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Product Description ------------------- Tommy James and the Shondells 40 YEARS - THE COMPLETE SINGLES COLLECTION (1966-2006) BACK IN PRINT! The career-spanning overview of legendary rocker Tommy James..with The Shondells and as a solo artist. This is the ONLY collection to include the A-sides of EVERY single he released between 1966 and 2006...47 in all...each one in its original version and format, whether mono or stereo. Plus...a long lost BONUS track he recorded in 1962 as Tom & The Tornadoes: "Long Ponytail." Many of these tracks have never before been released on CD and are available ONLY on this comprehensive compilation. If you love classic Top 40 rock 'n' roll, you'll want to own...Tommy James and the Shondells: 40 YEARS - THE COMPLETE SINGLES COLLECTION (1966-2006)! Review ------ Originally released by Collectors' Choice/Rhino Records, now rereleased on his own Aura label, Tommy James' 40 Years is a stunning compendium of garage rock, white soul, pure pop, bubble gum, gospel pop, teen anthems, Beatlesque gems and ballads. The two-disc, 48-track package includes 'Hanky Panky,' 'I Think We're Alone Now,' 'Mony Mony,' 'Sweet Cherry Wine,' 'Crimson and Clover,' 'Crystal Blue Persuasion,' 'Draggin' the Line' and 'Tighter Tighter,' but it's the delicious, delightful deep cuts that are key. Some have a wild kitchen-sink production where experimentation was the rule. Arrangements get more and more out there to the cusp of psychedelia. James not only has Beach Boys blood in his veins on some tracks, he also has an overriding sense of rock history, drawing from disparate sources to create what could be called Alternative Americana. There's a reason Hollywood directors, a few dozen at last count, in an effort to evoke an era invariably choose a Tommy James song. Every day that James is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, that institution loses as much credibility as today's Supreme Court. --Mike Greenblatt - Goldmine Magazine