
A couple of pop classics and so much more - So many singers and groups are remembered for just one song. The Foundations fared slightly better, as they had two major international hits.Baby now that I ve found you, their debut single, topped the British chart in November 1967 and just failed to make the American top ten. It has a really bouncy tune that hides the sadness of the lyrics. In the mid-nineties, Alison Krauss gave the song a completely different interpretation, slowing the song right down. Both versions are highly enjoyable in their different ways.Build me up buttercup, another upbeat tune but this time with upbeat lyrics, peaked at number two in Britain but topped the American charts. This song was originally intended for the Paper dolls, but a mix-up meant that they did not turn up to record it at the scheduled time, so the song was given to the Foundations instead.They had a few other hits. In the bad bad old days was a top ten UK hit, while Back on my feet again made the UK top twenty. Two other songs, Any old time and Born to live born to die, were minor UK hits while My little chickadee was a minor USA hit.The rest of this double-CD includes covers of Call me (Petula Clark), Show me (Joe Tex), Let the heartaches begin (Long John Baldry), That same old feeling (Pickettywitch), It s all right (J J Jackson) as well as several failed singles and other songs.Of course, all the hits could be accommodated on a single CD, and you might feel that such a CD is enough - indeed, if you only want the two famous songs, you can find them on plenty of various artists sixties compilations (and have a few of those myself), but I always like to hear something more than just the obvious songs and this double-CD provides plenty to investigate.