The British Beat Live!: Best of the 60's

by Various Artists

American pop music was primed for an injection of fresh energy at the dawn of 1964. Across the pond, a platoon of guitar-wielding bands wearing scandalously long hair and sharp continental suits were cooking up the means to supply it, setting the stage for the tidal wave of the British Invasion.America's fevered response to the Beatles in early 1964 unleashed a moptop mania that even out-thundered Elvis Presley in its cataclysmic resonance, opening the door for British beat groups aplenty. Suddenly, doo-wop and surf and rhythm and blues were all in imminent danger of being passe on the Top 40, swept off the airwaves by The Animals, The Zombies and The Troggs.The best of these exciting young groups were true innovators in their own right, advancing the rock idiom exponentially with their songwriting brilliance.Hosted by Petula Clark.

• Game of Love - Wayne Fontana
• Groovy Kind of Love - Wayne Fontana
• I Go to Pieces - Peter & Gordon
• A World Without Love - Peter & Gordon
• Needles & Pins - Mike Pender
• Downtown - Petula Clark
• Do Wah Diddy - Paul Jones
• Here Comes My Baby - The Tremeloes
• We Gotta Get Outta This Place - Eric Burdon & the Animals
• The House of the Rising Sun - Eric Burdon & the Animals
• Time of the Season - the Zombies
• She's Not There - the Zombies
• A Whiter Shade of Pale - Lulu
• To Sir With Love - Lulu
• Wild Thing - Reg Presley & the Troggs
• Ferry Cross the Mersey - Gerry & the Pacemakers
• Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Peacemakers
• Go Now - Denny Laine