Were you among the lucky ones who came of age in the early ’60s? I was. It was a wildly exciting time. Everything seemed fresh and alive—especially all that great new music I heard on the radio and at the record shop. The music, like me, was looking forward, reaching for something. When a song spoke to me, I wanted to play it again and again, sometimes hundreds of times.

Rock and roll was young and innocent like me, but it was going through its adolescence, too. In a year or two the Beatles, Rolling Stones and other British Invaders would change the whole ball game. Yes, the early ’60s was my favorite period in pop music.

As America transitioned from the Eisenhower era to the days of Camelot, artists like Gene Pitney, Brian Hyland, Brenda Lee and Jay & The Americans were just starting out. Chart mainstays like Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Bobby Darin and Paul Anka were riding high, and newcomers like Tony Orlando and Glen Campbell launched chart careers that would stretch well beyond the ’60s.

Sue Thompson, Anita Bryant, Bobby Rydell and Johnny Tillotson were in their hit-making prime, while stars like Pat Boone and Steve Lawrence made swan-song chart appearances. It was a wonderfully diverse time, with rock, pop, R&B, country and folk hits (not to mention those zany novelties) all on the charts together. Now, we present a new set that takes you on a nearly four-hour ride that can only be called “AMAZING!”

Why “amazing,” you ask? Well, first, this 3-CD import makes every track count. We’re record collectors, and we created this box for other collectors. 80 of these 88 songs were Top 40 hits, but most aren’t the obvious, overplayed choices you’ll find elsewhere.

And because collectors appreciate top sound quality, we assigned two of the best sound engineers anywhere to the project. They worked for months, paying close attention to all the details that matter: the best possible sources and EQ, correct fades and speed. Every song was compared to the original vinyl single to give you ONLY the original 45-rpm hit single versions in every case. Why take chances with mediocre mp3 downloads of dubious originality?

Best of all, there are 25 CD debuts here, including SIGNIFICANT NEW STEREO on nearly a dozen great songs like “Town Without Pity,” “Venus In Blue Jeans,” “Let The Little Girl Dance” and “Sealed With A Kiss,” to mention just a few. We even included a few important mono debuts. Just try not to drool when reviewing all these in the song list below! Oh, I almost forgot the 10,000-word essay by Greg Adams with fascinating biographical details about all 72 artists heard here.

In short, no expense has been spared, no detail overlooked, to bring you, the collector, the most AMAZING sound experience possible as you revisit this seminal period in pop music. Simply a MUST for your collection!

– 25 CD DEBUTS! 3 DISCS, 88 TRACKS, NEARLY 4 HOURS OF MUSIC! –
– UNEQUALED SOUND QUALITY... CREATED BY COLLECTORS FOR COLLECTORS –