25 Greatest Hits [Import]

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25 tracks of original classic Rock 'n' Roll featuring all the hits and more including 'I Want You To Be My Girl', 'Creation Of Love', 'My Girl', 'Jailhouse Rock' (live), 'Paper Castles', 'Let's Fall In Love' and of course, 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love' and 'I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent'. EMI Gold. 2005.

25 Greatest Hits,Frankie & the Teenagers Lymon,Soul/R & B

25 Greatest Hits [Import]

25 Greatest Hits [Import]
Gene Pitney - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Gene Pitney
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  • Gene Pitney - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits
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  • great collection
 Gene Pitney - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits
Gene Pitney
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00000I8AJ
Release Date: 1999-03-23

Tracks:

  1. (I Wanna) Love My Life Away
  2. Every Breath I Take
  3. Town Without Pity
  4. Hello Mary Lou
  5. (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance
  6. Only Love Can Break A Heart
  7. If I Didn't Have A Dime (To Play The Jukebox)
  8. Half Heaven - Half Heartache
  9. Mecca
  10. True Love Never Runs Smooth
  11. Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
  12. That Girl Belongs To Yesterday
  13. It Hurts To Be In Love
  14. Lips Were Redder On You
  15. I'm Gonna Be Strong
  16. I Must Be Seeing Things
  17. Last Chance To Turn Around
  18. Looking Through The Eyes Of Love
  19. Princess In Rags
  20. Backstage (I'm Lonely)
  21. Nobody Needs Your Love
  22. Just One Smile
  23. Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
  24. She's A Heartbreaker
  25. Yours Until Tomorrow

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Gene Pitney.......2007-07-31

There was no mistaking the unique voice of Gene pitney. My sweetheart and I spent hours listening to his 45s. Great memories!

5 out of 5 stars Love This Cd.......2007-07-20

I am a true Gene Pitney fan so it is hard for me to give an unbiased opinion. I really love his style and voice. This cd is so good. He has great range and performs each song with that true Gene Pitney style. He makes each song his own . If you love good music then this cd is for you.

4 out of 5 stars Gene Pitney - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits.......2007-06-13

Great CD, brings back alot of good memories

4 out of 5 stars perfect album.......2007-05-24

This is the most perfect album I ever have from Gene Pitney so far, the finest recordings with a fair price tag too. Most of the tracks brought back memories of my younger days. As a matter of facts, I only heard a few of his most hits like Town without pity, Man who shot Liberty Valance, 24 hours from Tulsa, It hurts to be in love, Only love can break a heart and Something's gotten hold of my heart over the radio airwaves in the early sixties. So this 25 All time greatest hits I thought only a few tracks like I mentioned above were all I wanted, To my surprise most of the tracks are wonderful. For those who need a relaxation listening pleasure, take my opinion. Peter Lee

5 out of 5 stars great collection.......2007-05-07

This is truly the all-time greatest hits of Gene Pitney, all original recordings, that's very important. A truly underappreciated singer, whom we lost too soon, and now even my wife takes this CD on the road with her. It passed her test, too.
25 All-Time Greatest Bubblegum Hits: The Ultimate Bubblegum Collection
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Not as good as expected
  • Nostalgic bee bop bubblegum rock
  • It is the Ultimate Bubblegum Collection!
  • Another Album you will want for your collection.
  • I didn't know I liked "Bubblegum" until I heard this collection
 25 All-Time Greatest Bubblegum Hits: The Ultimate Bubblegum Collection
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004TGT4
Release Date: 2000-06-27

Tracks:

  1. Yummy, Yummy, Yummy
  2. Tracy
  3. I'm a Believer
  4. Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
  5. Grooviest Girl in the World
  6. Jam up & Jelly Tight
  7. Indian Giver
  8. Wait Till Tomorrow
  9. Easy Come, Easy Go
  10. Knock Three Times
  11. Smile a Little Smile for Me
  12. Every Beat of My Heart
  13. I Think We're Alone Now
  14. Quick Joey Small
  15. Finders Keepers
  16. Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend)
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  18. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
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  20. Lay a Little Lovin' on Me
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  22. My Baby Loves Lovin'
  23. Funny Funny
  24. Dancin' (On a Saturday Night)
  25. Sugar Sugar

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Not as good as expected.......2007-07-01

About 25% of the cuts on this CD are very obscure, not even hitting the top 50 on the charts, a couple above the top 100. The groups listed on the front of the case and the labels on the back show the best of the CD. They don't show the unknowns or little knowns. I question whether some should even be listed as bubble gum music, but that doesn't diminish their quality. There are 25 songs, but I liked only 18 at best. Look closely at the list of songs before buying.

4 out of 5 stars Nostalgic bee bop bubblegum rock.......2007-03-08

What is it about these 2 minute songs that makes you want to find them, buy them and play them again and again. Could it be that the light headed lyrics can actually be heard, or is it that the catch tunes simply rekindle the past when life as a youth was full of so much promise and - i had a head full of hair - its the latter i think, and this albums collection of songs rekindles that old spirit as though it was all happening again. A particularly "lekker" compilation - but whatever happened to Tracy .............. ba ba papapa ba papapa ba

5 out of 5 stars It is the Ultimate Bubblegum Collection!.......2007-01-27

This was another cd I had a hard time not playing over and over. It had some cool songs on it that I had been looking for on cd and just never did. It's a great compilation with a lot of songs!

3 out of 5 stars Another Album you will want for your collection........2007-01-08

Compiling a great collection requires having all of the songs that made the past in music history. This album has songs that you just don't find on the normal "Best Of" or "Greatest Hits By".

4 out of 5 stars I didn't know I liked "Bubblegum" until I heard this collection.......2006-08-28

Totally upbeat tunes get you singing along in no time. Great music to clean the house to.
The Shirelles - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Really..the best!
  • Turn on the way back machine- and 'Let's Dance'
  • Great, but....
  • GREAT MUSIC GREAT SOUND AND A LOT OF MEMORIES.
  • One of the best!
 The Shirelles - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits
The Shirelles
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
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ASIN: B00000JNOB
Release Date: 1999-07-27

Tracks:

  1. I Met Him On A Sunday (Ronde-Ronde)
  2. Dedicated To The One I Love
  3. Look A Here Baby
  4. Tonight's The Night
  5. Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
  6. Boys
  7. Mama Said
  8. What A Sweet Thing That Was
  9. A Thing Of The Past
  10. Big John
  11. Baby, It's You
  12. The Things I Want To Hear (Pretty Words)
  13. Soldier Boy
  14. Welcome Home, Baby
  15. Stop The Music
  16. It's Love That Really Counts (In The Long Run)
  17. Everybody Loves A Lover
  18. Foolish Little Girl
  19. Don't Say Goodnight And Mean Goodbye
  20. What Does A Girl Do?
  21. Tonight You're Gonna Fall In Love With Me
  22. Sha-La-La
  23. His Lips Get In The Way
  24. Thank You, Baby
  25. Maybe Tonight
  26. Baby It's You

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Really..the best!.......2006-08-10

You can't beat this set of 60's pop. The sound is great and songs you never knew The Shirelles sang. Next to the Supremes these girls ruled.

5 out of 5 stars Turn on the way back machine- and 'Let's Dance'.......2006-05-25

"Tonight your mine completely, you give your love so sweetly, tonight the night of love is in your eyes, But will you love me tomorrow? "

One of the truly great groups, with a beat which made many of us who are now in the alte- kokker stage want to pick up our feet and dance.
The joy is in the rhythm and this group, along with Mary Welles seemed to me the best of its kind at the time. Yes, much better than the Supremes.
This is the kind of music that brings you to the poor heedless joy the carefree joy of wild youth- it may not last long but when it did it was crazy American fun.

5 out of 5 stars Great, but...........2006-03-27

First point to make is that this is probably the best available Shirelles compilation. As others reviews say, the sound is excellent, it has all the right songs, and to get both versions of Baby It's You is a welcome bonus. But there are 'original' tracks here that may not be exactly what you're used to. The version of 'Welcome Home Baby' is not the same as that on the first compilation of Shirelles' Hits (called, reasonably enough, 'The Shirelles Hits'), which appeared in 1963. This version is more 'mellow'. Similarly, the version of I Met Him on a Sunday is not the same as the one that appeared on a mid-60s compilation (it's slower). There are certainly Shirelles compilations elsewhere (e.g. 'The Fabulous Shirelles' CD) that are definitely not the original singles, and perhaps the only conclusion is that after 40+ years it is hard to pin down the right masters. But this is the one to buy, anyway!

5 out of 5 stars GREAT MUSIC GREAT SOUND AND A LOT OF MEMORIES........2005-11-03

I REMEMBER SEEING THIS GROUP WITH A SUPER ALL-STAR LINE UP AT THE BROOKLYN FOX THEATER,WITH MURRAY THE K. WHAT A CONCERT.ANOTHER SET OF GREAT CONCERTS TOOK PLACE AT THE R.K.O. KEITH THEATER IN FLUSHING QUEENS N.Y.THEY HAD MORE THAN 18 GROUPS,INCLUDING THE SHIRELLES.!!
THE SHIRELLES DISC UNDER REVIEW, CONTAINS 26 HITS NOT 25 AS LISTED.AND HAS MOST OF THEIR TOP 40 HITS,AND HAS EXCELLENT SOUND YOU CANNOT GO WRONG WITH THIS COLLECTION.THIS DISC CONTAINS 10 MORE SONGS,OVER THE RHINO 16 HIT COLLECTION,WHICH I ALSO OWN

5 out of 5 stars One of the best!.......2005-10-25

The Shirelles were probably one of the few of the best "Girl Groups of the 60's
Little Anthony & the Imperials - 25 Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Memories
  • the IMPERIALS IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME..? .YES!!
  • Great music from the fifties and sixties
  • Superior single-disc collection
 Little Anthony & the Imperials - 25 Greatest Hits
Little Anthony & the Imperials
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
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ASIN: B0000250S0
Release Date: 1998-07-03

Tracks:

  1. Tears On My Pillow
  2. Two People In The World
  3. So Much
  4. The Diary
  5. It's Not For Me
  6. Wishful Thinking
  7. A Prayer And A Juke Box
  8. I'm Alright
  9. Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bopy
  10. My Empty Room
  11. I'm Taking A Vacation From Love
  12. Please Say You Want Me
  13. Travelling Stranger
  14. I'm On The Outside Looking In
  15. Goin' Out Of My Head
  16. Hurt So Bad
  17. Take Me Back
  18. I Miss You So
  19. Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
  20. Hurt
  21. The Ten Commandments Of Love
  22. Better Use Your Head
  23. Gonna Fix You Good (Every Time You're Bad)
  24. I'm Hypnotized
  25. Yesterday Has Gone

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Memories.......2007-06-01

My wife and I have been married for many moons now and this CD reminds us of those many moons passed. The tears on our pillows now are tears of joy which come from our hearts. Little Anthony & Imperials-25 Greatest Hits is truely excellent CD. Thank you.

5 out of 5 stars the IMPERIALS IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME..? .YES!!.......2006-06-20

There's been a lot of talk lately that Little Anthony and the IMPERIALS are under serious consideration for induction into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. I say YES YES YES !! The IMPERIALS most DEFINITELY SHOULD be inducted into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.In fact, they should have been among the FIRST groups inducted. They, along with THE MIRACLES and DELLS (and to a lesser extent, THE IMPRESSIONS),were the only groups of the DOO WOP era of the 1950's to maintain consistant success well into the '60's and '70's. That alone should have gotten them inducted.Their songs have become recognized classics ,having been recorded by artists as diverse as SERGIO MENDEZ,LINDA RONSTADT, FRANK SINATRA,REBA MCENTIRE .and others.They could very well have been the very first "ADULT CONTEMPORARY" GROUP,establishing a new level of class and sophistication never before seen in R&b groups,while at the same time never abandoning their DOO WOP roots. The LETTERMEN,for one, seem to have re-recorded every song they ever made.Songs such as TEARS ON MY PILLOW,HURT SO BAD,I'M ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN,TWO PEOPLE IN THE WORLD,GOING OUT OF MY HEAD,SHIMMY SHIMMY KO KO BOP,{which was featured in the TOM HANKS hit movie "BIG"},TAKE ME BACK,I'M ALRIGHT,BETTER USE YOUR HEAD,OUT OF SIGHT-OUT OF MIND,I MISS YOU SO,HURT,HELP ME FIND A WAY,and others have been recorded and re-recorded many times by others over the last 45 years. GOING OUT OF MY HEAD,for one, has had over 100 recorded versions, but none sounds as good as Little Anthony and The IMPERIALS' original version.(which, by the
way,sold an incredible 4 MILLION RECORDS!!). They have also influnced an entire generation of artists , such as THE STYLISTICS, DELFONICS,BLUE MAGIC,MANHATTANS,CHI-LITES,and many more.In fact,the entire Philidelphia-based soft - soul movement of the 1970's,as exemplified by producers such as KENNY GAMBLE,LEON HUFF,THOM BELL,VAN MCCOY,and others,with it's emphasis on full symphonic orchestration and vocal harmony,can be traced directly back to the IMPERIALS'ground breaking early '60's recordings with TEDDY RANDAZZO and the late DON COSTA.Go back to the earliest days of rock and roll and they are there, with appearances on such shows as THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW, AMERICAN BANDSTAND,PERRY COMO'S KRAFT MUSIC HALL,ABC'S SHINDIG,NBC'S HULLABLOO,THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL,and the MERV GRIFFIN SHOW - all the way up to their show stopping performances on the 2002 & 2003 PBS MUSIC SPECIALS-the IMPERIALS-ANTHONY, ERNEST,CLARENCE,& SAMMY-most definitely SHOULD {along with the MIRACLES,who STILL haven't been inducted }-be inducted into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME ! one listen to this cd,and YOU'LL SEE WHY !!

5 out of 5 stars Great music from the fifties and sixties.......2004-01-18

Little Anthony and Imperials may not be widely remembered these days, but they recorded some great songs. This compilation contains all the tracks on the Rhino release plus seven others, but (unlike the Rhino CD) no liner notes.

In the UK, they hardly made any impact on the charts but two songs here became big UK hits for others. Yesterday has gone became a top five UK hit for Cupid's inspiration in 1968, though their version is very hard to find on CD (actually, that was why I bought this - I really wanted that song - but there is much else to enjoy here).

Tears on my pillow, which has been covered by several great singers including Reba McEntire, became a top ten UK hit for Kylie Minogue in the late eighties. (A reggae song with the same title topped the UK charts in the seventies for Johnny Nash - this is NOT the same song.)

Hurt was a minor American hit for Little Anthony, but Timi Yuro had the big hit with it. Since then, many others have covered it including Elvis Presley and Juice Newton. Another classic song is Goin' out of my head. You get the original version here, but the Zombies, the Lettermen, Petula Clark, Vikki Carr and Cilla Black are among those who have covered it, so you've probably heard this song somewhere. The Letterman also covered Hurt so bad, also a Little Anthony original to be found here, but the best-known cover of that song is by Linda Ronstadt.

This is a great compilation of music by an almost forgotten group. Thanks to all the cover versions, you might recognize at least a few of the songs even if you don't remember the original versions.

4 out of 5 stars Superior single-disc collection.......2001-12-23

This Little Anthony and Imperials compilation CD from EMI Australia is a nearly complete career retrospective of this quintessential early R'n'B/pop/vocal group. Little Anthony and the Imperials achieved two distinct periods of success during their recording era. First, in the late fifties, on the End label they rose to prominence with their "Tears On My Pillow" and may be known even more widely for their quasi-nonsensically titled "Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop". All their pop charted entries from their End stint are included in this CD. After several years in obscurity, their career was rejuvenated with the help of Don Costa's DCP label and the writing talents of Teddy Randazzo, producing some of the most polished, sophisticated, incredibly emotionally charged ballads to come out of the 60s. Tunes such as "Goin' Out Of My Head" and "Hurt So Bad" have become standards that put to shame most of what has come out of popular music for decades since. Little Anthony's unique sound carries these tunes to heights that no emulations (Lettermen, Linda Ronstadt, many others) can begin to touch. This extraodinary combination of voice, music and arrangements is evident in other less well-known tunes as well. "Take Me Back", "I Miss You So" and "Hurt" are achievements beyond what their charted history would indicate. While most of their output consisted of charged ballads, there is one cut, "Gonna Fix You Good" that has a distinct Motown Holland-Dozier-Hollandesque feel, a competent effort that offers a change of pace from most of the other tunes on the CD. Most of their charted entries from this later period on DCP, Veep and United Artists are included in this collection. Of the 25 total tracks, the first 18 are exactly the same as those on the early Rhino LA&I collection. This CD goes a bit beyond that, making it a more complete career-spanning collection than the Rhino piece. The sound quality is quite good overall with tracks 1-6,13,14,17,25 in mono, the remainder in stereo. Somewhat oddly, "Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop" appears in its rare stereo version while "I'm On The Outside Looking In" and "Take Me Back" are mono versions. The liner notes four-page booklet contains track listings and a few pics but no backround text. Overall, best of the single-disc "best-ofs" for these icons of the early American rock and roll music era.
Chopin: Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • More like Three and a Half Stars
  • Good, not Great
  • Five Stars for Chopin
  • Chopn's Greatest Hits
  • Fantastic!!
 Chopin: Greatest Hits

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ASIN: B000002A1N
Release Date: 1994-08-09

Tracks:

  1. Polonaise In A Major, Op. 40 No. 1: 'Military'
  2. Waltz In D-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1: 'Minute'
  3. Mazurka In C Major, Op. 24, No. 2
  4. Waltz In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
  5. Mazurka In D Major, Op. 33, No. 2
  6. Fantasie-Impromptu In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66
  7. Nocturne In E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2
  8. Waltz In G-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 1
  9. Prelude In A Major, Op. 2, No. 7
  10. Polonaise In A-Flat Major, Op. 53
  11. Etude In E Major, Op. 10, No. 3
  12. Prelude In C Minor, Op. 28, No. 20
  13. Prelude In D-Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15: 'Raindrop'
  14. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35: 'Funeral March'
  15. Etude In C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12: 'Revolutionary'
  16. Mazurka In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 2
  17. Waltz In E-Flat Major, Op. 18: 'Grand Valse brillante' From Les Sylphides
  18. Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21: 'Allegro vivace'

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars More like Three and a Half Stars.......2006-02-05

When I think of the piano, the first composer that comes to my mind is Chopin. Chopin was a composer who excelled in small form writing for the piano. He wrote beautiful melodies with complex accompaniment that was both challenging for the performer and enlightening for the listener. Chopin did not write many multi-movement pieces and what he did write is generally not as good as his solo piano pieces anyway (this is my opinion, not a fact).
When buying recordings of Chopin's music, there are basically two options. You can either go with a "Greatest Hits" type collection, which works very well with Chopin, or you can buy collections that assemble all he wrote for a certain form (preludes, nocturnes, etudes, etc...). If you are new to Chopin, I suggest buying a "Greatest Hits" collection, though not necessarily this one, even though this is the CD in my car right now. The playing is okay but it's nothing really that special. Considering all the masterful Chopin interpreters out there, such as Rubinstein, Ashkenazy, Argerich, Pollini, and Perahia, it seems silly not to start with a pianist that you really love, since almost every great pianist has recorded works by Chopin. Having said that, this collection contains almost all my favorite works by Chopin, my only complaint being I wish it had more than one nocturne. Thus it serves as a good introduction to Chopin's music. I would recommend the Favorite Chopin collection by Ashkenazy over this collection because not only is he an amazing pianist and a masterful interpreter of Chopin, but it's two discs for the price of one.

4 out of 5 stars Good, not Great.......2002-03-02

Revolutionary Etude and many other performers are good. However, Fanastie Impromptu I've heard performed much better. Raindrop Prelude is played okay, but the song is so low in volume that I can hardly hear it. Good deal though.

5 out of 5 stars Five Stars for Chopin.......2002-01-27

What can I say! This is a wonderful collection of music. I highly recommend it for anyone who loves his music.

3 out of 5 stars Chopn's Greatest Hits.......2001-04-08

Not a good version of Les Sylphides (#17); which is only a 5 minute excerpt. Any other Les Sylphides pieces are sprinkled throughout the CD as piano.

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic!!.......1999-08-15

Frederic Chopin is a very talented artist and composer. A must have of any Chopin collector.
Johnny Tillotson - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A "MUST" have for Tillotson fans !!!!!
  • i thought i'd never see this album again
  • Johnny Tillotson - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits
  • One of my favorite CDs
  • "Keeps Right On A'Singin'"
 Johnny Tillotson - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits
Johnny Tillotson
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005B179
Release Date: 2001-04-03

Tracks:

  1. Dreamy Eyes
  2. True True Happiness
  3. Why Do I Love You So
  4. Earth Angel
  5. Pledging My Love
  6. Poetry In Motion
  7. Jimmy's Girl
  8. Without You
  9. It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'
  10. Send Me The Pillow You Dream On
  11. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
  12. Out Of My Mind
  13. You Can Never Stop Me Loving You
  14. Judy, Judy, Judy
  15. Funny How Time Slips Away
  16. Talk Back Trembling Lips
  17. I'm A Worried Guy
  18. I Rise, I Fall
  19. Worry
  20. She Understands Me
  21. Angel
  22. Heartaches By The Number
  23. Our World
  24. (Wait 'Til You See My) Gidget
  25. Cling To Me

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A "MUST" have for Tillotson fans !!!!!.......2007-01-03

This CD is a must-have for anyone that is a true Johnny Tillotson fan. It has all of his greatest hits and is a wonderful tribute to his career and talent.

5 out of 5 stars i thought i'd never see this album again.......2006-11-08

to, johnny tillotson is one of the best in oldies but goodies. i love this cd very very much.he sure knows how to sing from the heart and real feelings. to me, there will never be another johnny tillotson. i think i might have to order another one pretty soon, because i just about have this cd worn out.i'l never get tired of this cd.i'm no teenager anymore, i'm 58 years old, but when i play his cd i feel like a teenage in love all over again. so as long as i have johnnys' songs near me, i'll never grow old.

5 out of 5 stars Johnny Tillotson - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits.......2005-09-13

Great selections put together on one CD; easy to listen to and fun to enjoy.

5 out of 5 stars One of my favorite CDs.......2004-02-02

As a collector of 50s and 60s compilation CDs, I have to say that this is without a doubt one of my favorites. First and foremost, it's all ORIGINAL recordings unlike so many other artists whose recording are remakes of their originals. You can't listen to this CD without feeling nostalgic and remembering your teens. If you are an oldies lover, you should definitely add this one to your collection. I listen to it over and over again. I especially love the way he does "Why Do I Love You So" and "Without You".

5 out of 5 stars "Keeps Right On A'Singin'".......2004-01-09

This collection of 25 all-time hits of Johnny Tillotson is worth the price of the cd many many times over. The cd rarely leaves my cd player. His songs and vocal presentation are not mere 'nostalgia' of 'oldies memories'. These are "classic" and living recordings that sound as great todayy as when Johnny first laid them down in the late fifties and early sixties. This cd makes it clear wh he is still performing and pleasing audiences today.
"True True Happiness" a track on this collection could have easily been used as the "title" of this collection. Listening to it will leave you feeling truly happy.
"Poetry In Motion", probably one of his best known songs is on here. As is "It Keeps Right On A'Hurtin'" and "Talk Back Trembling Lips". A little different from his style is "Cling To Me", but every bit still "Johnny Tillotson"!
I love this album and if you get a copy, I'm sure and certain that you will treasure it as well. Thanks Johnny Tillotson for all these really great songs and recordings. You are a great artist and performer, and this cd collection captures that in sound.
Joe Tex - 25 All Time Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • You had better get it! Possibly the greatest, certainly the most underrated soulman of them all .
  • GREATEST FROM THE GREATEST !!
  • There's more to Joe Tex than "I Gotcha."
  • Very Soulful&Gritty
 Joe Tex - 25 All Time Greatest Hits
Joe Tex
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004S5GK
Release Date: 2000-03-21

Tracks:

  1. Hold What You've Got
  2. You Got What It Takes
  3. You Better Get It
  4. A Woman Can Change A Man
  5. Don't Let Your Left Hand Know
  6. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
  7. I Want To (Do Everything For You)
  8. A Sweet Woman Like You
  9. The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)
  10. S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song)
  11. I Believe I'm Gonna Make It
  12. I've Got To Do A Little Bit Better
  13. Papa Was Too
  14. Show Me
  15. Woman Like That, Yeah
  16. A Woman's Hands
  17. Skinny Legs And All
  18. Men Are Gettin' Scarce
  19. I'll Never Do You Wrong
  20. Keep The One You Got
  21. You Need Me, Baby
  22. Buying A Book
  23. I Gotcha
  24. You Said A Bad Word
  25. Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars You had better get it! Possibly the greatest, certainly the most underrated soulman of them all ........2007-07-08

I got a Joe Tex greatest hits in 1966 and loved it and continually played it till the cd age. This cd has all the tracks from my vinyl album bar one - 'you had better get it'. They're all on '25 greatest hits'.
Apparently Joe had 33 hits - I guess that must be mostly from the R'n'B charts but he had some US top ten hits.
I remember him getting some airplay for 'Show me' and 'sweet woman like you' but don't recall him troubling the UK charts until the 70s with maybe his worst song - the aforementioned 'ain't gonna bop no more...'
Whatever, he doesn't have any huge hits that everyone knows and loves like Percy Sledge or Otis Redding, but he has tracks of that calibre - 'the Love you save' is easily as good as ' Try a little tenderness','I've been loving you too long' or 'When a man loves a woman'.
And he has more good ones. I find that I never listen to more than 6 tracks each from Otis or Percy Sledge, but I can listen to nearly all of this over and over, and then there's 'Live and lively' another live album which has more essential stuff not featured here.
Joe's voice doesn't seem to have the higher register that we've come to expect soul stars to show their chops by soaring into now and again. Instead he has an astonishing bass register that he soars down into to show off sometimes. Indeed, many of his self-penned songs seem designed to show off his bass register, most notably the gorgeous ' the Love You Save '. There's also an oft-noted country influence in his songwriting; in fact he recorded an album of country covers 'Soul Country'.
His band are wonderful throughout - that Stax/Atlantic sound that no-one seems to be able to get these days; Joss Stone seems to be trying for it sometimes, and she does get a pretty decent approximation to 70s era Gladys Knight, but she never quite gets this. Special mentions are due to the piano player Bobby Woods (session man- the only one credited) and especially to guitar player Lee Royal Hadley, very much in the Steve Cropper mould, the type of guitar playing Jimi Hendrix cut his teeth on.
This cd has the later hits 'gotcha' and 'you said a bad word' which I was unaware of previously but seem to have attracted a lot of attention. My personal choice for a Joe Tex compilation would be the 'Skinny Legs and all' collection, for the inclusion of some very early gems like 'Meet me in Church', 'Sweetest woman in the world' and 'watch the one that brings the bad news'(on this one he sounds too much like early Taj Mahal for coincidence, but I don't know who influenced who - Joe's bluesiest number). But most people these days seem to want the later hits, so '25 greatest hits' is the one for them.
If you like this you'll also find 'Live and lively' indispensible, and you'll have to get 'Skinny legs and all' for those tracks I mentioned. You had better get it!

5 out of 5 stars GREATEST FROM THE GREATEST !!.......2006-08-16

This basically covers all the main trademark hits of the late great Joe Tex, that anyone would ever need, but i wish it would have added his pretty ballads of his B sides of "A Mothers Prayer" and "Baby It's Rainin'". But all n' all, this a great must have collection. Go buy yours today !!

4 out of 5 stars There's more to Joe Tex than "I Gotcha.".......2005-11-14

If you're not "into" soul music, you may know Joe Tex only from his mainstream hit "I Gotcha," and the follow-up, "You Said a Bad Word." Both of these are downright raunchy numbers that sounds like anthems for sexual predators. However, if you listen to this CD, you'll see that these are in sharp contrast to much of Joe Tex's material. Although some of the other songs, such as "Skinny Legs and All," are humorous, even these aren't raunchy to the same extent. More importantly, most of the songs deal with very serious subjects and show a strong sensitivity to real-life tragedy. These songs are also interesting musically because although they fall firmly into the genre of soul, there's a strong overtone of country in the mix. Joe Tex was actually from Texas, and pays tribute to that state in his chosen stage name. Give this a listen and you'll see that there's much more to Joe Tex than adolescent raunchiness.

5 out of 5 stars Very Soulful&Gritty.......2000-04-26

This is some Classic Soul music.Skinny Legs&All is the jam.You Feel The Fun&Grooves here.Joe Tex is A Soul Singer in the Realist FOrm.A must have.
Prokofiev: Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Almost really good.
  • An excellent primer on the iconclastic Russian composer
 Prokofiev: Greatest Hits

Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B000002C5X
Release Date: 1995-11-14

Tracks:

  1. The Love For Three Oranges: III. March. Tempo di marcia
  2. Lieutenant Kijymphonic Suite: I. The Birth of Kij
  3. Lieutenant Kijymphonic Suite: II. Romance
  4. Lieutenant Kijymphonic Suite: III. Kij Wedding
  5. Lieutenant Kijymphonic Suite: IV. Troika
  6. Lieutenant Kijymphonic Suite: V. Kij Funeral
  7. Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64b: The Montagues and Capulets
  8. Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 'Classical Symphony': III. Gavotta. Non troppo allegro
  9. Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Morning Serenade
  10. Alexander Nevsky, Cantata, Op. 78: Song about Alexander Nevsky
  11. Overture on Hebrew Themes for Clarinet, String Quartet and Piano, Op. 34a
  12. Peter And The Wolf, Op. 67: Introduction
  13. Peter And The Wolf, Op. 67: 'Look out!'
  14. Peter And The Wolf, Op. 67: 'No sooner...'
  15. Peter And The Wolf, Op. 67: 'And now...'
  16. Peter And The Wolf, Op. 67: 'So there's the story...'
  17. Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100: IV. Allegro giocoso

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Almost really good........2006-06-30

I love Prokofiev. But I hate Yank crap. It has spoiled a great compilation. It was beautiful, up until 'Peter and the Wolf', one of my favourite adventures. But then along came an American narrator explaining the story. Why is there this 'Disney' crap amidst some beautiful music? (All respects to Walt).
'Lieutenant Kije' is one of the best stories produced by humanity of a man who did not exist throughout his birth, marriage and death. Don't let this piece of brilliance be swamped by crap.
A good compilation, but I strongly suggest you go for untainted versions of Prokofiev.
P.S. The Daleks will eventually conquer staircases. Be warned. Three oranges are not enough.

5 out of 5 stars An excellent primer on the iconclastic Russian composer.......2001-08-12

I have to admit I was a bit disappointed there was nothing from Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3, which is what the Amy Irving character played in the film, "The Competition." I also think it is one of the iconoclastic composer's finest works. What you will find on this collection are a lot of excerpts from his score for the film "Lieutenant Kije" and symphonic fairy tale "Peter and the Wolf." Again, I am surprised there is nothing here from his film scores for "Alexander Nevsky" or "Ivan the Terrible." My favorite "new" piece that I discovered on this CD would be the March from "The Love for Three Oranges," although I also like the excerpt from Prokofiev's Classical Symphony in D Major. Despite my personal preferences, I have to admit this collection is a very nice introduction to the music of Sergei Sergeivich Prokofiev.
Frankie Avalon - 25 All Time Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Definitive Avalon Collection
  • Blast From The Past
  • This Is All You Need!!!
  • Frankie Avalon Collectors will enjoy this CD
  • Expanded anthology of Avalon's hit-making years
 Frankie Avalon - 25 All Time Greatest Hits
Frankie Avalon
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000065VAK
Release Date: 2002-05-07

Tracks:

  1. Venus
  2. I'll Wait For You
  3. De De Dinah
  4. Ginger Bread
  5. Just Ask Your Heart
  6. Where Are You
  7. A Perfect Love
  8. Why
  9. Tuxedo Junction
  10. Too Young To Love
  11. Bobby Sox To Stockings
  12. A Boy Without A Girl
  13. Togetherness
  14. Don't Let Love Pass Me By
  15. Swingin' On A Rainbow
  16. All Of Everything
  17. Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops
  18. Who Else But You
  19. You Are Mine
  20. Call Me Anytime
  21. A Miracle
  22. Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
  23. Two Fools
  24. Beach Party
  25. Don't Stop Now

Album Description

With 25 tracks, this CD is the most complete Frankie Avalon compilation ever and features several highly sought after tracks, including two songs from Beach Party, the theme song 'Beach Party' and 'Don't Stop Now' (the first movie in the series that starred Frankie and Annette). Both tracks make their first appearance on CD. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Definitive Avalon Collection.......2006-01-26

Outstanding collection, with long forgotten gems like "Young and In Love," "Where Are You," "You Are Mine," and "Beach Party." Venus" was so successful that it overshadowed Avalon's other work, but many of his other songs are masterpieces of '60's pop!

5 out of 5 stars Blast From The Past.......2005-10-06

Want to turn back the hands of time. This will do it

5 out of 5 stars This Is All You Need!!!.......2005-02-22

This is a great cd set. People think this is just an expanded version of Varese's last Frankie Avalon cd set, theyre highly mistaken.

The tracks on this cd were ALL taken from the original first generation tapes where available, the master they used for Venus on this cd corrects the dropouts found on ALL previous cds, and the tape they used for this cd hadn't been played in over 40 years.

This cd also has some tracks in first time stereo, plus the very first cd issue of the original hit 45 rpm version of Two Fools. The later stereo version (which sounds totally different, but probably recorded around the same time) is on plenty of other cds, and varese was going to use it for this cd until myself and a few others persueded them to use the original 45 version.

At the time, I had been told that no 3-track tape exists for the original 45 version, so i assumed at the time that they were going to go with the mono version of the song because of it. When the discussion of using the mono hit vs. the stereo remake, the people who asked for the true 45 version on cd were given a lot of crap from those who wanted to have the song in stereo on the cd.

Well, the original 45 version of Two Fools made it onto this cd. That alone should make this cd worth buying as the 45 version is definitely superior to the later stereo re-recording. As an added bonus the 45 version does actually appear in a narrowed 2-track stereo mix, which should make the cd a winner for both those who wanted the 45 version on cd, and those who wanted the song in stereo on cd.

If you purchase this cd, there is not a need for any other Frankie Avalon hits package. If you own any other Frankie Avalon hits packages, throw them out and buy this one.

5 out of 5 stars Frankie Avalon Collectors will enjoy this CD.......2004-06-24

One of the best Frankie Avalon CD collection of songs.Frankie Avalon is no ordinary singer.Frankie Avalon is best when singing romantic songs with his boy next door pleasant friendly winning way.You should have pleasure enjoying this CD if you like Frankie then buy it you should enjoy it.They should release more Frankie Avalon songs in CD.Frankie Avalon should record the song "Unforgettable".

4 out of 5 stars Expanded anthology of Avalon's hit-making years.......2002-05-31

Avalon is often relegated to the status of pretty-boy teen-idol who, along with Fabian, Bobby Rydell and others, stood in for Elvis during his residency in the Army. But listening to this 25-track collection, it's clear that there was never any intention (by either Avalon or his management) to position the crooner as a rock 'n' roller. These hit singles, B-sides and non-charting album tracks show him to be a balladeer through-and-through; a handsome, capable pop Sinatra (though, surprisingly, Avalon fashioned himself more after Perry Como).

His first two hits, 1958's "De De Dinah" and "Ginger Bread" featured a nasal delivery that was dropped on the romantic follow-up, "I'll Wait For You." The ensuing string of hits, peaking with the chart-topping "Venus" and continuing through 1962's "You Are Mine," displayed tremendous charm. Non-threatening charm, to be sure -- how worried could parents be about a singer who covered "Tuxedo Junction"? -- but charm, nonetheless.

It's no surprise that Avalon was a favorite with adolescent girls (and a bane to the boys who chased them), singing puppy-love fare such as "Just Ask Your Heart," "Why," and "Too Young To Love," as well as romantic dreams like "A Perfect Love." Even the pathos of "Don't Let Love Pass Me By" was aimed more squarely at stirring his fans' romantic daydreams than motivating their pity.

The hit singles "Bobby Sox to Stockings" and "A Boy Without a Girl" (#8 and #10 A- and B-side of the same single!) are smoothly arranged, with polished backing vocals and polite drums that push the tempo without becoming raucous. The Don Costa arranged "You Are Mine" is spectacularly dramatic, and the sophisticated horn charts of "Swingin' on a Rainbow" lean to the Bobby Darin side of Las Vegas.

As the '50s turned into the '60s, Avalon's music followed him into his burgeoning film career. The title song from "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" wasn't a hit, but features a fantastic production to accompany the movie's plot. And closing this collection are a pair of tunes, "Beach Party" and "Don't Stop Now," from Avalon's first AIP beach party film. (Sadly missing is his stupendous turn as The Potato Bug, a fictional British Invasion pop star, from the film "Bikini Beach.").

The twenty-five tracks expand upon Varese's earlier collection, 1995's "The Best of Frankie Avalon," making this a significantly more complete anthology of Avalon's original sides. Those looking for more early material can fill in non-hit tracks with See for Miles' "The EP Collection."
Johnny Burnette - 25 Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • BURNETTE'S ROCK
  • I Confess; I Don't Have This One*
 Johnny Burnette - 25 Greatest Hits
Johnny Burnette
Manufacturer: EMI Gold Imports
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000250SD
Release Date: 1999-03-02

Tracks:

  1. Dreamin'
  2. You're Sixteen You're Beautiful (And You're Mine)
  3. Little Boy Sad
  4. Girls
  5. Clown Shoes
  6. Big Big World
  7. Girl Of My Best Friend
  8. Moody River
  9. Mona Lisa
  10. Dream Lover
  11. The Fool
  12. You're The Reason
  13. A Lover's Question
  14. Let's Think About Living
  15. Settin' The Woods On Fire
  16. Cincinatti Fireball
  17. Sweet Suzie
  18. Crying In The Chapel
  19. It's Only Make Believe
  20. Walk On By
  21. All Week Long (I Wish It Were Saturday Night)
  22. Love Me
  23. That's The Way I Feel
  24. Don't Do It
  25. The Opposite

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars BURNETTE'S ROCK.......2006-11-07

GREAT COMPILATION OF JOHNNY'S BEST & SOME GREAT COVERS, "MOODY RIVER" & "BEST FRIENDS GIRL" ARE AWESOME, IF YOU LIKE IT CK OUT SOME OF HIS BROTHER DORSEY'S STUFF...............REALLY GOOOOOOD!!!

3 out of 5 stars I Confess; I Don't Have This One*.......2004-11-11

As I write this, I am grateful to find nobody has reviewed it, otherwise, there would likely be at least one aspiring rockabilly strummer to point out the shortage of tunes by the Johnny Burnette Trio. As it is, there are a few of his charted songs missing, but not too many. Most obvious is beyond the few if impressive hits JB had in 1960-61, there are a wealth of songs from other artists he covered and I HAVE heard THEM*. Pop music lovers really didn't buy that many albums back then; we waited for the hit single and laid our dollar down. "Girl of My Best Friend" as done by Elvis Presley and later by his imitator, Ral Donner, is one notable cover tune here. Then there was "Moody RIver" (Pat Boone), "Mona Lisa" (more than one), "Dream Lover" (Bobby Darin), "Lover's Question" (Clyde McPhatter), "Let's Think About Living" (Bob Luman), "Crying in the Chapel" (The Orioles, Elvis P), "It's Only Make Believe" (Conway Twitty), etc etc. In some cases the tunes were the signature songs of the original artists. Those are the ones you should own. There are better Burnette compilations; you'll find them (and whining rockabill-ers) on Amazon.

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