Rush-released by Parrot to capitalize on the success of "To Sir With Love," this album may have been deceptively titled -- it doesn't include "To Sir With Love," and the material dates from the mid-'60s, before she switched labels to Epic. But it's nonetheless a pretty good cross-section of her early sides, which saw her concentrating on rock and R&B rather than orchestrated pop ballads. Besides the British hits "Shout" and "Leave a Little Love," it has
Bert Berns' "Here Comes the Night," which she recorded before
Them's hit version; "I'll Come Running," one of her raunchiest tracks, which features
Jimmy Page on guitar; "Surprise, Surprise," an unlikely cover of an obscure
Rolling Stones tune; and good gutsy covers of
the Knickerbockers' "Lies,"
Jerry Butler and
Curtis Mayfield's "She Will Break Your Heart," and
Van McCoy's "Take Me as I Am."