Rock Artifacts, Vol. 1 offers a nice mix of familiar hits and obscurities from the Columbia vaults. "Cinnamon," "Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)," "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" and "To Sir with Love" all sell the disc to a casual audience, but collectors will be brought in by such songs as Cyrkle's "Please Don't Ever Leave Me," the Pozo-Seco Singers' "I Can Make It with You," Don & the Goodtimes' "I Could Be So Good to You," Chad & Jeremy's "I Don't Want to Lose You Baby," the Tremeloes' "Even ...
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Rock Artifacts, Vol. 1 offers a nice mix of familiar hits and obscurities from the Columbia vaults. "Cinnamon," "Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)," "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" and "To Sir with Love" all sell the disc to a casual audience, but collectors will be brought in by such songs as Cyrkle's "Please Don't Ever Leave Me," the Pozo-Seco Singers' "I Can Make It with You," Don & the Goodtimes' "I Could Be So Good to You," Chad & Jeremy's "I Don't Want to Lose You Baby," the Tremeloes' "Even the Bad Times Are Good," the Buckinghams' "Susan," Cyrkle's "I Wish You Could Be Here," Scott McKenzie's "Like an Old Time Movie," Third Rail's "Run Run Run," Avant-Garde's "Naturally Stoned," Clefs of Lavender's "Stop! Get a Ticket" and Sagittarius' "My World Fell Down," all of which rarely appear on various-artists compilations. They're reason enough to pick up the disc. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
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