Customer Reviews

This Diamond Ring/A Session with Gary Lewis & the Playboys

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I agree in part with Jeff from Iowa. The first album was not the highest quality and that could be the problem. A Session with Gary Lewis is a excellent sounding album.
Gary seems to perform many of the covers of those songs in the live shows. Overall it is a combined set of enjoyable sing-along albums which is what music is there for.
Count Me In might have been the best release that Gary Lewis did. This Diamond Ring a close second and She's Just My Style third.
Gary's covers of Palisades Park, Runaway and Concrete and Clay are exceptional.
This is a fun album and yes I wish Malibu Run (which I CD'd of the film Out of Sight) and the theme from Super Six were on CD also.
Pop in the cd, kick off your shoes and enjoy this one.

Listening to this CD brings back the days of Gary's great, simple music. These are the first two albums he cut and the tracks still sound fresh and great after more than 30 years. Any fan of Gary's will enjoy these albums; the CD audio quality is great, and there are many tunes on the second album which he never performs in live shows, but are takes on the songs of the day then. (the 60's). Don't miss out on this album. It's Gary's best!

I wonder if I have the same CD as the person who called it a rush job. I compared it with both Legendary Masters and Everybody Loves A Clown and it was on par (at least) soundwise. The liner notes indicate all songs were remixed and they sound it. I compared This Diamond Ring to a 3 inch CD put out by Rhino years ago. The remix has slightly less bass but is less hissy and cleaner.

I have the BGO release of "This Diamond Ring" and "A Session with..." and it sounds spectacular... In my opinion BGO did their homework and remastered these two hard to find CD's perfectly! I had the original album when it was first released (first generation Beatles, Gary Lewis, Monkees, Beach Boys, etc. fan) and I KNOW how these babies should sound... THANKS BGO!!!

FOR ALL G LEWIS FANS THIS CD CONTAINS HIS FIRST 2 ALBUMS AND IT IS HIM AT HIS VERY BEST ESPECIALLY ALBUM NUMBER 2 WITH GREAT SONGS WHICH EVEN TODAY HAVE A UNIQUE SOUND.I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO HIS SONGS SONCE 1965 AND UNTIL TODAY I STILL ENJOY HIS MUSIC. LISTEN TO "COUNT ME IN" " "PALISADES PARK" "THIS DIAMOND RING" "NEEDLES AND PINS" ETC A REAL PLEASURE.NICE ,INNOCENT SONGS BUT FULL OF LIFE. I HOPE THAT WHOEVER LISTENS TO THIS CD OLD FANS OR NEW ONES WILL ENJOY IT.

I was so anxious to see these albums released in CD form. I figured they would be remixed and remastered up to CD quality. Even though I really like Gary Lewis and The Playboys' music, I was really disappointed. It sounds like they recorded them right off the old vinyl--thin sounding with all the instruments on one side and all the vocals on the other. It seems to me it was a rush job just to get it released before Christmas '99.The saving grace of the CD is the inclusion of BOTH flip sides of "This Diamond Ring"--"Hard to Find" and "Tijuana Wedding." These have been mixed into stereo for the first time, and if the rest of the CD sounded as good as these tracks, I would be a happy camper. If you want to hear better CD quality sound, get the re-released "Everybody Loves A Clown/She's Just My Style," or "Legendary Masters Series." Maybe they could re-release this CD again doing it right the next time, and maybe even adding the rarity "Malibu Run." EMI Records: I hope you're listening.