The Foundations – Gold
The Foundations
The Foundations – Gold
The Foundations

Release information
Release information
Label: Crimson Productions • Format: CD • Date: 10/07/2020 Cat#: CRIMCD642 • Barcode: 654378064227 • Genre: R&B and SoulTrack Listing
- Baby, Now That I've Found You
- Build Me Up, Buttercup
- Back On My Feet Again
- I Can Take Or Leave Your Lovin'
- It's All Right
- Come On Back To Me
- Any Old Time (You're Lonely And Sad)
- We Are Happy People
- New Direction
- Jerkin' The Dog
- Call Me
- Show Me
- Love Is A Five Letter Word
- Mr Personality Man
- Things Are Getting Better (Live)
- In The Bad, Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)
- Why Did You Cry
- My Little Chickadee
- Solomon Grundy
- I Can Feel It
- It's The Same Old Feeling
- Waiting On The Shores Of Nowhere
- Take Away The Emptiness Too
- Let The Heartaches Begin
- The Writing's On The Wall
- Tomorrow
- People Are Funny (Live)
- Am I Groovin' You (Live)
- Comin' Home Baby (Live)
- Harlem Shuffle (Live)
- Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.) (Live)
- Born To Live, Born To Die
- Baby, I Couldn't See
- A Penny, Sir
- Take A Girl Like You
- I'm Gonna Be A Rich Man
- In The Beginning
- Give Me Love
- Till Night Brought Day
- Hold Me Just A Little While Longer
- A Whole New Thing
- A Walk Through The Trees
- Things Get Better
- Love Is Alright (The Horse) (Live)
- Where The Fire Burns
- The Look Of Love (Live)
About this release
Crimson Gold presents the Foundations ‘Gold’, the only Foundations compilation you’ll ever need.
The Foundations were a British soul band, initially active between 1967-1970. Their first single ‘Baby, Now That I’ve Found You’ hit number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1967, making them one of the first multi-racial groups in the UK to achieve this. They are also known as one of the few British acts to successfully imitate the classic Motown sound.
This new compilation includes all of the group’s best known hits including their UK #2 single ‘Build Me Up, Buttercup’, ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’, ‘Back On My Feet Again’, and ‘In The Bad, Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)’.
CD 1 opens with the group’s first hit single ‘Baby, Now That I’ve Found You’ which was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic Also featured here is the group’s best known single ‘Build Me Up, Buttercup’ which has sold over a million copies.
CD 2 features even more Foundations’ hits including ‘In The Bad, Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me) which was the group’s fourth hit single and reached the top ten of the UK Singles Chart in 1969.
CD 3 completes the set with a selection of other classic Foundations tracks including their final original charting single ‘Born To Live, Born To Die’ from 1969, along with definitive live recordings of ‘The Look Of Love’ and ‘Love Is Alright (The Horse)’.
Highlights are also available on a 1LP version, pressed on 140g vinyl.