Various Artists - Early Girls, Vol. 5

2008 release, the fifth and final installment in this popular series. Gone are the Debbie Reynolds, Rosemary Clooney's and Doris Days of the last volume and in come the glittering teen goddesses of the Brill Building/Phil Spector era. The girl group genre remains one of the most collectable in the reissue market and this compilation must rank as one of the strongest in the series and on the market as a whole since it mops up a lot of scarce lesser hits as well as some better known ones. Compilers Rob Finnis and Trevor Churchill have gone to great lengths to bring you those missing links and 13 of the titles on Volume 5 are new to CD with two (by the Channels and Patty Lace) being released in stereo for the first time. Ace.

1) It Hurts to Be Sixteen - Andrea Carroll
2) Baby Baby (I Still Love You) - the Cinderellas
3) Don't Just Stand There - Patty Duke
4) Blue Summer - the Royalettes
5) Dusty - the Rag Dolls
6) Joey Baby - Anita ; TH' So and So's
7) Don't Mention My Name - the Shepherd Sisters
8) Donnie - the Bermudas
9) Just One Look - Doris Troy
10) Broken Hearted Melody - Sarah Vaughan
11) All I Want to Do Is Run - the Elektras Aka Baby Jane ; the Rockabyes
12) Sneaky Sue - Patty Lace ; Petticoats
13) Richie - Gloria Dennis
14) Poor Little Puppet - Cathy Carroll
15) Lonely Sixteen - Janie Black
16) Jimmy Boy - Carol Shaw
17) Be My Boy - the Paris Sisters
18) Kookie Little Paradise - Jo Ann Campbell
19) Sparkle and Shine - the Four Coquettes
20) Paper Tiger - Sue Thompson
21) Eternally - the Chantels
22) Navy Blue - Diane Renay
23) What Makes Little Girls Cry - the Victorians
24) PS I Love You - the Starlets
25) Without Your Love - Wendy Hill
26) Dancin' the Strand - Maureen Gray
27) Tonight's the Night - the Chiffons
28) (Dear My DJ) Play It Again - Tina Robin