Super Hits

Shenandoah | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 31, 1994)
• Original Release Date: May 31, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Columbia/ Sony
• ASIN: B000002A38
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,687 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Original recordings of early hits, January 10, 2005

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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: Super Hits (Audio CD)

Shenandoah were originally called Diamond Rio but their manager didn't like that name and suggested either Shenandoah or The rhythm rangers. Columbia (their record label) opted for Shenandoah but this name caused a lot of legal trouble because others had already copyrighted the name.

Their first album, simply titled Shenandoah, made limited impact but their second, Road not taken, included the major country hits Two dozen roses, Mama knows, Sunday in the south, Church on Cumberland road. Their third, Extra mile, included more major country hits including Next to you next to me, Moon over Georgia, Ghost in this house and I got you, but they never again matched these two fine efforts. It really looked as if they were set for a long period at the top, possibly replacing Alabama as the premier country group but the legal wrangle over their choice of name had taken its toll, even though they won their case. Columbia, having chosen the name Shenandoah, refused to support the legal case and dropped them.

Despite their legal troubles, they recovered sufficiently to have further big country hits with RCA and Capitol, most notably Somewhere in the vicinity of your heart (with Alison Krauss).

When a new group emerged calling themselves Diamond Rio, Shenandoah did not fight over it even though they retained the rights to the name, choosing instead to sign over the rights freely.

This compilation contains the original recordings of their big Columbia hits, which means nearly all their big hits. Note that Now and then, a Capitol compilation, contains re-recordings of these hits although it does include original hits from the mid-nineties.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shenandoah-The best group of all time, March 15, 2000

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Brian Brooks (Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Hits (Audio CD)

Shenandoah is my favorite group in th world. My favorite song on this cd is my favorite on in the world. Thats "Next to you, Next to Me". I first heard about Shenandoah when I heard that song. I loved it. I had the words down in days. This group is a great group. They broke up after 1997, and although I never got to see them in concert, I would go if they ever got back together. Shenandoah is awsome!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great set up of counrty music, January 8, 2000

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MATT age 17 (Gambrills, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Hits (Audio CD)

I would have to say this album is on my list of top 10, of the 50CDs I own and the neumorus others I have heard. It is the perfect combination of songs based on the mood of each song. Some songs make you wana get up and scream, and others touch the deepest parts of your soul.