Very Best of Sweet [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Track Listings

1. Blockbuster

2. Hell Raiser

3. Ballroom Blitz

4. Teenage Rampage

5. Co-Co

6. Six Teens

7. Love Is Like Oxygen

8. Poppa Joe

9. Funny Funny

10. Turn It Down

11. Alexander Graham Bell

12. Lies in Your Eyes

13. Action

14. Sweet & Foxy 98 Dance Mix

15. Little Willy

16. Wig-Wam Bam

17. Fox on the Run

18. Restless [*]

19. Set Me Free [*]

20. Burn on the Flame [*]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
2004 compilation features three bonus tracks, 'Restless', 'Set Me Free', & 'Burn On The Flame'. BMG. 20 tracks.

Very Best of Sweet, Music, Sweet, Bubblegum, England, Glam Rock, Glitter, Hard Rock, Pop, Rock, Rock/Pop

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Falls Short Of The Glory

Very Best of Benny Goodman.

The Very Best of Benny Goodman

The Very Best is a Great One!

The Best of Benny Goodman

The Very Best of Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000050G85
Release Date: 2000-11-07

Tracks:

Bugle Call Rag
St. Louis Blues
Swingtime In The Rockies
One O'Clock Jump
Exactly Like You - Benny Goodman Quartet
Sweet Georgia Brown - Benny Goodman Trio
I Know That You Know
And The Angels Sing
Stompin' At The Savoy
After You've Gone - Benny Goodman Trio
Avalon - Benny Goodman Quartet
In A Sentimental Mood
The Glory Of Love
Goody Goody
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (Part 1) - Benny Goodman Quartet
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (Part 2) - Benny Goodman Quartet
I Cried For You - Benny Goodman Quintet
Moonglow - Benny Goodman Quartet
King Porter Stomp
Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) (Parts 1 & 2)

Customer Reviews:

Falls Short Of The Glory.......2007-05-18

I must warn you up front: tracks 2,10,11,15,16,17 and 18 are ALTERNATE TAKES, not the masters you are probably use to. And it is NOT advertised on the package! So if you know these songs by heart, you will either be pleased to have them or very annoyed. Just to warn you.

The transfers are fine but the song selection is missing a bunch of songs that I would consider essential to a "Very Best" collection of Benny's RCA period. It is just not one without "Don't Be That Way", "Loch Lomond", "Goodnight My Love", "Goodbye", "Down South Camp Meeting", "Changes" and "Body & Soul". I would say go with "Pure Gold" or "Sing, Sing, Sing" instead.

Very Best of Benny Goodman........2007-05-08

To appreciate this one has to have danced to this orchectra. Been there and done that. Most talent heard in one group---ever. No omne has ever come cliose to Benny Goodman playing the clarinet.

The Very Best of Benny Goodman.......2007-04-11

I was a young teenager during Benny Goodman's era. My father loved the music and we listened to it frequently. What a great instrumentalist Mr. Goodman was! This is a terrific collection of his best songs.

The Very Best is a Great One!.......2007-03-22

The only band leader who can hold a candle to Glenn Miller!

The Best of Benny Goodman.......2007-02-22

I love the Big Band era and especially Benny Goodman. This is a good quality remastering of a variety of Goodman hits. I bought it for certain specific cuts I needed for a seminar I was giving, but it would be a good choice for someone just becoming acquainted with Benny Goodman.

Ultimate Broadway II: The Very Best of Broadway Now

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redux
Moderate Quality
POOR EXCUSE FOR SOME GOOD THEATER MUSIC

Ultimate Broadway II: The Very Best of Broadway Now
Various Artists
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ASIN: B000092Q7E
Release Date: 2003-05-20

Tracks:

Overture (from Gypsy) - London Cast Recording
Man of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote) - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ernie Sabella
Run, Freedom, Run! - Hunter Foster
Your Daddy's Son - Ted Sperling, Ragtime Orchestra
Music Of The Night (From The Phantom Of The Opera) - Colm Wilkinson
All That Jazz (from "Chicago") - Bebe Neuwirth
Gimme Gimme - Michael Rafter
La boh; Act I; O soave fanciulla - Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Montserrat Caball
Next Best Thing To Love - Randy Graff
Cabaret - Natasha Richardson
Springtime For Hitler (From "The Producers") - John Morris, Mel Brooks
Losing My Mind - Barbara Cook
Time Warp - Raparza
Oklahoma!; Oklahoma - Finale: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (Reprise) - Musical Cast Recording
Breeze Off the River - Patrick Wilson
Big Spender - Jane Lanier, Valarie Pettiford, Shannon Lewis, Kim Greene, Kim Morgan, Dana Moore, Rachelle Rak, Elizbeth Parkinson, Dede LaBarre, Mary Ann Lamb, Mary McLeod
Gee Officer Krupke - Cast
Agony - Paul Gemignani
Bring Him Home (from Les Miserables) - Colm Wilkinson, Colm
Lullaby of Broadway (from "42nd Street") - John Lesko, Jerry Orbach

Customer Reviews:

redux.......2007-07-06

Four of the songs on this CD (Oklahoma, Music of the Night, Cabaret, and All That Jazz) were on the earlier Ultimate Broadway. Of all the shows that have been on Broadway over the past 70+ years, including the ones that are currently running, there is no excuse for repeats!

Moderate Quality.......2003-06-20

I believe that the show selection for this CD was excellent. However the song selection and song order were not. Why pick "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime when you can have the amazing and fantastic "Prologue" from the same show. Also I believe that a mistake was made by slecting "I Don Quixote" from Man of La Mancha instead of the much more listenable "Impossible Dream." Also the overture from Gypsy is not the proper song to start out a CD. Perhaps the "Overture" from The Phantom of the Opera.

This is however an excellent example of showtunes for inexperienced members of the theatrical world.

POOR EXCUSE FOR SOME GOOD THEATER MUSIC.......2003-05-20

The best of Broadway? Sure, if you consider the best of Broadway only those songs taken only from RCA Victor cast recordings. Expect the expected: Tracks from "Ragtime," "Chicago," "42nd Street" and "Man of La Mancha," sung by the likes of Audra
McDonald, Bebe Neuwirth, Jerry Orbach and Brian Stokes Mitchell. Including a live recording of Barbara Cook warbling "Losing My Mind" from her "Mostly Sondheim" CD isn't exactly kosher. But then again, neither is this gimmick-riddled release. Curtain up?
Half-way, maybe. Light the lights? Dim them, please.

DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances

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Great compilation
A disappointment

DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances

Manufacturer: Drg
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A Day In Hollywood A Night In Ukraine: Just Go To The Movies - Priscilla Lopez/David Garrison/Frank Lazarus/Stephen James/Peggy Hewett/Kate Draper
Babes In Arms: I Wish I Were In Love Again - Christopher Fitzgerald Jessica Stone
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Falsettoland: The Baseball Game - Michael Rupert/Chip Zien/Faith Prince/Janet Metz/Heather MacRae/Stephen Bogardus
Very Good Eddie: Isn't It Great To Be Married? - Virginia Seidel/Spring Fairbank/Charles Repole/Nicholas Wyman
The Fantasticks: A Perfect Time To Be In Love - Harvey Schmidt
Call Me Madam: You're Just In Love - Tyne Daly/Lewis Cleale
Taking My Turn: Fine For The Shape I'm In - Margaret Whiting/Marnie Nixon/Cissy Houston
A Party With Betty Comden & Adolph Green: The French Lesson - Betty Comdon/Adolph Green
The Madwoman Of Central Park: Better - Phyllis Newman
Greenwillow: Never Will I Marry - Anthony Perkins
Song Of Singapore: I Can't Remember - Loretta Swit & Company
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I Love My Wife: Someone Wonderful I Missed - Joanna Gleason/Ilene Graff
The Good Companions: The Pleasure Of Your Company - Malcolm Rennie/Christopher Gable
Forbidden Broadway 20th Anniversary: Liza One-Note - Christine Pedi
Meet Me In St. Louis: The Trolley Song - Donna Kane & Ensemble

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4 Guys Named Jose...And Una Mujer Named Maria!: Feel It - Philip Anthony/Henry Gainza/Allen Hidalgo/Ricardo Puente
Fame - The Musical: There She Goes!/Fame - Natasha Rennalls & Ensemble
Do Re Mi: What's New At The Zoo? - Heather Headley/The Animal Girls
High Society: Once Upon A Time/True Love - Melissa Errico/Daniel McDonald
Tenderloin: Artificial Flowers - Patrick Wilson
State Fair: Driving At Night/Our State Fair - Company
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Black And Blue: Black And Blue - Linda Hopkins/Ruth Brown/Carrie Smith
The Green Bird: O Foolish Heart - Company
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The Boys From Syracuse: This Can't Be Love - Davis Gaines/Sarah Berry
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Lucky In The Rain: Love Me As If There Were No Tomorrow - Barbara Cook
Godspell: All Good Gifts - Sal Sabella & Company
The Act: Walking Papers - Liza Minnelli & Company

Customer Reviews:

Great compilation.......2002-05-10

I don't actually own this particular compilation, however, since I own nearly every recording represented on these discs...I think I'm qualified to comment. This is a wonderful representation of the high quality of work that DRG Records does.
The previous review is way off the mark. This is definitely not a waste of time or money. This is 25 years of preserving Broadway shows, Off-Broadway shows, studio recordings (mostly from the city center concerts), etc. So what if they "aren't as good as the original", DRG is preserving many recordings and artists that other mainstream labels don't or won't. You have wonderful recordings from Brian Stokes Mitchell, Nathan Lane, Debbie Gravitte, Tyne Daly, Anthony Perkins, Joanna Gleason, Marin Mazzie, Carol Burnett, Heather Headley, Patti LuPone, Barbara Cook, etc., and many of these are from Original Cast Recordings just as they appeared on Broadway. This is an excellent sampler of the work going on at DRG. No...I'm not an employee...just an avid listener and collector of theatre recordings.

A disappointment.......2001-12-15

There's a reason you've probably never heard of most of the songs and shows on this album, not to mention most of the artists. This is a second-rate collection of second-rate numbers performed by mostly second-rate artists. In the case of the shows that were revivals, the performances on the original cast recordings were better. Don't waste your money.

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Sweet is sweet
From bubblegum pop to glamrock
Loud glam-rock music of the seventies

Very Best of Sweet
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Platinum Rare

ASIN: B0006L5RXS
Release Date: 2005-01-24

Tracks:

Blockbuster
Hell Raiser
Ballroom Blitz
Teenage Rampage
Co-Co
Six Teens
Love Is Like Oxygen
Poppa Joe
Funny Funny
Turn It Down
Alexander Graham Bell
Lies in Your Eyes
Action
Sweet & Foxy 98 Dance Mix
Little Willy
Wig-Wam Bam
Fox on the Run
Restless [*]
Set Me Free [*]
Burn on the Flame [*]

Album Description

2004 compilation features three bonus tracks, 'Restless', 'Set Me Free', & 'Burn On The Flame'. BMG. 20 tracks.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Anthology of the Bubblegum, Glitter Pop Band of the 1970's that Had 15 Top 40 Hits in the UK Alone and Went on to Sell Over 20 Million Units Worldwide. Perhaps Best Remembered for their Outrageous Stage Gear, Glitter and Platform Boots and Heavy Makeup, They Defined the Camp Extreme of the Glam Rock Look. By the End of 1971 the Band Achieved Three Top 40 Singles "Funny Funny", "co-co" and "Alexander Graham Bell", These were Followed by Three More Hits in 1972 with "Poppa Joe" Reaching Number 11 and "Little Willy" and "Wig Wam Bam" Both Reaching Number 4. The Latter Being a Perfect Example of their Crossover to a Heavier 'glam Rock' Sound and Image.

Customer Reviews:

Sweet is sweet.......2007-01-10

This CD sets down a strong sense of who (The)Sweet was. A cross between bubblegum and rock, glam and hard rock. On par with such notables as Queen, T-Rex, Gary Glitter and Slade. Thirty years later, Ballroom Blitz can still rock the house.

In March 1971, The Sweet's "Funny Funny" single became their first international hit, climbing to the Top 20 on many of the world's charts. Although the next single, "All You'll Ever Get From Me" (May 1971) failed to chart, "Co-Co" (June 1971) became a big hit (UK #2), which outsold "Funny Funny". But the following single, "Alexander Graham Bell" (October, 1971) was only a minor hit (UK #33).

The Sweet's first official LP titled Funny How Sweet Coco Can Be was released towards the end of 1971, but failed to chart. An oddly endearing collection of Chinn/Chapman novelty tunes ("Chop Chop", "TomTom Turnaround") and ill-fitting pop covers (the Lovin' Spoonful's "What a Day for a Daydream", the Supremes' "Reflections"), the album stands fairly well now for devoted Sweet fans, but it wasn't much then as a serious contender on the charts. As the LP faded into obscurity, The Sweet found themselves being labelled by music critics as nothing more than a Top 40 singles band. Furthermore, Chinn and Chapman did their best to destroy the band's chance of respectability by bringing in session musicians, a la The Monkees, to play on the records, even though The Sweet were quite competent musically.

The relationship between The Sweet and Nicky Chinn/Mike Chapman was becoming increasingly tense. One major reason was that The Sweet were not happy with the Bubblegum image that was being cast on them. As a result, their B-sides got heavier with each release. Done Me Wrong All Right, the self-penned B-side of Co-Co amazed some listeners who had hated the pop sound but loved their rock style and realised there was more to the band than they had thought. This dichotomy of bubblegum A-sides and heavy rock B-sides only served to confuse their teenage fan following. Indeed, The Sweet's live performances consisted of B-sides, album tracks and various medleys of rock n roll classics; rarely were the singles played live.

In February 1972, "Poppa Joe" was released and stopped at the gates of the British Top 10. The next two singles of the year, "Little Willy" and "Wig-Wam Bam" both peaked at #4 on the UK charts. Although "Wig-Wam Bam" remained largely true to the style of The Sweet's previous recordings, the vocals and guitars had a harder, more rock-oriented sound--largely because it was the first The Sweet single on which the real members of The Sweet played. It was in many ways, a transition single, paving the way for the change of musical emphasis that came in January 1973 with "Block Buster" (later often as "Blockbuster"), The Sweet's first (and only) chart-topping single, which quickly reached #1 on the UK singles chart. "Hell Raiser" was released in May and reached position #2, which was repeated by the subsequent singles, "Ballroom Blitz" (September, 1973) and "Teenage Rampage" (February, 1974).

As the group's popularity grew, The Sweet put in a heavy schedule of UK and European TV promotional appearances, including numerous Top Of The Pops and Supersonic slots. The Sweet soon picked up a large teenage audience. The band also capitalised on the Glam explosion, rivalling Gary Glitter, T. Rex, Queen, Wizzard, and Slade for outrageous stage clothing.

By 1974, The Sweet had grown tired of the artistic control Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman exerted over their career, hence the group decided to record without the duo. The resulting album, Sweet Fanny Adams, was their first UK Top 40 chart album. The Sweet's technical proficiency was demonstrated for the first time on self-penned hard rock tracks such as "Sweet FA" and "Set Me Free". The Sweet also dropped their glam image in favour of a more conventional hard rock appearance. In response to UK music critics, The Sweet concentrated on proving their musical talents with self-written, hard rock/pop album tracks.

The Sweet Fanny Adams album (first for the band who dropped The and called themselves SWEET) also featured compressed high-pitched backing vocal harmonies, which was a trend that continued on all of Sweet's albums. Sweet, and contemporary UK band Queen, were both recognised as one of the main exponents of high-pitched harmonies during the 1970s.

In 1975, Sweet went back into the studio to re-arrange and record a more pop oriented version of track "Fox On The Run", which originally appeared on the 1974 Desolation Boulevard LP. Sweet's first self-written and produced single, "Fox On The Run" (March, 1975) was released worldwide and instantly became their biggest selling hit, reaching number one in Germany and Australia, number two in Great Britain and the Netherlands and number five in the U.S.A. (1976 release). The following single issue, "Action" (July, 1975) peaked at UK #15 (Since 1975, all subsequent RCA and Polydor single releases were now referred to as simply Sweet).

Now confident in their own songwriting and production abilities, Sweet spent the latter half of 1975 in Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany, where they recorded the Give Us A Wink album with German sound engineer Reinhold Mack (aka Mack), who later recorded with Electric Light Orchestra and Queen.

January 1976 saw the release of "The Lies In Your Eyes". This single was not very successful around the world, except parts of Europe and Australia. As a result of its success, Australia was the only country to get the follow up single "4th Of July". The follow-up single was the world-wide release of "Lost Angels". This single was only popular in Germany. "Give Us A Wink", Sweet's first fully produced and written LP was released in March 1976.

Between October 1976 and January 1977, Sweet wrote and recorded new material at Kingsway Recorders and Audio International London studios for their next album. In April 1977, Off The Record was released, which was Sweet's final RCA album release. The first single from the album, "Fever of Love", represented the band heading in a somewhat more Europop hard rock direction. On this album, Sweet again worked with Give Us A Wink engineer Louie Austin, who would later engineer Def Leppard's On Through The Night 1980 debut album.

The 1976 and 1977 years featured Sweet as a more album oriented, glam metal act. Albums such as Give Us a Wink and Off the Record were undoubtedly Sweet's heaviest studio albums. Indeed, U.S. Top 20 chart entry "Action" was the group's hardest rocking hit single. "Stairway To The Stars" was Sweet's final single release for RCA.

In 1985, Andy Scott and Mick Tucker re-formed Sweet with various new vocalists and bass players, the most notable being a 1986 reunion featuring Paul Mario Day (the first singer of Iron Maiden), keyboardist Phil Lanzon, and bass player Malcolm McNulty. Steve Priest was asked to join Tucker and Scott for the 1985 Australian tour, but declined at the last moment. Vocalist and bass player Jeff Brown joined in 1988. In 1991, Mick Tucker departed due to ill health, leaving Andy Scott as the only original member. After Tucker's departure, Andy Scott changed the band's name to 'Andy Scott's Sweet'. In 2003, Tony O'Hora replaced Jeff Brown as lead vocalist. As of 2006, the line-up consists of Andy Scott, Bruce Bisland, and Steve Grant.

In 1988, Connolly, Scott, Priest, and Tucker briefly reformed to record music for the first time in nine years. Some reworked studio versions of "Action", and "Ballroom Blitz", were recorded in Los Angeles. However, Connolly's vocals were deemed unsatisfactory by the three other group members, hence the reunion was brief. (After a mugging/beating in which his assailant(s) repeatedly kicked him in the throat, Connolly's voice never really recovered, and he was unable to sing with the strength and purity he'd had on early-to-mid-70s Sweet music.)

In 1990, all four members were again re-united for the promotion of a video music documentary, titled "Sweet's Ballroom Blitz". This UK release, which contained UK television performances from the 1970s, including current-day interviews, was released at Tower Records, London.

Brian Francis [McManus] Connolly died from liver failure and repeated heart attacks February 9, 1997, aged 51, having been content in his final years to appear in retrospective documentaries demonstrating the damage he had inflicted upon himself. He was cremated after a ceremony at Most Holy Name Roman Catholic Church at Old Mill Lane, Denham, Buckinghamshire and his ashes were scattered over the water by his adult daughters Nicola and Michelle. He also left an ex-wife, Marilyn, and a two-year-old son called Brian Junior (BJ) by his girlfriend Jean.

Michael Tomas (Mick) Tucker died February 14, 2002 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire from leukaemia, aged 54; his funeral took place February 25, 2002. He is buried in an un-named grave in Chorleywood House cemetery. The location is 51 deg 39.644 minutes North, 0 degrees 30.330 minutes West (WGS84). It is marked by a sleeping angel. A wooden bench with a brass plaque funded by fans as a dedication to Mick is also positioned in the grave's vicinity. He left behind a widow, Julie, and a daughter Ayston. According to Steve Priest: "He was the most underrated drummer that ever came out of England. He was the powerhouse of the band. He was technically marvellous. His timing was impeccable, but he had a lot of soul as well and he really felt what he was playing."

At least one of Sweet's two remaining members is still active in the music industry. Andy Scott currently continues to tour as 'Andy Scott's Sweet'. February 2006 saw the release of a new Suzi Quatro album, "Back To The Drive", which was produced by Andy Scott. March 2006 saw the US release of a new AS Sweet album, "Sweetlife" from 2003. In October 2006, Scott staged a performance of AS Sweet to help save his home town football team, which was experiencing serious financial difficulty.

Steve Priest resides with his family in Los Angeles, CA. He has published his autobiography "Are You Ready Steve?" which was a raw expose of his time with Sweet and in 2006 released "Priest's Precious Poems", a CD of tracks largely comprised of his more recent material.

Rock on!

From bubblegum pop to glamrock.......2005-04-09

Sweet was one of the most successful UK bands of the 1970s. They started out with Funny Funny in 1971, a singalong vocal pop hit and that same year they had another huge success with the clever pop song Coco, a song about a monkey, with sweet hooks and gorgeous harmonies.

As the 1970s progressed, their sound evolved into a type of bubblegum metal, power pop or glamrock, as on the brilliant Blockbuster, Hell Raiser and Ballroom Blitz. The very best tracks are the aforementioned, plus the amazing Fox On The Run.

Not everything is great here, since Poppa Joe, Alexander Graham Bell, Little Willy and Wig Wam Bam are disposable and lightweight pop. But their 1978 hit Love Is Like Oxygen is much more mature, a type of tuneful hard rock.

The album includes some of their best album tracks like Restless, Set Me Free and Burn On The Flame, that display Sweet's more serious hard rock side. Overall a very enjoyable mix of vocal and hard edged pop plus some serious glam rock excursions.

Loud glam-rock music of the seventies.......2005-03-21

With a style that mixed lightweight, teenybopper music with heavy metal (a strange mix, indeed), Sweet ultimately ended up falling between the two, not pleasing anybody from either camp. Before that, they scored a string of UK hits including a number one (Blockbuster) and five number twos (Co-co, Hell raiser, Ballroom blitz, Teenage rampage, Fox on the run). Note that Fox on the run is an original song, not a cover of Manfred Mann's song. Little Willy and Wig-wam-bam both made number four in the UK. Their last major hit, Love is like oxygen, made the top ten in Britain and America - it actually did slightly better in America than Britain.

All seventeen of the Sweet's UK hits (including the minor hits) are here together with three album tracks that illustrate what Sweet wanted to do with their music. Having had their career controlled others (the production team of Chinn and Chapman), they cut loose on titles such as Restless and Set me free.

This is the definitive Sweet hits compilation. If you enjoy British glam-rock of the early seventies with a hard edge, you are likely to enjoy Sweet's music.

Eight to the Bar: The Very Best of Will Bradley

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Eight to the Bar: The Very Best of Will Bradley
Will Bradley
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000B2WJW4
Release Date: 2005-11-15

Tracks:

Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar), Pt. 1
Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar), Pt. 2
There I Go
As Long as I Live
I'm Tired of Waiting for You
Love Nest
Prairieland Lullaby
(What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry
Bounce Me Brother with a Solid Four
High on a Windy Hill
Hallelujah!
Celery Stalks at Midnight
Break It to Me Gently
Lonesome Road
Mean to Me
Flying Home
Down the Road a Piece - Will Bradley
Scrub Me Mama (With a Boogie Beat)
Think of Me (Theme Song)
Call Me a Taxi

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The Very Best of Barbara Hendricks

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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Barbara Hendricks - Artist of Life
The Very Best of Régine Crespin
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The Very Best of Lucia Popp

ASIN: B0006VYEM8
Release Date: 2005-04-26

Tracks:

Un Bel Di Vedremo
O Mio Babbino Caro
Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana
Ecco: Respiro Appena. Io Son L'Umile Ancella
C'est Des Contrebandiers...Je Dis Que Rien Ne M'Epouvante
Pie Jesu
Et Incarnatus Est
Ave Maria
Sanctus
Panis Angelicus
Ave Maria
Inflammatus Et Accensus
Kaddish 2
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
Deep River
Joshua Fit De Battle Ob Jericho
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

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Dans Un Bois Solitaire
Die Forelle
Gretchen Am Spinnrade
An Sylvia
Standchen
Lachen Und Weinen
Heidenroslein
Standchen
Wiegenlied
Morgen
Zueignung
Jeg Elsker Dig
Gruss
Apres Un Reve
Clair De Lune
I. C'est L'Extase Langoureuse
II. Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur
L'Invitation Au Voyage
Les Filles De Cadix
Reverie
Le Rossignol Des Lilas
Si Mis Vers Avaient Des Ailes
Plaisir D'Amour
Vocalise En Forme De Habanera
Aria
Vilja-Lied

Album Description

Details TBA. EMI. 2005.

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Superhits: 1966 (Time Life Music)
Bobby Hebb , Bob Lind , The Mindbenders , The Happenings , The New Vaudeville Band , The Seekers , B.J. Thomas and the Triumphs , Petula Clark , Dusty Springfield , and Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Manufacturer: Time Life Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000SY0MPQ

Product Description

SONG LIST :1. California Dreamin - The Mamas & Papas 2. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys 3. Sunny - Bobby Herb 4. DayDream - The Lovin' Spoonful 5. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind 6. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield 7. A Groovy Kind of Love - The Mindbenders 8. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Cher 9. See You in September - The Happenings 10. Message to Michael - Dionne Warwick 11. When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge 12. You Can't Hurry Love - The Surpremes 13. I'm a Believer - The Monkees 14. Sweet Talkin' Guy - The Chiffons 15. Cherish - The Associations 16. She's Just My Style - Gary Lewis & the Playboys 17. You Didn't Have to Be So Nice - The Lovin' Spoonful 18. Georgy Girl - The Seekers 19. Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band 20. My Love - Petula Clark 21. (You're My) Soul and Inspiration - The Righteous Brothers 22. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - B.J.Thomas

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Make room for the songstress!
Better track listing than the US release

Sweet Love: Very Best of
Anita Baker
Manufacturer: Wea International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

R&B | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000066RIM
Release Date: 2002-06-11

Album Details

18 Song Collection that Differs from Similar Issue in the Us in that the Songs "Rhythm of Love" and "Soul Inspiration" Are Included Here.

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Make room for the songstress!.......2003-02-11

Anita Baker hit the big time just about as Whitney and Janet did.
But her approach to it was classier than both the other two.
Anita is more soulful, some kind of an evolution of Ella or Sarah Vaughan.
This as far as my dad opinion goes...after listening to RHYTHM OF LOVE and FAIRYTALES.
This compilation is nice, tracking down all of the singles she released so far and some nice non-single tracks.
SWEET LOVE and GIVING YOU THE BEST THAT I'VE GOT are good to set the moods right for love.
NO ONE IN THE WORLD and JUST BECAUSE, SAME OLE LOVE and CAUGHT UP IN THE RAPTURE are frizzy.
WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE displays James Ingram in top form duetting with her on a David Foster-produced track, while Rick Nowels makes good in writing BODY AND SOUL.
But over all is Michael Powell's touch you can feel all over these works.
And i like it.
Just a quick note off the record..i bought this album here in Italy and the coverart is nothing like the one shown here, it is the same as the US version, plus all the tracks have been digitally remastered..and a coupla of extra songs here.
So if you're a fan, i'd say go for this one album to buy!

Better track listing than the US release.......2002-08-27

Although this collection doesn't follow chronological order like the US release, I still prefer it because it contains one hit that was not included on the US version, "Soul Inspiration." It also includes "When You Love Someone" (a duet with James Ingram) and "Good Enough," one of the best tracks from GIVING YOU THE BEST THAT I'VE GOT.

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Song Titles

A Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl

Manufacturer: MCA Special Products
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000A42BP8

Product Description

Contains 22 of Teresa Brewer's classic hits.

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Song Titles.......2007-04-21

1. (Put Another Nickel In) Music! Music! Music!
2. 'Till I Waltz Again With You
3. Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)
4. Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay)
5. A Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl
6. Jilted
7. Let Me Go, Lover!
8. Mutual Admiration Society
9. The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)
10. Bo Weevil
11. A Tear Fell
12. Mockin' Bird Hill
13. Anymore
14. Your Cheatin' Heart
15. The Hula Hoop Song
16. Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now
17. The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)
18. Heavenly Lover (Al Chiar Di Luna Porto Fortuna)
19. Sing Sing Sing
20. Empty Arms
21. Milord
22. I Love Micky (With Mickey Mantle)

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Sweet examples of 70's singles excellence!

Ballroom Hitz: The Very Best of Sweet
The Sweet
Manufacturer: Polygram
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Bubblegum | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

Classic Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000749B
Release Date: 1996-01-08

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Sweet examples of 70's singles excellence!.......2000-04-15

One of my favourite bands from the 70's, The Sweet were the quintessential British singles act, raking up something in the area of 15 U.K. Top Twenty hits - all of them assembled here - within 5-6 years. They, however, came up somewhat short in the album department, and, incredibly, only ever spent about a month on the British album chart. Having recorded for 2 or 3 different labels during their prime, it has been difficicult to get all their hits on one CD, but here they all are - from the silly, early Bubblegum hits of "Funny Funny" and "Alexander Graham Bell" to the later Rock lite classics of "Fox On The Run" and "Love Is Like Oxygen" (the latter two, impressively, both U.S. Top 10 successes) via their very best mid-carreer material a la the much-sampled "Blockbuster" and "The Ballroom Blitz". That said, this is the only Sweet collection anyone'll ever need to own...

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1. Blockbuster
2. Hell Raiser
3. Ballroom Blitz
4. Teenage Rampage
5. Co-Co
6. Six Teens
7. Love Is Like Oxygen
8. Poppa Joe
9. Funny Funny
10. Turn It Down
11. Alexander Graham Bell
12. Lies in Your Eyes
13. Action
14. Sweet & Foxy 98 Dance Mix
15. Little Willy
16. Wig-Wam Bam
17. Fox on the Run
18. Restless [*]
19. Set Me Free [*]
20. Burn on the Flame [*]