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The Immediate Singles Collection (2000)
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Length:  7:39:19
    Track Listing:
      Disc 1:
      1.  
      		 The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy    3:04
      2.  
      		 The McCoys - I Can't Explain It    2:28
      3.  
      		 The Fifth Avenue - The Bells Of Rhymney    2:52
      4.  
      		 The Fifth Avenue - Just Like Anyone Would Do    2:21
      5.  
      		 Nico - I'm Not Sayin'    2:50
      6.  
      		 Nico - The Last Mile    2:30
      7.  
      		 Gregory Phillips - Down In The Boondocks    2:38
      8.  
      		 Gregory Phillips - That's The One    2:39
      9.  
      		 The Masterminds - She Belongs To Me    2:45
      10.  
      		 The Masterminds - Taken My Love    2:46
      11.  
      		 The Poets - Call Again    2:24
      12.  
      		 The Poets - Some Thing's I Can't Forget    1:51
      13.  
      		 The Strangeloves - Cala-Lin    2:32
      14.  
      		 The Strangeloves - (Roll On) Mississippi    2:27
      15.  
      		 Van Lenton - Gotta Get Away    2:49
      16.  
      		 Van Lenton - You Don't Care    2:09
      17.  
      		 The Factotums - In My Lonely Room    2:01
      18.  
      		 The Factotums - A Run In The Green And Tangerine Flaked Forest    2:19
      19.  
      		 The Golden Apples of the Sun - The Monkey Time    2:52
      20.  
      		 The Golden Apples of the Sun - Chocolate Rolls, Tea & Monopoly    2:29
      21.  
      		 Barbara Lynn - You Can't Buy My Love    1:56
      22.  
      		 Barbara Lynn - That's What A Friend Will Do    2:32
      23.  
      		 John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - I'm Your Witchdoctor    2:11
      24.  
      		 John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Telephone Blues    3:57
      25.  
      		 Glyn Johns - Mary Anne    2:39
      26.  
      		 Glyn Johns - Like Grains Of Yellow Sand    3:03
      27.  
      		 Mick Softley - I'm So Confused    2:51
      28.  
      		 Mick Softley - She's My Girl    1:57
      29.  
      		 The Mockingbirds - You Stole My Love    2:42
      30.  
      		 The Mockingbirds - Skit Skat    2:02
      Disc 2:
      1.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - The Fool    3:03
      2.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - Treat Her Good    2:01
      3.  
      		 Joey Vine - Down & Out    2:51
      4.  
      		 Joey Vine - The Out Of Towner    2:32
      5.  
      		 Jimmy Tarbuck - Someday    2:19
      6.  
      		 Jimmy Tarbuck - Wastin' Time    2:29
      7.  
      		 Variations - The Man With All The Toys    2:12
      8.  
      		 Variations - She'll Know I'm Sorry    2:34
      9.  
      		 Les Fleur de Lys - Moondreams    2:28
      10.  
      		 Les Fleur de Lys - Wait For Me    2:23
      11.  
      		 The McCoys - Fever    2:49
      12.  
      		 The McCoys - Sorrow    2:04
      13.  
      		 The Factotums - You're So Good To Me    2:08
      14.  
      		 The Factotums - Can't Go Home Anymore My Love    2:11
      15.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - Think    3:37
      16.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - Don't Just Look At Me    2:44
      17.  
      		 The Poets - Baby Don't You Do It    2:28
      18.  
      		 The Poets - I'll Come Home    2:06
      19.  
      		 Charles Dickens - So Much In Love    2:44
      20.  
      		 Charles Dickens - Our Soul Brother TH    2:38
      21.  
      		 Goldie - Going Back    2:28
      22.  
      		 Goldie - Headlines    3:38
      23.  
      		 Tony Rivers and the Castaways - Girl Don't Tell Me    2:45
      24.  
      		 Tony Rivers and the Castaways - The Girl From Salt Lake City    1:59
      25.  
      		 The McCoys - Don't Worry Mother, Your Son's Heart Is Pure    3:16
      26.  
      		 The McCoys - Ko-Ko    2:18
      27.  
      		 The McCoys - Up And Down    2:37
      28.  
      		 The McCoys - If You Tell A Lie    1:59
      29.  
      		 London Waits - Softly Softly    2:36
      30.  
      		 London Waits - Serenadio    2:54
      Disc 3:
      1.  
      		 The Turtles - You Baby    2:16
      2.  
      		 The Turtles - Wanderin' Kind    2:07
      3.  
      		 The Fleur De Lys - Circles    3:03
      4.  
      		 The Fleur De Lys - So Come On    1:50
      5.  
      		 Twice as Much - Sittin' On A Fence    3:11
      6.  
      		 Twice as Much - Baby I Want You    2:15
      7.  
      		 The McCoys - Runaway    2:36
      8.  
      		 The McCoys - Come On Let's Go    2:39
      9.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - Out Of Time    3:32
      10.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - Baby Make It Soon    2:17
      11.  
      		 Twice as Much - Step Out Of Line    3:06
      12.  
      		 Twice as Much - Simplified    3:53
      13.  
      		 The McCoys - (You Make Me Feel) So Good    2:43
      14.  
      		 The McCoys - Everyday I Have To Cry    2:29
      15.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - Ride On Baby    2:46
      16.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - Headlines    3:10
      17.  
      		 Twice as Much - True Story    2:17
      18.  
      		 Twice as Much - You're So Good For Me    2:31
      19.  
      		 P.P. Arnold - Everything Gonna Be Alright    3:08
      20.  
      		 P.P. Arnold - Life Is But Nothing    3:46
      21.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - My Way Of Giving    2:33
      22.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - You're So Good For Me    2:15
      23.  
      		 Twice as Much - Crystal Ball    2:46
      24.  
      		 Twice as Much - Why Can't They All Go And Leave Me Alone    2:56
      25.  
      		 Apostolic Intervention - (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me    2:00
      26.  
      		 Apostolic Intervention - Madame Garcia    2:52
      27.  
      		 Nicky Scott - Big City    2:30
      28.  
      		 Nicky Scott - Everything's Gonna Be Alright    3:20
      Disc 4:
      1.  
      		 Nicky Scott - Backstreet Girl    2:30
      2.  
      		 Nicky Scott - Chain Reaction    2:11
      3.  
      		 The McCoys - I Got To Go Back    2:43
      4.  
      		 The McCoys - Dynamite    2:12
      5.  
      		 P.P. Arnold - The First Cut Is The Deepest    3:07
      6.  
      		 P.P. Arnold - Speak To Me    2:15
      7.  
      		 Mort Shuman IV - Monday Monday    2:38
      8.  
      		 Mort Shuman IV - Little Children    2:52
      9.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - Yesterday's Papers    2:13
      10.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - Life Is But Nothing    4:03
      11.  
      		 The Small Faces - Here Come The Nice    2:58
      12.  
      		 The Small Faces - Talk To You    2:07
      13.  
      		 Marquis of Kensington - The Changing Of The Guard    2:24
      14.  
      		 Marquis of Kensington's Minstrels - Reverse Thrust    1:57
      15.  
      		 Murray Head - She Was Perfection    2:48
      16.  
      		 Murray Head - Secondhand Monday    2:16
      17.  
      		 Australian Playboys - Black Sheep R.I.P.    2:45
      18.  
      		 Australian Playboys - Sad    2:55
      19.  
      		 P.P. Arnold - The Time Has Come    2:41
      20.  
      		 P.P. Arnold - If You See What I Mean    2:08
      21.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - Moanin'    2:36
      22.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - What Have I Been Doing    3:07
      23.  
      		 The Small Faces - Itchycoo Park    2:47
      24.  
      		 The Small Faces - I'm Only Dreaming    2:23
      25.  
      		 Warm Sounds - Sticks And Stones    3:21
      26.  
      		 Warm Sounds - Angeline    2:36
      27.  
      		 The Nice - The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack    2:49
      28.  
      		 The Nice - Azrial (Angel Of Death)    3:45
      Disc 5:
      1.  
      		 Rod Stewart - Little Miss Understood    3:40
      2.  
      		 Rod Stewart - So Much To Say    3:15
      3.  
      		 P.P. Arnold - (If You Think You're) Groovy    2:55
      4.  
      		 P.P. Arnold - Though It Hurts Me Badly    4:20
      5.  
      		 The Small Faces - Tin Soldier    3:21
      6.  
      		 The Small Faces - I Feel Much Better    3:56
      7.  
      		 Billy Nicholls - Would You Believe    2:42
      8.  
      		 Billy Nicholls - Daytime Girl    2:43
      9.  
      		 The Small Faces - Lazy Sunday    3:03
      10.  
      		 The Small Faces - Rollin' Over (Part2 Of Happiness Stan)    2:11
      11.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - Handbags & Gladrags    3:24
      12.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - Everyone Makes A Mistake    2:00
      13.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - The Last Goodbye    2:50
      14.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - Paperman Fly In The Sky    2:46
      15.  
      		 P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning    3:18
      16.  
      		 Outer Limits - Great Train Robbery    3:38
      17.  
      		 Outer Limits - Sweet Freedom    3:01
      18.  
      		 The Nice - America    6:20
      19.  
      		 The Nice - The Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon    2:48
      20.  
      		 The Small Faces - The Universal    2:43
      21.  
      		 The Small Faces - Donkey Rides, A Penny, A Glass    2:49
      22.  
      		 Duncan Browne - On The Bombsite    2:47
      23.  
      		 Duncan Browne - Alfred Bell    4:36
      Disc 6:
      1.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - Paint It Black    2:59
      2.  
      		 Chris Farlowe - I Just Need Your Loving    3:13
      3.  
      		 The Nice - Brandenburger    4:25
      4.  
      		 The Nice - Happy Freuds    3:27
      5.  
      		 Amen Corner - (If Paradice Is) Half As Nice    2:44
      6.  
      		 Amen Corner - Hey Hey Girl    3:03
      7.  
      		 Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds - Dawn    3:49
      8.  
      		 Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds - April Was The Month    3:53
      9.  
      		 Michael D'Abo - (See The Little People) Gulliver Travels    2:34
      10.  
      		 Michael D'Abo - An Anthology Of Gulliver's Travels-Part Two    1:09
      11.  
      		 The McCoys - This Is Where We Came In    1:38
      12.  
      		 The Small Faces - Afterglow Of Your Love    3:22
      13.  
      		 The Small Faces - Wham Bam Thank You Mam    3:20
      14.  
      		 Fleetwod Mac - Man Of The World    2:51
      15.  
      		 Earl Vince & The Valiants - Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite    2:40
      16.  
      		 Amen Corner - Hello Susie    2:35
      17.  
      		 Amen Corner - Evil Man's Gonna Win    4:01
      18.  
      		 Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie    4:15
      19.  
      		 Humble Pie - Wrist Job    4:15
      20.  
      		 Amen Corner - Get Back    2:52
      21.  
      		 Amen Corner - Farewell To The Real Magnificent Seven    6:29
      22.  
      		 Hill - Sylvie    3:22
      23.  
      		 Hill - The Fourth Annual Convention Of The Battery Hen Farmers Association-Part2    4:35
    Additional info: | top
      Artist: Various (Small Faces, Fleetwood Mac, McCoys, Nico, Turtles, Humble Pie, Rod Stewart...and many more)
      Album: The Immediate Singles Collection (6CD Box)
      Label: Castle Records/Sequel
      Catalog No: NXTCD 324
      Date of Release: 2000


      Summary: This retrospective finally made all of those other "Immediate Singles" discs obsolete. Basically, what this set does is collect *every* main-label Immediate '45 release from the main period of the label's existence-every A side, and every B side, all in their correct mono single mixes. As Immediate was one of the stranger labels of the 1960s, this is one of the stranger collections, ranging from folk to psychedelic, to girl group to garage; this saga of Immediate's singles manages to sound more diverse than Nuggets, but all under one roof.

      Standouts include: the entire Small Faces run, P. P. Arnold, the rare singles by Nico and Glyn Johns...it just goes on and on. The box functions as an amazing sampler for the Immediate universe, and is well worth checking out.

      The set comes complete with a REALLY nice booklet. Unfortunately, as it's a UK import, it's often expensive for those outside of the UK.

      Allmusic review:
      This extravagant six-CD set documents the astonishing life span of the first pop independent label in the U.K., Immediate Records. Founded in 1965, Immediate flipped, flopped, and staggered its own way, competing against unhip American labels like EMI and Decca until late 1969. The label, and the documentary CD set, showcases in particular the Small Faces, who enjoyed a brief U.K. number one hit, Ogden's Nut Gone Flake. More familiar to American listeners will no doubt be the three-chord sock-hop favorite "Hang on Sloopy" by the McCoys, and a number of covers of familiar American folk-rock hits are present as well. The esoteric collector will appreciate inclusions by such café balladeers as the Poets and Les Fleurs-de-Lis, also signed by Immediate before the advent of the swinging London sound, marked by the Rolling Stones revolution and other mod developers influencing the pants off the tiniest studio cover bands. Immediate also helped sculpt the success of anguished bellower hris Farlowe, soon to be joined by the similarly throaty vibrato of PP Arnold and, of course, manager/producer Andrew Oldham's best toss of the dice, the Small Faces, whom he ripped away from Decca. By the fourth disc, you are, in fact, in the throes of swinging London, featuring Farlowe's heart-stopping "Yesterday's Papers" and Arnold's "The First Cut Is the Deepest," written by the much-in-demand Cat Stevens. Most of the music is minimal and often out of tune, production at an early-time low, replete with tinny echoes and accidental outtake moments. The most successfully recorded instruments seem to be the sitars, baroque strings, and arpeggio harpsichord riffs that "translate" well under Immediate's studio circumstances. Notable moments: Small Faces' "Here Comes the Nice" and "Itchypoo Park," Murray Head's "She Was Perfection," and the Marquis of Kensington's Kinks/new vaudeville hybrid, "Changing of the Guard." This is a luxurious, overcollected document that could be easily managed on one museum-piece disc, although it would be hard cull dozens of small contributions by say, drop-ins Nico, Rod Stewart, and Mick Fleetwood. The jewel on the record is without question the Faces version (sung not by Stewart but by Chris Farlowe) of "Handbags and Glad rags": "They told me you missed school today/So I suggest you just throw it all away/The handbags and glad rags that your granddads had to sweat/So you could buy." Very British, very Immediate.



      Disc 1
      1. Hang On Sloopy -- The Mc Coys
      2. I Can't Explain It -- The Mc Coys
      3. Bells Of Rhymney -- The Firth Avenue
      4. Just Like Anyone Would -- The Firth Avenue
      5. I'm Not Sayin' -- Nico
      6. Last Mile -- Nico
      7. Down In The Boondocks -- Gregory Phillips
      8. That's The One -- Gregory Phillips
      9. She Belongs To Me -- Master Minds
      10. Taken My Love -- Master Minds
      11. Call Again -- The Poets
      12. Some Things I Can't Forget -- The Poets
      13. Cara-Lin -- The Strangeloves
      14. (Roll On) Mississippi -- The Strangeloves
      15. Gotta Get Away -- Van Lenton
      16. You Don't Care -- Van Lenton
      17. In My Lonely Room -- Factotums
      18. Run In The Green And Tangerine Flaked Forest -- Factotums
      19. Monkey Time -- Golden Apples Of The Sun
      20. Chocolate Rolls, Tea & Monopoly -- Golden Apples Of The Sun
      21. You Can't Buy My Love -- Barbara Lynn
      22. That's What A Friend Will Do -- Barbara Lynn
      23. I'm Your Witchdoctor -- John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
      24. Telephone Blues -- John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
      25. Mary Anne -- Glyn Johns
      26. Grains Of Yellow Sand -- Glyn Johns
      27. I'm So Confused -- Mick Softley
      28. She's My Girl -- Mick Softley
      29. You Stole My Love -- The Mockingbirds
      30. Skit Skat -- The Mockingbirds

      Disc 2
      1. The Fool -- Chris Farlowe
      2. Treat Her Good -- Chris Farlowe
      3. Down & Out -- Joey Vine
      4. Out Of Towner -- Joey Vine
      5. Someday -- Jimmy Tarbuck
      6. Wastin' Time -- Jimmy Tarbuck
      7. Man With All The Toys -- Variation
      8. She'll Know I'm Sorry -- Variation
      9. Moondreams -- Les Fleur De Lys
      10. Wait For Me -- Les Fleur De Lys
      11. Fever -- The McCoys
      12. Sorrow -- The McCoys
      13. You're So Good To Me -- Factotums
      14. Can't Go Home Anymore My Love -- Factotums
      15. Think -- Chris Farlowe
      16. Don't Just Look At Me -- Chris Farlowe
      17. Baby Don't You Do It -- The Poets
      18. I'll Come Home -- The Poets
      19. So Much In Love -- Charles Dickens
      20. Our Soul Brother TH -- Charles Dickens
      21. Going Back -- Goldie
      22. Headlines -- Goldie
      23. Girl Don't Tell Me -- Tony Rivers & The Castaways
      24. Girl From Salt Lake City -- Tony Rivers & The Castaways
      25. Don't Worry Mother, You're Son's Heart Is Pure -- The McCoys
      26. Ko-Ko -- The McCoys
      27. Up And Down -- The McCoys
      28. If You Tell A Lie -- The McCoys
      29. Softly Softly -- London Waits
      30. Serenadio -- London Waits

      Disc 3

      1. You Baby -- The Turtles
      2. Wanderin' Kind -- The Turtles
      3. Circles -- The Fleur De Lys
      4. So Come On -- The Fleur De Lys
      5. Sittin' On A Fence -- Twice As Much
      6. Baby I Want You -- Twice As Much
      7. Runaway -- The McCoys
      8. Come On Let's Go -- The McCoys
      9. Out Of Time -- Chris Farlowe
      10. Baby Make It Soon -- Chris Farlowe
      11. Step Out Of Line -- Twice As Much
      12. Simplified -- Twice As Much
      13. (You Make Me Feel) So Good -- The McCoys
      14. Everyday I Have To Cry -- The McCoys
      15. Ride On Baby -- Chris Farlowe
      16. Headlines -- Chris Farlowe
      17. True Story -- Twice As Much
      18. You're So Good For Me -- Twice As Much
      19. Everything's Gonna Be Alright -- PP Arnold
      20. Life Is But Nothing -- PP Arnold
      21. My Way Of Giving -- Chris Farlowe
      22. You're So Good For Me -- Chris Farlowe
      23. Crystal Ball -- Twice As Much
      24. Why Can't They All Go And Leave Me Alone -- Twice As Much
      25. (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me -- Apostolic Intervention
      26. Madame Garcia -- Apostolic Intervention
      27. Big City -- Nicky Scott
      28. Everything's Gonna Be Alright -- Nicky Scott

      Disc 4
      1. Backstreet Girl -- Nicky Scott
      2. Chain Reaction -- Nicky Scott
      3. I Got To Go Back -- The McCoys
      4. Dynamite -- The McCoys
      5. First Cut Is The Deepest -- PP Arnold
      6. Speak To Me -- PP Arnold
      7. Monday Monday -- Mort Shuman IV
      8. Little Children -- Mort Shuman IV
      9. Yesterday's Papers -- Chris Farlowe
      10. Life Is But Nothing -- Chris Farlowe
      11. Here Comes The Nice -- The Small Faces
      12. Talk To You -- The Small Faces
      13. Changing Of The Guard -- The Marquis Of Kensington
      14. Reverse Thrust -- Marquis of Kensington's Minstrels
      15. She Was Prefection -- Murray Head
      16. Secondhand Monday -- Murray Head
      17. Black Sheep R.I.P. -- Australian Playboys
      18. Sad -- Australian Playboys
      19. Time Has Come -- PP Arnold
      20. If You See What I Mean -- PP Arnold
      21. Moanin' -- Chris Farlowe
      22. What Have I Been Doing -- Chris Farlowe
      23. Itchycoo Park -- The Small Faces
      24. I'm Only Dreaming -- The Small Faces
      25. Sticks And Stones -- The Warm Sounds
      26. Angeline -- The Warm Sounds
      27. Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack -- The Nice
      28. Azrial (Angel Of Death) -- The Nice

      Disc 5
      1. Little Miss Understood -- Rod Stewart
      2. So Much To Say -- Rod Stewart
      3. (If You Think You're) Groovy -- PP Arnold
      4. Though It Hurts Me Badly -- PP Arnold
      5. Tin Soldier -- The Small Faces
      6. I Feel Much Better -- The Small Faces
      7. Would You Believe -- Billy Nicholls
      8. Daytime Girl -- Billy Nicholls
      9. Lazy Sunday -- The Small Faces
      10. Rollin' Over (Part II Of Happiness Stan) -- The Small Faces
      11. Handbags & Gladrags -- Chris Farlowe
      12. Everyone Makes A Mistake -- Chris Farlowe
      13. Last Goodbye -- Chris Farlowe
      14. Paperman In The Sky -- Chris Farlowe
      15. Angel Of The Morning -- PP Arnold
      16. Great Train Robbery -- Outer Limits
      17. Sweet Freedom -- Outer Limits
      18. America -- The Nice
      19. Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon -- The Nice
      20. The Universal -- The Small Faces
      21. Donley Rides, A Penny A Glass -- The Small Faces
      22. On The Bombsite -- Duncan Browne
      23. Alfred Bell -- Duncan Browne

      Disc 6
      1. Paint It Black -- Chris Farlowe
      2. I Just Need Your Loving -- Chris Farlowe
      3. Brandenburger -- The Nice
      4. Happy Freuds -- The Nice
      5. (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice -- The Amen Corner
      6. Hey Hey Girl -- The Amen Corner
      7. Dawn -- Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds
      8. April Was The Month -- Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds
      9. (See The Little People) Gulliver Travels -- Michael d'Abo
      10. Anthology Of Gullver's Travels - Part Two -- Michael d'Abo
      11. This Is Where We Came In -- The McCoys
      12. Afterglow Of Your Love -- The Small Faces
      13. Wham Bam Thank You Man -- The Small Faces
      14. Man Of The World -- Fleetwood Mac
      15. Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite -- Earl Vince &The Valiants
      16. Hello Susie -- The Amen Corner
      17. Evil Man's Gonna Win -- The Amen Corner
      18. Natural Born Bugie -- Humble Pie
      19. Wrist Job -- Humble Pie
      20. Get Back -- The Amen Corner
      21. Farewell To The Real Magnificent Seven -- The Amen Corner
      22. Sylvie -- Hill
      23. Fouth Annual Convention Of The Battery Hen Farmers Assc -- Hill
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