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Del Shannon: Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set)

8-CD box (LP-size) with 120-page hardcover book, 226 tracks. Playing time approx. 570 min.

One of the greatest and most original rock 'n' roll stars of the early 1960s, Del Shannon was also one of the few to not only triumph in the face of the British Invasion, but grow artistically and professionally. He is lauded now as the godfather of Power Pop. His astonishing vocal range combined with Max Crook’s Musitron made one of the most unique and easily identifiable sounds in all popular music. In addition,
Del Shannon wrote several of the era’s classics, exploring themes that would recur in his work: loss, alienation, and abandonment.

This is the first-ever definitive Del Shannon retrospective and features all his recordings from his golden decade, 1960-1970, including unforgettable hits like Runaway, Hats Off To Larry, So Long Baby,
Little Town Flirt, Two Kinds Of Teardrops, Handy Man, Do You Wanna Dance, Keep Searchin', Stranger In Town, and the first American cover version of a Beatles song, From Me To You. Here are all of
Del Shannon’s recordings for Bigtop, Ber-Lee, Amy, Liberty, and ABC-Dunhill. Many unissued sides are included in the six CDs of studio recordings. In addition, there are two CDs of rare demos.

This collection also includes many rare and previously unpublished photos from Del Shannon’s family collection, together with the first full-length biography of Shannon by Brian Young.

Article properties: Del Shannon: Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set)

  • Interpret: Del Shannon

  • Album titlle: Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set)

  • Genre Rock'n'Roll

  • Label Bear Family Records

  • Preiscode HL
  • Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
  • Artikelart Box set

  • EAN: 4000127159250

  • weight in Kg 2.25
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 1
01 The Search (mono) Del Shannon
02 I'll Always Love You (mono) Del Shannon
03 Runaway (mono) Del Shannon
04 Jody Del Shannon
05 Hats Off To Larry Del Shannon
06 Don't Gild The Lily, Lily Del Shannon
07 I Wake Up Crying Del Shannon
08 Wide Wide World Del Shannon
09 Misery Del Shannon
10 Daydreams Del Shannon
11 His Latest Flame Del Shannon
12 The Prom Del Shannon
13 Lies Del Shannon
14 He Doesn't Care Del Shannon
15 So Long Baby Del Shannon
16 The Answer To Everything Del Shannon
17 Hey Little Girl Del Shannon
18 I Don't Care Anymore Del Shannon
19 Ginny In The Mirror Del Shannon
20 I Won't Be There Del Shannon
21 You Never Talked About Me Del Shannon
22 Cry Myself To Sleep Del Shannon
23 I'm Gonna Move On Del Shannon
24 The Swiss Maid Del Shannon
25 Dream Baby Del Shannon
26 She Thinks I Still Care Del Shannon
27 Runaround Sue Del Shannon
28 The Search Del Shannon
29 I'll Always Love You Del Shannon
30 The Search (stereo) Del Shannon
31 I'll Always Love You (stereo) Del Shannon
32 Runaway (stereo: different take) Del Shannon
33 Hey Little Girl (stereo: w/o overdubs) Del Shannon
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 2
01 Little Town Flirt Del Shannon
02 The Wamboo Del Shannon
03 Two Kind Of Teardrops Del Shannon
04 Kelly Del Shannon
05 Two Silhouettes Del Shannon
06 My Wild One Del Shannon
07 Happiness Del Shannon
08 Hey Baby Del Shannon
09 Go Away Little Girl Del Shannon
10 From Me To You Del Shannon
11 Sue's Gotta Be Mine Del Shannon
12 Now She's Gone Del Shannon
13 That's The Way Love Is Del Shannon
14 Time Of The Day Del Shannon
15 Torture (version No.1) Del Shannon
16 Nothin' Del Shannon
17 Froggy Del Shannon
18 Pursuit Del Shannon
19 Mary Jane Del Shannon
20 Stains On My Letter Del Shannon
21 I'll Be Lonely Tomorrow Del Shannon
22 I Can't Fool Around Anymore Del Shannon
23 Handy Man Del Shannon
24 Give Her Lots Of Lovin' Del Shannon
25 Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) Del Shannon
26 Memphis Del Shannon
27 Ruby Baby Del Shannon
28 Crying Del Shannon
29 World Without You Del Shannon
30 Twist And Shout Del Shannon
31 Torture (version No.2) (instrumental) Del Shannon
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 3
01 Do You Wanna Dance (mono) Del Shannon
02 This Is All I Have To Give Del Shannon
03 Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun) Del Shannon
04 Broken Promises Del Shannon
05 Stranger In Town Del Shannon
06 Over You Del Shannon
07 Your Cheatin' Heart Del Shannon
08 Kaw-Liga Del Shannon
09 I Can't Help It Del Shannon
10 Honky Tonk Blues Del Shannon
11 I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Del Shannon
12 You Win Again Del Shannon
13 Ramblin' Man Del Shannon
14 Hey Good Lookin' Del Shannon
15 Long Gone Lonesome Blues Del Shannon
16 Weary Blues Del Shannon
17 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Del Shannon
18 Cold Cold Heart Del Shannon
19 Wrong Day, Wrong Way Del Shannon
20 Table Reserved For The Blues Del Shannon
21 Pardon Me I Guess I'm In The Way Del Shannon
22 Queen Of The Honky Tonks Del Shannon
23 Break Up Del Shannon
24 Why Don't You Tell Him Del Shannon
25 She Cried Del Shannon
26 Needles And Pins Del Shannon
27 Do You Wanna Dance (stereo) Del Shannon
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 4
01 I Go To Pieces Del Shannon
02 I'm Gonna Be Strong Del Shannon
03 Rag Doll Del Shannon
04 Running Scared Del Shannon
05 Move It On Over Del Shannon
06 She Still Remembers Tony Del Shannon
07 I Can't Believe My Ears Del Shannon
08 I Wish I Wasn't Me Tonight Del Shannon
09 The Big Hurt Del Shannon
10 I've Got It Bad (aka Never Thought I Could) Del Shannon
11 Show Me Del Shannon
12 For A Little While Del Shannon
13 Hey! Little Star Del Shannon
14 When You Walk In The Room Del Shannon
15 Oh, Pretty Woman Del Shannon
16 Everybody Loves A Clown Del Shannon
17 It's Too Late Del Shannon
18 Where The Action Is Del Shannon
19 Lightning Strikes Del Shannon
20 The Cheater Del Shannon
21 Kicks Del Shannon
22 Under My Thumb Del Shannon
23 She Was Mine Del Shannon
24 Show Me Del Shannon
25 Under My Thumb Del Shannon
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 5
01 Red Rubber Ball Del Shannon
02 Pied Piper Del Shannon
03 Sunny Del Shannon
04 Time Won't Let Me Del Shannon
05 What Makes You Run Del Shannon
06 I Can't Be True Del Shannon
07 Summer In The City Del Shannon
08 Where Were You When I Needed You Del Shannon
09 The Joker Went Wild Del Shannon
10 She Del Shannon
11 Stand Up Del Shannon
12 The House Where Nobody Lives Del Shannon
13 It's My Feeling Del Shannon
14 Mind Over Matter Del Shannon
15 Silently Del Shannon
16 Cut And Come Again Del Shannon
17 My Love Has Gone Del Shannon
18 Led Along Del Shannon
19 Life Is But Nothing Del Shannon
20 Easy To Say Del Shannon
21 Friendly With You Del Shannon
22 He Cheated Del Shannon
23 Runaway '67 Del Shannon
24 Thinkin' It Over Del Shannon
25 The Letter Del Shannon
26 River Cool Del Shannon
27 Colour Flashing Hair Del Shannon
28 Conquer Del Shannon
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 6
01 New Orleans (Mardi Gras) Del Shannon
02 Be My Friend Del Shannon
03 Silver Birch Del Shannon
04 I Think I Love You Del Shannon
05 Gemini Del Shannon
06 Runnin' On Back Del Shannon
07 Been So Long Del Shannon
08 Magical Musical Box Del Shannon
09 Something To Write Home About Del Shannon
10 Raindrops Del Shannon
11 You Don't Love Me Del Shannon
12 Leavin' You Behind Del Shannon
13 Never Be The Same Del Shannon
14 Comin Back To Me Del Shannon
15 Sweet Mary Lou Del Shannon
16 Colorado Rain Del Shannon
17 How Can I Tell You? Del Shannon
18 Southern Part Of Town Del Shannon
19 She's Got Soul Del Shannon
20 Sister Isabelle Del Shannon
21 Good Love Del Shannon
22 Sun Don't Shine (Drip Drop) Del Shannon
23 Anita (I'm Walking On Fire) Del Shannon
24 Reason To Believe Del Shannon
25 She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye Del Shannon
26 He Cheated (overdubbed) Del Shannon
27 Raindrops (with sound effects) Del Shannon
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 7
01 Little Oscar Del Shannon
02 Living In Misery Del Shannon
03 Angel Of Love Del Shannon
04 Could Be, Can't Tell, Don't Know Del Shannon
05 What's The Use (In Trying) Del Shannon
06 This Feeling Called Love Del Shannon
07 This Is All I Have To Give (Everything I Have Del Shannon
08 Is Yours) Del Shannon
09 Happiness Del Shannon
10 She's Your Girl Del Shannon
11 One More Time Del Shannon
12 Face Of An Angel Del Shannon
13 Johnny's Got The Blues Del Shannon
14 I Fell In Love With You Del Shannon
15 Condemned To Die (version No.1) Del Shannon
16 I Guess I'll Never Really Know Del Shannon
17 A Girl Of My Own Del Shannon
18 Time Marches On Del Shannon
19 Daydreams Del Shannon
20 Wishing On A Star (Counting Stars At Night) Del Shannon
21 Honey Bee (version No.1) Del Shannon
22 Lies Del Shannon
23 He Doesn't Care Del Shannon
24 The Prom Del Shannon
25 Honey Bee (version No.2) Del Shannon
26 Condemned To Die (version No.2) Del Shannon
27 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You Del Shannon
28 Runaway Del Shannon
29 Jody Del Shannon
30 One Kiss Del Shannon
31 Pepsi Commercial No.1 Del Shannon
32 Pepsi Commercial No.2 Del Shannon
33 Pepsi Commercial No.3 Del Shannon
34 Pepsi Commercial No.4 Del Shannon
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 8
01 The Things She Said Del Shannon
02 I Can't Let You Go Del Shannon
03 Just You Del Shannon
04 If She Were My Girl Del Shannon
05 For A Little While Del Shannon
06 This Feeling Called Love Del Shannon
07 It's Funny Del Shannon
08 She Del Shannon
09 Where Is She Del Shannon
10 I've Got Eyes For You Del Shannon
11 Did I See What I Think I Saw Del Shannon
12 Makin's Of A Heartache Del Shannon
13 I'm Going Through It Too (Table Reserved For Del Shannon
14 The Blues) Del Shannon
15 Pardon Me (I Guess I'm In The Way) Del Shannon
16 Pardon Me Del Shannon
17 The Jury Del Shannon
18 Deep In The Valley Del Shannon
19 I Never Caught Her Name Del Shannon
20 Thunder And Lightning Del Shannon
21 The Wedding (There Goes Billy) Del Shannon
22 Rest Your Mind Del Shannon
23 Lorrayne Del Shannon
Del Shannon Del Shannon whose real name is Charles Westover first let out a falsetto cry... more
"Del Shannon"

Del Shannon

Del Shannon whose real name is Charles Westover first let out a falsetto cry on December 30th 1939 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA where he spent all his younger years, taking up guitar and singing in his early teens, learning from his favourite Country and Western singers of the day Hank Williams and Lefty Frizell. After graduation from high school he entered the U.S. Seventh Army and was stationed in Germany for a short spell, where he gained plenty of experience on the army network's 'Get Up And Go' programme. On his discharge in 1959, Shannon returned to Michigan, and aside from working in a carpet store during the day, he began singing and playing guitar in local clubs. One of those was the Hi-Lo in Battle Creek, Michigan, where he was noticed by a black D.J. Ollie McLaughlin who was working at radio station WHRV in Ann Arbor. The young Charles Westover was introduced to Harry Balk and Irving Micahnik via some tapes McLaughlin had played them. The meeting resulted in a contract with Balk and Micahnik's Embee Productions and Talent Artists Management company in Detroit.

Del had cut some tapes in his keyboard players house, that of Max Crook who eventually co-wrote 'Runaway'. Songs like 'The Face Of An Angel', 'Little Oscar' and 'I'm Blue, I'm Blue, Without You' were recorded in Max's living room but were never released. Shannon retains the tapes to this day.

The first professional session yielded two songs that later appeared on the 'Runaway With Del Shannon' album in 1961; 'The Search' and 'I'll Always Love You', both Shannon compositions.

Then came 'Runaway'. This song was accidentally constructed one night at the Hi-Lo Club in Battle Creek when Crook hit upon a sequence of chords on his own invention the Musitron (a fore-runner to the synthesizer). The song was put together in about twenty minutes in front of the audience and the following day Shannon composed the lyrics at the carpet store along with the record's B-side 'Jody'. Balk and Micahnik recorded 'Runaway' and 'Jody' in New York along with two of Max Crook's instrumental compositions, one of which, 'The Snake', was actually put on the B-side to 'Runaway' by mistake on the singles first pressing; several thousand copies both in England and America were released and now remain extremely collectable.
'Runaway' was the first record to be released as 'Del Shannon' and in the USA it topped the charts in February 1961 on the Big Top label. The song then became a number one hit in England in June 1961 on London Records knocking Elvis from the top spot.

On the success of 'Runaway', Shannon played his first big concert in New York at the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre, where he appeared with such names as Bobby Vee, Johnny Mathis, Dion and Clay Cole. He recalls having to sing 'Runaway' four or five times as he had no other hits to perform at that time. It wasn't long before he crushed the sceptics tag of 'one-hit-wonder' when he hit with his next release 'Hats Off To Larry' followed swiftly by 'So Long Baby', 'Hey! Little Girl' and then his first full scale flop in America 'Ginny In The Mirror', recorded as a part of a film deal for 'It's Trad Dad' in 1962 ('Ring-A-Ding-A-Rhythm' in the USA). 'Cry Myself To Sleep', said to he an inspiration for Elton John's 'Crocodile Rock', also didn't quite make the grade in 1962. The next records fared better though, especially on the English charts, where Shannon has always been a bigger recording star than in his native America.

By 1963 there were management problems: monies going in wrong directions and no in Shannon's pocket, royalties not being paid in full. The legal battle went on for two years initially, still not reaching a major settlement until the end of the 1970s. Shannon decided to form his own label Berlee, and break away from Balk and Micahnik; of the two singles issued on Berlee 'Sue's Gonna Be Mine' was the only hit.

Then for reasons Shannon still doesn't understand to this day, he again fell under the wing of Balk and Micahnik with his new recording deal with Amy Records (USA) Stateside (UK). The hits returned with a rocking version of Jimmy Jones' 'Handy Man' in 1964, 'Do You Wanna Dance', 1964 (five months ahead of the Beach Boys version) and the last big hit 'Keep Searchin'' in January 1965 which was followed by the similar 'Stranger In Town'.

Shannon even cut some sides for a Pepsi-Cola commercial 'Come Alive (You're in the land of Pepsi-Cola)' in 1965. By 1965 the music scene was essentially group orientated, Del Shannon and his contemporaries were slowly fading from chart success, the Merseybcat boom had arrived and hit on both sides of the Atlantic. Shannon's 'Little Town Flirt' released in America in December of 1962 is credited as an early influence on the 'Mersey' sound and his American hit 'From Me To You' in 1963 made him the first American recording artist to release a Lennon-McCartney song.


 At this point it is worth remembering that Shannon's hits were mainly self-composed and on occasions co-written with friends. One of his songs 'I Go To Pieces' was written for a friend back in Battle Creek, a black singer Lloyd Brown. Brown's demo was shopped around without success for several months until Shannon played it to Peter (Asher) & Gordon (Waller) in early 1965 while touring Australia; the duo asked to record the song and promptly made it one of their big hits during 1965, although not a top 50 hit in England. Shannon also recorded the song for his 1965 album '1661 Seconds With Del Shannon' and was coaxed to sing backing vocals on Nils Lofgren's 1981 version from his album 'Night Fades Away'. 'I Go To Pieces' has been recorded by many artists worldwide, Del's 'Runaway' has also notched up over two hundred versions, including one from Elvis Presley on his 1970 album 'On Stage' and an unreleased version made in 1982 by the Beach Boys that also features Del.

In 1971 Shannon also scored success with a song he had written 'I've Got Eyes For You' when featured on Country singers' Waylon Jennings album 'Cedartown Georgia'. In America Shannon managed two more minor hits 'Break Up' in 1965 and a cover of Toni Fishers 1959 hit 'The Big Hurt' in 1966. Still a big concert draw, he toured the world, England, America, Australia and the Philippines, where in 1967 he hit with a cover of the Box Tops 'The Letter'.
 
Free at last from his contract with Balk and Micahnik, he moved to Los Angeles with his wife and family and was signed to Liberty Records where he cut several potential hits to no chart success. One such song 'She' was smothered by the Monkees version released at the same time.

In 1967 Shannon recorded an albums' worth of material in London with Rolling Stones producer Andrew Loog Oldham. Although the lyric of the songs stayed to true Shannon fashion, the backing was somewhat removed from that of ringing guitars and heavy treble echo; the demanding voice was still there but supported by a barrage of strings and horns, very much in Phil Spector style. The album to have been titled 'Home And Away' was not released in it's original form at all, it wasn't until 1978 when the tracks ap-peared on a United Artists compilation album 'And The Music Plays On' that the bulk of the songs were heard. However, half of the tracks were issued as singles during 1967/8, they included an updated version of 'Runaway', titled 'Runaway '67' using strings and horns in a much slower pace. It is not known why Liberty decided not to release the project at the time of completion; it had been an expensive venture that heralded such artists as P.P. Arnold, Madeline Bell, Paul Jones and Nicky Hopkins on backing. Shannon left Liberty Records in 1968, deciding to go out and do something he'd only touched on briefly once be-fore: produce other artists. He wrote and produced Lloyd Brown on his 'I Go To Pieces' song followed by little-known country singer Johnny Carver in 1966 with two songs 'One Way Or The Other'/ 'Think About Her All The Time'. He now felt it time to produce in a more serious level and the first assignment was to be an oldfriend from the early sixties Brian Hyland, who had hit with 'Sealed With A Kiss', 'Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny (Yellow Polka Dot Bikini)', 'Ginny Come Lately' and 'Warmed Over Kisses'. Hyland was seeking a new direction away from the blatant pop he had been singing.

Before the project could get underway, Shannon was impressed one night by a group he had seen in a club in the San Fernando Valley, California; Smith, who were led by singer Gayle McCormick. Shannon signed them on the spot to a contract for management and production and started work on getting them a label. He invited the record companies to watch the group play and after just three songs Steve Barri of ABC decided to sign the group, but only if Shannon would also record for ABC. Shannon agreed, and so again he was back on vinyl. Just seven months after his contract had ended with Liberty, the ABC-Dunhill label was next. Shannon recorded two singles 'Comin' Back To Me' and 'Sister Isabelle'. The trademark falsetto was perfectly intact, but without much airplay neither one did very much but remain two of the most collectable sides in Europe for Shannon fans. Smith were now well rehearsed and ready to record. After some trouble getting the studio time hooked, Shannon appeared to do the sessions only to find that the group had gone home to their families, using the advance funds paid to them. The end result was a dispute with the grouRand Shannon left the project after being somewhat disap-pointed by what had happened. Need-less to say, Steve Barn stepped in to save the project, producing the Smith album. But it was Shannon's arrange-ment of "Baby It's You that went to number five on the U.S. charts during 1969.

It was then time to go back to produce Brian Hyland, which proved to be a big success. In 1970, Hyland had his biggest hit since 'Sealed With A Kiss' in 1962. The song 'Gypsy Woman' hit the number 3 spot on the U.S. charts in 1970 and peaked at number 42 in England: the album 'Brian Hyland' also sold well for the UNI label.

Del Shannon had now proven himself as a producer and felt the time right to record again. In 1972 he started working with the Robb Brothers, once regulars on U.S. TV's 'Where The Action Is'. They owned Cherokee Studio's in California, just a few miles from Shannon's home, so it was convenient for Shannon to just travel down the road and spend time working with people who knew his style of music and understood how to produce him. The first result was a very strong version of Timi Yuro's 1962 hit 'What's A Matter Baby' for United Artists Records. It was released only in England and did reasonably well. In 1973, Shannon went to Nashville to cut two songs that only appeared in Australia until May 1983 when one track 'Distant Ghost' was used as B-side to his 'Cheap Love' for Demon Records. 'Oh How Happy' was the other title cut, formerly a hit in the U.S. in 1966 for 'Shades Of Blue'. The single was released in Australia on the
Interfusion label and to this day remains the most sought after record for Shannon collectors along with his Philippines hit of 1966 'The Letter'.

Shannon's first record release in America since 1969 was an album recorded 'Live' in Manchester, England in 1972 at the Princess Club; 'Del Shannon 'Live' In England' is a must for any Shannon fan. Del achieves fine reproductions of his studio hits live and even adds a yodelling number 'Coopersville Yodel' to his act. United Artists issued one single from the 'Live' package 'Kelly'/'Coopersville Yodel' in 1973 on the U.K. market only.

 Another name crept into Shannon's musical life in 1973, that of Jeff Lynne, one time member of the Idle Race and The Move and now lead singer/writer/ producer with the Electric Light Orchestra. Lynne is a big fan of Shannon's and so it seemed possible they would get together at some point and record. Shannon had always liked E.L.O's 'Do Ya' and so after they managed to get time together, they wrote some fine songs and put them down on tape in a studio: 'Alive But Dead', 'Deadly Game' and 'Cry Baby Cry'. The final touches were never made but one song found it's way onto record in the U.S. in 1975 'Cry Baby Cry', released on the Island Records label in a sizeable deal that allowed Shannon to do whatever he wanted. Despite good radio play the single failed to chart.
 
On one of his earlier touring visits to England, Shannon entered Rockfield Recording Studio's,a converted farm in Wales. A third single was recorded 'And The Music Plays On' co-written by an old friend Dan Bourgoise, who today has a foremost interest in the career of Del Shannon. With Dave Edmunds at the production helm drawing the very best from Shannon's ballad vocal style and featuring Nick Lowe on bass guitar, the song seemed almost set to make the charts in England. Despite good reviews and scattered airplay, the single, only released in England, did not chart.

Del Shannon was still touring England and Australia throughout the 1970s and playing State Fairs and oldies shows in America. He could easily retire from performing and rest on his investments in land and his interests in his own publishing companies. He recorded just two more singles in 1975 for the American and European (though not English) markets, a reworking of the Zombies' 'Tell Her No' backed by a Country song 'Restless' and the afore-mentioned "Cry Baby Cry" a Shannon-Lynne song, both for Island Records. To publicise his new records, he played some specially organised concerts in America featuring a seven piece backing hand, playing his sixties hits with precision and pushing the new songs.

The concerts were well received by the press but the records failed to make the charts once again and so the deal with Island was terminated and everything went quiet again, apart from regular trips to England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia and Europe. Del Shannon had become an established artist from the 1960s, yet, had alot more to offer than so many other sixties singers; he did after all write most of his own hits, which in some ways gave him more credibility. Some years of musical frustration took over his life and he personally fell into a decline of alcohol and pills. Managing to free himself from this slump in his life, he began writing new material again, shed some weight and set about rekindling his career. In 1979 he was found in the recording studio's again laying down test tapes of his new songs with American rock star Tom Petty and his band The Heartbreakers. By 1981 several new songs and some covers had been recorded using Petty's band, Shannon's falsetto lines still piercingly in place and the mingling of Shannon's and Petty's ringing, rockin' guitars seemed set to take a chart placing again. October 1981 and Del Shannon's first album for thirteen years was released in America.

'Drop Down And Get Me' on Network Records. Reviews were good and the album picked up alot of radio play. One song, 'Sea Of Love' originally a U.S. hit for Phil Phillips & The Twilights and covered by Marty Wilde in England in 1959, was released as a single and it climbed the U.S. charts to number 33 in January of 1982 and re-established the recording career of Del Shannon, this time becoming more recognised in his own country. During 1982 Shannon was kept very busy touring America for the first time in years on a bigger scale and then a six week tour of Australia confirmed his status as an innovator of the rock world.

In May 1983 Demon Records released Shannon's 'Drop Down And Get Me' album in England, a slightly different package from that of it's U.S. counterpart. As well as the cover change, one new song was added, 'Cheap Love', recorded after the Tom Petty sessions using Shannon's own American hand. This song was issued as Shannon's first English single release since 1974 and as well as writing it Shannon also produced it. Shannon's first U.K. tour since 1979 took place, performing to capacity audiences wherever he went. He has achieved a goal of re-establishing his carcer,and not only being remembered as the singer who sang "Runaway" et al: he won't have it called a 'comeback', as he says he's never been away.


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Tracklist
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 1
01 The Search (mono)
02 I'll Always Love You (mono)
03 Runaway (mono)
04 Jody
05 Hats Off To Larry
06 Don't Gild The Lily, Lily
07 I Wake Up Crying
08 Wide Wide World
09 Misery
10 Daydreams
11 His Latest Flame
12 The Prom
13 Lies
14 He Doesn't Care
15 So Long Baby
16 The Answer To Everything
17 Hey Little Girl
18 I Don't Care Anymore
19 Ginny In The Mirror
20 I Won't Be There
21 You Never Talked About Me
22 Cry Myself To Sleep
23 I'm Gonna Move On
24 The Swiss Maid
25 Dream Baby
26 She Thinks I Still Care
27 Runaround Sue
28 The Search
29 I'll Always Love You
30 The Search (stereo)
31 I'll Always Love You (stereo)
32 Runaway (stereo: different take)
33 Hey Little Girl (stereo: w/o overdubs)
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 2
01 Little Town Flirt
02 The Wamboo
03 Two Kind Of Teardrops
04 Kelly
05 Two Silhouettes
06 My Wild One
07 Happiness
08 Hey Baby
09 Go Away Little Girl
10 From Me To You
11 Sue's Gotta Be Mine
12 Now She's Gone
13 That's The Way Love Is
14 Time Of The Day
15 Torture (version No.1)
16 Nothin'
17 Froggy
18 Pursuit
19 Mary Jane
20 Stains On My Letter
21 I'll Be Lonely Tomorrow
22 I Can't Fool Around Anymore
23 Handy Man
24 Give Her Lots Of Lovin'
25 Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)
26 Memphis
27 Ruby Baby
28 Crying
29 World Without You
30 Twist And Shout
31 Torture (version No.2) (instrumental)
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 3
01 Do You Wanna Dance (mono)
02 This Is All I Have To Give
03 Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun)
04 Broken Promises
05 Stranger In Town
06 Over You
07 Your Cheatin' Heart
08 Kaw-Liga
09 I Can't Help It
10 Honky Tonk Blues
11 I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
12 You Win Again
13 Ramblin' Man
14 Hey Good Lookin'
15 Long Gone Lonesome Blues
16 Weary Blues
17 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
18 Cold Cold Heart
19 Wrong Day, Wrong Way
20 Table Reserved For The Blues
21 Pardon Me I Guess I'm In The Way
22 Queen Of The Honky Tonks
23 Break Up
24 Why Don't You Tell Him
25 She Cried
26 Needles And Pins
27 Do You Wanna Dance (stereo)
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 4
01 I Go To Pieces
02 I'm Gonna Be Strong
03 Rag Doll
04 Running Scared
05 Move It On Over
06 She Still Remembers Tony
07 I Can't Believe My Ears
08 I Wish I Wasn't Me Tonight
09 The Big Hurt
10 I've Got It Bad (aka Never Thought I Could)
11 Show Me
12 For A Little While
13 Hey! Little Star
14 When You Walk In The Room
15 Oh, Pretty Woman
16 Everybody Loves A Clown
17 It's Too Late
18 Where The Action Is
19 Lightning Strikes
20 The Cheater
21 Kicks
22 Under My Thumb
23 She Was Mine
24 Show Me
25 Under My Thumb
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 5
01 Red Rubber Ball
02 Pied Piper
03 Sunny
04 Time Won't Let Me
05 What Makes You Run
06 I Can't Be True
07 Summer In The City
08 Where Were You When I Needed You
09 The Joker Went Wild
10 She
11 Stand Up
12 The House Where Nobody Lives
13 It's My Feeling
14 Mind Over Matter
15 Silently
16 Cut And Come Again
17 My Love Has Gone
18 Led Along
19 Life Is But Nothing
20 Easy To Say
21 Friendly With You
22 He Cheated
23 Runaway '67
24 Thinkin' It Over
25 The Letter
26 River Cool
27 Colour Flashing Hair
28 Conquer
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 6
01 New Orleans (Mardi Gras)
02 Be My Friend
03 Silver Birch
04 I Think I Love You
05 Gemini
06 Runnin' On Back
07 Been So Long
08 Magical Musical Box
09 Something To Write Home About
10 Raindrops
11 You Don't Love Me
12 Leavin' You Behind
13 Never Be The Same
14 Comin Back To Me
15 Sweet Mary Lou
16 Colorado Rain
17 How Can I Tell You?
18 Southern Part Of Town
19 She's Got Soul
20 Sister Isabelle
21 Good Love
22 Sun Don't Shine (Drip Drop)
23 Anita (I'm Walking On Fire)
24 Reason To Believe
25 She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye
26 He Cheated (overdubbed)
27 Raindrops (with sound effects)
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 7
01 Little Oscar
02 Living In Misery
03 Angel Of Love
04 Could Be, Can't Tell, Don't Know
05 What's The Use (In Trying)
06 This Feeling Called Love
07 This Is All I Have To Give (Everything I Have
08 Is Yours)
09 Happiness
10 She's Your Girl
11 One More Time
12 Face Of An Angel
13 Johnny's Got The Blues
14 I Fell In Love With You
15 Condemned To Die (version No.1)
16 I Guess I'll Never Really Know
17 A Girl Of My Own
18 Time Marches On
19 Daydreams
20 Wishing On A Star (Counting Stars At Night)
21 Honey Bee (version No.1)
22 Lies
23 He Doesn't Care
24 The Prom
25 Honey Bee (version No.2)
26 Condemned To Die (version No.2)
27 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You
28 Runaway
29 Jody
30 One Kiss
31 Pepsi Commercial No.1
32 Pepsi Commercial No.2
33 Pepsi Commercial No.3
34 Pepsi Commercial No.4
Shannon, Del - Home And Away 1960-70 (8-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 8
01 The Things She Said
02 I Can't Let You Go
03 Just You
04 If She Were My Girl
05 For A Little While
06 This Feeling Called Love
07 It's Funny
08 She
09 Where Is She
10 I've Got Eyes For You
11 Did I See What I Think I Saw
12 Makin's Of A Heartache
13 I'm Going Through It Too (Table Reserved For
14 The Blues)
15 Pardon Me (I Guess I'm In The Way)
16 Pardon Me
17 The Jury
18 Deep In The Valley
19 I Never Caught Her Name
20 Thunder And Lightning
21 The Wedding (There Goes Billy)
22 Rest Your Mind
23 Lorrayne