Gerry & The Pacemakers - The Best Of Gerry & The Pacemak torrent

This is the same torrent that was uploaded to Demonoid in September 2008.


Gerry & The Pacemakers - The Best Of Gerry & The Pacemakers: The Definitive Collection (1991)

Includes:
Files by track, ripped at FLAC 8 using Easy CD-DA Extractor (www.poikosoft.com)
Tracks have full tags (including embedded thumbnail).
All artwork in jpgs at 300 d.p.i. Rotated and cropped losslessly using jpegcrop. (Includes 12 page booklet.)
AMG Bio.txt
AMG Review.txt
Notes.txt (which is simply these notes included in the torrent)

Bio Excerpt from All Music:

As unfathomable as it seems from the distance of over 30 years, for a few months, Gerry & the Pacemakers were the Beatles' nearest competitors in Britain. Managed (like the Beatles) by Brian Epstein, Gerry Marsden and his band burst out of the gate with three consecutive number one U.K. hits in 1963, "How Do You Do It," "I Like It," and "You'll Never Walk Alone." If the Beatles defined Merseybeat at its best in early 1963, Gerry & the Pacemakers defined the form at its most innocuous, performing bouncy, catchy, and utterly lightweight tunes driven by rhythm guitar and Marsden's chipper vocals. Compared to the Beatles and other British Invasion heavies, they sound quaint indeed. That's not to say the group were trivial; their hits were certainly likable and energetic and are fondly remembered today, even if the musicians lacked the acumen (or earthy image) to develop their style from its relentlessly upbeat and poppy base. ....

To read the entire bio:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wiftxqe5ldke~T1

All Music Album Review:

The title promises more than it really delivers in content, if not sound. It'll do for the casual listener.

Track List:

01. How Do You Do It?
02. Away From You
03. I Like It
04. It's Happened to Me
05. Pretend
06. Hello Little Girl
07. You'll Never Walk Alone (from "Carousel")
08. It's All Right
09. You're The Reason
10. I'm The One
11. You've Got What I Like
12. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
13. Show Me That You Care
14. It's Gonna Be Alright
15. It's Just Because
16. Ferry Cross The Mersey
17. You You You
18. I'll Wait For You
19. I'll Be There
20. Give All Your Love to Me
21. Walk Hand In Hand
22. Dreams
23. La La La
24. Girl On A Swing
25. Fool To Myself

More album detail at: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jifwxqu5ldje