The Very Best of the Foundations [Taragon]

• Artist: The Foundations
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• Release Date: March 01, 1995
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

The Foundations were a multiracial London soul band led by a former boxer from Trinidad, Clem Curtis, whose hard soul vocals made the Foundations sound unlike any other British group in the late '60s. Steered by producer and songwriter Tony Macaulay in the studio, the band scored two huge international hits with "Baby, Now That I've Found You" and "Build Me Up Buttercup," both of which are included here. Other highlights of this collection include two "almost" hits, "In the Bad, Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)" and "Back on My Feet Again," and several credible soul covers. An exciting live band, the Foundations were much more than a mere pastiche of Motown styles, as this collection shows. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Baby, Now That I've Found You [Single Version]	Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod	The Foundations	(2:48)
Come on Back to Me [LP Version]	Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod	The Foundations	(2:16)
Mr. Personality Man	Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod	The Foundations	(2:26)
Back on My Feet Again (Lyrics)	Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod	The Foundations	(3:28)
I Can Take or Leave Your Loving	Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod	The Foundations	(2:32)
Any Old Time (You're Lonely and Sad)	Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod	The Foundations	(2:51)
Build Me Up Buttercup (Lyrics)	Michael d'Abo, Tony Macaulay	The Foundations	(2:56)
In the Bad, Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)	Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod	The Foundations	(3:23)
Waiting on the Shores of Nowhere		The Foundations	(3:07)
My Little Chickadee	Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod	The Foundations	(2:56)
Take Away the Emptiness Too	Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod	The Foundations	(2:56)
Born to Live, Born to Die	The Foundations, Eric Allendale	The Foundations	(3:46)
Baby, I Couldn't See	John Worsley, Dave Myers	The Foundations	(3:39)
Take a Girl Like You	Bill Martin, Phil Coulter	The Foundations	(2:20)
I'm Gonna Be a Rich Man	Colin Young	The Foundations	(3:45)
Stoney Ground	Warren Davis, Conan Byrne	The Foundations	(2:51)
Something for My Baby	Brian Wade, Trojan Cliff	The Foundations	(3:07)
Baby, Now That I've Found You [Stereo Alternate Version][Alternate Take	Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod	The Foundations	(2:53)
Any Old Time (You're Lonely and Sad) [Stereo Alternate Version][Alterna	Tony Macaulay, John MacLeod	The Foundations	(2:51)

Credits

Peter Mew (?), Eliot Goshman (Transfers), The Foundations (Producer), Peter Mew (Engineer), David Thomas (Transfers), Eliot Goshman (Producer), Tom Moulton (Mastering), Eliot Goshman (Assembly), Peter Mew (Transfer Engineer), Steve Kolanjian (Liner Notes), Steve Kolanjian (Compilation), Marie Fallarino (Artwork), Tony Gale (Photography), John MacLeod (Producer), Tony Macaulay (Producer), Brian Wade (Producer), Steve Kolanjian (?), John MacLeod (Arranger), Greg Vaughn (Mastering), Eliot Goshman (Processing), Phil Dennys (Arranger), Steve Kolanjian (Data Entry), Tony Macaulay (Arranger)