5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Top 40 collection from 1967, September 4, 2007
This review is from: 1967 Am Gold (Audio CD)
I don't usually review compilations. Too many variables. However, this excellent collection seems to have been sold short by a previous reviewer . . . so here's my take.
This playlist lives up to its name - AM Gold. If you want the B side of Vanilla Fudge 45's, or need to hear Jimi Henrix played backwards, this is not for you (are you listening, oh Gourmet of Alternative Rock?). Classic Schmassic.
I highly recommend this CD for us late middle agers that grew up on AM Top 40. My advice after purchase: DO NOT even look at the song list. Just put in the CD and be ready for some very pleasant surprises. Wonderful stuff. And it sounds even better now than the ecstasy of back when I heard it the first time via the single blown out speaker in my Plymouth. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Cream of the Pop from 1967, July 10, 2007
This review is from: 1967 Am Gold (Audio CD)
Time/Life has another series that covers the late Sixties much better than this one called Classic Rock. In that series there are four 1967 compilations: 1967, 1967 Blowin in the Wind, 1967 Shakin' All Over, and 1967 Blowin' Your Mind. All of them are better than 1967 AM GOLD, which focuses on the AM hits, but it does have songs the Classic Rock CDs do not include and that makes it worth seeking out for those of us who cherish our memories of the Sixties.
The Classic Rock CDs include many of the more important songs, mostly album cuts, the hits that have survived the test of time and are what we now call "Classic Rock." Nineteen Sixty-Seven was the beginning of the transition from AM to FM radio and music revolution was well underway.
As a baby boomer, I bought this release because it included a lot of the radio tunes that I never purchased back in the day, and wouldn't want to buy now on 20 different crappy CDs. However, there are half-a-dozen songs that I want to include on my own compilation 1967 CD-Rs... In retrospect, as primarily a Stones, Hendrix, Doors and Zep fan, these AM friendly songs sound a lot better from the distance of 40 years! And, it goes without saying, kick the crap out of the drek they play on 'today's' AM/FM radio.
John
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