The Challengers - Challengers' Greatest Hits - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

25 years on from the of their debut album 'Lost Souls', Doves are proud to present 'So, Here We Are' - a collection of the band's best, hand-selected from their six studio albums and more. A compilation that spans a quarter of a century of meticulously fabricated songs of melancholic euphoria from the Manchester trio. Celebrating a musical career that covers more than a million albums sold, including three UK No.1- charting modern classics, a Mercury Music Prize nomination and sold-out tours of the most prestigious venues, such as London's Royal Albert Hall, Manchester Apollo as well New York's storied Hammerstein Ballroom. Featuring 'Spirit of Your Friend', a previously unreleased, newly mastered and archetypal Doves track originally recorded in 2006 as part of the Kingdom of Rust sessions. Album Tracks 1. Black and White Town 2. Pounding 3. Snowden 4. Cold Dreaming 5. Catch the Sun 6. Broken Eyes 7. Kingdom of Rust 8. Darker 9. There Goes the Fear 10. Renegade 11. Prisoners 12. Here It Comes 13. Carousels 14. Caught By the River 15. Walk in Fire 16. Lean Into the Wind 17. Spirit of Your Friend 18. The Man Who Told Everything 19. The Cedar Room

In 1963 Vault Records released an album called 'Surfbeat' by a then little known group called 'The Challengers'. It was the first record for both the tag and the group, and became an instant smash-hit. Just like that, the foundations of the surf rock generation were born and Vault and The Challengers were on their way. The surfing sound swept the country from coast to coast and in the years that followed The Challengers would continue to push the surf rock agenda and become household names in the process, putting out hit after hit that are collected here with tracks including 'Wipe Out', 'Sunset Surfing' and 'Riders in the Sky'. Album Tracks 1. Mr. Moto 2. Wipe Out 3. Telstar 4. Bedlam 5. Mr. Rebel 6. Back Beat 7. K-39 8. Pipeline 9. Apache 10. Moondawg 11. Sloop John B 12. Foot Tapper

Formed in 1962, the Challengers, an instrumental surf music band, were highly influential on the burgeoning surf music scene that was sweeping across California in the early 1960's. The band was formed out of the pioneer surf band called the Bel-Airs who scored a big hit with a surf instrumental titled InchMr. Moto.Inch Presented here is their classic 1966 album, InchChallengers a Go Go,Inch featuring surf versions of the Rolling Stones' InchSatisfactionInch, the Beatles InchShe's a Woman,Inch and Chuck Berry's InchJohnny Be Good.Inch Finally available in the digital domain, all selections newly remastered. Album Tracks 1. Satisfaction 2. Bad Boy 3. This Little Bird 4. The Last Time 5. You Like Me Too Much 6. Sheila 7. The Seventh Son 8. She's A Woman 9. Wonderful World 10. Johnny B.Goode 11. Tired Of Waiting For You 12. Sticks And Stones