Ben E. King "Stand By Me" 2CD compilation [[BMG-UK) [[1/10/2020)

[Motown Eddie]

[CD1]
1. What A Difference A Day Made
2. Dream Lover
3. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
4. Save The Last Dance For Me
5. Moon River
6. I [[Who Have Nothing)
7. Quizas, Quizas, Quizas [[Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps)
8. Young Boy Blues
9. Don't Play That Song [[You Lied)
10. Tell Daddy [[Single Version)
11. Too Bad
12. This Magic Moment - The Drifters
13. Souvenir Of Mexico
14. First Taste Of Love

[CD2]
1. Stand By Me
2. Spanish Harlem
3. Supernatural Thing, Pt. 1
4. You're Lovin' Ain't Good Enough
5. Groovin'
6. Street Tough
7. Tower Of Strength
8. Seven Letters
9. Show Me The Way
10. Sway
11. Because Of You
12. I'm Standing By
13. Goodnight My Love
14. How Often

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZW9ZGQM/?tag=imwan-20

[kenneth]

Only 14 songs per disk? Seems kind of cheap IMHO. Likely they could have fit all 28 tracks on one CD.

Real Gone did a Ben E. King singles set which was also 2-CDs. They dubbed it The Complete Singles, Vol. 1, but their 2 disk set includes almost twice as many tracks as this one.

https://shop.realgonemusic.com/products/ben-e-king-vol-1-2cd-set

Here's their track list. The set retails at $39.98, but still seems like a great buy.

Disc One
1. Brace Yourself
2. Show Me the Way
3. A Help-Each-Other Romance [[LaVern Baker & Ben E. King)
4. How Often [[LaVern Baker & Ben E. King)
5. Spanish Harlem
6. First Taste of Love
7. Stand by Me
8. On the Horizon
9. Amor
10. Souvenir of Mexico
11. Young Boy Blues
12. Here Comes the Night
13. Ecstasy
14. Yes
15. Don’t Play That Song [[You Lied)
16. Hermit of Misty Mountain
17. Too Bad
18. My Heart Cries for You
19. I’m Standing By
20. Walking in the Footsteps of a Fool
21. Tell Daddy
22. Auf Weidersehn, My Dear
23. How Can I Forget
24. Gloria, Gloria
25. I [[Who Have Nothing)
26. The Beginning of Time
27. I Could Have Danced All Night
28. Gypsy
Disc Two
1. What Now My Love
2. Groovin’
3. That’s When It Hurts
4. Around the Corner
5. What Can a Man Do
6. Si Senor
7. It’s All Over
8. Let the Water Run Down
9. Seven Letters
10. River of Tears
11. The Record [[Baby I Love You)
12. The Way You Shake It
13. She’s Gone Again
14. Not Now [[I’ll Tell You When)
15. Cry No More
16. [[There’s) No Place to Hide
17. Goodnight My Love
18. I Can’t Break the News to Myself
19. So Much Love
20. Don’t Drive Me Away
21. I Swear by the Stars Above
22. Get in a Hurry

[daviddesper]

Regarding this, the Drifters and Sam Cooke, the best news in my opinion is that somebody will still be releasing CDs in 2020. Let's hang on to them as long as we can!!!

[Optimal Saint]

Will we ever get volume 2 of his Atlantic singles?

[kenneth]

Will we ever get volume 2 of his Atlantic singles?


They don't say anything about Vol. 2 on the Real Gone site. King must have released quite a bit of recordings, if even a 3rd disk is necessary to make it "complete." I like the way we get the B-sides on these releases, like with the Motown 50th Anniversary sets. The B-sides figured prominently in many ways. I remember it was always a nice surprise when you liked a B-side and often they were quite good.