Greatest Gold Hits

Little Richard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 30, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Master Classics
• ASIN: B0001O3Y7G
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,287 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

OooWEE! This here s the best damn compilation from one of the most important figures in the history of rock and roll, Little Richard!

Every single, unforgettable Little Richard tune can be found here such as Tutti Frutti, Good Golly Miss Molly, The Girl Can t Help It, plus the incredible Whole Lotta Shakin Going On, Lucille, Hound Dog and many more!

Hailed by Elvis Presley as the greatest, the idol of James Brown and the inspiration of everyone from David Bowie to Jimi Hendrix, Little Richard is an unforgettable personality and artist!

With a $10.98 list price you can t go wrong! --Cleopatra Records

Product Description

1. Lucille
2. Tutti Frutti
3. Long Tall Sally
4. Whole Lot Of Shakin Going On
5. Keep On Knocking
6. Goin Home Tomorrow
7. Hound Dog
8. Rip It Up
9. She s Got It
10. Good Golly Miss Molly
11. Ready Teddy
12. Short Fat Fanny
13. Ooh My Soul
14. Slippin & Slidin
15. The Girl Can t Help It
16. Send Me Some Lovin
17. Baby Face
18. Money Honey
19. Groovy Little Suzie
20. Jenny Jenny
21. Interview

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Has rare Interview segments; good sound, November 25, 2007

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Phil S. (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest Gold Hits (Audio CD)

Collects Specialty (1955-57) and Vee Jay (1964) tracks. Vee Jays are Short Fat Fanny, Hound Dog, Goin' Home Tomorrow, Groovy Little Suzy, Whole Lotta Shakin', and recuts of Baby Face and Oh! My Soul. The last title mentioned is the only rather dismissable effort, though it has bouyancy and [Oh! my] Soul. The listener may agree with me that the master tape is running just a little slow - a small pitch control adjustment makes it better. (Need a turntable or Karaoke machine for that!).
The most interesting cut for Collectors and Historians is "Interview", with material culled from various sources. Here, for the first time, is the short take of "I Believe", recorded for a motion picture in 1972, a great exhibition of Richard's operatic range - on a tune never released by the Architect, one which drove people mad in Las Vegas around 1970.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The hit songs for a reasonable price, June 16, 2004

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Murray's-Pomade-Greaser - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest Gold Hits (Audio CD)

This is a great little Richard sampler that covers his middle period, and some later period, these are msotly hits, and thier is a great interview with Little Richard at the end. This is pioneering r&b jump blues music. And all the songs are fun and wild, from the opening classic Lucille(with a horn section) to Hound Dog. You'll Love richards boogie woogie piano style and his screeching vocals(reminiscent almost of Ruth Brown at times!). Many of these songs are on the bluesy(or jump blues side). And msot of the tracks feature a big band bancking up Richard's boogie piano and vocals. GREAT CD!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Explosive Little, March 2, 2009

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Mozer "Moe-G" (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Greatest Gold Hits (Audio CD)

This is a great collection, of the hits, in their best recording and sound quality issue. I mention sound quality and recording, because I purchased previously a gratest hits package that contained different recording versions of the hits - they were studio recordings also, but right away I knew they weren't the actual songs that became hits. But then, that's why it's great to have an audio preview of things that you're interested in buying. And call me old or old-fashioned, but I'm still buying entire packages (which use to be called albums), and later deciding whether or not I want to rip songs to add to my mp3 player.
Anyway, what you hear here is extreme high voltage (albeit raw, and not technologically enhanced with studio tricks and synthezising) energy, that truly matches any Elvis Sun recording or pre-army Elvis RCA recording. For me, the whole package is worthwhile, but if you're not aquianted with Little Richard's catalogue, there's at least 6 super classic gems for the ages. Also, in my case, I bought this hits package because unlike the Beatles or the Stones, I'm not at all familiar with Little Richard's Albums and their listenability/consistency from first to last track.

I recently played Tutti Frutti in back to back Elvis and Little Richard versions, and honestly, it is impossible for me to pick a favorite from those 2 - there both great