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Sweets for My Sweet [Demo Version] – The Searchers 02:24
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All My Sorrows [Demo Version] – The Searchers 03:22
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Let's Stomp [Demo Version] – The Searchers 02:07
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Sick and Tired [Live] – The Searchers 02:51
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Sweet Nothin's [Live] – The Searchers 02:21
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Rosalie [Live] – The Searchers 02:21
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Sweets for My Sweet – The Searchers 02:29
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Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya – The Searchers 02:13
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Farmer John – The Searchers 02:00
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Sugar and Spice – The Searchers 02:16
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Some Other Guy – The Searchers 02:08
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Needles and Pins – The Searchers 02:13
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Saturday Night Out – The Searchers 01:45
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Ain't That Just Like Me – The Searchers 02:24
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Don't Throw Your Love Away – The Searchers 02:16
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Sea of Heartbreak – The Searchers 02:24
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Someday We're Gonna Love Again – The Searchers 01:59
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When You Walk in the Room – The Searchers 02:22
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Love Potion No. 9 – The Searchers 02:05
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What Have They Done to the Rain – The Searchers 02:34
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Blowin' in the Wind [Live] – The Searchers 02:10
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Memphis Tennessee [Live] – The Searchers 02:10
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The System – The Searchers 02:32
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Goodbye My Love – The Searchers 02:59
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Everybody Come and Clap Your Hands – The Searchers 02:41
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I Don't Want to Go on Without You – The Searchers 03:29
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Bumble Bee – The Searchers 02:14
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He's Got No Love – The Searchers 02:37
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When I Get Home – The Searchers 02:11
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Take Me for What I'm Worth – The Searchers 02:42
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Four Strong Winds – The Searchers 03:08
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Each Time – The Searchers 02:49

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Take It or Leave It – The Searchers 02:48
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Have You Ever Loved Somebody – The Searchers 02:40
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Popcorn, Double Feature – The Searchers 02:57
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Western Union – The Searchers 02:29
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Second Hand Dealer – The Searchers 03:45
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Umbrella Man – The Searchers 03:02
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Somebody Shot the Lollipop Man – The Searchers 02:43
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Shoot 'Em Up Baby – The Searchers 02:30
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Kinky Kathy Abernathy – The Searchers 02:58
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For What It's Worth [#] – The Searchers 03:13
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Desdemona – The Searchers 02:22
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Vahevala – The Searchers 03:28
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Solitaire – The Searchers 03:55
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Spicks and Specks – The Searchers 02:59
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Hearts in Her Eyes – The Searchers 03:21
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Love's Melody – The Searchers 03:35
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Almost Saturday Night – The Searchers 02:45
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Everything But a Heartbeat – The Searchers 03:57
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I Don't Want to Be the One – The Searchers 03:39
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Hollywood – The Searchers 03:51
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Innocent Victim – The Searchers 04:00
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Forever in Love – The Searchers 04:06
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Somebody Told Me You Were Crying – The Searchers 03:33
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Needles and Pins [1988 Version] – The Searchers 03:58

This reviewer is usually loathe to give compilation albums the highest rating, as they have an unfair advantage over original albums; and it's not as though there aren't already good multi-CD sets on the Searchers, including their 30th Anniversary Collection from Sequel Records. But this two-disc, 56-song collection goes into territory where the early triple-disc set never ventured as the first Searchers compilation to encompass not only their most familiar work on Pye Records, but also Phonogram, RCA, Sire, PRT, and Coconut Records. It also avails itself of the vast expansion of the band's tape library in recent decades, including demos and live tracks, all in state-of-the-art sound. The result is not only the first truly comprehensive overview of this group, which never had a bad or a dull period, but also their best-sounding account in terms of the sharpness of the remastering. What may surprise even longtime fans is how well their 1963 vintage demos and live tracks come off as performances. Based on the evidence here, these guys were ready to record that far back and had some edges that were a lot rougher and sometimes sharper than the polished, rhythm guitar focused sound that they later cultivated in the studio. In a sense, listening to this collection from front to back is a lot like going through the Beatles' history, except that the Searchers never took a left turn into psychedelia or, with the exceptions of Tony Jackson and Chris Curtis, developed egos that threatened the integrity of the group. The 2003 remastering has also given their stuff a startling immediacy of impact that outstrips their best prior CDs. You can actually hear the action on the guitars and the drums on this collection, especially on "Sweets for My Sweet" and "Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya," the two earliest official releases. The rhythm guitars on "Needles and Pins" and "When You Walk in the Room" chime loud and melodiously in the best mastering job they've ever received, and, for the first time, one gets to hear the linear evolution of their sound from "Sweets for My Sweet" to "Hearts in Her Eyes" to "Innocent Victim." The annotation is extremely well detailed and includes the latest lineup changes in the group, and the entire double-disc set is a masterful achievement, finally giving this appropriately long-lived group its due as legendary participants in the original British beat boom of the early 1960s. The quality on the '60s hits makes this almost as desirable and essential as the latest round of Rolling Stones reissues, and the melodic content will appeal to (and surprise) anyone who loves the Beatles' 1963-1966 sound, while the '70s and early-'80s stuff will be a revelation for anyone who remembers the power pop boom of that era. Bruce Eder, Rovi

Genre: Rock
Subgenre: British Invasion, Folk/Country Rock, Pop/Rock, Psychedelic/Garage
Category Psychedelic, AM Pop, British Invasion, Merseybeat, Folk-Rock
Release Date: April 22, 2003
Artist: Searchers [1]

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