"This set is nicely comprehensive at 75 songs, limited as it is to finished masters and official releases -- there are no vault finds here, just singles, B-sides, EP tracks, and LP tracks covering four years in their history (163-1967). Along the way, in addition to oft-anthologized cuts, the producers have included their harder sides like "Some Other Guy," "Bye Bye Johnny," and "Twist and Shout," as well as their almost premature venture into folk-rock with "All My Sorrows"; the second and third discs are filled with their better ventures into soul ("I'll Be Doggone," etc.) and more advanced pop/rock amid the obligatory singles. This set does represent their best (if not always their most interesting) work. The music not only has great detail and a very close, emphatic sound but has been centered, so that on the stereo cuts one gets the stereo effect without the widely spaced, highly artificial ping-ponging between voices and instruments that was common on their early CD compilations." (Bruce Eder, Allmusic)
"Though this double-CD collection presents 30 songs recorded by the Searchers for BBC sessions, it actually spans a relatively small portion of their career, from January 1965 to March 1967 (with over half the material coming from 1965 alone). The band recorded yet more BBC sessions, but these are the only ones (except for a few similar duplicate versions, omitted to avoid redundancy) known to survive in releasable form, which is why there's nothing from 1963-1964, when they were actually at the peak of their popularity. Incomplete though it is, it's a valuable archival find for serious Searchers fans, even if, like many BBC session compilations, the performances don't vary too much from the familiar studio versions (except for the arrangements often being somewhat more thinly produced). It does have six songs that didn't make it onto their '60s studio releases. Also along for the ride are numerous more obscure B-sides, album cuts, and flops that testify to their versatility." (Richie Unterberger, Allmusic)
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