Customer Reviews

Romancing The '70s (10CD)

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As a mid to late 40 something, these songs are old friends. The songs are timeless for the generation and beyond and are grouped nicely. Such collections are great for the mp3 players. Different artist, different sounds makes for shuffle play as you are driving along or having background music when having guest over.

Amazon = good price + prompt and reliable shipping.

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A month later I would add, that this is the best of the best. For example Neil Sedaka's "Laughter in the Rain" is hugely superb on this track, and the cut from his greatest hit album does not compare. This is a great compilation and is comprised of the best recordings of the same.

I saw the ad on TV for this set and was impressed and bought the set. After listening to several of the discs I'm disappointed. The sound quality is very good, so if you like these songs then it's great for you. I found their choice is not what I would have chosen. If you are going to buy it make sure you do so through Amazon as it's far less expensive than from TV.

At a fraction of the price direct from Time-Life, the Amazon product is a real bargain. The songs are all extremely high quality, and they sound better than a few I've heard as MP3's.

What was curious was an apparent manufacturing defect. On one disk, the songs were exactly what was listed on the CD label, however the files had completely incorrect filenames and info. Just for example, the song, "Please Come to Boston" was on the disk as the file "Make Me An Island." The final track is labeled just "Track 15" on the file directory but actually contains, "All By Myself." Thus if you want to import these into your computer (as fair use), you'll find everything all wrong unless you manually change the titles in your folder directory. I can't even imagine how that might happen!

Other than that glitch, we're very happy with the product and with the vendor. Service was excellent and delivery was fast. I really like about half the tunes; my wife really likes the other half. So, there's something for everybody here.

Getting 10 CDs mean about 130 songs. Of these, I really enjoy about 40 songs. The rest are OK for first listening and then they get tiring.
It would be cheaper if I just bought the individual songs I really like from iTune and with a lot less hazzle.

This set of 70's hits is a great addition to my iPod. Provided many hours of relaxing music on a recent long flight to & from Europe. My husband enjoys them, as well, a big hit for our 36th anniversary gift.

Lotta Love - Nicolette Larson
Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt
You Belong to Me - Carly Simon
Rainly Night in George - Brook Benton
Lead Me On - Maxine Nightingale
I'd Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - Bee Gees
My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli
I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Dionnne Warwick
If - Bread
Time Passages - Al Stewart
Just Remember I Love You - Firefall
Just When I Needed You Most - Randy Vanwarmer
If You Leave Me Now - Chicago
When I need You - Leo Sayer
He Don't Love You (Like I love you) - Tony Orlando & Dawn
I'd Love You to Want Me - Lobo
Lonely People - America

I got these cd's as a valentine's present for my wife and we loved them. I have the songs at work and enjoy them every single day. They bring a lot of memories. I would recommend them if you like love songs in general not just the decade.

I had been wanting to purchase these CDS for awhile and I finally broke down and purchase them. After looking at several places to buy them amazon had the best price for them and to top it off I had a gift coupon for $25 to go toward the purchase. Amazon is a great place to find all your products. The CD are great!

This is definitely an added pleasure to my cd collection. All of my favorite 70's are on these cds!!!!

I bought other compilations of the 70's and this one is the best. The quality of the sound is better than the other compilations.

It does does have hard or glam rock , but has a lot of soft rock and pop rock, and some country crossover. I am already listening to some of these cds over and over again.

Getting the set on amazon is not only 1/3 cheaper, but it was presented in a nice box.

If you love the 70's mainstream music, you will love this collection.