48 Original Tracks [Import, Original recording remastered]

Olivia Newton-John | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 12, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B000005RQN
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #132,634 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Love Song

2. Banks Of The Ohio

3. Me And Bobby McGee

4. If Not For You

5. Help Me Make It Through The Night

6. If You Could Read My Mind

7. In A Station

8. Where Are You Going To My Love

9. Lullaby

10. No Regrets

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. My Old Man's Got A Gun

2. Maybe Then I'll Think Of You

3. Amoureuse

4. Take Me Home Country Roads

5. I Love You, I Honestly Love You

6. Music Makes My Day

7. Heartbreaker

8. Leaving

9. You Ain't Got The Right

10. Feeling Best

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

1994 release on EMI, a double disc set with 48 of her best,1971-1975, all digitally remastered. Housed in a doublejewelcase with an eight page booklet of text and black &white photos, it features five of early top 40 hits,including the #1 smashes 'I Hones

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'll always have room for it in my collection., October 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 48 Original Tracks (Audio CD)

Why didn't MCA Records put out something like this. 48 of Olivia Newton-John's best early songs. This 2 record set contains all her biggest hits from the period "I Honestly Love You", "Let Me Be There", "If You Love Me", "Please Mr. Please", "If Not For You", "Have You Never Be Mellow", "What Is Life", "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and so many more. It takes a long time to get through each disc but that's alright, it's better to have all the songs, then cut out good ones. Her version of "Angel Of The Morning" is gorgeous, "If" is a beautiful love song, "Country Girl" is fantastic. She turns in breath taking performances on "The Air That I Breathe", "Everything I Own", and basically on every track. "My Old Man's Got A Gun" is clever, "Amoureuse" is intriging, "Hands Across The Sea" is well done. Disc One is sensationally chronicled including all of IF NOT FOR YOU, most of OLIVIA, and a few songs not otherwise available. Disc Two has most of LET ME BE THERE, and a few other songs, but it gets spotty when chronicling LONG LIVE LOVE, and HAVE YOU EVER BEEN MELLOW, even though it has the major and minor hits it misses some good album tracks. 48 ORIGINAL TRACKS is an amazing collection, it's to bad that MCA doesn't put something out like this in local record stores, or better yet her original albums.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An EXCELLENT portrait of Olivia's abounds of songs..., January 13, 2004

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A 19 year old preppy,Abercrombie & Fitch boy ... - See all my reviews

This review is from: 48 Original Tracks (Audio CD)

This album portrays the talent that the sexy, gorgeous country/pop superstar had in her early years--the early 1970's. There are many songs out there that Olivia had hits with before her pre-Grease and Xanadu days (Although, I feel "Xanadu" is an overlooked gem, despite the fact that movie was FLOP and the soundtrack shot up the charts)!
As I am only 19 years old, I am a fan of Olivia Newton-John. I feel proud to say I am. Many of my friends wonder why I listen to this kind of music (IT is good!) and much to their chagrin, I am not going to change. I grew up listening to her old records--which i had acquired from my mom and other relatives--especially her 1975 realease "Have You Never Been Mellow," "Greatest Hits" "Grease" and "Greatest Hits, VOL. 2"
I first got 48 Original Tracks as a Birthday gift back in 1999. This, at the time, before I had acess to the internet was my only source for finding her early songs such as the following: "Let Me Be There," "Loving Arms," "The Air That I Breathe" and many others as I only had them on vinyl! Although there are many songs on this album that I didnt know, after listening to them, one can not help but to grow fond of them or not like them at all--if you are a die hard Olivia fan like I am, one will enjoy the plethora of music contained on the two discs of this collection.
To hear Olivia sing Kris Kristofferson's "Me And Bobby McGee" and "Help Me Make It Through The Night" is awesome because, I believe and feel, that it adds Olivia to that long list of singers who have coverd Kristofferson's songs which is a plus for her. Despite the fact that Roger Miller, Lynn Anderson, Sammi Smith, and many others, Olivia ranks on the top of my list with her versions of "Help Me..." and "Me And...".
From 1974's "If You Love Me" LP, another old favorite of mine is here "You Ain't Got The Right." Although Dr. Hook--yes, Dr. Hook--wrote and performed the song, Olivia breaks another barrier by covering songs from another great 70's/80's band that had a totally different image than what she had.
Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind," Bread's "If" and "Everything I Own," George Harrison's "What Is Life," Juice Newton's (The origianl artist's name escapes me at the moment, I know it is Mary_____) "Angel Of the Morning," John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads," Dr. Hooks "You Aint Got The Right," The Hollies' "The Air That I Breathe," "Loving Arms," and Gerry Rafferty's "Mary Skeffington" have added to my collections of home made Greatest Hits of Olivia. These songs add Olivia's own interpretations and her country, yet soft pop sound to these songs. IT is a pleasure to put these tracks from the cd into my cd player and just listen for hours! Recently, I was asked by a aunt to put together a Olivia Newton-John greatest hits collection, so many of the songs that I have listed above, in addition to all those that appeared on her US release, "Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits" all appear on what I call my "pre-Grease Olivia!"
If you are still reading this, thank you! Excuse my grammar/convention errors as I am just spilling how I feel about one of the greatest female singers to have hit the charts!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What country is all about!, June 23, 2000

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Kristin Ann Doyle (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 48 Original Tracks (Audio CD)

Olivia's 48 Country Masters is best for a fan of very mellow, easy listening pop. If you're not a fan of these ganras, this collection is not for you. This is a great collection to just lay back, close your eyes and listen to great lyrics with a very soothing voice. The collection opens with "Love Song" which I foud to be beautiful and haunting. Alot of the songs on this collection are that way. She does wonderful renditions of "If You Could Read My Mind," "If," "Everything I Own," "If Not For You" and "The Air That I Breath." Her Classic recordings of "I Honestly Love You," "Let Me There," "Please Mr. Please," "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" and "Have You Never Been Mellow" are here as well. It really is a great collection! It might very well be one of the greatest collections ever assembled, because virtually every song is great. My favorites are "Love Song," "If You Could Read My Mind," "If I Gotta Leave," "If," "What Is Life," "Changes," "Everything I Own," "If We Only ave Love," "Amoureuse" and all her classics. If you get this collection, it will not dissapoint!