Rivers,Tony Move A Little Closer: Complete Recordings 1963-70 CD

Three CD set. First-ever complete anthology of '60s recordings from leading British harmony pop vocalist Tony Rivers. Featuring all of his studio recordings as leader of both The Castaways and Harmony Grass as well as 80 minutes of previously unreleased BBC session recordings from the same timeframe. While other contenders may have had greater commercial success, Tony Rivers was surely the British harmony pop scene's pivotal figure during the '60s. As leader of The Castaways, he made a series of superlative singles before finally scoring a hit in 1969 with the irresistible 'Move In A Little Closer Baby' shortly after the band had been relaunched as Harmony Grass. But follow-up singles failed to repeat the trick, and after the superb album 'This Is Us' was ignored, Tony left the band to accept a backroom role in the industry. Meanwhile, he made several pseudonymous singles that were instrumental in his 1975 recruitment as leader of Cliff Richard's vocal harmony trio. Move In A Little Closer is the first-ever complete anthology of Tony's exemplary studio work with both The Castaways and Harmony Grass, including a number of tracks that were unreleased at the time, as well as an entire CD's-worth of previously-unissued BBC sessions recorded with both bands.

1. Shake, Shake, Shake 2. Row, Row, Row 3. The Happy Song 4. I Love the Way You Walk 5. I Love You 6. Life's Too Short 7. (Don't You Ever) Tell on Me 8. She 9. 'Till We Get Home 10. Come Back 11. What to Do 12. Come on and Love Me Too 13. Pretend 14. Baby What You Want Me to Do 15. Love You Baby 16. Nowhere Man 17. Girl from New York City 18. Girl Don't Tell Me 19. Salt Lake City 20. God Only Knows 21. Charade 22. Can't Make It Without You Baby 23. Einer Kleiner Miser Musik 24. Graduation Day 25. Summer Dreaming 26. The Grass Will Sing for You 27. Mr. Sun 28. Turn of the Century 29. For Once in My Life 30. I Can Guarantee You Love 31. Pantomime 32. Move in a Little Closer Baby 33. My Little Girl 34. What a Groovy Day 35. I've Seen to Dream 36. (It Ain't Necessarily) Byrd Avenue 37. Chattanooga Choo Choo 38. Good Thing 39. Mrs. Richie 40. Summer Dreaming 41. I Think of You 42. Ballad of Michael 43. Tom Dooley 44. What Do You Do When Love Dies 45. Happinesss Is Toy-Shaped 46. First Time Loving 47. I Remember 48. Teach Me How 49. Cecilia 50. It Takes a Lot of Loving 51. Let My Tears Flow 52. You and Isummer Dreaming 53. Move in a Little Closer Baby 54. Te Lo Ricordi (I Remember, Italian Lyrics) 55. Swinging on a Star 56. Little Darlin' 57. Shake, Shake, Shake 58. Jezebel 59. All My Loving 60. Roll Over Beethoven 61. Surf City 62. Row, Row, Row 63. I Love the Way You Walk 64. Abilene 65. Unchain My Heart 66. I Love You 67. Shipwreck 68. Life's Too Short 69. The Ferris Wheel 70. Rockin' Robin 71. Little Old Lady from Pasadena 72. She 73. 'Till We Get Home 74. I Get Around 75. When I Grow Up to Be a Man 76. Baby What You Want Me to Do 77. I Can Guarantee You Love 78. Windy 79. A Girl Like You 80. Harmony Grass 81. Walk on By 82. First Time Loving 83. Baby You Come Rollin' Across My Mind 84. Summer Dreaming 85. I Remember 86. Mrs. Richie 87. Cecilia 88. Wichita Lineman