Best Girl Groups
Nearly every one of these 104 tracks is a hit, and we mean a big hit, from 36 different, very famous artists-the Supremes, Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas et cetera, et cetera .
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This box set was a gift to me back in the 80's. I was and still am big fan of MOTOWN , so I invested in vol #2."
"(If you are looking for the more esoteric material, however, you may need to supplement this with other collections or individual albums."
"The only other music that is in the same "league" is The Beatles music for the complete and udder joy and emotional rescue these magnificent songwriters, musician's, producers, arrangers, techs, etc...etc...provided from both sides of the "pond.""
"HITSVILLE USA is a box set that's clearly marked as a SINGLES COLLECTION-- that means these 104 tracks are in the original monaural sound. Each CD jewel case is fronted with a repro of a Gordy Co. label, including one of the very first MOTOWNs, which was pale pink in color."
"Some songs were put out by other singers but it's great to hear the Motown take."
"Some of the songs even brought tears to his eyes because, in his words, he had "not heard them since he was a young scrap of a boy"."
"My dad's one of those guys that doesn't like getting gifts, but I figured I'd grab him this collection for his birthday."
"Fast service, and a great price."
Over the course of 12 songs, this CD reveals how surprisingly versatile Lesley was.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is good music Lesley Gore stuff is hard to find nowadays so I was very happy when I found it, I'm very happy any time I find music that I've looked for for a long time on Amazon thanks."
"My old Mercury LP of Lesley's greatest hits has literally worn out and been rendered virtually unplayable. (I was unaware that 11 of the 12 songs were Quincy Jones-produced, but I did recall Marvin Hamlisch being a participating composer late in Lesley's chart run)."
"Leslie Gore's fame came like a bolt from the blue: a pretty, sixteen year old from Tenafly, New Jersey, she was in the right place at the right time to record "It's My Party" under the supervision of Quincy Jones--and the result was one of the great hits of 1963, a bouncy, danceable, and extremely memorable bit of teen-angst rock and roll. Like most compilation recordings, THE BEST OF LESLIE GORE includes the most obvious selections: "Judy's Turn To Cry," a musical sequel to "It's My Party;" "She's A Fool;" the surprisingly feministic "You Don't Own Me;" "That's The Way Boys Are;" and "Sunshine Lollipops and Rainbows," among others. Although Jones drifted out of Gore's career fairly early on, most of her best-sellers followed the pattern he established: bouncy, bright, deeply layered in terms of music and back up vocals, and all of it very much the "All American Girl" singing about love, loss, and forever."
"I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE CD OVER AND OVER."
"What a talent.. A distinct sound Gore had :)."
"I love this tape....very uplifting music....takes you back in time."
"Music sounds good and quality is perfect!"
"My first crush."
Includes I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye; Good Lovin' Rascals; Tell Him Exciters; When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge; My Girl Temptations; We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet Blues Magoos; What Becomes of the Brokenhearted Jimmy Ruffin, and more. Indeed, this slip-cased, expanded set (which includes the 1983 album's complete original track listing, as well as that of its 1984 sequel, More Songs From the Big Chill ) often seems to relish in them on the new classic-rock dominated second disc, Bigger Chill: Music of a Generation .
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"From one of my favorite movies - yes, I'm a Baby Boomer...this soundtrack is awesome, Motown gitdown."
"Had this on cassette years ago (stop laughing) and decided to look for it on CD recently."
"Includes "all" the songs incorporated in the movie, with the original artists and the original cuts."
"love the addition of great songs from that period even if they were not included in the movie."
"good music."
"Great selection of songs although certainly not all or even the best from the movie."
"Most of the sound track is in the CD but I purchased this CD because it advertised that the organ music of the Rolling Stone's song 'you can't always get what you want' was not on the CD."
Best Doo Wop
THE VERY BEST OF FRANKIE VALLI & THE 4 SEASONS packs a single CD with 20 classics recorded for Vee-Jay, Phillips, Curb/Warner, Private Stock, and RSO between 1962-1978.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"My favorite of the three Frankis Valli CD's I bought."
"Buy the album, if you own nothing by The Four Seasons."
"Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons are incredible."
"Makes me feel young again to listen to their old hit songs."
"Every song a hit every song I remember growing up."
"This CD was a great trip down memory lane and reminded me that, much like the Beatles' music, the music of the Four Seasons is always timely and exciting."
"Someone should digitally re-due the original recordings, as they now sound "tinny" compared to the new digital recordings from the show."
"I love this album... it's got just about any hit by this group you could want, including a couple from when Frankie Valli broke away and went single (Grease)... Not to crazy about the couple of Disco era songs (I just don't like disco) but there are only about two or so, and some 16 or better are just great listening."
Best Baroque Pop
The classic original Beatles studio albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"In fact, much of the album was written in India."
"I wrote this review in order to assist the general consumer make an informative decision when purchasing a product that they can't touch prior***."
"It's the Beatles' White Album - what else is there to say?"
"It has Bungalow Bill, Back in the USSR, Rocky Racoon, and Blackbird plus a lot more."
"A 2 CD "mini-box" with a picture book, and a small version of a collage poster that may have been part of the original album all those years ago."
"Awesome tunes written/performed by 4 awesome talented me."
"Album cover was slightly warped, but other than that it was sure nice to hear these old songs again."
"I could go in depth about this album in my review, but don't need to: This mono issue has different versions of many tracks that cannot be heard anywhere else, including the Anthology series."
Best Traditional Pop
The soft, soothing sounds of Karen and Richard Carpenter are perfectly suited to a white Christmas with a crackling fire; here are their Christmas Portrait ('78) and An Old Fashioned Christmas ('84) LPs, together in one 2-CD set: It Came upon a Midnight Clear; O Holy Night; Christmas Waltz; Sleigh Ride; Silent Night; Jingle Bells; Ave Maria; Carol of the Bells; My Favorite Things; Do You Hear What I Hear; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town , and more!
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"great music and something I did not expecp the lyrics being staged to follow along, I keep hearig it over and over in my mind."
"The Christmas collection was not similar to the ones I heard earlier."
"Joy to hear them again."
"There are breaks/pauses between the tracks which were NOT on the original recordings of the albums ."
"He won't stop playing it."
"One of the best female voices of all time."
"I absolutely love this album!!!!"
"Love all the Carpenters music."
Best Bubblegum Pop
Nearly every one of these 104 tracks is a hit, and we mean a big hit, from 36 different, very famous artists-the Supremes, Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas et cetera, et cetera .
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This box set was a gift to me back in the 80's. I was and still am big fan of MOTOWN , so I invested in vol #2."
"(If you are looking for the more esoteric material, however, you may need to supplement this with other collections or individual albums."
"The only other music that is in the same "league" is The Beatles music for the complete and udder joy and emotional rescue these magnificent songwriters, musician's, producers, arrangers, techs, etc...etc...provided from both sides of the "pond.""
"HITSVILLE USA is a box set that's clearly marked as a SINGLES COLLECTION-- that means these 104 tracks are in the original monaural sound. Each CD jewel case is fronted with a repro of a Gordy Co. label, including one of the very first MOTOWNs, which was pale pink in color."
"Awesome compilation of old school music!"
"Some songs were put out by other singers but it's great to hear the Motown take."
"Some of the songs even brought tears to his eyes because, in his words, he had "not heard them since he was a young scrap of a boy"."
"My dad's one of those guys that doesn't like getting gifts, but I figured I'd grab him this collection for his birthday."
Best Tin Pan Alley
Imagine hearing George Gershwin play his own compositions in pristine sound!
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Close your eyes and imagine that you are listening to George Gershwin play right there in your living room!"
"I bought the CD to give to her as I think it's an outstanding compilation of Gershwin's pieces."
"As it turns out, long before George and Ira Gershwin's golden age, when they were turning out musicals with tunes that are still performed today, George (sometimes with Ira, sometimes not) was writing tunes for musicals now forgotten, and recording them on piano rolls."
"This is one of my favorite recordings of Gershwin material."
"Someone on a music forum that I watch online posted a clip of Rhapsody In Blue from this recording and I was immediately blown away."
"Had to rearrange some part to play some tunes in 4hands-1piano instead of 2 pianos."
"It's wonderful to hear Gershwin compositions played by the composer himself!"
"Its just that type of music you have to sit and listen."