Street Corner Essentials

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 30, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Hip-O Records
• ASIN: B00005QKC0
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #252,932 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Nadine - The Coronets

2. Darling Dear - The Counts

3. Sincerely - The Moonglows

4. Rolling Stone - The Marigolds

5. I'll Be Home - The Flamingos

6. Come Go With Me - The Del Vikings

7. Happy, Happy Birthday Baby - The Tune Weavers

8. Little Darlin' - The Gladiolas

9. Long Lonely Nights - Lee Andrews & The Hearts

10. Book Of Love - The Monotones

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. White Cliffs Of Dover - The Blue Jays

2. Tryin' To Get To You - The Eagles

3. My Baby's Gone - The Barons

4. Show Me The Way - The Five Notes

5. Woke Up This Morning - Four Tops

6. I Promise To Remember - Jimmy Castor & The Juniors

7. I Want To Love You - The Sentimentals

8. Sugar Mama - The Orbits

9. M.T.Y.L.T.T - The Dream Kings

10. Dance, Girl, Dance - Norman Fox & The Rob Roys

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "hard to find Doo-Wop surface in this 2-CD-Set", November 9, 2001

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Street Corner Essentials (Audio CD)

Now for this unique collection from Universal/Hip-O Records, featuring fifty selections from the mid '50s...classic songs remastered for quality sound (clear as a bell)...for some fans unforgettable favorites.

On Disc One, what we could call "The Hits", then on Disc Two "The Rare Sides", many of these I have not heard since my school days, they sound better than ever...a question for the older crowd, where were you when you heard "COME GO WITH ME"(The Dell-Vikings)..."SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES"(The Platters)..."BOOK OF LOVE"(The Monotones)...this collection is only the tip of the iceberg, a number of forgotten treasures...so pick this one up, spin it and sit back, remember those days when this genre was coming into its own ~ STREET CORNER ESSENTIALS!

Total 2-CD-Set ~ Universal Music/Hip-O 314-556-264-2 ~ (2001)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, Disc Two has the rarer stuff, but, April 2, 2008

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Timothy P. Molthan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Street Corner Essentials (Audio CD)

Even though a lot of collectors will have many, if not most, of the tracks on Disc One, what sets this one apart is the SOUND QUALITY. It is truly phenomenal, and sounds as though it could have been recorded yesterday. Yeah, there are exceptions that couldn't be helped ("White Cliffs Of Dover", which starts off Disc Two, has a saxophone which distorts in the microphone, but it was recorded in 1953). Many classic cuts from the Chess and Checker (and associated) labels benefit here from the original session tapes being used, so there is no hiss or creakiness common on other reissues. While Disc One contains The Hits (some bigger than others), Disc Two boasts the CD debut of all 25 of its tracks, with several previously unreleased, including a 1956 vintage beauty by the Four Tops (yes, the Motown hitmakers), as well as many other super rare doo wops that would easily command three-to-four figure prices on original vinyl. And a half-dozen of these tracks appear in stunning, unexpected straight-from-the-vaults stereo. Hunt this down at any price, it will immediately take center stage in your collection.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pound for pound the best two disc doowop collection OF ALL, November 23, 2007

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Stephen De Fronzo (springfield, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Street Corner Essentials (Audio CD)

This is a lean and mean compilation with some very rare but GREAT cuts I.E."My heart belongs to only you"-by the Standards, is the best version I`ve ever heard of that song,but forget about finding this on any other collection,`cause it won`t be easy.The second disc is phenomenal, since most of the creative and street-corner friendly hits reside there and not on disc 1 which is more of classic doowop(still very good but this is not why we bought this CD, SINCE ANY DOO WOPP AFFICIONADO WORTH HIS SALT ALREADY OWNS MOST OF THE TUNES ON DICS 1!)BUT DON`T get the wrong impression:THIS IS PHENOMENAL STUFF, WITH MORE THAN A FEW RARITIES, TO ENJOY!