The Very Best Of

I love 60's pop because it always tickles my fancy. Freddie and the Dreamers was a group I had to add to my collection. I wasn't there for them when they were at there peak, but a 60 year time delay doesn't diminish my love for this kind of Pop! Thanks!

While many would view Freddie & The Dreamers as a minor footnote to the British Invasion of the mid 60's, the band nonetheless presents an interesting musical style unmatched by many of the period bands, with the exception of Herman's Hermits. Freddie & Co. presents two distinct styles in this collection, the earliest of which is exemplified by the hits "I'm Telling You Now", "You Were Made For Me", " "Do The Freddie" and "I Think Of You", a lighthearted music hall sing-song style with standard British Invasion combo backing. The second style, my preference, begins with "Over You", "I Understand" and extends through the hit "A Little You". This style includes more orchestration and a more standard vocal style.The shortcoming in this set is the rejection of the concept of less is more. Several attempts at covering classic rock and roll hits such as "See You Later Alligator" and "Short Shorts", the Royal Teens 1958 novelty hit, seem very amateurish. Especially egregious in this regard is the cover of the Barrett Strong classic, "Money". Having been exposed to the Beatles version for so many years, the F&D version is no better than a cover band version seen in your local pub. While 29 tracks is very generous in this collection, the album would have been better as a whole if the covers had been omitted. That said, Freddie & The Dreamers presents a nice alternative to much of the harder edged British bands of the time period. The mixing and engineering on the set is quite good.

Always liked the British Invasion music. Aside from the great chart hits by this group there are some very outstanding treasures to be found in this collection. I highly recommend this CD by Freddie & the Dreamers.

Ich hatte gar nicht mehr in Erinnerung, wie gut Freddie und seine Träumer singen konnten. Wer auf den Merseybeat der frühen Sixties steht (also mehrstimmiger Gesang mit eingängigen, clean gespielten markanten Gitarrenriffs), der sollte sich diese Scheibe kaufen.

ハーマンズ・ハーミッツ同様間延びしたグループという印象が強い。確かに当時のステージのビデオでがむしゃらに飛び回るアクションを見た時は私も驚いた。その動きはコミカルというより脳みそが不自由な奴がいるとさえ思ったほどで相当痛々しかった。　ところがステージを見ないでCDだけを聴くとどうだろう。私も例に洩れず英語の歌詞の意味をダイレクトに理解できない日本人なので、素直に楽曲を楽しむしか術がない。そうして聴くとハーマンズ・ハーミッツのように徹底したアンチ・ロックな音ではないのだ。他のブリティッシュ・ビート・バンドと比較すると音の荒々しさは若干弱いかもしれないが、『Feel So Blue』などなかなかグッとくるではないか。言葉の壁や時代の壁が実はそのグループのことを冷静に聴くことができるというプラスに作用することがある。そうすれば案外マトモなグループだと思えるのだ。とはいえ聴き終わるとついついビートルズの『バッド・ボーイ』の荒々しさが恋しくなるのも事実だが……。

Enjoyable CD featuring the best of Freddie & The Dreamers music - a reminder of the 1960's pop music, well performed and entertaining!Somewhat at a loss why the seller did not send package by post, but used a carrier instead - but worth the extra wait.

I realised I did not own a F&tD's album, on the death of my good friend,(their lead guitarist), so set out to rectify the omission. It has ALL their hits, plus a couple I'd not heard before. Well satisfied.

Wow just as I remember Freddie and the dreamers, brilliant cd