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The Best of P.J. Proby: The EMI Years (1961-1972) | 
 enlarge | Artist: P.j. Proby
Label: EMI Gold
Category: Music
List Price: $12.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 54121
Format: Import, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5099921684920
ASIN: B0019H9WMU
Release Date: July 8, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Try To Forget Her | | • | Hold Me | | • | Cuttin' In | | • | Somewhere | | • | Just Like Him | | • | Answer Me | | • | What's On Your Mind | | • | I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore | | • | My Prayer | | • | Mission Bell | | • | If I Loved You | | • | Maria | | • | Quando Tornera | | • | I Can't Make It Alone (Alternate Mono Single Version) | | • | Niki Hoeky | | • | Mama Told Me Not To Come | | • | Give Me Time | | • | I'm Comin' Home | | • | And The Sun Will Shine | | • | Delilah | | • | Today I Killed A Man (I Didn't Know) | | • | Daddy's Home | | • | I'm Ahead If I Can Quit While I'm Behind | | • | Clown Shoes | | • | We'll Meet Again |
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Album Description
This collection is released in celebration of P.J. Proby's 70th birthday in November 2008. It compiles some of his biggest and best recordings released for the EMI group between 1961 and 1972. Included are international chart hits, key album tracks, rare B-sides, fan-favourites and 2 previously unreleased songs (track 20 & 23). Also contained within is a biography, song anecdotes, rare photographs and a very special message from P.J!
Album Description
2008 compilation from the American vocalist, released in celebration of his 70th birthday. This collection offers a comprehensive overview of his biggest hits and best recordings released for EMI between 1961 and 1972 including two previously unreleased tracks. Features eleven of Proby's most successful international A and B-side singles including 'Hold Me', 'Somewhere', 'Maria', 'Mission Bell', 'I'm Coming Home', 'Today I Killed A Man' and 'Niki Hoeky'. The booklet features informative liner notes and many previously unseen promotional photographs from the EMI archives. EMI Gold.
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 POWERHOUSE PROBY STILL PACKS PUNCH! September 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
When it comes to the life and career of Texas-born P.J.Proby, there must be enough drama to fill any film script and then some, for the vocal maverick has lived his time to the full. As one of the Sixties bad boys of British pop culture, Proby enjoyed no fewer than eleven charting successes between 1964-69, and with just a few of them featured on this collection, the others can easily be accessed elsewhere.
This overview celebrates the singer's 70th birthday in November 2008 and covers sides recorded between 1961-1972, with emphasis on his international hits (NIKI HOEKY, I CAN'T MAKE IT ALONE), neglected album tracks (MY PRAYER, MISSION BELL, ANSWER ME), rare "B" sides (JUST LIKE HIM, WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND) and a couple of previously unreleased recordings (I'M AHEAD IF I CAN QUIT WHILE I'M BEHIND and a cover of the Tom Jones hit DELILAH). There are also eight other songs claimed to be new to CD and it's true to say the mixture gives full reign to P.J.'s vocal flamboyance and ability to render emotive ballads, a few rockers and even QUANDO TORNERA in Italian.
Whilst Proby's career has hit the rocky road on numerous occasions, he has never been forsaken by his fans and it's good to know he is still out there entertaining forty years later. These sides are another welcome reminder that he came, he saw and he conquered!
 What a value for Proby (and music) fans! July 10, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This CD is bulging at the seams with great recordings. Some of the songs have been available in the past on other CD's that are no longer available, or were of lesser quality than this one is. This CD has been beautifully arranged and remastered, and includes 2 previously unreleased songs that I'm sure P.J. Proby fans will want to hear.
I personally found that three tracks alone (Just Like Him, Quando Tornera, and the long version of I Can't Make It Alone) were worth the price of the CD! Everything else is just icing on the cake. Other than the usual Proby titles that fans remember from this era (there are plenty on this CD), there is I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore which showcases his rich voice wonderfully.
Having bought the Legend CD several months ago, I ordered this one because I had liked "Legend" so much. I have no regrets at all.
Proby's one of the greatest pop icons from the 1960s! May 21, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This CD has to be one of the most enjoyable projects that I had the pleasure to work on. I first discovered Proby from my Mum. Immediately liked what I heard and the more I explored Proby's EMI catalogue (1961-1972) realised there was sufficient untapped material to warrant a new CD release.
It took a few years in the making but finally the project came into fruition to celebrate Proby's 70th birthday (in November 2008). The finished CD offers a comprehensive overview of his biggest hits and best recordings released for Liberty/EMI between 1961 and 1972. Featured are eleven of the Texan's most successful international A&B side singles, such as Top 10 UK hits "Hold Me", "Somewhere" and "Maria" plus Top 5 Australian hit "Mission Bell", #1 Swiss hit "I'm Coming Home", Top 20 Dutch hit "Today I Killed A Man" and Top 30 US hit "Niki Hoeky".
Most of interest to the avid Proby collector will be the 2 previously unreleased songs that we found in the Abbey Road archives, these are renditions of Les Reed & Barry Mason's "Delilah" and Jim Ford's "I'm Ahead If I Can Quit While I'm Behind". If that wasn't already enough to delight and excite everyone the core fans (aka the Probyans) also get 8 of their most requested collectibles that debut on CD format. Many of these rarities are penned by popular songwriters, such as Jackie DeShannon, Randy Newman, Gerry Goffin & Carole King, The Gibb Brothers, Les Reed & Barry Mason and even Proby himself. The CD also contains a 12-page booklet of biography and song anecdotes.
ALL I CAN SAY IS IF YOU LOVE SIXTIES POWER-BALLADS OR BEAUTIFULLY ORCHESTRATED MUSIC THEN LOOK NO FURTHER THAN P.J. PROBY!!
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