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First, to be clear, this is certainly not the only Drifters album you'll ever need, and it may well be one of the last ones you'll ever need. This is fare from the latter-day Drifters. By the 1970s the Drifters had splintered into several separate touring groups, one of which was led by Johnny Moore. Moore, recognizing that the group had always been popular in Britain, moved there and enlisted Bill Fredericks, Gant Kitchings, and Butch Leak to form yet another incarnation of the group, which then signed to Bell Records in 1973. This set, drawn from the Bell era, shows the British Drifters to be but a pale shadow of their earlier configurations, and the material they recorded slides to the bland and at times to the near-disco side of things. There are a few glimmers of past glory, most notably on "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies," which has the feel but not quite the accomplished joy of a classic Drifters side, and a somewhat overblown version of Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline," but on the whole, what's collected here hardly lives up to the original group's considerable recorded legacy.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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The Drifters, Main Artist - Roger Greenaway, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Tony Macaulay, Composer, Lyricist - Jerry Butler, Arranger - Johnny Moore - Clyde Brown - Tony Burrows
(P) 1976 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Drifters, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Roger Greenaway, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Tony Macaulay, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Jerry Butler, Arranger - Johnny Moore - Clyde Brown - Tony Burrows
(P) 1974 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Drifters, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Bill Fredericks - Tony Burrows - Johnny Moore - Roger Greenaway, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Barry Mason, Composer, Lyricist - Lew Warburton, Arranger
(P) 1975 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Drifters, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Roger Greenaway, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Stephens, Composer - Geoff Stephens, Composer - Jerry Butler, Arranger - Clyde Brown - Tony Burrows - Johnny Moore
(P) 1976 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Drifters, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Roger Greenaway, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Johnny Moore - Bill Fredericks - Tony Burrows - Roger Cook, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Billy Davis, Producer - Geoff Stephens, Composer, Lyricist - Bert De Coteaux, Arranger - Billy Arnell, Arranger - Lew Warburton, Arranger
(P) 1973 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Drifters, Main Artist - Roger Greenaway, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Les Reed, Composer, Lyricist - Lew Warburton, Arranger - Johnny Moore - Tony Burrows - Brian Bennett
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) Limited
The Drifters, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Johnny Moore - Tony Burrows - Bill Fredericks - Roger Greenaway, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Billy Davis, Producer - Tony Macaulay, Composer, Lyricist - Tony King, Arranger
(P) 1974 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) Limited
The Drifters, Main Artist - Roger Greenaway, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Jerry Butler, Arranger - Barry Mason, Composer, Lyricist - Tony Burrows - Johnny Moore - Bill Fredericks - Clyde Brown
(P) 1975 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) Limited
The Drifters, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Backer, Composer, Lyricist - Bill Fredericks - Johnny Moore - Butch Leake - Grant Kitchings - Roger Greenaway, Producer - Tony Burrows - Roger Cook, Producer - Billy Davis, Producer - Riley Hampton, Arranger - Lew Warburton, Arranger
(P) 1973 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) Limited
Albumbeschreibung
First, to be clear, this is certainly not the only Drifters album you'll ever need, and it may well be one of the last ones you'll ever need. This is fare from the latter-day Drifters. By the 1970s the Drifters had splintered into several separate touring groups, one of which was led by Johnny Moore. Moore, recognizing that the group had always been popular in Britain, moved there and enlisted Bill Fredericks, Gant Kitchings, and Butch Leak to form yet another incarnation of the group, which then signed to Bell Records in 1973. This set, drawn from the Bell era, shows the British Drifters to be but a pale shadow of their earlier configurations, and the material they recorded slides to the bland and at times to the near-disco side of things. There are a few glimmers of past glory, most notably on "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies," which has the feel but not quite the accomplished joy of a classic Drifters side, and a somewhat overblown version of Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline," but on the whole, what's collected here hardly lives up to the original group's considerable recorded legacy.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:58
- Main artists: The Drifters
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Ariola Express
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2004 BMG UK & Ireland Ltd.
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