Maxine Brown - Greatest Hits [Tomato]

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Maxine Brown's Greatest Hits gathers 23 gems (including four duets with Chuck Jackson) that (metaphorically) take off just down the street from the Brill Building and set down somewhere outside Memphis. Indeed, Otis Redding produced two state-of-soul-in-'66 tracks included here--"Baby Cakes" and "Slipping Through My Fingers". This collection takes listeners on a neat stylistic trip from the tip of girl-group-like pop to nascent '70s funky soul. --Steven Stolder

Maxine Brown - Greatest Hits [Tomato],Maxine Brown,Rhino / Wea,Brill Building Pop,Pop,Pop-Soul,R&B,Soul,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,Southern Soul,Uptown Soul

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about this CD.......2006-03-04

Greatest Hits - Burt Bacharach
Dressed to Kill
Songs/artists are:
1. Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa (GENE PITNEY)
2. Baby It's You (THE SHIRELLES)
3. Make It Easy On Yourself (JERRY BUTLER)
4. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (B.J. THOMAS)
5. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (TOMMY HUNT)
6. I Cry Alone (MAXINE BROWN)
7. I Woke Up Crying (GENE CHANDLER)
8. You're Telling Our Secrets (DEE CLARK)
9. Wishin' And Hopin' (THE MERSEYBEATS)
10. Please Stay (THE DRIFTERS)
11. Only Love Can Break A Heart (TIMI YURO)
12. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (BIG MAYBELLE)
13. Trains And Boats And Planes (BILLY J. KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS)
14. The Look Of Love (BUDDY GRECO)
15. This Guy's In Love With You (B.J. THOMAS)
16. Alfie (BILL EVANS)

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1964 Classic Rock: The Beat Goes On
The Honeycombs , The Dixie Cups , Don Covay , The Reflections , The Murmaids , Roy Orbison , The Pyramids , The Rip Chords , The Searchers , and The Jelly Beans
Manufacturer: Time-Life Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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Song listing: 1 Honeycombs, The Have I The Right (2:59) 2 Supremes, The Where Did Our Love Go (2:35) 3 Dixie Cups, The People Say (2:36) 4 Don Covay Mercy, Mercy (2:28) 5 Murmaids, The Popsicles And Icicles (2:35) 6 Roy Orbison It's Over (2:51) 7 Kingsmen, The Louie Louie (2:48) 8 Shangri-Las, The Give Him A Great Big Kiss (2:09) 9 Impressions, The Keep On Pushing (2:34) 10 Maxine Brown Oh No, Not My Baby (2:38) 11 Beach Boys, The When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) (2:04) 12 Searchers, The Love Potion Number Nine (2:08) 13 Reflections, The (2) (Just Like) Romeo And Juliet (2:23) 14 Marvin Gaye How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (3:01) 15 Jelly Beans, The I Wanna Love Him So Bad (2:45) 16 Four Tops Baby, I Need Your Loving (2:48) 17 Gene Pitney I'm Gonna Be Strong (2:16) 18 Rip Chords, The Hey, Little Cobra (2:04) 19 Pyramids, The Penetration (2:01) 20 Shirley Ellis The Name Game (3:03) 21 Marvin Gaye You're A Wonderful One (2:49) 22 Impressions, The Amen (3:28)

Maxine Brown - 25 All Time Greatest Hits

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Pre-Soul Soulful Rhythm & Pop
Keep trying, guys

Maxine Brown - 25 All Time Greatest Hits
Maxine Brown
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006EXH7
Release Date: 2002-08-13

Customer Reviews:

Pre-Soul Soulful Rhythm & Pop .......2007-01-04

25 ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS consists of 25 songs, which, with the exception of one from 1968 (track 23), were recorded 1962-1967 on Nomar, ABC-Paramount, and Scepter/Wand labels; songs are not in chronological order. Disc packaged in clear jewel case; total running time: 64:59. Booklet includes an essay by Bill Dahl and several black & white photographs; track information (including release dates and chart info) is located on the back cover with the track listing. Sound quality is good.

Not included are Maxine's duets with label mate Chuck Jackson (they covered Chris Kenner's "Something You Got" and Sam & Dave's "Hold On, I'm Coming"), anything from her 1968 LP on Epic, or her 1969 #15 hit "We'll Cry Together". Tracks 18 and 24 are previously unissued; both are written by Otis Redding.

Most of the songs included are ballads, including "Since I Found You", which features backing vocals by The Sweet Inspirations. There are few up-tempo tracks, including the rockin' "I Don't Need You No More", written by Curtis Mayfield. The sound quality of "Anything You Do Is Alright" is not good (the horns sound terrible).

Maxine Brown has a pleasant voice, not unlike Brenda Holloway or any number of Motown-era female singers, but it is not amazing or distinctive. It has been written that Maxine had a very dynamic voice, but such range is not demonstrated in this collection.

Music: 1 & half stars
Packaging: 3 stars

Keep trying, guys.......2003-04-02

There have been a number of Maxine Brown compilation CD's issued over the CD-era years, with the better ones coming from across the pond via Ace Records of the U.K. while the domestic ones have been a sorry lot. Here, Varese Vintage does a quality job sonically, but selection-wise, misses the mark to some extent. Though the majority of her most commercially successful singles from the Nomar and Wand labels are here, her charting song from ABC-Paramount, "My Time For Cryin'" and her final pop-charting entry, "We'll Cry Together" are absent. Also, her five charting duets with labelmate Chuck Jackson are not here, a debatable decision for a "25 Greatest Hits" collection. Perhaps licensing difficulties are to blame but with 15 charting entries to her credit yet there being 25 tracks on the CD, including only eight of those hits hardly qualifies for "all time greatest hits" status. Nevertheless, this collection does what it does well and the sound quality is better than found in other collections with many tracks (1,3-5,7,8,11,12,14,23-25) in stereo. The eight-page liner notes booklet provides a backround history of Brown by Bill Dahl along with pics and illustrations. Though not as exhaustive as it should/could have been, this is by far the best CD on Brown to date and will have to fill the bill until a truly comprehensive piece comes to market.

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Oh No, Not My Baby!
Splendid New York City Soul

Spotlight on Maxine Brown/Greatest Hits
Maxine Brown
Manufacturer: Kent Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004U35H
Release Date: 2004-12-27

Tracks:

Oh No, Not My Baby
It's Gonna Be Alright
Ask Me
I Cry Alone
Coming Back To You
He Does Something To Me (AKA You Do Something To Me)
Wonder What My Baby's Doing Tonight
Since I Found You
Gotta Find A Way
Yesterday's Kisses
You Upset My Soul
Little Girl Lost
We Can Work It Out
I Don't Need Anything
Anything For A Laugh
If You Gotta Make a Fool Of Somebody
One Step At A Time
I've Got A Lot Of Love Left In Me
One In A Million
Soul Serenade
Anything You Do Is Alright
He's The Only Guy I'll Ever Love
Slipping Thru My Fingers
Do It Now
When I Fall In Love
I Got Love
Listen To My Heart
Wrong Number, Right Girl

Product Description

1. Oh No, Not My Baby
2. It's Gonna Be Alright
3. Ask Me
4. I Cry Alone
5. Coming Back To You
6. He Does Something To Me - (Aka You Do Something To Me)
7. Wonder What My Baby's Doing Tonight
8. Since I Found You
9. Gotta Find A Way
10. Yesterday's Kisses
11. You Upset My Soul
12. Little Girl Lost
13. We Can Work It Out
14. I Don't Need Anything
15. Anything For A Laugh
16. If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody
17. One Step At A Time
18. I've Got A Lot Of Love Left In Me
19. One In A Million
20. Soul Serenade
21. Anything You Do Is Alright
22. He's The Only Guy I'll Ever Love
23. Slipping Thru My Fingers
24. Do It Now
25. When I Fall In Love
26. I Got Love
27. Listen To My Heart
28. Wrong Number, Right Girl

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Oh No, Not My Baby!.......2004-01-07

I am listening to this CD as I type this. A previous customer-reviewer claims that "Oh no, not my baby" isn't on the CD, but it is indeed the first track. "All in my Mind" and, as he said, "Funny," are not included. But there are 28 great tracks, and some that you can't find elsewhere. An odd misstep by not somehow including "Funny" and "All in my Mind" from the usually top notch Ace/Kent label. But we should all own more than one CD by Maxine Brown, just make sure the OTHER cd you get by her has those hits.

Splendid New York City Soul.......2000-09-03

Maxine Brown recorded for the Scepter label's Wand subsidiary during the same period as the Shirelles, Chuck Jackson and Tommy Hunt -- which means that among the writer-producers she worked with were Carole King, Luther Dixon and Burt Bacharach. This album, it's claimed, contains two complete albums and eight "bonus" tracks. Be warned, though: the material on this Kent album is fine (stereo, with a severe left-right spread, when available) and the notes are good. But two songs from the original "hits" album, "Funny" and "Oh, No, Not My Baby", listed on the front cover and discussed in the liner notes, are absent here, without explanation. Admittedly, both were first released on the Nomar label, but they did appear on the Wand "Hits" album.

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Very Nice Collection

Maxine Brown - Greatest Hits [Tomato]
Maxine Brown
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

All In My Mind
Funny
Ask Me
Coming Back To You
Since I Found You
Little Girl Lost
Put Yourself In My Place
Oh No Not My Baby
It's Gonna Be Alright
Something You Got
One Step At A Time
Can't Let You Go Out Of My Sight
I Need You So
If You Got To Make A Fool Of Somebody
One In A Million
Anything You Do Is Alright
Let Me Give You My Loving
The Secret Of Living
Hold On I'm Coming
Daddy's Home
Baby Cakes
Slipping Through My Fingers
Soul Serenade

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Maxine Brown's Greatest Hits gathers 23 gems (including four duets with Chuck Jackson) that (metaphorically) take off just down the street from the Brill Building and set down somewhere outside Memphis. Indeed, Otis Redding produced two state-of-soul-in-'66 tracks included here--"Baby Cakes" and "Slipping Through My Fingers". This collection takes listeners on a neat stylistic trip from the tip of girl-group-like pop to nascent '70s funky soul. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Very Nice Collection.......2000-09-03

This is a great collection of Maxine Brown's work on the Wand label. The sound is somewhat muddy in spots, but it is still a good purchase.

The Time-Life History of Rock 'n' Roll: Sound of the City 1959-1965

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The Time-Life History of Rock 'n' Roll: Sound of the City 1959-1965
Chuck Jackson , The Cookies , The Essex , Johnny Thunder , The Jelly Beans , Neil Sedaka , The Paris Sisters , Freddie Scott , Maxine Brown , and Dion and the Belmonts
Manufacturer: Time Life Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000RJXNF8

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Tracks & Durations: 1. The Loco-Motion (Little Eva) 2:30 2. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Neil Sedaka) 2:17 3. Easier Said Than Done (The Essex) 2:11 4. Up on the Roof (The Drifters) 2:38 5. Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) (The Cookies) 2:45 6. I'm Gonna Be Strong (Gene Pitney) 2:14 7. Will You Love Me Tomorrow (The Shirelles) 2:44 8. A Little Bit of Soap (The Jarmels) 2:14 9. One Fine Day (The Chiffons) 2:09 10. Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) (Chuck Jackson) 3:27 11. I Love How You Love Me (The Paris Sisters) 2:09 12. Walk Like a Man (The 4 Seasons) 2:18 13. Leader of the Pack (The Shangri-Las) 2:51 14. Tell Him (The Exciters) 2:37 15. Oh No Not My Baby (Maxine Brown) 2:38 16. Stand by Me (Ben E. King) 3:00 17. Loop De Loop (Johnny Thunder) 2:19 18. I Wanna Love Him So Bad (The Jelly Beans) 2:44 19. A Teenager in Love (Dion and the Belmonts) 2:36 20. Walk On By (Dionne Warwick) 2:54 21. Hey, Girl (Freddie Scott) 3:07

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20 GREATEST HITS 1968 ORIGINAL ARTISTS
Derek,Box Tops,Sam & Dave,Brooklyn Bridge,Gary Puckett, O'kasions,Chuck Jackson&Maxine Brown, Clareence Carter, Ace Cannon B.J. thomas
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ASIN: B000M26GUO

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