"THE BEST OF SONNY & CHER" LP does not use single versions on the following tracks:


"It's The Little Things" is the long 3.31 version (from "GOOD TIMES" LP)
"Laugh At Me" is the alternate LP version (from "'THE WONDROUS WORLD OF SONNY & CHER" LP)

"Living For You" & "Let It Be Me" have vocals only on L channel.

The Mono LP edition is a fold-down of the Stereo edition except 45 mixes for "Just You" and "But You're Mine".

The Stereo edition is well-mastered with an emphasis on vocals.

The generic rear cover slick incorrectly lists timings for "What Now My Love", "A Beautiful Story", stereo "Just You", "Let It Be Me" & "But You're Mine".

 

STEREO on CD

ATCO 1100 (1975 U.S. LP )

ATLANTIC 80801-2 (1998 GERMANY CD)

1 The Beat Goes On
2 I Got You Babe
3 + What Now My Love
4 Just You
5 Laugh At Me
6 + Baby Don't Go
7 Little Man
8 * Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
9 * I Walk On Guilded Splinters
10 Sing C'est La Vie
11 It's The Little Things (long version)
12 * Do Right Woman, Do Right Man

* Cher solo
+ Rechannel stereo

5: LP version
11: LP 2-track version w/ vocal dropout

These masters were assembled in 1975 and represent most of Sonny & Cher stereo hits minus "But You're Mine".
Largely unused on U.S. CDs, they've been widely used on European digital compilations.

 

13

(A) THE SONNY & CHER COLLECTION

WEA 9548-30152-1

(1990, All regions Europe, LP & CD Formats)

"Baby Don't Go" is rechanneled

Atco stereo versions of:

I Got You Babe

Laugh At Me (LP version)

The Beat Goes On

What Now My Love

But You're Mine

plus 7 additional post-1971 tracks

7

(B) THE SINGLES +

BR Music BS 8124-2: 2-CD Set (2004, Netherlands)

includes 33 non-unique 60's tracks from Atco, Reprise & Imperial.

Atco tracks in Stereo:

I Got You Babe

Laugh At Me (LP version)

But You're Mine

What Now My Love

Little Man

The Beat Goes On

A Beautiful Story

 

 

MONO on CD

THE BEST OF SONNY & CHER (The Beat Goes On)

1991 Atco 91796-2

1 Baby Don't Go
2 + Just You
3 Sing C'est La Vie
4 I Got You Babe
5 Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love
6 Laugh At Me
7 But You're Mine
8 The Revolution Kind
9 What Now My Love
10 Have I Stayed Too Long
11 Leave Me Be
12 Little Man
13 Living For You
14 Love Don't Come
15 * The Beat Goes On
16 * A Beautiful Story
17 It's The Little Things
18 My Best Friend's Girl Is Out Of Sight
19 Good Combination
20 I Got You Babe ("Good Times" O.S.T. Vers.)
21 Hello

All are mono 45 mixes except:

+ Full unedited mix with coda
* Stereo

 

SONNY & CHER (3-DISC Set)

2018 BGO CD 1361

Disc 3 / Bonus Tracks: A & B Sides

1. Baby Don't Go

2. Love Is Strange (2-track)

3. Hello (plus School PSA)

4.Have I Stayed Too Long

5.* A Beautiful Story

6.* It's The Little Things

7. Don't Talk To Strangers

8. Plastic Man

9.* Trust Me

10.* Good Times

11. + You And Me

12. Good Combination

13. + Circus

14. + You Gotta Have A Thing of Your Own

15.+ You're A Friend of Mine

16.+ Get It Together

17. + Hold You Tighter (unedited 6.13 master)

 

* Stereo (9 & 10 are LP cuts with dialog)

+ Previously unreleased on CD

 

 

All subsequent U.S. / UK releases on use 1998 Rhino Sundazed digital transfers of Atco masters.

 

 

 

1967 EP / SUPER TOURS 45 MEDIUM

PORTUGAL / AUSTRALIA / JAPAN /FRANCE

45

(Uncomped on vinyl)

FRANCE / FRANCE / GERMANY

 

ITALY / SWEDEN / NETHERLANDS

 

 

 

 

45

GERMANY / SWEDEN / ITALY

 

45

GERMANY / SWEDEN / U.S. SHEET

 

 

 

 

 

Both Mono & Stereo versions of this collection are quality vinyl. With only five tracks per side, audio signal response is noticeably better in both configurations."Plastic Man" is unique to this compilation, with the stereo version here representing its only release. Otherwise mono/stereo differences are the same as the preceding LP versions.

Seam-splitting occurred quickly with this set's single cover with inside card divider. LPs were originally shipped in individual sealed loose plastic bags - not paper sleeves.

 

1967 EP / SUPER TOURS 45 MEDIUM

 

FRANCE / AUSTRALIA / PORTUGAL

 

45

 

1967 FRANCE