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Billy Fury: Wondrous Place - The Brits Are Rocking, Vol.2 (CD)

1-CD with 36-page booklet, 34 tracks. Total playing time 73:46 minutes.

Spotlight on Billy Fury, one of Britains most successful pop acts of the 1960s.
When you think of Billy Fury, you first think of his great ballads like Halfway To Paradise and Jealousy.
Bear Family goes beyond the usual 'Best Of' compilations and presents an extensive documentary of his career in the 50s and 60s.
Decca recordings made between 1958 and 1964, incl. eight masters from the iconic ’The Sound Of Fury’ album, a Keith Richards favorite.
With 34 single tracks of remastered recordings we provide a CD full to the brim. In the illustrated 36-page booklet Ashley Woods tells Billy Fury’s story.
Part 2 in our series presenting British Rock 'n' Roll (see also BCD17581 by Tommy Steele).

Billy Fury (1940 – 1983) was one of the most successful British chart acts of the 1960s with only Cliff Richard, The Shadows and The Beatles spending more weeks in the UK Top 50 during that decade. Chiefly remembered for “moody beat ballads” such as Halfway To Paradise and Jealousy, it is easy to forget that his first 18 months on the Decca label were spent recording almost exclusively original material culminating in ’The Sound Of Fury’, described by Keith Richards in 1971 as “one fantastic album. Songs he’d written, like people do now, he got some people he knew to play together and did it.” 

However, despite a relentless concert schedule and regular promotion via television shows such as Jack Good’s pioneering ’Oh Boy!’, ’Boy Meets Girls’ and ’Wham!!’, Billy’s releases weren’t the smash hits they deserved to be and demand for higher chart placings led to a record company and management instigated shift in musical policy. While that change certainly reaped sales dividends and made him a household name, Fury’s career as a songwriter was effectively put on hold.

Grey area releases usually focus on the well-known hits but this Bear Family compilation, licensed from Decca / Universal, spotlights sixteen Fury compositions (including eight tracks from that classic debut LP) alongside many lesser known tracks from his extensive 1958 to 1964 catalogue with a slant towards the kind of upbeat material he was often accused of abandoning. A worthy companion piece to any Fury ’Greatest Hits’ set, this collection helps provide a more rounded view of Billy’s strengths as an artist and presents the listener with a different spin on the sound of Fury.

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  • Album titlle: Wondrous Place - The Brits Are Rocking, Vol.2 (CD)

  • Genre Rock'n'Roll

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  • Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
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  • EAN: 5397102175831

  • weight in Kg 0.115
Fury, Billy - Wondrous Place - The Brits Are Rocking, Vol.2 (CD) CD 1
01 Gonna Type A Letter Billy Fury
02 Baby How I Cried Billy Fury
03 Comin' Up In The World Billy Fury
04 Wondrous Place Billy Fury
05 Don't Leave Me This Way Billy Fury
06 Colette Billy Fury
07 Keep Away Billy Fury
08 Running Around Billy Fury
09 Bumble Bee Billy Fury
10 Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On A Tree) Billy Fury
11 My Advice Billy Fury
12 Don't Say It's Over Billy Fury
13 Unchain My Heart Billy Fury
14 Sticks And Stones Billy Fury
15 Twist Kid Billy Fury
16 Push Push Billy Fury
17 Baby Come On Billy Fury
18 What Did I Do Billy Fury
19 If I Lose You Billy Fury
20 One Kiss Billy Fury
21 Play It Cool Billy Fury
22 Sweet Little Sixteen Billy Fury
23 Don't Knock Upon My Door Billy Fury
24 That's Love Billy Fury
25 Don't Jump Billy Fury
26 Tell Me How Do You Feel Billy Fury
27 Talkin' In My Sleep Billy Fury
28 I'd Never Find Another You Billy Fury
29 I'm Moving On Billy Fury
30 It's You I Need Billy Fury
31 Phone Call Billy Fury
32 Turn My Back On You Billy Fury
33 Alright, Goodbye Billy Fury
34 You're Having The Last Dance With Me Billy Fury
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17 Dec 2024

23 Dec 2019

Des titres excellents dont certains peu connus !

5 Nov 2019

I commend Bear Family on the brilliant job they've done here, from the sleeve-notes to the choice of recordings. Shaun Mather

I commend Bear Family on the brilliant job they've done here, from the sleeve-notes to the choice of recordings.
Shaun Mather - Now Dig This

20 Sep 2019

sehr gute Rock und Roll Scheibe

gut aufgemacht und seltene Titel 5 Sterne

da gibt es noch mehr richtig rockige Sachen im Königreich

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Tracklist
Fury, Billy - Wondrous Place - The Brits Are Rocking, Vol.2 (CD) CD 1
01 Gonna Type A Letter
02 Baby How I Cried
03 Comin' Up In The World
04 Wondrous Place
05 Don't Leave Me This Way
06 Colette
07 Keep Away
08 Running Around
09 Bumble Bee
10 Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On A Tree)
11 My Advice
12 Don't Say It's Over
13 Unchain My Heart
14 Sticks And Stones
15 Twist Kid
16 Push Push
17 Baby Come On
18 What Did I Do
19 If I Lose You
20 One Kiss
21 Play It Cool
22 Sweet Little Sixteen
23 Don't Knock Upon My Door
24 That's Love
25 Don't Jump
26 Tell Me How Do You Feel
27 Talkin' In My Sleep
28 I'd Never Find Another You
29 I'm Moving On
30 It's You I Need
31 Phone Call
32 Turn My Back On You
33 Alright, Goodbye
34 You're Having The Last Dance With Me