Backstage/Golden Hits of Cher [Import, Original recording remastered]

Cher | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 28, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Bgo
• ASIN: B000PGTHWG
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,646 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Go Now

2. Carnival (Manha de Carnaval) (Canción de Orfeo)

3. It All Adds Up Now

4. Reason to Believe

5. Masters of War

6. Do You Believe in Magic

7. I Wasn't Ready

8. A House Is Not a Home

9. Take Me for a Little While

10. The Impossible Dream (The Quest)

11. The Click Song

12. Song Called Children

13. All I Really Want to Do

14. Sunny

15. Alfie

16. Come and Stay with Me

17. I Feel Something in the Air

18. Where Do You Go

19. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

20. The Bells of Rhymney

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2007 digitally remastered two-fer featuring a double dose of Cher on one shiny disc. Backstage was originally released in 1968 and was her final album fro Liberty Records. Golden Hits is a fine round up of her early solo hits including 'Bang Bang' and 'All I Really Want To Do'. Comes housed in a slipcase and features extensive liner notes. BGO.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally It's Here....But Could Have Been Better, June 28, 2007

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ibekeen (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Backstage/Golden Hits of Cher (Audio CD)

Finally, the last Cher album for Imperial records makes its CD debut! Most of the songs have never been officially released on compact disc. The disc is in Stereo and sounds great with very little use of "no noise" tweaking.

However, don't be fooled by "Golden Greats". The track listing on this compact disc is different than the original US album. Missing are (1) Needles and Pins, (2) Dream Baby, (3) Elusive Butterfly, and (4) Take Me For a Little While. The last song would have repeated since it is already on "Backstage". Added to replace the four missing tracks are (1) I Feel Something In the Air, (2) The Bells of Rhymney, (3) Until It's Time For You To Go, and (4) Mama, When My Dollies Have Babies.

What BGO should have done was add the two B-side only tracks from her Imperial catalog: (1) She's No Better Than Me and (2) I'm Gonna Love You. Then, their Cher reissue campaign would have been complete!

Why Oh Why do the record companies never contact us fans?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cher Backstage completes Imperial Library, June 17, 2007

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Ward J. Lamb (slate hill, new york United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Backstage/Golden Hits of Cher (Audio CD)

This last Imperial(liberty) recording of Cher's last efforts for her first solo label is welcome indeed. It also shows Cher in the sparse arrangements of Harold Battiste ,famed New Orleans musician arranger and all around great musician- man. Cher is way upfront and clear- with an array of songs that were well chosen for her voice.There is a open and free quality to her voice,and Cher is comfortable in various music styles.This reissue is remastered and Cher is presented in the best light possible for these recordings.
Some of these arrangements are great. "Masters of war" a Dylan classic gets a vital and eerie Cher reading,and the Battiste arrangement sets the mood.Cher may challenge the new listener with the Swahili song,(Click song number 1 Marien Makeba). Dr. Johns' "I wasn't ready " has a nice easy rolling mature Cher reading.She is romantic and warm,and earthy,and loose.
Her reading of Bacharach/David "A house is not a home" may be it's most heart felt and emotionally affective reading.The arrangement is better than the Bono arrangement on "Alfie".It does not detract from the lovely vocal. Cher has a way of conveying pathos with conviction and tonal color.
As a Cher fan and collector this cd is a welcome addition to the Cher's library,and has the sonic fidelity I was hoping for.
The 2nd part of the cd is hardly impossible to find, but welcome. It reminds us of some of Cher's greatest folk folk gems.The best of the lot is "Where do you go" a pathos ridden teen anthem,"Bang Bang, (my baby shot me down) which is the original hit and the definitive version of arguably Sonny's greatest writing. Cher here is the moody internal Cher that her first legion of young fans loved. This collection may introduce a whole mass of younger fans to collect the BGO series of the first wave of Cher lps.Thanks BGO !
I love these songs,and this two for one collection is very pleasurable.

5.0 out of 5 stars Early Cher Albums, August 11, 2011

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M. F. Bruck - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Backstage/Golden Hits of Cher (Audio CD)

I had all the early Cher albums from the 1960's when I was a kid. Now I can listen to all of her 1960's albums again on CD, remastered and sounding just great. There are three remastered double CD's in all and they are a must for every Cher fan. The 60's albums were unlike the music she records today, they were folk/pop type albums, but her voice was terrific and you'll find some real gems here.