Artist: Tony Hatch

Title: Hatchbox: The Original Album Collection

Year Of Release: 2005

Country: UK

Label: Castle Music – CMXBX 1088

Genre: Easy Listening

Quality: FLAC | lossless



Though Tony Hatch is most well-known as a producer of hit British '60s pop/rock records (particularly for Petula Clark and the Searchers), he also put out quite a number of records (most of them instrumental) under his own name. In fact, as exorbitantly sized as this six-CD set is, it doesn't even include all of the albums he did for Pye between the mid-'60s and mid-'70s. Hatch Box does, however, contain six of them: 1965's The Tony Hatch Sound, 1966's A Latin Happening, 1967's Beautiful in the Rain, 1968's The Two of Us (a vocal effort, billed to both Tony Hatch and his wife Jackie Trent), 1970s Sounds of the 70s, and 1974's Hit the Road to Themeland. Like some other producer-as-artist albums of the time (George Martin's probably being the most widely known), much of the material simply offers easy listening orchestral pop versions of '60s pop/rock hits, some originally produced by Hatch, some not. Far from being novel twists on the familiar versions, they seem more like dilutions of the originals to pick up some sales from an adult market that didn't like rock music. Hatch also used Latin jazz rhythms (especially on A Latin Happening and Sounds of the 70s), as well as doing an entire record of film and TV themes (Hit the Road to Themeland), though these also seem intended primarily to pick up sales from the very casual buyer of background music, and not as serious artistic statements. Sounds of the 70s is about the best of these records, as it actually does have some jazzy period lounge/go-go music that's funkier than the norm. But none of the records are too worthwhile or creative, though if you go in a big way for this sort of thing, this multi-disc set does benefit from liner notes featuring comments on each album by Hatch himself.



Tracklist:

CD1: The Tony Hatch Sound

1. The Tony Hatch Sound – Downtown 3:10

2. The Tony Hatch Sound – Forget Him 3:21

3. The Tony Hatch Sound – Music 2:51

4. The Tony Hatch Sound – Sugar And Spice 2:18

5. The Tony Hatch Sound – You'd Better Come Home 2:53

6. The Tony Hatch Sound – Where Are You Now 2:46

7. The Tony Hatch Sound – Maori 2:46

8. The Tony Hatch Sound – Look For A Star 2:14

9. The Tony Hatch Sound – Crosstown Commuter 2:54

10.The Tony Hatch Sound – When Summertime Is Over 2:55

11.The Tony Hatch Sound – Roundabout 2:31

12.The Tony Hatch Sound – I Know A Place 2:47



CD2: A Latin Happening

1. Tony Hatch – I Didn't Know What Time It Was 1:59

2. Tony Hatch – Call Me 2:34

3. Tony Hatch – Somewhere My Love 2:20

4. Tony Hatch – Working In A Coal Mine 2:09

5. Tony Hatch – Sunny 2:20

6. Tony Hatch – Whizz-Ball 1:40

7. Tony Hatch – Daydream 1:58

8. Tony Hatch – Pretty Flamingo 2:42

9. Tony Hatch – Black Is Black 2:25

10.Tony Hatch – Guantanamera 3:06

11.Tony Hatch – Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars 3:55

12.Tony Hatch – A Latin Happening 2:29



CD3: Beautiful In The Rain

1. The Tony Hatch Sound – Beautiful In The Rain 3:07

2. The Tony Hatch Sound – Music To Watch Girls By 1:50

3. The Tony Hatch Sound – Once Upon A Time 2:52

4. The Tony Hatch Sound – An Occasional Man 2:47

5. The Tony Hatch Sound – Too Late Now 2:19

6. The Tony Hatch Sound – El Payaso (Spanish Clown) 1:58

7. The Tony Hatch Sound – Surrey With The Fringe On Top 2:26

8. The Tony Hatch Sound – Mas Que Nada 2:03

9. The Tony Hatch Sound – While The City Sleeps 3:16

10.The Tony Hatch Sound – Fiddler On The Roof 1:45

11.The Tony Hatch Sound – How Insensitive 2:32

12.The Tony Hatch Sound – Finito 2:59



CD4: The Two Of Us

1. Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch With The Tony Hatch Orchestra – I Must Know 2:40

2. Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch With The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Play It Again 2:44

3. Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch With The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Don't Stop Now 3:50

4. Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch With The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Morning Dew 3:15

5. Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch With The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Work Song 2:43

6. Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch With The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Thank You For Loving Me 2:43

7. Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch With The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Route 66 2:46

8. Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch With The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Living It Up Again 2:33

9. Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch With The Tony Hatch Orchestra – The Fool On The Hill 3:21

10.Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch With The Tony Hatch Orchestra – The Joker 2:18

11.Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch With The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Country Girl And City Man 2:29

12.Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch With The Tony Hatch Orchestra – The Two Of Us 3:10



CD5: Sounds Of The Seventies

1. Tony Hatch & The Satin Brass – Laia Ladaia 3:24

2. Tony Hatch & The Satin Brass – For Once In My Life 2:34

3. Tony Hatch & The Satin Brass – Hey Jude 4:29

4. Tony Hatch & The Satin Brass – Soulful Strut (Am I The Same Guy) 2:32

5. Tony Hatch & The Satin Brass – I'll Never Fall In Love Again 2:18

6. Tony Hatch & The Satin Brass – Herbin' 2:23

7. Tony Hatch & The Satin Brass – Latin Satin 3:02

8. Tony Hatch & The Satin Brass – Yester-You, Yester-Me, Yesterday 2:55

9. Tony Hatch & The Satin Brass – Something 3:28

10.Tony Hatch & The Satin Brass – Codename 3:12

11.Tony Hatch & The Satin Brass – This Guy's In Love With You 3:19

12.Tony Hatch & The Satin Brass – Sounds Of The Seventies 3:56



CD6: Hit The Road To Themeland

1. The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Eye Level 2:18

2. The Tony Hatch Orchestra – The World At War 3:20

3. The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Song From M*A*S*H 3:10

4. The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Hadleigh 2:54

5. The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Best In Football 2:02

6. The Tony Hatch Orchestra – You're A Star 2:57

7. The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Serenade Of Love 2:55

8. The Tony Hatch Orchestra – The Champions 2:00

9. The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Midweek 2:05

10.The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Romeo & Juliet 3:14

11.The Tony Hatch Orchestra – The Odd Couple 2:48

12.The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Crossroads 2:45

13.The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Emmerdale Farm 2:18

14.The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Man Alive 2:46

15.The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Memories Of Summer (Love Story Theme) 2:58

16.The Tony Hatch Orchestra – Sportsnight