Various Artists - Dick Bartley Presents: Classic Oldies 1965-1969

Dick Bartley, the best-loved oldies DJ in America, presents 18 tracks from the Golden Age of Top 40, a wide open era when bubblegum pop like Boyce & Hart's "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" could play alongside crazed psychedelic rock like Arthur Brown's "Fire." In these days of narrow-casting and micro-formatting, Dick Bartley helps us remember what made 60's radio so great.

But the fun doesn't stop there! Dick throws in Janis Ian's controversial protest classic, "Society's Child," the Silkie's Top 10 Beatles cover, "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away," Sir Douglas' stoner travelogue, "Mendocino," and Desmond Dekker's 1969 freak reggae smash, "Israelites." Classic Oldies 1965-1969 collects the wildest, best music possible, mirroring the great Top 40 stations of the late 60's.

Classic Oldies 1965-1969 has been digitally mastered in true stereo wherever possible. Many songs, such as the I'des Of March's "You Wouldn't Listen" (released years before their best-known hit, "Vehicle") are sought-after rarities, and one track, "Peter Rabbit" by Dee Jay & The Runaways, makes it's CD debut. Two other tracks, Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade Of Pale" and the Troggs' "Love Is all Around" although widely released, have never been available in STEREO in the original versions - until now! Album Description

Dick Bartley stands for quality

The sound quality on this disc is so clean, it will re-introduce you to some classic songs that are a whole lot different without the tape hiss. Nothing short of amazing, and worth every penny since a lot of work was obviously put into this. Forget those sloppy "oldies" collections where the tracks don't keep up with technology. Every track on this disc replaces a now unlistenable version I have on another compilation. January 17, 2008

some good some not so good

I thought this was an average cd for various artists. I really liked to ones I purchased this for but was a little let down by the ones I did not know very well or at all. Overall its alright for a collection. November 5, 2007

Hard To Find 45s on CD Vol 9 1957-1959

I have been looking for the song Sandy since 1960. I met my future wife just after the song went off the air-waves and her name was Sandy. I have been serching for that song ever since. The rest of the songs were great from that era. October 28, 2007

A great collection of classic oldies

I first began to listen to Dick Bartley's syndicated radio show, "Solid Gold Saturday Night" over 20 years ago while in college. I had always been impressed by his presentation and knowledge of musical trivia. Now he has compiled these classics into a CD. While I think the music speaks for itself: The included CD liner also has nice tid bits of information. For those of us who enjoy the Golden Age of Top 40 music, this is a great collection, with some rather difficult to find tracks. I bought it specifically for the tracks from New Colony Six, which are hard to find. July 30, 2007

Dick Bartley plays Casey Kasum

Here are some of the long forgotten songs of the late 60's pop scene, revisited upon us.

Don't get me wrong, most of these songs I liked back then and still like now. Especially the long forgotten beautiful love ballads by The New Colony Six. (who were they?) But you will remember the songs if you preview listen to them. The incentive for me to purchase this collection was to aquire the song "Peter Rabbit" by DJ and the Runaways. (who were they?) Such "novelty songs" were rife in the 60's pop culture. Flashes in the pan and then forgotten. But they were OUR music back then intertwined by the thousand Coke, Pepsi and Marlboro commercials blaring at us through all those transistors!

Surfing through this collection brought back to me so many songs in my past. Surprises abounded as I reminisced. The only song in this collection I didn't like was "The Clapping Song." Please, let dead things lie in peace, before I throw cockroaches in their coffins! April 14, 2007

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