Four Platters & One Lovely Dish [Box set]

The Platters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 28, 1994)
• Original Release Date: March 21, 1994
• Format: Box set
• 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: B000001B1T
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #503,897 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

(9-CD LP-sized box set with 52-page book, 254 tracks) A long overdue set! The Platters sold more records, played more venues, and appeared in more films than any other vocal group of the time. They truly had the Magic Touch. By 1962, the Platters had placed an astonishing 35 songs on the American pop charts. The lead singer, Tony Williams, influenced an entire generation of singers - black and white. This is one of the most impressive legacies in black music. Virtually all of the Platters' classic recordings from 1955 to 1964 were made for one label, Mercury Records, and they're here complete for the first time. Titles include Only You, The Great Pretender, The Magic Touch, My Prayer, Harbour Lights, You'll Never Know, Twilight Time, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, I'm Sorry....more than 250 songs in all. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full Remix of most of Mercury Recordings, June 10, 2007

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JC Lequy "Audiophile" (Montreal Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Four Platters and One Lovely Dish (Audio CD)

A Wonderful Treasure of First Class, TOP Quality RE-mixes made in Germany from the ORIGINAL tapes...
Every time they found more than one track, they re-mixed it in full Stereo, in RICH Hi-Fi (High-Fidelity) sound...

Songs like "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" - The First and Original version - remixed in stereo with sounds and nuances like you've never heard it before (on a high-quality sound system, of course...)

Priceless jewels like "I'll get by", "What Does It Matter", "Orchids In The Moonlight", "Keep Me In Love", "Every Little Movement", "The Love of a Lifetime", "Love In Bloom", "That Old Feeling", "Heartbreak" that I've never seen listed anywhere on any other CD.

Ever heard "Twilight time" in Spanish, Latin American style?
I challenge you to decide which version is the best - Unbeatable.

"Ebb Tide" in Stereo? - Delightful.

"Harbour Lights" complete with its WHOLE intro WITHOUT the bells & "toot-toots"? - Refreshing.

A bit expensive but worth every penny.

To complete your collection, get "The Platters: The Complete King Recordings" for the complete Pre-Mercury era (1 CD).
And for a few jewels of the Post-Mercury (Musicor) era, like "The Wonder Of You" (1968-original version with full orchestra) that was made a huge hit by Elvis Presley in 1970, get "The Platters: 22 Gold".

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Total Collection, February 6, 2002

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Lorne Grosso (Rochester Mn.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Four Platters & One Lovely Dish (Audio CD)

I have 14 albums of the platters(vinyl) from 1956 to the present, and I did not know that so much other music existed. I do have several c.d.'s, but nothing as comprehensive as this cd. It is great to hear other music by Tony Williams. L.G.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "You can't get more Platters than this menu", February 15, 2008

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D'ASTE FRANCO "Franco" (Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Four Platters and One Lovely Dish (Audio CD)

Very good CD of "The Platters" and "The New Platters".
The only Platters for me are the first ones, the ones with Tony Williams, "the voice" of the group and one of the best 8 male voices ever in modern music.
Six CD's would have been enough but I must say that also the last ones, with Sonny replacing Tony are OK even if they don't get close to the ones with Tony. Tony can't be replaced, it becomes just another group. But no fear, 90/254 songs have Tony as lead singer.
The quality of the remastering is simply excellent, the very Best possible. I made a lot of comparisons and these CD's always have at least a bit more. A lot of the songs are in smooth clean STEREO, unbelievable considering the age
This is an unique collection that contains an important chapter of the history book of modern music.
Ciao,
Franco