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Various Artists
Growin Up Too Fast: Girl Group Anthology
Genres: Folk, Special Interest, Pop, R&B, Rock

Track Listings (25) - Disc #1
1. My Boyfriend's Back - Feldman, Bob
2. Remember (Walking in the Sand) - Morton, George "Sha
3. My Best Friend Barbara - Hunter, Hank
4. Navy Blue - Crewe, Bob
5. She Don't Deserve You - Goffin, Gerry
6. Please Don't Talk to the Lifeguard - Dee, Sylvia
7. It Comes and Goes - Diamond, Neil
8. Maybe I Know - Barry, Jeff
9. It's Gonna Take a Miracle - Randazzo, Teddy
10. The Boy Next Door - Madara, John
11. I Wish I Knew What Dress to Wear - Regney, Noel
12. 442 Glenwood Avenue - Browne, Gary
13. Johnny's Back in Town - Carlucci, William
14. Stay Awhile - Hawker, Michael
15. So Soft, So Warm - Gormann, Vinny
16. Look of Love - Barry, Jeff
17. Beatles, Please Come Back - Daryll, Ted
18. Summertime USA - Madara, John
19. Can't He Take a Hint? - Davis, Allen
20. Wow Wow Wee (He's the Boy for Me) - Farina, Peggy
21. Always Waitin' - Curb, Mike
22. Watch Out, Sally! - Crewe, Bob
23. Wonder Boy - Davies, Ray [Kinks]
24. Hey, Big Boy - Madara, John
25. The Sweet Sounds of Summer - Martire, Larry
Track Listings (25) - Disc #2
1. Leader of the Pack - Barry, Jeff
2. I Only Want to Be With You - Hawker, Michael
3. Dumb Head - Hess, David
4. Cold, Cold Winter - Madara, John
5. Don't Ever Leave Me - Barry, Jeff
6. You're Welcome Back - Banks, Homer
7. I Want That Boy - Lambert, Dennis
8. I Adore Him - Berry, Jan
9. One Wonderful Night - Goffin, Gerry
10. Sometimes I Wish I Were a Boy - Donroy, Steve
11. Dream Lover - Darin, Bobby
12. Kiss Me Sailor - Rambeau, Eddie
13. Back With My Baby - McCoy, Van
14. I Can Never Go Home Anymore - Morton, George
15. Everybody Loves Saturday Night - Seeger, Pete
16. The Other Side of Town - Carlucci, William
17. Birthday Party - Madara, John
18. I Want to Meet Him - Randazzo, Teddy
19. Why Did You Go? - Brown, Candaco
20. What's So Sweet About Sweet Sixteen? - Kasha, Al
21. Nightmare - Burton, Lori
22. That's the Way Boys Are - Barkan, Mark
23. Footsteps on the Roof - Cordell, Ritchie
24. Growin' up Too Fast - Crewe, Bob
25. Thank You and Goodnight - Feldman, Bob

CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Growin Up Too Fast: Girl Group Anthology
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Polygram Records
Release Date: 6/18/1996
Genres: Folk, Special Interest, Pop, R&B, Rock
Styles: Singer-Songwriters, Oldies, By Decade, 1960s, Soul, Oldies & Retro
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 731452817129, 731452817143

Synopsis

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From Mercury comes this collection commemorating the sound celebrated some years back by Grease. The spirit of a young, voluptuous, and conflicted Stockard Channing lives on in these discs, which celebrate the Shangri-Las, the Angels, Lesley Gore, Connie Francis, Dusty Springfield, the Honeybees, the Paris Sisters, and others. Listen to a song like Ginny Arnell's "Dumb Head" and you may come to understand how all this fussing about boyfriends ("The Boy Next Door," "Wonder Boy," "Hey, Big Boy," "I Want That Boy," "That's What Boys Are") actually represented feminism in its prenatal stage. Once you've proclaimed you're a "dumb head" with "a peanut for a brain"--well, it's time to examine your self-image and social status a bit and perhaps explore alternative lifestyles. What do you want to bet a disproportionate number of girl-group singers went on to publicly burn their bras in the years after these singles were recorded? --Steven Stolder

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Member CD Reviews

Al V. (Al) from HOOVER, AL
Reviewed on 5/4/2007...

If girl groups of the 50's and 60's are your thing....brother or sister, you just fell into paradise. These are all original recordings, by original artists..mostly from the Mercury stable of labels (Mercury-Philips--Smash-Wing etc)

Mike S. (capnsmith) from TULSA, OK
Reviewed on 11/3/2006...

This is a 2 disc set.

CD Reviews

Good News / Bad News

Wayne Ferrier | 08/02/1998

(3 out of 5 stars)

"First the bad news: I was disappointed that only two tracks out of the fifty are in true stereo. I have never heard of about half of these songs so I don't know whether some of these were ever recorded/released in true stereo. However, I know for a fact that many of these songs were released in stereo. Example, all five Leslie Gore songs on the CD set are in mono. This is inexcusable. Leslie Gore re-issues have easily been available in stereo for over thirty years. The same goes for many others songs on this CD set. If stereo is not important to you, then of course this is not bad news. Good news: There is some rare stuff on this CD set that you would have trouble finding anywhere else. "Please Don't Talk To The Lifeguard" by Diane Ray is very rare and it is one of the two songs in true stereo. I have never heard this song re-issued domestically since it was released in 1963. This is a favorite of mine. I have only heard it re-issued on a ! couple of imports that sounded horrible. However, the sound quality here for this song is good enough to have come from the master tape. Also, "442 Glenwood Avenue" (mono) is also a rare find, as are the other Pixies Three songs. I will assume many of the other songs are rare since I have never heard them before. The only other song in true stereo is "Can't He Take A Hint?""

Awesome!!!

Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com | ...in Middle America | 01/15/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This 2-CD set full of girl group classics and oddities is, quite simply, one of the best and most enjoyable girl group comps out there. A sweet cross-slice of a particular brand of American teen culture... If you don't have it in you to spring the big bucks for the all those fetishistic European imports, but still want something that'll make you crank the volume and turn up the treble, this is about as good a collection as you could ask for. Plus it's got Ginny Arnell's super-dooper backlash anthem, "Dumb Head", a deliciously sexist novelty tune which is worth the price of admission alone. Highly recommended."

Girl Group Grandeur Grows Up Too Fast on 2CD Set

Anthony G Pizza | FL | 07/19/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This intriguing, inconsistent collection focuses on the "girl group" sound which dominated the early, pre-Beatle 1960s. Its images are of white boots, bouffant hairdos, New Yawk accents, singing melodramatic or nonsensical choruses in songs about chasing or crying after boys. Thanks to "Happy Days" and "Grease," this epitomizes how most see the era 40 years later.But Mercury/Polygram Records focused here on its own label family (MGM, Phillips), rather than lease genre classics from the Chiffons, Crystals, or groups whose producers (Phil Spector, George Goldner) are feted in Don Charles' liner notes. But some names better known for later work (Quincy Jones, Bob Crewe, Nick Venet) are well-represented.In the end, you get some sterling singles: the Angels' "My Boyfriend's Back," (no room for "Till"?) "Leader of the Pack," Leslie Gore's "Maybe I Know," Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want To Be With You," the Royalettes' magical, original "It's Gonna Take A Miracle." But you also get an inordinate amount of mid-chart and failed singles, most out of print for the better part of 30 years. You get four tunes from the Pixies Three, who imitate Spector's and the Orlons' hits of the era. You get mid-chart minor singles by the Paris Sisters (whose "I Love How You Love Me" is missed here), Diane Renay and Connie Francis, along with B-sides like Leslie Gore's "Wonder Boy." To say it all sounds campy now tells but half the story. It was campy then, too.Crewe, who produced the great strong of 60s Four Seasons' singles, states in Charles' liner notes, "Girl group music is a call back to times that were less troubled...there's a youthful frivolity here that's legitimate." Indeed, even amid the sugar frosted flakes dominating "Growing Up Too Fast," enough of these tough-talking or hopelessly devoted classics gather beloved rock and roll history from among its discards. Recommended, but check the more substantial Girl Group collection series on Rhino, featuring the Shirelles, Dixie Cups and other girl group standards."

One of the very best girl group compilations

Thomas Bumbera | Maplewood, NJ USA | 12/07/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"While this compilation is restricted to masters owned by the Polygram family, that family includes the 60s output of MGM, Mercury, Smash and Philips, all of which produced some wonderful girl group recordings. Song selection is first-rate, as are the liner notes. Kudos to the producers for sticking with the mono mixes wherever possible; stereo was strictly an afterthought during the period covered in this compilation and the mono mixes almost invariably sound better - fuller, louder, with stronger midrange and bass response. Great job!"