52. Electric Stories [Linzer/Petrillo]
53. Something's on Her Mind [Gaudio/Holmes]
54. Idaho [Gaudio/Holmes]
55. Genuine Mountain Life [Holmes]
56. And That Reminds Me (My Heart Reminds Me) [Bargoni/Panzuti/Sie]
57. The Girl I'll Never Know (Angels Never Fly This Low) [Brown/Bloodworth]
58. She Gives Me Light [Lilljequist]
59. Patch of Blue [Petrillo/Cifelli]
60. Heartaches and Raindrops [Petrillo/Cifelli]

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