20th Century Masters: The Best Of The Mamas & The Papas (Millennium Collection) [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Mamas & Papas, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection (Series)

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 1999)
• Original Release Date: March 23, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B00000I8LO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,720 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
The Mamas and the Papas blazed across the '60s folk-rock scene, scoring nine Top 40 hits in less than two years. So bright was their brief run that it earned them a berth in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. This set shows at least some of the reason why--there's the era-defining hit "California Dreamin'," plus other triumphs such as "Monday, Monday," "Words of Love," "Dedicated to the One I Love," and the autobiographical "Creeque Alley." Perplexingly, the 20th Century Masters set substitutes "Dancing Bear" for "Glad to Be Unhappy," which was a bigger hit. Then too, the set is skimpy compared to their previously released Greatest Hits, but it does win points for including two Cass Elliot solo hits, "Make Your Own Kind of Music" and "Dream a Little Dream of Me." --Daniel Durchholz

Product Description
The 20th Century Masters series is the best-selling single-artist line in music history and is being re-released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in its ground-breaking, environmentally-friendly packaging format. A first for the music industry, the standard package (both sleeve and tray) will be completely paper-recyclable, continuing the company's long-standing commitment to being "green."

To further reduce the amount of paper in the Eco-Pack, the CD booklet will no longer be offered. Official liner notes are easily accessible on the Internet at http://www.ilovethatsong.com/green.

UMe is the first North American music company to replace the traditional jewel case with recycled paperboard sleeves and the plastic tray with trays made from PaperFoam®, a new packaging technology from Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, that is paper-recyclable and biodegradable. Shorewood Packaging is the first North American packaging supplier to produce disc trays from PaperFoam®. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

43 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Instrumental very loud - vocal very soft, August 30, 1999

By A Customer

The first two songs on this cd are fine. After that, the instrutmental section is so loud that you can hardly hear the vocals. I found the same to be true on the cd of the Greatest Hits by the Mamas and Papas. Very disappointed!

38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 20th Century Masters - A Poor Series, August 7, 1999

By A Customer

Another in this awful series of CDs. The Mamas and Papas have better collections found elsewhere. This CD and every CD in this series is skimpy in terms of content and superfluous to each performer's catalog. Look elsewhere for better collections. This is not worth the money.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Addition to Your Library Unless You're a Completist, March 10, 2000

By	Yarby "yarby" (Medina, OH United States) - See all my reviews

If you only want an excellent sampling of this supergroup of the '60's, this is a fine, and economical addition to your library. It has all their most reknown songs, and, contrary to the other review, the sound is very good, albeit typical of the '60's sound. I feel that all of the "20th Century Masters" CD's are a good buy if you're only looking for a sampling of the represented artists. Sure, there are more thorough compilations, but they cost more too!