The Foundations – Am I Groovin’ You Pye Anthology is pretty much everything you need from the band over three discs.
And that’s a good thing too. The British soul act of the mid-to-late 1960s never really have enough spotlight shone on them. Well, apart from ‘Baby Now That I Found You’ and ‘Build Me Up Buttercup’ which are always being played somewhere. The rest? Much less so.
With this set, you get the hits from the eight-piece soul band, as well as The Foundations’ UK albums, ‘From The Foundations’ (1967), ‘Rocking The Foundations’ (1968) and ‘Digging The Foundations’ (1969) in full and tracks from the 1969 Marble Arch label compilation ‘The Foundations’ including versions of Freddie Scott’s ‘Am I Groovin’ You’ and Bob And Earl’s ‘Harlem Shuffle’ plus the A and B sides of The Foundations’ Pye singles, Clem Curtis solo recordings and rarities.
Yes, you get the lot. 75 tracks in total and while not all of it is essential, it’s interesting and good value for money when you consider the amount of material here.
I’ve listed just what you get below and if you want to order a copy, you can do that at Rough Trade for £21.99.
Find out more at the Rough Trade website
Tracklisting:
DISC ONE
From The Foundations – Mono
1 Baby Now That I Found You
2 I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving
3 Hold Me Just A Little While Longer
4 Come On Back To Me
5 Love Is A Five Letter Word 6 Call Me
7 Show Me
8 Jerkin’ The Dog
9 A Whole New Thing
10 The Writings On The Wall
11 Mr Personality Man Bonus Tracks
12 Back On My Feet Again (mono)
13 Any Old Time You’re Lonely Or Sad (mono)
14 We Are Happy People
15 It’s All Right
16 Build Me Up Buttercup (mono)
17 A New Direction From The Foundations – Stereo
18 Baby Now That I Found You
19 I Can Take Or Leave You Loving
20 Hold Me Just A Little While Longer
21 Come On Back To Me
22 Love Is A Five Letter Word
23 Call Me
24 Show Me
25 Jerkin’ The Dog
26 A Whole New Thing
27 The Writings On The Wall
28 Mr Personality Man
DISC TWO
1 Am I Groovin’ You (studio version)
2 Harlem Shuffle (studio version)
3 Tomorrow (studio version)
4 Give Me Love
Digging The Foundations
5 My Little Chickadee
6 ’Till Night Brought Day
7 Waiting On The Shores Of Nowhere
8 In The Bad Bad Old Days Before You Loved Me
9 A Penny Sir
10 I Can Feel It
11 Take Away The Emptiness Too
12 Let The Heartaches Begin
13 A Walk Through The Trees
14 That Same Old Feeling
15 Solomon Grundy
Bonus tracks
16 Baby Now That I Found You (Colin Young vocal) (stereo)
17 Born To Live, Born To Die
18 Why Did You Cry
19 Baby I Couldn’t See
20 Take A Girl Like You
21 I’m Gonna Be A Rich Man
22 Who Am I
23 In The Beginning
DISC THREE
Rocking The Foundations: Live
1 Love Is All Right (The Horse) (LIVE)
2 People Are Funny (LIVE)
3 Harlem Shuffle (LIVE)
4 Comin’ Home Baby (LIVE)
5 Tomorrow (LIVE)
6 Am I Groovin’ You (LIVE)
7 Back On My Feet Again (LIVE)
8 Any Old Time You’re Lonely and Sad (LIVE)
9 Things Get Better (LIVE)
10 The Look Of Love (LIVE)
11 Stop Her On Sight SOS (LIVE)
12 We Are Happy People (LIVE)
Bonus tracks
13 96 Tears (LIVE)
14 Where The Fire Burns 15 Build Me Up Buttercup (stereo)
16 Back On My Feet Again (stereo)
17 Any Old Time You’re Lonely and Sad (stereo)
18 CLEM CURTIS – Mountain Over The Hill
19 CLEM CURTIS – Time Alone Will Tell
20 CLEM CURTIS – I’ve Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)
21 CLEM CURTIS – Point Of No Return
22 CLEM CURTIS – Stand By Your Man
23 NEW FOUNDATIONS (FEATURING COLIN YOUNG) – Something For My Baby
24 NEW FOUNDATIONS (FEATURING COLIN YOUNG) – I Need Your Love
