Good Morning Starshine: The Best of Oliver [Original recording remastered]

Oliver | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Taragon
• ASIN: B000B6H1Z0
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,017 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Good Morning Starshine (From The Broadway Musical "Hair")

2. Jean (From "The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie")

3. Sunday Mornin'

4. Angelica

5. Young Birds Fly

6. Buddy

7. Come Softly To Me by Blly 'N Sue (Oliver & Lesley Gore)

8. I Can Remember

9. Light The Way

10. Early Mornin' Rain

11. Walkin' Down The Line

12. Why You Been Gone So Long? (by Bill Oliver Swofford)

Editorial Reviews

These are Oliver's Greatest Hits, most on CD for the first time ever! This includes the hits Good Morning Starshine (from the Broadway musical Hair), Jean (from The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie) and Sunday Mornin'. Completely Remastered from the original master tapes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview of Oliver's career, May 11, 2006

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Thomas J. Diehl (Rensselaer, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Morning Starshine: The Best of Oliver (Audio CD)

William Oliver Swofford had a short but infectious hit-making career, which has had an impact on society even recently, as Good Morning Starshine continues to be used in various marketing ads.

His three top 40 hits, Good Morning Starshine, Jean and Sunday Mornin' are here, along with a spattering of other singles (including some that he recorded for United Artists), and some rareties (including a song he recorded with Lesley Gore under the artist name Billy and Sue).

The sound quality is top notch, as should be expected with any Taragon label release, and Sunday Mornin' (released on cd for the first time, i believe) is presented here in a brand new first time stereo mix. I think that Taragon could've thrown on a few more tracks and included some of Oliver's B-sides, but to get his 3 hits in one place, in superb sound (the other two top 40 hits have never sounded better), makes the cd worth getting anyhow. You can't miss with this one.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars much underrated, November 19, 2005

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Fleet "paul koncevic music man" (geneva,illinois) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Good Morning Starshine: The Best of Oliver (Audio CD)

great collection of his short career, but the original sole three albums deserve to be reissued- that would be the real tribute to Oliver.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Oliver - 'Good Morning Starshine:The Best Of Oliver' (Taragon) 3 1/2 stars, January 22, 2007

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Morning Starshine: The Best of Oliver (Audio CD)

I barely remember much about this 'vocal pop' artist. Born as William Oliver Swafford, 1945-2000. He passed on from cancer at the age of 54. This is a twelve track collection of his better material. Looks like he had three albums put out. What I do recall is his 1970 hit "Good Morning,Starshine". Other tunes on this CD worth mentioning are "Sunday Morning", "I Can Remember", his Gordon Lightfoot song "Early Morning Rain" and Dylan's cover of "Walkin' Down The Line". A nice easy listening pick.