ALBUM REVIEW

THE DRIFTERS - ALL TIME GREATEST HITS & MORE - 1959-1965 -
(Atlantic 2 CD set # 7 81931-2)

A 1988 Atlantic release, now out of print, this 2 CD set, a companion to Let The Boogie-Woogie Roll covers the later years of the Drifters on the Atlantic label.

These are the "new" Drifters, formed when manager George Treadwell fired the original group and replaced them with the former Five Crowns. The story of this group has also been written by Marv Goldberg and can be found here, so I will not repeat it.

These are the There Goes My Baby, Up On The Roof, Under The Boardwalk Drifters with the lush Leiber/Stoller arrangements, and Ben E. King's voice. Plenty of good music here, but very different from its companion volume. This is also recommended, if you can find it.

Track listing (Dates shown are recording dates):

Disc 1 -
1. There Goes My Baby - (Atlantic #2025) 6 Mar 1959
2. Oh My Love - (Atlantic #2025) 6 Mar 1959
3. Baltimore - (Atlantic #2050) 6 Mar 1959
4. Hey Senorita - (Atlantic #2062) 6 Mar 1959
5. Dance With Me - (Atlantic #2040) 9 Jul 1959
6. If You Cry/True Love, True Love - (Atlantic #2040) 9 Jul 1959
7. This Magic Moment - (Atlantic #2050) 23 Dec 1959
8. Lonely Winds - (Atlantic #2062) 23 Dec 1959
9. Nobody But Me - (Atlantic #2071) 19 May 1960
10. Save The Last Dance For Me - (Atlantic #2071) 19 May 1960
11. I Count The Tears - (Atlantic #2087) 19 May 1960
12. Sometimes I Wonder - (Atlantic #2151) 19 May 1960
13. Please Stay - (Atlantic #2105) 1 Feb 1961
14. Room Full Of Tears - (Atlantic #2127) 1 Feb 1961
15. Sweets For My Sweet - (Atlantic #2117) 1 Feb 1961
16. Some Kind Of Wonderful - (Atlantic #2096) 1 Feb 1961
17. Loneliness Or Hapiness - (Atlantic #2117) 13 Jul 1961
18. Mexican Divorce - (Atlantic #2134 13 Jul 1961
19. Somebody New Dancing With You - (Atlantic #2127) 13 Jul 1960
20. Jackpot - (Atlantic #2151) 26 Oct 1961

Disc 2 -
1. She Never Talked To Me That Way - (Atlantic uinreleased) 26 Oct 1961
2. When My Little Girl Is Smiling - (Atlantic #2134) 26 Oct 1961
3. Stranger On The Shore - (Atlantic #2143) 15 Mar 1962
4. What To Do - (Atlantic #2143) 15 Mar 1962
5. Up On The Roof - (Atlantic #2162) 28 Jun 1962
6. Another Night With The Boys - (Atlantic #2162) 28 Jun 1962
7. I Feel Good All Over - (Atlantic #2201) 28 Jun 1962
8. Let The Music Play - (Atlantic #2182) 22 Jan 1963
9. On Broadway - (Atlantic #2182) 22 Jan 1963
10. I'll Take You Home - (Atlantic #2201) 12 Apr 1963
11. If You Don't Come Back - (Atlantic #2191) 12 Apr 1963
12. Didn't It - (Atlantic #2225) 22 Aug 1963
13. One Way Love - (Atlantic #22225) 12 Dec 1963
14. He's Just A Playboy - (Atlantic #2253) 21 May 1964
15. Under The Boardwalk - (Atlantic #2237) 21 May 1964
16. I Don't Want To Go On Without You - (Atlantic #2237) 21 May 1964
17. I've Got Sand In My Shoes - (Atlantic #2253) 4 Aug 1964
18. Saturday Night At The Movies - (Atlantic #2260) 4 Aug 1964
19. At The Club - (Atlantic #2268) 12 Nov 1964
20. Come On Over To My Place - (Atlantic #2285) 17 Mar 1965

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