[2019-08-02] Crispian St. Peters "The Pied Piper: Complete Recordings 1965-1974" 2CD repress of 2014 release (RPM UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:31 pm

Description
Crispian St. Peters was a folk/pop singer-songwriter who enjoyed significant success in the mid-60s, his career fuelled by some infamous boasts about his musical talents (his claim that he was better than Elvis and The Beatles caused an outrage at the time).

Signing to Decca in 1965, Crispian broke through with the UK No. 2 hit ‘You Were On My Mind’ in 1966 (it also made the Top 40 Stateside), followed by perhaps his most famous song, ‘The Pied Piper’, which was Top 5 on both sides of the Atlantic. He also had a minor UK/US hit with ‘Changes’.

The Pied Piper does exactly what it says on the package: for the first time, this remastered 2-CD set offers Crispian’s complete recorded output for various labels across nigh on a decade, starting with early singles ‘At This Moment’ and ‘No, No, No’ and ending with a one-off single for Santa Ponsa.

Both of Crispian’s albums are represented in their entirety: his 1966 Decca album Follow Me… (issued in similar form on Jamie in the US as The Pied Piper); and his scarce 1970 album for the obscure Square label, Simply Crispian St. Peters.

Several recordings on this authoritative 50-track package made their debut on this 2CD set. Also included are his single under the pseudonym Country Smith, and several tracks boasting sessioneers Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan on guitar.

The Pied Piper offers Crispian St. Peters’s entire recordings from 1965-1974 in one place, remastered with detailed sleeve-notes in the accompanying booklet. Sadly, Crispian passed away in 2010 but this new package offers a fitting epitaph to his musical legacy.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. At This Moment
2. You’ll Forget Me, Goodbye
3. No, No, No
4. Three Goodbyes
5. You Were On My Mind
6. What I’m Gonna Be
7. The Pied Piper
8. Sweet Dawn My True Love
9. Your Love Has Gone
10. Jilly Honey
11. When We Meet
12. It’s A Funny Feeling
13. So Long
14. But She’s Untrue
15. Goodbye To You
16. Willingly
17. Without You
18. That’s The Way I Feel
19. That Little Chain
20. Changes
21. My Little Brown Eyes
22. Your Ever Changin’ Mind
23. Almost Persuaded
24. You Have Gone
25. Free Spirit
26. I’m Always Crying

[CD2]
1. Laura
2. I Fall To Pieces
3. Sweet Lies
4. That’s The Time
5. The Silent Times
6. Low Bad Hurting (as Country Smith)
7. No Longer Mine (as Country Smith)
8. Look Into My Teardrops
9. Carolina
10. That’s Why We Are Through
11. Wandering Hobo
12. No Longer Mine
13. On And On
14. I Made Her That Way
15. I Met You
16. Please Take Me Back
17. Look Into My Teardrops
18. Monumental Queen
19. Love, Love, Love
20. I’m Gonna Have A Little Talk With You Friend
21. Soft As A Rose
22. I’ve Cried A Mile
23. Do Daddy Do
24. Every Time You Sinned

Amazon USA
Available for pre-order soon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HEQGRIW/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HEQGRIW/?tag=imwan-21

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

....and still no compilations from the hombres, woolies, richard and the young lions or balloon farm.

at least those who never got st. peters earlier comp can now get one.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:27 pm

Renny wrote:

....and still no compilations from the hombres, woolies, richard and the young lions or balloon farm.

at least those who never got st. peters earlier comp can now get one.

Those should all be made (and RPM would be a perfect label for them), but Crispian St. Peters getting this 2CD set didn't prevent any of your groups from being compiled. Don't hold it against him personally, Renny.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

Linda wrote:

Renny wrote:

....and still no compilations from the hombres, woolies, richard and the young lions or balloon farm.

at least those who never got st. peters earlier comp can now get one.

Those should all be made (and RPM would be a perfect label for them), but Crispian St. Peters getting this 2CD set didn't prevent any of your groups from being compiled. Don't hold it against him personally, Renny.

oh no, i get it, i get it.

i have an import comp of st.peter that i bought years ago, some pretty good stuff on there.

[2019-08-02] Crispian St. Peters "The Pied Piper: Complete Recordings 1965-1974" 2CD repress of 2014 release (RPM UK)

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