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NOW Yearbook Presents - The 60s - Volume Three: 1965-1966 (4cd)

Pre-order - Friday 10th July 2026

£11.66 (£13.99 incl. VAT)

Step back to the mid-1960s with NOW Yearbook Presents The 60s Volume 3: 19651966, featuring 85 classic tracks across 4 CDs. Available 10th July.

CD1 opens with some of the decades most iconic vocal performances; Dusty Springfield leads with You Dont Have To Say You Love Me, a UK No.1 hit that also reached the US Top 5, followed by The Righteous Brothers classic Youve Lost That Lovin Feelin, a chart-topper in both the UK and US. The Walker Brothers The Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore was a UK Top 3 hit, while The Beach Boys follow with God Only Knows, widely regarded as one of their finest moments. The Byrds and The Mamas & The Papas captured the rise of folk-rock with Mr. Tambourine Man, which was a US No.1, and California Dreamin which became a major hit on both sides of the Atlantic, and Cher announced one of the most successful and enduring careers in music with I Got You Babe a #1 duet with Sonny. More classic 60s smashes arrive courtesy of The Kinks, The Animals and Small Faces, alongside The Spencer Davis Group, Manfred Mann and The Mindbenders. The disc closes with a trio of soul standards from Jimmy Ruffin with What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted, The Temptations, whose My Girl was a US No.1(and eventually a UK #2 in 1992), and Percy Sledges When a Man Loves a Woman, another US chart-topper and a UK Top 5 hit in 1987 when it featured in a TV ad campaign.

CD2 opens with the explosive sound of 60s soul and crossover pop. Ike & Tina Turner kick us off with the timeless River Deep Mountain High, a UK Top 3 hit. Motown is strongly represented with The Four Tops, whose Reach Out Ill Be There hit the US No.1 spot, alongside The Supremes, who scored another US chart-topper with You Cant Hurry Love. Next, a stellar run including Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles and Stevie Wonder, leads in to (later) Northern Soul classics from Gloria Jones and Frank Wilson plus - James Brown, Wilson Pickett and Fontella Bass bring raw R&B energy. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Lets Hang On was a UK Top 5 single, and features alongside The McCoys, whose Hang On Sloopy reached No.1 in the US. Elvis Presley (Love Letters), Donovan (Catch The Wind) and Marianne Faithfull (Come And Stay With Me) are all featured ahead of the discs closer from The Seekers with The Carnival Is Over.

CD3 opens with pop classics from Tom Jones who leads with Its Not Unusual, a UK No.1, alongside Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames UK chart-topper Yeh Yeh and Chris Montez with The More I See You. Next up a run of sophisticated easy listening pop from Andy Williams, Frank Sinatras iconic Strangers In The Night , Nina Simones I Put A Spell On You, Burt Bacharachs Trains And Boats And Planes and the huge instrumental hit A Walk In The Black Forest from Horst Jankowsaki. More easy-pop gems follow from Jackie Trent, Cilla Black, Ken Dodd, and Jim Reeves while Peter and Gordon hit with their cover of True Love Ways, and The Everly Brothers (The Price Of Love), Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders (The Game Of Love) and The Fortunes with Youve Got Your Troubles all enjoyed chart success, and lead to the discs final tracks from The Overlanders with their cover of Michelle, Roger Millers peerless King Of The Road and Roy Orbison with Too Soon To Know.

CD4 highlights the periods rapidly changing pop landscape with more US artists finding success in the UK chartsSimon & Garfunkels Homeward Bound opens the final disc ahead of The Mamas & The Papas Monday, Monday (a US No.1 and UK Top 5), and Beach Boys with their trans-Atlantic Top 5 hit Sloop John B. Sophisticated pop from Sandie Shaw and Petula Clark lead into more major hits from The Supremes (Stop! In The Name Of Love), Four Tops (I Cant Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)) plus The Toys with A Lovers Concerto and The Shangri-Las legendary Leader Of The Pack. The Troggs pop-rock classic Wild Thing, which was a US No.1 and UK Top 2 is up next alongside Chers dramatic Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) and ahead of era-defining hits from Barry McGuire and Bob Dylans hugely influential The Times They Are A-Changin reflecting the growing social awareness and changing approach to songwriting. Small Faces, The Spencer Davis Group and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich feature before the set starts its close with Tom Jones (Green Green Grass Of Home), The Walker Brothers UK No.1 Make It Easy On Yourself, the superb vocals of Dionne Warwick and Dusty Springfield, and finishing with The Righteous Brothers undeniable and timeless Unchained Melody, a hit on release and a #1 in 1990 following its feature in the film Ghost.

NOW Yearbook Presents The 60s Volume 3: 19651966 a snapshot of a rapidly evolving pop era where pure pop, soul, rock, beat, easy listening and songwriting sophistication converged.

CD 1

1. Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
2. The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
3. The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
4. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
5. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
6. The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin'
7. Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
8. Sandie Shaw - Long Live Love
9. Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat?
10. The Moody Blues Go Now
11. Manfred Mann Pretty Flamingo
12. Small Faces - All Or Nothing
13. The Kinks - Tired of Waiting for You
14. The Animals - We've Gotta Get out of This Place
15. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Hold Tight!
16. The Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running
17. The Troggs - With A Girl Like You
18. The Mindbenders - A Groovy Kind Of Love
19. Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted
20. The Temptations - My Girl
21. Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman

CD 2

1. Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High
2. Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
3. The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
4. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run
5. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Going To A Go-Go
6. Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright)
7. Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
8. Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
9. James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Pt. 1)
10. Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour
11. Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
12. Bobby Hebb - Sunny
13. Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap)
14. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Let's Hang On
15. The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy
16. Elvis Presley - Love Letters
17. Cher - All I Really Want To Do
18. Marianne Faithfull - Come And Stay With Me
19. The Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream
20. Donovan - Catch the Wind
21. The Seekers - The Carnival Is Over

CD 3

1. Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
2. Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames - Yeh, Yeh
3. Chris Montez - The More I See You
4. Andy Williams - Almost There
5. Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night
6. Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You
7. Horst Jankowski - A Walk In The Black Forest
8. Burt Bacharach - Trains And Boats And Planes
9. Jackie Trent - Where Are You Now My Love
10. Cilla Black - Alfie
11. Ken Dodd - Tears
12. Jim Reeves - Distant Drums
13. The Sandpipers - Guantanamera
14. Elvis Presley - CryingInThe Chapel
15. Peter And Gordon - True Love Ways
16. The Everly Brothers - The Price of Love
17. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - The Game Of Love
18. The Fortunes - You've Got Your Troubles
19. The Overlanders - Michelle
20. Roger Miller - King Of The Road
21. Roy Orbison - Too Soon To Know

CD 4

1. Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
2. The Mamas & The Papas - Monday, Monday
3. The Beach Boys - Sloop John B
4. Sandie Shaw - Girl Don't Come
5. Petula Clark - I Couldn't Live Without Your Love
6. Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
7. The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love
8. The Toys A Lovers Concerto
9. The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack
10. The Troggs - Wild Thing
11. Cher - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
12. Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction
13. Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
14. Small Faces - Sha La La La Lee
15. The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'
16. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Bend It
17. Chris Farlowe - Out of Time
18. Tom Jones - Green Green Grass Of Home
19. The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself
20. Dionne Warwick - Message to Michael (a.k.a. Message to Martha)
21. Dusty Springfield - Goin' Back
22. The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody