Customer Reviews

Beach Music Anthology

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I ordered this wonderful CD with a few "favorites" in mind. When the CD came, however, some of the songs listed on the website were not on the box cover. For instance, Disc 1 is supposed to have "With This Ring"-Platters and Disc 2 is supposed to have "Something Old, Something New"-Fantastics". They aren't event on the discs at all. "Ms. Grace" - Tymes now appears on Disc 2. If you order this, before opening the packaging, check and see if the songs you are expecting are there. I wish I had....

You are there at the Boardwalk with the waves and the sun. By far the best collection of true beach music that can be found.Get it and spend hours of fun over and over.

The best! The best! There is no way to describe the hours of listening pleasure one can get from this anthology! From the first hit to the last, from famous to hidden treasures...this anthology takes you to the Pad, the Boardwalk, Fat Harold's, Ocean Drive, Cherry Grove, and The Beach Club. The Fat Boy sings his heart out and the Professor Blues Band makes you want to meet 'em with yo Black Drawers On! The best! The best! The best! I've lived it! I know!

This is a great collection of music from the folks in South Carolina, home of Carolina Beach Music. The box set is worth every penny you pay but all the songs that the package listing shows are not on the discs. It also should be noted that many of these recordings are needle drops and have a lot of compression added. If you're a beach music fan you're sure to like, but if you are thinking that everything is as listed, it's not.

This is a fantastic album. Hours of listening pleasure

Complete Track List
Disc One
1 Embers/I Love Beach Music - 3:01
2 Fantastic Shakers/Myrtle Beach Days - 2:53
3 Band of Oz/Ocean Boulevard - 2:59
4 Catalinas/Summertime's Calling Me - 3:06
5 Billy Scott & Georgia Prophets/I Got The Fever - 2:52
6 Lloyd Price/Stagger Lee - 2:19
7 Maurice Williams & Zodiacs/May I - 2:16
8 Bob & Earl/Harlem Shuffle - 3:01
9 Wilbert Harrison/Kansas City - 2:23
10 Gary Bass & EBS Allstars/Soothe Me - 3:03
11 Barbara Lewis/Hello Stranger - 2:42
12 Esquires/Get On Up - 2:18
13 Jerry Butler/He Will Break Your Heart - 2:45
14 Gene Chandler/Duke of Earl - 2:23
15 Mel & Time/Backfield in Motion - 2:31
16 Betty Everette/Shoop Shoop (It's In His Kiss) - 2:12
17 Deon Jackson/Love Makes The World Go 'Round - 2:26
18 Robert Knight/Everlasting Love - 2:55
19 Winstons/Color Him Father - 3:02
20 Jerry Butler & Impressions/For Your Precious Love - 2:41
21 Monzas/Key I Know You - 2:39
22 Tams/Tams Medley - 3:13

Disc Two
1 Billy Stewart/I Do Love You - 2:57
2 Bobby Moore & Rhythm Aces/Searching For My Love - 2:28
3 Tony Clarke/The Entertainer - 2:29
4 Radiants/Ain't No Big Thing - 2:53
5 Etta James/Tell Mama - 2:18
6 Dells/There Is - 3:28
7 Fontella Bass/Rescue Me - 2:48
8 Billy Stewart/Fat Boy - 2:30
9 Cash McCall/That Lucky Old Sun - 2:53
10 Etta James/Pushover - 2:48
11 Radiants/Voice Your Choice - 2:30
12 Dells/Wear It On Our Face - 3:19
13 Billy Stewart/Summertime - 4:12
14 Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure/You'll Miss Me (When I'm Gone) - 2:27
15 Billy Stewart/Sitting In The Park - 3:14
16 Arthur Alexander/Anna (Go To Him) - 2:46
17 Jewell & The Rubies/Kidnapper - 2:46
18 Bob Meyer & Rivieras/Behold - 2:27
19 Embers/Far Away Places - 2:47
20 Intrigues/In A Moment - 2:45
21 Bill Deal & Rhondels/I've Been Hurt - 2:07
22 Ernie K-Doe/Te-Ta-Te-Ta-TA - 2:35
23 Rockin' Louie & Mamma Jammers/Club Savoy - 3:18

Disc Three
1 Tymes/Miss Grace - 3:05
2 Drifters/Little Red Book - 3:12
3 Maurice Williams & Zodiacs/Stay - 1:32
4 Little Anthony & Imperials/Goin' Out Of My Head - 2:15
5 Jerry Butler/I Dig You Baby - 2:38
6 Poets/She Blew A Good Thing - 2:43
7 Tams/Concrete Jungle - 2:18
8 Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose/Treat Her Like A Lady - 2:39
9 Classics IV/Traces - 2:42
10 Tavares/It Only Takes A MInute - 3:55
11 Sheena Easton/Morning Train (Nine To Five) - 3:16
12 Willie Mitchell/20-75 - 2:11
13 Shalamar/Second Time Around - 4:24
14 Band/Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes - 4:18
15 Clovers/Pennies From Heaven - 2:28
16 Mighty Clouds Of Joy/Mighty High - 3:30
17 Billy Ward & Dominoes/To Each His Own - 2:10
18 Amos Milburn/One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer - 2:51
19 B.B. King/Beautician Blues - 1:56
20 Peppermint Harris/I Got Loaded - 2:25
21 Calvin Boze & His All Stars/Safronia B - 2:19
22 Amos Milburn/Check Shack Boogie - 2:30

Disc Four
1 Band Of Oz/Over The Rainbow - 2:46
2 Embers/Brenda - 4:02
3 General Johnson & Chairmen of the Board/Carolina Girls - 3:17
4 Showmen/39-21-46 - 2:54
5 Globetrotters/Rainy Day Bells - 3:00
6 O'Kaysions/Girl Watcher - 2:33
7 Foundations/Build Me Up Buttercup - 2:51
8 Swinging Medallions/Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) - 2:17
9 Bill Pinkney & Original Drifters/Gonna Move Across The River - 3:09
10 Showmen/It Will Stand - 2:16
11 Bill Deal & Rhondels/What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am) - 2:12
12 Corsairs/Smoky Places - 2:56
13 Barbara Lewis/Baby I'm Yours - 2:28
14 Benny Spellman/Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette) - 2:20
15 Clifford Curry/She Shot A Hole In My Soul - 2:19
16 Billy Scott & Georgia Prophets/California - 2:28
17 Tams/Too Much Foolin' Around - 2:24
18 Barbara Lewis/Think A Little Sugar - 2:14
19 Ernie K-Doe/Mother-In-Law - 2:31
20 Patty & Emblems/Mixed Up Shook Up Girl - 2:02
21 Bob Collins & Fabulous Five/If I Didn't Have A Dime - 2:18
22 Clovers/Drive It Home - 3:50
23 Professor's Blues Review/Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On - 4:33

This CD set is by far the most comprehensive collection of East Coast beach music to be found today. There is a song for every audience in this box set. As a mobile DJ service we recommend it for every music library.

This set is incredible. We have worn out disc#1. Some great shaggin music. Missing an all time favorite - Under the Boardwalk!

This box set simply does not come close to the quality we expect of oldies on CDs nowadays. Especially because reissues that are remastered with care, from original master tapes, can sound so great. In terms of audio quality, then, this box set is out of date. It is mediocre sound quality at best. I work as a mobile DJ and when I play a track from this box over my professional sound system, there is a noticeable drop-off in quality compared to the vast majority of my other "oldies" CDs!!! If you're just listening to it through a "boom box" or other cheap stereo system, however, you might not notice as much of a difference.

CS's were in excellent shape and arrived in
a timely manner. Packaged well too.