The Complete Original Dunhill/ABC Hit Singles [CD]

The Grass Roots - The Complete Original Dunhill/ABC Hit Singles [CD]

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:
1. Mr. Jones (Ballad of a Thin Man)
2. Where Were You When I Needed You
3. Only When You’re Lonely
4. Let’s Live for Today (Uncensored Version)
5. Let’s Live for Today (Censored Version)
6. Things I Should Have Said
7. Wake Up, Wake Up
8. A Melody for You
9. Midnight Confessions
10. Bella Linda
11. Lovin’ Things
12. The River Is Wide
13. I’d Wait a Million Years
14. Heaven Knows
15. Walking Through the Country
16. Baby Hold On
17. Come On and Say It
18. Temptation Eyes
19. Sooner or Later
20. Two Divided by Love
21. Glory Bound
22. The Runway
23. Anyway the Wind Blows
24. Love Is What You Make It