Dion - The Complete Laurie Singles '2012

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[2:17] 01. Dion - Lonely Teenager
[2:20] 02. Dion - Little Miss Blue
[2:18] 03. Dion - Havin Fun
[2:34] 04. Dion - North East End Of The Corner
[2:43] 05. Dion - The Kissin Game
[2:05] 06. Dion - Heaven Help Me
[2:39] 07. Dion - Somebody Nobody Wants
[2:32] 08. Dion - Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight
[2:42] 09. Dion - Runaround Sue
[2:29] 10. Dion - Runaway Girl
[2:30] 11. Dion - The Majestic
[2:44] 12. Dion - The Wanderer
[2:28] 13. Dion - (I Was) Born To Cry
[2:23] 14. Dion - Lovers Who Wander
[2:42] 15. Dion - Little Diane
[2:39] 16. Dion - Lost For Sure
[2:41] 17. Dion - Love Came To Me
[2:26] 18. Dion - Little Girl
[2:22] 19. Dion - Sandy
[2:17] 20. Dion - Faith
[2:37] 21. Dion - Come Go With Me
[2:35] 22. Dion - King Without A Queen
[2:13] 23. Dion - Lonely World
[2:08] 24. Dion - Tag Along
[2:03] 25. Dion - After The Dance
[2:24] 26. Dion - Then Ill Be Tired Of You
[4:25] 27. Dion - Shout
[2:48] 28. Dion - I Got The Blues
[3:20] 29. Dion - Abraham, Martin And John
[2:38] 30. Dion - Daddy Rollin (In Your Arms)
[2:38] 31. Dion - Purple Haze
[5:04] 32. Dion - The Dolphins
[2:29] 33. Dion - From Both Sides Now
[3:02] 34. Dion - Sun Fun Song
[2:51] 35. Dion - Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
[2:51] 36. Dion - He Looks A Lot Like Me

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 36 track(s)
Total length: 01:35:23
Main artist: Dion
Composer: Various Composers
Label: CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)
Genre: Pop/Rock, Rock
© 2012 Capitol Records, LLC A Capitol Records Recording
â„— 2012 Capitol Records, LLC

This two-disc set, which collects all of the singles, both A and B sides, that
Dion released as a solo artist during his two stays at Laurie Records, does a
good job of showing Dions own restless instincts as a singer and musician,
instincts that have served him well during his five-decade career, and his
supplementary willingness to listen to his record labels wishes at the same
time, a balancing act that gave Dion three distinct commercial phases on the pop
charts from the late 50s through the end of the 1960s. He began as the lead
voice for the Bronx Italian street corner doo wop group the Belmonts, producing
hits for Laurie Records like I Wonder Why (none of Dions Belmonts-era singles
are included here) before going solo in 1960, the point where this collection
picks up the story. His solo work for Laurie cast him as a teen idol, and he
scored hits with the likes of Lonely Teenager, Runaround Sue, The Wanderer, and
Little Diane before leaving the label to sign with Columbia Records late in
1962. His hits with Columbia (Ruby Baby and Donna the Prima Donna) continued in
the teen idol vein, but by the time Dion returned to Laurie Records for a second
go-round in 1968, his sound and style had changed into a kind of pop-oriented
folk-rock, which gave him a Top Five hit that same year with Abraham, Martin and
John, and led to interesting near-misses with his covers of Joni Mitchells Both
Sides Now, Fred Neils The Dolphins, and a barely recognizable version of Jimi
Hendrixs Purple Haze. Amazingly, the two distinct phases of his time with Laurie
Records as a solo artist have never been released side by side like this before,
so this set from Real Gone Music fills a huge hole. Everything is in mono, the
way the singles were mixed and originally appeared. If there is even one small
complaint about this collection, it would have to be that room couldnt be found
for Dions singles with the Belmonts.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo


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