Hard to Find 45

In early 2018, Eric Records revisited one of our most popular early collections to improve the overall sound and upgrade specific tracks. Originally released in 1996, this collection offers 21 hard-to-find pop hits from the early sixties, 12 in full stereo. This newly re-mastered CD contains the ORIGINAL HIT SINGLE versions of #1 hits like “Sugar Shack” by Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs, “Wooden Heart” by Joe Dowell, “I Will Follow Him” by Little Peggy March and “Dominique” by The Singing Nun. Every song has been lovingly re-mastered from the original master tapes for brilliant clarity and full, rich sound.

Here’s another ultra-high quality collection from Eric, the first one to venture into the SEVENTIES. Seventeen of these songs made the Billboard Top 20! As usual, all recordings have been digitally remastered from the best available sources in true stereo.

Here’s another ultra-high quality collection from Eric, the first one to venture into the SEVENTIES. Seventeen of these songs made the Billboard Top 20! As usual, all recordings have been digitally remastered from the best available sources in true stereo.

With the latest installment of our ''Hard-To-Find 45's on CD'' series, Eric Records tackles a broad topic - love songs. After all, most songs are love songs - all about wanting it, finding it, losing it, and every step in between. And, we've got that covered, from John Denver's heartfelt tribute to his wife, ''Annie's Song,'' to Ronnie Dyson's frank discussion of bedroom politics, ''(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?''

Twenty-one more really-hard-to-find high-charting Sixties Classics, most in stereo, all superbly mastered from the absolute best sources available! These have never sounded better!

Twenty-one more really-hard-to-find high-charting Sixties Classics, most in stereo, all superbly mastered from the absolute best sources available! These have never sounded better!

The fourth volume in Eric Records' series of Hard to Find 45's on CD focuses on the late '50s and includes 20 of the rarer songs to hit the Top 40 during those years. Though several of these songs are already available elsewhere on CD (Kay Starr's "Rock and Roll Waltz" and Marty Robbins' "White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation" foremost among them), there are plenty of long-lost songs to discover, like "Start Movin' (In My Direction)" by Sal Mineo, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" by Laurie London, "Three Stars" by Tommy Dee, "Guess Who" by Jesse Belvin, "It Was I" by Skip & Flip, and many others.

The fourth volume in Eric Records' series of Hard to Find 45's on CD focuses on the late '50s and includes 20 of the rarer songs to hit the Top 40 during those years. Though several of these songs are already available elsewhere on CD (Kay Starr's "Rock and Roll Waltz" and Marty Robbins' "White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation" foremost among them), there are plenty of long-lost songs to discover, like "Start Movin' (In My Direction)" by Sal Mineo, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" by Laurie London, "Three Stars" by Tommy Dee, "Guess Who" by Jesse Belvin, "It Was I" by Skip & Flip, and many others.

Ready for the most remarkable flood of high-profile stereo debuts this year (or any year)? Hit Parade Records presents perhaps their finest CD collection yet, and it’s overflowing with sonic surprises you never expected to hear in stereo. From the most iconic drum beat in pop music (the fabulous “Be My Baby” intro) to the instantly recognizable opening chords of “Louie Louie” and “You Really Got Me” (both here in stereo for the first time), this album contains more important pop music history than any CD you’ll likely ever own.

Here's a real grab bag of Top 40 hits from 1960 to 1966, some of them indeed very hard to find on CD or even hear on the radio. Some of them are not really not that hard to find on CD, though this disc (like every one in this series) takes pains to present original 45 RPM single versions, often in stereo.