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Diamonds and Other Gems: The Complete Decca Singles * by Jet Harris & Tony Meehan/Jet Harris (CD, 2008)

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Record Label
RPM
UPC
5013929598256
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26050136187

Product Key Features

Artist
Jet Harris & Tony Meehan/Jet Harris
Format
CD
Release Year
2008
Style
British Invasion
Release Title
Diamonds and Other Gems: The Complete Decca Singles *
Genre
Oldies
Run Time
47 mins 15 seconds

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Liner Note Author: Roger Dopson. This 2008 compilation contains the same exact 20 tracks as the very similarly titled 1989 Deram anthology Diamonds and Other Gems. Why in the world, then, might you prefer this over the other? Well, the 12-page liner notes to the 2008 collection are far superior to the annotation on the one that preceded it by about 20 years, and include a lengthy essay and mucho vintage pictures and memorabilia. This 2008 CD is also more logically chronologically sequenced than the 1989 one. Whether you've heard it before or not, however, the music remains the same, including both sides of all seven 1962-1964 singles Jet Harris issued with or without Tony Meehan; four tracks that showed up on EPs and a soundtrack, and two that were unreleased in the '60s. Though highly uneven, it remains among the best British rock music made just prior to or just as the Beatles were emerging. Heavily rooted in the moody instrumental rock of the Shadows (in which both Harris and Meehan had previously played), the songs are, naturally, more bass-heavy, Harris being a bassist. At times -- especially on the hits "The Man with the Golden Arm" and "Diamonds" -- it's the equal of the Shadows at their best, with somewhat more of a spy movie-like menace than the Shadows boasted. There are also slighter items with somewhat corny orchestration, backing vocals, and an ersatz galloping country & western feel. And the occasional numbers on which Harris takes vocals prove he was a much better bassist than singer, though these aren't all bad. Overall, it's an interesting, at times very entertaining, document of a style that briefly ruled in British rock, and which the Beatles would quickly make passé even as "Diamonds" was battling it out with "Please Please Me" for the top position on the British charts. ~ Richie Unterberger
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Record Collector (magazine) (p.93) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This glittering collection opens a window to the 18-month period from June 1962 to early 1964, when it seemed that Jet Harris, initially in his own right and then in partnership with fellow ex-Shadows member Tony Meehan, could do not wrong."
Distribution
Infinity Entertainment Gr
Number of Audio Channels
Stereo
Number of discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA

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