Various Artists - Top 2000 - The 60`s

 

180-gram gatefold double LP

The hits from Dutch Radio 2 Top 2000 list

60's edition features songs by Elvis Presley, George Baker Selection, Tom Jones, The Kinks, Nina Simone, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, The Moody Blues, Bob Dylan, The Who, Marvin Gaye, Fleetwood Mac, James Brown and many more!

Radio 2 Top 2000 series of six double albums covering the musical decades of the '60s until the '10s

The Radio 2 Top 2000 is the largest annual radio event in The Netherlands. The audience of Radio gets to vote for their favorite all-time songs. These literally millions of votes come together in the Top 2000, All these 2000 songs are broadcasted back to back from Christmas until a few minutes before New Years Eve, when they air the No.1 of the chart.

Top 2000 - The 60's contains the best hits from the century in which the music industry saw its biggest change. It were the years some of the biggest bands in the history of music rose to fame, like The Beach Boys, The Kinks, The Who, and Fleetwood Mac. Rock, pop, funk, soul and psychedelia all stand side by side on this release, with artists like James Brown, Nina Simone, David Bowie, Etta James, Elvis Presley, and Dusty Springfield. These artists and many more you'll find on this wonderful 2LP.

The Top 2000 bridges the gaps between all musical generation from the Sixties to the present, making it the most eclectic chart out there, and keeping more that half of the country glued to their radio day and night for the whole week it's broadcasted. And with a daily TV spin-off during its broadcast, it has reached an even bigger audience.

 

Side A

1. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley

2. Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection

3. My Girl - The Temptations

4. Fly me To The Moon (In Other Words) - Frank Sinatra

5. At Last - Etta James

6. In Dreams - Roy Orbison

7. Green Green Grass Of Home - Tom Jones

8. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas

Side B

1. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion - The Kinks

2. Ain't Got No/I Got Life - Nina Simone

3. Space Oddity - David Bowie

4. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys

5. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel

6. Reflections - Diana Ross & The Supremes

7. Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash

8. Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues

Side C

1. A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum

2. Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan

3. The Weight - The Band

4. Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield

5. Down Man - Brainbox

6. Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

7. Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds

8. The Life I Live - Q'65

Side D

1. My Generation - The Who

2. Keep On Running - The Spencer Davis Group

3. Venus - Shocking Blue

4. I Heard It To The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

5. This Strange Effect - Dave Berry

6. Albatross - Fleetwood Mac

7. Just A Little Bit Of Peace In My Heart - Golden Earrings

8. It's A Man's Man's Man's World - James Brown

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