EMI-Capitol Special Markets'
Lost Hits series is unusual, as far as budget-line series go. Usually, budget-line collections have a few hits and a lot of filler, topping out at ten or 12 tracks.
Lost Hits contains no less than 20 tracks, and instead of relying on predictable material, the compilers have balanced underappreciated hits, cult favorites and forgotten singles from the EMI vaults, resulting in a thoroughly entertaining disc. Lost Hits of the '60s sticks to mainstream pop for most of its 20 tracks, but there are soul singles (Marv Johnson's "(You've Got To) Move Two Mountains"), rockabilly (Wanda Jackson's "Let's Have a Party," Buddy Knox's "Lovey Dovey"), country-pop (Glen Campbell's "Universal Soldier" and countless variations on pop-rock by the Piltdown Men ("Brontosaurus Stomp"),
Jerry Jaye ("My Girl Josephine"), Gene Simmons ("Haunted House"), Bernadette Carroll ("Party Girl"),
the Exciters ("He's Got the Power"),
P.J. Proby ("Niki Hoeky"), People ("I Love You") and
Electric Indian ("Keem-O-Sabe"). There might not be many songs that are instantly recognizable, but that's the very reason why it's worth a gamble at this bargain price.