Early Girls 5 / Various Early Girls 5 / Various CD

2008 release, the fifth and final installment in this popular series. Gone are the Debbie Reynolds, Rosemary Clooney's and Doris Days of the last volume and in come the glittering teen goddesses of the Brill Building/Phil Spector era. The girl group genre remains one of the most collectable in the reissue market and this compilation must rank as one of the strongest in the series and on the market as a whole since it mops up a lot of scarce lesser hits as well as some better known ones. Compilers Rob Finnis and Trevor Churchill have gone to great lengths to bring you those missing links and 13 of the titles on Volume 5 are new to CD with two (by the Channels and Patty Lace) being released in stereo for the first time. Ace.

1. It Hurts to Be Sixteen - Andrea Carroll 2. Baby, Baby (I Still Love You) - the Cinderellas 3. Don't Just Stand There - Patty Duke 4. Blue Summer - the Royalettes 5. Dusty - the Rag Dolls 6. Joey Baby - Anita ; TH' So and So's 7. Don't Mention My Name - the Shepherd Sisters 8. Donnie - the Bermudas 9. Just One Look - Doris Troy 10. Broken Hearted Melody - Sarah Vaughan 11. All I Want to Do Is Run - the Elektras Aka Baby Jane ; the Rockabyes 12. Sneaky Sue - Patty Lace ; Petticoats 13. Richie - Gloria Dennis 14. Poor Little Puppet - Cathy Carroll 15. Lonely Sixteen - Janie Black 16. Jimmy Boy - Carol Shaw 17. Be My Boy - the Paris Sisters 18. Kookie Little Paradise - Jo Ann Campbell 19. Sparkle and Shine - the Four Coquettes 20. Paper Tiger - Sue Thompson 21. Eternally - the Chantels 22. Navy Blue - Diane Renay 23. What Makes Little Girls Cry - the Victorians 24. PS I Love You - the Starlets 25. Without Your Love - Wendy Hill 26. Dancin' the Strand - Maureen Gray 27. Tonight's the Night - the Chiffons 28. (Dear My DJ) Play It Again - Tina Robin