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Artist..: Raspberries
Album...: Classic Album Set
GENRE....: Classic Rock
STYLE....: Power Pop
LABEL....: Caroline SCENE.....: 2016-02-13
BITRATE..: 941 kbps avg STORE.....: 2015-00-00
ENCODER..: FLAC 1.2.1 -8 -V TRACKS....: 39
SIZE.....: 957.5MB SOURCE....: CD
URL..: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberries_(band)
- TRACKLIST
Disc 1 - Raspberries
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1 Go All The Way 3:21
2 Come Around And See Me 3:09
3 I Saw The Light 2:43
4 Rock & Roll Mama 4:39
5 Waiting 2:47
6 Don't Want To Say Goodbye 5:05
7 With You In My Life 2:48
8 Get It Moving 2:32
9 I Can Remember 8:02
Disc 2 - Fresh Raspberries
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1 I Wanna Be With You 3:03
2 Goin' Nowhere Tonight 2:03
3 Let's Pretend 3:39
4 Every Way I Can 2:45
5 I Reach For The Light 3:49
6 Nobody Knows 2:21
7 It Seemed So Easy 3:51
8 Might As Well 2:26
9 If You Change Your Mind 3:54
10 Drivin' Around 2:56
Disc 3 - Side 3
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1 Tonight 3:40
2 Last Dance 3:37
3 Making It Easy 3:12
4 On The Beach 4:23
5 Hard To Get Over A Heartbreak 4:12
6 I'm A Rocker 5:10
7 Should I Wait 3:57
8 Ecstasy 3:37
9 Money Down 4:05
Disc 4 - Starting Over
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1 Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) 5:29
2 Play On 3:03
3 Party's Over 3:12
4 I Don't Know What I Want 4:16
5 Rose Coloured Glasses 3:39
6 All Through The Night 4:29
7 Cruisin Music 3:08
8 I Can Hardly Believe You're Mine 3:35
9 Cry 2:41
10 Hands On You 2:16
11 Starting Over 4:09
Total Playtime: 141:43
Amazon Product Description :
"The Raspberries were an American power pop/pop rock band formed in 1970 from
Cleveland, Ohio. They had a run of success in the early 1970s music scene
with their pop sound, which Allmusic later described as featuring
""exquisitely crafted melodies and achingly gorgeous harmonies."" The members
were known for their clean-cut public image, with short-hair and matching
suits, The group drew influence from the British Invasion era∙especially The
Beatles, The Who, The Hollies, and Small Faces∙and its mod sensibility. In
both the U.S. and the UK, the Raspberries helped pioneer the power pop music
style that took off after the group disbanded. The group's ""classic"" lineup
consisted of Eric Carmen (vocalist/guitarist/bassist), Wally Bryson
(guitarist), Jim Bonfanti (drummer), and Dave Smalley (guitarist/bassist).
Their best known songs include ""Go All the Way"", ""Let's Pretend"", ""I
Wanna Be with You"", ""Tonight"", and ""Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)"".
This box set contains all the 4 albums the band recorded for Capitol records,
they have been re-mastered and the box also contains a20 page booklet with
notes by Classic Rocks Malcolm Dome . "
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Raspberries bio:
The Raspberries cut through the epic pretensions and pomposity of '70s-era
rock to proudly reclaim the spirit and simplicity of classic pop, recalling
the heyday of the British Invasion with their exquisitely crafted melodies
and achingly gorgeous harmonies. The group was formed in Mentor, OH, in early
1970 by singer/songwriter Eric Carmen and drummer Jim Bonfanti, local pop
heroes thanks to the respective tenures in the hugely popular bands Cyrus
Erie and the Choir; guitarist Wally Bryson and bassist John Aleksic (both
Choir veterans as well) completed the original lineup, which made its live
debut in mid-October. With their short hair, matching suits, and Beatlesque
sound, the Raspberries ran in direct opposition to the prevailing hard rock
mentality of the Cleveland scene, but after just a handful of gigs, the band
was among the city's most popular live acts. However, after cutting their
first demo session, Aleksic left the lineup in March of 1971, and with the
addition of rhythm guitarist Dave Smalley, Carmen assumed bass duties.
The Raspberries' demo tape ultimately found its way to producer Jimmy Ienner,
and in the wake of a major-label bidding war, the band signed to Capitol,
issuing their self-titled debut LP (complete with a raspberry-scented
scratch-and-sniff cover sticker) in the spring of 1972. The debut single
"Don't Want to Say Goodbye," stalled, but the follow-up, "Go All the Way," a
magnificent fusion of Who-inspired guitar snarl and Beach Boys-styled vocal
harmonies, went on to sell over a million copies on its way to cracking the
Top Five. Carmen and Smalley swapped guitar and bass chores prior to
recording the Raspberries' sophomore effort, 1972's Fresh; the record
generated two more hits, "I Wanna Be with You" and the beautiful "Let's
Pretend," and solidified the band's stature as critical favorites.
Nevertheless, tension within the ranks -- sparked largely by Carmen's
creative primacy and the shadow it cast over the songwriting contributions of
Bryson and Smalley -- were beginning to boil over, and accordingly 1973's
Side 3 boasted a more raw, aggressive sound than its predecessors, typified
by the visceral crunch of the opening "Tonight."
Side 3 failed even to crack the Top 100, however, and following a triumphant
Carnegie Hall date, both Smalley and Bonfanti exited the Raspberries to form
their own band, Dynamite. They were replaced by bassist Scott McCarl and
ex-Cyrus Erie drummer Michael McBride. 1974's acclaimed Starting Over
continued the harder-edged approach of Side 3, yielding the band's final
chart smash, the superb "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)." A nasty post-gig
confrontation between Carmen and Bryson soon resulted in the latter's
departure from the group, and after playing a handful of shows as a
three-piece, the Raspberries disbanded in 1975. Carmen then mounted a solo
career, tapping McBride to play drums on his self-titled debut LP, which
launched the number two blockbuster "All by Myself." He did not return to the
upper rungs of the charts for over a decade, however, scoring a major hit in
1987 with his Dirty Dancing soundtrack contribution "Hungry Eyes." "Make Me
Lose Control" reached the number three spot a year later. Bryson, meanwhile,
resurfaced in the short-lived Tattoo before joining the power pop group
Fotomaker for three albums during the late '70s.
In March of 1999, all four original members (Smalley, Carmen, Bryson, and
Bonfanti) met up for the first time in years sparking rumors of an impending
reunion. A few months later (after three of the four members played together
onstage in Cleveland to celebrate the 80th birthday of rock journalist Jane
Scott), a Raspberries reunion tour was confirmed as fact by Billboard
Magazine. Unfortunately for fans, the reunion failed to materialize. Carmen
continued to write and record as a solo artist, while Bryson, Smalley, and
latter-day member Scott McCarl opted to resurrect the Raspberries as a trio,
issuing the album Refreshed in 2000.
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