The Fifties - Complete [Box set, Import]

Pat Boone | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 28, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 12
• Format: Box set, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000024SQO
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #540,590 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

(12-CD LP-sized box set with 84-page hardcover book) He might not have been the King Of Rock 'n' Roll but Pat Boone was certainly King Of The Hit Parade during the rock 'n' roll era. He sung ballads with a beat and up-tempo pop tunes such as I'll Be Home, Don't Forbid Me, Love Letters In The Sand, Why Baby Why and I Almost Lost My Mind. Hits like this kept him in the charts every week from 1955-1959! This boxed set contains Pat's rare 1953 Republic recordings and every single DOT recording made during the Fifties - over 320 tracks in total. The original mono versions of Pat's hits (never reissued on CD before now) are here together with the more commonly used 1959 stereo re-makes. All of Pat's albums from the Fifties are here (most in stereo), and there's even an unissued album. There are 88 previously unheard recordings, including unissued versions of several big hits like Friendly Persuasion, Love Letters, A Wonderful Time Up There, Too Soon To Know and others. The set is rounded out with an 84-page hardcover LP-sized book with a biography, discography and numerous photographs from Pat's personal collection.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pat Boone takes his place among the Pop Music Greats, October 1, 1998

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[e-mail] (Hull , Ma. (USA)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fifties: Complete (12 Cds & Book) (Audio CD)

This 12 CD boxed set containing 347 songs - Pat Boone's entire 1950's recorded output - deserves an honest, openminded, and thorough examination. It's so easy these days to quickly dismiss Pat Boone, as so many have done, with hardly a listen beyond a few R&R cover songs which he recorded during his first year with dot records. These criticisms have been unduly harsh especially when viewed in the context of of 1955-1956 style Rock & Roll. During that time Pat Boone was called a Rock & Roll singer and was taken seriously as such. You may like or dislike Pat Boone's early R&R hits - 'TWO HEARTS', 'AINT THAT A SHAME', 'TUTTI FRUTTI',etc., but it is important to remember that those songs comprise but a very small part of his 1950's recorded output and demonstrate one side only of his amazing versatility. Certainly, on any voluminous, comprehensive collection not all the tracks are going to be "gems" and this anthology contains a few that don't shine so brightly. But, the vast majority of material here has so very much to recommend it. 'Exquisite' and 'Impeccable' are adjectives that do not exaggerate Pat's unaffected, natural, and totally wholehearted way with a song. Whether it's 'STARDUST', 'BEGIN THE BEGUINE', 'CHEEK TO CHEEK', 'YES INDEED', ST. LOUIS BLUES', 'MORE THAN YOU KNOW', - these, and countless others are all "done to perfection". The accolades that came Pat's way during the fifties included critical acclaim and raves from Sinatra, Crosby, Como and many other contemporaries and critics, alike. In an August 1957 interview with Red Robinson in Vancouver B.C. Elvis Presley said of Pat Boone, "The finest voice in music today". That, all by itself, says a lot. This Boxed Set has the potentiality of opening a lot of new eyes and maybe some closed eyes, as well.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Terrific, but ......................, July 25, 2002

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George Morr Jr (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fifties: Complete (12 Cds & Book) (Audio CD)

I am a life-long Pat Boone fan. The contents of this CD set, which span his early career, is a stroke of genius. It also allowed me to discard many vinyl albums of these songs.

My gripes are 1) why repeat certain songs several times throughout the set, and 2) why mix hymns and Christmas music within Pat's ballads?.

Over all, I do not regret purchasing this set and encourage other Pat Boone fans to do the same.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The essential Pat Boone, June 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Fifties: Complete (12 Cds & Book) (Audio CD)

I echo the sentiments of the other reviewers. A real nice bonus is an enclosed book filled with info on Pat including covering(recording someone elses songs i.e. Little Richard), recording data, a bio, and some great photos even one with his rival of the time, "Elvis". I too am brought back to the time of my high school years with fondness. JK