''Their 16 Greatest Hits'' is the third

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by the American

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band

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. It was originally released by

Dunhill Records Dunhill Records was started in 1964 by Lou Adler, Jay Lasker, Pierre Cossette and Bobby Roberts as Dunhill Productions to release the music of Johnny Rivers on Imperial Records. It became a record label the following year and was distribute ...

in September 1971 shortly after the success of "Sooner or Later" earlier that year (see

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). The album also included many other hit

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s that were released from 1966 to 1971. The album was released on both stereo LP & tape as well as in Quadraphonic Sound on both LP & tape. This album was the only Quadraphonic album released by The Grass Roots.

Songs

As the group's third greatest hits collection, ''Their 16 Greatest Hits'' contained many of the hit songs from the group's first two greatest hits albums, ''Golden Grass'' and ''More Golden Grass''. This included six songs from the former and nine songs from the latter. The one song not on either previous album was "Sooner or Later," which had become the band's first ''Billboard'' top 10 entry since "Midnight Confessions" in 1968 and would be their last. The songs on this release include three songs that reached the top 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, eleven that reached the top 40, and a total of fifteen songs that appeared on the chart.

Artwork and packaging

The original release of ''Their 16 Greatest Hits'' on Dunhill ABC had a black label pressing with the Dunhill ABC Records logo on the top-center. The front and back cover

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s were taken by Tom Gundelfinger and the package was

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ed by Philip Schwartz. The same artwork and design was used on the versions of the album released by

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in 1980, with only the label differing.

Track listing

All songs produced by

Steve Barri Steve Barri (born Steven Barry Lipkin; February 23, 1942, New York City) is an American songwriter and record producer. Career Early in his career, Barri was a staff writer with Dunhill Records. He produced such huge hits as " Dizzy" by Tommy R ...

, except ^X produced by Steve Barri & P. F. Sloan. ;Side one #" Sooner or Later" (

Gary Zekley Alan Gary Zekley (also known as Brandon Chase; January 4, 1943 – June 19, 1996) was an American West Coast record producer and songwriter associated with 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s bands and songs in the bubblegum, rock and roll, sunshine pop, and ...

, Mitchell Bottler, Ekundayo Paris, Adeniyi Paris, Ted McNamara) – 2:37 #"Where Were You When I Needed You"^X ( P. F. Sloan, Steve Barri) – 2:59 #"Heaven Knows" (Harvey Price, Dan Walsh) – 2:25 #" Let's Live for Today"^X ( Mogol, David Shapiro, Michael Julien) – 2:35 #" Temptation Eyes" (Price, Walsh) – 2:40 #"

The River Is Wide "The River Is Wide" was a song written by Billy Admire and Gary Knight and was originally recorded by the Forum in 1967. Background The Forum The record was first released in 1966 on the Penthouse label.''Billboard'', July 8, 1967 Page 6 RIVE ...

" (Gary Knight, Billy Joe Admire) – 2:47 #"Come On and Say It" ( Dennis Provisor, Rob Grill,

Warren Entner Warren Entner (born 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, organist and guitarist for the rock and roll band The Grass Roots. He subsequently became a manager for several successful heavy metal/rock groups. Overview Entner is best known ...

) – 2:38 #" Midnight Confessions" (Lou T. Josie) – 2:42 ;Side two #"Wait a Million Years" (Zekley, Bottler) – 3:09 #"Walking Through the Country" (Provisor) – 3:02 #" Lovin' Things" ( Artie Schroeck, Jet Loring) – 2:42 #"Things I Should Have Said"^X (Sloan, Barri) – 2:30 #"Bella Linda" (Mogol,

Lucio Battisti Lucio Battisti (5 March 1943 – 9 September 1998) was an Italian singer-songwriter and composer. He is widely recognized for songs that defined the late 1960s and 1970s era of Italian songwriting. Battisti released 18 studio albums from 1969 ...

, Barri, Barry A. Gross) – 2:47 #"Baby Hold On" (Price, Walsh) – 2:42 #"Feelings" ( Rick Coonce, Entner, Kenny Fukomoto) – 2:50 #"I Can Turn Off the Rain" (Provisor) – 3:09

Personnel

According to the liner notes: * Rob Grill –

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* Dennis Provisor – vocals,

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–

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, organ, vocals *Terry Furlong – guitar * Rick Coonce –

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Creed Bratton Creed Bratton (born William Charles Schneider; February 8, 1943) is an American actor and musician. A former member of the rock band the Grass Roots, he is best known for playing a Creed Bratton (character), fictionalized version of himself o ...

– guitar, vocals *

– producer * P. F. Sloan – producer, guitar,

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s *Phil Kaye –

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Chuck Britz Charles Dean Britz (November 7, 1927 – August 21, 2000) was a recording engineer who worked with Jan and Dean, Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, P.F. Sloan and The Grass Roots on numerous albums between 1962 and 1967. Biography Britz was b ...

– engineer *

Jimmie Haskell Jimmie Haskell (born Sheridan Pearlman; November 7, 1926 – February 4, 2016) was an American composer and arranger for motion pictures and a wide variety of popular artists, including Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Steely D ...

–

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s *

Sid Feller Sidney Feller (December 24, 1916 – February 16, 2006) was an American conductor and arranger, best known for his work with Ray Charles. He worked with Charles on hundreds of songs including ''Georgia on My Mind'' and worked as Charles' conduc ...

– arrangements *

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s – various instruments

Charts and certifications

Release history

References

{{The Grass Roots The Grass Roots albums 1971 greatest hits albums Dunhill Records compilation albums ABC Records compilation albums MCA Records compilation albums Ampex Records compilation albums Stateside Records compilation albums Albums arranged by Jimmie Haskell Albums arranged by Sid Feller Albums produced by Steve Barri Albums produced by P. F. Sloan