Original [Import]

Johnny Rivers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 20, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Disky Records
• ASIN: B00001ZTMA
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,454 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Poor Side Of Town

2. Memphis

3. Mountain Of Love

4. Secret Angent Man

5. Seventh Son

6. Baby I Need Your Loving

7. Track Of My Tears

8. Maybelinne

9. Midnight Special

10. Cupid

11. Where Have All The Flowers Gone ?

12. Under Your Spell Again

13. (I Washed My Hands In) Muddy Water

14. Summer Rain

15. Help Me Rhonda

16. Rockin' Pnuemonia - Boogi Woogie Flu

17. Sea Cruise

18. Swayin' To The Music

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

100 of 100 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Johnny Rivers Collection Available!, August 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Original (Audio CD)

If you are looking for a single CD collection of Johnny Rivers' major hits, this album simply cannot be beat. It includes all of his major hits that charted in the U.S. between 1964 and 1977. The track listing is as follows: 1. Poor Side Of Town 2. Memphis 3. Mountain Of Love 4. Secret Agent Man 5. Seventh Son 6. Baby I Need Your Loving 7. The Tracks Of My Tears 8. Maybelline 9. Midnight Special 10. Cupid 11. Where Have All The Flowers Gone? 12. Under Your Spell Again 13. (I Washed My Hands In) Muddy Water 14. Summer Rain 15. Help Me, Rhonda 16. Rockin' Pneumonia--Boogie Woogie Flu 17. Sea Cruise 18. Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancin'). And, true to the album's title, these are indeed the original versions of the songs. A definite "must-have" for those who want the conveinience of having all of Johnny Rivers' biggest hits on one CD, and in my opinion, one of the best "Greatest Hits"-type albums of all-time!

40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A deserving candidate for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!, April 22, 2004

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Paul Tognetti "The real world is so much more... (Cranston, RI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Original (Audio CD)

Unless you are some kind of Johnny Rivers fanatic who requires virtually everything the man ever recorded then this 1999 single disc compilation "Johnny Rivers: The Original" will likely suit you just fine. This reasonably priced offering from the Netherlands includes all the big hits you would remember from the radio like "Seventh Son" and "Mountain of Love" from his early years to the biggest and best from his heydey like the 1966 #1 hit "Poor Side of Town" , " Secret Agent Man" and of one of my personal favorites "Summer Rain". Just In case you are wondering these are all the original Imperial and United Artists recordings. No cheesy re-recordings here. The remastering job is first rate and I have absolutely no quarrel with the 18 selections chosen for this fine anthology. However, being a collector I am always a bit disappointed when no liner notes are included with something like this.

Johnny Rivers has proven to be a venerable performer. I saw him perfom several years ago and he looked and sounded every bit as good then as he did forty years ago. Last time I checked Johnny Rivers has still not been inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame. I am not sure that this is the right way to go about it, but Rivers and his fans have been aggresively campaigning to correct this oversight. Is he a Hall of Famer? If you have any doubts just listen to this CD. Johnny Rivers really is an American original with a sound all his own. I am hopeful that one day he will get the recognition he so richly deserves. Very highly recommended!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Quality, August 14, 2006

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Longfellowe - See all my reviews

This review is from: Original (Audio CD)

The remastering on this disk is excellent. The volume, tone balance, and stereo image is consistently good from track to track. Tracks are the same original arrangements you're likely to hear on the radio. If this disk has the tracks you want, buy it. You'll not be dissapointed with the quality of the sound. It's a shame the engineer who did the work isn't listed, he deserves to take a bow.