GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS -- HOW DO YOU LIKE IT? and FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY (both on Repertoire Records): For fans of the British Invasion, these two discs, that include a total of 50 tracks, are nothing short of fantastic. While the EMI reissue a couple of years ago (that's now apparently out of print) covered most of the usual and easily available tracks, these two CDs have rarer stuff. HOW DO YOU LIKE IT? starts out with the 14 tracks from the album of the same name, then includes 10 bonus tracks of such titles as "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "You Win Again," which I can't say I ever imagined Gerry doing, but the evidence is here. FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY has the soundtrack of the British album, which is different from the American. The British includes a track by the George Martin Orchestra ("All Quiet on the Mersey Front"), Cilla Black ("Is It Love") and the Fourmost ("I Love You Too", which has been bootlegged in the past as having Paul McCartney on vocals, but, as this CD proves without a doubt, doesn't). The bonus tracks include another Gerry track, Simon and Garfunkel's "Bright Green Pleasure Machine." I'd expected a lot of the tracks between these disks to be repeated on the EMI, but surprisingly, few are. (Dec. '95)