01. Don't Treat Me Like A Child (John Schroeder, Mike Hawker) - 2:33
02. You Don't Know (John Schroeder, Mike Hawker) - 3:11
03. Walkin' Back To Happiness [Take 2 + Studio Conversation] (John Schroeder, Mike Hawker) - 2:46
04. Walkin' Back To Happiness [Take 13 Master] (John Schroeder, Mike Hawker) - 2:30
05. Kiss 'N' Run (Norrie Paramor, Bunny Lewis) - 2:07
06. I Wanna To Be Happy (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Harbach) - 2:18
07. Let's Talk About Love (Norrie Paramor, Bunny Lewis) - 1:54
08. Tell Me What He Said (Jeff Barry) - 2:45
09. Little Miss Lonely (John Schroeder, Mike Hawker) - 2:54
10. A Teenager Sings The Blues (Bennett, Tepper) - 3:47
11. I Can't Say No To Your Kiss [Take 4 B/D + Take 5 + Studio Conversation] (Pomus, Spector) - 2:09
12. Sometime Yesterday (Westlake) - 2:54
13. I Don't Care (Norrie Paramor, Newel) - 2:30
14. Basin St. Blues (Spencer Williams) - 3:33
15. Every One But The Right One (Cole, Gamble, Horton) - 2:34
16. Keep Away From Other Girls (Burt Bacharach, Hilliard) - 2:36
17. A Dozen Other Boys [Take 4 B/D + Take 5 + Conversation] - 2:10
18. Queen For Tonight (Raleigh, Wayne) - 2:09
19. Time And Time Again (John Schroeder, Mike Hawker) - 2:15
20. Look Who It Is (John Schroeder, Mike Hawker) - 2:12
21. Fever (Eddie Cooley, Mick Davonport) - 2:23
22. Look Over Your Shoulder (D.Thomas, Barry Richards) - 2:44
23. It's In His Kiss (Rudy Clark) - 1:55
24. I Wish I'd Never Loved You (Ivor Raymonde, Mike Hawker) - 2:37
25. Shop Around (Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy, Jr.) - 2:44
26. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) - 2:20
27. You're My Remedy (Smokey Robinson) - 2:56
28. I'm Going Out (The Same Way I Came In) - 2:45

Helen Shapiro began her singing career as a 14 year old in 1961. Hearing her voice on the first cut from Helen Shapiro at Abbey Road: 1961-1967, "Don't Treat Me Like a Child," one would never believe it. She sounds confident and as assured as someone who had been in the business for 20 years. Shapiro had some big hits in the early days of her career: "You Don't Know," "Tell Me What He Said," and the bouncy "Walkin' Back to Happiness." Her early style is very similar to artists like Timi Yuro or Gene Pitney: ultrapoppy musical backing, slightly fluffy songs, and very soulful vocals. She also sounds quite good in a brassy jazz vein; there are some good examples here such as her knockout rendition of "I Want to Be Happy" and her sultry take on "Basin St. Blues." As the decade progressed Shapiro (and everyone who wasn't from Liverpool) found herself shunted off to the fringe. She kept on making great records: a powerhouse version of "Fever," the Drifters-influenced "Look Over Your Shoulder," and the heartbreaking and soulful "I Wish I'd Never Loved You" to name a few. These tracks were all from 1964, the year she seems to have broken away from the formula pop of her first records and branched out into girl-group sounds and generally took a grittier approach. She started covering, quite credibly, Motown tracks like "Shop Around" and also began dipping into Brill Building songbooks, covering tunes like "Keep Your Hands off My Baby" by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Unfortunately this collection gives this period less coverage than her early hitmaking years. The five or six songs they trot out just leave one wishing for more. The disc ends with the powerful one-two punch of two unreleased tracks: the pounding girl-group shout of "You're My Remedy" and the dramatic string-filled "I'm Going Out (The Same Way I Came In)." These songs give Dusty Springfield, Sandie Shaw, and Lulu a run for their money. It is too bad her career ran out of gas and she pretty much dropped out of sight. One can lament what might have been or curse the powers that were for mismanaging her so fully, but it is a waste of time. Better to just enjoy the music she was able to release. This disc does a fine job of summing up Shapiro's career and is an essential item for any fan of girl pop singers and girl groups. ---Tim Sendra, AllMusic Review

Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner. Apart from the facility's use as a recording studio, the premises have also been used to remaster many of the classical music recordings made at Kingsway Hall. It is most notable for being the venue in the 1960s for innovative recording techniques adopted by The Beatles, Badfinger, Pink Floyd and others. At the end of 2009, the studios came under threat of sale to property developers, but the studio received historic site status from the British government in 2010 to protect it.

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1. Helen Shapiro - It's My Party (2:27)
2. Helen Shapiro - Lipstick On Your Collar (2:19)
3. Helen Shapiro - He's A Rebel (2:18)
4. Helen Shapiro - Walkin' Back To Happiness (2:32)
5. Helen Shapiro - Will You Love Me Tomorrow (3:22)
6. Helen Shapiro - A Teenager In Love (2:19)
7. Helen Shapiro - Fever (2:26)
8. Helen Shapiro - I Don't Care (2:33)
9. Helen Shapiro - Are You Lonesome Tonight (2:48)        play
10. Helen Shapiro - Beyond The Sea (La Mer) (3:30)
11. Helen Shapiro - Don't Treat Me Like A Child (2:34)
12. Helen Shapiro - It Might As Well Rain Until September (2:22)
13. Helen Shapiro - Move Over Darling (2:34)
14. Helen Shapiro - Please Mr Postman (2:39)
15. Helen Shapiro - Tell Me What He Said (2:48)
16. Helen Shapiro - You Don't Know (2:42)
17. Helen Shapiro - Walk On By (2:50)
18. Helen Shapiro - St Louis Blues (4:46)
19. Helen Shapiro - Basin Street Blues (3:35)
20. Helen Shapiro - Blues In The Night (4:04)
21. Helen Shapiro - My Guy (2:52)
22. Helen Shapiro - Woe Is Me (2:03)
23. Helen Shapiro - Look Who It Is (2:14)
24. Helen Shapiro - Little Miss Lonely (2:56)              play
25. Helen Shapiro - Keep Away From Other Girls (2:26)
26. Helen Shapiro - Let's Talk About Love (1:57)
27. 27 Queen For Tonight
28. 28 It's In His Kiss

Helen eventually became a jazz singer of some repute but she is mostly remembered for her early sixties pop music, which she recorded as a teenager. Her first four UK hits were also her biggest, with two of them (You don't know, Walking back to happiness) going all the way to number one and the other two (Don't treat me like a child, Tell me what he said) making the top three. After that, she had just one more top ten hit (Little Miss Lonely) and six minor hits, ending with a cover of Fever (Peggy Lee). This collection contains all of Helen's UK hits including the minor hits.

Most of the other tracks here are covers of songs made famous by others, although it is worth noting that Helen was the first singer to record It's my party, the song that eventually became Lesley Gore's biggest hit. A trio of bluesy songs (St Louis blues, Basin street blues, Blues in the night) offer a clue to Helen's later career as a jazz singer.

The remaining songs include covers of Lipstick on your collar (Connie Francis), He's a rebel (Crystals), Will you love me tomorrow (Shirelles), Teenager in love (Dion and the Belmonts), Are you lonesome tonight (Elvis Presley), Beyond the sea (Bobby Darin), It might as well rain until September (Carole King), Move over darling (Doris Day), Please Mr Postman (Marvelettes), My guy (Mary Wells) and It's in his kiss (Betty Everett - this song was later a hit for Linda Lewis in the seventies and Cher in the eighties).

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