Oldies But Goodies, Vol. 1

Oldies But Goodies (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Original Sound
• ASIN: B0000034IK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,499 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sincerely - The Moonglows

2. Earth Angel - The Penguins

3. Eddie, My Love - The Teen Queens

4. Over the Mountain, Across the Sea - Johnnie & Joe

5. Heaven and Paradise - Don Julian & The Meadowlarks

6. The Letter - The Medallions

7. The Way You Look Tonight - The Jaguars

8. Sleepwalk [*] - Santo & Johnny

9. Put Your Head on My Shoulder - Paul Anka

10. Confidential - Sonny Knight

11. Big Boss Man [*] - Jimmy Reed

12. Let the Good Times Roll - Shirley And Lee

13. That'll Be the Day - Buddy Holly & The Crickets

14. Maybellene [*] - Chuck Berry

15. Stranded in the Jungle - The Cadets

16. Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price

17. Dance With Me Henry - Etta James

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 1-JAN-2002

Customer Reviews

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Music, Crummy Packaging, March 19, 2007

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R. Taylor "Oldies Lover" (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oldies But Goodies, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

As the owner of several discs in the Oldies But Goodies series for quite a number of years, I recently ordered an additional six discs to "fill in the holes" in my collection. Much to my dismay, all arrived packaged in flimsy, cardboard "albums", rather than the substantial jewel cases used for my earlier purchases. In addition, some of the color combinations used on the packages (gold on red/gold on purple) make it nearly impossible to read the artists names without holding the package under a lamp.
Try as I might, I was unable to find any information in the product details that mentioned the type of packaging. I intend to handle and play these discs for years, not just rip the songs to mp3's and load them on a hand-held player.
In the interest of full-disclosure, and to improve customer satisfaction, I believe Amazon should include product packaging information.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It would have been great, but..., October 3, 2009

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J. Horton (L.A., California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oldies But Goodies, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

Unfortunately, there seems to be a "bad batch" of these. Like the previous reviewer, my copy was also defective. The CD itself is undamaged - the problem is clearly the recording.

Also, the track listing and sequence shown here is not right. Some songs are in a different order, "Stagger Lee" and "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" are not included, and "In the Still of the Night" by the Five Satins is on there instead.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Coming Of Age, 1950s Style, April 18, 2010

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Alfred Johnson (boston, ma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oldies But Goodies, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

I have been doing a series of commentaries elsewhere on another site on my coming of political age in the early 1960s, but now when I am writing about musical influences I am just speaking of my coming of age, period, which was not necessarily the same thing. No question those of us who came of age biologically in the1950s are truly children of rock and roll. We were there, whether we appreciated it or not at the time, when the first, sputtering, moves away from ballady show tunes, rhymey Tin Pan Alley tunes and, most importantly, any and all music that your parents might have approved of, even liked, or at least left you alone to play in peace up in your room hit post World War II America like, well, like an atomic bomb.

Now, not all of the material was good, nor was all of it destined to be playable fifty or sixty years later on some "greatest hits" compilation but some of them had enough chordal energy, lyrical sense, and sheer danceability to make any Jack or Jill jump then, or now. And, here is the good part, especially for painfully shy guys like me, or those who had two left feet on the dance floor. You didn't need to dance toe to toe with that certain she (or he for shes). Ah, to be very young then was very heaven.

So what still sounds good on this CD compilation to a current AARPer and some of his fellows who comprise the demographic that such 1950s compilations "speak" to. "Earth Angel", no question. Also, of course, Chuck Berry's "Maybellene" but other things of his like "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Back In The U.S.A. are more rock anthem-worthy. Etta James still rocks. And the under-appreciated Lloyd Price on his version of the old standard, "Stagger Lee". But for my money the best here musically are the great harmonics on "Eddy My Love" by the Teen Queens and the smooth sound of Sonny Knight on "Confidential". Yes, I know, these are slow ones that you have to close on. And just hope, hope to high heaven that you didn't destroy your partners shoes and feet. But there you are.