5013929192621

Move A Little Closer: The Complete Recordings 1963-1970 3CD Set

Tony Rivers

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Format: 3CD

Cat No: CRSEG126T

Release Date:  24 February 2023

Label:  Grapefruit / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Clamshell

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  5013929192621

Genres:  Rock  Classic Rock  

  • Description


    • First-ever complete 3CD anthology of 60s recordings from leading British harmony pop vocalist Tony Rivers.



    • Featuring all of his studio recordings as leader of both The Castaways and Harmony Grass as well as 80 minutes of previously unreleased BBC session recordings from the same timeframe.


    While other contenders may have had greater commercial success, Tony Rivers was surely the British harmony pop scene's pivotal figure during the 60s.


    As leader of The Castaways, he made a series of superlative singles before finally scoring a hit in 1969 with the irresistible 'Move In A Little Closer Baby' shortly after the band had been relaunched as Harmony Grass.


    But follow-up singles failed to repeat the trick, and after the superb album ‘This Is Us’ was ignored, Tony left the band to accept a backroom role in the industry. Meanwhile, he made several pseudonymous singles that were instrumental in his 1975 recruitment as leader of Cliff Richard's vocal harmony trio.


    ‘Move In A Little Closer’ is the first-ever complete anthology of Tony's exemplary studio work with both The Castaways and Harmony Grass, including a number of tracks that were unreleased at the time, as well as an entire CD's-worth of previously-unissued BBC sessions recorded with both bands.


    The definitive 3CD set in a lavish digipak package includes a new 6000 word essay on Tony's early career that contains reminiscences on his associations with managers Brian Epstein and Robert Stigwood and his brushes with rock royalty including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and his prime inspirers The Beach Boys.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE
      • 2. ROW, ROW, ROW
      • 3. THE HAPPY SONG
      • 4. I LOVE THE WAY YOU WALK
      • 5. I LOVE YOU
      • 6. LIFE'S TOO SHORT
      • 7. (DON'T YOU EVER) TELL ON ME
      • 8. SHE
      • 9. 'TILL WE GET HOME
      • 10. COME BACK
      • 11. WHAT TO DO
      • 12. COME ON AND LOVE ME TOO
      • 13. PRETEND
      • 14. BABY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO
      • 15. LOVE YOU BABY
      • 16. NOWHERE MAN
      • 17. GIRL FROM NEW YORK CITY
      • 18. GIRL DON'T TELL ME
      • 19. SALT LAKE CITY
      • 20. GOD ONLY KNOWS
      • 21. CHARADE
      • 22. CAN'T MAKE IT WITHOUT YOU BABY
      • 23. EINER KLEINER MISER MUSIK
      • 24. GRADUATION DAY
      • 25. SUMMER DREAMING
      • 26. THE GRASS WILL SING FOR YOU
      • 27. MR. SUN
      • 28. TURN OF THE CENTURY
      • 29. FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE
      • 30. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU LOVE
      • 31. PANTOMIME

      Disc 2

      • 1. MOVE IN A LITTLE CLOSER BABY
      • 2. MY LITTLE GIRL
      • 3. WHAT A GROOVY DAY
      • 4. I'VE SEEN TO DREAM
      • 5. (IT AIN'T NECESSARILY) BYRD AVENUE
      • 6. CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO
      • 7. GOOD THING
      • 8. MRS. RICHIE
      • 9. SUMMER DREAMING
      • 10. I THINK OF YOU
      • 11. BALLAD OF MICHAEL
      • 12. TOM DOOLEY
      • 13. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN LOVE DIES
      • 14. HAPPINESSS IS TOY-SHAPED
      • 15. FIRST TIME LOVING
      • 16. I REMEMBER
      • 17. TEACH ME HOW
      • 18. CECILIA
      • 19. IT TAKES A LOT OF LOVING
      • 20. LET MY TEARS FLOW
      • 21. YOU AND ISUMMER DREAMING
      • 22. MOVE IN A LITTLE CLOSER BABY
      • 23. TE LO RICORDI (I Remember, Italian lyrics)

      Disc 3

      • 1. SWINGING ON A STAR
      • 2. LITTLE DARLIN'
      • 3. SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE
      • 4. JEZEBEL
      • 5. ALL MY LOVING
      • 6. ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN
      • 7. SURF CITY
      • 8. ROW, ROW, ROW
      • 9. I LOVE THE WAY YOU WALK
      • 10. ABILENE
      • 11. UNCHAIN MY HEART
      • 12. I LOVE YOU
      • 13. SHIPWRECK
      • 14. LIFE'S TOO SHORT
      • 15. THE FERRIS WHEEL
      • 16. ROCKIN' ROBIN
      • 17. LITTLE OLD LADY FROM PASADENA
      • 18. SHE
      • 19. 'TILL WE GET HOME
      • 20. I GET AROUND
      • 21. WHEN I GROW UP TO BE A MAN
      • 22. BABY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO
      • 23. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU LOVE
      • 24. WINDY
      • 25. A GIRL LIKE YOU
      • 26. WALK ON BY
      • 27. FIRST TIME LOVING
      • 28. BABY YOU COME ROLLIN' ACROSS MY MIND
      • 29. SUMMER DREAMING
      • 30. I REMEMBER
      • 31. MRS. RICHIE
      • 32. CECILIA
      • 33. WICHITA LINEMAN