Just Like Eddie: The Heinz Anthology

• Artist: Heinz
• Rating:
• Release Date: July 12, 1995
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

This two-CD, 49-track set beats the 44-track double-CD The Complete Heinz by a nose as the most complete Heinz anthology ever likely to be assembled. Everything he released with Joe Meek as producer between 1963 and 1966 is here, including all of his A- and B-sides, everything from his sole LP, everything from his two EPs, and even a couple of live tracks from the obscure 1964 live At the Cavern LP. On top of all that are three previously unreleased tracks: a 1964 cover of Ritchie Valens' "Come on Let's Go" and raw live versions of the single "Questions I Can't Answer" and "Hound Dog," both of those live cuts coming from an October 1964 BBC television broadcast. (Note, by the way, that this two-CD set really contains 47 tracks, not 49; "Just Like Eddie," issued on both 45 and LP, and "Dreams Do Come True," released on both 45 and the Live It Up EP, appear on both discs.) Is all this too much Heinz? Perhaps; you could easily boil this down to a little less than half the quantity without losing much in quality. Still, the best dozen or so cuts -- "Just Like Eddie," "I'm Not a Bad Guy," "Dreams Do Come True," "That Lucky Old Sun," "You Were There," "Big Fat Spider," "The Beating of My Heart," "Movin' In," and "Heart Full of Sorrow" foremost among them -- are genuinely good obscure British Invasion-era recordings. Heinz wasn't much of a singer, but he summoned some likable enthusiasm; Meek's production for his fair-haired boy could be unceasingly creative, though his taste in the material he selected (and sometimes wrote) for Heinz was sometimes quite poor; and there is some incredible, at times ferocious guitar playing on the best (and particularly the hardest-rocking) Heinz sides. David Wells' notes are quite thorough and enjoyable as well, making this something both Heinz and Meek fans should own. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Dreams Do Come True		Heinz	(1:56)
Been Invited to a Party		Heinz	(1:58)
Just Like Eddie	Geoff Goddard	Heinz	(2:39)
Don't You Knock at My Door		Heinz	(1:48)
Country Boy		Heinz	(2:01)
Long Tall Jack		Heinz	(2:25)
You Were There		Heinz	(1:56)
No Matter What They Say		Heinz	(1:59)
Please Little Girl		Heinz	(1:54)
For Lovin' Me This Way		Heinz	(2:18)
Questions I Can't Answer	Triune	Heinz	(2:17)
The Beating of My Heart		Heinz	(2:20)
Diggin' My Potatoes		Heinz	(3:00)
She Ain't Coming Back		Heinz	(2:20)
Don't Think Twice It's All Right	Bob Dylan	Heinz	(2:41)
Big Fat Spider		Heinz	(2:08)
The End of the World		Heinz	(2:36)
You Make Me Feel Good		Heinz	(1:54)
Heart Full of Sorrow		Heinz	(3:07)
Don't Worry Baby		Heinz	(2:07)
Movin' In		Heinz	(2:29)
I'm Not a Bad Guy		Heinz	(2:15)
Come on Let's Go [#]		Heinz	(2:26)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
I Get Up in the Morning		Heinz	(2:12)
Talkin' Like a Man		Heinz	(1:41)
That Lucky Old Sun	Harry Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie	Heinz	(2:12)
Lonely River		Heinz	(3:00)
Live It Up		Heinz	(2:42)
Don't You Understand		Heinz	(2:06)
Dreams Do Come True		Heinz	(1:56)
When Your Loving Goes Wrong		Heinz	(2:22)
Tribute to Eddie		Heinz	(2:09)
Hush-A-Bye (Baby)		Heinz	(2:06)
(Sorry) I Ran All the Way Home		Heinz	(2:18)
Summertime Blues	Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart	Heinz	(2:43)
Don't Keep Picking on Me		Heinz	(2:20)
Cut Across Shorty	Marijohn Wilkin, Wayne Walker	Heinz	(2:34)
Three Steps to Heaven		Heinz	(2:22)
Come on and Dance		Heinz	(2:25)
Twenty Flight Rock	Ned Fairchild, Eddie Cochran	Heinz	(2:42)
Look for a Star		Heinz	(2:06)
My Dreams		Heinz	(1:48)
I Remember		Heinz	(2:49)
Rumble in the Night		Heinz	(2:55)
Just Like Eddie	Geoff Goddard	Heinz	(2:39)
Somebody to Love [Live]		Heinz	(2:07)
I Got a Woman [Live]		Heinz	(3:12)
Questions I Can't Answer [*]	Triune	Heinz	(2:16)
Hound Dog [*]		Heinz	(2:46)

Credits

Paul Bevoir (Artwork), Peter Reynolds (Restoration), Roger Dopson (Compilation), Peter Reynolds (Digital Remastering), David Wells (Liner Notes), Roger Dopson (Coordination), Paul Bevoir (Design)