Don Fardon - I'm Alive: The Don Fardon Anthology 1967-1974 (CD) - CD

Details: Three CD set containing 81 tracks including 'Indian Reservation', a UK #3 hit in 1970 and a global million seller. Plus his hit 1970 tribute to footballer Georgie Best, 'Belfast Boy' and club favourite 'I'm Alive', recorded in 1969, that peaked at #12 in the independent singles chart in 2010. Featuring numerous tracks previously unreleased on CD including Fardon's never re- issued debut solo single, 'It's Been Nice Lovin' You' (1967 version) and B side, 'I Won't Be Long' and the half live / half studio album, Don Fardon & The Gang On Tour In Scandinavia recorded in 1970. With eight never commercially issued tracks drawn from BBC World Service programme Top Of The Pops including recordings of 'Indian Reservation', 'Belfast Boy' and a cover of The Beatles' 'Back In The USSR'. Don Fardon first tasted fame as the singer in Coventry's cult freakbeat legends The Sorrows, when their single, 'Take A Heart', made #21 in the UK chart in 1965. Though The Sorrows aren't covered by this box, Don's excellent 1968 solo version of 'Take A Heart' is included as is his 1969 solo take on another Sorrows' single, 'Let The Live Live'. All of Fardon's singles from the 1967 to 1974 era, including many not issued in the UK, are featured such as 'Indian Reservation', 'Belfast Boy' and 'I'm Alive' but also 'The Letter', 'Gimme Gimme Good Lovin', mod favourite 'Treat Her Right', 1974's glam stomper 'Don't Do That' and more plus all the tracks from albums, The Lament Of The Cherokee Indian (1968), The Love Story Of Don Fardon (1969), I've Paid My Dues (1970), Released (1970) and I'm Alive (1970).