Looking Glass (A Collection)

Gary Puckett, Gary Pucket and the Union Gap | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 3, 2011)
• Original Release Date: July 14, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Legacy/Columbia
• ASIN: B00000288F
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,908 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST BUY GREATEST HITS CD, May 7, 2001

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R. Barnes "Music Collector/Science Fiction Re... (Greenwood, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Looking Glass (A Collection) (Audio CD)

This was almost a toss up, with the "Collectibles" CD being very good with 27 songs as well. The reason I choose this was it also includes some solo work, "Keeping the Customer Satisfied" and "Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance", as well as his top tens hits. They are all here, including "Woman, Woman" ,"Young Girl", "This Girl Is A Women Now", "Lady Willpower", "Over You" and "Don't Give Into Him"

B SIDES Such as "Don't Make Promises" and "Daylight Stranger" are included, with choice album filler.

I Just saw Gary Puckett in Ft. Lauderdale at a concert and his voice is still fantastic! Check out his shows, you will enjoy it!

A good low cost CD with great time less cuts. Why not?

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent retrospective of Gary's career, April 2, 1999

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Bradley Olson (Bemidji, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Looking Glass (A Collection) (Audio CD)

This collection contains his all 7 of his top 40 hits, many great album tracks and rarities. Some of the songs have been remixed from the multi-track tapes but the remixes sound just as great as the original mixes and others have been remastered from the original master tapes by Bob Irwin and Vic Anesini. Columbia/Legacy has done a great job with the collection and they favored it to be comprehensive, to have unreleased material and beautifully remastered stereo sound over the four songs from the original Greatest Hits LP from 1970, which has been on CD in the past but is now out of print, that aren't hits. This CD is great for all fans of Gary Puckett & The Union Gap for an affordable price.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Civil War Uniforms + Booming Voice = Big Hits, May 10, 2000

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Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Looking Glass (A Collection) (Audio CD)

The band's gimmick (dressing in Civil War garb) wasn't enough to propel them into the national spotlight. What did it was the vocal pipes of frontman Gary Puckett. His soaring vocals propelled their first four hits into the Top Ten: "Woman, Woman," "Young Girl," "Lady Willpower" and "Over You"--all of them million sellers and all of them charted within a year's time (December 1967 through October 1968). Essentially a one-trick pony (all four hits being basically the same song), the band would reach the Top Ten only one more time with "This Girl Is a Woman Now" in 1969.

Never the critics' darlings, The Union Gap carved a niche with their power ballad approach. This generous collection gives you all the hits along with minor singles like "Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance" and the Puckett solo "Keep the Customer Satisfied." A few years back I heard Puckett perform on the Monkees reunion tour. Time hadn't diminished his voice. It was a real joy reliving those Sixties hits again, just like on this CD. He may not have been the hippest guy in the Sixties, but his songs have become a permanent part of the soundtrack of my youth.

If you're a die-hard fan, Collectables has their first two LPs available as a two-fer; for most fans Looking Glass is all you'll really need. RECOMMENDED