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LIGHTNING STRIKES
LOU CHRISTIE
COMPACT DISCS

LOU CHRISTIE
ORIGINAL SINNER:
THE VERY BEST OF THE MGM RECORDINGS
(RPM 284)
October 4, 2004

LOU CHRISTIE &
THE TAMMYS:
EGYPTIAN SHUMBA:
THE SINGLES AND
RARE RECORDINGS 1962-1964
RPM CD 330
January 29, 2002

All Tracks Written by
LOU CHRISTIE and TWYLA HERBERT
except #s 17 and 19 - 21

All Tracks feature THE TAMMYS
except #s 01 - 03

LOU CHRISTIE:
01. THE GYPSY CRIED
~ C and C single 102 B and Roulette single R-4457 B, recorded September 1962, released October 1962

02. TWO FACES HAVE I
~ Roulette single R-4481, recorded and released February 1963

03. SUMMER SNOW
~ intended third Roulette single, recorded May 1963, released March 1988

04. OUTSIDE THE GATES OF HEAVEN
~ Co & Ce single 235, recorded for Roulette January 1964, released February 1966

05. GUITARS AND BONGOS
~ Colpix single CP-735, recorded June 1964, released July 1964 (single version)

06. MERRY-GO-ROUND
~ Colpix single CP-735 B, recorded June 1964, released July 1964

07. MAKE SUMMER LAST FOREVER
~ Colpix single CP-770 B, recorded June 1964, released March 1965

08. BACK TRACK
~ Colpix single CP-778 B, recorded June 1964, released May 1965

09. HAVE I SINNED
~ Colpix single CP-753, recorded and released October 1964

10. POT OF GOLD
~ Colpix single CP-753 B, recorded and released October 1964

11. TOO MANY MILES
~ Colpix album cut, recorded October 1964, released February 1966

THE TAMMYS:
12. PART OF GROWING UP
~ United Artists single UA 632 B, recorded July 1963, released August 1963

13. TAKE BACK YOUR RING
~ United Artists single UA 632, recorded July 1963, released August 1963

RITCHIE & THE RUNAROUNDS
(Kripp Johnson of The Del Vikings,
Lou Christie and
The Tammys):
14. DON’TCHA BACKTRACK
~ Ascot single AS 2136 B, recorded July 1963, released August 1963

15. LOST IN THE CROWD
~ Ascot single AS 2136, recorded July 1963, released August 1963

THE TAMMYS:
16. EGYPTIAN SHUMBA
~ United Artists single UA 678, recorded and released November 1963

17. WHAT’S SO SWEET
ABOUT SWEET SIXTEEN
~ United Artists single UA 678 B, recorded and released November 1963

18. GYPSY
~ Veep single V 1210 B, recorded December 1964, released March 1965

19. HOLD BACK THE LIGHT OF DAWN
~ Veep single V 1210, recorded December 1964, released March 1965

20. BLUE SIXTEEN
~ recorded December 1964 (Previously Unreleased Veep single V 1220)

21. HIS ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
~ recorded December 1964 (Previously Unreleased Veep single V 1220)

22. EGYPTIAN SHUMBA
~ recorded November 1963 (Previously Unreleased Alternate Take)

LOU CHRISTIE /
LOU CHRISTIE STRIKES AGAIN
Collectables CD 6229
June 22, 1999
Reviews

Two Faces Have I (Mono)
Mr. Tenor Man (Stereo)
Have I Sinned (Roulette)(Mono)
All That Glitters Isn't Gold (Mono)
To Be Loved (Mono)
The Gypsy Cried (Mono)
How Many Teardrops (Stereo)
Tonight I Fell In Love (Stereo)
When You Dance (Stereo)
Stay (Stereo)
Tears On My Pillow (Stereo)
You And I (Have A Right To Cry) (Stereo)
Guitars And Bongos (Stereo)
Back Track (Stereo)
Make Summer Last Forever (Stereo)
Have I Sinned (Colpix) Stereo
Pot Of Gold (Stereo)
Why Did You Do It Baby (Stereo)
A Teenager In Love (Stereo)
Don't Let Me Catch You Running Wild (Stereo)
If Wishes Could Be Kisses (Stereo)
Cryin' On My Knees (Stereo)
Big Time (Stereo)
Too Many Miles (Stereo)

Beyond The Blue Horizon /
Hey You Cajun
Varese Vintage CD
Released November 3, 1998
Tracks & Reviews

Lou Christie:
The Complete Co & Ce /
Roulette Recordings
Taragon TARCD-1042
Released August 11, 1998
Reviews

1. The Gypsy Cried
2. Red Sails In The Sunset
3. Two Faces Have I
Stereo
4. All That Glitters Isn't Gold
First-time Stereo
5. Stay
Stereo
6. Tears On My Pillow
Stereo
7. Have I Sinned
Stereo
8. Summer Snow
9. When You Dance
Stereo
10. Money (That's What I Want)
Previously Unreleased
Stereo
11. Tonight (I Fell In Love)
Stereo
12. To Be Loved (Forever)
Stereo
13. How Many Teardrops
Stereo
14. Mr. Tenor Man
Stereo
15. You And I
(Have A Right To Cry)
Stereo
16. Shy Boy
17. It Can Happen
18. There They Go
First-time Stereo
19. Maybe You'll Be There
20. You May Be Holding My Baby
First-time Stereo
21. Outside the Gates Of Heaven
Mono Hit Version &
Alternate Stereo Version

Lou Christie:
Pledging My Love
Varese Vintage CD VSD-5839,
Released September 30, 1997
Produced by Jimm Mosher,
Alan Grossman
and Lou Christie
Recorded, mixed and mastered at
Hit Music, Inc., Spencer, North Carolina
Engineer: Jimm Mosher

1. What Happened To The Nights
(Lou Christie-Twyla Herbert)
Composition date unknown
Recorded March 1996
Lou Christie: Vocals
Jimm Mosher: Backing vocals, bass, keyboards
Alan Grossman: Electric and acoustic guitar

2. Techno Pop (People Don't Cry Any More)
(Lou Christie-Arthur Lawrence Simon)
Composed 1995; Registered June 20, 1995
Recorded May 1995
Lou Christie: Vocals
Jimm Mosher: Keyboards, percussion,
drum programming, electric guitar
Alan Grossman: Guitar
Jim Dillman: Bass (Track recorded at
Tony Visconti's Secret Studio, NYC;
Engineer: Tony Visconti)
Randy Brownlow: Keyboards
Rick Almond: Sax solo

3. I Sure Fell In Love (With You)
(Lou Christie-Arty Simon)
Composed 1981; Registered March 18, 1981
Recorded March 8, 1995
Lou Christie: Vocals
Jimm Mosher: Guitar, fretless bass,
keyboards (piano, strings, tubular bells)
Alan Grossman: Electric guitar
Jim Charles: Electric guitar, brass arrangement
Rick Almond: Sax solo

4. Mr. Dieingly Sad
(Don Ciccone)
Composed 1966
Recorded June 25, 1996
Lou Christie: Vocals
Jimm Mosher: Keyboards, drums, drum
programming, percussion, bass
Alan Grossman: Acoustic guitar
Jim Charles: Electric guitar

5. Hold Me Till The Morning Comes
(Paul Anka-David Foster)
Composed 1983
Recorded June 27, 1996
Lou Christie: Vocals
Jimm Mosher: Vocals, drums
Alan Grossman: Acoustic guitar
David Moody: Electric guitar solo
Tony Visconti: bass (Track recorded
at Secret Studio, NYC; Engineer: Tony Visconti)
Richard Putnam: Keyboards, string arrangement
(Track recorded at Jay Howard Studios,
Charlotte, North Carolina; Engineer: David Moody)

6. I Just Got Shot
(Lou Christie-Twyla Herbert-Jeff Harrington)
Composed 1989
Recorded December 1995
ADAT sheet: June 2, 199x
Lou Christie: Vocals, backing vocals,
backing harmony vocals
Jimm Mosher: Keyboards, drum programming
Alan Grossman: Twelve string guitar
Rick Almond: Sax solo with reverb
Jennifer Anderson: Backing vocals

7. Pledging My Love
(Ferdinand Washington-Don Robey)
Composed 1955; Entered Billboard Hot 100
February 19, 1955
Recorded December 1995
Lou Christie: Vocals
Jimm Mosher: Keyboards
Alan Grossman: Guitar
Kenny Walker: Stand-up bass
Rick Almond: Sax solo

8. Rita, Joanie And The Wayward Wind
(Lou Christie-Arty Simon /
Stan Lebowsky- Herb Newman)
Composed 1996 / 1956
Recorded April 1997
Lou Christie: Vocals
Jimm Mosher: Keyboards, bass, drums
Alan Grossman: Acoustic guitar
David Moody: Guitar

9. Love In A Limousine
(Lou Christie-Arty Simon)
Composed 1980; Registered March 23, 1981
Recorded February/March 1995
Lou Christie: Vocals
Jimm Mosher: Keyboards (strings,
cello, bass), drums
Alan Grossman: Guitar
Kenny Walker: Bass
Jennifer Anderson: Giggle

10. I'm Gonna Wait For You Baby
(Lou Christie-Tony Romeo)
Composition date pre-June 23, 1995
Recorded June 1997
Lou Christie: Vocals, backing vocals
Jimm Mosher: Backing vocals, bass, drums
Alan Grossman: Guitar
Mike Pope: Lead guitar
Richard Putnam: Piano (Track recorded
at Rushing Winds Studio, Charlotte, North Carolina; Engineer: Jimm Mosher)

11. You're A Lady
(Peter Skellern)
Cash Box review October 21, 1972
Recorded March 1995
Lou Christie: Vocals
Jimm Mosher: Bass, drums
Alan Grossman: ( -- )
Richard Putnam: Keyboards, string arrangement(Track recorded at Tony Visconti, Jr.'s Secret Studio,
NYC; Engineer: Tony Visconti, Jr.)

EnLightnin'ment:
The Best Of Lou Christie
(Rhino CD R2 70246, March 29, 1988)
The Gypsy Cried, Two Faces Have I,
Mr. Tenor Man, Outside The Gates Of Heaven,
How Many Teardrops, Shy Boy,
Trapeze, Lightnin' Strikes,
Cryin' In The Streets,
Rhapsody In The Rain
(Uncensored, 'makin' out' version),
Du Ronda, If My Car Could Only Talk,
I'm Gonna Make You Mine,
Summer Snow
Previously unreleased,
Watch Your Heart
After Dark
Previously unreleased,
Self Expression
First-time Stereo on CD only-
Mono on LP & Cassette,
Shake Hands And
Walk Away Crying
First-time Stereo on CD only,
Back to The Days Of The Romans
First-time Stereo on CD only

Lou Christie:
Glory River: The Buddah Years 1968-1972
(England ~ Sequel NEXCD 187, June 1992)
Genesis And The Third Verse,
Rake Up The Leaves,
The Johnstown Kite
Previously unreleased,
Canterbury Road
First-time Stereo,
I'm Gonna Make You Mine,
I'm Gonna Get Married,
Are You Getting Any Sunshine?,
She Sold Me Magic,
Life Is What You Make It
Previously unreleased,
I Got Love
Previously unreleased,
The Boys Lazed On The Veranda
Previously unreleased,
Tell Her
Previously unreleased,
Indian Lady,
Glory River,
Wood Child,
Chuckie Wagon,
Campus Rest, Lighthouse,
Look Out The Window,
Paint America Love,
Paper Song,
Shuffle On Down
To Pittsburgh

Lou Christie:
Gonna Make You Mine
(UK Camden 74321,
January 1998)
Same songs,
same sound quality as
1992 Glory River CD.
Cover photo by
David Bailey!

Beyond The Blue Horizon:
More Of The Best Of Lou Christie
(Varése Vintage VSD-5521, September 27, 1994)
Two Faces Have I
Previously unreleased
Stereo alternate version,
Outside The Gates Of Heaven
Previously unreleased stereo alternate version,
Merry-Go-Round,
Have I Sinned (Colpix),
Big Time,
Rhapsody In The Rain
(censored 'fell in love' version),
Painter,
I Remember Gina (mono),
She Sold Me Magic,
Indian Lady,
You Were The One,
Beyond The Blue Horizon,
Good Mornin'/
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah,
Hey You Cajun,
Riding In My Van,
The Bitch Of Fantasy
Previously unreleased,
Duet with Lesley Gore:
Since I Don't Have You-
It's Only Make Believe,
Dancing On Shaky Ground
Previously unreleased,
Here Comes Summer
Previously unreleased,
The Clouds Of Rock Roll On
Previously unreleased

The Colpix-Dimension Story
(Rhino CD R2 71650, November 15, 1994)
(Sequel NEDCD 271)
w/ Lou Christie:
Guitars And Bongos (mega-Inglot Stereo)

Grease Is the Word:
Boppin' tunes From The Hit Movie
(Rhino 75275, May 5, 1998)
Lou Christie: Grease,
Sandy, Rock 'N' Roll Party Queen,
Beauty School Dropout, Those Magic Changes,
Summer Nights (w/ Darlene Love),
You're The One That I Want
(w/ Darlene Love),
Mooning (w/ Rosanne Limeres)

Same songs in the same sequence but different artwork and title:
Grease Is The Word
In Original 50's Style
(Disky CD DC 857082, 1999)
The Netherlands

Barcelona Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(Milan CD 73138 35684 2, August 30, 1994)
w/ Lou Christie:
Breakin' Up & Everybody Limbo!

BREAKIN UP (different version)
Milan 12 vinyl single MIL-PRO-2-1
I've seen the way/The stranger's gonna play/
I had a dream/Daddy's holdin' hands with someone new/
I sure could use some California sunshine..."
Barcelona: Variety's #15 film the week of Aug 22 - 28, 1994; Video released February 14, 1995 (New Line/Turner 4015); Entered Billboard's Video Rentals Chart Mar 3, 1995; Peak #20; Cable TV Premiere Aug 3, 1995 (Showtime Network)

These "masters" [several 'borrowed' from previous legitimate CDs] appear in varying combinations (always in the same sound quality) on several other European CDs, including Lou Christie: The Hit Songs & More (Javelin HADCD 204, UK 1996), the different All The Hits & More (UK? Label? Year?) and The Best Of Lou Christie (Pegasus 230, 1999) which adds "Tomorrow Will Come" in Stereo

I'm Gonna Make You Mine:
The Very Best Of Lou Christie
(Holland BR Music BRCD & Cassette 110, 1989)
She Sold Me Magic, I'm Gonna Make You Mine,
Are You Getting Any Sunshine?, I'm Gonna Get Married,
Love Is Over
Opening cut off,
Indian Lady, Glory River,
Sweet London Lady, Wonderful Dream,
Down When It's Up-Up When It's Down,
The Thought Of Loving You, Paper Song,
Wood Child
Opening cut off,
Best Way To See America, Chuckie Wagon,
Waco, Campus Rest,
Lighthouse, Look Out The Window,
Paint America Love
Ending cut off,
Blue Canadian Rocky Dream

Lou Christie
The Buddah Years
(Canada Unidisc CD BDK-5052, 1994)
Are You Getting Any Sunshine?,
Wonderful Dream,
It'll Take Time,
She Sold Me Magic,
I'm Gonna Make You Mine,
Down When It's Up /
Up When It's Down,
Mickey's Monkey
Fake "live" version,
The Thought Of Loving You,
Generation,
I'm Gonna Get Married,
Tell Her,
Wood Child,
Paper Song,
Best Way To See America,
Chuckie Wagon,
Waco,
Campus Rest,
Lighthouse, Look Out The Window,
Paint America Love

Lou Christie sang back-up on "WE'LL BE MAKIN' OUT" (© May 13, 1966) by JESSICA JAMES AND THE OUTLAWS (dynoVoice single 220, Billboard review May 21, 1966) on
Bob Crewe Presents
The DynoVoice Records Story
The Label That Had To Happen
- 1965-68
Westside WESD 226
2 CD set
57 Tracks
April 2001

JESSICA JAMES (= Peggy Santiglia Farina Davison of The ANGELS) sang back-up on Lou Christie's "RHAPSODY IN THE RAIN" (recorded January 12, 1966) which was BANNED in March 1966 because of the line "We were makin' out in the rain." The drummer on "We'll Be Makin' Out" plays several fills that recall Lou Christie's "TRAPEZE."

'WE'LL BE MAKIN' OUT' (Mono)
by JESSICA JAMES AND THE OUTLAWS
first appeared on
Soul Underground Volume Two
(Sequel NEM CD 841, April 1996)

THE ADMIRAL'S LAST ADVENTURE AT SEA &
FEATHERED HORSE on
Dmitri Strizhov & OBERMANEKEN
Walks Under A Northern Sky
DS001 (1995)
Lou Christie backs Russian language
conceptual poet

Come Go With Me:
The Best Of The Del Vikings
The Dot / ABC Recordings
(Hip-O MCA CD 40059,
June 17, 1997) :
CD Track 8: I'LL NEVER STOP CRYING (written by Twyla Herbert)
Copyright Twyla Herbert June 20, 1960, released March 1961 ABC 10208 B; Arranged & Conducted by Chuck Sagle; Billboard review April 3, 1961: "*** The tune is a slow ballad with an effective lead job. Incidental comments from the bass a la the Ink Spots, add interest. (Saratoga, BMI) (2:15)." ; Billboard ad April 17, 1961 (same week as Lugee & the Lions' Robbee 45 review); Billboard peak #101; Cash Box peak #66; Mono on CD.

Del Vikings' CD Track 11:
KISS ME (written by Twyla Herbert)
Copyright Twyla Herbert June 21, 1960, released November 1961 ABC 10278 B, Arranged & Conducted by Chuck Sagle
Billboard review November 27, 1961: "*** A ballad pleader with the lead giving a fervent, urgent quality. Side may have a chance. (Saratoga, BMI) (1:54)." ; Mono on CD.

Not on Del Vikings' CD (?!):
TOO MANY MILES
(absolute masterpiece written by Twyla Herbert)
Copyright Twyla Herbert November 20, 1962 released March 1963 ABC 10425 B, Arranged & Conducted by Richard Wolfe.