The Best of Reparata and the Delrons

by Reparata & the Delrons

Overview

There have been Reparata & the Delrons compilations before this 2005 release with the bootleg Magical Musical History Tour being the most thorough. This 30-track anthology, however, has the considerable advantage of being an authorized production with correspondingly superior fidelity, as well as a 16-page booklet of historical liner notes with rare photos and comments from Reparata herself. As with every artist where you can't fit everything onto a single CD, there's room for argument on the track selection; one of their better cuts ("Summer Laughter") is missing, and there are a few unimaginative covers of girl group tunes that were hits for other acts. Still, it does include the songs everyone would agree need to be on a best-of ("Whenever a Teenager Cries," "Captain of Your Ship," "I'm Nobody's Baby Now"), as well as a few rarities credited to Reparata alone (and one to the Delrons alone). It still doesn't make an argument for them being among the best girl groups; the material's not always that strong, and the style's often derivative, whether of the Dixie Cups, the Shangri-Las, or other artists and trends. If nothing else, however, it's an impressive feat of cross-licensing, drawing from more than a half-dozen labels. And it does include some tracks that are definitely above average girl group goodies, like the Phil Spector-esque production of Jeff Barry's "I'm Nobody's Baby Now" and the moody, slightly psychedelic-influenced late-'60s obscurities "Saturday Night Didn't Happen" and "Weather Forecast." ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	12/06/2005
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667013321
Rank:	125631

Tracks

1. Boys and Girls
2. Captain of Your Ship
3. Whenever a Teenage Cries
4. Tommy
5. The Kind of Trouble That I Love
6. It's Waiting There for You
7. Panic
8. Look in My Diary
9. Do Wah Diddy
10. I Have a Boyfriend
11. I'm Nobody's Baby Now
12. Take a Look Around You
13. Mama's Little Girl
14. I Can Hear the Rain
15. The Boy I Love
16. In My Diary
17. He's My Guy (And I Love Him So)
18. Bye Bye Baby
19. I Found My Place
20. Loneliest Girl in Town
21. I Can Tell
22. (Do You) Remember When
23. Leave Us Alone
24. He's the Greatest
25. Weather Forecast
26. (We're Gonna) Hold the Night
27. Saturday Didn't Happen
28. Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart?
29. Shoes
30. [Untitled Track]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Reparata & the Delrons   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Mary "Reparata" Aiese   Composer
Bob Gaudio   Composer
Bob Crewe   Composer
Mick Patrick   Essay,Annotation
Layng Martine, Jr.   Composer
Ellie Greenwich   Composer
Ernie Maresca   Composer
Lou Stallman   Composer
Rudy Clark   Composer
Peter Gibbon   Project Coordinator
Artie Kornfeld   Composer
Phil Spector   Composer
Eddie Reeves   Composer
Jeff Barry   Composer
Wayne Wadhams   Composer
Harry Lookofsky   Composer
Michael Lookofsky   Composer
Tony Michaels   Composer
Tony Powers   Composer
Ted Daryll   Composer
Steve Jerome   Producer