VA - The Red Bird Girls Very First Time In True Stereo 1964-1966 (2012) (CD-Rip)

From Real Gone Music comes a discovery that already has the collector community buzzing, and especially those collectors in search of previously unheard stereo–20 tracks discovered deep in the vaults of the Red Bird label, every one of which makes its true stereo debut right here! Founded in 1964 by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and run by George Goldner, Red Bird is considered to this day as the girl group label of the '60s, and this collection produced by long-time archivist and engineer Ron Furmanek together with Ash Wells and annotated by James Moniz features the biggest stars on the label roster, and sources its first-time stereo mixes straight from the original master tapes. Among the most notable tracks are Call Me His, a totally unknown and unreleased recording from the great Ellie Greenwich written by a neophyte songwriter named Neil Diamond; an early, unreleased version of The Boy from New York City, recorded by the Ad-Libs back when they were known as The Cheerio's; Go Now by Bessie Banks, a song that became a big hit for The Moody Blues a year later, and I Can t Let Go by Evie Sands, which, similarly, became a hit for the Hollies; I Wanna Love Him So Bad by The Jelly Beans featuring a rare lead vocal from Alma Brewer, and The Young Generation's The Hideaway featuring a very young Janis Siegel before she became a superstar with Manhattan Transfer. Meticulously documented inside a 16-page booklet boasting copious photos and interviews with Siegel, Sands and songwriter/producer Brooks Arthur among many others, The Red Bird Girls Very First Time in True Stereo sheds a new light on the genius artists, songwriters and producers that recorded for the Red Bird label, and displays their work in all its sonic stereo glory.

Tracklist
1 Dum Dum Ditty - The Goodies
2 The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget - The Jelly Beans
3 The Boy from New York City (prev. unreleased alt. version) - The Ad-Libs
4 Go Now - Bessie Banks
5 You Don't Know - Ellie Greenwich
6 I Can't Let Go - Evie Sands
7 He's So Easy to Love - Roddie Joy
8 I Know He Loves Me - Chi Chi McCauley
9 No True Love - The Dixie Cups
10 I'm Just a Down-Home Girl - The Ad-Libs
11 I Wonder - The Butterflies
12 I Wanna Love Him So Bad (prev. unreleased alt. version) - The Jelly Beans
13 Another Boy Like Mine - Ellie Greenwich
14 Take Me for a Little While - Evie Sands
15 Welcome to My Heart - The Bouquets
16 The Hideaway - The Young Generation
17 Sugar Boy - Charmettes
18 Gee Baby Gee - The Butterflies
19 How Fine Can One Guy Be - The Jelly Beans
20 Call Me His - Ellie Greenwich
Unlisted tracks. Studio session outtakes
21 The Butterflys– Gee Baby Gee 1:37
22 The Butterflys– I Wonder 2:50
23 Roddy Joy*– He's So Easy To Love 1:45
24 The Jelly Beans– How Fine Can Guy Be 1:43
25 Evie Sands– I Can't Let Go 3:31
26 The Ad Libs– I'm Just A Down Home Girl 2:21
27 Ellie Greenwich– Another Boy Like Mine 0:37
28 Ellie Greenwich– You Don't Know 2:10
29 The Dixie Cups–[unknown title] 2:18
30 The Young Generation (6)– The Hideaway 1:12
31 The Bouquets– Welcome To My Heart 2:55