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Whoever thought the day would come when the Foundations would be honored with a three-CD set? Now that it's found us, though, the job's certainly been done with admirable completeness, the 60 songs including everything they did for Pye -- a period that covers virtually everything of interest the band recorded, mostly dating from 1967-1970. That means there's not only everything from their singles and albums (including the whole of the late-'60s live LP Rockin' the Foundations), but also five solo tracks (most or all of them from the early '70s) recorded by original Foundations lead singer Clem Curtis; the mid-'70s single by the New Foundations, led by Curtis; and an unnecessary 12" 1989 remix of "Baby Now That I've Found You." Like many such vault-cleaning anthologies of bands with one or two big hits, though, it's musically erratic. At their best, the Foundations credibly emulated horn-backed American vocal group soul, often mixed with mainstream British pop influences, flecked with a hint of ska/bluebeat and Georgie Fame here and there. But it's those one or two big hits -- in their case, "Baby Now That I've Found You" and "Build Me Up Buttercup" -- that are easily the best items here. Too many of the other songs have lesser echoes of those two hits, which may be unsurprising given that so many of their recordings were written by the Tony Macaulay-John MacLeod team who wrote "Baby Now That I've Found You" (Macaulay co-wrote "Build Me Up Buttercup" too, though with Mike d'Abo, not MacLeod). For those inclined to dig this deep, there are indications of unusual and interestingly different dimensions to the group on some of the relatively infrequent original compositions, like the ominous psychedelic-influenced "New Direction," Curtis' Sam Cooke-like "Tomorrow," Colin Young's funky "Give Me Love," and the mighty progressive funk of the instrumental workouts "In the Beginning" and "Where the Fire Burns." Pat Burke's "A Walk Through the Trees," moving the latter's tenor sax into a rare center-stage spot, is also worth hearing, and this group's version of "That Same Old Feeling" (later a hit for their Pye labelmates Pickettywitch) is also worth hearing, if only for the relative prominence of Alan Warner's chiming rhythm guitar. Most admirers of the group will be content with a single-disc greatest-hits collection, but for more serious fans this roundup is a valuable service, and the live album -- promised for reissue on CD in the late '90s -- comes off better here and more credible than most of us remember it. The absence of original release date information (except for the year of issue) for each track is unfortunate, however, and the annotation is a bit disappointing -- on most of these Castle/Sanctuary vault raids of the Pye vaults, there's almost too much information, but here there's too little.
© Richie Unterberger & Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Tony Macaulay, Composer, Producer - John Macleod, Composer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Composer, Producer - John Macleod, Composer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Composer, Producer - John Macleod, Composer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Composer, Producer - John Macleod, Composer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - Barbara Ruskin, Composer - Alan Warner, Guitar
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Gene Barge, Composer - Tony Macaulay, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - Alan Warner, Guitar
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
TONY HATCH, Composer - Tony Macaulay, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Tex, Composer - Tony Macaulay, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
James Shaw, Composer - Tony Macaulay, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
JERRY GOLDSTEIN, Composer - Mike Elliot, Tenor Saxophone - The Foundations, MainArtist - Tim Harris, Drums - Clem Curtis, Vocals - Alan Warner, Guitar - Eric Allandale, Trombone - Pat Burke, Flute, Tenor Saxophone
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Composer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - Alan Warner, Guitar
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Composer, Producer - John Macleod, Composer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Composer, Producer - John Macleod, Composer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - Eric Allendale, Composer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Pierre Tubbs, Composer - Jerome Jackson, Composer - Tony Macaulay, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Composer, Producer, Writer - Mike D'Abo, Composer, Writer - The Foundations, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Colin Young, Vocals
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2022 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - Alan Warner, Composer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2022 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Jeff Barry, Composer - BERT RUSSELL, Composer - Tony Macaulay, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Earl Nelson, Composer - Tony Macaulay, Producer - Robert Relf, Composer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Mike Elliot, Tenor Saxophone - The Foundations, MainArtist - Tim Harris, Drums - Clem Curtis, Composer, Vocals - Eric Allandale, Trombone - Pat Burke, Flute, Tenor Saxophone
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - Colin Young, Composer - Alan Warner, Guitar
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
DISC 2
Tony Macaulay, Composer, Producer - John Macleod, Composer, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Mike Elliot, Tenor Saxophone - The Foundations, MainArtist - Richard Warner, Composer - Tim Harris, Drums - Clem Curtis, Vocals - David Macbeth, Composer - Eric Allandale, Trombone - Pat Burke, Flute, Tenor Saxophone
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - Jack Winsley, Composer - Robert Saker, Composer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Composer, Producer - John Macleod, Composer, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Producer - John Macleod, Producer - The Foundations, MainArtist - Colin Young, Composer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Producer - John Macleod, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - Eric Allendale, Composer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Composer - Tony Gomez, Organ - John Macleod, Composer - The Foundations, MainArtist - Tim Harris, Drums - Colin Young, Vocals - Eric Allandale, Trombone - Pat Burke, Flute, Saxophone - Allan Warner, Guitar - Peter Macbeth, Bass Guitar
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Composer, Producer - John Macleod, Composer, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Producer - John Macleod, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - Patrick Burke, Composer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Composer - Tony Gomez, Organ - John Macleod, Composer - The Foundations, MainArtist - Tim Harris, Drums - Colin Young, Vocals - Eric Allandale, Trombone - Pat Burke, Flute, Saxophone - Allan Warner, Guitar - Peter Macbeth, Bass Guitar
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Producer - John Macleod, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - Eric Allendale, Composer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Gomez, Composer - The Foundations, Producer, Performance, MainArtist - Colin Young, Composer - Eric Allendale, Composer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Gomez, Composer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - Colin Young, Composer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Worsley, Composer - Tony Macaulay, Producer - John Macleod, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - David Myers, Composer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Bill Martin, Composer - Mike Elliot, Tenor Saxophone - Phil Coulter, Composer - The Foundations, MainArtist - Tim Harris, Drums - Clem Curtis, Vocals - Eric Allandale, Trombone - Pat Burke, Flute, Tenor Saxophone
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1970 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - Colin Young, Composer - Jim Dawson, Producer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1970 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - Colin Young, Composer - Jim Dawson, Producer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1970 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1998 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Composer, Producer - John Macleod, Composer - The Foundations, Remixer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1989 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
DISC 3
Alvertis Isbell, Composer - Booker T. Jones, Composer - Eddie Floyd, Composer - Clem Curtis, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Composer - Clem Curtis, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Clem Curtis, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1972 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Clem Curtis, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Clem Curtis, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The New Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1976 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
The New Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1976 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Producer - Jesse James, Composer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - Colin Young, Composer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Macaulay, Producer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist - Harold Roberts, Composer - Francis Kinsella, Composer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Earl Nelson, Composer - Tony Macaulay, Producer - Robert Relf, Composer - The Foundations, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Album review
Whoever thought the day would come when the Foundations would be honored with a three-CD set? Now that it's found us, though, the job's certainly been done with admirable completeness, the 60 songs including everything they did for Pye -- a period that covers virtually everything of interest the band recorded, mostly dating from 1967-1970. That means there's not only everything from their singles and albums (including the whole of the late-'60s live LP Rockin' the Foundations), but also five solo tracks (most or all of them from the early '70s) recorded by original Foundations lead singer Clem Curtis; the mid-'70s single by the New Foundations, led by Curtis; and an unnecessary 12" 1989 remix of "Baby Now That I've Found You." Like many such vault-cleaning anthologies of bands with one or two big hits, though, it's musically erratic. At their best, the Foundations credibly emulated horn-backed American vocal group soul, often mixed with mainstream British pop influences, flecked with a hint of ska/bluebeat and Georgie Fame here and there. But it's those one or two big hits -- in their case, "Baby Now That I've Found You" and "Build Me Up Buttercup" -- that are easily the best items here. Too many of the other songs have lesser echoes of those two hits, which may be unsurprising given that so many of their recordings were written by the Tony Macaulay-John MacLeod team who wrote "Baby Now That I've Found You" (Macaulay co-wrote "Build Me Up Buttercup" too, though with Mike d'Abo, not MacLeod). For those inclined to dig this deep, there are indications of unusual and interestingly different dimensions to the group on some of the relatively infrequent original compositions, like the ominous psychedelic-influenced "New Direction," Curtis' Sam Cooke-like "Tomorrow," Colin Young's funky "Give Me Love," and the mighty progressive funk of the instrumental workouts "In the Beginning" and "Where the Fire Burns." Pat Burke's "A Walk Through the Trees," moving the latter's tenor sax into a rare center-stage spot, is also worth hearing, and this group's version of "That Same Old Feeling" (later a hit for their Pye labelmates Pickettywitch) is also worth hearing, if only for the relative prominence of Alan Warner's chiming rhythm guitar. Most admirers of the group will be content with a single-disc greatest-hits collection, but for more serious fans this roundup is a valuable service, and the live album -- promised for reissue on CD in the late '90s -- comes off better here and more credible than most of us remember it. The absence of original release date information (except for the year of issue) for each track is unfortunate, however, and the annotation is a bit disappointing -- on most of these Castle/Sanctuary vault raids of the Pye vaults, there's almost too much information, but here there's too little.
© Richie Unterberger & Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 59 track(s)
- Total length: 03:09:27
- Main artists: The Foundations
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Castle Communications
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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