DESCRIPTION:
From '' The Little Black Egg ''
Label: Big Beat Records -- CDWIKD 203
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 2000

Tracklist
01. The Little Black Egg
02. A Basket Of Flowers
03. Sally In The Alley
04. Who Knows
05. Me For Me
06. If You Want My Love (Undubbed Version)
07. I Don't Remember
08. If I Were You
09. The Last Ship
10. Show Me The Way
11. What Time Is It
12. You're Running Wild
13. Washboard
14. Sticks And Stones
15. He Shouldn't Hurt You
16. Cry
17. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 (Written-By -- Bobby Troup)
18. All Day And All Of The Night (Written-By -- Ray Davies)
19. Grown Up Wrong (Written-By -- Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
20. Oh! Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin') (Written-By -- Barbara Ozen)
21. Sea Of Love
22. It's All Over Now (Written-By -- Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack)
23. Washboard (Early Version)
24. Heart Of Stone (Written-By -- Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)

Bass, Vocals -- Charlie Conlon (Chuck Conlon)
Lead Guitar -- Sylvan Wells
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals -- Pete Thompson (Pete Thomason)
Drums -- Tommy Ruger
Vocals, Harmonica, Tambourine -- Rob Rouse

Compiled By, Liner Notes, Other [Interviewer] -- Alec Palao
Design [Package Design] -- Chris Popham
Mastered By -- Nick Robbins
Producer [Original Sessions] -- Brad Shapiro, Lee Hazen, The Nightcrawlers
Written-By -- Charlie Conlon (Chuck Conlon) (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6 to 16, 23)

A compilation features all the recordings by the original band, including their 1967 first (& only) LP "The Little Black Egg" on Kapp (cat#: Kapp KS 350), rare singles-only sides and previously unreleased tracks (3, 6, 9, 14, 15, 17 to 24).
Transferred from original analogue master tapes.
Mastered at Sound Mastering Ltd.

Comes with a 16-page booklet.

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"Sea of Love" is a song written by John Phillip Baptiste (aka Phil Phillips) and George Khoury.
Phillips' 1959 recording of the song peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In the UK, Marty Wilde covered the song, and Phillips' version failed to chart there.
It was the only top 40 chart song for Phillips, who never recorded another hit.

The song has been covered by a number of artists since then, most notably by The Honeydrippers, whose version (from the album The Honeydrippers: Volume One) reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1985 and #1 on the adult contemporary chart in 1984.

Tom Waits gave the song a darker twist for the soundtrack to the 1989 Harold Becker film Sea of Love starring Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin, and Waits included it on his 2006 collection Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards.

"Sea of Love" had made the Top 40 just one other time, when Del Shannon took it to #33 in 1981.

Background

Baptiste, who was working as a bellboy in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA, wrote "Sea of Love" for a love interest.
He was introduced to local record producer George Khoury, who brought Baptiste into his studio to record the song.
At Khoury's request, Baptiste took the stage name of Phil Phillips.
The song, originally credited to Phil Phillips with The Twilights, was released on a small record label owned by Khoury, but due to its success was eventually leased to Mercury Records.
Despite the song's success, Phillips claims that he has only ever received US$6,800 for recording it.

Usage in film and television

The song was the subject of the 1989 Harold Becker film Sea of Love starring Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin.

The 2007 film Juno features a cover version of the song by Cat Power in its soundtrack.
The Cat Power version was also featured in an episode of the television show, Pretty Little Liars.
It was also used in the 1989 TV movie Sweet Bird Of Youth, which starred Elizabeth Taylor.

The song was featured at the end of an episode of The Simpsons entitled "Future-Drama" in 2005.

It also can be heard in the 2008 episode "The Burns and the Bees", put on by Moe while the queen bee is making out with all the little drones.

In "Rumba" (2008), Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon sing this song.

In American Dad!, Stan plays the song at the bottom of the ocean for Francine in Stan Time (2009).

A skipping record of the song is played during a scene in the 2000 film Frequency.

It's also heard in Look Who's Talking Too (1990),
Striking Distance (1993),
Mr. Wrong (1996),
De Zeemeerman (1996),
Brooklyn's Finest (2009),
and Private Practice (2010).

Cover versions

Marty Wilde (1959); reached No 3 in the UK charts.
This version was engineered by British record producer Joe Meek.

Jimmy Velvit recorded a version of "Sea Of Love" for his 2001, Grammy nominated, album Sun Sea & Sand (Seduction Records SCD-103).

The Heptones; available on On Top ([[Studio One (re

Cat Power

Tom Waits - from Orphans copyright 2006 Iggy Pop - from Pop Music copyright 1996.