The Complete Original Dunhill/ABC Hit Singles [2LP Green Grass Vinyl Gatefold]

The Grass Roots - The Complete Original Dunhill/ABC Hit Singles [2LP Green Grass Vinyl Gatefold]

The Grass Roots were, without a doubt, one of the great singles bands of the '60s and early '70s. So, why did it take so long to put together a collection of their complete, original Dunhill/ABC hit singles? There's the little matter of the original mono master tapes, reportedly pitched by Dunhill head Jay Lasker after being deemed obsolete. So the classic hit singles by the Grass Roots for the most part only surfaced in their stereo album versions. But when the going gets tough for a reissue label, Real Gone Music gets going: after a worldwide search for the best sources available, we rounded up all two dozen Dunhill/ABC hit singles (including both the censored and uncensored versions of “Let's Live for Today” and their biggest smash, “Midnight Confessions”) into one amazing-sounding package.

Covering the years 1965 to 1973, The Complete Original Dunhill/ABC Hit Singles provides a fantastic overview of the group's tangled history and many line-ups, all meticulously explained by Ed Osborne's liner notes, with late lead singer Rob Grill the closest to a career-long member. Now we're thrilled to not only resurrect this long out-of-print retrospective on CD, but to release it on vinyl for the first time ever, in a double-LP set pressed on grass green vinyl and housed in a gatefold jacket — the first time almost all of these mono singles have appeared on vinyl since their original 45 release!

Track Listing:
A1. Mr. Jones (Ballad of a Thin Man)
A2. Where Were You When I Needed You
A3. Only When You’re Lonely
A4. Let’s Live for Today (Uncensored Version)
A5. Let’s Live for Today (Censored Version)
A6. Things I Should Have Said
B1. Wake Up, Wake Up
B2. A Melody for You
B3. Midnight Confessions
B4. Bella Linda
B5. Lovin’ Things
B6. The River Is Wide
C1. I’d Wait a Million Years
C2. Heaven Knows
C3. Walking Through the Country
C4. Baby Hold On
C5. Come On and Say It
C6. Temptation Eyes
D1. Sooner or Later
D2. Two Divided by Love
D3. Glory Bound
D4. The Runway
D5. Anyway the Wind Blows
D6. Love Is What You Make It