Various Artists – We Can Work It Out: Covers Of The Beatles 1962-1966 3CD

Various Artists / We Can Work It Out: Covers Of The Beatles 1962-1966

After the release of the band’s first single, ‘Love Me Do’ in October 1962, Beatlemania commenced almost instantly and soon their own recordings, as well as covers by others, were omnipresent. In this collection we find artists from France, Holland, America, Italy, New Zealand, Hungary, and Puerto Rico, all proving that The Beatles songs were so great that it didn’t matter what language they were sung in. Sunshine pop sits next to raw soul while bluegrass nudges up against jazz. Serious British folkies mix with campy Hollywood legends as Hungarian gypsy guitar makes way for proto psychedelia – nothing was safe from the all-encompassing influence of The Fab Four! This wild variety of musical styles not only illustrates the strength of the compositional skills of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison but also provides an engaging and eclectic listening experience that appeals to fans of The Beatles in particular as well as those who like popular music in general.

Tracklist:
Disc One:
1-1 Dick Rivers– Love Me Do (Je Suis Fou)
1-2 The Rattles– P. S. I Love You
1-3 Mary Wells– Please Please Me
1-4 Kenny Lynch– Misery
1-5 Duffy Power With The Graham Bond Quartet– I Saw Her Standing There
1-6 Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas– Do You Want To Know A Secret
1-7 Mike Redway– Bad To Me
1-8 The Crickets – From Me To You
1-9 The Baconeers– She Loves You
1-10 The Merseymen– I'll Get You
1-11 The Fourmost– Hello Little Girl
1-12 The Kestrels– There's A Place
1-13 Tommy Quickly– Tip Of My Tongue
1-14 Cilla Black– Love Of The Loved
1-15 Les Lionceaux– It Won't Be Long (Le Temps Est Long)
1-16 Marilyn Powell– All My Loving
1-17 Gregory Phillips – Don't Bother Me
1-18 Jackie Lynton– Little Child
1-19 Count Basie– Hold Me Tight
1-20 Mike Redway– I'll Keep You Satisfied
1-21 Adam Faith– I Wanna Be Your Man
1-22 Claude François– I Want To Hold Your Hand (Laisse-Moi Tenir Ta Main)
1-23 Shirley Abicair– This Girl
1-24 Peter And Gordon– A World Without Love
1-25 Baby Cortez– Can't Buy Me Love
1-26 The Supremes– You Can't Do That
1-27 Frank Bacon– Nobody I Know
1-28 The Applejacks– Like Dreamers Do
1-29 The Mamas & The Papas– I Call Your Name
1-30 Frank Alamo– A Hard Day's Night (Je Me Bats Pour Gagner)
1-31 Dino E I Kings– I Should Have Known Better (Cerca Di Capire)

Disc Two:
2-1 The Coterie– If I Fell
2-2 Mark Wynter– And I Love Her
2-3 Me And Them– Tell Me Why
2-4 Joe Cocker– I'll Cry Instead
2-5 Strawberry Fair – Things We Said Today
2-6 Brotherhood – When I Get Home
2-7 The Buckinghams– I'll Be Back
2-8 Trea Dobbs– It's For You
2-9 The Ventures– I Feel Fine
2-10 Noel Harrison– She's A Woman
2-11 Les Lionceaux– No Reply (Ne Ris Plus)
2-12 The Hi-Fi's– Baby's In Black
2-13 Glyn Johns– I'll Follow The Sun
2-14 Alma Cogan– Eight Days A Week
2-15 The 5th Dimension– Ticket To Ride
2-16 The In-Sect– Yes It Is
2-17 Mary Wells– Help!
2-18 The Inbetweens– The Night Before
2-19 Jan And Dean– You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
2-20 The Sunshine Company– I Need You
2-21 The Baskervilles– Another Girl
2-22 Five Man Electrical Band– You're Going To Lose That Girl
2-23 The Baskervilles– You Like Me Too Much
2-24 Charles River Valley Boys– I've Just Seen A Face
2-25 David And Jonathan– Yesterday
2-26 P.J. Proby– That Means A Lot
2-27 Mae West– Day Tripper
2-28 Swingshift – We Can Work It Out
2-29 Paraffin Jack Flash Limited– Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

Disc Three:
3-1 Madeline Bell– You Won't See Me
3-2 Tony Rivers And The Castaways– Nowhere Man
3-3 Gary McFarland And Gabor Szabo– The Word
3-4 The Free Design– Michelle
3-5 The Truth – Girl
3-6 Davy Graham– I'm Looking Through You
3-7 José Feliciano– In My Life
3-8 Frankie Vaughan– Wait
3-9 The Cryan' Shames– If I Needed Someone
3-10 The Transatlantics – Run For Your Life
3-11 Tempest – Paperback Writer
3-12 Petula Clark– Rain
3-13 The Senate – Yellow Submarine
3-14 Erick Saint Laurent– Eleanor Rigby
3-15 Junior Parker– Taxman
3-16 Zoot – I'm Only Sleeping
3-17 Swingshift – Here, There And Everywhere
3-18 Jimmy James And The Vagabonds– Good Day Sunshine
3-19 Spanky And Our Gang– And Your Bird Can Sing
3-20 Liza Minnelli– For No One
3-21 The Rage – Doctor Robert
3-22 The Rackets– I Want To Tell You
3-23 Jackie Trent– Got To Get You Into My Life
3-24 Steve Marcus– Tomorrow Never Knows
3-25 The Four Preps– A Letter To The Beatles

Label: Strawberry
Released: 2023