Various Artists - We Can Work It Out: Covers of the Beatles 1962-1966 [3CD] (CD Box Set)

This 3CD compilation focuses on the massive influence The Beatles had on a multitude of artists in disparate genres throughout numerous countries, right from the very start. It features the likes of Mary Wells, Count Basie, Cilla Black, Joe Cocker, PJ Proby, Mae West, Jose Feliciano, Jimmy James, Liza Minelli and many more.

After the release of the band's first single, Love Me Do in October 1962, Beatlemania commenced almost instantly and soon their own recordings, as well as covers by others, were omnipresent. In this collection we find artists from France, Holland, America, Italy, New Zealand, Hungary, and Puerto Rico, all proving that The Beatles songs were so great that it didn't matter what language they were sung in. Sunshine pop sits next to raw soul while bluegrass nudges up against jazz. Serious British folkies mix with campy Hollywood legends as Hungarian gypsy guitar makes way for proto psychedelia - nothing was safe from the all-encompassing influence of The Fab Four!

This wild variety of musical styles not only illustrates the strength of the compositional skills of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison but also provides an engaging and eclectic listening experience that appeals to fans of The Beatles in particular as well as those who like popular music in general.

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Tracklist:

CD 1:
1. Dick Rivers - Love Me Do (Je Suis Fou)
2. The Rattles - P. S. I Love You
3. Mary Wells - Please Please Me
4. Kenny Lynch - Misery
5. Duffy Power - I Saw Her Standing There
6. Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas - Do You Want to Know a Secret
7. Mike Redway - Bad to Me
8. The Crickets - From Me to You
9. The Baconeers - She Loves You
10. The Merseymen - I'll Get You
11. The Fourmost - Hello Little Girl
12. The Kestrels - There's a Place
13. Tommy Quickly & Remo Four - Tip of My Tongue
14. Cilla Black - Love of the Loved
15. Les Lionceaux - It Won't Be Long (Le Temps Est Long)
16. Marilyn Powell - All My Loving
17. Gregory Phillips - Don't Bother Me
18. Jackie Lynton - Little Child
19. Count Basie - Hold Me Tight
20. Mike Redway - I'll Keep You Satisfied
21. Adam Faith - I Wanna Be Your Man
22. Claude Francois - I Want to Hold Your Hand (Laisse-Moi Tenir Ta Main)
23. Shirley Abicair - This Girl
24. Peter and Gordon - A World Without Love
25. Baby Cortez - Can't Buy Me Love
26. The Supremes - You Can't Do That
27. Frank Bacon - Nobody I Know
28. The Applejacks - Like Dreamers Do
29. The Mamas & The Papas - I Call Your Name
30. Frank Alamo - a Hard Day's Night (Je Me Bats Pour Gagner)
31. Dino & I Kings - I Should Have Known Better (Cerca Di Capire)

CD 2:
1. The Coterie - If I Fell
2. Mark Wynter - And I Love Her
3. Me & Them - Tell Me Why
4. Joe Cocker - I'll Cry Instead
5. Strawberry Fair - Things We Said Today
6. Brotherhood - When I Get Home
7. The Buckinghams - I'll Be Back
8. Trea Dobbs - It's for You
9. The Ventures - I Feel Fine
10. Noel Harrison - She's a Woman
11. Les Lionceaux - No Reply (Ne Ris Plus)
12. The Hi-Fi's - Baby's in Black
13. Glyn Johns - I'll Follow the Sun
14. Alma Cogan - Eight Days a Week
15. The 5th Dimension - Ticket to Ride
16. The In-Sect - Yes It Is
17. Mary Wells - Help!
18. The Inbetweens - The Night Before
19. Jan & Dean - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
20. The Sunshine Company - I Need You
21. The Baskervilles - Another Girl
22. The Five Man Electrical Band - You're Going to Lose That Girl
23. The Baskervilles - You Like Me Too Much
24. Charles River Valley - Boys I've Just Seen a Face
25. David & Jonathan - Yesterday
26. P. J. Proby - That Means a Lot
27. Mae West - Day Tripper
28. Swingshift - We Can Work It Out
29. Paraffin Jack Flash LTD - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

CD 3:
1. Madeline Bell - You Won't See Me
2. Tony Rivers & The Castaways - Nowhere Man
3. Gary McFarland and Gabor Szabo - The Word
4. The Free - Design Michelle
5. The Truth - Girl
6. Davy Graham - I'm Looking Through You
7. Jose Feliciano - In My Life
8. Frankie Vaughan - Wait
9. The Cryan' Shames - If I Needed Someone
10. The Transatlantics - Run for Your Life
11. Tempest - Paperback Writer
12. Petula Clark - Rain
13. The Senate - Yellow Submarine
14. Erick Saint Laurent - Eleanor Rigby
15. Junior Parker T- axman
16. Zoot - I'm Only Sleeping
17. Swingshift - Here, There and Everywhere
18. Jimmy James - Good Day Sunshine
19. Spanky & Our Gang - And Your Bird Can Sing
20. Liza Minnelli - For No One
21. Rage - Doctor Robert
22. The Rackets - I Want to Tell You
23. Jackie Trent - Got to Get You Into My Life
24. Steve Marcus - Tomorrow Never Knows
25. The Four Preps - A Letter to the Beatles