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Review Originally released by Collectors' Choice/Rhino Records, now rereleased on his own Aura label, Tommy James' 40 Years is a stunning compendium of garage rock, white soul, pure pop, bubble gum, gospel pop, teen anthems, Beatlesque gems and ballads. The two-disc, 48-track package includes 'Hanky Panky,' 'I Think We're Alone Now,' 'Mony Mony,' 'Sweet Cherry Wine,' 'Crimson and Clover,' 'Crystal Blue Persuasion,' 'Draggin' the Line' and 'Tighter Tighter,' but it's the delicious, delightful deep cuts that are key. Some have a wild kitchen-sink production where experimentation was the rule. Arrangements get more and more out there to the cusp of psychedelia. James not only has Beach Boys blood in his veins on some tracks, he also has an overriding sense of rock history, drawing from disparate sources to create what could be called Alternative Americana. There's a reason Hollywood directors, a few dozen at last count, in an effort to evoke an era invariably choose a Tommy James song. Every day that James is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, that institution loses as much credibility as today's Supreme Court. --Mike Greenblatt - Goldmine Magazine Product Description You know how you see all those political ads that end with I'm so-and-so, and I approved this message' Well, Tommy James himself approved this collection, so you know there ain t no hanky-panky goin on! It's the first to comprehensively span Tommy's career both with the Shondells and as a solo artist, featuring the A-side of every single the man released on six different labels from 1966 to 2006.