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5.0 out of 5 stars
One Of The Best Groups Of The 1960's, Jan 14 2003
Judith Durham had arguably the best, pure voice of any female recording artist of the 1960's. Her sensitivity and charm are exhibited in most of her songs. Judith's vocals are rich and pure and in some of her recordings she sounds like an angel. The harmonies of the Seekers are also excellent, and they recorded several outstanding spiritual songs.I'll Never Find Another You, World Of Our Own, Carnival Is Over, Walk With Me, Morningtown Ride, Georgy Girl, and Emerald City are particularly beautiful songs, and the Seekers recording of Waltzing Matilda is one of the best versions of this classic folk song. Surprisingly only I'll Never Find Another You (#4), Georgy Girl (#2), and A World Of Our Own (#19) were top forty hits in the United States. The Seekers were much more commercially successful in England where Carnival Is Over and Morningtown Ride, as well as A World Of Our Own and Georgy Girl were #1 hits and several of their other recordings made the top 10 on the UK charts. Also included on this CD are good covers of classic folk songs such as Lemon Tree, Blowin' In The Wind, Danny Boy, and Five Hundred Miles. This album is an excellent value. Fans of the Seekers should consider purchasing the Seekers Complete Box Set for most of their music from the 1960's, and some of their recordings when they reunited in the 1990's.
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Brilliant sixties folk-pop group, Oct 12 2003
This isn't truly the best of the Seekers but it contains all the essentials. The first half of the collection contains all their hit singles and a couple of other tracks, while the second half is a re-issue of their debut album - an interesting collection of folk songs. Because the hits are all at the beginning, you can always play those on their own, which I sometimes do if I'm in a particular mood.They had five huge hits in the UK - I'll never find another you, A world of our own, The carnival is over, Morningtown ride and Georgy girl. Three of them went all the way to number one and the other two came close. In America, Georgy girl was their biggest hit though A world of our own also made thr top five. They gained further recognition via Sonny James, who covered I'll never find another you and A world of our own, taking them to the top of the country charts. Someday one day, Walk with me, When will the good apples fall and Emerald city were less successful but still excellent. Island of dreams is a cover of a song that was a top five UK hit for the Springfields - a group that included Tom Springfield, who became producer for the Seekers after his sister, Dusty, went solo. The final twelve songs contain a mix of mostly traditional folk songs from Ireland, Australia and America, though there are one or two contemporary songs here, most famously Blowing in the wind. This is an excellent introduction to the music of the Seekers.
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