Vinyl Album - Various Artists - The World Of Hits - Decca

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Various Artists
Title:	The World Of Hits
Label:	Decca
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	PA 7
Date:	Jan 1969
Format:	Mono LP (also Stereo LP)
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	13 Own, 1 Wants
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Procol Harum	A Whiter Shade Of Pale	Reid, Brooker	Rate
A2	Dave Berry	The Crying Game	Stephens	Rate
A3	Unit Four Plus Two	Concrete And Clay	Parker, Moeller	Rate
A4	Cat Stevens	Matthew And Son	Stevens	Rate
A5	Small Faces	Sha-La-La-La-Lee	Lynch, Shuman	Rate
A6	The Alan Price Set	Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear	Newman	Rate
B1	The Fortunes	You've Got Your Troubles	Greenaway, Cook	Rate
B2	Them	Gloria	Morrison	Rate
B3	The Zombies	She's Not There	Argent	Rate
B4	Los Bravos	Black Is Black	Hayes, Wadey, Grainger	Rate
B5	Billie Davis	I Want You To Be My Baby	Hendricks	Rate
B6	The Moody Blues	Go Now!	Banks, Bennett	Rate

Notes

Also issued in stereo as SPA 7.

Images

Number: 451362 THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: sladesounds Description: Front Cover Scan	Number: 451363 Uploaded By: sladesounds Description: Back Cover Scan	Number: 451364 Uploaded By: sladesounds Description: A Side Label Scan	Number: 451365 Uploaded By: sladesounds Description: B Side Label Scan
Number: 461307 Uploaded By: TheJudge Description: Variant A-side	Number: 461308 Uploaded By: TheJudge Description: Variant B-side

Comments and Reviews


OldMod67 22nd May 2020		I used to play this a lot. My older brother bought the stereo edition when it came out and it was one of those LPs 'around the house' that I used to listen to, although all the tracks were old by then. My brother eventually gave me the record to keep around 1979, which tied in nicely with my sixties fixation! Bless him!



Focus B 22nd May 2020		Gloria backed Baby Please Don't Go, which was a hit single. I don't know if Gloria was the preferred option that had a greater impact and airplay at the time of release, like how Sandie Shaw's Girl Don't Come was for example in preference to that A-side.



TheJudge 21st May 2020		The odd thing about this is the inclusion of Gloria which never charted in the UK.



TopPopper 6th Aug 2017		Hippies. 1967. Whatever. You gotta love it.



PhilMH 8th Mar 2016		Added release month from Decca's 1974 catalogue.



TopPopper 7th Mar 2016		Surely one of the greatest underrated songs ever. And, possibly the first ever pop video too, assuming it to be Feb 1965 when the single came out? Any earlier ones spring to mind? (Martha & the Vandellas in the local car factory was later in the year.)



nboldock 6th Jan 2015		Personally it always puts me in mind of Anthropophagus The Beast but that's just me...



Neil Forbes 6th Jan 2015		A thought just struck me(ouch!), who owns the face in the front cover artwork? Could it be Peter Sarstedt?



TheJudge 5th Jan 2015		Thanks, Neil: images now moved to SPA-7.



Neil Forbes 5th Jan 2015		Judge, I've posted the Aussie version, so please move my images(labels and back cover over) to the new entry. Cheers!



Neil Forbes 5th Jan 2015		Hi, Judge. To the end you suggest, I think I should scan in the front cover first, even though(barring the addition of the "Stereo" notice on the front), the covers are identical. When I submit the front cover, then I'll get you to move the labels and rear cover into the entry, okay?



TheJudge 5th Jan 2015		Neil, Do you want to do the honours and set up the Oz entry? We can then move your images across to it.



gregs45s SUBS 5th Jan 2015		Shouldn't the Australian addition have its own entry?



Record Collector 5th Jan 2015		Haven't seen this album in ages great post Neil well done



Neil Forbes 5th Jan 2015		As promised, I've now added the rear sleeve of the Australian issue of The World Of Hits, cleaned up a bit, to appear (almost) pristine. There wasn't a need to add the Australian front cover, as it's the same(except for the addition of the "stereo" panel below the Decca brand).



Neil Forbes 5th Jan 2015		I've now added the Australian labels to this album for comparison. Note the title "The World Of Hits" is shown here and that this version is stereo. I will add the Australian rear sleeve later.



Record Collector 5th Jan 2015		white shade of pale that organ very haunting a all time classic



Neil Forbes 5th Jan 2015		Ppint, I guess this one(title-wise could be filed under "oops!" when the British Decca people forgot to put the title on the label. Just found my copy(Decca - SPA-7) and the title is present on the label which is sky-blue across the top(not quite half) of the label where the Decca trademark is, the rest of the label is white. If you look on the front cover, you will see the title, it's printed in red upper-case letters on the chin of the face in the cover.



TheJudge 4th Jan 2015		The spine of the sleeve just calls it The World Of Hits, as does the bottom of the front cover.



ppint. 4th Jan 2015		neil forbes: i think it should be so cross-indexed (so 33catters & others looking for that title find it), but the back cover makes it pretty clear it was thought of by decca recordpeople as "the world of hits" - and must most prob'ly've been a one-off to begin with, only being turned into a series in the light of its sales - that's the only title for the album on the back cover; and the labels bear no lp title as such.



Neil Forbes 4th Jan 2015		I have an Australian issue of this with several of the tracks in stereo. As for Lorangrecords' comment, "The world of hits, is a series of records. Could we change the name of this release to "A Whiter Shade", because that is what's stated on the cover?" The title is at the top-centre of the rear sleeve.



TheJudge 21st Jul 2014		Billie Davis - prods righteous buttock!



lorangrecords SUBS 20th Feb 2014		OK. No big deal. I only remember the advice from 45cat. If there is a major title on the front cover. Use that in the title field. I suppose, that the whole "The World Of" series will be an own part later on.



TheJudge 20th Feb 2014		But not on the label, or the rear sleeve. This was the first in the World Of Hits series, which is why it doesn't have a volume number,



lorangrecords SUBS 19th Feb 2014		The world of hits, is a series of records. Could we change the name of this release to "A Whiter Shade", because that is what's stated on the cover?

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Linked Releases

Australia - Decca - 1969

UK - Decca - 1969 [Stereo]