Yesterday’s Best Vol. 4 (Unreleased)

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Yesterday’s Best Vol. 4 (Unreleased)
Yesterday’s Best Vol. 4 (Unreleased) | Cover by Brian Currin, based on Yesterday’s Best Vol. 3

This is a track list that I received from Malcolm Lombard1 (the guru of South African pop music compilers) in 2004 for a proposed 4th volume in the Yesterday’s Best series. It never saw the light of day.

Tracks

  1. Morning – Jim Ed Brown [3:05] released in 1971
  2. Nosie Rosie – Jérôme [3:03] Springbok #13 in 1971
  3. Hello Girl – Dr. Marigold’s [3:12] Springbok #1 in 1974
  4. To The Door Of The Sun – Gigliola Cinquetti [3:04] Springbok #6 in 1974
  5. Silver Moon – Michael Nesmith [3:15] Springbok #3 in 1971
  6. I’ll Return – Michael Holm [4:08] Springbok #5 in 1976
  7. I Don’t Love You But I Think I Like You – Gilbert O’Sullivan [3:10] Springbok #2 in 1975
  8. Red Light Spells Danger – Billy Ocean [3:30] Springbok #5 in 1977
  9. River Deep, Mountain High – Lena Zavaroni [3:14] released in 1974
  10. Gimme Dat Banana – Strobe [3:05] Springbok #12 in 19772
  11. Attention To Me – The Nolans [3:13] released in 1980
  12. Milky Ways – Colombus [3:25] Springbok #1 in 1975
  13. Break It To Them Gently – Burton Cummings [4:05] Springbok #3 in 1978
  14. Shake Your Body – Plastik Mak [3:11] Springbok #14 in 1980
  15. Goodbye Venice Goodbye – Joe Dolan [3:08] Radio 5 #2 in 1976
  16. Don’t Tell Me Not To Cry – Connie Francis [3:00] recorded in 1981, released in 20043 and 20204
  17. The Face In The Mirror – Century [3:00] Springbok #5 in 1979
  18. Till I Can’t Take It Anymore – Brook Benton [3:09] released in 1977
  19. I Fall To Pieces – Diana Trask [3:21] released in 1969
  20. Hot Summer Nights – Night [3:29] Springbok #13 in 1979
  21. Tu T’en Vas5 – Alain Barrière & Noëlle Cordier [4:18] released in 1975
  22. Two Little Boys – Kenny Rogers & The First Edition [3:45] released in 1971

Yesterday’s Best Series

Yesterday's Best 1
Yesterday's Best 2
Yesterday's Best 3

Thanks to Malcolm Lombard, Leon Rossouw, Tertius Louw, Marq Vas and John Samson.

Footnotes

  1. Malcolm passed away on 18 August 2016 ↩︎
  2. Probably the Black Gorilla song under a different band name, as the two versions are identical. ↩︎
  3. “A Lifetime Of Love – 50th Anniversary Album” (CD released in South Africa in 2004) Discogs | 45Worlds ↩︎
  4. “The track, which made its début when included on a limited pressing South African CD in 2004, is now being reissued globally.” Facebook Post ↩︎
  5. French for “You are leaving” ↩︎

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