Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers: The Complete Recordings [Box set, Import]

Frankie Lymon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1994
• Number of Discs: 5
• 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: B000024DX7
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #565,755 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Why Do Fools Fall in Love?

2. Please Be Mine

3. Love Is a Clown

4. Am I Fooling Myself Again

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. I Promise to Remember [Alternate Take]

2. Share [Alternate Take]

3. Fortunate Fellow

4. Lost Without Your Love

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Goody Goody

2. The Only Way to Love

3. Miracle in the Rain

4. Yours

See all 30 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Footsteps

2. That's the Way Love Goes

3. Wake Up Little Susie

4. Short Fat Fannie

See all 30 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5

1. Since the Beginning of Time

2. Pardon Me Please

3. The Magic Song

4. A Kiss from Your Lips

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Underappreciated Classics, June 11, 2006

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Jason A. Clay "Phantom Mode, Inc." (Long Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers: The Complete Recordings (Audio CD)

All are familiar with the Teenagers early works, and though there is considerable speculaton about who actually penned their first hit ("Why Do Fools Fall in Love"), it was clear early on that the star of this group was Frankie Lymon...unquestionably. Much like Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and even Steve Perry; they may not have been founding members of their respective groups, but were the marketable focal points nonetheless.

This may be the most compreshensive collection of the works of Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers ever released, and it contains literally ALL the hits and flops of Frankie and the Teenagers (including the Frankie-less "Flip Flop"). It saddens me to think of the lost potential that could have been realized had Frankie lived on, and this is where Discs 4 and 5 are so critical. These discs in particular are the indicators of what could have been. On tracks like "Change Partners", "Teacher, Teacher", and and "Somewhere", it is clear Frankie has an understanding of a lyric and gives a smooth delivery on pop standards; and could easily have given Sam Cooke or Marvin Gaye a run for their money on the R&B grooves. Don't wait on this one...I may even get two!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers: The Complete Recordings, June 27, 2010

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CARL DIDONATO (Hamilton, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers: The Complete Recordings (Audio CD)

Phenomenal! This set shows the versality of Frankie Lymon's musical choices - from Broadway to Folk to Pop which include Johnny Mercer(Goody-Goody lyrics) Leonard Bernstein, Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, etc., etc. - not like today's so-called "artists" who can't sing or attempt to sing their own horrid originals that no one else can or would sing. Too bad he passed so young. Frankie's phrasing, incredible articulation, and at times pathos put most adult pop singers past and present to shame. Listen to "It's Christmas Once Again" - unbelievable - his ever pure Silent Night to name a few. He could sing the damn telephone book and blow your mind. And why did the Germans have to produce this and not the Americans? Anyway, DON'T MISS THIS ONE.