Product Review

In the summer of 1958, Herb and Hal Kalin (aka The Kalin Twins) were flavour of the month with the multi million selling, worldwide smash hit "When". It reached #5 in the US and topped the UK charts for 4 weeks, following which they toured the UK, topping the bill over a newly-emergent Cliff Richards & The Drifters (who were just breaking with "Move It"). Although The Kalins subsequently made the US charts with follow-ups like "Forget Me Not", "It's Only The Beginning" and "Sweet Sugar Lips", they were unable to consolidate and by the mid 60s they'd called it a day. This 33 track compilation comprises their eponymously titled LP from 1958, plus all their significant 45 releases between 1957-1962, including their superb, yet often overlooked US cover of Joe Brown's UK #1 "A Picture Of You". Several of these sides are serious collector's rarities, unavailable elsewhere on CD.