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It Happened in the Sixties ()

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It Happened in the Sixties - Various Artists
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  1. Surf City
  2. Surfin' Bird
  3. Wipe Out
  4. Ride the Wild Surf
  5. Hey Little Cobra
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  1. Surf City
  2. Surfin' Bird
  3. Wipe Out
  4. Ride the Wild Surf
  5. Hey Little Cobra
  6. Dead Man's Curve
  7. Little Honda
  8. GTO
  9. The Twist
  10. Let's Twist Again
  11. Twist and Shout
  12. Peppermint Twist
  13. Ferry Cross the Mersey
  14. Do You Want to Know a Secret
  15. Don't Turn Around
  16. If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
  17. Games People Play
  18. It Ain't Me Babe
  19. Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)
  20. Elusive Butterfly
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It Happened in the Sixties has an intriguing approach -- dividing the disc into five subsections of Surfin' , Drag Racing , The Twist , The Merseybeat , and The Hippies and then providing songs by four period artists in each category. But the problem here is that, with the exception of "Surfin' Bird" by the Trashmen and "It Ain't Me Babe" by the Turtles, all of the songs are re-recorded versions done by "one or more members of the original group," meaning these aren't the original hits. It's really too bad, because ...

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