title: Nice Compilation, Excellent Liner Notes, Here's the Track List

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Track List:

1. Turn Turn Turn - Byrds
2. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
3. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
4. Last Train to Clarksville - Monkees
5. Groovin' - Young Rascals
6. One - Three Dog Night
7. The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
8. Happy Together - Turtles
9. Stormy - Classics IV
10. Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann
11. Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
12. Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
13. Don't Worry Baby - Beach Boys
14. Spooky - Classics IV
15. I'm a Man - Spencer Davis Group
16. Elenore - Turtles
17. Time Won't Let Me - Outsiders


title: 22 Hits - Here's the track list

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This refers to Time-Life Music R984-33.

Track list:
1. Cry Like a Baby - Box Tops
2. I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James & Shondells
3. Last Train to Clarksville - Monkees
4. Sloop John B - Beach Boys
5. Both Sides Now - Judy Collins
6. Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat & Tears
7. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In - 5th Dimension
8. I Saw Her Again - Mamas & Papas
9. Dizzy - Tommy Roe
10. Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds
11. 1-2-3 - Len Barry
12. Kind of a Drag - Buchinghams
13. Mellow Yellow - Donovan
14. Na Na Hey He Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
15. Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie - Jay & Techniques
16. Little Bot O' Soul - Music Explosion
17. Love Is All Around - Troggs
18. Societ's Chile - Janis Ian
19. San Francisco - Scott McKenzie
20. Hold Me Tight - Johnny Nash
21. Time Has Come Today - Chambers Brothers
22. The Pied Piper - Crispian St. Peters


title: 20 Good Ones - Here's the List

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Track list:

1. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
2. I Say a Little Prayer
3. Magic Moments
4. Close to You
5. I'll Never Fall in Love Again
6. The Look of Love
7. What the World Needs Now Is Love
8. Alfie
9. Casino Royale
10. This Guy's in Love with You
11. There's Always Something There to Remind Me
12. One Less Bell to Answer
13. Walk On By
14. Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
15. Wives and Lovers
16. Reach Out for Me
17. The Windows of the World
18. Anyone Who Has a Heart
19. Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa
20. I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself

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title: CD Identification

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How is this CD different from the one identified as ASIN B000IKB6QE?  That CD goes for about a buck!

And where is the ASIN number for this CD?


title: 18 Tracks by Several Artists; from Reader's Digest

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Track List:

1. Candlelight and Wine - Norman Percival & Orchestra
2. How High the Moon - Romantic Strings with Harps
3. Magic Is the Moonlight - Norman Percival & Orchestra
4. My Funny Valentine - Peter Nero & Doc Severinsen
5. With a Song in My Heart - Wally Stott & Orchestra
6. Maria Elena - Robert Mandell & Orchestra with Paul Stuart
7. I'll Remember April - Peter Knight & Orchestra
8. Theme from Summer of '42 - Peter Nero
9. You Are Too Beautiful - Marie Goossens & David Snell harps
10. Love Walked In - Joe Reisman & Orchestra
11. Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise - Peter Knight & Orchestra/Chorus
12. Stormy Weather - Peter Nero
13. Far Away Places - Frank Barclay & Orchestra/Chorus
14. Love Is the Sweetest Thing - Romantic String Orchestra
15. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes - Alan Copeland & Orchestra
16. Midnight in Moscow - National Philharmonic Orchestra
17. When I Fall in Love - Peter Nero with Grover Washington, Jr.
18. Smile - Peter Knight & Orchestra/Chorus


title: A Track List Please

text:
3 titled CDs:

CD 1 - I Walk the Line:
1. I Walk the Line
2. Folsom Prison Blues
3. There Ain't No Good Chain Gang (with Waylon Jennings)
4. Home of the Blues
5. Big River
6. So Doggone Lonesome
7. Next In Line
8. Busted (with Carter Family)
9. Cry, Cry, Cry
10. Rock Island Line

CD 2 - Train of Love
1. Ballad of a Teenage Queen
2. Train of Love
3. Oney
4. The Ways of a Woman in Love
5. You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven
6. Katy Too
7. Give My Love to Rose
8. Oh Lonesome Me
9. Straight A's in Love
10. Hey, Porter!

CD 3 - Get Rhythm
1. Guess Things Happen That Way
2. One Piece at a Time
3. There You Go
4. Come In Stranger
5. Wreck of the Old '97
6. Look at Them Beans
7. Get Rhythm
8. Mean Eyed Cat
9. Born to Lose
10. Cold Cold Heart


title: Track List (and CD Identity Question)

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I don't see the difference between this CD and the one identified as ASIN B000N23QLK).  I'd select based on price. My CD has the numbers R812-06 and A231243.

My track lists:

Disc 1:
1. The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. Turn Turn Turn - Byrds
3. Monday, Monday - Mamas & Papas
4. Daydream - Lovin' Spoonful
5. San Francisco - Scott McKenzie
6. Get Together - Youngbloods
7. You Were on My Mind - We Five
8. A Beautiful Morning - Rascals
9. Abraham, Martin and John - Dion
10. Both Sides Now - Judy Collins
11. Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell
12. The Weight - Band

Disc 2:
1. Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds
2. California Dreamin' - Mamas & Papas
3. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind
4. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
5. Society's Child - Janis Ian
6. Something in the Air - Thunderclap Newman
7. Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson
8. Different Drum - Stone Poneys
9. Solitary Man - Neil Diamond
10. Catch the Wind - Donovan
11. Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot
12. To Ramona - Bob Dylan


title: How about a track list?  Here 'tis!

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This review applies to CD number KRB 5400-2.

There are no liner notes.

Track list:
1. Tenderness - General Public
2. A Girl Like You - Smithereens
3. Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes
4. True - Spandau Ballet
5. Rapture - Blondie
6. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
7. Let's Go All the Way - Sly Fox
8. Suddenly Last Summer - Motels
9. She's a Beauty - Tubes
10. Missing You - John Waite


title: 70's Disco Hits is the Title

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This CD was hard to find on Amazon.  It was produced in England and bears the Slam Music label.  The CD number is SLAM 0027.  The tunes are advertized as classic seventies hits by the original artists.  Here is the track list:

1. Baby Jump - Mungo Jerry
2. Witch Queen of New Orleans - Redbone
3. I'm Doing Fine Now - New York City
4. Midnight at the Oasis - Maria Muldaur
5. I'd Love You to Want Me - Lobo
6. More More More - Andrea True Connection
7. Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
8. Something Old Something New - Fantastics
9. Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone
10. Tiger Feet - Mud
11. Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman
12. Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Ocean
13. Do the Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas
14. Sing Me - Brothers
15. Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse


title: 20 Not-So-Big Tunes/Versions, Odd Mixture, Some Live, Some Re-records Indicated

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Here is the track list.  Note that there are two versions of "Unchained Melody".

1. Freedom Come Freedom Go - Fortunes
2. Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison
3. Adelita (live) - Trini Lopez
4. Walk in the Room - Searchers
5. What Have They Done to My Song Ma - Melanie
6. Unchained Melody - Gerry & Pacemakers
7. Catch the Wind (live) - Donovan
8. Bring It on Home to Me - Percy Sledge
9. Hideaway - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
10. You're Not Wrong for Loving Me (live) - Sweet
11. Me and My Life - Tremeloes
12. EE-I-ADDIO - Hazel O'Connor
13. Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind - Lovin' Spoonful
14. Straight Shooter (live) - Mamas & Papas
15. Shotgun Shuffle - K.C. & Sunshine Band
16. Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Anybody - Sam & Dave
17. We Don't Have to Be Over 21 - Jackson 5
18. That's Just the Way Love Is - Rita Coolidge
19. Sweet Love Song of My Soul - Kim Carnes
20. Unchained Melody - Andy Williams


title: A Different Track List

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My track list is different from that of another reviewer.  My CD is indicated to have a 1997 date, and the number on the spine is A 28400.

My track list:
1. Brandy - Looking Glass
2. Best of My Love - Emotions
3. Long Cool Woman - Hollies
4. Two Out of Three Ain't Bad - Meat Loaf
5. Come and Get Your Love - Redbone
6. Hold Your Head Up - Argent
7. Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
8. Baby Hold On - Eddie Money
9. Rock On - David Essex
10. Disco Lady - James Taylor
11. Please Come to Boston - David Loggins
12. Get It On - Chase


title: Recordings Made 1956-1965; Very Good Sound Quality

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The title says "her greatest performances", but if you are looking for a collection of her hit singles going back to 1936, you will be sorely disappointed. However, if you like her albums issued between 1956 and 1964, you should be very pleased, as quite a few of them were hits on the Billboard 200 Charts for albums.

The tracks on this three-CD set appear to be mostly excerpts from those albums, with emphasis on her "songbooks", each of which was devoted to one composer. She had eight songbooks, seven of which are reflected here. (The songbook for Johnny Mercer is not reflected.) In addition, three segments on this CD set appear to be taken from collaborative albums with other famous artists including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Nelson Riddle.

On the last CD in the set, Miss Fitzgerald presents some of her "specialties", which appear to be mostly from albums, but some of tracks may be the same ones released as singles to become hits on the Billboard 100 Charts (BB) for singles.  They include (with their peak position): "A Beautiful Friendship" (BB#74 in 1956), "Mack the Knife" (BB#27 in 1960), "How High the Moon, Part 1" (BB#76 in 1960), and "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" (BB#75 in 1963).

Of course "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" is included, but this is a 1961 version of her 1938 hit.  A few other titles are new versions of earlier recordings.

There are 32 pages of liner notes containing a dozen photographs. I found some discrepancies with recording dates shown on the back cover of the CD. However, the liner notes were generally pretty good.

Here is a track list:

DISC 1:

A Tribute to Rogers & Hart:
1. This Can't Be Love
2. There's a Small Hotel
3. Blue Moon
4. Where or When
5. With a Song in My Heart

A Tribute to Jerome Kern:
6. All the Things You Are
7. Yesterdays
8. The Way You Look Tonight
9. A Fine Romance
10. Can't Help Lovin' That Man

A Tribute to Cole Porter:
11. Night and Day
12. What Is This Thing Called Love?
13. I Get a Kick Out of You
14. Just One of Those Things
15. Begin the Beguine

A Tribute to Harold Arlen:
16. Blues in the Night
17. That Old Black Magic
18. Stormy Weather
19. I've got the World on a String
20. Lets Fall in Love

DISC 2:

A Tribute to George Gershwin:
1. 'S Wonderful
2. I've got a Crush on You
3. Love Is Here to Stay
4. Love Walked In
5. Embraceable You

A Tribute to Duke Ellington:
6. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
7. It Don't Mean a Thing
8. Mood Indigo
9. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
10. Satin Doll

A Tribute to Irving Berlin:
11. Alexander's Ragtime Band
12. Puttin' on the Ritz
13. Remember
14. Blue Skies
15. Always

Ella & Louis Armstrong:
16. Cheek to Cheek
17. They Can't Take That Away from Me
18. Stars Fell on Alabama
19. Tenderly

DISC 3:
Ella & Louis Armstrong (cont'd.):
1. April in Paris

Ella & Count Basie:
2. I'm Beginning to See the Light
3. Them There Eyes
4. Dream a Little Dream of Me
5. Ain't Misbehavin'
6. On the Sunny Side of the Street

Ella & Nelson Riddle:
7. Don't Be That Way
8. I Only Have Eyes for You
9. Somebody Love Me
10. I Hear Music
11. I Can't Get Started with You

Ella Specialties:
12. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
13. You'll Have to Swing It (live)
14. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
15. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
16. Little White Lies
17. A Beautiful Friendship
18. Body and Soul
19. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home (live)
20. Mack the Knife (live)
21. How High the Moon (Pt. 1) (live)


title: 22 Hits - Time Life/Warner Bros Special - Here's the Track List

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The review applies to the CD with AM-19 on the spine.  It is very similar to another CD, but look for minor differences in the cover.

Track list:
1. Sherry - 4 Seasons
2. Rubber Ball - Bobby Vee
3. Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Shirelles
4. Baby - Brook Benton and Dinah Washington
5. Town Without Pity - Gene Pitney
6. Whee the Boys Are - Connie Francis
7. Papa Joe's - Dixiebells
8. Sad Movies Make Me Cry - Sue Thompson
9. Stand By Me - Ben E. King
10. What in the World's Come Over You - Jack Scott
11. I'm Sorry - Brenda Lee
12. Dominique - Singing Nun
13. Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka
14. Save the Last Dance for Me - Drifters
15. A Hundred Pounds of Clay - Gene McDaniels
16. Where or When - Dion & Belmonts
17. I've Told Every Little Star - Linda Scott
18. Sandy - Larry Hall
19. You Don't Know What You've Got - Ral Donner
20. Hurt - Timi Yuro
21. A Million to one - Jimmy Charles
22. El Paso - Marty Robbins


title: Different Cover

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My CD set has the same track listings but the cover is different.  The CD set (of 2) was produced in 1996.  It carries the number EXL-31084.

I wish Amazon would use the producer's CD number.


title: 10 Hits - Here's the List

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1. Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers
2. You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone
3. The Hustle - Van McCoy
4. Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree - Tony Orlando & Dawn
5. The Way We Were/Try to Remember - Gladys Knight & Pips
6. Brand New Key - Melanie
7. The Rapper - Jaggerz
8. Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens
9. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
10. Playground in My Mind - Clint Holmes


title: Lots of Greats - Here's the List

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This review applies to CD number NGSC 003.

Here's the list:

1. Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture
2. Strauss - The Blue Danube
3. Saint Saens - The Swan
4. Bach - Toccata and Fuge in D Minor
5. Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers
6. Strauss - Tritsch Tratsch Polka
7. Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 4 (3rd movement)
8. Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture
9. Grieg - Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
10. Chopin - Minute Waltz
11. Haydn - Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"
12. Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
13. Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2
14. Schubert - Trout Quintet
15. Albinoni - Adagio for Organ & Strings
16. Rossini - Largo Al Factoium (from The Barber of Seville)
17. Verdi - Anvil Chorus (from Il Tralvatorre)
18. Tchaikovsky - Miniture Overture from Nutcracker
19. Vivaldi - Autumn
20. Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor (Allegro - 1st movement)


title: Beware, Re-records May Be Present

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The following note is provided inside the liner notes: "For the benefit of the listener this product may have been compiled from a variety of sources, including where thought appropriate, live material. Due to the age of some master tapes, tape hiss may be audible. Where this is an unacceptable level tracks may have been replaced by re-recordings by the original artist."

I think they should have been able to edit out the hiss, but maybe not in 2001. I can remove a lot of it with my little home program.


title: New Recordings by Original Artists - Here's the List

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This applies to the three CD package numbered DIGI-3-79142.

I'm a stickler for original hits, so I'm not too hot on this package.  A lot of them are live recordings.  The package itself is unusual: It's mostly cardboard with plastic inserts to hold the CDs.

DISC 1:
1. Stand by Me - Ben E. King
2. I Want You (live) - Marvin Gaye
3. It's a Man's Man's World (live) - James Brown
4. I Can't Help Myself (live) - Four Tops
5. You Are My Sunshine (live) - Ray Charles
6. Only You - Platters
7. Sea of Love - Phil Phillips
8. I Want To - Joe Tex
9. Oh What a Nite - Dells
10. He, Western Union Man - Jerry Butler

DISC 2:
1. Cherish (live) - Kool & Gang
2. I Second that Emotion - Miracles
3. Mighty Love (live) - Spinners
4. Have You Seen Her - ChiLites
5. I'll Be Good to You (live) - Brothers Johnson
6. A Sweet Woman Like You - Joe Tex
7. Only the Strong Survive - Jerry Butler
8. You'll Lose a Good Thing - Barbara Lynn
9. The Chokin' Kind - Joe Simon
10. Personality - Lloyd Price

DISC 3:
1. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing (live) - Marvin Gaye
2. One of a Kind (live) - Spinners
3. Joanna (live) - Kool & Gang
4. Stay in My Corner - Dells
5. Love Won't Let Me Wait - Major Harris
6. Try Me (live) - James Brown
7. He Will Break Your Heart - Jerry Butler
8. Hold What You've Got - Joe Tex
9. Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Station
10. I Want to Walk You Home - Fats Domino


title: Quite a Collection - Here Is the List

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This review applies to CD number UAE 35142.  Looks like 2001 date.

1. Tony Bennet & Count Basie - Chicago
2. Count Basie - Jumpin' at the Woodside
3. Charlie Barnet - That Old Black Magic
4. Miles Davis - All of You
5. Duke Ellington - The Jeep Is Jumpin'
6. Benny Goodman - Sing Sing Sing
7. Charlie Mingus - Better Git It in Your Soul
8. Art Tatum - After You're Gone
9. Charlie Parker - Chasin' the Bird
10. Thelonious Monk - Rhythm-A-Ning
11. Stan Kenton - Lullaby of Birdland
12. Woody Herman - Doctor Jazz
13. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
14. Charlie Christian - Honeysuckle Rose
15. Johnny Hodges - You'll Never Go to Heaven


title: Easy Listening, Not the Strongest Compilation - Here's the List

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DISC 1
1. Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
2. I Remember You - Frank Ifield
3. Walk Right Back - Everly Brothers
4. The Way You Look Tonight - Lettermen
5. Al Di La - Emilio Pericola
6. The Exodus Song - Pat Boone
7. Here in My Heart - Al Martino
8. Cupid - Sam Cooke
9. Tonight - Ferrante & Teicher
10. Just for Old Time's Sake - McGuire Sisters
11. Calcutta - Lawrence Welk
12. Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka
13. Break It to Me Gently - Brenda Lee
14. A Swingin' Safari - Billy Vaughn
15. Theme from Dr. Kildare - Richard Chamberlain
16. Lollipops and Roses - Jack Jones
17. Stranger on the Shore - Mr. Acker Bilk
18. Together - Connie Francis
19. When I Fall in Love - Lettermen
20. It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' - Johnny Tillotson
21. Never on Sunday - Chordettes

DISC 2
1. Things - Bobby Darin
2. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Mel Carter
3. Don't You Forget It - Perry Como
4. I Love You Because - Al Martino
5. Whispering - Nino Tempo & April Stevens
6. Since I Fell for You - Lenny Welch
7. Michael - Trini Lopez
8. Wives and Lovers - Jack Jones
9. Dear Heart - Jack Jones
10. Greenback Dollar - Kingston Trio
11. The Pink Panther Theme - Henry mancini
12. Caterina - Perry Como
13. The Girl from Ipanema - Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
14. I'll Never Find Another You - Seekers
15. A Little Bitty Tear - Burl Ives
16. England Swings - Roger Miller
17. I Know a Place - Petula Clark
18. Theme from A Summer Place - Lettermen
19. The World Through A Tear - Neil Sedaka
20. Cara Mia - Jay & Americans
21. Red Roses for a Blue Lady - Vic Dana
22. If I Loved You - Chad and Jeremy

DISC 3
1. The Race Is On - Jack Jones
2. You Were Only Fooling - Vic Damone
3. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
4. Spanish Eyes - Al Martino
5. The 59th Street Bridge Song - Harpers Bizarre
6. The Impossible Dream - Jack Jones
7. Band of Gold - Mel Carter
8. Born Free - Roger Williams
9. Mame - Louis Armstrong
10. My Cup Runneth Over - Ed Ames
11. Anything Goes - Harpers Bizarre
12. Lara's Them from Dr. Zhivago - Roger Williams
13. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
14. Mary in the Morning - Al Martino
15. Windy - Association
16. Dream a Little Dream of Me - Mamma Cass
17. Cab Driver - Mills Brothers
18. Chattanooga Choo Choo - Harpers Bizarre
19. My Special Angel - Vogues
20. Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell
21. Abraham, Martin & John - Dion
22. Love is Blue - Al Martino

DISC 4
1. Am I That Easy to Forget: - Englebert Humperdink
2. Kiss Me Goodbye - Petula Clark
3. Autumn of My Life - Bobby Goldsboro
4. Stormy - Classics IV
5. Delilah - Tom Jones
6. Hurt So Bad - Lettermen
7. Seattle - Perry Como
8. Try a Little Kindness - Glen Campbell
9. Love Me Tonight - Tom Jones
10. Put a Little Love in Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon
11. Is That All There Is? - Peggy Lee
12. Galveston - Glen Campbell
13. Games People Play - Joe South
14. Midnight Cowboy - Ferrante & Teicher
15. Goodnight My Love - Paul Anka
16. A Man Without Love - Englebert Humperdink
17. You Gave Me a Mountain - Frankie Laine


title: Image and Tune List

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I hope I identified this CD correctly.  I don't know where to find the AISN number on a CD.  The number shown is 92567-2; it has a 1985 date, and it's released by SAJA Records distributed by Atlantic.  The tunes are digitally remastered from the original master tapes.

Tune list:
1. Time in a Bottle
2. Operator
3. Salon and Saloon
4. Alabama Rain
5. Dreamin' Again
6. It Doesn't Have to Be That Way
7. I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song
8. Lover's Cross
9. Thursday
10. These Dreams
11. A Long Time Ago
12. Photographs and Memories


title: Some marginal recordings, some not hits

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I was surprised that this two-CD set wasn't stronger.  I ripped none of the tracks for my music collection which I occasionally use as a deejay.  I generally focus on the Billboard top 100 singles charts, but I also include favorites from top albums.

Disc 1 is centered on Artie Shaw although Helen Forrest sings on some tracks.  What is most disappointing is that the tracks appear to be mostly live with some background noise and announcer commentary.

One track sounds like it is a studio recording: "Oh! Lady Be Good", Artie Shaw with Count Basie.  It sounds very good, but, as best I could tell, this version was not a hit single.  I'm not sure where it might have appeared in some other album.

Disc 2 is centered on Helen Forrest.  If you just want to hear Helen's voice on good recordings, this would be for you.  Unfortunately for me, most of the songs are dated 1969-71, well after the big band era.  Three are dated 1949-50, and one seemed to be dated about 1946 or so.  As best I could tell, none of the tracks were Billboard singles hits.

I have found it difficult to find a list of Helen Forrest's hits.  She had only one solo hit on the Billboard 100: "Time Waits for No One" in 1944.  I found eight joint hits with Dick Haymes.  But the songs she did with big bands seem to be credited to just the bands.  That means that one must go through the hits of big bands when she was with them: Artie Shaw (1938-9), Benny Goodman (1939-41), and Harry James (1941-3).

As far as packaging goes, the two CDs are somewhat clumsily packed in a 4-CD case with a folded strip of liner notes laying loose inside.  The strip unfolds to eight small "pages".  Not a very classy arrangement.

One more disappointment: There are errors in the track lists that show up on your computer when you go to rip tunes.  Disc 1 is worst.  None of the tracks are properly identified.  You must change this before ripping.  Disc 2 correctly identifies the tracks but incorrectly credits Artie Shaw as an artist on all of them.

Here is the true song lineup:

DISC 1: "The Best of Artie Shaw"
1. Stardust
2. Deep in a Dream
3. In the Mood
4. Comes Love
5. The Carioca
6. Day In, Day Out
7. If I Had You
8. They Say
9. Traffic Jam
10. Between a Kiss and a Sigh
11. What Is This Thing Called Love
12. Thanks for Everything
13. Sweet Sue
14. Yesterdays
15. Nightmare
16. Oh, Lady Be Good (Count Basie backup)
17. Bonus Interview Track

DISC 2: Helen Forrest
1. I'm in the Mood for Love
2. I Concentrate on You
3. Call Me Irresponsible
4. It Must Be Him
5. Deep Purple
6. I Only Have Eyes for You
7. More
8. Speak Low
9. My Foolish Heart
10. Paradise
11. My Funny Valentine
12. I Cried for You
13. Come Rain or Come Shine
14. Little White Lies
15. As Long As He Needs Me
16. Thanks for the Memory


title: Preliminary Review

text:
This review is provided before I've had a chance to hear all of the music.  I listened to a few, and they sounded very good.  I'm providing this preliminary review because Amazon did not have an image or a song listing.

This box set includes 140 tunes on 10 CDs.  That is a huge volume.  Many are big hits, but quite a few don't seem to be.  I haven't checked them all against the Billboard charts.  There are no tunes by Elvis or The Beatles.

I've given three stars to the box set based on the tunes being original hits by original artists and seeming to sound very good.  I would have given a higher rating if I thought there were more big hits.

Here are the tunes; judge for yourself:

Disc 1:
1. Palisades Park - Freddy Cannon
2. Big Boy Pete - The Olympics
3. One Kiss for Old Times' Sake - Ronnie Dove
4. Trouble in Paradise - The Crests
5. Once in a While - The Chimes
6. Running Bear - Johnny Preston
7. When We Get Married - The Dreamlovers
8. A Million to One - Jimmy Charles
9. Guardian Angel - The Imaginations
10. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Freddy Cannon
11. Timothy - The Buoys
12. Take Me as I Am - The Duprees
13. Valerie - Jackie & the Starlites
14. Willow Weep for Me - Chad & Jeremy

Disc 2:
1. Try the Impossible - Lee Andrews & The Hearts
2. Trickle Trickle - The Videos
3. What's Your Name - Don & Juan
4. The Gleam in Your Eye - Earl Lewis & The Channels
5. My Own True Love - The Duprees
6. Wine, Wine, Wine - The Nightcaps
7. Till Then - The Classics
8. Heart's Desire - The Avalons
9. Right or Wrong - Ronnie Dove
10. What Time Is It - The Jive Five
11. Pretty Little Angel - The Crests
12. The Closer You Are - Earl Lewis & The Channels
13. Action - Freddy Cannon
14. Feel So Fine - Johnny Preston

Disc 3:
1. One Summer Night - The Danleers
2. Tell Me Why - The Belmonts
3. Step by Step - The Crests
4. Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band
5. Yesterday's Gone - Chad & Jeremy
6. Tallahassee Lassie - Freddy Cannon
7. Baby Oh Baby - The Shells
8. Loop De Loop - Johnny Thunder
9. Why Don't You Believe Me - The Duprees
10. Dance by the Light of the Moon - The Olympics
11. Mountain of Love - Ronnie Dove
12. Don't, Don't Don't Drop Out - Ronnie & The Schoolmates
13. Teardrops - Lee Andrews & The Hearts
14. Pipeline - The Chantays

Disc 4:
1. Have You Heard - The Duprees
2. Peanut Butter - The Marathons
3. Sandy - Larry Hall
4. Mixed-up, Shook-up Girl - Patty & The Emblems
5. Cradle of Love - Johnny Preston
6. Moonlight Cocktails - The Riveras
7. Beach Baby - First Class
8. Solitaire - The Embers
9. Deserie - The Charts
10. Six Nights a Week - The Crests
11. Goodnight Baby - The Imaginations
12. Transistor Sister - Freddy Cannon
13. Say You - Ronnie Dove
14. You Gave Me Somebody to Love - The Dreamlovers

Disc 5:
1. Wild Thing - The Troggs
2. Hang On Sloopy - The McCoys
3. A Groovy Kind of Love - The Mindbenders
4. Western Union - The Five Americans
5. Hats Off to Larry - Del Shannon
6. California Sun - The Rivieras
7. Crimson & Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells
8. The Boy from New York City - The Ad-Libs
9. Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las
10. Devil With a Blue Dress On - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
11. Love Is All Around - The Troggs
12. Sugar Sugar - The Archies
13. The Game of Love - Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
14. I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James & The Shondells

Disc 6:
1. Jim Dandy - Lavern Baker
2. Lipstick on Your Collar - Connie Francis
3. Sweet Nothin's - Brenda Lee
4. Mr. Lee - The Bobbettes
5. Eddie My Love - The Teen Queens
6. Lollipop - The Chordettes
7. Born Too Late - The Poni-Tails
8. What a Difference a Day Makes - Dinah Washington
9. Pink Shoe Laces - Dodie Stevens
10. Ivory Tower - Cathy Carr
11. Teach Me Tonight - The DeCastro Sisters
12. Tonight You Belong to Me - Patience & Prudence
13. Don't You Know - Della Reese
14. Cry Me a River - Julie London

Disc 7:
1. Sixteen Candles - The Crests
2. Cara Mia - Jay & The Americans
3. At the Hop - Danny & The Juniors
4. Little Darlin' - The Diamonds
5. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
6. Runaway - Del Shannon
7. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
8. Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
9. Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
10. This I Swear - The Skyliners
11. Maybe - The Chantels
12. Let's Hang On - The Four Seasons
13. La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
14. Shout! - The Isley Brothers

Disc 8:
1. Earth Angel - The Penguins
2. Since I Don't Have You - The Skyliners
3. You Belong to Me - The Duprees
4. Sherry - The Four Seasons
5. I Only Have Eyes for You - The Flamingos
6. Tears on My Pillow - Little Anthony & The Imperials
7. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & The Comets
8. My Girl - The Temptations
9. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
10. The Great Pretender - The Platters
11. Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
12. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas
13. Do You Love Me - The Contours
14. Walk On By - Dionne Warwick

Disc 9:
1. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
2. All I Have to Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
3. I Wonder Why - Dion & The Belmonts
4. You Cheated - The Shields
5. I'm So Young - The Students
6. Book of Love - The Monotones
7. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
8. Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
9. Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
10. Stormy Weather - The Spaniels
11. The Angels Listened In - The Crests
12. Susie Q - Dale Hawkins
13. Short Shorts - The Royal Teens
14. Church Bells May Ring - The Willows

Disc 10:
1. Lightnin' Strikes - Lou Christie
2. Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
3. Downtown - Petula Clark
4. Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett
5. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
6. The Rain, The Park and Other Things - The Cowsills
7. My Booyfriend's Back - The Angels
8. No Particular Place to Go - Chuck Berry
9. But I Do - Clarence "Frogman" Henry
10. Where the Boys Are - Connie Francis
11. Wolly Bully - Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs
12. It's My Party - Leslie Gore
13. You're the One - The Vogues
14. A Summer Song - Chad & Jeremy


title: Preliminary Review

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I'm giving this CD a preliminary review before I've had a chance to listen to it.  Reason? Because when I found the CD on Amazon, there was no image or listing of the tunes.  I've listed them below. Also, the CD has the number OPCD-1637, and its publication date looks like 1996. I've given it 4 stars (preliminary) because the tunes are indicated to be original hits by original artists.

1. In-A-Gadda-Da-vida by Iron Butterfly
2. Sweet Jane by The Velvet Underground
3. Who Do You Love - Quicksilver Messenger Service
4. So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star - The Byrds
5. Jingo - Santana
6. Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
7. Kick Out the Jams - MC5
8. The Pusher - Steppenwolf
9. Nature's Way - Spirit
10. Pushin' Too Hard - The Seeds


title: Big Artists, Lots of Tunes But Not The Best

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This box set includes four discs containing 83 tunes. There are plenty of big hits and big artists but the number of big original hits by original artists is disappointing.  Still, it's nice to have a smattering of many artists of the time.

The sound quality is generally very good but there is residual record noise on many tunes.

Tag information on the discs (titles/artists) is sloppy.

Artists included: Charlie Barnet, Count Basie, Les Brown, Billy Butterfield, Larry Clinton, Warren Covington, Sam Donahue, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Ralph Flanagan, Benny Goodman, Glen Gray, Neal Hefti, Harry James, Stan Kenton, Kay Kyser, Freddy Martin, Ray McKinley, Glenn Miller, Vaughn Monroe, Russ Morgan, Tony Pastor, Alvino Rey, Artie Shaw, Freddie Slack, Claude Thornhill, and many singers associated with those band leaders.


title: Some good music with flaws and poorly presented

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My advice: look for better CDs on the big band era.

There are some good tunes here, and the sound quality is sometimes good, but the overall presentation is poor.
Several of the tunes have record noise (tics, scratches, background hiss).  There are no tags, i.e. no titles or artists listed when you play the CD in Windows Media Player.  Tune number 13 is supposed to be "Blues in the Night", but it is "In the Mood".  The tunes are said to be by the original artists, but I don't believe they are all the original recordings, not by a long shot.

The copyright date is 1996, apparently the production date.

Here is the tune list:
1. Stompin' at the Savoy - Benny Goodman
2. Tuxedo Junction - Glenn Miller
3. Red Bank Boogie - Count Basie
4. Marie - Tommy Dorsey
5. Sentimental Journey - Les Brown
6. When the Saints Go Marching In - Louis Armstrong
7. Northwest Passage - Woody Herman
8. Skyliner - Charles Barnet
9. You Made Me Love You - Harry James
10. American Patrol - Glenn Miller
11. I Had the Craziest Dream - Harry James
12. This Love of Mine - Tommy Dorsey
13. Blues in the Night - Artie Shaw (actually it is "In the Mood" probably by Glenn Miller).
14. Rocking Chair - Gene Krupa
15. Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington.


title: Original Hits by Original Artists; Excellent Sound

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When I made this review, there were none made before me.  I only have the "Golden Memories" CD out of this box set, but I thought I would write a review anyway.

I would have given five stars if there were more tunes.  There are 12 on this CD.

This CD includes hits from the years 1948 to 1956.  The selection is excellent.  All peaked at  #1 on the Billboard 100 Top Pop Singles Charts except “Baby It’s Cold Outside’ which peaked at #3.

Here is a track listing including their peak hit positions for the years indicated in parentheses.

1. How High the Moon – Les Paul & Mary Ford #1 (1951)
2. Wheel of Fortune – Kay Starr #1 (1952)
3. Careless Hands – Mel Torme’ #1 (1949)
4. Manana – Peggy Lee #1 (1948)
5. Memories Are Made of This – Dean Martin #1 (1956)
6. Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting #3 (1949)
7. Dream – Pied Pipers ;#1 (1945)
8. Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief – Betty Hutton #1 (1946)
9. Sincerely – McGuire Sisters #1 (1955)
10. Rum and Coca-Cola – Andrew Sisters #1 (1945)
11. Mona Lisa – Nat King Cole #1 (1950)
12. Here in My Heart – Al Martino #1 (1952)

There are six pages of liner notes including a discography giving information on each tune.


title: Very Good Sound & Seems Original

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This CD seems to be the same as Disc 1 of a 3-CD set identified as ASIN B000FLJW08. I have that Disc 1, and my comments below apply to that disc.

The music quality is very good, without the annoying sound of "record scratches".

I couldn't tell for sure if the tracks are the original hits, but they seemed to be.

There are no liner notes.

Track list with artists for my Disc 1:

1. In the Mood - Glenn Miller
2. I'm Beginning to See the Light - Harry James
3. Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie
4. Don't Be That Way - Benny Goodman
5. Sophisticated Swing - Les Brown
6. Skyliner - Charlie Barnet
7. Happy-Go-Lucky Local - Duke Ellington
8. Blowin' Up a Storm - Woody Herman
9. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Les Brown
10. Dance of the Lame Duck - Glen Gray
11. Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman
12. Tuxedo Junction - Glenn Miller
13. Woodchopper's Ball - Woody Herman
14. Lester Leaps In - Count Basie
15. Redskin Rhumba - Charlie Barnet
16. Nightmare - Artie Shaw
17. Eager Beaver - Stan Kenton
18. Leap Frog - Les Brown
19. No Name Jive - Glen Gray
20. Auld Lang Syne - Guy Lombardo


title: Wrong Track List & Artist ID is Not Clear

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My CD was "Classic 7508" by Classic Sound, Inc. of Norcross, GA.

Here is the actual track list with the attributed artist:

1. One O'clock Jump - Count Basie
2. I've Got Rhythm - Jimmy Dorsey
3. Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw
4. A String of Pearls - Glenn Miller
5. Marie - Tommy Dorsey
6. Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller
7. Cabin in the Sky - Les Brown
8. Stompin' at the Savoy - Benny Goodman
9. Donkey Serenade - Artie Shaw
10. Pennsylvania Six 5000 - Glenn Miller
11. Caladonia - Woody Herman
12. At the Woodchoppers Ball - Woody Herman

These tracks play okay with a little record scratchiness in some places and maybe a little volume unevenness.

HOWEVER, when I went to rip the CD, a completely difference tracklist showed up on my computer, attributed entirely to Enoch Light and the Light Brigade, despite the fact that the above listed tracks were the ones that played.

And there are no liner notes to clarify exactly who the artists are.  This is particularly frustrating when, for example, I'm looking for the original of "Little Brown Jug" by Glenn Miller, because the Glenn Miller Orchestra (without Glenn) has also released the same songs.

I decided to get rid of this CD.


title: Good Quality Recording But Not Original Glenn Miller

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Potential buyers should note that this CD is of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, not Glenn Miller and his orchestra.  I prefer the originals by Glenn Miller that have been competently edited to remove noise (scratches and hiss).

There are 14 tracks, not a whole lot.  And, there are no liner notes.


title: Good Sound; Almost All the Singles Hits

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This CD contains 9 of the 10 Supertramp singles tunes that charted on the Billboard 100.  Just "My Kind of Lady" (peaked at #31) is missing.  I tend to focus on singles hits for my music inventory which I sometimes play as a deejay.

Two track I could have done without: "Crime of the Century" and "From Now On" They drag a bit.  But I thought two non-hit singles were good: "Rudy" and "Hide in Your Shell".

The music is generally well composed, and the sound quality is good. I'm a 50s guy who enjoys popular music from the 40s into the 80s and some beyond that.


title: 24 Top Ten Hits

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Here are the tunes and their Billboard peak positions during 1950:

1. Music! Music! Music - Teresa Brewer - #1
2. Enjoy Yourself - Guy Lombardo - #10
3. I Wanna Be Loved - Andrew Sisters - #1
4. A Bushel and a Peck - Perry Como & Betty Hutton - #3
5. My Foolish Heart - Gordon Jenkins - #3
6. Play a Simple Melody - Gary & Bing Crosby - #2
7. The Cry of the Wild Goose - Frankie Laine - #1
8. All My Love - Patti Page - #1
9. Sentimental Me - The Ames Brothers - #1
10. There's No Tomorrow - Tony Martin - #2
11. I'll Never Be Free - Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie Ford - #3
12. Harbor Lights - Sammy Kaye - #1
13. Hoop-Dee-Doo - Perry Como & the Fontaine Sisters - #1
14. I Can Dream, Can't I? - The Andrew Sisters - #1
15. Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole - #1
16. Nevertheless - The Mills Brothers - #3
17. Goodnight Irene - Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers - #1
18. Bewitched - Doris Day - #9
19. Rag Mop - The Ames Brothers - #1
20. Bonaparte's Retreat - Kay Starr - #9
21. La Vie en Rose - Tony Martin - #9
22. The Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page - #1
23. Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Bing Crosby - #2
24. It Isn't Fair - Sammy Kaye - #2

"Dear Hearts and Gentle People" became a hit in 1949 and carried over into 1950.

Several artists are duplicated on this CD including The Andrew Sisters, Perry Como, Gordon Jenkins, Bing Crosby, Patti Page, The Ames Brothers, Tony Martin, Kay Starr, and Sammy Kaye.  It might have been better to have more artists and less duplication.

The sound quality is generally very good.  Because the source tracks are older, a little noise (tics) is sometimes present.


title: 40's Style Songs, Some Live Tracks, Not-so-good Quality

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CD was made in Holland in 2000.  It is said to be by original artists, which it seems to be.

I generally look for good quality original hits by the original artists.  I shy away from re-recorded or live versions, and I usually don't seek album tunes that weren't individual hits. Remastered original hits are ok if the remastering was done well.

Here are some quick observations that I made on the individual tracks of this CD.

1. Granada - Frankie Laine : Appears to be a re-record based on comparison to tracks available from iTunes. Quality is good with a couple glitches.
2. Love Letters - Perry Como: A live version with front end conversation.
3. Blue Skies - Dick Haymes: A nice version but not a hit by Haymes.
4. Swanee - Al Jolson: a good track, but I'm not sure if it is original.
5. Send My Baby Back to Me - Jimmy Durante: A live version with clapping.
6. My Heart is Taking Lessons - Bing Crosby: A good track, but not a tune I wanted.
7. Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole: A live version.  Not bad quality.
8. Cry - Johnny Ray: A live version with clapping.
9. Life Is a Song - Tony Bennett: Generally good quality; not sure if it's live.
10. In the Still of the Night - Nelson Eddy: A live version with clapping.
11. A Foggy Day - Fred Astaire: Nice version, a wee bit grainy sound.
12. Stardust - Louis Prima: Very poor quality. Hashy.
13. Song of Songs - Perry Como: Live recording with clapping.
14. The Touch of Your Lips - Bing Crosby: Pretty good quality.
15. Young at Heart - Jimmy Durante: So so quality. Talking introduction.


title: 25 good tunes but not the best sound quality

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This was one of the first CDs I used to build my deejay file. I've used several of the tracks, but had to do some editing to clean up the sound. For some tunes, I chose other sources. If I were starting to build my file anew, I would probably choose even fewer tracks from this CD.

There are no liner notes.

The choice of tunes is very good.  It's mostly from the pre-rock era.  Those from the rock era are more easy listening, and there are a couple country crossover hits.

On the CD tags (as seen on the computer when I set up to rip), most of the tracks are not identified.


title: 25 Tunes, generally good, an eclectic mix, some faults

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This was one of the first CDs I used to build my deejay file. I've used several of the tracks, but had to do some editing to clean up the sound.  For some tunes, I chose other sources. If I were starting to build my file anew, I would probably look a little closer at other sources.

There are no liner notes.

I found a couple errors on the CD tags (as seen on the computer when I set up to rip):
"You, You, You" does not give credit to The Ames Brothers
"Hot Diggity" does not give credit to Perry Como


title: Nice Collection of 24 Hits - Here's the Track List

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Track list:

1. Born to Be Wild - Stepenwolf
2. Cry Like a Baby - Box Tops
3. Crimson and Clover - Tommy James & Shondells
4. I Thank You - Sam & Dave
5. Love Is All Around - Troggs
6. The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
7. Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
8. Everyday People - Sly & Family Stone
9. Pictures of Matchstick Men - Status Quo
10. Since You've Been Gone - Aretha Franklin
11. Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
12. Abraham, Martin and John - Dion
13. Cloud Nine - Temptations
14. Midnight Confessions - Grass Roots
15. On the Road Again - Canned Heat
16. Tighten Up - Archie Bell & Dells
17. A Beautiful Morning - Rascals
18. La La Means I Love You - Delfonics
19. You Keep Me Hanging On - Vanilla Fudge
20. Love Child - Diana Ross & Supremes
21. Valleri - Monkees
22. Think - Aretha Franklin
23. Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor
24. Like to Get to Know You - Spanky & Our Gang


title: 75 Tunes, Generally Not Original Hits - Here's the Track List

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This set is probably good for party background music. It's mostly orchestral.

Track list with performing artists:

CD 1:
1. Moon River - Henry Mancini
2. Born Free - Gordon Langford
3. Climb Ev'ry Mountain - Ronnie Aldrich
4. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Henry Mancini
5. Theme from Exodus - RCA Symphony Orchestra
6. Tara's Theme - Ronnie Aldrich
7. Swinging on a Star - Johnny Gibbs
8. Night and Day - Romantic Strings Orchestra
9. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - Henry Mancini
10. You Light Up My Life - Gordon Langford
11. The Sound of Music - Don Baker
12. Love Me Tender - Larry Dalton
13. Mona Lisa - Francis Goya
14. Whatever Will Be, Will Be - Richard Alden
15. Three Coins in the Fountain - Romantic Strings Orchestra
16. You Were Meant for Me/Singin' in the Rain - Frankie Carle
17. Blue Hawaii - Billy Vaughn
18. My Favorite Things - Ken Thorne
19. The Wind Beneath My Wings - Romantic Strings Orchestra
20. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - Gordon Langford

CD 2:
1. Somewhere, My Love - Frankie Carle
2. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - Nick Ingman & Ronnie Price
3. Unchained Melody - Roger Williams
4. Can't Help Falling in Love - Floyd Cramer
5. The Way You Look Tonight - Gordon Langford
6. When I Fall in Love - Romantic Strings Orchestra
7. Summer of '42 Theme - Peter Nero
8. I Only Have Eyes for You - Gordon Langford
9. It Had to Be You - Larry Dalton
10. You Made Me Love you - Romantic Strings Orchestra
11. Be My Love - Gordon Langford
12. That's Amore - Larry Dalton
13. For Sentimental Reasons - Romantic Strings Orchestra
14. I'll Get By - Gordon Langford
15. Love Story Theme - Henry Mancini
16. Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet - Floyd Cramer
17. The Greatest Love of All - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
18. I Just Called to Say I Love You - Romantic Strings Orchestra
19. My Heart Will Go On - Damian Luca

CD 3:
1. Some Enchanted Evening - Ronnie Aldrich
2. I Could Have Danced All Night - London Promenade Orchestra
3. Oh! What a Beautiful Mornin' - Romantic Strings Orchestra
4. You'll Never Walk Alone - Nick Ingman
5. Hello, Dolly! - Gordon Langford
6. Almost Like Being in Love - London Promenade Orchestra
7. Sunrise, Sunset - Don Baker
8. The Impossible Dream - Henry Mancini
9. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Gordon Langford
10. I'm in the Mood for Love - Ken Barrie with Johnny Gibbs
11. Hello, Young Lovers - Henry Mancini
12. People Will Say We're In Love - Robert Bentley
13. On the Street Where You Live - London Promenade Orchestra
14. Seventy Six Trombones - Gordon Langford
15. If I Loved You - Nick Ingman
16. If Ever I Would Leave You - London Promenade Orchestra
17. On a Clear Day - Roger Williams
18. Stranger in Paradise - London Promenade Orchestra

CD 4:
1. The Way We Were - Floyd Cramer
2. Days of Wine and Roses - Henry Mancini
3. That Old Black Magic - Romantic Strings Orchestra
4. I'll Walk Alone - Terry Harrington
5. By the Light of the Silvery Moon - Romantic Strings Orchestra
6. My Funny Valentine - Peter Nero & Doc Severinsen
7. Try to Remember - Ken Thorne
8. Do Not Forsake Me - Malcom Lockyer
9. Till the End of Time - RCA Symphony Orchestra
10. As Time Goes By - RCA Symphony Orchestra
11. Edelweiss - Romantic Strings Orchestra
12. Over the Rainbow - Larry Dalton
13. When You Wish Upon a Star - Joe Reisman
14. Beauty and the Beast Theme - Roger Williams
15. Theme from A Summer Place - Billy May
16. People - Romantic Strings Orchestra
17. Blue Velvet - Romantic Strings Orchestra
18. Our Love Is Here to Stay - National Philharmonic Orchestra


title: 20 Nice Tunes - Here's the Track List

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This review applies to the CD numbered RS7-025-1 and DCD1-5541.  The back of the cover shows the number S025B and has a 1995 date.

This CD seems to be a good instrumental compilation for background music at a party.

The liner notes are very good.

Here is the track list including the performing artists:

1. For Sentimental Reasons - The Romantic Strings and Orchestra with Don Lusher, Trombone
2. Skylark - Richard Alden, His Piano and Orchestra
3. Let's Fall in Love - Peter Knight and His Orchestra
4. Stranger on the Shore - Acker Bilk, His Clarinet and Orchestra
5. Desafinado - Laurindo Almeida, His Guitar and Orchestra
6. The High and the Mighty - Harry Stoneham, His Organ and Orchestra
7. The Shadow of Your Smile - Paul Weston and His Orchestra with Warren Covington, Trombone
8. Lullaby of Birdland - Robert Mandell and His Orchestra
9. April in Paris - Johnny Guarnieri, Piano
10. Harlem Nocturn - Norman Percival and His Orchestra
11. Strangers in the Night - Christian Colombier and His Orchestra
12. I Just Called to Say I Love You - The Accordeonicas
13. Come Rain or Come Shine - Billy May and His Orchestra
14. A Day in the Life of a Fool - Jorge Morel, Guitar, with Bill Walker and His Orchestra
15. I Should Care - Alan Copeland and His Orchestra
16. I Like the Likes of You - Johnny Pearson, His Piano and Orchestra
17. The Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
18. Try a Little Tendrness - Douglas Gamley and His Orchestra
19. Young at Heart - Peter Knight and His Orchestra
20. The Good Life - Peter Botkin, Jr. and His Orchestra


title: Seems to be the same as another CD

text: This CD seems to be the same as the one listed on Amazon as ASIN B000FC6C6E.  See that one for a track list.


title: Track List Including Artist

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Track list:

1. Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann
2. She's Not There - Zombies
3. What Kind of Fool - Tams
4. You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry
5. How Do you Do It - Gerry & Pacemakers
6. Come See About Me - Supremes
7. Needles and Pins - Searchers
8. I Get Around - Beach Boys
9. Farmer John - Premiers
10. Out of Limits - Marketts
11. Nobody I Know - Peter and Gordon
12. I'm So Proud - Impressions
13. Hippy Hippy Shake - Swinging Blue Jeans
14. You Really Got Me - Kinks
15. Bread and Butter - Newbeats
16. Dead Man's Curve - Jan and Dean
17. Bad to Me - Billy J. Kramer & Dakotas
18. The Way You Do the Things You Do - Temptations
19. Fun Fun Fun - Beach Boys
20. I Like It - Gerry & Pacemakers
21. Come a Little Bit Closer - Jay & Americans
22. A World Without Love - Peter and Gordon
23. Stop and Think It Over - Dale and Grace
24. Remember - Shangri-Las

Note that this CD (ASIN B000MVIFQS) has 24 tunes indicated to cover 78 minutes.  Another CD (ASIN B000K54UMO) has the same tunes plus one more: "A Summer Song by Chad and Jeremy".  That CD is indicated to cover 71 minutes.


title: Nice Compilation, Excellent Liner Notes, Here's the Track List

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Track List:

1. Turn Turn Turn - Byrds
2. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
3. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
4. Last Train to Clarksville - Monkees
5. Groovin' - Young Rascals
6. One - Three Dog Night
7. The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
8. Happy Together - Turtles
9. Stormy - Classics IV
10. Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann
11. Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
12. Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
13. Don't Worry Baby - Beach Boys
14. Spooky - Classics IV
15. I'm a Man - Spencer Davis Group
16. Elenore - Turtles
17. Time Won't Let Me - Outsiders


title: 22 Hits - Here's the track list

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This refers to Time-Life Music R984-33.

Track list:
1. Cry Like a Baby - Box Tops
2. I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James & Shondells
3. Last Train to Clarksville - Monkees
4. Sloop John B - Beach Boys
5. Both Sides Now - Judy Collins
6. Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat & Tears
7. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In - 5th Dimension
8. I Saw Her Again - Mamas & Papas
9. Dizzy - Tommy Roe
10. Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds
11. 1-2-3 - Len Barry
12. Kind of a Drag - Buchinghams
13. Mellow Yellow - Donovan
14. Na Na Hey He Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
15. Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie - Jay & Techniques
16. Little Bot O' Soul - Music Explosion
17. Love Is All Around - Troggs
18. Societ's Chile - Janis Ian
19. San Francisco - Scott McKenzie
20. Hold Me Tight - Johnny Nash
21. Time Has Come Today - Chambers Brothers
22. The Pied Piper - Crispian St. Peters


title: 20 Good Ones - Here's the List

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Track list:

1. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
2. I Say a Little Prayer
3. Magic Moments
4. Close to You
5. I'll Never Fall in Love Again
6. The Look of Love
7. What the World Needs Now Is Love
8. Alfie
9. Casino Royale
10. This Guy's in Love with You
11. There's Always Something There to Remind Me
12. One Less Bell to Answer
13. Walk On By
14. Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
15. Wives and Lovers
16. Reach Out for Me
17. The Windows of the World
18. Anyone Who Has a Heart
19. Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa
20. I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself


title: CD Identification

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How is this CD different from the one identified as ASIN B000IKB6QE?  That CD goes for about a buck!

And where is the ASIN number for this CD?


title: 18 Tracks by Several Artists; from Reader's Digest

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Track List:

1. Candlelight and Wine - Norman Percival & Orchestra
2. How High the Moon - Romantic Strings with Harps
3. Magic Is the Moonlight - Norman Percival & Orchestra
4. My Funny Valentine - Peter Nero & Doc Severinsen
5. With a Song in My Heart - Wally Stott & Orchestra
6. Maria Elena - Robert Mandell & Orchestra with Paul Stuart
7. I'll Remember April - Peter Knight & Orchestra
8. Theme from Summer of '42 - Peter Nero
9. You Are Too Beautiful - Marie Goossens & David Snell harps
10. Love Walked In - Joe Reisman & Orchestra
11. Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise - Peter Knight & Orchestra/Chorus
12. Stormy Weather - Peter Nero
13. Far Away Places - Frank Barclay & Orchestra/Chorus
14. Love Is the Sweetest Thing - Romantic String Orchestra
15. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes - Alan Copeland & Orchestra
16. Midnight in Moscow - National Philharmonic Orchestra
17. When I Fall in Love - Peter Nero with Grover Washington, Jr.
18. Smile - Peter Knight & Orchestra/Chorus


title: A Track List Please

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3 titled CDs:

CD 1 - I Walk the Line:
1. I Walk the Line
2. Folsom Prison Blues
3. There Ain't No Good Chain Gang (with Waylon Jennings)
4. Home of the Blues
5. Big River
6. So Doggone Lonesome
7. Next In Line
8. Busted (with Carter Family)
9. Cry, Cry, Cry
10. Rock Island Line

CD 2 - Train of Love
1. Ballad of a Teenage Queen
2. Train of Love
3. Oney
4. The Ways of a Woman in Love
5. You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven
6. Katy Too
7. Give My Love to Rose
8. Oh Lonesome Me
9. Straight A's in Love
10. Hey, Porter!

CD 3 - Get Rhythm
1. Guess Things Happen That Way
2. One Piece at a Time
3. There You Go
4. Come In Stranger
5. Wreck of the Old '97
6. Look at Them Beans
7. Get Rhythm
8. Mean Eyed Cat
9. Born to Lose
10. Cold Cold Heart


title: Track List (and CD Identity Question)

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I don't see the difference between this CD and the one identified as ASIN B000N23QLK).  I'd select based on price. My CD has the numbers R812-06 and A231243.

My track lists:

Disc 1:
1. The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. Turn Turn Turn - Byrds
3. Monday, Monday - Mamas & Papas
4. Daydream - Lovin' Spoonful
5. San Francisco - Scott McKenzie
6. Get Together - Youngbloods
7. You Were on My Mind - We Five
8. A Beautiful Morning - Rascals
9. Abraham, Martin and John - Dion
10. Both Sides Now - Judy Collins
11. Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell
12. The Weight - Band

Disc 2:
1. Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds
2. California Dreamin' - Mamas & Papas
3. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind
4. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
5. Society's Child - Janis Ian
6. Something in the Air - Thunderclap Newman
7. Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson
8. Different Drum - Stone Poneys
9. Solitary Man - Neil Diamond
10. Catch the Wind - Donovan
11. Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot
12. To Ramona - Bob Dylan


title: How about a track list?  Here 'tis!

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This review applies to CD number KRB 5400-2.

There are no liner notes.

Track list:
1. Tenderness - General Public
2. A Girl Like You - Smithereens
3. Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes
4. True - Spandau Ballet
5. Rapture - Blondie
6. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
7. Let's Go All the Way - Sly Fox
8. Suddenly Last Summer - Motels
9. She's a Beauty - Tubes
10. Missing You - John Waite


title: 70's Disco Hits is the Title

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This CD was hard to find on Amazon.  It was produced in England and bears the Slam Music label.  The CD number is SLAM 0027.  The tunes are advertized as classic seventies hits by the original artists.  Here is the track list:

1. Baby Jump - Mungo Jerry
2. Witch Queen of New Orleans - Redbone
3. I'm Doing Fine Now - New York City
4. Midnight at the Oasis - Maria Muldaur
5. I'd Love You to Want Me - Lobo
6. More More More - Andrea True Connection
7. Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
8. Something Old Something New - Fantastics
9. Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone
10. Tiger Feet - Mud
11. Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman
12. Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Ocean
13. Do the Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas
14. Sing Me - Brothers
15. Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse


title: 20 Not-So-Big Tunes/Versions, Odd Mixture, Some Live, Some Re-records Indicated

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Here is the track list.  Note that there are two versions of "Unchained Melody".

1. Freedom Come Freedom Go - Fortunes
2. Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison
3. Adelita (live) - Trini Lopez
4. Walk in the Room - Searchers
5. What Have They Done to My Song Ma - Melanie
6. Unchained Melody - Gerry & Pacemakers
7. Catch the Wind (live) - Donovan
8. Bring It on Home to Me - Percy Sledge
9. Hideaway - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
10. You're Not Wrong for Loving Me (live) - Sweet
11. Me and My Life - Tremeloes
12. EE-I-ADDIO - Hazel O'Connor
13. Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind - Lovin' Spoonful
14. Straight Shooter (live) - Mamas & Papas
15. Shotgun Shuffle - K.C. & Sunshine Band
16. Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Anybody - Sam & Dave
17. We Don't Have to Be Over 21 - Jackson 5
18. That's Just the Way Love Is - Rita Coolidge
19. Sweet Love Song of My Soul - Kim Carnes
20. Unchained Melody - Andy Williams


title: A Different Track List

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My track list is different from that of another reviewer.  My CD is indicated to have a 1997 date, and the number on the spine is A 28400.

My track list:
1. Brandy - Looking Glass
2. Best of My Love - Emotions
3. Long Cool Woman - Hollies
4. Two Out of Three Ain't Bad - Meat Loaf
5. Come and Get Your Love - Redbone
6. Hold Your Head Up - Argent
7. Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
8. Baby Hold On - Eddie Money
9. Rock On - David Essex
10. Disco Lady - James Taylor
11. Please Come to Boston - David Loggins
12. Get It On - Chase


title: Recordings Made 1956-1965; Very Good Sound Quality

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The title says "her greatest performances", but if you are looking for a collection of her hit singles going back to 1936, you will be sorely disappointed. However, if you like her albums issued between 1956 and 1964, you should be very pleased, as quite a few of them were hits on the Billboard 200 Charts for albums.

The tracks on this three-CD set appear to be mostly excerpts from those albums, with emphasis on her "songbooks", each of which was devoted to one composer. She had eight songbooks, seven of which are reflected here. (The songbook for Johnny Mercer is not reflected.) In addition, three segments on this CD set appear to be taken from collaborative albums with other famous artists including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Nelson Riddle.

On the last CD in the set, Miss Fitzgerald presents some of her "specialties", which appear to be mostly from albums, but some of tracks may be the same ones released as singles to become hits on the Billboard 100 Charts (BB) for singles.  They include (with their peak position): "A Beautiful Friendship" (BB#74 in 1956), "Mack the Knife" (BB#27 in 1960), "How High the Moon, Part 1" (BB#76 in 1960), and "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" (BB#75 in 1963).

Of course "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" is included, but this is a 1961 version of her 1938 hit.  A few other titles are new versions of earlier recordings.

There are 32 pages of liner notes containing a dozen photographs. I found some discrepancies with recording dates shown on the back cover of the CD. However, the liner notes were generally pretty good.

Here is a track list:

DISC 1:

A Tribute to Rogers & Hart:
1. This Can't Be Love
2. There's a Small Hotel
3. Blue Moon
4. Where or When
5. With a Song in My Heart

A Tribute to Jerome Kern:
6. All the Things You Are
7. Yesterdays
8. The Way You Look Tonight
9. A Fine Romance
10. Can't Help Lovin' That Man

A Tribute to Cole Porter:
11. Night and Day
12. What Is This Thing Called Love?
13. I Get a Kick Out of You
14. Just One of Those Things
15. Begin the Beguine

A Tribute to Harold Arlen:
16. Blues in the Night
17. That Old Black Magic
18. Stormy Weather
19. I've got the World on a String
20. Lets Fall in Love

DISC 2:

A Tribute to George Gershwin:
1. 'S Wonderful
2. I've got a Crush on You
3. Love Is Here to Stay
4. Love Walked In
5. Embraceable You

A Tribute to Duke Ellington:
6. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
7. It Don't Mean a Thing
8. Mood Indigo
9. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
10. Satin Doll

A Tribute to Irving Berlin:
11. Alexander's Ragtime Band
12. Puttin' on the Ritz
13. Remember
14. Blue Skies
15. Always

Ella & Louis Armstrong:
16. Cheek to Cheek
17. They Can't Take That Away from Me
18. Stars Fell on Alabama
19. Tenderly

DISC 3:
Ella & Louis Armstrong (cont'd.):
1. April in Paris

Ella & Count Basie:
2. I'm Beginning to See the Light
3. Them There Eyes
4. Dream a Little Dream of Me
5. Ain't Misbehavin'
6. On the Sunny Side of the Street

Ella & Nelson Riddle:
7. Don't Be That Way
8. I Only Have Eyes for You
9. Somebody Love Me
10. I Hear Music
11. I Can't Get Started with You

Ella Specialties:
12. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
13. You'll Have to Swing It (live)
14. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
15. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
16. Little White Lies
17. A Beautiful Friendship
18. Body and Soul
19. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home (live)
20. Mack the Knife (live)
21. How High the Moon (Pt. 1) (live)


title: 22 Hits - Time Life/Warner Bros Special - Here's the Track List

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The review applies to the CD with AM-19 on the spine.  It is very similar to another CD, but look for minor differences in the cover.

Track list:
1. Sherry - 4 Seasons
2. Rubber Ball - Bobby Vee
3. Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Shirelles
4. Baby - Brook Benton and Dinah Washington
5. Town Without Pity - Gene Pitney
6. Whee the Boys Are - Connie Francis
7. Papa Joe's - Dixiebells
8. Sad Movies Make Me Cry - Sue Thompson
9. Stand By Me - Ben E. King
10. What in the World's Come Over You - Jack Scott
11. I'm Sorry - Brenda Lee
12. Dominique - Singing Nun
13. Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka
14. Save the Last Dance for Me - Drifters
15. A Hundred Pounds of Clay - Gene McDaniels
16. Where or When - Dion & Belmonts
17. I've Told Every Little Star - Linda Scott
18. Sandy - Larry Hall
19. You Don't Know What You've Got - Ral Donner
20. Hurt - Timi Yuro
21. A Million to one - Jimmy Charles
22. El Paso - Marty Robbins


title: Different Cover

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My CD set has the same track listings but the cover is different.  The CD set (of 2) was produced in 1996.  It carries the number EXL-31084.

I wish Amazon would use the producer's CD number.


title: 10 Hits - Here's the List

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1. Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers
2. You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone
3. The Hustle - Van McCoy
4. Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree - Tony Orlando & Dawn
5. The Way We Were/Try to Remember - Gladys Knight & Pips
6. Brand New Key - Melanie
7. The Rapper - Jaggerz
8. Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens
9. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
10. Playground in My Mind - Clint Holmes


title: Lots of Greats - Here's the List

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This review applies to CD number NGSC 003.

Here's the list:

1. Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture
2. Strauss - The Blue Danube
3. Saint Saens - The Swan
4. Bach - Toccata and Fuge in D Minor
5. Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers
6. Strauss - Tritsch Tratsch Polka
7. Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 4 (3rd movement)
8. Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture
9. Grieg - Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
10. Chopin - Minute Waltz
11. Haydn - Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"
12. Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
13. Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2
14. Schubert - Trout Quintet
15. Albinoni - Adagio for Organ & Strings
16. Rossini - Largo Al Factoium (from The Barber of Seville)
17. Verdi - Anvil Chorus (from Il Tralvatorre)
18. Tchaikovsky - Miniture Overture from Nutcracker
19. Vivaldi - Autumn
20. Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor (Allegro - 1st movement)


title: Beware, Re-records May Be Present

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The following note is provided inside the liner notes: "For the benefit of the listener this product may have been compiled from a variety of sources, including where thought appropriate, live material. Due to the age of some master tapes, tape hiss may be audible. Where this is an unacceptable level tracks may have been replaced by re-recordings by the original artist."

I think they should have been able to edit out the hiss, but maybe not in 2001. I can remove a lot of it with my little home program.


title: New Recordings by Original Artists - Here's the List

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This applies to the three CD package numbered DIGI-3-79142.

I'm a stickler for original hits, so I'm not too hot on this package.  A lot of them are live recordings.  The package itself is unusual: It's mostly cardboard with plastic inserts to hold the CDs.

DISC 1:
1. Stand by Me - Ben E. King
2. I Want You (live) - Marvin Gaye
3. It's a Man's Man's World (live) - James Brown
4. I Can't Help Myself (live) - Four Tops
5. You Are My Sunshine (live) - Ray Charles
6. Only You - Platters
7. Sea of Love - Phil Phillips
8. I Want To - Joe Tex
9. Oh What a Nite - Dells
10. He, Western Union Man - Jerry Butler

DISC 2:
1. Cherish (live) - Kool & Gang
2. I Second that Emotion - Miracles
3. Mighty Love (live) - Spinners
4. Have You Seen Her - ChiLites
5. I'll Be Good to You (live) - Brothers Johnson
6. A Sweet Woman Like You - Joe Tex
7. Only the Strong Survive - Jerry Butler
8. You'll Lose a Good Thing - Barbara Lynn
9. The Chokin' Kind - Joe Simon
10. Personality - Lloyd Price

DISC 3:
1. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing (live) - Marvin Gaye
2. One of a Kind (live) - Spinners
3. Joanna (live) - Kool & Gang
4. Stay in My Corner - Dells
5. Love Won't Let Me Wait - Major Harris
6. Try Me (live) - James Brown
7. He Will Break Your Heart - Jerry Butler
8. Hold What You've Got - Joe Tex
9. Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Station
10. I Want to Walk You Home - Fats Domino


title: Quite a Collection - Here Is the List

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This review applies to CD number UAE 35142.  Looks like 2001 date.

1. Tony Bennet & Count Basie - Chicago
2. Count Basie - Jumpin' at the Woodside
3. Charlie Barnet - That Old Black Magic
4. Miles Davis - All of You
5. Duke Ellington - The Jeep Is Jumpin'
6. Benny Goodman - Sing Sing Sing
7. Charlie Mingus - Better Git It in Your Soul
8. Art Tatum - After You're Gone
9. Charlie Parker - Chasin' the Bird
10. Thelonious Monk - Rhythm-A-Ning
11. Stan Kenton - Lullaby of Birdland
12. Woody Herman - Doctor Jazz
13. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
14. Charlie Christian - Honeysuckle Rose
15. Johnny Hodges - You'll Never Go to Heaven


title: Easy Listening, Not the Strongest Compilation - Here's the List

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DISC 1
1. Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
2. I Remember You - Frank Ifield
3. Walk Right Back - Everly Brothers
4. The Way You Look Tonight - Lettermen
5. Al Di La - Emilio Pericola
6. The Exodus Song - Pat Boone
7. Here in My Heart - Al Martino
8. Cupid - Sam Cooke
9. Tonight - Ferrante & Teicher
10. Just for Old Time's Sake - McGuire Sisters
11. Calcutta - Lawrence Welk
12. Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka
13. Break It to Me Gently - Brenda Lee
14. A Swingin' Safari - Billy Vaughn
15. Theme from Dr. Kildare - Richard Chamberlain
16. Lollipops and Roses - Jack Jones
17. Stranger on the Shore - Mr. Acker Bilk
18. Together - Connie Francis
19. When I Fall in Love - Lettermen
20. It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' - Johnny Tillotson
21. Never on Sunday - Chordettes

DISC 2
1. Things - Bobby Darin
2. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Mel Carter
3. Don't You Forget It - Perry Como
4. I Love You Because - Al Martino
5. Whispering - Nino Tempo & April Stevens
6. Since I Fell for You - Lenny Welch
7. Michael - Trini Lopez
8. Wives and Lovers - Jack Jones
9. Dear Heart - Jack Jones
10. Greenback Dollar - Kingston Trio
11. The Pink Panther Theme - Henry mancini
12. Caterina - Perry Como
13. The Girl from Ipanema - Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
14. I'll Never Find Another You - Seekers
15. A Little Bitty Tear - Burl Ives
16. England Swings - Roger Miller
17. I Know a Place - Petula Clark
18. Theme from A Summer Place - Lettermen
19. The World Through A Tear - Neil Sedaka
20. Cara Mia - Jay & Americans
21. Red Roses for a Blue Lady - Vic Dana
22. If I Loved You - Chad and Jeremy

DISC 3
1. The Race Is On - Jack Jones
2. You Were Only Fooling - Vic Damone
3. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
4. Spanish Eyes - Al Martino
5. The 59th Street Bridge Song - Harpers Bizarre
6. The Impossible Dream - Jack Jones
7. Band of Gold - Mel Carter
8. Born Free - Roger Williams
9. Mame - Louis Armstrong
10. My Cup Runneth Over - Ed Ames
11. Anything Goes - Harpers Bizarre
12. Lara's Them from Dr. Zhivago - Roger Williams
13. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
14. Mary in the Morning - Al Martino
15. Windy - Association
16. Dream a Little Dream of Me - Mamma Cass
17. Cab Driver - Mills Brothers
18. Chattanooga Choo Choo - Harpers Bizarre
19. My Special Angel - Vogues
20. Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell
21. Abraham, Martin & John - Dion
22. Love is Blue - Al Martino

DISC 4
1. Am I That Easy to Forget: - Englebert Humperdink
2. Kiss Me Goodbye - Petula Clark
3. Autumn of My Life - Bobby Goldsboro
4. Stormy - Classics IV
5. Delilah - Tom Jones
6. Hurt So Bad - Lettermen
7. Seattle - Perry Como
8. Try a Little Kindness - Glen Campbell
9. Love Me Tonight - Tom Jones
10. Put a Little Love in Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon
11. Is That All There Is? - Peggy Lee
12. Galveston - Glen Campbell
13. Games People Play - Joe South
14. Midnight Cowboy - Ferrante & Teicher
15. Goodnight My Love - Paul Anka
16. A Man Without Love - Englebert Humperdink
17. You Gave Me a Mountain - Frankie Laine


title: Image and Tune List

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I hope I identified this CD correctly.  I don't know where to find the AISN number on a CD.  The number shown is 92567-2; it has a 1985 date, and it's released by SAJA Records distributed by Atlantic.  The tunes are digitally remastered from the original master tapes.

Tune list:
1. Time in a Bottle
2. Operator
3. Salon and Saloon
4. Alabama Rain
5. Dreamin' Again
6. It Doesn't Have to Be That Way
7. I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song
8. Lover's Cross
9. Thursday
10. These Dreams
11. A Long Time Ago
12. Photographs and Memories


title: Some marginal recordings, some not hits

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I was surprised that this two-CD set wasn't stronger.  I ripped none of the tracks for my music collection which I occasionally use as a deejay.  I generally focus on the Billboard top 100 singles charts, but I also include favorites from top albums.

Disc 1 is centered on Artie Shaw although Helen Forrest sings on some tracks.  What is most disappointing is that the tracks appear to be mostly live with some background noise and announcer commentary.

One track sounds like it is a studio recording: "Oh! Lady Be Good", Artie Shaw with Count Basie.  It sounds very good, but, as best I could tell, this version was not a hit single.  I'm not sure where it might have appeared in some other album.

Disc 2 is centered on Helen Forrest.  If you just want to hear Helen's voice on good recordings, this would be for you.  Unfortunately for me, most of the songs are dated 1969-71, well after the big band era.  Three are dated 1949-50, and one seemed to be dated about 1946 or so.  As best I could tell, none of the tracks were Billboard singles hits.

I have found it difficult to find a list of Helen Forrest's hits.  She had only one solo hit on the Billboard 100: "Time Waits for No One" in 1944.  I found eight joint hits with Dick Haymes.  But the songs she did with big bands seem to be credited to just the bands.  That means that one must go through the hits of big bands when she was with them: Artie Shaw (1938-9), Benny Goodman (1939-41), and Harry James (1941-3).

As far as packaging goes, the two CDs are somewhat clumsily packed in a 4-CD case with a folded strip of liner notes laying loose inside.  The strip unfolds to eight small "pages".  Not a very classy arrangement.

One more disappointment: There are errors in the track lists that show up on your computer when you go to rip tunes.  Disc 1 is worst.  None of the tracks are properly identified.  You must change this before ripping.  Disc 2 correctly identifies the tracks but incorrectly credits Artie Shaw as an artist on all of them.

Here is the true song lineup:

DISC 1: "The Best of Artie Shaw"
1. Stardust
2. Deep in a Dream
3. In the Mood
4. Comes Love
5. The Carioca
6. Day In, Day Out
7. If I Had You
8. They Say
9. Traffic Jam
10. Between a Kiss and a Sigh
11. What Is This Thing Called Love
12. Thanks for Everything
13. Sweet Sue
14. Yesterdays
15. Nightmare
16. Oh, Lady Be Good (Count Basie backup)
17. Bonus Interview Track

DISC 2: Helen Forrest
1. I'm in the Mood for Love
2. I Concentrate on You
3. Call Me Irresponsible
4. It Must Be Him
5. Deep Purple
6. I Only Have Eyes for You
7. More
8. Speak Low
9. My Foolish Heart
10. Paradise
11. My Funny Valentine
12. I Cried for You
13. Come Rain or Come Shine
14. Little White Lies
15. As Long As He Needs Me
16. Thanks for the Memory


title: Preliminary Review

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This review is provided before I've had a chance to hear all of the music.  I listened to a few, and they sounded very good.  I'm providing this preliminary review because Amazon did not have an image or a song listing.

This box set includes 140 tunes on 10 CDs.  That is a huge volume.  Many are big hits, but quite a few don't seem to be.  I haven't checked them all against the Billboard charts.  There are no tunes by Elvis or The Beatles.

I've given three stars to the box set based on the tunes being original hits by original artists and seeming to sound very good.  I would have given a higher rating if I thought there were more big hits.

Here are the tunes; judge for yourself:

Disc 1:
1. Palisades Park - Freddy Cannon
2. Big Boy Pete - The Olympics
3. One Kiss for Old Times' Sake - Ronnie Dove
4. Trouble in Paradise - The Crests
5. Once in a While - The Chimes
6. Running Bear - Johnny Preston
7. When We Get Married - The Dreamlovers
8. A Million to One - Jimmy Charles
9. Guardian Angel - The Imaginations
10. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Freddy Cannon
11. Timothy - The Buoys
12. Take Me as I Am - The Duprees
13. Valerie - Jackie & the Starlites
14. Willow Weep for Me - Chad & Jeremy

Disc 2:
1. Try the Impossible - Lee Andrews & The Hearts
2. Trickle Trickle - The Videos
3. What's Your Name - Don & Juan
4. The Gleam in Your Eye - Earl Lewis & The Channels
5. My Own True Love - The Duprees
6. Wine, Wine, Wine - The Nightcaps
7. Till Then - The Classics
8. Heart's Desire - The Avalons
9. Right or Wrong - Ronnie Dove
10. What Time Is It - The Jive Five
11. Pretty Little Angel - The Crests
12. The Closer You Are - Earl Lewis & The Channels
13. Action - Freddy Cannon
14. Feel So Fine - Johnny Preston

Disc 3:
1. One Summer Night - The Danleers
2. Tell Me Why - The Belmonts
3. Step by Step - The Crests
4. Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band
5. Yesterday's Gone - Chad & Jeremy
6. Tallahassee Lassie - Freddy Cannon
7. Baby Oh Baby - The Shells
8. Loop De Loop - Johnny Thunder
9. Why Don't You Believe Me - The Duprees
10. Dance by the Light of the Moon - The Olympics
11. Mountain of Love - Ronnie Dove
12. Don't, Don't Don't Drop Out - Ronnie & The Schoolmates
13. Teardrops - Lee Andrews & The Hearts
14. Pipeline - The Chantays

Disc 4:
1. Have You Heard - The Duprees
2. Peanut Butter - The Marathons
3. Sandy - Larry Hall
4. Mixed-up, Shook-up Girl - Patty & The Emblems
5. Cradle of Love - Johnny Preston
6. Moonlight Cocktails - The Riveras
7. Beach Baby - First Class
8. Solitaire - The Embers
9. Deserie - The Charts
10. Six Nights a Week - The Crests
11. Goodnight Baby - The Imaginations
12. Transistor Sister - Freddy Cannon
13. Say You - Ronnie Dove
14. You Gave Me Somebody to Love - The Dreamlovers

Disc 5:
1. Wild Thing - The Troggs
2. Hang On Sloopy - The McCoys
3. A Groovy Kind of Love - The Mindbenders
4. Western Union - The Five Americans
5. Hats Off to Larry - Del Shannon
6. California Sun - The Rivieras
7. Crimson & Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells
8. The Boy from New York City - The Ad-Libs
9. Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las
10. Devil With a Blue Dress On - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
11. Love Is All Around - The Troggs
12. Sugar Sugar - The Archies
13. The Game of Love - Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
14. I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James & The Shondells

Disc 6:
1. Jim Dandy - Lavern Baker
2. Lipstick on Your Collar - Connie Francis
3. Sweet Nothin's - Brenda Lee
4. Mr. Lee - The Bobbettes
5. Eddie My Love - The Teen Queens
6. Lollipop - The Chordettes
7. Born Too Late - The Poni-Tails
8. What a Difference a Day Makes - Dinah Washington
9. Pink Shoe Laces - Dodie Stevens
10. Ivory Tower - Cathy Carr
11. Teach Me Tonight - The DeCastro Sisters
12. Tonight You Belong to Me - Patience & Prudence
13. Don't You Know - Della Reese
14. Cry Me a River - Julie London

Disc 7:
1. Sixteen Candles - The Crests
2. Cara Mia - Jay & The Americans
3. At the Hop - Danny & The Juniors
4. Little Darlin' - The Diamonds
5. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
6. Runaway - Del Shannon
7. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
8. Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
9. Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
10. This I Swear - The Skyliners
11. Maybe - The Chantels
12. Let's Hang On - The Four Seasons
13. La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
14. Shout! - The Isley Brothers

Disc 8:
1. Earth Angel - The Penguins
2. Since I Don't Have You - The Skyliners
3. You Belong to Me - The Duprees
4. Sherry - The Four Seasons
5. I Only Have Eyes for You - The Flamingos
6. Tears on My Pillow - Little Anthony & The Imperials
7. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & The Comets
8. My Girl - The Temptations
9. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
10. The Great Pretender - The Platters
11. Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
12. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas
13. Do You Love Me - The Contours
14. Walk On By - Dionne Warwick

Disc 9:
1. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
2. All I Have to Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
3. I Wonder Why - Dion & The Belmonts
4. You Cheated - The Shields
5. I'm So Young - The Students
6. Book of Love - The Monotones
7. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
8. Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
9. Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
10. Stormy Weather - The Spaniels
11. The Angels Listened In - The Crests
12. Susie Q - Dale Hawkins
13. Short Shorts - The Royal Teens
14. Church Bells May Ring - The Willows

Disc 10:
1. Lightnin' Strikes - Lou Christie
2. Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
3. Downtown - Petula Clark
4. Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett
5. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
6. The Rain, The Park and Other Things - The Cowsills
7. My Booyfriend's Back - The Angels
8. No Particular Place to Go - Chuck Berry
9. But I Do - Clarence "Frogman" Henry
10. Where the Boys Are - Connie Francis
11. Wolly Bully - Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs
12. It's My Party - Leslie Gore
13. You're the One - The Vogues
14. A Summer Song - Chad & Jeremy


title: Preliminary Review

text:
I'm giving this CD a preliminary review before I've had a chance to listen to it.  Reason? Because when I found the CD on Amazon, there was no image or listing of the tunes.  I've listed them below. Also, the CD has the number OPCD-1637, and its publication date looks like 1996. I've given it 4 stars (preliminary) because the tunes are indicated to be original hits by original artists.

1. In-A-Gadda-Da-vida by Iron Butterfly
2. Sweet Jane by The Velvet Underground
3. Who Do You Love - Quicksilver Messenger Service
4. So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star - The Byrds
5. Jingo - Santana
6. Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
7. Kick Out the Jams - MC5
8. The Pusher - Steppenwolf
9. Nature's Way - Spirit
10. Pushin' Too Hard - The Seeds


title: Big Artists, Lots of Tunes But Not The Best

text:
This box set includes four discs containing 83 tunes. There are plenty of big hits and big artists but the number of big original hits by original artists is disappointing.  Still, it's nice to have a smattering of many artists of the time.

The sound quality is generally very good but there is residual record noise on many tunes.

Tag information on the discs (titles/artists) is sloppy.

Artists included: Charlie Barnet, Count Basie, Les Brown, Billy Butterfield, Larry Clinton, Warren Covington, Sam Donahue, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Ralph Flanagan, Benny Goodman, Glen Gray, Neal Hefti, Harry James, Stan Kenton, Kay Kyser, Freddy Martin, Ray McKinley, Glenn Miller, Vaughn Monroe, Russ Morgan, Tony Pastor, Alvino Rey, Artie Shaw, Freddie Slack, Claude Thornhill, and many singers associated with those band leaders.


title: Some good music with flaws and poorly presented

text:
My advice: look for better CDs on the big band era.

There are some good tunes here, and the sound quality is sometimes good, but the overall presentation is poor.
Several of the tunes have record noise (tics, scratches, background hiss).  There are no tags, i.e. no titles or artists listed when you play the CD in Windows Media Player.  Tune number 13 is supposed to be "Blues in the Night", but it is "In the Mood".  The tunes are said to be by the original artists, but I don't believe they are all the original recordings, not by a long shot.

The copyright date is 1996, apparently the production date.

Here is the tune list:
1. Stompin' at the Savoy - Benny Goodman
2. Tuxedo Junction - Glenn Miller
3. Red Bank Boogie - Count Basie
4. Marie - Tommy Dorsey
5. Sentimental Journey - Les Brown
6. When the Saints Go Marching In - Louis Armstrong
7. Northwest Passage - Woody Herman
8. Skyliner - Charles Barnet
9. You Made Me Love You - Harry James
10. American Patrol - Glenn Miller
11. I Had the Craziest Dream - Harry James
12. This Love of Mine - Tommy Dorsey
13. Blues in the Night - Artie Shaw (actually it is "In the Mood" probably by Glenn Miller).
14. Rocking Chair - Gene Krupa
15. Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington.


title: gift

text: I got it for my mom as I do listen to this type of music even though I am 50. She said she loved the cd and she had no problems with the cd at all. A+++++!


title: Quality CD!

text: I chose this rating because of the way this order was handled from start to finish. Fast shipping, excellent packaging, and the cd's were scratch free. I ordered this for my mom, as I am not into country music. She plays these cds over and over again and and not one skip or scratch. And the sound she says is always spot on. I would recommend this seller to all who collect country music cds and want fast, reliable service.


title: FAR better sound quality than I expected!

text: This is my second play through the set.  The sound, while still primitive (both the Beatles themselves and the recording) isn't nearly as bad as I expected and is far better than the Live At The Star Club set. These were recorded as one long set with stage noises in between the songs.  There are some additional tracks as well; if the picture I posted makes it into the review, the track listing from the back of the CD is shown.


title: Bob Segar

text: His songs are always great.


title: Rubinstein is like fine wine.

text: What more could you ask for with Rubinstein playing Chopin?


title: Brings Back Memories

text: I liked both the National and Hartford versions, although Plainville and Rockville were mentioned twice while, Newington, my home town, was left off.  Every time I buy  a CD, I always listen to make sure there are no glitches.  While listening to all 28 versions, I did not get bored so I must love the song.


title: Believe it or not. I bought this for the ...

text: Believe it or not.  I bought this for the flip side of You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin.  It's called, "There's A Woman".


title: Five Stars

text: Loved the 1st since i was a kid.  The 2nd ain't bad either.


title: Absolutely Magical

text:
Maury has been called a folk singer, but he was so much more. His music can be described as beautiful, magical, ethereal, haunting -- and all of that is true, yet the music is so much more than the sum of all those adjectives. Its beauty is almost surreal. It's a cliche, I know, but I believe that the angels in heaven couldn't produce a sweeter sound. Maury was literally a musical genius, a classical pianist who at age 17 decided to teach himself the guitar. Four years later he produced this, his one and only album, on which he performed vocals, acoustic guitar, and keyboards, in addition to writing all the songs.

And what gorgeous songs! "A Song I Heard" will touch everyone who has ever been haunted by a song they loved but couldn't identify. "Wintry Morning" is a tender, sparkling song of love and is completely magical. "Free to Love You" is another favorite, along with the incredible "Elena," "Love is Just a Passing Thing," "That's What I like," "Rocky Mountains,"and more -- they're all wonderful! Maury's songs all have a poetic quality, but you've never heard poetry like this! The words "amazing," "tender," "enthralling,"and "inspiring" all come to mind, yet they're not enough. I keep reaching for more superlatives to describe his music. The final song on the album is the truly haunting and sweet "I Have No Time," whose title seems to be prophetic in light of Maury's early, tragic death.

Almost everyone alive has heard Maury's voice and guitar work but didn't realize it. If you've ever heard a Jim Croce song, that's Maury's incredible lead guitar you hear giving Jim's songs their unique sound, and Maury's high, sweet voice providing perfect backup to Jim's rich baritone. If you've ever seen a Jim Croce concert video, that's Maury by his side providing the perfect accompaniment. The two met while Maury's album was being released, and they became lifelong friends. Jim played backup rhythm guitar for Maury's performances, and later Maury backed Jim. Maury influenced Jim's songwriting and musical style so that he reached new levels of sensitivity and emotional honesty. It's not an exaggeration to say that without Maury's influence there would be no Jim Croce music as we know it today.

While on tour in Natchitoches, Louisiana, on September 20, 1973, the two friends finished another college concert and boarded a small chartered plane to fly to their next stop on the concert tour. The plane crashed on takeoff, and Maury and Jim were killed instantly, along with four other men. Maury was 24, Jim was 30.

We lost so much that day, which to many truly was the "day the music died." But at least we still have their music through the recordings they left behind. I encourage everyone to order Maury's CD Gingerbreadd from his sister Mary's commemorative website: Maury Muehleisen dot com. It's a wonderful site, with many stories and photos and other information about Maury and his music. Be sure to listen to the samples of the songs on this CD, and you will be hooked. You will learn a lot about this beautiful man and his incredible musical gift.


title: IS A JUNKIE FUNKY

text: Somebody needs to bring this back. The Dells did a bit of a concept album with this, and it is indeed Sweet As Funk Can Be. Do What You Gotta Do Baby. Johnny Carter's vocals are at their sweetest. And Marvin Juniors voice is at its nastiest. And the fellas bring the finest harmonies heard in a studio. Somebody needs to bring this back.


title: I DON"T KNOW

text:
This one left me a little cold.
Wasn't expecting too much.
But, it adds to my collection.


title: LOST TREASURE

text: When I was a youngster, the first '45' I ever bought was ' Hold What You've Got'. But I remember Joe Tex's answer to 'All I Could Do Was Cry' and his answer to 'He'll Break Your Heart'  Now, all these yesrs later, I find them on a cd? What a treasure?


title: These are not covers by Eric Clapton

text: First of all I been a subscriber of MOJO magizine.  However, the cover of this CD is misleading. The title is 15 classic tracks as covered by Eric Clapton. Yes Mr Clapton covered the tracks on this album, however none of them are in this CD.  They are the originals artists. You only need to list to Hound Dog and this is Big Mama Thornton not Eric..  If you want an album with the blues from Mr. Clapton then I would go get his "Blues" album.


title: I have loved her since 1992

text: so very inspirational for me at this point in my life.  I have loved her since 1992.


title: Five Stars

text: very, very inspirational for me at this point in my life.


title: Five Stars

text: love this cd!


title: Excellent CD

text: This is a CD full of EXCELLENT songs by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. If you haven't ever heard them, you are depriving your ears of awesome music. I can't stop listening to their music. Just like Enya's recordings soothe the heart and calm your soul, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra ROCKS with their music about the Christmas Season. Get a copy of ALL of their music. You'll love it.


title: The best DUO ever.

text: Terrific compilation.  The Carpenters at their best!


title: Don't bother with this one!

text: This CD is a compilation of various German carols, most of which are sung by children (probably boys) choirs. The quality of those are good, but the same cannot be said for others. "Von Himmel Hoch", for instance, is sung by what sounds like a group of drunken Albanian men who can't speak German. A dreadful rendition! Some "songs" are not even songs The CD starts and ends with church bells, which sound as though they were recorded a mile away with a cell phone. But the most unsatisfactory aspect of this CD is that all tracks are nothing more than teasers. There is usually only one minute plus of each song, so you only get one or two verses. If you are lucky, the track ends at a break in the song, but all too often, the song just fades out in mid-verse and the next short teaser begins. There was obviously no pride taken in the compilation and manufacture of this CD. I regret buying it and helping them make a quick buck.


title: IT'S WORTH IT

text: Forget Gregg Allman.  Forget Cher.  This album is good.  Old classic material and some new.  I an an old Allman brothers fan but when I heard this when released it was pleasing and very enjoyable.  No massive guitar solos but a good solid band and good songs.<br />Others should rate it for what it us not what they think ot should have or could have been.


title: Avoid

text: Not a Zac Brown CD. Three mediocre songs by Zac and the rest are by unknowns.  I played it once and don't have<br />interest in ever playing again.


title: Excellent product

text: My fiance loves it


title: Five Stars

text: good cd


title: Five Stars

text: great cd


title: Fun

text: When I want to look back on some of the baseball trips I took when I was younger, I put in this CD. It is still amusing to listen to.


title: Metallica rocks

text: Worth getting if you're a Metallica fan


title: Five Stars

text: Brought back a lot of memories.


$4 on other amazon listing


title: $50 seems like a bit much - I paid about $8 for ...

text: $50 seems like a bit much - I paid about $8 for this LP recently - very good to excellent condition


title: "Tony Bennett's All Time Hits" is a must for his fans.

text: My husband loved Tony Bennett & his songs.  I will play the CD and remember seeing Tony in person (with his daughter, Antonia, at Thunder Valley Casino (outdoors) - a wonderful concert.  A wonderful CD!


title: God bless this generation of music

text: Loved it, worth the buy. This music makes me very happy.


title: Not a review but a request

text: On the off-chance someone with the rights to the recordings in question sees this, I actually came here looking for John's FOLLOW ME, COOL LIVIN' and A LOVE SONG on CD. I am likely not the only one who'd love a CD reissue (hint, hint).


title: Not a review...more of a request


title: A  sterling shining classic of Christian music

text:
I don't hand out 5 star ratings easily and this won't QUITE get one but for reasons mostly related to technical issues with this reissue rather than the content of the songs themselves. This is the 2nd album from the group which sprang from Costa Mesa, CA based Calvary Chapel and saw them expand their more or less Eagles sound with more rock influence (think Beatles a la ABBEY ROAD).

The album was remarkably cohesive with it flowing together track to track, in some cases quite literally. (The final acappella harmony of "Days and Nights" butts into the train whistle that launches oil fever fantasy "Black Gold Fever" and the railroad crossing warning sound at the end of that track segues into "Praise Song", not to mention the last 7 tracks which function as an extended suite on the theme of Earth's final days much like the 2nd side of the Beatles vaunted ABBEY ROAD release.

The group utilizes clever wordplay. They take the idea of God's Word [the Bible] as LITERAL food for the soul amid the chewing and lip smacking sound effects in "Meal" and imagining an assembly line for the administering of the number of the Beast in "He's Gonna Do a Number on You" ("NEXT!" [stamping sound fx] "NEXT!" [stamping sound fx]..etc etc). They also craft dazzlingly beautiful visual imagery (he tells a woman who's been taken away to Heaven in the Biblical 'rapture' "Guess it was your destiny/To go where you are free") and the "posse in the sky" (the Horsemen of Judgement day finding and jailing the Devil and his sympathizers).

It all falls apart on this disc though due to mastering problems. The seamlessly crafted blending of songs and themes that made this album so special in its inital incarnation on Maranatha! Records (CD08727) falls apart here on this M8 Records reissue because of mastering errors that cause extra pauses between tracks. Imagine if there was a 2 second lag on tracks on The Beatles SGT. PEPPER between the title track and "With a Little Help from My Friends" and you'll understand why this is so problematic.

BOTTOM LINE:
This is without question one of the finest Christian rock CDs EVER released. That's why it should be well done in the reissue. It might be worth getting this to tide you over but eventually you're going to want to shell out the extra $$ to get the Maranatha! version.

(-1 star because of the remastering goofs..)


title: Far from the D&K sound

text:
Despite being based in Memphis, the local R&B sound never made much impact on the sound Eddie produced as part of DeGarmo and Key. That changed on this, DeGarmo's solo debut, as he draped these tunes in horn arrangements, gospelly backing vocalists, and more of a classic R&B approach married to his gravelly vocals which are somewhat akin to Bruce Springsteen. (Eddie's a fan of the Boss incidentally.)

HIGHLIGHTS:
Opener "Heaven's 9-1-1" starts thing off on the right foot with DeGarmo's proclamation of God's intervention when your life is at its lowest. ("I called emergency/and He answered me/Heaven's 9-1-1") If more of these had the zip of "Thank You", this would get plenty of play at my house. It's a simple prayer of thanksgiving for another day of drawing breath that I remember being pretty scorching when this was performed live on D&K's "D&K" tour. (Eddie got a short 2-3 song showcase to do his solo stuff.)  "Pickin' Up the Pieces" was the ballad that got the radio airplay, a gently soulful ballad comparing God  to your friendly neighborhood sanitation engineer. ("It seems to me/the Lord above/deals in salvage, too/He's pickin' up the pieces") "Faith Like a Rock" sings the praises of Abraham, Moses and other Biblical stalwarts. ("With faith like a rock/The mountains fall in the sea")

LOWS:
"Turn On Heaven's Power" is one of the blander cuts here, belying its title. "I Wanna Praise You" has a cliched lyric and where it could have been a great bluesy strutter, the guitar is never really allowed to cut loose.

BOTTOM LINE:
Basically grade B "Blues Brothers" material with Christian lyrics. Too many of these songs have ho-hum lyrics that don't find their way into your head even with repeat play. His 2nd solo effort, PHASE II, is the better of his individual albums. Skip this one.


title: Amy's ex-hubby worth a look, too

text:
Chances are if you think of the name Gary Chapman, you think of the relationships self-help author first (You know, the "Five Love Languages" guy). If you even think of the musician, you probably think of him first as Amy Grant's ex-husband and maybe the "Prime Time Country" host on CMT for awhile. The country-tinged pop that's on this CD should get you to raise your estimation of him a bit. ("Your Love Stays with Me" was the only number here to reach the Christian radio charts at #14, but it's not one of the better tunes.)

HIGHLIGHTS:
The most outstanding cut here is ballad "Cecil (Life Goes On)", a rumination on mortality penned after Chapman's grandfather died. ("Life goes on/Until it stops/And a man walks on/Until he drops/And when life ends/Well, it's better still/'Cause another life goes on...it always will") "Everyday Man" is a tribute to happily ever after as seen by a man who's still looking for it. ("My someone's out there somewhere/I'm waiting here all alone/Sure hope I find her before/She finds herself a home") Mark O'Connor guests on mandolin for that track. "Love History" praises marital fidelity in the face of temptation. ("Any two fools can make love/It ain't no dark mystery/But it takes two people, two hardworking people/to build a life together and make love history") "Around the World" gets over on a catchy guitar riff and ringing harmonies (from Ricky Skaggs). "Your Love Stays with me" sees Chapman affecting a gospelly moan.

LOWS:
"Love Like Blood" is a great John Hiatt song, but it sounds pretty forced...like someone at the label said "Make sure there's a 'hit' on there. It's an ill-suited duet between Chapman and then-wife Amy Grant, though she does try to put some sandpaper into her smooth vocal. Someone like Kim Carnes might have been a better pairing. "When We're Together" is too cliched to be memorable.

BOTTOM LINE:
I can't really call it "great" but very little of it is bad and there is at least one outstanding cut ("Cecil") If you're already a Chapman fan, you'll need it. If you like acoustic based pop, you may find this up your alley.

3 1/2 stars


title: Sometimes hard rock/sometimes nu-metal

text:
Crunchy but melodic guitar/bass riffs from Matt Sawmiller, the vocals of Jon Lepinski (which remind me of Nickelback's Chad Kroeger) underpinned by his brother Tom's stickwork (and occasional keys/rapping) combine with Christian lyrics to form the debut release of Lima, Ohio based Broken Yoke. The lyrics are decent though they sometimes succumb to repetition and the use of "Christianese"...phrases that don't usually mean anything to someone who hasn't grown up within church.

HIGHLIGHTS:
The band is at their best when they do big anthems:"Better Man" (not a Pearl Jam cover) is a cry for personal growth, "Destiny" is a statement of purpose ("I believe in destiny/I believe in things I cannot touch, I cannot see/I believe in life out there/I believe that this journey's end will take me there").  "The Rain" has some interesting imagery ("I touch the earth beneath my feet/The sands of time have grown so weak/As the earth cries out its last goodbye/The showers come and bring new life"). Dreaming about heaven song "My Final Rest" is a good one,too.

LOWS:
The hidden track is a fairly bland acoustic instrumental...it might make a good concert intro before they take the stage...or an intro to a song, but it's not interesting enough to listen to for 3 some odd minutes. "Broken Wings" loses steam during its rap section. It just doesn't mesh very well with the tune.

BOTTOM LINE:
It's not the most original music ever but it's pretty decent hard rock/nu metal and it doesn't sound self-produced..nothing "demo" quality here. They really haven't gotten national recognition yet though they tour across the Midwest/East coast, so this could be your chance to say "I knew them when...". If you buy this and love it, they have 2 other releases available. Email me to get the link...