Forever Gold [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

The Platters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 3, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: St. Clair Entertainment
• ASIN: B00000JFQ9
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #562,514 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Great Pretender

2. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

3. Only You (And You Alone)

4. The Wonder of You

5. My Prayer

6. Twilight Time

7. lt Isn't Right

8. You'll Never, Never Know

9. With This Ring

10. Harbor Lights

11. Red Sails in the Sunset

12. I'm Sorry

13. (You've Got) The Magic Touch

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Original Recordings!, June 5, 2001

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"cpg132" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forever Gold (Audio CD)

I knew the price was too good to be true. The tracks on this CD are by the Platters but they were recently re-recorded. And while this is one vocal group whose voices have held up quite well over the years the keys of several of the songs had to be lowered to accommodate the singers aging vocal cords. The production quality of the tracks is nowhere near as good as the original classic recordings. And it seems the overall sound levels were recorded extremely low. Maybe in an effort to conceal the poor recording quality. If Amazon had revealed that these were not the original recordings I wouldn't have purchased the CD even at the extraordinary price. I think this is an important detail to leave off of the album description. The only reason I give it three stars is because of the Platters' voices. As I said, they have held up quite well but honestly they don't really hold up to the original recordings which are, unquestionably, classics. If you're on a tight budget and can't afford the originals then you can't go wrong with the price and you'll get a taste of what the originals are like. But if the music is more important then the price seek out the originals and make sure they *are* the original recordings. Cameron

2.0 out of 5 stars NOT ORIGINAL GROUP, November 27, 2010

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Thomas Kent "FILMMAKER" (MUSIC CITY, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forever Gold (Audio CD)

The original Platters were no longer singing together after 1970. After that time the group was most times performing under the name of The Buck Ram Platters. Not sure who is singing on these recordings.