{"product_id":"celebration-the-complete-roulette-recordings-1966-1973","title":"Celebration - The Complete Roulette Recordings 1966-1973","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough these albums have all appeared on CD reissues at various times over the years, this is the first box set to gather together all of the recordings in one set. In addition, there is the bonus of all of the recordings that never featured on the original LPs. Some of these tracks are making their CD debut within this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1966 and 1973, \u003cstrong\u003eTommy James\u003c\/strong\u003e issued thirteen albums on Roulette either as a solo performer or with The Roulettes. All of these recordings now appear on this definitive 6-CD set. This includes \u003cem\u003eGreatest Hits\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eBest Of\u003c\/em\u003e albums which of course duplicated tracks from regular albums. These tracks have been left in their respective original albums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 141-track box set features 16 tracks that were only ever released on 45s or were previously unissued until earlier compilations were released on CD. Produced by Bob Fisher whose detailed essay covers the entire history of the group with quotes by \u003cstrong\u003eTommy James\u003c\/strong\u003e from his biography and the notes to previous reissues. The booklet includes details of all of their chart achievements in the USA and the UK along with numerous reproductions of advertisements, reviews, and news stories from music industry magazines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned by Michael Robson and mastered by Simon Murphy, this is the definitive collection of \u003cstrong\u003eTommy James\u003c\/strong\u003e and the Shondells, tracing their career from garage and bubblegum pop band through career-defining psychedelic albums into \u003cstrong\u003eTommy James\u003c\/strong\u003e solo years as an introspective singer\/songwriter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDisc One contains the first two albums \u003cem\u003eHanky Panky\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIt’s Only Love\u003c\/em\u003e, plus the non-album B-side of the \u003cem\u003eHanky Panky\u003c\/em\u003e 45 and six titles previously unissued which made their first and only appearance on a long-deleted 1997 CD set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDisc Two contains the albums \u003cem\u003eI Think We’re Alone Now\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSomething Special\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGetting Together\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDisc Three features \u003cem\u003eMony, Mony\u003c\/em\u003e, their first and only UK No 1 single, and the album titled after that hit alongside their classic psychedelic album, \u003cem\u003eCrimson and Clover\u003c\/em\u003e, and the 45 version of the title track.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDisc Four presents their second career-defining psychedelic album \u003cem\u003eCellophane Symphony\u003c\/em\u003e, including the long version of the title track and a track from the album sessions, \u003cem\u003eContact\u003c\/em\u003e, only previously released on the aforementioned 1997 compilation. Disc four also features the one track on the album \u003cem\u003eThe Best of Tommy James and The Shondells\u003c\/em\u003e that hadn’t been on an album before, \u003cem\u003eBall of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e, and the first seven titles on \u003cem\u003eTravellin’\u003c\/em\u003e, the last \u003cstrong\u003eTommy James\u003c\/strong\u003e and The Shondells album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDisc Five opens with the continuation of the \u003cem\u003eTravellin’\u003c\/em\u003e album with its last three tracks before moving on to the first \u003cstrong\u003eTommy James\u003c\/strong\u003e solo albums \u003cem\u003eTommy James\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eChristian Of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, which features his last major hit single, \u003cem\u003eDraggin’ the Line\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDisc Six concludes the box with his last album for Roulette, 1971’s \u003cem\u003eMy Head, My Bed and My Red Guitar\u003c\/em\u003e, his country-rock album co-produced in Nashville with Pete Drake and featuring such legendary country sidemen as Scotty Moore, D.J. Fontana, Charlie McCoy, Buddy Spicer, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grapefruit","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50483007324491,"sku":"1107424","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0aedbdfa-fd58-48a1-a299-2686d75164af_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727559676","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/celebration-the-complete-roulette-recordings-1966-1973","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}