i have always had fond memories of this group and recently, while surfing, saw this item at a great price so i could not resist.

i have purchased many items from the: [20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection] and have been happy with all.

This is a good collection for beginners, but I wish it had more. I would buy a 6-Disc Troggs box set and probably enjoy every second of it. Of course, they're best known for "Wild Thing", but they had so much more to offer. Some of my favorites include "From Home", "With A Girl Like You", "I Can Only Give You Everything", "I Can't Control Myself", and "Too Much Of A Good Thing". It's nearly impossible to find anything but "Greatest Hits" collections from these guys. Even the original albums on vinyl are tough to find. Luckily I have a friend who used to own a record store that has tons of this type of stuff, but I'd love to own the real thing. I guess I'll have to hold out hope that Rhino or somebody like that reissues some of their albums. This CD, though, is a great deal for anyone just getting a taste of The Troggs, one of the best and most overlooked bands of the 60's.

First off the Troggs are just another one of those little british invasion bands that had one hit single than another one and bassicly broke up. the only good song on here is wild thing but the tributes are better than the original song itself. Than all these bands pretended to be psychedellic and pretend to be an activist(song love is all around) trying too make a flower power song. IT dosent work. The troggs are just not that good of a band just download wild thing and be done with the troggs.
Cheap chintsy band...

The Troggs, who started out in the U.K. in 1964 as The Troglodytes, were easily one of the most unusual groups among the many that made up the British Invasion and, in terms of commercial sales in this part of the world, one of the least least successful. The quartet from Andover, England consisted of lead singer Reg Ball (who changed his name to Reg Presley), guitarist Chris Britton, bassist Pete Staples, and drummer Ronnie "Bond" Bullis, who passed away at age 51 on November 13, 1992.

They are, essentially, remembered for one song, Wild Thing which, written by American Chip Taylor (who, perhaps incongruously, also wrote Angel Of Te Morning), was first released in the U.K. in the spring of 1966 by Fontana where it went to # 2 b/w From Home. That summer, With A Girl Like You became their second U.K. hit when it went all the way to # 1 b/w I Want You. In North America, however, it was decided to combine the two A-sides for the Atco release (it was also released here by Fontana as well), and here Wild Thing became a # 1 Billboard Pop Hot 100 in July while the flip reached # 29.

That fall, I Can't Control Myself did well in the U.K., reaching # 2 for the Page One label, but over here the best it could do was a # 43 b/w Gonna Make You Mine. And that would be it in North America for well over a year, although Any Way That You Want Me would become a # 8 in the U.K. b/w 6-5-4-3-2-1 in December, followed in 1967 by Give It To Me (# 12 b/w You're Lyin' in February), Night Of The Long Grass (# 17 b/w Girl In Black in May), Hi Hi Hazel (# 42 b/w As I Ride By in July), and Love Is All Around (# 5 b/w When Will The Rain Come in October).

While none of the first three were released in North America, that last was issued on the Fontana label here early in 1968, and it climbed to # 7 Hot 100 in March/April. But that would be it for good over here as the music was changing drastically and they simply could not keep pace. It was much the same in the U.K. where their last hit also appeared in early 1968 with Little Girl reaching # 37 b/w Maybe The Madman.

But for Reg Presley their brief success (they would go on releasing singles and albums in the U.K. with no chart success into the 1970's) had garnered him sufficient funds with which to pursue his real passion - investigating crop circles and UFO's! In fact, several years ago he published a book titled Wild Things They Don't Tell Us.

This release warrants 4 stars simply because all four of their North American hits are here (it would have been assigned 5 by me had they included those two missing B-sides), and, in addition to the excellent sound reproduction, you get three pages of background notes written by noted music writer/historian Bill DeYoung.

Truly awful. If you listen carefully, you realize that these guys knew exactly four chords and used them faithfully. Actually, that is remarkable in itself, in a way.

Bought this in a fit of nostalgia. As Peter DeVries said, "Nostalgia ain't what it used to be." And this proves it.

Buy something new. You'll play this once, and never again. It is a CD that is bound for Goodwill, since it's probable no one would buy it at the yard sale.