Platinum Collection [Import, Original recording remastered]

Matchbox, The Darts | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 12, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Warner Spec. Mkt. UK
• ASIN: B000BZPRZM
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #300,286 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rockabilly Rebel

2. Buzz Buzz a Diddle It

3. Midnite Dynamos

4. When You Ask About Love

5. Babes in the Wood

6. Love's Made a Fool of You

7. One More Saturday Night

8. Shocked 'N' Shattered

9. Marie Marie

10. Everybody Needs a Little Love

11. Rockin' at the Ritz

12. Love Is Going out of Fashion

13. Black Slacks

14. Heartaches by the Number

15. Mad, Bad and Dangerous

16. Rollin' On

17. Riding the Night

18. Hot Loving

Editorial Reviews

Matchbox are probably Britain's most commercially successful Rockabilly band, having scored a string of hit records in the early 1980's. 18 track Platinum Collection consists of their best from the Warner/Elektra music archives. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars British rockabilly revivalists, April 3, 2009

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Platinum Collection (Audio CD)

Between 1979 and 1982, Matchbox (not to be confused with Matchbox 20, a completely different and unrelated outfit), had eight entries in the UK pop chats, though the last three were very minor hits. Seven of those eight hits occupy the first seven tracks of this budget compilation. Oddly, the missing track is one of their top twenty hits, a medley of Over the rainbow / You belong to me. Their only top ten hit, When you ask about love, was a cover of a Crickets song that peaked at number four, but Rockabilly rebel and Midnite dynamos both made the top twenty, while Buzz buzz a diddle it (a cover of a Freddy Cannon song) just missed the top twenty.

I used to have four albums by Matchbox, but got rid of them as part of a mass clear-out in the early nineties. I can't remember those albums in detail, but I do remember that I liked their covers of Lord Mr Ford (Jerry Reed) and Setting the woods on fire (Hank Williams), neither of which made this compilation, although their cover of Heartaches by the number (Guy Mitchell), which I also remember fondly, is here along with some other great tracks including Love is going out of fashion.

As far as I know, this is the only compilation of Matchbox's music ever released on CD, but let's be thankful for small mercies. Perhaps the lack of choice is because most of their material comprised cover versions, and there are plenty of compilations of original rockabilly music out there. Nevertheless, for those who remember Matchbox (and who may have got into rockabilly because of their music), this is a most welcome reminder of their achievements.

5.0 out of 5 stars Matchbox Platinum Collection, September 25, 2010

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PETMOR - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Platinum Collection (Audio CD)

I have been trying to buy this artist on cd for years and after finally doing so I am extremely happy with the cd and the service I received from amazon.com It was easy to purchase the products and my cd's arrived in excellent condition and within a short time of ordering. Very happy.

4.0 out of 5 stars For a good time, December 24, 2008

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Jack F. Chavoor (Fresno, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Platinum Collection (Audio CD)

Matchbox isn't going to solve the world's problems; they aren't even going to identify or describe the world's problems. They are just plain, simple, heartfelt fun, and who's gonna knock that?