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Genre: Beat / Pop Rock / Rock & Roll
Media: CD
Country of release: EU
Year of release: 2026
Publisher (label): Strawberry
Catalog number: QCR5JAMBX53
Country of artist (band): UK
Audio codec: FLAC (*.flac)
Rip type: image+.cue
Duration: 05:43:17
Tracklist:
CD 1: As And Bs 1963-1968 (01:14:26)
CD 2: Freddie & The Dreamers / You Were Mad For Me (01:15:47)
CD 3: Sing-Along Party / In Disneyland (01:15:43)
CD 4: King Freddie And His Dreaming Knights (01:06:20)
CD 5: Oliver In The Overworld (51:01)
A complete collection of the 1960s EMI recordings of Manchester beat group Freddie and the Dreamers, compiled and narrated by respected pop music historian Bob Stanley (of St. Etienne).
This collection includes the group's top ten hits "If You Want to Make a Fool of Somebody" (#3), "I'm Tellin' You Now" (#2), "You Were Made for Me" (#3), and "I Understand" (#5), as well as all of the group's albums, including their self-titled debut, which reached the top five in the UK charts.
The band also enjoyed popularity in the United States, where they became part of the "British Invasion": "I'm Tellin' You Now" topped the Billboard Hot 100, and "Do The Freddie" reached the top twenty.
Two albums—Sing-Along Party (1965) and Oliver In The Overworld (1970), which Bob Stanley calls "the ABCs of psychedelic pop for kids"—are being released on CD for the first time. King Freddie And His Dreaming Knights (1967) is also being released on CD for the first time in the UK.
In the booklet included with the box set, Bob Stanley writes:
"Freddie & The Dreamers were the 'jokers' in the deck of the British beat boom—or what was known in America as the 'British Invasion.'" They were a fantastic stage act and, crucially, became idols for children: they may have loved The Beatles, too, but they wanted "their own" heroes. They were readily invited onto TV shows like Crackerjack and Blue Peter, providing a ready-made audience. And while The Monkees were often referred to as the "Pre-Fab Four," there's no doubt that some of their eccentricity was inspired by Freddie Garrity's stage antics, as well as the cheerful, candy-like sound of Freddie and the Dreamers, which anticipated bubblegum pop
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