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Memories/Sing the Good Old Songs

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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.

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'.

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.

I always liked the Vogues but this collection of songs and the way they sing them is the greatest.All the songs are done in there great style.I just bought two more of the Vogues CD's.You will all love this one.

This CD is a mixed bag of a few gems & some weak choices of tunes by The Vogues toward the end of their run. Their version of "Shangri-La" is outstanding, one of the best cuts they ever did, featuring their top notch harmonies & Ernie Freeman arrangement. Notable also are "Time After Time" & "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" along with "Earth Angel" & "Moments To Remember" their last big hits. "God Only Knows" & "Easy To Say" (a song I'd never heard before) are the best of last 10 songs. Why they chose to re-issue "Dream Baby" & "Since I Don't Have You" is puzzling. Their great versions of "Greenfields" & "See That Girl" from their Reprise Greatest Hits LP would have been much better inclusions.

This is another of the Great albums that was recorded by the original group The Vogues. If you are in the mood for love with that Special Lady,or that "Hot Boy Friend" this album is loaded with 2 albums of those great Hits with the blending of those 4 great voices.Turn Around, Look at Me/Till

When I wrote my review for "The Vogues Greatest Hits" back in 2003 I noted that "I always was a sucker for great harmony". Indeed, I have always considered The Vogues to be among my very favorite pop vocal groups. And so when I decided to purchase "Memories/Sing The Good Old Songs" I just assumed that I would be writing a five star review. Not so fast! This 2001 release from Taragon records features 2 of the Vogues original Reprise LP's. At one point I did own a copy of "The Good Old Songs" on vinyl and thought that album was OK but I had never heard the "Memories" LP before. I was absolutely certain that I would love it!
As it turns out I actually was not all that impressed with the "Memories" album after all. I thought that half of the 10 tracks were terrific but found the other five tunes to be quite pedestrian. While I loved the renditions of "Moments to Remember" "Shangri-La" and "P.S. I Love You" I was not at all pleased with the arrangements on tunes like "Standing On The Corner", "Once In Awhile" and for that matter "If I Loved You". These songs are certainly not awful but I expected better. As for the tunes from "The Good Old Songs" LP I have always enjoyed the wonderful medley that includes "Donna", "Since I Fell For You" and "So this Is Love" among others. That one was released as a single but never went anywhere. I also enjoyed the Vogues version of "God Only Knows", another single that somehow failed to crack the Billboard Hot 100. I know this may seem like heresy to some but I actually prefer it to the Beach Boys original! Does anyone out there agree with me? There are a number of other excellent tracks from this LP including "Easy to Say" as well as the Leonard Cohen tune "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye", which was certainly somewhat of a departure from The Vogues standard fare. One tune on this disc that I absolutely detest is "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)". I have hated every version I have ever heard including the original by Roy Orbison and a subsequent recording by Glen Campbell. It is so annoying!
The Vogues "Memories/Sing the Good Old Songs" comes with absolutely no liner notes which always tends to disappoint a collector like myself. The remastering job is acceptable but nothing more. All in all, this is one disc I simply cannot get all that enthused about.