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Del Shannon - Little Town Flirt/Handy Man CD - Import


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2 LPs on 1 CD.

Del Shannon's second and third albums appear (after a fashion) together on this Beat Goes On reissue. Actually, what Beat Goes On has re-created is the song lineup of the U.K. version of the Little Town Flirt album, which is a plus, as it contains several songs -- including "Runaway" -- that were repeated from earlier releases on the U.S. version. In either configuration, Little Town Flirt was one of the better rock & roll LPs of its period and holds up well. Shannon and his producers probably thought they were playing it safe by loading the record up with a fair number of covers, including "Dream Baby" and "Runaround Sue"; they never dreamt that one of his other covers from early 1963, of the Beatles' "From Me to You," would have put him for a moment on the cutting edge of music in England (where the record wasn't issued until later) as well as in front of the leading edge by almost a year in America. That track doesn't eclipse so much as augment the value of the originals, which are mostly the work of Shannon and a composer named Robby McKenzie and are solid early-'60s rock & roll, mostly produced with a Brill Building pop edge provided by the presence of a girl chorus. "Two Kinds of Teardrops," "Little Town Flirt," and the Beatles cover have reappeared on various anthologies, but even the poorest of these tracks are worth hearing, and the album has as much value as any contemporary work by the Beach Boys and the Everly Brothers. Handy Man, released a year later, is the better album of the two, featuring Shannon's harder-rocking persona covering Chuck Berry ("Memphis"), Leiber & Stoller ("Ruby Baby"), Lennon and McCartney ("World Without Love"), Roy Orbison ("Crying"), and the Isley Brothers ("Twist and Shout"). All songs are here in their stereo versions, which allows one to pick out the instruments in close-up if that's where one's interest lies, but are digitized so well that there's no loss of impact either. ~ Bruce Eder

Little Town Flirt/Handy Man Music

List Price	$18.97 (You save $1.68)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Oldies, 60's, Oldies Collections
Label	Beat Goes On
Orig Year	1998
All Time Product Rank	246,788
CD Universe Part number	1039675
Catalog number	388
Discs	1
Release Date	Sep 01, 1998
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Harry Balk

Del Shannon - Little Town Flirt/Handy Man Songs

	Trk	Song	Time	Price
	1	Two Kinds OF Teardrops * See All 27	2:48	$0.99	(From different album)
	2	Dream Baby See All 14
	3	Happiness See All 6
	4	Two Silhouettes * See All 18	2:19	$0.99	(From different album)
	5	She Thinks I Still Care See All 10
	6	My Wild One See All 3
	7	Runaround Sue See All 11
	8	From Me To You * See All 26	1:56	$0.99	(From different album)
	9	Kelly See All 19
	10	Hey Baby * See All 9	2:12	$0.99	(From different album)
	11	Go Away Little Girl See All 9
	12	Little Town Flirt * See All 32	2:48	$0.99	(From different album)
	13	Memphis See All 5
	14	That's the Way Love Is See All 14
	15	Ruby Baby See All 6
	16	I'll Be Lonely Tomorrow See All 3
	17	I Can't Fool Around Anymore See All 3
	18	Handy Man * See All 28	1:56	$0.99	(From different album)
	19	Crying See All 10
	20	Mary Jane See All 13
	21	World Without Love See All 3
	22	Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home) See All 4
	23	Give Her Lots Of Lovin' See All 3
	24	Twist And Shout See All 5
(*) MP3 for this song is from a different CD. Listen to the sound sample to be sure this is the version you're looking for.

Little Town Flirt/Handy Man Music Review

Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

5 stars Bruce Eder has it wrong
Though I am a devoted Del Shannon fan cannot understand how anyone can state that the Handy Man album is better than the wonderful Little Town Flirt. The production and arrangements, even Del Shannon's voice is simply amazing on the Little Town Flirt album. At any rate these two albums are a great buy, I personally would strongly suggest purchasing them separately on Unidisc, Beat Goes On releases provide inferior sound quality, I know having owned both versions.
Submitted by faust8577 (Lorraine, Que. Canada)
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5 stars Nothing in stereo
Having listened to both albums on this CD I am still to hear the stereo versions,I have both stereo vinyl LPs and the sound is superb.This CD is mono all the way thru,unless I got an inferior copy.This does not mean that this Cd is not up to scratch because it also sounds superb,but it is not stereo,sorry.
Submitted by jethro (Caboolture Australia)
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