VARIOUS ARTISTS - WRECKING CREW Price: €27.99 Format: Compact Disc Availability: Immediate Dispatch

4 CD

Deluxe 4 CD box set featuring many of the biggest hits that the Wrecking Crew played on for
numerous artists and bands, including The Beach Boys, The Monkees, The Mamas & The
Papas, The Byrds, Jan & Dean, Righteous Brothers, Herb Albert, Ray Charles, Sonny
& Cher, Seals and Crofts
and dozens more
3 CDs are filled with hits and interviews about the songs and the 4th CD is called The Crew
Cuts which is filled with songs cut under the musicians' own names The Wrecking Crew was
the “house” band for West Coast Pop/Rock hits from the U.S. in the mid-60's. The
combined fire-power of these studio giants performed on countless hits helping fuel tens
of millions of dollars in single and album sales. If you listened to songs by The Beach Boys,
Glen Campbell, The Fifth Dimension, The Mamas & The Papas, The Turtles, The Monkees
and scores of other bands, they all relied on spontaneous tasty licks and fills these pros
provided to flesh out and finish their ideas.
This deluxe 4CD box set illustrates part of the story of “The Wrecking Crew”. This is the first
time this grouping of songs has ever been put together. Each song was chosen because of
a connection to the Wrecking Crew session musicians. The credits of the musicians listed
were compiled from the contracts provided by the American Federation of Musicians.
The Wrecking Crew album is released as a companion to Wienerworld's award-winning
DVD The Wrecking Crew (WNRD2591), the music-filled documentary that tells the story of
the unsung musicians. The Wrecking Crew brought the flair and musicianship that made
the American “West Coast Sound” a dominant cultural force around the world.
ACCOMPANYING DVD WNRD2591 - The Wrecking Crew documentary (2DVD) features The
Wrecking Crew film plus six hours of bonus content
CD 1: Be My Baby (Ronettes) / Walk Right In (The Moments) / This Diamond Ring (Gary Lewis
And The Playboys) / The Birds And The Bees (Jewel Akens) / La Bamba (Ritchie Valens)
/ Johnny Angel (Shelly Fabre) / Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds) / Marilyn McCoo And
Billy Davis Jr Discuss Stone Soul Picnic / Stoned Soul Picnic (5th Dimension) / Lets Go Pony
(Rout-ers) / Deep Purple (April And Nino) / Donna (Ritchie Valens) / Lets Dance (Chris
Montez) / Mike Melvoin Drummer Joke / Dean Torrence Talks About Baby Talk / Baby Talk
(Jan And Dean) / Monday Monday (The Mamas And The Papas) / To Know Him Is To Love
Him (The Teddy Bears) / Guantamera (The Sandpipers)
CD 2: Good Vibrations (The Beach Boys) / California Dreamin (The Mamas And The Papas)
/ Dizzy (Tommy Roe) / Barry McGuire Talks About Eve Of Destruction / Eve Of Destruction
(Barry McGuire) / Windy (The Association) / Up Up And Away (5th Dimension) / This Guys In
Love With You (Herb Alpert) / Everybodys Talkin (Harry Nilsson) / The Big Hurt (Miss Toni
Fisher) / Mary Mary (The Monkees) / The Beat Goes On (Sonny And Cher) / Baja (Jack Nitzsche)
/ California Sunshine Girl (The Shacklefords) / Flying Telecaster (Michael Nesmith)
/ You Told Me (Michael Nesmith) / Little War (Suzi Jane Hokom)
CD 3: Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell) / Midnight Confessions (The Grass Roots) / God
Only Knows (The Beach Boys) / Danke Shoen (Wayne Newton) / Louie Shelton Talks About
Valleri / Valleri (The Monkees) / Another Saturday Night (Sam Cooke) / Out Of Limits (The
Marketts) / Sleep In The Grass (Ann Margret And Lee Hazelwood) / Indian Reservation
(Paul Revere And The Raiders) / Mike Melvoin Saxophone Player Joke / Gypsies Tramps
And Thieves (Cher) / Summer Breeze (Seals And Crofts) / The Lonely Surfer (Jack Nitzsche)
/ Hal Blaine 3 Piece Suit Joke / Whipped Cream (The Tijuana Brass) / Dedicated To The
One I Love (Mamas And Papas) / Bein Green (Ray Charles) / Julie Do Ya Love Me (Bobby
Sherman) / Forget Marie (Lee Hazelwood)
CD 4: The Beat Goes On (Hal Blaine) / Surfin Hootenanny (Al Casey) / James Bond Theme (Billy
Strange) / Walking And Talking (Tommy Tedesco) / Floreando (Al Delory) / DePatie Melt (Don
Randi And John DePatie) / Safari West (Buddy Collette) / Deep Drum (Hal Blaine)
/ Lost In The Shuffle (Mike Deasy) / Cute (Frank Capp) / Concierto De Aranjuez (Dennis
Budimir) / Ciao Bella (Emil Richards) / Blues Cha Cha (Michel Rubini) / Beginners Luck (Lyle
Ritz) / Afternoon In Paris (Chuck Berghofer) / Begin The Blues (Barney Kessel) / Room
2000 (Tommy Tedesco) / Grease Patrol (Plas Johnson)