Gene Pitney

00-67 LP Gene On Stage CBS 63314 (Germany)

 

side one: side two:
24 Sycamore Street    Never Had No Toys
Country Dancin' Playing Games Of Love
Flower Girl Where Did The Magic Go?
My Sweet Kentucky Rose That's What Send Me To The Bowery
Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart I Can't Make It Without You

 

00-95 CD I Must Be Seeing Things/Something's Gotten Hold Of My HeartGene On Stage Green Tree Records GTR 020 (UK)

 

Tracks:  
1. I Must Be Seeing Things 13. 24 Sycamore Street
2. Marianne 14. Country Dancin'
3. Save Your Love 15. Flower Girl
4. Down The Subway 4. Down The Subway
5. If Mary's There 17. Something's Gotten Hold Of My
6. Don't Take Candy From A Stranger Heart 18. Never Had No Toys
7. One Day 19. Playing Games Of Love
8. She's Still There 20. Where Did The Magic Go ?
9. Just One Smile 21. That's What Sends Me To The Bowery
10. There's No Livin' Without Your Lovin'   22. I Can't Make It Without You
11. I Lost Tomorrow (Yesterday)    
12. If I Never Get To Love You  

 

12-96 CD Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart Movie Play 5505 (USA)

 

Tracks:
1. 24 Sycamore Street
2. Country Dancin'
3. Flower Girl
4. My Sweet Kentucky Rose
5. Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
6. Never Had No Toys
7. Playing Games Of Love
8. Where Did The Magic Go
9. That's What Send Me To The Bowery
10. I Can't Make It Without You

Gene Pitney is the only artist who covered a Mike d'Abo song from the Manfred Mann period of Mike: "Country Dancing". Manfred Mann put this Mike d'Abo song on the album "Mighty Garvey" in 1968, so in fact Gene Pitney released the song earlier than Manfred Mann.

Another strange thing about the Gene Pitney version is, that Tony Hazzard/Mike d'Abo are mentioned as writers on the 2CD set.

The 2CD set are in fact two albums from the U.S.A., but so far I didn't trace the catalogue number of this release.

"Country Dancing" is another up-tempo songs from Mike, and Gene Pitney is doing a fine job with this song, even though he's at his very best when singing ballads.