Memories/Sing the Good Old Songs

Vogues | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 6, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Taragon
• ASIN: B00005REUI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #377,023 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)

2. Standing on the Corner

3. Shangri-La

4. Time After Time

5. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing

6. P.S. I Love You

7. If I Loved You

8. Once in a While

9. Since I Don't Have You

10. Moments to Remember

11. Theme (The Good Old Songs): Oh Donna / Since I Fell for You / I Miss You So / So This is Love / Goodnight My Love

12. I Know You as a Woman

13. Tick Tock

14. God Only Knows

15. Easy to Say

16. Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye

17. Just What I've Been Looking For

18. Dream Baby Dream (How Long Must I Dream)

19. Moody

20. Since I Don't Have You

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Vogues: Return Of The Good Old Songs 2, February 8, 2003

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John Wellborn (Orange Park, FL, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memories/Sing the Good Old Songs (Audio CD)

My review of this compilation is about the same as for "Turn Around, Look At Me/Till", except that, instead of having "Since I Don't Have You" twice on the same CD, one of them could have been substitututed with "Green Fields" from the Reprise "The Vogues Greatest Hits" collection.

If you're a long time vogues fan and miss those early recordings, here's your chance to get them back. Keep in mind that these songs are by the original Vogues. watch out for fakes.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Memories/The Vogues Sing The Good Old Songs And Other Hits, October 7, 2005

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Bryan "Brakeman" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memories/Sing the Good Old Songs (Audio CD)

The Vogues' third Reprise album, 'Memories', was released in September 1969. The two singles from this album are 'Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) which reached #7 AC and #42 Pop in 4/69, and 'Moments To Remember' which reached #17 AC in 5/69. Earth Angel is personal favorite of mine with a great Ernie Freeman arrangement and Hal Blaine's thundering toms. And we can't forget The Vogues' cover of 'Since I Don't Have You' which is GREAT!
The Vogues fourth Reprise album, 'The Vogues Sing The Good Old Songs And Other Hits' was released in mid 1970.' Favorite tracks are 'Theme (The Good Old Songs Medley),'Easy To Say', 'I Know You As A Woman'.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Vogues sold these songs without even trying--they were THAT good !!!, March 2, 2008

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Matthew G. Sherwin (last seen screaming at Amazon customer service) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Memories/Sing the Good Old Songs (Audio CD)

Memories/Sing the Good Old Songs has all the tracks from two record albums by The Vogues entitled Memories and The Vogues Sing The Good Old Songs. The artwork is fine and the sound quality couldn't be better.

The track set starts of with "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine);" this features The Vogues perfect vocals in the spotlight and they sing this with all their hearts and souls. The sound has a slight doo wop flavor to it mixed with a modern take on a classic pop song; and they harmonize very well. "Standing On the Corner" is an awesome song about men who enjoy watching ladies walking up and down the street; they harmonize again very well and the musical arrangement works very well. "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" truly gets the royal treatment from The Vogues who perform this sweetly with masculine warmth as they sing this song to celebrate the joys of being alone with your one true love.

"P.S. I Love You" gives us another beautiful love ballad done up right by The Vogues--no wonder they enjoyed fame! The lush musical arrangement uses the strings to great advantage; and I really like "P.S. I Love You." "Once In A While" really impresses me and tugs at my heartstrings at the same time. Listen also for "Since I Don't Have You;" The Vogues were meant to record this song; their modulations between major and minor sound very good on "Since I Don't Have You."

"Easy To Say" has a very lush arrangement and The Vogues make this shine in their capable hands! Their excellent diction bolsters their performance, too. "Just What I've Been Looking For" is more upbeat; and they sing and play this number with energy. The musical arrangement has great effects to it and "Just What I've Been Looking For" holds its own very well.

"Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" has a folk rock flavor to it that is mixed with more mainstream `60s rock; the percussion sounds great while The Vogues bat this number straight out of the ballpark! The Vogues come back to deliver "Since I Don't Have You" a second time; this tune has essentially the same tempo and arrangement and again The Vogues handle the very, very similar tempo changes extremely well.

Overall, The Vogues really did these songs justice. Their fans will love this two-fer CD. People who enjoy oldies will also want to check out this album.