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Happy New Year everyone!

There must be someone out in the wilds that knows the answer to this: I'm looking to buy a CD which contains 'Misery' by Kenny Lynch. I've looked high and low on Amazon and other sites for a best of or greatest hits. Does this song exist on a current release?

This cover is interesting as it was apparently the first cover version of a Beatles song, even the first song they 'gave away' (who recorded it first?). I've spotted it as an mp3 download, but I hope to buy it on CD, or at least as FLAC. Any pointers anyone?

Cheers

It's on this great 2004 CD release:-
Kenny Lynch - Nothing But the Real Thing CD
hXXps://www.amazon.co.uk/Nothing-Real-Thing-Ken ... B0002UJM8E

I like the story where John and Paul were in the back of the tour bus writing From Me To You and Kenny swaggered on back to lend them a hand. A while later he stormed back complaining "That's the last time I try to write anything with those idiots! They wouldn't know songwriting from their backsides!" Another version of the story has him objecting to their falsetto "Oooooo" saying "You can't do that, you'll sound like a bunch of queers!"

You can also find it on this three CD set: We Can Work It Out: Covers Of The Beatles 1962-1966 , a collection of weird and wonderful Beatles covers, ranging from great to.. huh?!

It comes in a nice little box with a good booklet also. Well worth having..


https://www.amazon.com/We-Can-Work-Out- ... 105&sr=8-4

or

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CAN-WORK-OUT-1 ... 198&sr=8-1

The idea that this was the first cover version is a myth. For that, see Love Me Do by the Sparrows - recorded and released in 1962.

Yeah! Your right, I forgot about that. I don't think It was a UK 45 release tho? It was maybe on one of those cheapo complilation EPs or LPs along with other artists!

fab4gear wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:24 pm It's on this great 2004 CD release:-
Kenny Lynch - Nothing But the Real Thing CD
hXXps://www.amazon.co.uk/Nothing-Real-Thing-Ken ... B0002UJM8E

Excellent! Many thanks! I don't know why this never came up on my Amazon searches.

Have a good weekend

ualbert wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 4:46 am You can also find it on this three CD set: We Can Work It Out: Covers Of The Beatles 1962-1966 , a collection of weird and wonderful Beatles covers, ranging from great to.. huh?!

It comes in a nice little box with a good booklet also. Well worth having..


https://www.amazon.com/We-Can-Work-Out- ... 105&sr=8-4

or

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CAN-WORK-OUT-1 ... 198&sr=8-1

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This looks interesting. I like Beatles cover compilations which include the quirky as well as the great.

Captain_Kidd wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 1:07 pm

ualbert wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 4:46 am You can also find it on this three CD set: We Can Work It Out: Covers Of The Beatles 1962-1966 , a collection of weird and wonderful Beatles covers, ranging from great to.. huh?!

It comes in a nice little box with a good booklet also. Well worth having..


https://www.amazon.com/We-Can-Work-Out- ... 105&sr=8-4

or

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CAN-WORK-OUT-1 ... 198&sr=8-1

wcwio.JPG

This looks interesting. I like Beatles cover compilations which include the quirky as well as the great.

I notice at least a couple of these tracks were taken from (crackly) vinyl:

13. Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Daytripper
15. The London Jazz Four - Things We Said Today

If you delete the R channel all is good.