Classic Collection [Import]

Petula Clark | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 8, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Import
• Label: Castle Pulse
• ASIN: B000024ROK
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,491 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Downtown

2. My Love

3. Who Am I?

4. I Know a Place

5. Don't Sleep in the Subway

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Disc: 2

1. This Is My Song

2. Sailor

3. Romeo

4. My Friend the Sea

5. I'm Counting on You

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Disc: 3

1. Groovy Kind of Love

2. Days

3. Black Coffee

4. Homeward Bound

5. Elusive Butterfly

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Disc: 4

1. Call Me

2. Just Say Goodbye

3. Heart

4. Life and Soul of the Party

5. There Goes My Love, There Goes My Life

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Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brava! - A Terrific Value, July 27, 2006

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This review is from: Classic Collection (Audio CD)

This is a stellar compilation of Miss Clark's greatest hits and then some. Very reasonable price for this 4 disc set. So reasonable in fact, that it made me hesitate to purchase at first. Was it going to be as good as it appeared on paper? The answer is a resounding Yes.

The song selection is a truly comprehensive overview of Miss Clark's pop career. All the U.S. Top 40 hits are here from "Downtown" to "Don't Give Up", including the sometimes hard to find "The Cat In The Window". What adds to this collection are the numerous additional songs which include her renditions of many of the hits songs of the day (1960s), songs which were hits in Europe but not the U.S. and some delightful numbers sung in French.

Despite my knowledge of Miss Clark's work, which I thought was rather extensive, I even found a number of songs new to me which have quickly become additional favorites. They include "Where Did We Go Wrong", "Days", "Just Say Goodbye" And "Life & Soul Of The Party".

A major concern of mine re inexpensive collections is the sound quality of the recordings. Well, never fear. At least to my ears, the sound quality here is excellent. Occasionally, these collections can sound thin or "tinny". Not so this one. The sound is as full as it can be expected to be for songs recorded more than 40 years ago.

At this price, with these songs, from this artist, sounding as good as it does it, you really can not go wrong with this.

May 21, 2008 Addendum: The price I paid for this box set was $17.97 in 1999. Truly a terrific bargain. Although the price has more than doubled since then, and it is not the bargain it once was, I still think this box set is worth it. I still listen to and enjoy these CDs. In fact, recently just burned many of the songs onto my computer so I can add them to my ipod.

January 15, 2009 Addendum: The price of this 4 disc package is now back to what I paid for it nearly ten years ago, making this once again a superb value.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Only Petula Clark Collection You'll Need, January 2, 2006

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Christopher M. MacNeil "Chris M" (Fort Wayne, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classic Collection (Audio CD)

Which is how concise, precise and incredible a collection this is. The lady who's been meshed into the "British Invasion" of U.S. 60's pop music swooned us through much of the decade with 15 Top 40 hits that included the Grammy-winning "Don't Sleep in the Subway" and other classics such as "Downtown," "This Is My Song," "Kiss Me Goodbye," "My Love," "A Sign of the Times" and "I Know A Place." But American producers of "Best Of" series never did Petula Clark justice, and the wrong was undone in 1997 by England's Castle Pulse studio. And here's its masterpiece: an 80-track compilation in four CD's that includes all the American hits and one gem after the other. Vols. 1 and 2 of the four discs are titled "The Singles" and Discs 3 and 4 "The Song Stylist." Nos. 1 and 2 unleash what they promise - the singles that catapulted this incredibly gifted lady into American stardom, and a few other hidden gems, one of them Ms. Clark's soulful and tuneful English version (titled "Sailor") of German singer Lolita's 1960 worldwide maga-hit, "Seeman." Vols. 3 and 4 give us what they promise: the lady's indominable style, incredibly conveyed in such "borrowed" hits as "Homeward Bound," "Elusive Butterfly" and "Let It Be Me." A buried jewel is the bilingual Ms. Clark's unleashing of a few French numbers, including "L'Amour Viendra," "Tu Reviendras Vers Ta Maison?" ("Am I That Easy to Forget?" a la Englebert Humperdinck) and "Qu'Est-Ce Qui Fait Courir Le Monde?" No one can easily argue that Petula Clark didn't write a chapter in American music at one of the field's most pivotal social turning points, and the lady's charms continue to mesmerize us. And, honestly, get this collection and every other "Best of Petula Clark" release isn't the "best of" compared to this, the one compilation that any music-lover and Petula Clark fan will ever need.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Original Recordings, Excellent sound, April 19, 2009

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Richard D. Reitzel "RR in Tucson" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classic Collection (Audio CD)

I was concerned that this set might offer later or "live" versions of these great pop hits-- or that the sound might be indifferent. I had not reason to worry. These are the original studio tracks, and the sound is excellent. An indispensible set.